I run a newspaper in ancient times

It was time for bedtime at this time, but the lights in the Mingzheng Hall were still on.

Emperor Yan sat at the table, the tea in front of him was already cold, but he seemed to have never heard of it, sitting upright like a statue.

All the servants around retreated, and the bedroom was quiet, only Zhang Banban was standing in the corner behind Emperor Yan like a shadow.

He breathed very lightly, for fear of startling Sheng Jia, but his gaze involuntarily fell on the small porcelain vases with white belly that Emperor Yan put on the table, there were three of them.

As Emperor Yan's confidant, he knew very well what was in the porcelain vase.

For so many years, thanks to the medicine secretly sent by Li Li, the harem was calm, no matter how favored the concubines were, their stomachs still remained silent.

When the brothers depended on each other, Emperor Yan believed in it. Now Emperor Yan who does not want children has finally started to stop taking medicine.

But it is easy to cut off an heir, but difficult to recover.After stopping for a few months, Emperor Yan, who hadn't had what he wanted, finally began to doubt.

"Brother Huang, aren't you afraid of hurting your body with my half-baked medical skills? You can't blame me if it's true."

Li Li's lively words full of smiles echoed in his ears. Looking back now, Emperor Yan only felt cold in his heart, so cold that he shivered directly.

He never thought about it, it was meant as a joke, but it might hide a mystery.

If he really can't conceive a person and cuts off an offspring, then the beneficiary...

Emperor Yan closed his eyes, after all, he didn't dare to think so viciously about his younger brother, after all, the medicine was [-]% poisonous, even if the medicine was stopped, it would take a year or two to recover, did he act too hastily?

However, once the seeds of doubt were planted, he would never be able to deceive himself and others to forget about it. Looking at these three porcelain vases with the same appearance, he became more and more frightened the more he looked at them.

These three bottles of medicine were given to him one after another by Li Li. When the first two were delivered, the relationship between the brothers was still very good. Emperor Yan almost finished eating all of them, leaving only a few.And the last porcelain vase was Li Li's temptation to him when his brother's suspicions arose years ago. He probably knew that he was not trusted by his brother. Only moved one or two.

He opened the bottle, poured out a small black pill that looked ordinary, and squeezed it with his fingers to look carefully under the light.

But he doesn't know medicine, so how would he know what kind of medicinal material this black lacquer exudes a faint and inexplicable smell?

All kinds of thoughts filled Emperor Yan's mind, and he suddenly had the urge to see Imperial Physician Xuan come to see him.

But after all, there is still reason, and I know that this kind of thing can't be made public, so I can only investigate it in private.

He suppressed the panic in his heart and called out: "Zhang Banban."

Zhang Banban withdrew his gaze, immediately bowed his head and walked up to Emperor Yan, bowing in response, "Your servant is here."

Emperor Yan didn't give orders immediately, but just stared at him with sharp suspicious eyes.

Zhang Banban is one of Zhang Zuoxian's many apprentices, but he is taciturn, dumb-tempered, and not on the Tao, so he is actually quite unpopular with his master.Emperor Yan secretly bought him over, and slowly trained him to be a confidant eunuch, who could do whatever he asked, even if he deceived his master and exterminated his ancestors, he would not blink an eye.

Although today's Zhang Zuoxian claims to be sent back to his hometown for retirement, in fact he doesn't know where the corpse was abandoned, and it was Zhang Banban who did it.

This person looks inconspicuous, but he is cold-hearted. He is responsible for any shady Emperor Yan, and he is really a good servant.

Sometimes Emperor Yan also doubted that he, the emperor who had been a puppet for many years and couldn't help himself, would there be loyal people around him?

However, both Li Li and Emperor Yan checked him, and there was nothing wrong with him.

"Can I trust you?" Emperor Yan suddenly asked coldly.

Zhang Banban knelt down without hesitation, kowtowed and said: "The servant is the emperor's man in life, and the emperor's ghost in death. I am willing to be driven by the emperor, and I will die!"

