The ministers were waiting anxiously in the house, and a large number of imperial doctors were busy coming in and out.
The princes stood clearly separated from each other, their eyes filled with undisguised hostility.
From time to time, they could hear hysterical, heart-wrenching coughs coming from inside the house.
It has been four hours since the meeting.
The imperial doctor did not know how many times he went to the inner treasury and obtained many genius treasures and miraculous medicines, but Emperor Wu was still not out of danger.
To be precise, Emperor Wu was able to survive to this day entirely because of the court's solid foundation and his ability to forcibly use rare treasures to hang his life...
"snort!"
The fifth prince snorted coldly: "If someone hadn't done something and dared not admit it, how could my father be like this? It's really shameful for this palace."
The thirteenth prince looked gloomy: "If anything happens to my father, someone will be blamed for his death, and he will be infamy for eternity."
Nan Sheng's face was livid, and he sneered and sarcastically said, "If it weren't for your clever words and persuasion that allowed my father to witness fratricide, why would he be so angry?"
"Today, you still have the nerve to stand here. It's really laughable. This prince and you are brothers. It's really a shame..."
Nanchuan sneered and sarcastically said: "...there are all the witnesses and physical evidence, but the emperor's brother can still keep his face calm. I can say that I admire him the most."
Nanyun said calmly: "It is true that the seventh brother colluded with the fox demon, but you, the emperor, deliberately lied and used this matter to frame your eldest brother. You are really a man."
Nanchuan continued: "Putting aside these things, just from the recent battle of Cong Yun Mansion, everyone has witnessed the emperor's ability."
Nanyun said in a strange tone: "Thirteenth brother, you can't say that. Brother Three Emperors joined the army back then and has rich combat experience. There must be another reason for his defeat."
"What did Fifth Brother teach me?"
Nanchuan teased: "Insufficient supplies, bad weather, and unfavorable knives... If the enemy had stood and let them be killed, Brother Three Emperors would have won a complete victory long ago."
Nan Sheng narrowed his eyes and sneered: "The fox demon that Zhen Fusi didn't catch was actually caught by the thirteenth brother. The thirteenth brother is really powerful. If you don't know, you would think you and the fox demon are good friends."
Nanchuan shrugged and said calmly: "The fox demon confessed on the spot. They and Seventh Brother are good friends. You are a bit rough on your hat."
Nan Sheng sneered: "Could it be that you taught them to say that? So that you can put the blame on the seventh brother?"
Nanchuan rolled his eyes: "You talk empty words with white teeth. The truth is all made up. Brother Sanhuang's talent is really buried if he doesn't write a storybook."
at this time.
Wei Tao on the side suddenly said: "Your Royal Highness, I have heard that Concubine Liu has been taking care of Your Majesty during this time."
Nan Sheng's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and he stared at him with gritted teeth: "Prime Minister, what do you mean?"
Nan Yun narrowed his eyes: "As we all know, Concubine Liu is the descendant of Dongxu Valley, and she has been positioned as the next master of the valley. This shows how strong she is."
Nanchuan suddenly responded: "If your Highness remembers correctly, my father's health was still improving some time ago, but since Concubine Liu returned to Beijing and entered the palace..."
"Asshole!"
Nan Sheng was furious and said: "With no basis or evidence, you are spreading rumors about this prince's mother. Do you know how strict the laws of our dynasty are?"
"The law of opening your mouth, the law of keeping your mouth shut."
Nan Yun curled his lips: "Brother Three Emperors is really powerful. I dare to ask Your Highness, Your Majesty, you insist on going your own way and cause countless losses to the imperial army. What crime should you deserve?"
Nan Sheng's eyes flashed with coldness and he spoke tit-for-tat: "The barbarians have gone too far to bully others. Do you think fifth brother should swallow his anger and cede the land?"
"Ah……"
Nan Yun sneered: "Your Highness, why do you need to change the subject? Everyone in the world knows that the champion Hou Xiao is brave and good at fighting, but you insist on sending your trusted followers there. This is really..."
Nanchuan sneered and took over the conversation: "Nepotism, tsk tsk~!"
"shut up!"
Suddenly there was a loud shouting in the room.
Everyone suddenly felt a surge of power, like a mountain hitting their shoulders.
In an instant, the noisy house fell into an unspeakable silence.
I saw Liu Fu walking out of the room with a cold face, his narrow eyes scanning them one by one.
After a while, he said in a deep voice: "The Holy Father's instructions for all the ministers to return home must not be mistaken."
Nanyun opened his mouth to speak: "But..."
Liu Fu interrupted unceremoniously: "Including all the princes."
"Liu..."
A smile bloomed on Nan Sheng's lips, and he took a step forward to speak out.
Unexpectedly, Liu Fu raised his hand to stop him and said respectfully: "There is also His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Nan Sheng's smile stopped suddenly and she looked at him in disbelief.
After a long while, he reluctantly bowed his hands and walked out of the palace without looking back.
——
——
On the way out of the palace.
Nanchuan couldn't help but ask: "Prime Minister, what exactly do you want to do?"
Wei Tao took a deep breath and said seriously: "The final madness."
"Huh?" Nanchuan was stunned for a moment, not understanding.
Wei Tao smiled bitterly and said: "Does Your Highness Thirteen know how the Holy One ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor?"
Nanchuan shook his head: "Father never mentioned this..."
"It's very simple."
Wei Tao said earnestly: "The Holy Master personally killed his four sisters, twelve brothers, and five hundred royal clansmen."
"That's not all. After the Holy Emperor ascended the throne, he killed those who opposed him at that time, killing 167 courtiers in a row."
"hiss……"
Nanchuan couldn't help his scalp tingling and taking a breath of cold air.
