“It’s not right.”
Before the Minister of Rites could finish his sentence, the Minister of Household objected.
He was selfish, Song Wangyue had saved the Fourth Prince, and if the Fourth Prince became the Crown Prince, he would certainly restore Song Si’s official position, and perhaps ……
The hand hanging at his side tightened slightly. If he had known that the fourth prince would be the crown prince in the end, he would not have let his daughter make things difficult for Song Wangyue by using the soap matter in the first place.
But now it’s too late to say anything, the beam has already been formed, the only thing is to delay and wait for the emperor to wake up. Even if the fourth prince is made the crown prince, the emperor will not allow Song Si to be reinstated.
“It’s indeed not right.”
Several other Shang Shu also nodded their heads.
It was indeed inappropriate to oversee the kingdom in the capacity of a prince; the name was not right, and the facts could easily be distorted and tampered with by someone with an ulterior motive, leaving an indefinable chronicle.
The Minister of Rites blew up his guts, “It was scheduled to be crowned the crown prince on the 18th, and the Ministry of Rites has long been prepared, so why not ……”
Several people slightly pause.
Yes, it is not right for the prince to oversee the country, but it is only logical for the crown prince to do so. It’s just that this is a big deal…
There was a moment of silence in the elegant room.
After a while, Zhu Zhihong spoke up to break the silence, “Today is the sixteenth day, the day after tomorrow is the eighteenth day, if the emperor still cannot wake up, the crown prince’s enthronement ceremony will be held as scheduled, how about it?”
Several officials looked at each other and nodded their heads.
The Minister of Household was reluctant, but he could only nod along.
The country could not afford to be without a ruler for one day, and waiting two days was already the limit.
……
The government’s government has also been working on a number of projects, such as the one in the city of San Francisco.
In just one hour, a dozen people were found to have smallpox, and when the news spread, everyone in the city panicked.
Those who owned shops did not dare to open their doors, those who worked outside did not dare to leave their homes, and those who had nothing to do even kept their doors closed, fearing that the smallpox virus might drift into their homes on the wind.
The first reaction was to go to the palace to report to the emperor, but he ran two steps away before he remembered that the emperor had suffered a stroke, or was angry with himself, and if the emperor woke up and heard the news, he might be so angry that he would have another stroke, and then his official position would really be over.
“Go, go tell Sun, Sun the commander, tell him to make sure that all the people are under control and that no one is allowed to walk in the streets.”
He didn’t need to say so, but so did the Sun Commander, and all the families who were found to have smallpox patients, except for the smallpox patients who were pulled away, had all the rest of their families seen by a doctor, and the homes were disinfected inside and out, and then a seal was put on the front door so that no one from the family was allowed to go out halfway.
But as time went by, more and more smallpox patients were found, so many that Commander Sun’s heart was pounding and he wanted to find Liu Ying and cut him into pieces!
The Liu family.
The first time Liu Ying’s portrait was posted Liu Ying knew about it, but he wasn’t too anxious, with the emperor backing him up he had nothing to fear.
However, the news came out early in the morning that the Emperor was not well and did not even attend the morning court, so Liu Ying could not sit still.
Is the Emperor really ill or has he been poisoned by Consort Xiao Xian and the Fourth Prince?
The more he thought about it, the more he thought the latter was more likely.
If that was the case, the Emperor would not be able to care for him at all.
No, he had to go to the palace and find out what was going on with the emperor.
Thinking of this, he went to the study, opened the secret compartment, took out a eunuch’s clothes and put them on, put on his own clothes on the outside, and took out the inner servant’s waistband given by Eunuch Huang in the secret compartment and put it in his arms, and went to the main courtyard.
The woman who has been in tears all day since the death of Wu Jin and his son has not yet come out of it, and Mrs. Liuying really feels for her sister-in-law, and every day she either goes to her sister-in-law’s courtyard or asks the maid to call someone to talk to her.
At this moment, the two of them are talking.
Liu Ying entered the door.
Seeing him dressed in this way, Mrs. Liu Ying stood up, “Is your Excellency going out? Didn’t you say that there are many people outside who have smallpox and the whole capital has been closed and they are not allowed to move around?”
“I’m going out to do something, I’ll be back soon, don’t worry I know all those people well, they won’t do anything to me.”
Madam Liu Ying didn’t think much of it and nodded her head, “Come back early.”
Liu Ying glanced at her sister, seeing that her eyes were still red, sighed silently, turned around and left the courtyard, leaving through the back door.
Not long after he left, the men from the Five Cities Military Division arrived at his door and knocked hard, “Open the door, from the Five Cities Military Division.”
Since moving to this side of the house, the main door of the house had not been opened. When the watchman heard the shout, he did not dare to open the door straight away and ran in a huff to find the housekeeper, who came to the main courtyard.
Lady Liu Ying did not know that the smallpox in the capital was the work of Liu Ying, “It should be a routine door-to-door inventory, just tell the truth.”
The housekeeper went quickly to the door and opened it to welcome him out.
Outside was a ten-man squad.
The captain had long been waiting impatiently and barked, “What took you so long to open the door? Has someone in the house contracted smallpox?”
The housekeeper bowed his hand and said, “Forgive me, Your Excellency, but I was slow and came out a little late.”
Seeing that he looked like a housekeeper, the soldier didn’t give him a hard time, “What is your master’s family name, how many people are there in the house, and is there anyone who has a fever or is sick?”
“In reply to your words, the master’s family name is Liu, and there are …… people in the house.”
Willow!
The captain still had the portrait of Liu Ying in his hand, and was sensitive to the surname Liu, so he immediately interrupted him, “But is it the house of the former commander of the feathered army, Liu Ying, Commander Liu?”
“Exactly.”
The captain gave a wink to one of the soldiers, who withdrew from the line and ran off into the distance. A quarter of an hour later, hundreds of soldiers came at a fast pace and surrounded the Liu family.
The steward was dumbfounded, “Your Excellency, you are ……”
“Cut the crap.”
The captain pushed the door open as soon as he could and barged straight in with his men.
……
Liu Ying did not know that his home had been checked, he arrived near the palace gate, found a place to take off his outside clothes, hid them in a hidden place, bowed and walked with small steps towards the palace entrance.
“Stand still! Which palace?”
Without raising his head, Liu Ying handed over his waist tag.
Seeing that it was someone serving the emperor, the eunuch at the gate hurriedly handed it back to him.
Liu Ying took it and walked into the palace with a calm demeanour.
He followed the direction he remembered to the Emperor’s bedchamber.
A dozen eunuch doctors were standing in the courtyard, each with a dishevelled face.
Liu Ying’s heart stuttered.
He carefully walked in the direction of the door.
The emperor had been unconscious and the group of palace attendants were so distracted that they were not as alert as they used to be, so they really let him walk not far from the door.
He raised his head slightly to look in.
The courtier was kneeling by the bedside to take the Emperor’s pulse, while Consort Xiao Xian and the Fourth Prince stood to one side and Eunuch Huang waited at the head of the bed.
The emperor was lying on the bed, unable to see exactly how.