Maybe the sun will go down tomorrow

After hearing Jiang Zhu's words, the emperor remained silent for a rare time.

He didn't speak, and Jiang Zhu didn't want to, let alone dare to say more.

As a result, the imperial study room became very quiet, so quiet that Jiang Zhu could hear his own heartbeat, and he didn't know if it was because of nervousness or something.

It was so long that Jiang Zhu thought that in the next century, the emperor finally spoke, and the words were so vicissitudes.

"I'm confused, the crown prince is really doing nothing." He suddenly laughed: "But who can take on the important task of the emperor?"

Jiang Zhu naturally knew that he was not the one asking this question, so he was honest and didn't answer.

Seeing that the emperor picked up the memorial, he let go of his hand suddenly, and the memorial fell off with a "pop".

"Your Majesty..." Jiang Zhu stared at the memorial in disbelief, vaguely saw the word "bandit", and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

But the emperor didn't seem to intend to discuss the memorial. Instead, he asked Jiang Zhu: "How long does Jiang Aiqing think I can live, one month or two?"

Unlike other emperors, when he was about to die, he frantically searched for the so-called elixir of life. Instead, he had already resigned himself to fate.

Going back to the previous dynasties, how many emperors who have made achievements have not died in the end?

"I am frightened!"

After hearing the emperor's question, Jiang Zhu didn't know how to answer it.

If he answered for two months, would the emperor immediately order someone to drag him out and chop him up?If he answered Longevity without Borders, would the emperor anger him because of this?

In short, Jiang Zhu's mind is now in a mess, as if it is tightly entangled with wool, and he can't figure it out at all.

The emperor listened to the phrase "the minister is terrified", and seemed not particularly satisfied, but instead of angering Jiang Zhu because of it, he directly opened his mouth to drive Jiang Zhu away.

When Jiang Zhu left the imperial study room, he didn't have time to wipe off the cold sweat on his body. When the wind blew, the cold wind invaded his muscles, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

Shrinking his arms, Jiang Zhu left the palace.

Now that he is Jiang Taifu, he naturally has his own mansion, but he always feels that what he got now does not belong to him, so he did not move to live in his own mansion, but has been living in Lin Ju's mansion.

The structure of Lin Ju's mansion is very simple. It is divided into four courtyards. Lin Ju and his wife live in the north courtyard, the old lady lives in the south courtyard, and Jiang Zhu lives in the east courtyard of the east and west courtyards.

Back in the East Courtyard, Jiang Zhu had the energy to sort out all the things that happened today, in order to fully understand the current court situation.

Thinking deeply, Jiang Zhu vaguely remembered the advice given to him by the Seventh Prince Li Rong a year ago. At that time, he didn't understand and insisted on going to the capital. Now he understands.

The emperor's health became worse and worse, and his death would be a matter of time, and the courtiers all stood up one after another.

They all know that once the station is misplaced, what awaits them is doom.

Thinking of Li Rong's appearance, and Li Rong's rare kindness in his life experience, Jiang Zhu couldn't hold back his lips and smiled, and accidentally fell asleep on the desk.

Jiang Zhu had a good dream. He dreamed that he had listened to Li Rong's words. He didn't go to the capital, but he didn't return home. The sun made a wish to live here and never return to the capital.

Life on the mountain is very simple, but the more seemingly simple things are more difficult to find.

After the dream, Jiang Zhu felt a little unreal, and broke free from the dream, opened his eyes and looked at the scroll in front of him, feeling a little disappointed.

He opened the door of the study and found that it was already dawn.

At this time, a servant girl, Zhu'er, rushed into the study like a puff of smoke, saluted Jiang Zhu hastily, and said in a panic, "Master, Your Majesty is dead!"

Jiang Zhu froze for a moment.

The emperor died? ?

Wasn't it fine yesterday?

Why did he just go to see the old emperor yesterday, and the old emperor died...

Jiang Zhu naturally has a clear conscience, but he is afraid of being taken advantage of by someone with a heart. After all, murdering the emperor is a great crime, and he simply cannot bear it.

After finally calming down, Jiang Zhu asked Zhu'er, "Do you know the cause of death?"

That Zhu'er immediately said: "It is said that he died suddenly in the middle of the night."

Jiang Zhu didn't know whether to believe this reason or not.

When he went to see the emperor yesterday, the emperor was still fine and tried to scare him.

But getting older, sudden death is not impossible...

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Jiang Zhu ordered: "Zhu'er, prepare hot water, I want to take a bath."

The maid Zhu'er naturally answered "yes".

After bathing, Jiang Zhu changed into his official uniform and was about to go to court when someone rushed forward and pushed him to the ground.

Jiang Zhu was naturally a little angry in his heart, but when he saw who the other party was, his anger turned into a puff of smoke and flew away.

