The night has not yet faded away, and dawn is gradually rising.

At the gate of Ruidu South City, several city gate guards were patrolling the city.

Although the city is closed, the usual routine must continue.

At this moment, a city gate guard pointed into the distance and said, "Look, what is that?"

Another yawning city guard glanced at it casually and said with disdain: "Isn't it just that the sun and the moon shine together? The sun is rising at this hour, but the moon has not set yet. Haven't you seen it after so many years of work?"

"Fuss."

"Who asked you to look at the sky? Look at the official road in the distance and see if there is a long worm crawling. The direction is still towards us!"

"Where did such a big worm come from?"

With such a long distance, if it was really a worm, wouldn't it be able to swallow them both in one breath when it got close?

The man squinted his eyes and looked at it, then jumped up and said in surprise: "It's a carriage! Dozens of large carriages!"

In the twilight in the distance, a series of carriages were seen galloping towards the city gate from a distance. From a distance, they looked like a long, meandering worm.

As the motorcade got closer, the city gate guards discovered that these carriages were covered with black cloth, making it difficult to see what was inside.

Every man driving the carriage was dressed as a farmer, but the man on the carriage in front was dressed as a small official.

"Open the city gate quickly. I am Muren, the transport envoy from the Ministry of Household Affairs who is out to buy medicinal materials. I have been ordered to deliver medicinal materials to treat epidemic diseases into the city!" the leader of the man shouted.

When they heard that the medicinal materials had arrived, the city gate guards were very excited.

Who doesn't know that Ruidu is currently short of medicinal materials, but this transshipment envoy is so capable that he has transported so many medicinal materials back?

The medicine is here, the medicine is here, they don’t have to wait to die!

However, due inspections were also required, so he asked loudly: "Sir, please show me your badge."

The leading man held the belt card in his hand, and someone immediately ran out from the city gate and inspected it by the light of a torch.

After looking at it for a long time, he only knew that the waistband was really a token from the Ministry of Revenue. He then searched the carriages behind him and waved to the guard at the city gate, "The waistband is correct, open the city gate."

The leading man sat back on the carriage haughtily and directed the carriage slowly toward the city.

"Don't be anxious, we finally arrived. Walk slower, don't bump into people in the city and damage the medicinal materials."

At this time, even the city gate guards who were not on duty came out to watch the fun. When they heard this, they hurriedly said: "Quickly come in, there are not many people in the city now, and they are too afraid to come out because of the epidemic. How can there be so many people?" People!"

The leading man, however, continued to move forward slowly and calmly.

Fifty-two carriages moved forward slowly.

The first city gate guard stood at the top of the city, looking at the moon that was gradually setting and the sky that was getting brighter, and said with emotion: "The sun and the moon shine together, it's really a good sign."

The city gate guard beside him also answered: "It's almost dawn!"

Fifty-two carriages walked on the main road leading to the palace, each covered with a dark tarpaulin.

With such a big movement, it is difficult not to attract attention.

Therefore, when the daylight was bright and the carriage finally arrived at the Ruihua Gate, the first checkpoint of the palace, a large group of Ruidu people were already behind the carriage. If you counted carefully, there might be thousands of them.

When the leading carriage stopped, the guards in the city rushed up and asked, "Who is coming?"

They didn't receive any message from such a big movement.

Even if you are transporting medicinal materials, you have to enter through the side doors on the east and west sides, never through the main entrance, which is used by ministers to go to court.

The leading petty official jumped down.

Then he turned around, knelt down towards the carriage, and shouted loudly: "Welcome the eldest prince back to the palace!"

The eldest prince?

The eldest prince!

The guards at Ruihua Gate were shocked.

Everyone looked at each other, somewhat suspecting that there was something wrong with their ears.

At this moment, a young man slowly walked out of the carriage.

Wearing a moon-white plain robe, this person is even more elegant and graceful.

The guards were immediately dumbfounded.

It's really...His Royal Highness the eldest prince.

But he, he, he is not...

The people from Ruidu who were following the carriage were also startled and hurriedly stepped back several steps, causing many people's shoes to get dirty in an instant.

But no one cares whether the shoes and socks are clean at this time.

"Did I hear you correctly? Didn't the eldest prince die a long time ago? Wasn't he named Prince Huihui and buried?"

"Why did you come back to life again?"

"Is this a fake corpse?"

"Do we have other eldest princes in Dongrui? Are they from other countries?"

Amidst everyone's suspicion, the young man walked slowly to the front of Ruihua's door and prostrated himself under the plaque.

"The unfilial son Xiao Cong accidentally fell into the sea and survived by chance. On his way back to the palace today, he accidentally learned about the epidemic in Ruidu, so he collected medicinal materials along the way and returned. I only wish my father to be healthy and long live, and I hope that the people of Ruidu will get rid of the disaster and be happy and prosperous. .”

.......

"Your Majesty, there are a lot of state affairs now, so I hope you can make up your mind as soon as possible."

At the entrance of Yangxin Hall, the courtiers saw that Emperor Tai'an's expression had improved slightly today, so they mentioned the old words again.

Emperor Tai'an half-closed his eyes and remained silent.

Today, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, who has always remained neutral, suddenly began to echo: "Your Majesty, I feel that what the Minister of the Ministry of War said is true. If you decide on the candidate to supervise the country as soon as possible, you can rest in peace and we can do things more smoothly. "

"If I am still unwilling to decide who will supervise the country, will it be difficult for someone to be in charge?" Emperor Tai'an suddenly said.

"You tell me, whoever is in trouble with you, I will deal with the person first, and then I will nominate a candidate."

Jin Ziming, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, please feel at ease. Everything in the court is going well. Please rest well and recover soon so that you can take charge of the overall situation for us."

Emperor Tai'an leaned on the bedside and looked at the people standing behind the Minister of War from a distance.

Looking at the people behind the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, I suddenly felt annoyed.

In the past few days, he had been relying on himself to survive, and he had suffered from the illness of three ministers who were infected with the epidemic. However, he did not expect that all those who were sick were those from the neutral faction, and those from the Liu family were still alive and kicking. He really wished he could Tell these people to come closer and go back early to drink medicine and rest.

Seeing his silence, Duan Anmu added: "Your Majesty, I know that you are worried that the second prince is still young and cannot handle the important responsibilities. However, he is indeed your eldest child at present, and he is the only one who is most qualified to participate in state affairs."

Emperor Tai'an raised his eyes and looked at him: "Just because he is the eldest among several princes, does he have the most legitimate reputation?"

Duan Anmu frowned, "Your Majesty, if you are interested in the third prince... he is younger and is still in the Southeast Navy. In terms of emotion and reason, being close to elders, the second prince will do his duty."

Emperor Tai'an asked again: "Jin Shangshu, do you think so too?"

Jin Ziming was kneeling down, and after hearing this, he knelt down and said, "What Duan Shangshu said is reasonable, but I feel that His Majesty should make the final decision on this matter."

"Okay, then let's follow what Duan Shangshu said -"

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