There is a fake demigod in the East Palace

In the center of the second ring road, a convoy started slowly.These streets were not closed until all vehicles were completely out of the block.

A large number of people poured in from outside the cordon. They surrounded a building, pointing to a bright sign upstairs and discussing it.

Yan Tian concentrated on observing the situation outside the car - this is one of his daily tasks, the prince was just attacked last night, the assassin has not been caught yet, Yan Tian dare not take it lightly.

The royal family's routine press conference has not been held today, and the crown prince's relationship exposure has not yet been formulated with a reasonable explanation, so the crown prince went out of the palace to visit his lover with a high profile.All the press releases written overnight by the Ministry of Internal Affairs have become waste paper.

Soon, the convoy slowly drove onto the main road, and Yan Tian finally looked away with peace of mind.He turned to look at Rong Zheng, and asked, "So... did he agree?"

Rong Zheng was sitting in the back row looking at the tablet computer in his hand. Under the cold light of the screen, the expression on the prince's face was somewhat unpredictable.

"Is there any reason why he disagrees?" the prince asked back.

Yan Tian pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and expressed his hidden worries: "This person has a deep mind, and it will not be easy to control in the future."

"I understand." Rong Zheng slid his finger upwards, and Ye Zhaoling's detailed resume appeared on the screen: "But there is no turning back."

All of Ye Zhaoling's information was displayed on the tablet. Before Rong Zheng came to the door, Donggong had already found out Ye Zhaoling's background.

Ye Zhaoling's parents are both university teachers. I don't know what happened to these two high-level intellectuals, but they sent their son who was still in elementary school to a Taoist temple deep in the mountains and old forests to practice for several years.

Fortunately, Ye Zhaoling returned to spiritual practice and did not delay his studies. When he grew up, he took the entrance examination as scheduled and successfully entered the university.

Rong Zheng stared at the photo of Ye Zhaoling on the screen. This group photo was taken by the department on his first day of university admission.In the photo, Ye Zhaoling's appearance is the same except that his hairstyle is slightly different from now.

He clearly had a flamboyant face, but he was able to make no sense of presence when he was in the crowd.

In fact, in Rong Zheng's opinion, Ye Zhaoling might not be a good marriage partner, he was born as a commoner with a simple background.Such a person who is not involved in politics or business is perfect as a temporary shield.What's more, Rong Zheng's gender is male and female, so there will be no spark of love with him, and the two men will not be able to make a son and grandson, so there is a lot less worry about the future.

Although the details of the whole incident were slightly different from his plan, the result was satisfactory.With the help of the East Palace, Ye Zhaoling's identity has been confirmed, and even if the empress wants to give him another person, it will be difficult to go against public opinion.

What's more, with this oolong, let's not talk about what kind of public opinion turmoil will be caused by immediately denying the relationship. Even if it is announced after a while that they have broken up, this stinky Taoist is hanging out under the name of "the prince's ex-boyfriend". It's a ticking time bomb.

At this time, it is safest to keep him by your side.

Rong Zheng did not alarm the Queen about the prince's attack in the East Palace, and ordered the intelligence officials affiliated to the East Palace to enter the Palace overnight to conduct a secret investigation.Everything that happened last night was too strange, Rong Zheng didn't want to give others a chance to make use of it before the truth came to light.

Yan Tian might not have thought of what Rong Zheng was thinking about, but he still had some worries: "His personality may not be suitable for entering the royal family, and I'm afraid he won't be able to share the prince's worries in the future."

In fact, Yan Tian's worry is not unreasonable. As the prince's spouse, he needs to attend various important occasions at the national level and go abroad for state visits from time to time. From this perspective, Ye Zhaoling was born as a commoner, so he is not a suitable candidate. .

"It doesn't matter." Rong Zheng closed the tablet in his hand, and wrote lightly: "Let him complain of illness after marriage, and don't let him appear in the public eye again."

Yan Tian was slightly taken aback, the prince wanted to imprison him in the deep palace in a disguised form after achieving his goal, so that he would not see the light of day again.

