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"My lord, what about Xiaoxue who has been sweeping the yard before?"

The prince glanced at Yuan Qi, took a sip of tea, and said, "Why, do you care about her now?"

"No..." He touched his forehead and said, "The last time you called her late at night, she disappeared."

The prince just ignored him, fiddling with the letter written by Lin Xie back and forth.

My lord, I found the boat, but I heard that the two boatmen used to work there often, and they never came again after that time. The whole group went ashore not long after the boat left, listening to the people nearby. Reflected, there seems to be no violent fighting, it should be threatened, and there is no news after that.

The prince rolled up his sleeves and began to ink.

In Tongzhou, you help me find someone named Xu Liang, who is a thief. If you find someone, send me to the capital immediately, and I will interrogate myself.

After finishing writing, the prince Gu Zi leaned back, closed his eyes and began to rest.

During this period of time, the emperor's illness seemed to be getting worse and worse. The imperial physicians were overwhelmed, and they couldn't figure out what the emperor was suffering from. It was just that his body was weak and his body was getting weaker and weaker. He couldn't even read books. The time is lying in bed.

This is what the prince heard from Eunuch Li. During this time, the prince seemed to be angry all the time, but he couldn't explain the reason. Naturally, he didn't want to see the emperor.

"The emperor is afraid—"

When Eunuch Li said this, he sighed deeply, and then looked at Wang Ye.

The prince naturally ignored it, he knew that at this time, everyone who had something to do with him was probably guarding in front of the Daming Palace, and wanted to see the emperor, and if he went at this time, he might not be able to see him——

The prince frowned, stood up quickly again, and shouted subconsciously: "Yuan Qi! This king wants to face the saint!"

When the prince arrived at Daming Palace, Eunuch Li finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said softly: "The emperor is resting right now."

The prince responded and stepped forward alone.

It must be that everyone dispersed. This morning it was reported that the emperor had a severe cough, but everyone was frightened.

The prince approached the bedroom, the emperor was already sound asleep, and several young maids were waiting on the side, and when they saw the prince, they all dispersed.

The prince walked up to the dragon bed, looked at the sleeping man, he couldn't bear to disturb him, he just watched quietly, the emperor was no longer as bright as before, his face was incomparably haggard, sallow as if he hadn't eaten for dozens of days, and his hair was also gray a little.

He sighed softly. The emperor is only in the year of knowing the destiny, but he is prematurely aging. I am afraid that it is due to hard work day and night. Over the years, he has seen with his own eyes the land left by the former king, which he gave up to the Huns little by little. , but at the same time, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, the door is open and there is no theft.

The prince knew a thing or two about his illness, but he didn't expect that it would deteriorate to such an extent at this time. He was just shocked, but did nothing.

He stood for a long time, but was speechless.When he was about to turn around, when he saw the things on the table, he felt numb all of a sudden, his feet were almost unsteady, and he was surprised when he took a closer look.

It was half a jade pendant with the word "water" engraved on it, and the red string on it had been broken.

This jade pendant is so familiar, the prince quickly filtered it in his mind, and finally remembered——

This is the other half of the jade pendant that matches the jade pendant on Liu Shan, the missing man in Gusu!The color, cracks, and texture are exactly the same!

The prince's mind suddenly became confused, did the other half of the jade pendant really belong to Liu Qing, and how could it be with the emperor? These two questions kept haunting him, and he was so annoyed that he didn't have the heart to tease the bird anymore.

At that time, Liu Qing did not explain why it was half. There were two possibilities. One, the jade pendant belonged to Liu Qing, and later somehow it was in the hands of the emperor. human!

The prince squinted his eyes, it seems that the second explanation is the most likely, if Liu Qing will hand over his jade pendant to the emperor, or the emperor will confiscate his jade pendant, unless there is something ulterior motive on his jade pendant But if that's the case, he doesn't need to wear it to attract attention when the prince is interrogating. In this case, this jade must belong to another person.

Who is the one?And who will hand over this jade pendant to the emperor?If it is known that it is a clue to solve the case, but not to the prince in charge of the case, but to the emperor, could it be that there is something hidden?or—

The prince didn't dare to think about it any further, he hurriedly called Yuan Qi and said, "Hurry up and call that General Shi over here!"

Yuan Qi didn't know what was going on, and just did what the prince said.After a while, General Shi knelt down in front of the prince.

"This king asks you, did the emperor tell you anything when this king sent you to do things before?"

General Shi shook his head and said: "I don't know, General Li has always been the most famous person around the emperor, and he has discussed with General Li a lot."

The prince frowned, and said: "Then do you think, has the emperor noticed this?"

General Shi pondered for a moment, then said: "At that time when the last general led troops to support, the emperor came to see the last general in person, and he only wanted to be brave."

The prince asked: "Didn't you mention that?"

"Not at all, not a word."

The prince nodded and said nothing.

General Shi raised his head and asked, "My lord, did the emperor notice something?"

"I'm afraid it is, otherwise I won't let the king investigate the case." The prince unconsciously tapped his fingers on the table of Lihua, and said, "But, among them, the emperor is—"

Before the lord finished speaking, Eunuch Li came over to deliver a message, saying that the emperor wanted to see him.