This person is none other than the father-in-law who lured Jiang Zhu to the imperial study yesterday.

But the emperor is dead, how could the father-in-law run outside the palace?

He only heard the eunuch solemnly say in his ear: "The miscellaneous family has important things to tell you, but it's inconvenient to reveal your identity."

With that said, he stood up and let go of Jiang Zhu who was in a panic on the ground.

Jiang Zhu patted the ashes on his back with his robe, remembered what the eunuch said just now, and looked at the eunuch's uniform, immediately brought the eunuch into the study, and ordered Zhu'er to speak to Prime Minister Lin Julin to invite him sick leave.

Fortunately, it was just dawn now, otherwise he would have discovered that there was an extra eunuch in Lin's residence.

Bringing the eunuch into the study, Jiang Zhu felt lingering fear. He looked at the eunuch and asked, "What orders does your father-in-law have?"

The eunuch said in a flustered voice: "How dare the miscellaneous family have any orders?"

This is true.

Jiang Zhu's heart, which was still beating wildly just now, became calm because of the eunuch's words for some reason.

The eunuch probably joked because he saw that he was nervous.

Jiang Zhu couldn't help admiring these eunuchs who served the emperor.

Yesterday he was tortured by the emperor to the point of being terrified. Looking back now, he felt that the emperor's temperament was too difficult to figure out, and only these eunuchs were used to serving him.

The atmosphere calmed down, and the eunuch continued to speak: "Naturally, miscellaneous families dare not give orders to Taifu Jiang. Those who have orders are His Majesty."

As he spoke, the eunuch crossed his hands towards the upper left and saluted.

Jiang Zhu couldn't help wondering: "May I ask what your Majesty's orders are?"

But the eunuch took out a volume of imperial decree and jade seal from his pocket.

This scared Jiang Zhu a lot.

"Eunuch, what does this mean?" he asked.

Wouldn't the emperor want to order him to be executed?No, no, then why does the eunuch still hold the jade seal in his hand, is it possible that he should hand it over to the crown prince himself?

The emperor has nine sons. The first prince, the second prince and the third prince received the decree early, made him a prince, gave him a back cover, and left the capital, while the fifth prince, the sixth prince, and the eighth prince died early, and the seventh prince was far away in the south. The Ninth Prince was a martial idiot since he was a child, so he couldn't be the emperor. The only remaining four princes are the current princes, and now only the princes can ascend to the throne of the emperor.

but……

The eunuch didn't seem to be in a hurry to explain, but quietly watched Jiang Zhu guessing.

In the end, Jiang Zhu himself turned pale with fright, before he said, "Your Majesty's intention before he died was to pass on the title of Son of Heaven to the Seventh Prince."

The seventh prince?

Can't believe it!

Jiang Zhu couldn't hold back and asked, "Don't Your Majesty hate the Seventh Prince the most?"

Why do you want to pass on the position of emperor to the Seventh Prince?

Seeing Jiang Zhu's unbelievable look, the eunuch said nothing, waiting for Jiang Zhu to regain his sanity.

After a while, Jiang Zhu's expression returned to calm.

He asked calmly: "May I ask what your majesty is thinking? Can you reveal it to me?"

The eunuch thought for a while, put the imperial decree and jade seal on the desk, and then said slowly: "When the miscellaneous family was with His Majesty, His Majesty was just a brat."

As he said, there was a deep nostalgia in his eyes.

Jiang Zhu didn't speak, just listened to the eunuch continue.

"Later, His Majesty succeeded in standing out from many brothers and sat on the throne of the emperor. At that time, there was a court lady named Yu Zhen'er, who was the mother of the Seventh Prince. This kind of woman who dares to reveal her true feelings will soon be favored by His Majesty."

"It wasn't long before Yu Zhen'er gave birth to the Seventh Prince, but the harem changed endlessly in an instant, and Yu Zhen'er, who gave birth to a child, was obviously old. Naturally, His Majesty would not wrong herself. At this point, Yu Zhen'er has fallen out of favor. "

There was some sadness in the words, as if she also felt worthless for Yu Zhen'er.

"Yu Zhen'er was just a little court lady before, and she gave birth to a prince. Naturally, those aristocratic women would not let her go. Not long after, Yu Zhen'er died, leaving only the young seventh prince behind. "

"The Seventh Prince bears a grudge against His Majesty and never gets close to His Majesty. Your Majesty is guilty in his heart. He wants to be nice to the Seventh Prince, but he is always turned away."

Hearing what the eunuch said, Jiang Zhu still felt a little confused in his heart.

What does this have to do with making the Seventh Prince the new emperor?

The eunuch was obsessed with his own world, and didn't notice Jiang Zhu's suspicious gaze, and continued: "Everyone thinks that His Majesty doesn't like the Seventh Prince, but who knows that it's the Seventh Prince who doesn't like His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty has been in poor health these years, and has paid more and more attention to the movements of the Seventh Prince. Facts have proved that even without His Majesty's guidance, the Seventh Prince is still like a green bamboo, fearless and persevering in the face of danger."