Rong Zheng continued: "After the situation stabilizes, we can negotiate a divorce."

Come on, after using it, I still have to kick it away, Yan Tian suddenly felt a little sympathetic to this future "princess".

"But divorce will damage your reputation, Your Highness." Yan Tian said.

"That's not difficult." Rong Zheng raised his head and looked ahead, and said, "The time has come, just arrange for him to have a 'death due to illness'."

As for how to make a person disappear in this world in a reasonable way, the royal family has a lot of ways.

At present, all links have been opened up, but there are still the most important problems that have not been resolved.Yan Tian asked: "Your Majesty and the clan are probably hindered."

Now that the social atmosphere is open, same-sex marriage is nothing new, but the royal family has never set this precedent.What's more, the queen has her own thoughts on the prince's marriage.

Rong Zheng pondered for a moment, but did not answer.

This is indeed a mountain standing in front of Rong Zheng.

**

As night fell, there was silence in front of Yaoqing Palace. According to the usual practice, no outsiders were left in Yaoqing Palace after eight o'clock in the evening.

Holding a bowl of decoction, Pearl walked up the high steps, walked through the empty corridor, and came outside the Queen's bedroom.She stretched out her hand to stir up the layers of veils, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the national teacher is here."

The queen put on a graceful nightgown, but she hadn't gone to bed yet.Xu Shi has been busy with state affairs recently, and after the aura of the emperor faded, she looked much older than usual, and even a few clear lines appeared out of thin air at the end of her eyes.

A man took the medicine bowl from the female officer, and before he could get the Queen's consent, he walked into the bedroom.This person is tall, wearing a black suit, looks very calm and restrained.

Pearl seemed to be used to this, she bent slightly to salute the door, and then quietly retreated out.

There is a crystal tank in front of the queen's desk, and there is a brightly colored dragon fish in the tank.Zhong Yu walked slowly to the fish tank and stood still. He didn't greet or salute, but nodded slightly and said: "Your Majesty."

The voice of the national teacher is as deep and magnetic as a cello, full of mystery just like himself.

The queen was sitting in front of the desk with reading glasses flipping through an old photo album. She raised her head when she heard footsteps, and met a face wearing a mask without any surprise.

Zhong Yu has been showing people with a black mask all year round. No one knows his age, and no one knows his origin. It is said that even the empress has never seen his true face.

The empress waved to Zhong Yu, and smiled kindly: "Come and have a look, this is a photo of the prince when he was a child." As she spoke, she lightly turned a page with her fingers: "Time flies so fast, I didn't expect that even Zheng'er would It's time to get married."

Rong Zheng in the photo looks like he is only two or three years old, and he has already begun to assume the majesty of a prince.He had a stern face, and he was wearing the crown prince's uniform neatly on his body, with a very solemn expression.

Standing beside the crown prince was a middle-aged man and woman, both of whom were dressed in gorgeous gowns. They were the former Emperor Mingde and Empress Gao.

The queen looked at the family of three in the photo album lovingly, and said slowly: "He came to Yaoqing Palace today, and asked to marry that commoner."

Zhong Yu was not interested in the warm family reunion in the photo album, he looked away and asked indifferently, "What do you say, Your Majesty?"

"I haven't given him an answer yet." The queen slowly closed the photo album in her hand, and said: "I invite the national teacher to come here tonight, just to discuss how to solve this matter."

During the 20 years of the queen's reign, the national teacher Zhong Yu was always by her side to assist.It can be said that Zhong Yu has played a very important role in her rise to the top of the Great Treasure from the very beginning to the stability of her power status now.

Zhong Yu put down the medicine bowl in his hand with a "click", and asked, "Your Majesty disagrees with this marriage?"

The empress sighed faintly: "Rong Zheng's marriage is a trifling matter, besides, I already have a candidate for the crown princess in my heart."

No matter what the issue is, Zhong Yu and the Queen are always on the same front. In many cases, Zhong Yu's words represent His Majesty's wishes.

