Yan Shi interrogated until late at night, but nothing came out of the interrogation. Hua Ling cared about his body, and persuaded him several times before letting him go back to the palace.
Before leaving, Yan Shi told Honghu Temple Minister: "Order people to look after this room, Mr. Li, you know what to do next, right?"
The Minister of Honglu Temple wiped the sweat from his forehead: "The lower official understands, the lower official understands."
When going out, Wei Shuo looked at the gate of Honglu Temple for a long time, and it was Yan Shi who patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go."
The next day was Emperor Chongjin's birthday, and when he went to the early court, he not only had to deal with political affairs, but also a time when envoys from various countries came to see Emperor Chongjin.
The Dayuan Dynasty has a vast territory, rich and strong people, the surrounding countries are naturally very afraid, and they have many dependent countries.
People from the Ministry of Rituals sang and drank, foreign envoys heard the names of their own countries and went to the main hall to meet Emperor Chongjin, and said some blessings.
"The third prince of Wuman Kingdom has an audience!" Wuman Kingdom was the last one, and the people from the Ministry of Rites shouted for a long time, but no one came in.
"The third prince of Wuman Kingdom has an audience!" The people from the Ministry of Rites shouted again, but still no one answered.
The courtiers in the main hall whispered to each other, Emperor Chongjin frowned slightly, his face was a little unhappy.
"The third prince of Wuman Kingdom has an audience!" The people from the Ministry of Rites shouted again.
At this time, several people from the Wuman Kingdom came in, and the leader saluted Emperor Chongjin and said, "Your Majesty, the third prince of our country has disappeared."
As soon as this remark came out, the courtiers talked even more.
"Disappeared?" Emperor Chongjin frowned into a knot, and looked at Yan Shi with a pair of sharp eyes, "Jingchu, what's going on?"
Yan Shi hurriedly stood up and said, "Go back to Emperor Father, I don't know."
"I don't know?" Emperor Chongjin's face immediately sank, "How could you not know?"
Yan Shi was not in a hurry: "Going back to the emperor, I really don't know where the third prince has gone. He is also the prince of a country, so how can he tell the minister where he has gone?"
Emperor Chongjin nodded, this is true.
The leader of the Wuman Kingdom had a bad expression on his face: "Our prince disappeared in your country, Emperor Dayuan, you must give us an explanation."
"Father!" King Zhao came out with cupped hands, "I have an obligation to play."
Emperor Chongjin said: "Speak."
King Zhao looked around, as if he wanted to say something but he was worried about the presence of other people. The Wuman countryman saw his appearance and said, "Dare to ask this prince, what you said is related to our third prince. ? If so, please come face to face, don't hide it, we have the right to know what happened."
"This..." King Zhao hesitated for a moment, then looked at Emperor Chongjin and said, "Father..."
Emperor Chongjin waved his hand: "If you have something to say, let's talk about it face to face."
Only then did King Zhao feel relieved, with a smirk on his lips, he looked at Yan Shi from the corner of his eye, and said, "Father, I heard that the third prince is dead."
King Zhao's voice was not loud, but the power it brought was not small. It shook the entire court like a thunderbolt, and the courtiers started discussing with a "wow".
The Wuman people also had disbelief on their faces: "What did you say? Our third prince is dead?" No one noticed the flashing smirk on his face.
Emperor Chongjin's face immediately became very ugly: "What's going on?"
"Father, the third prince died of poisoning last night, and the elder brother also knew about it," Zhao Wang said, looking at Yan Shi, "but the elder brother lied and did not report it, what is his intention? "
Not only was Yan Shi not as flustered as he imagined, but there was a smile on his face: "How did the third brother know about this?"
Seeing Yan Shi's expression, King Zhao suddenly had a bad feeling, but Hua Qiancheng said that he was indeed dead, and saw him die of poison with his own eyes. Zhao Wang froze his mind, Yan Shi must have pretended to be calm and did it on purpose, he sneered: "Where did I know about it, big brother, don't worry about it, just say what I said
Right and wrong. "
Yan Shi sneered: "Of course it's not right, what the second brother means is that he wants to say that I killed this person?"
"Second brother has no such intentions." A hint of insidiousness flashed across King Zhao's face, but his heart was full of pride, "I just want to clarify the matter, big emperor brother, father asked you to be in charge of the envoys of various countries, this person is now Missing, could it be possible that you, Big Brother, can get away with it?"
"Of course it's impossible," Yan Shi looked at him with a smile on his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes, "It's just that the matter has not yet been concluded, and even I don't know how the second brother can say with such certainty that this person has died. Dead? Could it be that you killed this person?"
"You..." King Zhao didn't expect Yan Shi to join his army here.
Yan Shi pointedly said: "Second brother also said that the matter of receiving envoys from various countries is entrusted to me by my father. Now you say that the third prince is dead, can I explain it this way? You killed, and secondly, you sent people to monitor Honghu Temple all the time, but if this is the case, the second brother would be too much to do it for him."