Emperor Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, and laughed at himself: "Everyone doesn't like me, poor me, what future do you have with me?"

Zhang Banban kept his head on the ground and said: "The emperor is the master of Yan, and a slave who serves the emperor is loyal to the emperor and the country!"

After he finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at Emperor Yan, with a strange fanaticism in his eyes.

"It's a good sentence to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country!" Emperor Yan couldn't help laughing, his eyes were shining brightly, he got up and paced back and forth on the ground, as if hesitating and contradictory in his heart, finally stopped, looked at Zhang Banban, and took a bag with him. Jue Jue, "Okay, whether it is true or not, I will trust you, and you will do one thing for me."

"Please instruct the emperor."

"Take these three bottles of medicine out secretly, and ask someone to check carefully to find out what kind of medicine was used and what it is for, but it will hurt your body."

Zhang Banban said: "Yes, the slave is taking orders."

Emperor Yan watched him put the three bottles away, and instructed again: "You must act in secret, and you must not let anyone know."

"The servant understands that he must avoid the eyes and ears of the prince." Zhang Banban said in a low voice.

Emperor Yan looked at him deeply: "Go down."

However, Zhang Banban did not leave immediately, instead he persuaded: "Your Majesty, the night is getting dark, let's rest earlier."

Unknowingly, the drum sounded in the middle of the night, Emperor Yan pinched the bridge of his nose, looked at Zhang Banban's stiff but concerned face, and couldn't help but nodded with a smile.

The palace ladies rushed in with the toiletry utensils in their hands, and waited for Emperor Yan to go to bed.

After the lights in the sleeping hall were turned off, Zhang Banban put down the bed curtain, left the emperor's side, and quietly walked out of the main hall.

Standing at the door, under the moonlight, he looked at the three porcelain vases in his hands, suddenly curled his lips, then blinked, heard the footsteps of the patrolling guards, put them back on his body expressionlessly, and said nothing. gone.

At this time, in the late night posthouse, the candlelight was still on, and there were two Daxia soldiers standing guard at the door, and the light and shadow reflected from inside showed that there were visitors inside.

I only heard the second prince of Daxia say in a tone that was half a smile: "Prince Yi is not a stupid person, how could he fall into this trap?"

Standing in front of him was an inconspicuous post official, who twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard the words: "Don't worry, the second prince, although the prince is smart, he is also very conceited, and he will definitely not let you fall into danger." environment, otherwise General Fan would have to stay away from the capital, this is not what he wants to see."

The second prince heard that he didn't agree or object, and seemed to be still thinking.

The little official couldn't help adding: "Or is it that the second prince is afraid?"

"Using body as bait is about life, who can not think about it?" The second prince was not angry, and there was no place to be provocative, so he agreed rashly.

"Tomorrow is the day of departure. If the second prince thinks about it again, my family will doubt your sincerity, so let's stop here."

The second prince looked at him strangely when he heard the words, with a sense of playfulness: "If your lord does this, you won't be afraid of the crime of collaborating with the enemy, betraying the country, and killing loyal people? If His Majesty the Emperor investigates it deeply, it will be a crime of extermination."

The little official looked up at him, and said with a smile: "This is just to set things right, and it's not the first time I've done it. I think the emperor can understand when he is sad. The second prince is too worried."

The second prince choked for a moment, he almost forgot that there was another identification of Beihou.

"It's really a familiarity once."

The little official didn't care about his sarcasm, and just said: "Compared to the situation, the second prince should be more worried about your own situation. After all, no matter how much you are loved by the emperor of your country, you are not a legitimate prince. If you come from thousands of miles, disturb It’s fine if we don’t have the Great Yan government, but if we can’t borrow food and return without success, I’m afraid we will be blamed.”

The second prince's face darkened, and he said with a fake smile: "In this case, this king has no reason to refuse, but there is still one problem."

"You say."

"In case everything happens, how will your lord ensure the safety of the king, instead of directly handing it over to be the target of your emperor's anger?"

