Over the intermittent period of half a year, the emperor gradually recovered and began to go to court.

However, the ministers discovered that the emperor, who used to be cold-hearted towards the eldest princess, began to look at the eldest princess with loving eyes.Almost all government affairs mentioned by the eldest princess were approved.

All the ministers speculated whether the emperor planned to make the eldest princess the crown princess.

Just after leaving the court, the ministers walked out of Hanyuan Hall in twos and threes.

Yiman smiled and nodded to several ministers who greeted him.

Hua Xiang caught up from one side and was about to speak when he saw the scratches on Yiman's wrist.

"Princess?"

Yiman put down his sleeves to cover it up, "Don't you all know what's all the fuss about?"

Hua Xiang looked back at the direction of Hanyuan Palace and lowered his voice, "Eldest Princess, how could your Majesty do this? You are obviously doing everything you want to do to the eldest princess, but secretly you are constantly murdering her."

With a smile, he nodded to the officials who were passing by in a hurry, but his tone was so cold that no emotion could be heard.

"Isn't this normal? Now Zhou Yu is with me except when on duty. My life will not be in danger. Zhou Yu also personally took care of the assassin who injured me, so don't worry."

Hua Xiang sighed, "I originally thought that the thirteenth prince would not be favored by the emperor, but I didn't expect that."

What is truly important is the far-reaching plan. The Emperor now hides the Thirteenth Prince in the background. On the surface, he doesn't care about him, but in fact, he may already have thoughts on letting him succeed to the throne.

"It doesn't matter. The emperor only dares to do it in secret because he is concerned about my power. He is afraid that once people know that he murdered the hero and killed his own daughter, they will rise up. Therefore, you only need to do your best for Daling and the people, and do your best as an official. If you follow the Tao, everything will be fine.”

"Yes, Wei Chen knows."

"His Majesty--"

Suddenly, the eunuch's sharp screams came from the direction of Hanyuan Hall.

"What happened?"

"Was it Mr. Fu who was shouting just now?"

"What happened?"

A sharp look flashed in Yiman's eyes, he lifted up his skirt and walked quickly towards Hanyuan Hall.

When the ministers saw the eldest princess walking back quickly, they all chased after her.

Yiman quickly rushed back to Hanyuan Hall with Manchu Wenwu.

He saw the emperor slumped on the dragon chair with blood on the corner of his mouth.

Eunuch Fu shouted to the imperial doctor.

The thirteenth prince stood trembling, staring at the emperor as if he was petrified. He stood motionless, with a broken tea cup on the ground.

Yiman glanced around and looked at Eunuch Fu, "Mr. Fu, what's wrong with Your Majesty?"

Eunuch Fu pointed at the Thirteenth Prince with trembling fingers, "He poisoned Your Majesty, poisoned him - Your Majesty."

The civil and military officials in the court were in an uproar. He turned around and calmly ordered, "Go and call the imperial doctor. Take care of the general."

"exist."

"Seal the palace gate and no one is allowed in or out. If there are urgent military matters, they will be handed over by Zhongshu's disciples."

"Yes."

Yiman watched the ministers turn their attention to her and heaved a sigh of relief.

Soon, all the senior doctors from the Imperial Hospital came. After checking his pulse one by one, they all lowered their heads and dared not speak.

Yi Man took a step forward and said, "Tell me the truth."

"It's highly poisonous, hard to say."

The royalists all looked at the Thirteenth Prince, who had been standing stiffly aside.

"Thirteenth Prince, where is the antidote?"

"Your Majesty loves you so much, how could you do such a thing?"

"Bah, what about the Thirteenth Prince? This is a rebellious minister who killed his father and killed his king."

The ministers were filled with indignation, and various emotions such as anger and anxiety seemed to have found an outlet.

"No, Your Majesty - Your Majesty -" All the ministers looked at the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor spoke in a trembling tone, "Your Majesty has passed away -"

Seeing the ministers panicking and falling to their knees crying, Man Man took a deep breath.