As soon as Yan Shi said this, the courtiers had a lot of discussion, and some people began to point fingers at King Zhao.
King Zhao was made into a thick neck, and he pretended to be calm: "Brother Dahuang, you really can change with clever words. Let's not play tricks here, so let's talk about how the third prince is doing. People, but I don't see you in Honghu Temple. Yes." King Zhao said the last sentence slowly and heavily, with a bit of gnashing of teeth.
Yan Shi bowed to Emperor Chongjin: "I implore my father to order someone to check Honglu Temple, maybe the third prince is delayed by something."
Emperor Chongjin was not unreasonable when he heard it, so he was about to agree. At this time, I saw a little eunuch hurried in from outside the hall, came to the side of Eunuch Le and bowed to him and said a few words, Eunuch Le hurried to Emperor Chongjin again, bowed his head and said in a low voice A few words.
Emperor Chongjin's face beamed with joy: "Xuan!" He actually believed 80% of what King Zhao said just now, but after all, this is a major issue related to the two countries. If it is not handled properly, there will be wars. He didn't speak just now, and he was also thinking about how to deal with this matter, but when he heard what Eunuch Le said, all the dark clouds immediately dispersed.
As soon as Emperor Chongjin said this, he saw the third prince who was "dead" in King Zhao's mouth, walking in from the outside. Looking at King Zhao again, the faces of Hua Qiancheng and several people from Wuman Kingdom changed.
The third prince walked into the hall, saluted and said: "Qing Xiao, the third prince of Wuman Kingdom, pays homage to Emperor Dayuan, and wishes Emperor Dayuan good fortune and peace."
Emperor Chongjin nodded and said: "Why is the third prince late?" He asked this question with two meanings, the first one was a polite question, the second one was to show power to Wuman Kingdom, you and other small countries , dare to be late.
The third prince glanced at those Wuman kingdoms, and then said: "A life-threatening event happened last night, I slept late so I woke up late."
As soon as the third prince said this, the courtiers whispered again, and Emperor Chongjin frowned and asked, "What happened?"
"Someone is going to kill me." The third prince said unhurriedly.
Emperor Chongjin looked at Yan Shi in surprise: "Jingchu—" Even if the third prince is fine now, something happened last night after all, and Yan Shi couldn't get rid of it.
The third prince hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with the prince, and I still have to thank the prince."
Emperor Chongjin was a little curious: "What's going on?"
"Someone poisoned my dinner yesterday." The third prince said calmly, as if it was just a trivial matter, "I was just about to eat, and the prince happened to be here, and I chatted with him for a while. It was cold, so I didn't want to eat, so I fed the dog in the yard, who would have thought that the dog would have died after eating it. If the prince hadn't happened to come, I'm afraid I would be the one who died."
Emperor Chongjin looked at Yan Shi, even if this was the case, Yan Shi still couldn't blame him, poison appeared in the food of envoys from various countries, what a big deal this is!
The third prince could tell what Emperor Chongjin was thinking at a glance, and hurriedly continued: "It is not a trivial matter that my food is poisonous, so I will check it quietly, Your Majesty, guess what happened?"
The third prince suddenly paused like a storyteller, Emperor Chongjin was seduced by him, and subconsciously asked: "What's the matter?"
"It turned out to be someone from my Wuman country who poisoned him!" The third prince actually laughed when he said this, as if a child got a piece of candy that he had been coveting for a long time.
All the courtiers were also attentively listening to the third prince's words just now. When they heard this, their faces froze. Yan Shi took a deep breath to keep himself from laughing.
In fact, this matter was discussed between Yan Shi and the third prince. That day in the restaurant, after the third prince said that he had no plan to go back, he and Yan Shi made a plan - feign death.
The people he brought with him on his mission to the Da Yuan Dynasty were all watched by Nan Wang and ordered to kill him. Nanwang and Hua Qiancheng had already made up a plan, and when the third prince arrived at Honghu Temple, they ordered someone to kill him. One is to put the blame on Yan Shi, the other is to solve a serious problem for King Nan, and the third is to provoke a war between the two countries. The war between the two countries is just a cover. Once the war breaks out, King Zhao's people will ask Emperor Chongjin to choose a prince to sit on the front line to boost morale, and then use means to make Emperor Chongjin agree to go to King Zhao.
What King Zhao lacked most was military power. After arriving in southern Xinjiang, he tried to seize Marshal Wei's military power, and then pretended to fight a few battles with Wuman Kingdom.
As for Nan Wang, although he seems to be at a disadvantage on the surface, although he now controls most of the Wuman Kingdom's government, the third prince is not a vegetarian. ordinary people. Moreover, the third prince also has many forces in the court that support him. He must eradicate these forces, but these forces are intertwined, and it is very troublesome to deal with.
If the two countries go to war, King Nan can send the forces of the third prince to the front line under the banner of avenging the third prince, and then King Zhao will kill them.