After announcing his retirement, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hurriedly left the Tai Chi Hall. Looking at his back, the officials had different thoughts.
The palace is not monolithic, and many ministers will bribe the eunuchs to occasionally learn about the emperor's movements. What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has done in the past half month has already spread to the palace.
Every day after the court, His Royal Highness would go to the emperor's bedroom to visit as a routine. It is said that he would inform the emperor of everything that happened in the court that day. Even if the emperor was unconscious, he never neglected for a single day.
The officials who were worried that the prince's temperament would change drastically after being poisoned were completely relieved.
—The prince is still that kind and pure and filial prince!
Presumably, if His Majesty wakes up and learns what his son has done, he will be greatly moved by it, right
The emperor said: ... no.
... He is really not moved at all, okay? !
Since he suddenly fell into a coma half a month ago, the emperor was not completely unconscious. Most of the time, his consciousness was awake.
However, it was as if he had been locked in a small dark room, and he couldn't find the door to get out. No one responded to his beating inside, but he could hear the voices of other people outside the door through the wall. .
And these days, except for Queen Zhou who often nagged in his ear, the one who didn't come here for the prince was the most diligent, and came to report what happened in the court every day after the court.
In the eyes of others, this is undoubtedly a manifestation of filial piety. But to the emperor, this is clearly a provocation!
He just wants the prince to shut up now!
I don't want to hear that you chopped off a few more heads today!
I also don't want to hear that another force has been taken over by one pot!
I don't even want to hear the names of those loyal and confidant ministers being read one by one in my ears, and I will never find such people again!
—Prince, you, enough, enough! ! !
... Are you the only one who can't stop talking? !
The grievances of more than half a month have accumulated in the emperor's heart, almost erupting like a volcano.
From the rage at the beginning, wanting to tear the prince into pieces, to lying down "calmly", and now to the impotent rage, the emperor can only be mad at the tenth level of Zu'an in his heart...
No one knows how rough and rough the mental journey has been.
He only knows that if this continues, sooner or later he will be pissed off by the prince!
—Is this the purpose of the prince
The emperor suddenly became vigilant.
At this time, a voice suddenly sounded in his ear.
"Your Highness."
Xiao Zhi wore the official robes of the Imperial Medical Office, and walked in from outside the hall with a medicine box. After the palace servants and servants had been dismissed, he tentatively looked at Yuan Buwei.
Just in time, His Highness the Crown Prince finished his speech, took a sip of water, and picked up a piece of white jade-like sweet and soft pastry on the table.
Ah woo!
During this period of time, the royal chef in the palace has become familiar with the taste of His Royal Highness, and the cakes served are moderately sweet and delicious. Of course, if Qi Yu were to make an evaluation, he would probably say, "I choose death."
In order not to lick the debris on his lips with the tip of his tongue, he spread his whole body on the back of the chair, squinted his eyes in satisfaction, then looked at Xiao Zhi, and nodded slightly: "What's the matter?"
This is to indicate that the walls here have ears, and you can speak with confidence if you have something to say.
So Xiao Zhi also said: "At the beginning when His Highness asked for "half-day drunkenness", did you count this day? "
Yuan Buwei picked up another piece of pastry, his eyes were almost glued to it, and he just nodded casually: "Not bad."
It seemed that, to him, the life and death of the emperor was not as important to him as a piece of pastry.
The so-called "half-day drunk" is the poison on the emperor's body today.
This is the poison that Xiao Zhi independently researched. That day he took the initiative to find Yuan Buwei to confess, so Yuan Buwei asked him for a special poison. And "Half-Day Drunk" perfectly meets Yuan Buwei's request.
The toxicity is intense, and the effect is very fast, usually only within half a day. Whenever the emotion is stimulated, it is easy to attack, and the symptom after the attack is uncontrollable limbs and falling into drowsiness.
At the beginning, although Xiao Zhi knew that someone was plotting against the prince behind the scenes, and also knew that the prince's request for poison was probably for revenge, but he didn't think of the emperor. But now the "half-day drunk" in the emperor's body has already explained the truth.
Guessing this, he couldn't help but have a deeper understanding of the courage and courage of His Highness the Crown Prince.
The front foot got the poison from him, and the back foot was arranged for the emperor...
It seems that all the shackles of the monarch and his ministers, father and son, the three cardinal principles and five permanent principles, and the worldly moral rules have never had the slightest impact on this His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
Xiao Zhi asked curiously: "There are strict rules in the palace, especially around His Majesty. Forgive me for being impolite, but how did Your Highness manage to get this half-day drunk on His Majesty?"
He really didn't understand, since the crown prince had such means, he should have planted secret manpower in the palace long ago, so how could he be poisoned by the emperor unsuspectingly
Yuan Buwei raised his head and smiled in order to solve another piece of pastry: "Why is this so difficult?"
"Didn't the father call me into the palace alone?"
When he said this, Xiao Zhi reacted.
He was talking about the day when the prime minister's mansion held a wedding banquet!
In this way, on that day, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally brought the half-day drunk into the palace. In the afternoon, the emperor was poisoned without anyone noticing, and at night he went to the prime minister's mansion to arrest people, and when he came to court the next day, the emperor was so angry that he had an attack on the spot and fell into a coma... From poisoning to poisoning, it was indeed nothing It's only half a day.
With such precise time control, could it be that all this is not a coincidence, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince premeditated it
The emperor was in a coma, and the prince was logically in charge of the country, and he was taking this opportunity to eradicate the emperor's cronies...
After thinking it over, Xiao Zhi almost broke out in a cold sweat.
Not to mention why the majestic crown prince of a country is so proficient in poisoning, just talking about His Royal Highness's seemingly simple and crude layout with excellent results makes him shudder.