Although Shatuo has been almost destroyed now, Tugui has just retreated and is still watching with eagerness. The transition must be smooth as soon as possible.

"The empress is here—"

The queen looked majestic and walked into the Hanyuan Hall facing the eyes of all the ministers.Among the ministers who were kneeling and worshiping, only Yi Man stood calmly, frowning and saying nothing, looking at the dumbfounded Thirteenth Prince.

"Che Yuan, come here."

The thirteenth prince walked tremblingly to the queen's side.

The Queen grabbed the Thirteenth Prince's shoulders, took a deep breath, and looked at the ministers as if she was finally free.

"Your Majesty's departure is sudden. The Thirteenth Prince is my legitimate son and deserves to inherit the throne."

The ministers looked at each other and finally turned their attention to Yiman.

When the queen saw the gazes of the ministers, her eyes suddenly looked at Yiman with hatred.

He lowered his eyes, rubbed his fingers a few times, and looked at Eunuch Fu, "Mr. Fu, was the teacup that fell on the ground given to His Majesty by the Thirteenth Prince?"

Eunuch Fu stared at the Queen's fierce gaze and nodded, "Yes, because it was given by the Thirteenth Prince himself, so I haven't had time to try it with the silver needle yet."

Yiman looked at the imperial doctor again, "The imperial doctor happens to be here. The imperial doctor takes a look at the broken porcelain on the ground."

"Yes."

Seeing the imperial doctor walking over, the queen shouted sternly: "How dare you, I am still here, how dare you disobey me?"

The imperial doctor hesitated for a moment, took a look at the eldest princess's calm expression, lowered her head and walked over to check.

"Back to Princess, there is indeed poison in the teacup——"

Yiman looked at the Queen and spoke calmly, "The Thirteenth Prince is suspected of killing his father and committing regicide, and it will be jointly investigated by the Ministry of Punishment and Zongzheng Temple."

Hua Xiang led the people from Zongzheng Temple out and said, "Yes, I will obey the princess's will."

"You - you - rebelled against me. She is just a princess, and I am the queen -"

Yiman looked at the people from the Qingning Palace on either side of the queen, "The queen is not feeling well and it is not appropriate to come to the Hanyuan Palace. Send the queen back to the palace."

"You - presumptuous -"

The queen seemed to be on fire, her anger rising.The people in the surrounding Qingning Palace lowered their heads and did not dare to move.

Yiman glanced at the Minister of War, Jin Xiao nodded, and immediately glanced at General Yuan.

General Yuan stood up and stood next to the queen. The murderous aura that had been baptized on the battlefield immediately made people retreat.

"Please, empress."

"How dare you, I am——"

Yiman frowned and glanced at Bai Yi.

Bai Yi immediately understood, walked behind the queen, and tapped the acupuncture points.

The queen immediately softened up to the palace attendants beside her.

"Empress Empress—"

Watching the palace attendants of Qingning Palace taking people down, he glanced around at the ministers.

Out of the corner of his eye, Zhou Shilang glanced at the ministers and ministers of various ministries around him, stepped out of the queue and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty has passed away, please ask the eldest princess to take charge of government affairs."

Chu Nan and others came out one after another and handed over their hands, "Please ask the eldest princess to take charge of government affairs——"

Yiman rubbed his fingers twice, looked forward, and said loudly: "Please take over the throne, the prince."

All the ministers looked at each other. The prince is dead, how can he succeed to the throne?

Then Yiman spoke again: "The prince has passed away. Please invite the prince's eldest son to be granted the title."

Zuo Qinglu and others looked at the eldest princess in disbelief. Half of the important ministers in the court supported her. Is the eldest princess going to give up the throne that is right in front of her?

Yiman was dressed in court clothes and glanced at Lu Bo, "Why don't you go to the East Palace quickly and invite the new prince?" (End of this chapter)

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