allonlinenovel Chapter 249 You actually want to kill the king?
Chapter 249 You actually want to kill the king?
However, the atmosphere between Minister Zhong and the Crown Prince in the Crown Prince's study was not very good. After the Crown Prince expressed his suspicions, Minister Zhong completely denied that he had done it.
The prince naturally did not believe his explanation and kept probing him with words. Shangshu Zhong was so angry that he hit his head against a pillar. Although he did not die, a big hole was left on his forehead.
At this time, the prince had summoned the imperial physician to treat Shangshu Zhong. The physician said that he would not die, but he would need to recover from his injuries for a while.
This sentence contains a lot of information. It tells the prince that Minister Zhong did not use his full strength when he hit the pillar, but deliberately hit himself like this.
After listening to the report from the imperial physician, the prince finally understood that Minister Zhong was just trying to intimidate him!
After such a collision, he can only take leave to go home to recuperate and cannot attend court.
The meaning is to tell the prince: Without the help of the Zhong family in the court, let’s see how you will cope!
Naturally, the prince would not be willing to be controlled by Minister Zhong, so he immediately sent an imperial physician to escort Minister Zhong in person, to take charge of his injuries every day, and to make sure that Minister Zhong did not miss the daily morning court.
However, every policy has its own countermeasure.
Shangshu Zhong found a skilled craftsman from somewhere and had him make a wooden wheelchair. He then had the imperial physician push him to court every day.
Thus, such a funny scene appeared in the morning court of the Great Sage. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was sitting on the dragon throne, while Minister Zhong, who was not far away opposite him, was in a wheelchair with gauze wrapped on his head. An imperial physician followed behind Minister Zhong.
Faced with this situation, all the ministers were whispering and talking about it.
"This... this is so disgraceful! I've never seen a minister sitting down to attend court!"
"That's right! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is sitting on the throne, and Lord Zhong is sitting on a wheelchair... this... this... ah!"
The prince listened to the discussions around him with an unhappy look on his face, and glared at Minister Zhong from time to time.
But Minister Zhong seemed to be unaware of it. He sat there calmly, really not wanting to save face for the Crown Prince.
"Is your injury better today, Lord Zhong?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I will need some time to recover from my injury."
"In that case, Minister Zhong should not come to court tomorrow. Just stay at home and recuperate."
"I thank Your Highness the Crown Prince for his grace."
Minister Zhong sat in a wheelchair and nodded respectfully to the prince, as if he was truly grateful for the prince's consideration for him, but the slightly raised corners of his mouth made him look like a smug man.
The prince couldn't get angry either, so he could only close his eyes and look away to avoid getting himself angry.
So from the next day onwards, Shangshu Zhong stopped attending court and rested at home.
Although they no longer attended court, the Zhong family was never idle. Every day, a large number of officials came to visit them in person, and they almost broke down the threshold of the Zhong family.
When the prince learned the news, he was so angry that he smashed the study again.
"This old thief! He is demonstrating to me! Isn't this telling the world that he, the Zhong family, is more popular than our Zhao family? Why not let him take the throne!"
But no matter what he said, the prince was just venting his anger, and it was impossible for him to really give the throne to the Zhong family. After calming down, he still had to think of a solution.
"Someone is coming."
"Your Highness"
"Prepare a sedan chair for me. I want to enter the palace."
The guards looked at the sky outside hesitantly. It was clearly past noon and the court was over. What was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince going to do in the palace?
The prince waved his hand impatiently without further explanation.
"Go and get ready!"
"Yes, Your Highness."
The carriage was ready, and the prince arrived at the emperor's bedroom before the palace gates were locked.
The emperor has been in a coma for several months. According to the diagnosis of the imperial physician, the emperor's condition is like a living dead person. He can only breathe but has no thoughts. This is actually similar to a modern vegetative state.
The prince thought that the emperor would die soon, but he showed no signs of dying at all!
The palace maids and eunuchs who were responsible for taking care of the emperor every day poured food and medicine into his stomach through the esophagus. After doing this for several months, the emperor's face became much fuller and looked more rosy.
It is obvious that he will not die in a short period of time!
In the past, the prince could still suppress his eagerness and wait for the emperor for a few years. After all, he was still young and could wait.
But now the changes in the Zhong family made him panic. He had to ascend to this position legitimately and keep all the power firmly in his hands. So the prince had the idea of killing his father.
"You all go down."
"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
After all the eunuchs and palace maids had left, the prince walked over to his father's dragon bed. He narrowed his eyes and looked at his silent father in front of him, and spoke after a long time.
"Father, do you really know nothing? If I want to ascend the throne early, would you agree?"
After the prince finished speaking, he still stared at the emperor nervously, fearing that the imperial physician had made a wrong judgment and the emperor would jump up and punch him.
The emperor didn't react at all and just lay there quietly. Only then did the prince feel relieved.
"If you have no objection, then that means you agree!"
After saying that, the prince quickly pulled out a porcelain bottle from his arms, took out the red pill inside, broke open the emperor's and was about to stuff the pill directly into his throat.
"What are you doing? Stop it!"
Following a stern shout, a figure flashed in front of the dragon bed.
Hearing this familiar voice, the prince was so frightened that his hands shook, the porcelain bottle fell to the ground, and the medicine in his hand was also caught in his hand.
The eldest princess stood in front of the prince with an angry face, and slapped him in the face, knocking him to the ground.
"You... you actually dared to kill the king! This is really outrageous!"
"Auntie...I..."
"I watched you grow up, but I never expected you to become so cruel! Jun'er, you are really lost in power!"
The eldest princess was so heartbroken that she swayed a few times and almost fell to the ground. The person in front of her turned out to be her nephew whom she had raised!
The prince was still confused. He didn't understand how the princess could have known about his actions when he was so cautious.
The prince was still somewhat wary of his aunt. After all, the eldest princess's title of "Goddess of War" was not undeserved.
Moreover, the eldest princess has loved him since he was a child. It can be said that the eldest princess' love for Zhao Yujun is no less than that of the queen, so the prince could only sit on the ground in a daze for a while, not knowing how to react.
The prince calmed himself, turned around and gave instructions in a deep voice to the palace maid behind him.
"Go and close the gates of the palace. No one is allowed to enter or leave. I will clean up the mess today!"
"Princess...but the prince..."
"Go! Don't you even listen to what I say?"
"Yes…"