"The third prince came early today!" Li Ji closed his eyes slightly, put his palms together on the jade belt, without any expression on his face.

In front of Li Ji, Cao Yong didn't dare to have any thoughts of making mistakes.

At the father's side, most of the civil and military officials died of illness.Among the founding heroes left behind today, Li Ji, Yue Fei, and Xue Rengui have made the most contributions.

Now the two generals Yue Fei and Xue Rengui followed Cao Anmin to conquer the barbarians, even the crown prince Cao Sheng had to perform the junior ceremony when he saw Li Ji, let alone Cao Yong, a young man.

"What Mr. Li Ge said is, as the saying goes, nothing is too late. There is a good show going on at the court meeting today, how could Xiao Wang not come early."

Li Ji sneered, in front of this pillar of the empire, there was really nothing that could make him have the slightest mood swings.

Cao Yong just arrived, followed by the Fifth Prince Cao Tai.

Although Cao Tai is young, he has already entered the Ministry of War for training. Now Liu Rengui, Minister of the Ministry of War, goes out with the army. Although there are many servants in the Ministry of War, the actual controller is Cao Tai.

The arrival of the two princes one after the other surprised all the civil and military officials in the court.

Although the third prince had a brilliant literary talent, he was lazy and disliked government affairs all his life.During these three days, they often shirk for various reasons.

Prince Cao Sheng is kind, so it is naturally impossible for him to be harsh on his younger brother.

Now that they are so active, it surprised all the officials.

Sima Yi took the opportunity to come to Li Ji's side, and said softly, "Old Li Ge, it seems that today is a bit unusual."

He hummed immediately in response.

Sima Yi felt bored, smiled awkwardly, and was about to withdraw when Yang An, the regular attendant above the main hall, suddenly walked out, glanced at the courtiers present, with a heavy expression on his face.

While everyone was waiting to welcome the crown prince, Yang An suddenly said, "The crown prince is in poor health. Today's court meeting will be postponed. The empress invites five members of the cabinet into the palace to speak."

Chapter 1036 Fanwai II, there are many factions

In the Queen's Palace, the five cabinet ministers were all sitting there in a daze.The righteous master never appeared, and they did not dare to leave easily.

After sitting quietly and waiting for more than half an hour, Chen Yan finally came late.

Everyone saluted forward, Chen Yan asked everyone to sit down, turned away from the left and right, and then slowly said: "Last night, the prince went crazy, and the imperial physician diagnosed and treated him. The cause has not been found out yet. After taking various medicines, he still hasn't improved."

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of the people present suddenly changed drastically.

The prince, the crown prince of the country, is the lifeblood of the country.

Now that the emperor is traveling far away, the crown prince is left in the country to supervise the country. If there is something wrong with the prince, the country will inevitably be in turmoil.

"Your Majesty, did you send someone to look for Imperial Physician Ge?" Li Ji asked softly.

"Since the death of Mr. Zhang Ji, Imperial Physician Ge often went out to travel around the world. He hasn't returned for several years, and he doesn't know where he is at the moment." Chen Yan had just returned from the East Palace. There is no previous attitude of mothering the world.

Li Ji stopped talking, Wang Shouren stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the crown prince is the foundation of the country. Now that something like this happened, you must send a letter to His Majesty immediately, and His Majesty will make a decision."

Chen Yan was silent when she heard the words.

Although what Wang Shouren said is correct, but at this moment, there is still a deep meaning in these words.

It will take at least ten days to convey the letter from Pengcheng to the front line. If Cao Anmin returns, it will take at least several months to return to the capital.

And now that the war has reached a critical stage, if the troops are withdrawn, the efforts of the past few years will be in vain.

Chen Yan knew that with her husband's personality, he would not allow such a thing to happen.

Therefore, there is only one possibility, which is to choose one of the remaining princes to supervise the country.

Although Chen Yan didn't know which prince Wang Shouren supported.

But in today's court, besides his son Cao Sheng, there are five other princes to choose from.

The second prince, Cao Feng, was implicated by his uncle Mi Zhu who was corrupt and perverted the law. His stepmother, Mrs. Mi, also died of depression. Under no one's supervision, Cao Feng was completely a libertine. .

The third prince, Cao Yong, has an outstanding literary talent, and his mother is from the Yuan family, who is from the fourth generation and third father, and can be called a wealthy family.

Although most of Yuan's old officials in the court have passed away, as a representative of the aristocratic faction, Cao Yong is supported by many people. Not to mention, Zhuge Liang in the cabinet is a member of Cao Yong's faction.

The fourth prince, Cao Shou, is indecisive and has no kingly style, but his mother's status is second only to Chen Yan's imperial concubine, which makes Cao Shou's status far surpass that of other princes.

The fifth prince Cao Tai is backed by the Zhen family in Hebei. After the downfall of the Mi family, the Zhen family took over everything from them and became the number one merchant family in Qi.After decades of operation, it has become a huge force that is as rich as an enemy.It is also because of the operation of the Zhen clan that Cao Tai has the highest voice among the princes.

The sixth prince, Cao De, was born to Chen Yuanyuan. Unlike the other princes, he has the lowest sense of existence among the princes. In addition, his mother's birth is not high, so he has no possibility of inheriting at all.

In this way, if the crown prince falls, the most likely successors will be the third prince Cao Yong and the fifth prince Cao Tai.

Originally, Chen Yan had never considered this matter, but now Cao Sheng's sudden madness made Chen Yan panic.

"Even if Your Majesty knows, it may take several months to return. Before that, I ask your mother to temporarily supervise the country." Di Renjie said.

Li Ji also nodded and said: "The minister seconded the proposal, the situation is urgent now, I will wait for the cabinet ministers to assist the government, and the empress will temporarily supervise the country."

Chen Yan had no idea what to do. Seeing that they all agreed, she could only sigh: "Since you all think so, let's follow your opinions."

Sima Yi suddenly said: "Madam, can I go to the East Palace to visit His Highness the Crown Prince, if not, I really feel worried."

Zhuge Liang also agreed: "I have some folk remedies, which may be able to cure this madness. If it works, we don't need to worry about it."

Everyone's eyes focused on Chen Yan again.

Chen Yan thought about it and shook her head again and again: "I understand the hearts of all servants. It's just that the prince's current situation is special, and the imperial physician has said that he can't visit inside until he is stable."

Seeing this, everyone was at a loss relative to each other.

But since Chen Yan had already refused, they could only hold it down for now.

At night, in Li Ji's mansion, Di Renjie and Wang Shouren sat facing each other.

On the desk table, the water was already boiling, and the room was filled with the fragrance of tea, but the faces of the three people who were sitting quietly were not at all happy.

All three of them have held the country for more than ten years, and Di Renjie and Wang Shouren have stepped up from the grassroots to their positions today.

Rich experience told them that there must be something unusual behind this matter.

"If the water temperature is too high, the tea will not taste good." Wang Shouren said, looking at his colleague next to him with a faint smile on his face.

"You two, I always feel that this matter is very unusual." Di Renjie stroked his beard and looked at the two colleagues next to him, with suspicious expressions on his cheeks.

"Brother Huaiying, do you think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Wang Shouren knew that Di Renjie had a great talent for solving cases. When he was in Yuzhou, he solved some long-pending cases many times.

Although the incident happened suddenly this time, judging from various circumstances, there are indeed many things that do not make sense.

For example, the prince is usually extremely healthy and good at riding and shooting, so why did he suddenly suffer from hysteria.

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