Ever since Emperor Xiao Ji fell into a coma due to poisoning that day, the gates of the entire Changning Palace have been closed so far. No one is allowed to enter or leave the Changning Palace. Even Prince Xiao Jie, who is the crown prince of Daning.

This move naturally caused dissatisfaction and protests from many ministers and princes. After all, it was rumored outside the palace that the emperor was poisoned and unconscious. It is unreasonable not to let them enter the palace to visit the emperor.

But no matter how they declared their righteousness in front of the palace gate and argued hard with reason, even if they were lip-smacking, the Imperial Forest Army would not let them enter the palace on the grounds that the emperor asked them to close the palace gate before he fell into a coma.

Most of the ministers and princes had no choice but to give up on this, but I don’t know from which day, the fourth prince Yan Wang Xiaochen would appear outside the gate of Changning Palace on time every day, and he would not argue with the Imperial Forest Army, but just knelt in front of him. Outside the palace gate, he kowtowed several times in the direction of Xiao Ji's bedroom, crying with tears all over his face: "May the father recover soon."

The Dingding Street outside the palace gate was originally the main road of Luoyang City. It was full of people coming and going every day, and it was very lively. However, Xiao Chen went to kneel outside the palace gate to pay his respects to the emperor every day, which naturally attracted many people to watch According to discussions, most of the common people praised Xiao Chen's filial piety, thinking that King Yan was really a filial son.

However, there are also many people who have a different meaning from it. After all, the emperor is poisoned and unconscious, and the prince Xiao Jie is temporarily unable to clear up the suspicion of poisoning. If the emperor really dies one day, these princes I'm afraid it's doomed...

In addition, some people sneered at Xiao Chen's behavior, thinking that he was just showing off, otherwise why didn't he kneel in his own palace, insisted on running outside the Changning Palace every day, rain or shine, and doing it in front of the eyes of the public? Kneeling and crying.

It's just that there are some people who don't agree with this statement, and feel that even if Yan Wang Xiao Chen makes a show again, he is much better than the prince Xiao Jie.

Ever since the emperor fell into a coma, as a crown prince, he never once said that he came to Changning Palace to visit his father. He seemed to be completely indifferent to the emperor's condition. The Imperial Forest Army sent some memorials to the palace, and I don't know what he thought.

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In Changning Palace, a young eunuch walked quickly outside Xiao Ji's bedroom with a large stack of memorials in his arms, knelt outside the gate of the emperor's palace, and held up the memorial in his hand: "Reveal to the emperor, and the East Palace will send the memorial to the palace."

Not long after, Lian Yi, the internal servant, came out of the dormitory, took the memorial from the eunuch, and then hurried into the dormitory.

In the dormitory, Xiao Ji looked at Lian Yi holding a large stack of memorials, and couldn't help showing a meaningful smile: "It seems that someone is trying to persuade the prince to become a great treasure early."

Since he decided to pretend to be in a coma, Xiao Ji had to pretend to be comatose, and he would just hide in his bedroom every day, besides the Empress Dowager and Empress Sun, as well as Lian Yi, his most trusted internal servant, and Commander Qilinwei. No one could see Zhang Chu, so even many palace attendants who served him really thought that the emperor was really unconscious, and the whole Changning Palace was filled with an atmosphere of uneasiness.

Because the emperor was seriously ill and the Changning Palace was closed, the court meeting was temporarily unable to be held. The court and local memorials were sent to the East Palace for review by Prince Xiao Jie, so as to ensure the normal operation of the court.

For most of the memorials, Xiao Jie can make decisions, but for a certain type of memorials, he only takes one look at them before they are sealed and sent to the palace, even though he himself is not sure whether his father is really in a coma Among them, can you see these memorials.

These memorials are memorials for persuasion. After all, the most indispensable thing in the officialdom is always the watchful and the rudder. Now that the emperor is in a coma, there are always people who want to take the opportunity to make a contribution from the dragon's support.

Of course Xiao Jie knows that these memorials are hot potatoes for him, but if he ignores them, others will inevitably suspect that he is acquiescing, but if he strictly warns, others may think that he is trying to cover up.

Therefore, the best way to deal with it is to send these memorials to the palace intact, regardless of whether his father can see it, at least it will not fall into the shoes of others.

Lian Yi naturally understood Xiao Jie's difficulties. Hearing Xiao Ji's words, he couldn't help smiling, and pretended to be helpless: "His Royal Highness has no choice, after all, the pen is in the hands of others. , in vain of the Holy Grace."

"You, you are always talking for him." Xiao Ji shook his head and said with a half-smile, "Sometimes I wonder what kind of favor he promised you to make you treat him like this..."

Before Xiao Ji finished speaking, Lian Yi fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowed, and said in a sobbing voice: "Your Majesty knows that this old servant has always been loyal to the Emperor, and has never taken any favors from the crown prince or other princes...Old slave It's not for the prince, it's just that I don't want someone to provoke the father-son relationship between the emperor and the prince."

"Old man, get up quickly. Look, I'm scaring you, I'm just joking with you." Xiao Ji waved his hand, signaling Lian Yi to get up, not forgetting to comfort him with kind words, "You have been with me for so many years. If I can't even trust you, then who else can I trust?"

Only then did Lian Yi dare to get up, but his heart was still sweating secretly. He had served Xiao Ji for many years, so how could he not know Xiao Ji's character? He knew that Xiao Ji was not a person who liked to joke. It was beating him in the dark, asking him not to favor Xiao Jie too much...

However, it is also understandable that not long after the news of Xiao Ji's coma spread, so many officials submitted memorials to Prince Xiao Jie to persuade him to come in. How could he feel comfortable? If even the most trusted eunuch around him was too close to the Prince , How can he, the emperor, be at ease.

Lian Yi thought about it carefully at this time, and realized that he had spoken more times for the prince Xiao Jie. No wonder the emperor had other ideas. After all, although there was no conflict between him and the prince, who would like his valet to be with him? The heirs came too close.

Thinking of this, Lian Yi couldn't help but secretly made up his mind, as long as the emperor is still alive, he should keep a proper distance from the prince, lest the emperor think too much.

While Lian Yi was still restless, Xiao Ji suddenly asked, "Is there any news from Qilin Guard? Is there any movement in the East Palace?"

Although Xiao Ji's question was endless, Lian Yi didn't know what the emperor was asking, so he quickly shook his head and said, "Back to the emperor, there is no news from Commander Zhang, and there should be no news from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Big move."

Xiao Ji couldn't help frowning when he heard the words, he was very puzzled.

Although he ordered to close the Changning Palace, he could still keep track of the situation outside the palace through the Qilin Guards. He was very satisfied with Xiao Jie's current performance. He didn't send troops to break into the Changning Palace, and he didn't take the opportunity to contact the ministers or even Beijing. The generals just stayed in the East Palace honestly to handle the state affairs and ensured the normal operation of the court without any troubles.

But what made him feel strange was that he had also heard about the auspicious signs that had been raging all over the past few days, but what made him strange was that Xiao Jie's attitude towards it was indifferent, as if he ignored it completely .

Since Xiao Jie thought of sending the persuasion memorial to the palace to avoid suspicion, Xiao Ji naturally would not believe that his son was forging Ruizhao with the intention of ascending the throne, nor did he think that Xiao Jie would let others slander him.

The only explanation is that he must be planning some big move secretly, so as to reverse the unfavorable situation in one fell swoop.

But what the big move was, Xiao Ji, the father, couldn't guess it for a while.

But for the next thing, Xiao Ji is waiting to see, as he said, Xiao Huang has already disappointed him, and he doesn't want Xiao Jie to disappoint him again.

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