Promotion Letter for the Chief Executive

After sending off Changchun Immortal to leave, Ping An returned alone.

It was the darkest time before dawn, and he was walking alone on the wide road in the palace, the surroundings were completely silent, and he could only hear the sound of his own footsteps, one after another.

It was pitch black in front of him, and the surrounding buildings had only hazy outlines, like ferocious beasts lurking in the dark night.Even though it is the road that Ping An is already familiar with, walking on it when you can't see anything clearly still makes you feel uneasy.

At this moment, there seemed to be countless thoughts in Ping An's mind, and it seemed to be completely empty, without thinking about anything.

The night was depressingly dark, and the cold winter wind blew on the face of the person and penetrated through the gaps in the clothes, making the whole person numb from the cold.An unreasonable panic suddenly arose in Ping An's heart.

He knew what he was worried about, but he didn't want to think about it.

Fortunately, the darkness lasted only a short time.As Ping An walked, everything in front of him changed from blurred to clear, revealing bit by bit.A white light appeared in the sky, illuminating the entire land.

The magnificent palaces and pavilions look very solemn in the faint morning light, and the shadows cast seem to hide countless stories of vicissitudes.

It's not wrong, there are many unknown things that have happened in the nine palaces, and the only witnesses are these buildings that seem to never age and can last forever.

When Ping An returned to the palace where Zhao Can was recuperating temporarily, the sky had already brightened. Standing at the gate of the palace, he could see the people who stayed here last night getting up and planning to leave.

Although they fell into the water, they didn't stay in the water for a long time, and after all, they were grown men, full of anger, and they were not injured like Zhao Can, so although they were still not in good health at the moment, they Persisting in rushing home can always be done.

Pingan turned into the apse from the side, and Zhao Can had already woken up and was drinking porridge.

Little Fuzi came to him at some unknown time, and was kneeling in front of his bed, crying with snot and tears, "Woooooo... It's all because Little Fuzi didn't take good care of master, please punish me, woooo..."

Pingan: "..." I feel like I came at the wrong time.

Zhao Can was also a little embarrassed, Xiao Fuzi had been with him for a long time.The reason why he used him was because Xiao Fuzi was very loyal and careful, taking care of his life in an orderly manner.However, sometimes, this thought is a little too detailed, which is really a headache.

He was about to say a few words, but Xiao Fuzi couldn't listen to what he said at a time like this, and he must think it was his own mistakes and negligence.

Seeing Ping An coming over, he put down the bowl in his hand, and said in a more emphatic tone, "Okay, I didn't blame you, are you alright?"

"Okay, it's all over long ago!" Xiao Fuzi originally wanted to cry twice, but when he heard this, he stopped quickly, wiped away his tears and said loudly, "Then the master will be handed over to the slave to take care of it properly. posted!"

"Yeah." Zhao Can said, "Go out and see if the medicine is ready."

"Yes!" Xiao Fuzi stood up, turned around to look at Ping An, realized that he had seen him just now, felt a little embarrassed, bowed his head and ran away.

Ping An: "..." It's unscientific that there are such innocent people in the palace!

"Back?" Zhao Can looked at Ping An and asked in a low voice.

Ping An nodded, walked to the bed and tried the temperature on his forehead, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally, it doesn't burn."

"Thank you." Zhao Can held his hand and looked over.

Ping An silently withdrew his hand, sat down on the chair in front of the bed, lowered his head and did not speak.

Seeing this, how could Zhao Can not understand? "If you want to ask anything, just ask." He said, because he burned it all night, so now his voice still has a little hoarseness, especially when he speaks in a low voice, this feeling is more obvious.

Ping An said, "Changchun Master Kaiyang went to pick him up, so you've already expected this result, right?"

"No." Zhao Can shook his head, "It's just taking precautions before they happen." After a pause, he added, "It's time to get rid of the theory of life and death on my head."

"So you don't know anything about what happened last night, and you didn't hide anything from me?" Ping An raised his head and looked at him.

Zhao Can was silent for a moment before saying, "No, I know part of it."

"Not only do you know, I'm afraid you arranged it?" Ping An sharply pointed out the key point.

Zhao Can smiled wryly, "Ping An, I didn't mean to hide it from you, but if you knew about it, you would definitely not agree to my actions. But I had to do it. Telling it would only increase your worries. I thought there would be no harm. Big problem, who knows..."

"Which step did you arrange long ago?" Ping An interrupted him and asked.

Zhao Can was stunned, and said, "Assassination."

Sure enough, things were as he had guessed.The so-called assassination was not aimed at the emperor from the very beginning.In other words, the target is the emperor, but not for his life, but for his heart.

