books44 Chapter 2922 I think I've seen you somewhere
Chapter 2922 I think I've seen you somewhere
The carriage suddenly jolted for no apparent reason.
It was normal on the mountain road, but the prince realized that something was wrong, and then the sound of weapons breaking through the air was heard outside.
The prince was attacked on the way!
The emperor was reviewing memorials when he felt inexplicably irritated. He frowned, threw down the memorials and brush, and pointed at Shi Li to bring tea.
"Ask the kitchen to bring a bowl of mung bean soup."
The emperor felt irritated. He stood up and paced a few steps with a frown, then asked again as if he had just remembered something, "Has Bai Zhao sent no news in the past two days?"
Shi Li had already walked to the door, but when he heard the words, he stopped and looked at the emperor cautiously.
"Your Majesty, there has been no news from Lord Bai in the past two days."
"Go and bring the mung bean soup." The emperor did not ask any further questions. In fact, he knew that there was no news, and he asked Shi Li just to confirm it again.
Shi Li quietly retreated and came back with the mung bean soup. She saw Bai Zhao, whom the emperor had just mentioned, hurried into the Yangxin Palace.
Although he only had time to see Bai Zhao's profile, he could still see his solemnity and seriousness. Shi Li unconsciously stopped in the corridor, holding the tray tightly in his hand.
Others could avoid it, but she had to go back.
As soon as I took a step inside, I felt the oppression in the Yangxin Palace at that moment.
Bai Zhao knelt before the emperor, lowered his head and looked ashamed.
The emperor stood at the top with a cold expression.
On the way back to Beijing, the prince encountered an assassination attempt. Although Bai Zhao led his men to protect him, the prince was injured again. His already poor health made the situation even worse.
Now that the prince had just been transferred to a safe place, Bai Zhao ordered people to take good care of him while he returned first to apologize to the emperor.
"How many assassins have been captured?" the emperor asked, and every word he spoke was extremely oppressive.
Bai Zhao lowered his head and didn't dare to raise it, and his voice was very cautious.
"Most of the assassins...were killed or wounded, leaving only two alive."
Bai Zhao really cannot be blamed for this. Those assassins came out with poison in their mouths. They were fearless and only wanted to kill the prince. When they were unfortunately captured, they immediately bit the poison and committed suicide.
He was able to leave two people alive, which was considered a quick reaction.
The emperor had no intention of blaming Bai Zhao at the moment. He simply said seriously, "Go back and guard the prince first."
Nothing is more important than the prince's safety.
Bai Zhao took the order and left. Shi Li walked in cautiously from outside and placed the green water soup in front of the emperor.
"His Majesty."
The emperor lowered his eyes to look at the soup bowl, feeling like he was about to throw it to the ground and smash it to pieces. But as an emperor, he didn't do that, he just looked away.
Afterwards, the emperor dispatched the imperial guards without any warning to search the residences of several ministers.
The several families whose property was confiscated had no time to react at all. One minister was even lying on his concubine's bed when he was directly arrested by the imperial guards and thrown into the prison.
The ministers were still unaware of the prince's assassination and were shocked by the emperor's sudden and drastic investigation and confiscation of the ministers' property.
Over the years, except for the first few years after he ascended the throne, the emperor used such harsh measures. Later, under the advice of Queen Zhu and the prince, his methods became much milder.
But there were also some people who were frightened the moment they were caught and investigated, guessing that their actions had been exposed.
By the time everyone reacted, they gradually realized that the families that were arrested were all those who usually supported the Tenth Prince.
So, the emperor has finally made a decision?
In fact, they all didn't know that the emperor had never hesitated about the choice of the crown prince. From the beginning to the end, the crown prince was the only crown prince, and the tenth prince was never among them.
The reason why he always treated the tenth prince with kindness and love in public was that, on the one hand, he really felt that the child was pitiful because he lost his mother at birth, and on the other hand, he wanted to use this child to test the thoughts of the ministers.
In the past few years, the ministers have indeed not disappointed the emperor, and their true colors have gradually been revealed one by one.
According to the emperor's original idea, he might continue to observe for a few years, but after encountering the incident with the prince, he no longer wanted to do so.
The safety of the prince is the emperor's real Achilles' heel.
Everyone in the palace naturally knew about these things, but only some people were panicking. People like Shi Li, who had a clear conscience, naturally wouldn't panic.
But when she saw Manager Xu looking at his bewildered look and trying so hard to cover up, she always felt that he was a little pitiful and sad.
Isn’t it good to live a good life?
But she didn't care about others, she was already lucky enough to be alive.
She didn't dare get too close to Xu Zongguan, and only glanced at him for a few moments before continuing with her own business. The emperor had gradually assigned Xu Zongguan to a post outside the Yangxin Palace, rarely calling him in to serve.
The other young eunuchs could all see this change, and they tried to curry favor with Shi Li even more than they had tried to curry favor with Chief Eunuch Xu before.
【Xiao Xiaozi is also getting better 0 0】
[This atmosphere... is hard to describe~]
[No matter what, it's fine as long as you watch your son from a young age! ]