The prince rejected General Shi and went to Daming Palace again.

I'm afraid he knows that he has seen the jade pendant.

The prince has been thinking all the way. Behind these two cases, there must be a huge truth hidden. He is just wandering on the edge now, and only knows a corner of it.

The prince didn't dare to think about it anymore, he was just afraid that if one day, the emperor would--

When he arrived at Daming Palace, he hurriedly went to see the emperor, the emperor was sitting on the dragon bed, still drinking the medicinal soup brought by the maid, when he saw him, he coughed non-stop.

Wang Ye glanced at the jade pendant on the case and said: "Your Majesty, you should take care of the dragon's body."

"Then you didn't come to see me earlier?"

The prince is silent.

The old emperor dismissed the maid and sighed, "How much do you know?"

"I don't understand what the emperor said."

"You don't have to pretend to be confused with me," the emperor actually smiled, "I don't know you yet, you are the smartest."

The prince frowned and said, "Why is the emperor sick?"

"Old disease."

The emperor looked at him sideways and said, "Fuyi, I'm afraid it's—"

"emperor!"

The prince immediately interrupted him, saying: "There is no need to think about it."

"My illness doesn't last for a day or two, it's just the difference between being able to bear it and not being able to bear it. Once you leave, I won't be able to bear it anymore."

When the emperor said this, there was a gentle smile on his face, the traces of the years had deepened, but his eyes were peaceful.

The prince lowered his eyebrows and remained silent.

"Fuxuan is dull. Although he is almost [-] years old, he still can't make judgments on major events. He needs you." The emperor stretched out his hand to pull him, and said, "Go to the court tomorrow."

After a long time, the prince seemed decisive, raised his head and said with a smile: "Has the emperor forgotten the agreement with me?"

"If you are like this," the emperor said lightly with worry on his brows, "I can only pass on the throne to you."

"emperor!"

The prince stood up abruptly, his brows were tightly furrowed, as if he had been greatly frightened, and even his voice was trembling, he said, "If you are like this, I can only accompany you to die together."

The emperor stared at him, turned his head and coughed a few words, his heart couldn't bear it, but the coughing got worse and he couldn't straighten up.

The prince quickly stepped forward to pat him on the back, and said in his mouth: "Your Majesty, you have a heart disease."

The prince sighed softly: "Since it's a heart disease, why did you let me intervene?"

The emperor slowed down and said, "You understand me best."

You understand me best.

The person who said this was no longer the ninth-five-year-old who was at the apex of power, but the most imaginary person who was dying.

The prince's hands were actually weak, looking at the emperor, his eyes were red, but his words were ruthless.

"Don't count on me."

The emperor smiled and said: "I knew you would not agree."

The prince got up and was about to fall, he sneered: "I'm not that magnanimous."

The emperor looked at his back, two lines of tears could not stop.

"My lord!"

Yuan Qi saw his prince bluffing into the yard, and hurriedly threw the dog to pick up his prince, but before he arrived, he fell to the ground, unable to move.

Yuan Qi was startled, his face turned pale, and he quickly called for someone: "Come here quickly!"

While helping the prince up, Yuan Qi hurried to invite the imperial physician, but this trouble was concealed from the emperor, Li Gong is fair, if he were to know about it, his condition might worsen again.

The prince lay in bed for a whole day and night without waking up, driving the whole prince's mansion into a frenzy, and the whole palace still blocked the news, fearing that the people would feel uneasy.

Yuan Qi was most worried. He stayed by the prince's side all day without dripping water. He was afraid that he would miss the prince's waking up. He ordered someone to boil a pot of red bean and barley porridge, which he did not know how many times.

But in the end, good things don’t go out and bad things spread thousands of miles away. The maids in Daming Palace are told not to say anything at any time, but they accidentally slipped her mouth. The emperor immediately became anxious and called Eunuch Li over. Said: "You are not allowed to lie to me, what is he like? To lie to me is the crime of deceiving the king!"

Eunuch Li only remembered that he should drive away the perpetrator, but he was speechless at the moment.

The emperor said anxiously: "Say it quickly!"

Eunuch Li was afraid that the emperor would be in a hurry, so he could only say: "My lord is overworked, I'm going to rest now."

"I don't believe it!"

After saying that, he was about to get out of bed and go to the palace to see for himself, but Eunuch Li hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Majesty! The dragon body is important!"

"I shouldn't have forced him!"

The emperor murmured, while propping himself up to get dressed, Eunuch Li didn't dare to stop him, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the dragon body is important!"

In the end, Eunuch Li didn’t persuade him, the old emperor dragged his sick dragon body to the palace, Yuan Qiyi couldn’t see him, so he hurriedly called someone to greet him, only to see the old emperor rushing straight to the prince, his mouth burst into tears Still murmuring.

The people in Wangye's mansion looked at the scene, but they didn't know what to do. Eunuch Li who arrived later quickly helped the old emperor up, and said distressedly: "Your Majesty!"

The prince was in a coma and there was no movement. The old emperor was heartbroken and couldn't be persuaded. Yuan Qi began to cry along with his grief. No matter how many people in the room howled, they still couldn't bring the prince back. .

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