"Call him over." Murong Zheng was stunned by the little eunuch's words. He wanted to block the news in order to target Dong and the Dong family, and the same was true for calling the eldest prince.
But the young eunuch left in a hurry and came back a long time later to tell him that the eldest prince was not there.
"I have been poisoned and my life or death is uncertain, but he is not waiting outside?" Murong Zheng was already very depressed in the agony of waiting. Now after listening to the little eunuch's painting, he became even more angry.
"The eldest prince was guarding outside before, but then he went out for some reason. No one knows where he went." The young eunuch explained in a panic, fearing that Murong Zheng would transfer his anger to himself.
"Send someone to look for him again." When Murong Zheng heard that the eldest prince had been guarding outside the bedroom, half of his anger had subsided, but he was still annoyed.
No matter whether it was his queen, concubines or his son, he, as the king of a country, could control anyone.
Murong Zheng had just been detoxified and his body was still very weak. He tried his best to hold on and wait for the eldest prince to arrive, but he eventually couldn't stand the tiredness and fell asleep.
When he woke up, it was already bright outside.
His mouth was extremely dry and his hands were numb. He was about to call for help when the eunuch who had noticed his movements spoke up: "Your Majesty, the eldest prince is back, bringing the Dong family with him."
Dong family
"Let the eldest prince in." Murong Zheng forgot about his physical discomfort and gave the order softly.
"Father, I went out to do something last night and didn't know you summoned me. Please forgive me." After entering the room, the eldest prince knelt down and apologized. Murong Zheng held the cup in his hand and looked at him carefully.
"What important matter could make you not care about my life or death? If I had collapsed after doing what I did last night and you were not here, who would have taken over this country?"
The eldest prince looked at Murong Zheng in surprise and was stunned for a long time.
Murong Zheng's meaning was very clear, he intended for the country to be handed over to him.
"Your Majesty, you don't know that someone announced last night that you will hand over the throne of the Great Zhou to your fourth brother."
The eldest prince's meaning was very clear. No matter who he wanted to hand over the Great Zhou to now, the imperial edict to appoint the crown prince was written by the emperor. So if something happened to Murong Zheng last night, Murong Jie would be there.
"What is more important than your father's life or death?"
"Of course it's the kingdom of the Great Zhou."
"What did you do last night?"
“The Dong family has 20,000 elite soldiers in Guibei Mountain in the south of the city. Yesterday, Dong Lanyang led his troops to enter the city, but I captured him.
"You captured Dong Lanyang? Those 20,000 elite soldiers..." He said that the eldest prince had captured Dong Lanyang. He believed that he had the ability to do so. However, Dong Lanyang was guarded by 20,000 elite soldiers. The eldest prince, who had little real power, seemed no match for him.
"Yes, the person is outside the palace." The eldest prince replied calmly.
"Who helped you catch him?" After confirming that Dong Lanyang was caught, Murong Zheng had only one answer in his mind.
There must be someone helping the eldest prince, and this person is quite powerful.
The eldest prince did not answer, but just looked at Murong Zheng. In Murong Zheng's eyes, besides inquiry, there was a bit of panic.
If he can control 20,000 elite soldiers, then the number of soldiers under the eldest prince must be more than 20,000. Apart from the Nine-Gates Admiral, there are only two large camps in the south and north of the city that can mobilize more than 20,000 troops. They are the barrier to protect the capital, how could they easily obey the orders of the eldest prince
Murong Zheng looked at the eldest prince as if he was looking at a stranger. He did not expect that without his knowledge, his son had grown into a towering tree.
(End of this chapter)