Speaking of which, the eunuch resolutely stopped continuing, instead picked up the imperial decree and jade seal on the desk, handed them to Jiang Zhu, and said: "Your Majesty knows that you helped the Seventh Prince solve the problem of suppressing bandits a year ago, so I will help you." Knowing that you must be a good courtier, His Majesty was also very satisfied with the evening conversation with you yesterday, so I entrust this important task to you, and you must not disappoint His Majesty's entrustment."

Jiang Zhu was slightly surprised, but still accepted the two items, and did not forget to reply: "Don't worry, father-in-law, I will fulfill my mission."

The eunuch then smiled with satisfaction and left the study.

Jiang Zhu didn't know what he thought of, and left the study abruptly, chasing the eunuch, and was still panting when he got there.

"What orders does Jiang Taifu have?" The eunuch looked puzzled.

Jiang Zhu shook his head and asked, "Why don't you just stay in the prime minister's residence?"

But the eunuch shook his head, showing embarrassment, and said after a long time: "The prince will not feel at ease until he sees the corpse of the miscellaneous family. Jiang Taifu is a good man, and his majesty has entrusted him with it. The miscellaneous family absolutely dare not implicate Jiang Taifu."

Speaking of that, Jiang Zhu naturally wouldn't stop him.

It's just that seeing the back of the eunuch leaving, I don't know why, and I can't bear it.

Back in the study, Jiang Zhu looked helplessly at the imperial decree and jade seal, thinking that we should wait for the seventh prince to come back. Now the hall is full of voices from the prince. I am afraid that he will be dragged out and chopped down by the prince before he can read the imperial decree.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhu picked up the scroll and read it, trying to forget these troublesome things until Zhu'er came to call him.

"Master, the people of His Royal Highness have come and ordered you to enter the palace." Zhu'er said.

She is a servant girl, just a messenger, so she doesn't need to think about it at all. Jiang Zhu is different. When she heard about this, she felt agitated in her heart. Say, I'll be right there."

Zhu'er smiled and replied: "Yes."

Immediately afterwards, Yi Peng swayed away.

Sighing, Jiang Zhu carefully hid the imperial decree and jade seal under the desk, read it several times, and left the study after confirming that it was correct.

After entering the palace, I thought that the place I was going to was the East Palace, but I didn't expect it to be the imperial study where the emperor handled government affairs.

Lowering his head, hiding his endless stream of thoughts, Jiang Zhu walked in.

"See Your Highness the Prince." As he said that, he was about to kneel down, but Li Qin stepped forward, dragged his arm, and helped him up, not forgetting to belittle him when he helped him.

Jiang Zhu was speechless in his heart, but pretended to be respectful on the outside, his thin lips parted slightly, and asked, "I don't know what orders does Your Highness have for this minister?"

Over the past year, he has solemnly become the "military" of His Highness the Prince, and he is used to the Prince coming to him whenever he has something to do.

Seeing Li Qin's inscrutable expression, Jiang Zhu couldn't help but start beating his heart.

Just when he was restless, a hand touched his lips.

Jiang Zhu dodged subconsciously, but Li Qin pinched his chin and dared not make any more moves.

That's the prince, that's the prince, that's the prince.

Jiang Zhu hypnotized himself in his heart, and then suppressed the movement of slapping the opponent.

Li Qin stroked Jiang Zhu's face in satisfaction, from the eyebrows, to the bridge of the nose, and finally to the lips, every part was so white and smooth, intoxicating.

Jiang Zhu was hesitating whether to push him away, but he heard Li Qin ask: "Yuxi is gone, what do you say... what should I do?"

Jiang Zhu froze, subconsciously looked at Li Qin, and found no suspicion in the other's eyes, so he withdrew his gaze and replied, "Wait."

Li Qin asked back: "Wait?"

Jiang Zhu took advantage of the light movements of his hands involuntarily, and took a step back to get rid of the other party's teasing.

Li Qin's fingers lost their soft flesh in an instant, and there was a hint of annoyance in his eyes.

Jiang Zhu continued: "Just wait. Your Highness just needs to recharge your batteries and wait for the people behind you to show their flaws. At that time, the jade seal will naturally be in your Highness's hands."

Li Qin was persuaded by this method, and immediately showed a happy expression.

Little did he know, Jiang Zhu looked down on the prince even more in his heart.

Those who are both civil and military, and those who are neither civil nor military, are simply trash!

If it was true that he simply regarded him as a "military adviser", Jiang Zhu might not think so, but when the other party thought about it, he made an inch of it. How could he play him as a subordinate if he really regarded him as a subordinate? !It's just that he is an object that can be played with at will!