When the script is finished, the emperor must have no way out, and he personally participated in it, not only gave the poison, but also knew most of the plans of His Royal Highness, what will happen to him
Xiao Zhi, who had always cherished his life, couldn't help feeling uneasy.
Seemingly seeing his thoughts, Yuan Buwei stood up and glanced at him lightly.
"Don't worry, Gu Ke has no habit of killing his own people."
He glanced at the emperor on the bed, and his tone was indifferent.
"What's more, what if you just say it?"
Xiao Zhi sighed with a wry smile, leaned over and saluted: "Your Highness, forgive me, this humble minister has always been timid and cherishes his life, it is really difficult to keep calm before life and death, and he lost his mind for a while, that's why he lost his composure in front of His Highness. .”
He answered frankly, without deliberately hiding his thoughts.
It's just because after getting along with each other these days, Xiao Zhi has already seen that His Highness the Crown Prince is an informal person. He doesn't care about his small thoughts at all, but he doesn't like the hypocrisy of his subordinates.
Yuan didn't think that he didn't pursue it as expected, he just nodded slightly, signaling to let him finish today's "diagnosis and treatment", and himself, Shi Shiran left the emperor's bedroom.
Before leaving, he took half a plate of pastries by the way.
... The posture is very skilled.
With the half plate of white jade cake that was taken away, Yuan Buwei strode out of the door of the bedroom, and the sun outside the hall was just right.
He raised his face, bathing his whole face in the warm golden light, and smiled slightly.
The chubby who was walking towards him just happened to see this genuine smile, and couldn't help being stunned.
"Brother Huang! Are you down?"
He called out, and rushed to Yuan Buwei in two steps in three steps. His round body seemed to be carrying a small whirlwind, and he was full of energy when he looked at it.
Yuan Buwei slightly nodded: "Are you here to visit Emperor Father?"
Qi Yu shook his head quickly: "No, I'm here to find Brother Huang. Is Brother Huang free now?"
Yuan Buwei was a little surprised, and walked out together with the chubby couple. He also picked up a piece of pastry and fed it for a while, the movement was very natural.
Before Qi Yu could react, there was an extra piece of pastry in his mouth. He blinked in bewilderment, facing Brother Huang's rare kindness, he neither spit nor swallowed.
After hesitating for a few breaths, he closed his eyes, chewed a few times with a face of death, and swallowed it whole.
… died instantly.
… As expected of the prince and brother, murder does not require poison, and Orz is scary.
There was a voice from the side that didn't want to: "How? This is a new pastry made by the imperial dining room after my guidance. These people do have some talent."
His ending sound rose slightly, as if there was a hint of pride.
Qi Yu struggled to show a smile, and forcibly cheered him on: "Brother Huang, you can still make pastries? You're really good..."
"No." Yuan Buwei shook his head and said as a matter of course, "But I know what kind of pastries are delicious."
As a gourmet, you only need to speak a few words, and those royal chefs will naturally understand. Sure enough, the original unqualified pastry was quickly eliminated, and a new snack with double the deliciousness was made.
Qi Yu: ... emmm, brother, are you afraid that you have misunderstood the word delicious? !
Seeing that his royal brother was in high spirits and seemed to want to feed him again, Qi Yu's desire to survive instantly exploded.
Xiaopang closed his eyes for a while, as if thinking about it for a while, and then sighed solemnly: "Sure enough, Brother Huang has vision. The level of the imperial dining room in the past was really not good. After Brother Huang's advice, it is really completely transformed!"
…Eating it can literally lift you to heaven on the spot.
"It's a pity that I just ate it in the mother's harem..." As he spoke, he shook his head regretfully, and looked at the leftover pastry with reluctance.
Of course, this chubby's clumsy acting skills can't be hidden from the original. He just snorted lightly, and as Qi Yu wished, he finished the remaining few pieces of pastries.
Witty avoided death again, Qi Yu couldn't help secretly praising himself for his cleverness, and then he started to find the reason why he didn't do it.
Xiaopang frowned slightly in distress, approached Yuan Wuwei quietly, and said in a low voice: "Brother Huang, I always feel that the queen mother is a bit strange these days..."
The emperor was poisoned and fell into a coma. No matter what the concubines in the palace were thinking in their hearts, all the concubines looked sad on the surface, but Empress Zhou's behavior was obviously quite different.
Her grief is real, and her worry is also real, but under this worry and grief, there are obviously some unconcealable fear, anxiety, and surprise.
And Qi Yu, who has always been extremely sensitive to emotions, naturally sensed that something was wrong with her.
He grew up in the harem since he was a child, and he didn't spend much time with the emperor, but the empress, his biological mother, treated him very well, so Qi Yu naturally wanted to share her worries.
The intuition in the subconscious made Qi Yu find out why not do it. Perhaps in his opinion, this omnipotent elder brother must be able to solve all difficulties, right
Hearing that he counted out all the things that were wrong with Empress Zhou, Yuan Buwei curled her lips: "Don't worry, Empress Mother is fine, she's just too worried about Emperor Father."
As the bedside person, the empress may have noticed the emperor's attitude towards the prince long ago, but she never thought that the father and son had already reached the point of life-and-death struggle. It must be very uncomfortable to suddenly discover this truth now.
Although it is not clear that Yuan Wuwei poisoned the emperor, but now that the emperor is in a coma, the empress must also be worried, will the prince take this opportunity to attack him
Qi Yu was ignorant of this and just looked at him suspiciously.
Yuan Buwei lowered his eyes and chuckled: "You just need to tell her that Imperial Physician Xiao has already got a clue about the poison on Father's body, and Father will wake up within three to five days at most, and at most ten and a half months." .”