However, today he said to the Queen: "In my opinion, this matter is not a problem."

"Oh? How do you say it?" The queen was a little surprised when she heard the words. She and Zhong Yu had chosen the candidate for the crown princess.

Zhong Yu gave the most obvious reason: "Two men are married and cannot have children."

As the first member of the royal family to marry of the same sex, Rong Zheng has received support from many people because this decision is very "politically correct".However, having no heirs is indeed a very real problem for an heir to the throne.

It's just that the empress thought of herself, she could ascend to the throne with her son already having an heir, Rong Zheng may not be unable to pass on the throne, and the fact that he has no children will not be an absolute hindrance to him.In addition, a large part of collateral relatives are very supportive of Rong Zheng's decision. After the crown prince ascends the throne, if the emperor has no successors at that time, their collateral relatives may also have the opportunity to be crowned the great treasure.

This means that the power structure within the royal family may change because of Rong Zheng's decision.

Zhong Yu saw the empress' worry, he turned out from behind the desk and walked slowly to the hall.With a wave of his hand, a star map appeared out of thin air in the center of the hall, which looked like a holographic projection at first glance.

Zhong Yu raised his eyes to look at the astrology map in front of him, and said, "The Five Stars attack Taiweiyuan, and the East Chu will be in trouble."

As if confirming the words of the national teacher, as soon as Zhong Yu finished speaking, a star on the east side of the picture flashed intelligently in conjunction with it.

This star is called the Prince's Star, which usually refers to the crown prince of a country.

Zhong Yu continued: "A guest star invaded the north of the Prince's Star region a month ago."

Having said that, Zhong Yu turned to look at the queen, and did not continue talking.It can be clearly seen from the picture that the originally shining and bright Prince Edward Star is now slightly glowing bloody red.

After a few words from Zhong Yu, the empress has already tasted a little flavor from this picture.She met Zhong Yu's gaze and said, "The national teacher means..."

The queen hesitated to speak, and the guest star invaded the sky area of ​​the prince star, which meant that the prince of the country would have a catastrophe.

Zhong Yu stopped talking and did not continue this topic.He turned around and returned to the desk, and said softly, "Your Majesty, it's time to take the medicine."

The two talked for a while, and the bowl of soup on the table was still steaming.The medicine bowl is made of high-quality white jade. The medicine juice in the bowl is golden yellow. The color looks a bit bluffing, but it smells like white water.

The queen picked up the medicine bowl, got up and came to the dressing table, and slowly drank the medicine in front of the mirror.

A bowl of soup and medicine was drained very quickly, the queen put the medicine bowl aside casually, and raised her hand to gently stroke the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

In just such a moment, the deep wrinkles at the corners of her eyes disappeared visibly to the naked eye.Although the skin is not as smooth as before, it is also a state that people of this age cannot have.

The queen looked at her face carefully, raised her head and showed a satisfied smile to Zhong Yu in the mirror.The arowana in the crystal tank seemed to be able to understand human nature, wagging its tail happily.

"I have one more thing to report." Zhong Yu actually brought a piece of good news today: "There has been new progress in the refining of the longevity pill, and I will be in seclusion for a period of time, and will not enter the palace again if I have nothing to do. "

Throughout the ages, after reaching the peak of power, many emperors will begin to dream of immortality, even the empress who has received modern higher education is no exception.In the eyes of the empress, since Zhong Yu can keep her looking young forever, it is not wishful thinking to live the same life as the world.As early as ten years ago, she ordered Zhong Yu to start developing the longevity pill, but there was no progress.

Zhong Yu's dojo is not far away, just outside the palace in the Yuqing Palace, and he proposed to retreat at this time, presumably he has made a new breakthrough.

"Don't worry." Unexpectedly, she could hear this news from the national teacher today, and the queen couldn't help but feel elated.She said to Zhong Yu sincerely: "These years, I am really thanks to you."

Zhong Yu stood silently behind her, raised the corners of her mouth and smiled, and said, "It's all what I should do, Your Majesty."