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"Your Highness, you are right." Yuanji said: "Your Majesty's illness is not a concern. The most important thing now is to let His Majesty issue an edict as soon as possible to announce your identity as the crown prince. Otherwise, there will be more trouble."

"Yes, Your Highness." Hou Zhong also said: "Since His Majesty has decided to enthrone you as the crown prince, it is best to confirm this matter as soon as possible. As far as I know, the eldest prince and the third prince have not given up the idea of ​​the crown prince. Only when His Majesty issues an edict, this matter can be considered settled."

Zhao Ke nodded and said: "I will naturally do this tomorrow. It's not possible today. I will go to the palace tomorrow morning and ask my father to issue an edict to officially enthrone me as the crown prince!"

Yuanji and Hou Zhong nodded, full of expectations.

This gamble was a good one for them, and it was time to reap the rewards.

Zhao Ke was also looking forward to it. After being a prince for so many years, his title was finally going to change. He also had the opportunity to taste the taste of being a crown prince. This was not an opportunity for every prince.

At least, the eldest and third princes have no chance at all.

However, before the three of them could be happy for long, a servant came in and said to Zhao Ke, "Your Highness, someone is coming from the palace!"

"Someone is coming from the palace?" Zhao Ke and the other two looked at each other, somewhat puzzled.

Zhao Ke had just come out of the palace, why is there someone in the palace again? Could it be that the old emperor has something to tell him?

"Could it be that His Majesty's condition has stabilized and he has issued an edict to confer the title on His Highness?" Hou Zhong guessed.

"Now that you say that, it is very likely." Yuan Ji said, "Your Majesty must also know the current situation of our Yanfeng Kingdom. We can't mess around at this time. Since it has been determined to confer the title on the second prince, we can't delay any longer, so as not to give the eldest and third princes any thoughts."

Zhao Ke was delighted when he heard what the two said, and hurriedly said to the servant, "Let someone in quickly!"

Not long after, the eunuch from the palace walked in under the expectant eyes of Zhao Ke and the other two.

"I wonder if the eunuch is here to issue an imperial edict?" Zhao Ke asked impatiently when he saw the eunuch.

"I am not here to issue an imperial edict." The eunuch said, "Your Highness, the Second Prince, I am here to invite you to the palace. His Majesty has passed away!"

His Majesty has passed away!

This word was like thunder, shocking Zhao Ke and the other two to stand there in shock.

"You...what did you say? Father, what happened to him?" Zhao Ke looked at the eunuch with disbelief on his face. He wondered if he had heard it wrong and couldn't believe his ears.

Yuan Ji and Hou Chong were also shocked.

Although the old emperor's health has always been poor, especially in recent years, he has been bedridden for a long time, but every time when everyone thought that the old emperor was going to die, the old emperor appeared in front of everyone in full vigor.

Everyone has become accustomed to the old emperor defeating the disease again and again.

It is precisely because of this that even though the old emperor announced that he was seriously ill this time, in fact, not too many people were worried. Most people thought that the old emperor would recover and appear in front of everyone again as before.

No one expected that the old emperor would suddenly die at this time, and Zhao Ke and the other two were not mentally prepared at all.

"His Majesty has passed away." The eunuch said: "Not long after your highness left the palace, your highness passed away. Your highness, you should hurry to the palace. All the princes and princesses will receive the news, and the ministers in the imperial capital will also be notified."

"This... How is this possible?" Zhao Ke was shocked. Even after getting the confirmation of the eunuch again, Zhao Ke still found it difficult to accept this fact.

You know, he had just separated from the old emperor. Although the old emperor coughed severely and looked bad when they separated, when they chatted, the old emperor was very normal and did not look seriously ill at all.

How could he suddenly pass away in such a short time?

Zhao Ke couldn't figure it out and couldn't accept it.

Yuanji had recovered from the shock and asked the eunuch what he was most concerned about at the moment: "Did His Majesty leave any imperial edict or oral instructions before his death?"

"Yes, yes." Zhao Ke also asked hurriedly: "Did he say that he would appoint me as the crown prince and let me inherit the throne?"

"This... I don't know." The eunuch said in embarrassment: "His Majesty died suddenly, and now the palace is in chaos. I am only responsible for notifying the second prince to enter the palace. As for other things, I don't know."

This eunuch is just an ordinary eunuch in the palace. He can't know anything that is slightly important.

"Your Highness, change your clothes and let's go to the palace immediately!" Yuanji said to Zhao Ke.

"Yes, there is no time to lose, Your Majesty and others should go to the palace quickly, otherwise, there may be trouble." Hou Zhong also said.

The two people looked very unhappy. They had a premonition that things were going to be troublesome.

Although the eunuch said he didn't know about the imperial edict, Yuanji and Hou Zhong thought that the old emperor probably didn't leave an imperial edict for Zhao Ke, otherwise he would have been brought here, instead of just an eunuch coming empty-handed.

Although the old emperor promised to confer the title on Zhao Ke, there were only the two of them in the palace at that time, and the others didn't know about it. Now there might not be an imperial edict left, and it would be very troublesome for Zhao Ke to inherit the throne.

The two people who were originally confident of winning were a little panicked at this moment.

"Okay, I'll go change my clothes now." Zhao Ke said.

After changing his clothes, Zhao Ke went straight to the palace, accompanied by Yuan Ji and Hou Chong.

At this time, the third prince Zhao Lun was still waiting for Yuan Ding to come back.

However, Yuan Ding had been gone for a long time, but still did not come back, which made Zhao Lun very dissatisfied.

"What's wrong with Yuan Ding? He did such a small thing and did not come back for a long time." Zhao Lun said to himself dissatisfiedly.

While he was dissatisfied, Zhao Lun was actually a little panicked.

First, there was no news from Eunuch Zhao, and now Yuan Ding was gone and never came back. Things seemed to be getting worse. Zhao Lun, who was already fighting a desperate battle, felt more and more uneasy.

This uneasiness made Zhao Lun restless and paced back and forth in the mansion.

At this time, a servant suddenly came to report that someone was coming from the palace!

"Someone is coming from the palace?" Zhao Lun was stunned at first, then a panicked expression appeared on his face, and he asked hurriedly: "Who is it? How many people are coming? Are there any imperial guards?"

Obviously, Zhao Lun was afraid that his plan would be discovered by the old emperor, and the old emperor would send people to arrest him.

He was very panicked and scared now!

"It was a eunuch." The servant said: "He was alone, and there were no imperial guards following him."

"Only one person?" Zhao Lun was a little confused, but the panic in his heart dissipated a lot.