This step may seem dangerous, but as long as it is arranged properly, it will not be too dangerous. Not only that, but also enough benefits can be obtained.

It goes without saying how important the merit of saving the emperor is in the heart of the emperor.

Especially such an emperor who is dying, afraid of death and nostalgic for old love.

Ever since he heard the hint from Changchun Immortal and saw Kaiyang again, Ping An had already had such doubts.But after hearing Zhao Can's confession, the emotions in his heart were still very complicated.

He could understand Zhao Can's desperate attempt to take the initiative in his own hands, and also understood why Zhao Can had to do so.However... who can be responsible for his mood when he watched the water pavilion collapse?

Ping An was silent for a while, before speaking, "The matter is already like this, and you have succeeded, but that doesn't mean you are right. I still have to say—I don't agree with this matter!"

"Sorry, safe." Zhao Can immediately apologized.

In fact, before doing this, he hesitated whether to tell Ping An.After all, there is no need to hide his affairs from Ping An.But thinking that Ping An would never allow him to take risks, Zhao Can finally chose not to say anything.

At one point, Zhao Can actually thought about giving up this plan.After all, for him now, all this is just icing on the cake, and he is not so eager to achieve it.Now that he decided to give up, he naturally didn't have to worry about telling Ping An.It's just an idea anyway.

However, he didn't know what was going on, but before entering the palace last night, he suddenly opened his mouth and brought people into the palace.

Somehow, he has a very strong intuition that this method may be useful tonight!

It's just that it was too late to explain to Ping An at that time, and it was just an intuition, which might not necessarily come true, so Zhao Can didn't care.Who would have thought that this method was actually used in the end?

Coincidentally, when the lamp fell, he was not injured at all because he was stopped by Ping An.

However, after all, it was a bit of a surprise, and Zhao Can was a little uncertain whether the next thing would go according to the originally planned route.After all, these brothers of mine are not in the same mind.

Then they put down all the lights, which was really a very suitable way for them to prepare.At that time, the palace lanterns were shaking, and the hall was full of brilliance, and the sound and reflection of firing crossbow arrows could be well hidden.Moreover, it is much easier to break a lamp than to shoot a person. All kinds of reasons add up to this almost whimsical move.

In fact, if this is the case, Ping An will feel sorry for him at most.After all, he knew at that time that he was only injured and his life was not in danger.And the goal was achieved.

Who would have thought, and did not know who had the guts to destroy the water pavilion directly.

As a result, Zhao Can himself was in deep crisis because of his injury.If he hadn't escaped quickly, he might have been crushed to death by the collapsed ruins.It is reasonable for Ping An to be frightened by such a dangerous situation.

Hearing Zhao Can explain the cause and effect, although Ping An was still angry, Zhao Can was a patient after all, so he reluctantly gave him a good look.

Seriously, Zhao Can couldn't be completely blamed for the incident.After all, Ping An himself agreed to Zhao Can's original plan to attack.At that time, he should have thought that things could not be under Zhao Can's control all the time.

But fortunately, no matter what, nothing happened to Zhao Can, and since the incident was such a big one, the emperor would naturally investigate thoroughly.The matter of knocking down the water pavilion is really too generous, it is absolutely impossible to leave no traces, follow the clues, and after knowing the secret calculations of the sons, do you still need to ask about the next thing?

Sure enough, the following things did not exceed their expectations, and the next whole day can be described as a court drama.

First, Concubine Zheng Gui in the harem was grounded by the emperor, and the power to assist in palace affairs was transferred to several other concubines to take care of it together.Afterwards, the emperor successively reprimanded several older princes who became kings, with very harsh words, obviously dissatisfied with them.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it was the happy time of the New Year. The emperor's actions naturally attracted everyone's attention.

But the hall was completely quiet, and no one stood up to speak for them.Although it was because the government sealed the seal during the New Year's Eve and the emperor no longer reviewed the memorials, the real reason was that the ministers who had attended the palace banquet all guessed that the event on New Year's Eve might be related to several princes.

Not to mention the interruption of the good New Year's Eve, and almost killing people, even the emperor himself was targeted, so naturally he should not be forgiven lightly.If it weren't for the New Year's seal, maybe the emperor would directly issue an imperial decree to seize the title. At this time, who would dare to intercede and make the emperor displeased?

As a result, among these few princes, the only one who has achieved great success is Zhao Can.

Because he had to recover from his illness, he stayed in the palace obediently, appearing very leisurely, as if these things had nothing to do with him.But outside, there are already countless people who are thinking about waiting for him to leave the palace, and they will take the opportunity to visit him and show their kindness.

