The best ring

"The eighth prince was killed, and the people who did it were all the other princes' people?" the old emperor asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, this is not the case." Guanzhuo said: "Among the corpses, we also found several people with suspicious identities. After investigation, we found that they are suspected to be spies of the Shuiyue Kingdom."

"As expected!" The old emperor did not show any surprise, but his murderous aura was even stronger: "Those idiots are being taken advantage of and don't even know it!"

Hearing the details of the Shuiyue Kingdom at the scene, the old emperor immediately understood what was fishy, ​​and his murderous intent became even stronger.

"Hou Zhong!"

"Wei Chen is here." Hou Zhong responded quickly.

"Immediately conduct a search throughout the city. Anyone suspected of being a spy in the Shuiyue Kingdom will be arrested. If there is resistance, they will be killed without mercy!" the old emperor said.

"yes!"

Hou Zhong understood that the old emperor was really angry.

In the past, in Yanyang City, he had already discovered some people who were suspected of being secret agents of the Shuiyue Kingdom, but the old emperor did not immediately let him take action. Instead, he secretly monitored them. If they made any changes, he would take action. If there was no change, he would take action. It’s about taking a long shot to catch the big fish.

But now, the furious old emperor was ready to kill all these people. He no longer allowed them to exist in the city, and he was no longer ready to use them to catch more spies.

All because the eighth prince was killed.

At present, the relationship between Yanfeng Kingdom, Tianji Kingdom and Shuiyue Kingdom is relatively complicated. At this time, it is not appropriate to use troops against Shuiyue Kingdom, but his son was killed. The old emperor cannot remain indifferent and must do something. The reaction comes.

The details of the siege in the city were one of his reactions.

But Hou Zhong and others knew very well that in this matter, Shuiyue Kingdom's meticulous work was not the focus. The focus was on the princes who participated. It can be said that each of them was the murderer of the eighth prince. The three of them were very worried. Curious, what would the old emperor do to those princes.

Heavy penalties? Directly deprive them of the opportunity to compete for the crown prince?

If this is the case, I am afraid that the eldest prince, the fifth prince, and the ninth prince will benefit from it, and they may laugh out of their dreams. As for the death of the eighth prince, they may not care much.

Or did the old emperor pretend that this never happened?

After all, there are too many princes involved in this matter. If they are punished, the impact will be too great. Even the fight for the crown prince's position will lose suspense. The ninth prince is too young and is almost impossible. Then, the candidate for the crown prince can only be Choose from the eldest prince and the fifth prince.

But the question is, is the old emperor really satisfied with the eldest prince and fifth prince?

All three of them felt that this was not necessarily the case.

Therefore, the three of them could think of the dilemma in the old emperor's heart at this time.

The old emperor was indeed in a dilemma at this time. Just as Hou Zhong and others thought, he did not think of how to deal with this matter for a while. In the end, he had to decide to increase the monitoring of those princes. As for how to Let's wait until he thinks about it.

After Hou Zhong and the others left the main hall, they went about their own business, especially Hou Zhong. He may be very busy in the next period of time, and there are many things that need to be done by him. As for Guan Zhuo and the other two, they also need to continue their investigation. The content behind this matter cannot be left idle either.

After Hou Zhong and the others left, the old emperor's oppressive expression was relieved. He seemed to have aged a lot in an instant. Thinking about the eighth prince, the old emperor couldn't help but feel sad.

After all, the eighth prince is his son. For anyone, it is a sad thing for a white-haired person to send a black-haired person. The old emperor is already old, but now he still encounters such a thing. He feels sad in his heart. One can imagine.

"These traitors!" the old emperor said through gritted teeth.

If only Shuiyue Kingdom's Xizuo was involved in this matter, the old emperor would not be so angry. However, his princes were also involved in this matter, which made it difficult for the old emperor to let go. , the old emperor felt that although his sons were very capable, the relationship between brothers and sisters was not bad, which made him very happy.

But what happened today was like a slap in the face, hitting him hard in the face, making him blush and helpless.

When he thought that he might have to hand over the throne to these people in the future, the old emperor felt a burst of sadness in his heart.

"I'm sorry to my ancestors. For giving birth to such a bunch of bastards, the Yanfeng Kingdom may be destroyed in their hands. I am the sinner of the Yanfeng Kingdom." The more the old emperor thought about it, the sadder he became, and the more desperate he became. There were even a few tears in his eyes.

If he was given a few more years, the old emperor would be able to accept the incident with the Eighth Prince calmly. He still had time to reverse the situation, but now, there was not much time left for him, and he had to make a decision as soon as possible. The candidate for the crown prince was selected, but at this time, when something like this happened, how could the old emperor not be disappointed?

The old emperor, who was becoming more and more desperate in his heart, squirted out another mouthful of blood as his chest felt tight. Then, he tilted his body and fell down.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

"Someone, come quickly, His Majesty fainted!"

"Send it to the doctor quickly!"

...

The old emperor's sudden fainting frightened the eunuchs around him. Everyone hurriedly helped the old emperor up, asked the imperial doctor who came over, and immediately treated the old emperor.

Not long after, a piece of news came from the palace:

The old emperor fell ill! The old emperor was seriously ill this time and was already bedridden and unable to get up.

Just when everyone was still weighing whether this matter was true or false, an imperial edict came out from the palace:

Order the eldest prince Zhao Xuan to assist the emperor in handling political affairs from now on!

As soon as this imperial edict came out, everyone understood that the news that the old emperor was seriously ill was absolutely true!

For so many years, the old emperor has been handling political affairs by himself and has never asked any prince to assist him, even the eldest prince who has always lived in the palace. Now, the old emperor has issued such an imperial edict, which can only mean that the old emperor has had an accident. In addition, the old emperor has often been reported to be seriously ill in the past, so everyone has to connect the two things.

As the news came out and was confirmed, Yanyang City was in turmoil for a while. Yanyang City, which was originally in a turmoil because of the killing of the eighth prince, became even more boiling in an instant. Almost everyone involved in these things has understood that Yanyang City, and even Yanfeng Country, has reached the most critical moment. At this time, taking a wrong step may very likely cause all their previous efforts to go to waste.

Everyone was thinking and discussing how to deal with the current situation.

Wu Fan and Zhao Qi, who were far away in Tianji Country, were unaware of all this.