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"My two officers, this is the soup for your majesty." said the maid.

Her face was a little flustered, but soon returned to normal. This was not the first time she was stopped. Everything that came out of the imperial kitchen had to be tested, whether it was food or medicine!

She also knew this situation.

However, some things that shouldn't be in the soup today were added, so she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

"Try it!" said the guard expressionlessly.

"Yes." The maid didn't dare to disobey, picked up the medicine bowl and tasted it.

"Let's go!"

"Yes!"

Then, the maid took the bowl and left the imperial kitchen, and outside, there were soldiers waiting, everything was the same as before.

The maid took the bowl and followed the soldier to the old emperor's bedroom. Before entering the door, she heard a violent cough.

"Go in." The soldier said to the maid.

The maid nodded, walked into the bedroom, and came to the old emperor's bed with the medicine bowl.

"Your Majesty, the medicine is ready." The maid said respectfully.

"Let me do it." Eunuch Zhao, who was serving the old emperor's bed, said as he took the medicine bowl from the maid's hand.

"Your Majesty, it's time to take the medicine. After taking the medicine, your body will be better." Eunuch Zhao said to the old emperor.

"Well? Impossible." The old emperor shook his head gently, his expression neither sad nor happy: "I just hope that God can give me more time now. I am worried about the country."

The old emperor has long been indifferent to life and death. What he thinks about now is not his own life and death, but the future of Yanfeng Country. He is worried about what will happen to Yanfeng Country after his death.

"Your Majesty is blessed by God, and he will be fine." Eunuch Zhao comforted the old emperor while feeding him medicine.

But in fact, Eunuch Zhao looked at the old emperor with a complicated look.

Of course, the old emperor did not notice this situation.

The old emperor drank the medicine silently, coughing occasionally. Soon, the whole bowl of medicine went into the old emperor's stomach.

Eunuch Zhao handed the empty bowl to the palace maid. The palace maid took the bowl, bowed slightly, and then left the old emperor's bedroom.

After leaving the old emperor's bedroom, the palace maid did not return to the imperial kitchen or her own residence, but went to a remote place in the palace, where someone was waiting.

"How is it? Did you succeed?" The man asked hurriedly when he saw the palace maid coming.

"Yes." The maid nodded: "I put poison in your majesty's medicine. It takes some time for the poison to take effect. I was forced to drink some. You promised to give me money and send me out of the palace after the matter was done. Let's go quickly. I need to prepare an antidote."

The maid was very smart. She knew that she must taste the medicine before leaving the imperial kitchen. Therefore, she prepared a chronic poison. It takes some time from poisoning to taking effect. This time is just enough for her to leave the palace and prepare an antidote. If she waits for the poison to take effect, there will be no medicine to cure it, and she will die!

"Okay, I'll send you on your way." The man nodded and promised.

However, just when the maid turned around and was about to leave, the man covered her mouth with one hand, and held a dagger in the other hand, stabbing it into her chest fiercely.

"Hmm... "The maid's eyes widened instantly, a look of horror appeared on her face, and she struggled desperately.

However, she was just a weak woman, and she couldn't struggle at all. Not long after, she died.

The man who met with the maid dragged the maid's body into a carriage, covered it with some sundries, and then drove the carriage towards the city gate.

There were guards at the gate of the palace, but when they saw the carriage, they did not stop it, and even did not conduct routine inspections on it, because the flag of the eldest prince was hanging on the carriage!

At the moment when the old emperor was ill and could not show up, the eldest prince was the most powerful person in the palace. Who dared to rot his carriage?

The man who killed the maid was not surprised at all. He drove the carriage out of the palace with a calm face, and then went straight out of the city, found a remote place, dug a pit, and buried it.

After that, he drove the empty carriage back to the palace again and went straight to the eldest prince's mansion.

At this time, the eldest prince Zhao Xuan was handling memorials in the palace. As long as the old emperor was not in the palace, he would be responsible for all these things. Although he had only been doing these things for a short time, he was already very skilled and even a little obsessed with this state.

When Zhao Xuan was handling the memorials, the door of the palace was opened and the staff member Gu Lin hurried in.

"Your Highness, the matter is done." Gu Lin came to Zhao Xuan's side and said in a low voice.

Zhao Xuan paused, and he looked at Gu Lin with a serious face and asked: "Are you sure?"

"I am sure." Gu Lin said: "The maid added something to your majesty's medicine, but it takes some time for that thing to take effect, so your majesty can't see anything now."

Zhao Xuan stood up and paced back and forth. He no longer had the mind to handle the memorials. He knew that the most important moment for him was coming!

"Where is the maid?" Zhao Xuan asked.

"It has been handled." Gu Lin said.

"Very good." Zhao Xuan said: "Once my father dies, it will be my time to take office!"

Zhao Xuan looked a little excited.

Until now, the old emperor has not yet determined the candidate for the crown prince. In this way, if the old emperor suddenly dies, he, who is handling the government affairs on his behalf, will naturally be the first choice for the throne.

Zhao Xuan knows that other princes will not be willing to give up, but he is not afraid. In terms of strength comparison, no one has a clear advantage. Everyone's strength is about the same. Now, he also has the advantage of handling the government affairs on his behalf. Therefore, in Zhao Xuan's view, he is more likely to ascend to the throne than other princes.

However, what Zhao Xuan does not know is that when he was seeking to seize the throne, other princes were not idle, especially the second prince Zhao Ke, who had gathered a lot of ministers. Zhao Xuan did not have the talent to explore intelligence around him. Before handling the government affairs on his behalf, he was just an ordinary prince. Even if he is handling the government affairs on his behalf now, he is not qualified to mobilize Hou Chong and others unless he ascends the throne and becomes emperor.

Therefore, Zhao Xuan does not know the current situation of other princes, and his understanding of other princes remains in the past.

At this moment, he is full of confidence!

"Contact the ministers who are close to us immediately." Zhao Xuan said to Gu Lin: "Once there is a change in the palace, I need their support!"

If you want to ascend the throne and become emperor, the support of the ministers is very important without the imperial edict. Zhao Xuan is very clear about this.

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