Whether this matter is big or small.The reason why I say big is that there is no small matter in the Tian family, especially when it comes to that position, these princes are all heirs, and it is naturally shocking that something like this happened now.Speaking of smallness, it is naturally because at this point in time, everyone is well aware of the tragic battle for the heir apparent, and this result is not surprising.

On the contrary, many people had a lot of speculation about Zhao Can who stood tall and did not fall down.

After all, if you say that he is completely innocent, I am afraid no one will believe it.But after all, there is no evidence, so he can only get away with it.

Both the emperor and the courtiers are well aware of this, but since it is necessary to choose an heir, ability is naturally the most important thing.Zhao Can's ability to do this shows that he is very capable and he is the most suitable candidate.

As a result, everyone ignored him tacitly.

Zhao Can was leisurely and happy, and took advantage of this time to finally coax Ping An to change his mind. ——It's sad to say, except for this kind of time, there are almost no days when the two get along day and night.Although both of them trust each other very much in their own and each other's feelings, and know that this situation will not last forever, and everything is planned for the future, but sometimes it is still embarrassing to think about it.

So now there is a chance to get along, even if one is still sick, it is rare for the two of them.

Under such circumstances, Xiao Fuzi, the eunuch who served Zhao Can personally, could easily become a light bulb in the way. ——Even if they can't do anything, but the two of them are in the same room, there will inevitably be some intimate contact, which is not appropriate in front of Xiao Fuzi.

So Xiao Fuzi was sent by Zhao Can to find out the news, and he was so busy that he hardly had time to be an eyesore in front of Zhao Can.

Early in the morning of the third day of junior high school, after dismissing Little Fuzi as usual, Ping An picked up a book and read it to Zhao Can.Now he has injuries and can only lie down, and it is inconvenient to read, so Ping An is responsible for reading to him.

However, after reading only the beginning of an article, Xiao Fuzi ran back from the outside with a panicked expression.

He pushed open the door with a "bang", startled the two people in the room, but stood there blankly, without saying a word.

Seeing that although he didn't speak, there was a change in his expression, Ping An quickly asked, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Xiao Fuzi's eyes suddenly turned red, "Your Majesty is ill!"

"What?" Zhao Can sat up from the bed almost immediately after hearing the words, and didn't even notice that the wound was opened.

……

I don't know if there were too many things happened on New Year's Eve, and he stood in the cold wind for a long time, or he was angry at his son's unfilial piety. In short, after reprimanding a few older sons, the emperor's spirit became very dissatisfied. good.It's just that at this juncture, even if you don't have the energy, you can only bear it.

Unexpectedly, on this day, the emperor fainted while talking to several ministers.

And this time, the illness was severe. After being rescued by the imperial physician, although he regained consciousness, he couldn't get out of bed at all.Now even if you want to hide it, you can't hide it.In less than an hour, almost the entire capital knew the news.

There was nothing important to do in the first month, but even so, the emperor fell ill suddenly, which still caused some chaos in the court.

Although the emperor's ability is mediocre, he is still a qualified and successful monarch after all. With him in one day, the court can run smoothly without any major problems.However, after such a fall, some turmoil will inevitably arise during the transfer of power.

Although the courtiers saw that the emperor's health was getting worse and worse, everyone was more or less prepared in their hearts, but they didn't expect this day to come so soon.

This is just rumors that have been spread outside, but the actual situation is even more serious than this, it's just that several ministers and imperial physicians are keeping secrets so that no one will know about it.

——As a result of the imperial physician's diagnosis, the emperor fell ill this time, and his body has completely collapsed. Now he is just procrastinating, to see how long he can procrastinate.

It was not too late for Zhao Can to get the news. After all, he lived in the palace and had an advantage.But he arrived at Tiangan Palace with other brothers.This is because he doesn't want to go ahead to show off, and secondly, it's because patients are always more troublesome than others when traveling.Zhao Can didn't want to ride a chariot or shoulder car, so he walked slowly with Ping An's support.

At this time, the princes are naturally no longer polite to each other.Especially when facing Zhao Can, the others simply did not hide their resentment at all, wishing they could fight him directly.

After all, in this matter, they all became losers, and only Zhao Can won.

Seeing Zhao Can's weak body and pale complexion, their eyes showed a bit of sarcasm, but they didn't speak, but Zhao Wen said in a low voice, "putting on air".But if eyes could kill, Zhao Can would have been beaten into a sieve by them.

Zhao Can naturally didn't have a good face either.

Although the emperor only punished him vaguely and did not release the evidence of the crime, is there anything Zhao Canyan doesn't know?He almost lost his life, and naturally he would not tolerate the culprit who killed him.