The little official said: "Don't worry, the emperor is cowardly and cowardly. As long as the prince is gone, he won't dare to say a word to my lord. You are also a victim in this matter, and those people in the Jianghu assassinated without authorization."

"There is also Fan Zhiyuan." The second prince reminded, "He is so close to Prince Yi, I'm afraid... he won't let it go."

However, the little official didn't answer him, but asked instead: "I don't know how General Wang Xin is recovering, maybe he will follow Spring Hunt?"

When Wang Xin was mentioned, the second prince's eyes sighed softly: "Although the action is not hindered, but after all, he took a life from Fan Zhiyuan's hands, and the internal injuries are serious, so I'm afraid it won't work."

Hearing this evasive words, the little official showed a sarcastic smile, but he didn't say anything, he just said: "In this case, then please General Wang Xin protect the Second Prince, don't get hurt in the middle of the confusion."

Speaking of this, the second prince has nothing to hide, he chuckled: "It's only natural, this king cherishes his life very much."

He said that he picked up the letter on the table and put it on the table, "I hope your adults will be faithful, as written in the secret letter." He didn't light it on the candle, obviously he wanted to keep it evidence.

The little official took a deep look, saluted, and humbly left the room.

As soon as the little official left, Wang Xin came out from behind the screen, and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, be careful when seeking skins from tigers."

The second prince nodded lightly, his eyes were heavy, he leaned his body on the chair behind him, as if he said to himself: "Father's wish in his life is to rule the world. Obviously, Dayan's energy is exhausted, but he killed me unexpectedly." With Fan Zhiyuan, he is much more difficult to deal with than the original Marquis of Dingbei. Not only that, the mediocre and incompetent Emperor Yan, who is about to change hands in the world, has such a younger brother who is so secretive! Wang Xin, what do you think? Will Dayan be ruled by Prince Yi in the future, or will he still be in the hands of an old and ambitious minister?"

Wang Xin frowned, and finally he said: "The end will not be known."

"I don't know either, but I believe in my own eyes. If this prince is so easy to deal with, he won't hold the power in just one year, forcing him to cooperate with us." The second prince lightly chuckled.

"No matter what your Highness chooses, I will definitely protect His Highness!" Wang Xin bowed his head and said, "Everything Your Highness has done for the great cause of the Emperor, the Emperor must understand it in his heart!"

The second prince nodded, and then said to him: "Okay, go and rest, we will set off early tomorrow morning, and then we will wait for the opportunity."

Wang Xin bowed his head and cupped his fists as a salute, turned and left the room. He closed the door thoughtfully, and ordered the guards at the door to protect the second prince, before returning to his room.

He walked to the table and was not surprised to see a letter under the teapot. He opened it and took a quick glance, then turned around and took off the lantern shade behind him, burning the letter into ashes.

On a bright spring morning, the gates of the imperial palace were opened, and the imperial guards escorted the yellow royal carriage, the queen's phoenix carriage, and other palace family members and horses, and left the palace.

On the way, casual princes and ministers joined in, forming a long, busy traffic, and left the imperial city in a mighty way amidst the curiosity and cheers of the common people, heading for the Linshan paddock.

Except for the emperor, everyone's luggage is light, but there is one special thing, that is Prince Yi Li Li.

In fact, Prince Yi doesn't pay much attention to ostentation, but he is a person who requires the utmost refinement in food, clothing, housing and transportation. This means that in order to meet his requirements, there are dozens of carriages in front and back, and the boxes with big mouths are filled with all kinds of unimaginable things he needs. Even if you don't talk about ostentation, others won't believe it.

In addition, there are several times more guards from the palace than others, all of them are strong and strong, and they are not weak just by looking at their skills.Clearly tell others that he is not easy to mess with, and don't make plans with him. This is hunting, and he will be very careful.

Fan Zhiyuan was the commander of the forbidden army, he not only turned a blind eye to this, but also instructed the commander of the guards, after all, he had to stay by Emperor Yan's side for a long time, and could not personally protect Li Li.

All the way to Linshan paddock smoothly.