Wei Tao whispered: "The Holy Lord is very crazy at heart. The situation has reached this point. He will choose to bear all the infamy... go crazy for once and leave a stable empire for the prince."
Nanchuan's heart was beating violently, suppressing the shock in his heart: "You mean..."
Wei Tao squinted his eyes and looked back with a particularly complicated expression: "The arrow is on the string and must be fired. Your Highness, please be ready..."
…
at the same time.
The same scene was also played out over at Nanyun.
After a group of people left the palace, they didn't separate at all and ran directly to the prince's mansion together.
Not long after, within the second ring road of the capital, a fire suddenly rose into the sky, flashing like a meteor...
The capital, which fell into silence due to late night, was like a resurrected giant beast, and the atmosphere gradually became solemn and strange.
——
"call……"
Nan Sheng couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief while sitting in the car.
He spread out his sweat-stained hands, revealing a crumpled note and a spiritual ring, which Liu Fu handed to him quietly.
Nan Sheng quickly scanned the contents, and the expression on his face changed again and again, as if he had made up his mind, and said in a deep voice: "Change the route, Zhenfu Division."
"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
The driver frowned and pulled the reins without hesitation. The driver immediately turned into the street and ran towards where Zhenfu Si was.
"Snapped!"
The other driver felt his arms sink, and after a closer look, he saw several incomplete tiger charms.
Nan Sheng Leng's faint voice came from inside the car: "Let's leave the capital and summon the elite of the Six Guards and the Twelve Imperial Army..."
"As commanded."
The coachman shuddered, and his feet quietly disappeared into the darkness.
——
——
"vomit……"
Emperor Wu suddenly opened his mouth and spit out dark brown, semi-viscous blood clots.
"Your Majesty..."
The imperial doctor quickly supported him and patted his back gently.
"Stay back."
Emperor Wu held the edge of the bed with one hand and made a hoarse voice: "I have something to tell Liu Fu."
The imperial doctor said worriedly: "Your Majesty, your body..."
"Back off."
Emperor Wu suddenly raised his head, like a dying tiger, with the word ferocious written all over his face: "Don't you understand?"
"yes."
The imperial doctor shuddered and hurriedly got up to leave.
After everyone left, Emperor Wu turned his head with difficulty: "Liu Fu, prepare to drive, I am going to the ancestral hall..."
Liu Fu knelt down with a plop and said sadly: "Your Majesty, it is absolutely forbidden. You should not move around now. It will not be too late to go after you recover."
"That's too late."
Emperor Wu moved out of bed with difficulty: "Nanyun, Nanchuan, they are not fools, and Wei Tao and others are not either. They must have been making preparations."
"Although I have handed over the Zhuguo Jade Talisman to Nan Sheng, Zhenfusi's power alone cannot stop those two traitors."
"If I want to clean up the officialdom and stabilize the country, I must go to the ancestral hall. By then everything will...become peaceful."
Liu Fu's lips were trembling and his eyes were filled with tears: "But, but..."
Emperor Wu stared at him and said word by word: "I must go."
"As commanded."
Liu Fu gritted his teeth and avoided his gaze, stood up and ran away.
"Zuo Chongming."
Emperor Wu watched him leave. He couldn't help but murmured, and subconsciously clenched his fists, his eyes full of anger: "You are very good, very good."
The moment he saw Hu Mei in the main hall, he seemed to have caught some inspiration and suddenly understood a lot of things.
What kind of infighting among princes, what kind of factional disputes...
Everything was secretly promoted by Zuo Chongming.
The funny thing is.
From him, the emperor, down to the old fox Wei Tao, the three princes and even the ministers and the prince... all of them had no idea about this.
No, they may know it and think they know it, but in fact they are still Zuo Chongming's pawns.
Looking back on memories, tracing back to the past….
Emperor Wu couldn't help but think of the scene when he and Zuo Chongming first met, the scene when the two had dinner, and the scene when he proposed to establish the throne.
The vague memory became extremely clear at this moment, and the fragmented fragments were quickly put together under the control of an inexplicable force.
In the end, a complete, long, meticulous, and terrifying... chain of events was formed.
Suddenly!
Emperor Wu shook his head and suppressed the mixed memories in his heart: "Just wait, let you use all your tricks, and you will only end up in vain."
boom!
Liu Fu broke in and said breathlessly: "Your Majesty, the chariot is ready."
Emperor Wu threw out a token and ordered: "With this secret order, go to the eldest princess and ask her to fully assist the prince, and tell her... don't forget my instructions."
Liu Fu took the token and said puzzledly: "Yes, but I want to accompany you..."
Emperor Wu refused: "No need."
"Old slave obeys the order."
Liu Fu helped him get on the carriage and watched the driver slowly leave with worry, feeling an ominous premonition suddenly arise in his heart.
…
It won't take a moment.
With the sound of squeaking wheels, the car slowly stopped.
"Your Majesty, we are here."
"Your Majesty, be careful."
With the careful support of two eunuchs, Emperor Wu stumbled out of the carriage and dragged his heavy body towards the ancestral hall.
"You are waiting here."
When he came to the steps, he suddenly broke away from the two people's support and climbed up the steps with gritted teeth.
"Soon, soon."
Emperor Wu murmured in his heart, his bloodshot eyes filled with an unspeakable madness: "Everything will... end."
Squeak~!
He summoned all his strength, slowly pushed open the heavy door, crossed the threshold and walked in.
The ancestral hall is still so silent, empty and lifeless.
The jade futon placed in the middle glows with a warm luster under the light of fluorite.
At this moment, I heard a burst of noise from behind, and the half-open door of the ancestral hall slowly closed.