To his surprise, the collapse of the water pavilion was actually made by Zhao Rong and Zhao Xuan.But when it comes to cooperation, they haven't discussed with each other at all, they just cooperate with each other tacitly.Zhao Xuan wanted to bury explosives in the foundation under the water pavilion, Zhao Rong and Zheng Guifei provided convenience and help.

Although the form was different, this time it was Zhao Xuan's hand that nearly killed her. After learning about this, Zhao Can couldn't help sighing, perhaps some things were indeed preordained in the dark.Just like him and Zhao Xuan, maybe they were born enemies.

This time they didn't wait long, after all, they were here to visit the sick, and they were quickly invited to the back room.

It was only two or three days, but the emperor's appearance completely changed.Originally, it was only slightly white at the temples, but now most of the hair is white, and the face is haggard and wrinkled, looking extremely old.Everyone was standing, only he was lying on the dragon bed, his breathing was weak and his eyes were cloudy.

Ping An's heart tightened, and he subconsciously supported Zhao Can.

Zhao Can patted his hand lightly, but didn't say a word, maybe he was also having some complicated emotions in his heart?

Not only Ping An and Zhao Can, but also the others seemed to slow down their breathing deliberately, as if making a slight sound would startle something.

The emperor's gaze flicked over everyone one by one, and finally landed on Zhao Can. He paused for a moment, then retracted, and said slowly, "You don't have to stay here all the time. Go back after you've seen it. Can't die."

This last sentence was extremely heartbreaking, and everyone knelt down to plead guilty.

The emperor closed his eyes in annoyance, "Let's go."

So the princes had to leave again, but everyone was unwilling to come, so they kept walking slowly.But after hearing Xu You said, "Your Majesty, the dragon's body is ill now, but state affairs must not be left alone. Please also appoint someone to take charge of state affairs temporarily, so that Your Majesty can rest in peace."

The rest of the ministers also spoke in agreement.

If there is a prince, then of course the prince will supervise the country at this time, but the emperor didn't set up a prince before, and he doesn't seem to have this intention until now, so they naturally have to plan something.At this moment, the emperor pointed out someone to take care of state affairs temporarily, so if there was any emergency in the future, it would be justified.

Besides, even if it's nothing serious now, this person must be there, just to stabilize the hearts of the courtiers and the common people.

The emperor said, "I know it well."

Then he stopped talking.

As a result, the few people who were dawdling to hear some news had no choice but to speed up and leave.

Coming out of Tiangan Palace, Zhao Rong stopped Zhao Can, "I'm afraid I want to congratulate the seventh brother? I think you followed my brother every day, but this day will come." The last sentence has a strange tone, as if nostalgic , like mockery.

I'm afraid Zhao Rong really never thought that this day would come.

"Brother was joking. Seniors and young are in order, no matter what, it won't be my turn." Zhao Can said calmly, "My younger brother is injured, so I won't accompany you."

"What is the seventh brother anxious about?" Zhao Rong turned his gaze to Ping An who was supporting him, "I don't know when the seventh brother became so close to the people around the father. This method is really admirable. As an older brother, I also I can only bow down."

There was a tit-for-tat confrontation outside the palace gate, but in Tiangan Palace, the emperor was silent for a long time before he spoke, "Xuan Deng Hongyan."

Deng Hongyan, a talented scholar of a generation, has a brilliant literary talent. Now he is an official to a scholar in the Hanlin Academy, and he is responsible for drafting edicts for the emperor.It was self-evident that the emperor summoned him at this time.

So those who had spoken to persuade the emperor had no choice but to remain silent, waiting for Deng Hongyan's arrival.

Fortunately, the places where the Hanlin scholars waiting for edicts are located are very close to Tiangan Palace, even a little closer than the palaces where the prime ministers work, so Deng Hongyan came very quickly, and he understood his errand very well. After paying homage to the emperor, he immediately Spread the paper and grind the ink, and wait until the emperor dictates the content of the edict.

"I have been on the throne for 13 years since Chuigong, and 25 years in the imperial court. I have been sleepy for a long time, and I dare not be negligent for a moment. Fortunately, I have never failed the great trust of the late emperor, so that the country is peaceful and the people are peaceful, Haiyan and Heqing, and the land is expanded. Although I did not dare to match the Taizu Taizong, my heart is enough." The emperor said slowly, "I have raised sixteen sons, all of whom are intelligent and enlightened. Among you, the emperor's seventh son, Zhao Can, has a gentle and kind nature and a beautiful talent. He is the most like me. Chengzong Temple, established as the crown prince, announced to the world, and let the envoys hear about it."