Regarding these three major issues that the imperial court was concerned about, the emperor also wanted to test the prince, so he asked the prince to express his thoughts.
In front of all the civil and military officials, the prince gave his opinions in an orderly manner: "No matter what the weather is like in the coming year, the court must always be prepared. First, seize the time to repair the original fortifications to prevent the flood disaster in the coming year from being unstoppable and making up for the situation."
It is too late; secondly, taxes need to be lowered and the people need to be lowered..."
He gave his specific thoughts one by one, and they were all down-to-earth thoughts, which made many people look at the eldest prince in a new light.
Even the emperor nodded with satisfaction.
This was an affirmation from the emperor that no one had ever seen in the second prince.
It was only then that the civil and military officials discovered that the eldest prince had always lived in a simple way, but he had never neglected his studies at all, and he had a deep insight into the common people.
The court meeting lasted until night, discussing the issue of the emptiness of the treasury and the money needed to repair various water conservancy projects.
As always, the emperor paid attention to the big families, and wanted to fill the treasury with the money from each family. Although the big families complained about this, they did not shake the foundation in the end, and they gave it to them. Please give it to the family.
Safety.
The long night is bright, and the palace lanterns are lit up.
It's just that the cold wind is blowing tonight, and the rain and snow are falling together. It's bitingly cold, and there are no stars and moon in the sky, and it's very foggy.
All the civil and military officials had left. The emperor rubbed his sore temples and said, "Thank you!"
Eunuch Xie hurriedly came in: "My servant is here."
"Go back to the Yangxin Hall and summon the concubines to attend your bed."
"The slave obeys the order."
Eunuch Xie left in a hurry, but Prince Wei Cheng was still in front of the emperor. He leaned over and said, "Father, I will leave now..."
Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a thunderous explosion, and suddenly an assassin covered in black rushed into the Xuanzheng Hall.
Eunuch Xie, who had just taken a few steps, was shocked: "Protect Your Majesty! Protect the Crown Prince!"
Countless guards rushed in, and the emperor was shocked. He retreated under the protection of everyone. The killer was very ruthless and decisive, and his martial arts was very strong. Most of the guards who could not cope with it fell down, and saw that the long sword had already been
Stabbed the emperor's right arm.
Wei Cheng suddenly drew his sword and faced the assassin directly, "Father, back off!"
An eight-year-old boy bravely faced an assassin's sword in order to protect the emperor!
The assassin was stabbed in the back by him and couldn't dodge. He moved a little slower, but he reacted immediately. The back of Wei Cheng's hand was scratched.
"Prince!" The emperor looked pale and covered his arms in shock.
Seeing that Wei Cheng was about to lose to the assassin, before the assassin's sword pierced his heart, a large number of imperial guards wearing silver armor rushed in. The assassin was hacked to death, but Wei Cheng was able to survive.
Although the young man was thin, the long sword seemed to weigh a thousand pounds in his hand. He stood up with the sword in his hand, covered with cold sweat on his forehead, and walked towards the emperor step by step.
"Father, are you okay?"
There was another thunderous explosion.
Illuminating the silhouette of the young prince.
Looking at his eyes full of concern and worry, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief after the disaster, but at the same time he actually felt a little afraid of his son.
Is it...an illusion? His son protected him just now, and he was just an eight-year-old child. What could he do to scare him?
The emperor calmed down and became furious: "What are they doing to eat!"
Eunuch Xie crawled in and knelt down regardless of the rain and snow on his body, "Your Majesty! Crown Prince! It's great that you are okay! Call the imperial doctor quickly! Call the imperial doctor!"
The emperor sneered: "All the imperial guards present today will be killed with sticks!"
Thunder exploded again, illuminating the emperor's distorted face.
"They couldn't even defend a single assassin, so they were all killed with a stick!"
Countless hard-nosed Imperial Guardsmen were pulled down and were about to die silently, disappearing into the biting cold night of rain and snow.
And on the floor of Yangxin Hall, the corpses of their brothers were still lying strewn about.
The prince said nothing, but walked to the emperor with his bleeding arm on his back and asked with concern: "Father, how are you?"
The emperor covered his arm covered with blood and said, "It's okay!"
Eunuch Xie was so frightened that he trembled. He walked forward on his knees and burst into tears: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you okay, Your Majesty?"
As he spoke, he began to slap himself, "It's all my fault! It's all my fault! If only I had gone out after a few seconds! I will definitely block this sword for you!"
Seeing his most loyal servant like this, the emperor did not express his anger and waved his hand: "Order someone to carry the body down and give it to me for a good inspection! I want to see who dares to be so bold as to assassinate me and the prince!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
Eunuch Xie quickly called some of his younger brothers-in-law to carry down the body that had been chopped to death with random swords. After a short delay, the concubines in the harem and the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital were all alarmed after receiving the news that the emperor and the prince had been assassinated.
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They all came towards Xuanzheng Hall.
The imperial doctor arrived, and Eunuch Xie immediately said: "Mr. Wang! Your Majesty and the Crown Prince are both injured! Please treat them quickly!"
Doctor Wang grabbed the medicine box tightly under his sleeves and nodded in front of Eunuch Xie: "Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Doctor Wang quickly bandaged the two of them. The emperor was seriously injured, and it was the most important one, so he took care of it first.
The queen and others also came. When the queen saw the prince's injury, her expression immediately changed. Wei Cheng gave her mother a look.
The queen almost blurted out "Your Majesty" instead of "Your Majesty"!
Then he knelt down next to the emperor very smoothly, and tears fell from his eyes.
Concubine Jing, An Bin and others also came. The first thing Concubine Jing did when she entered the hall was to throw herself at the emperor and cry, "Which bitch dares to assassinate the emperor like this!"
Concubine An just shed tears, holding her stomach and crying. It is also beautiful to see a beautiful woman shed tears.
Eunuch Xie came over and said a few words of comfort: "My dear ladies, please don't be too sad. Please call Dr. Wang to treat you first. I will serve you tea."
The emperor was also upset by the crying, and waved his hand to tell them all to sit aside.
When Eunuch Xie's tea arrived, the emperor placed a cup first. As soon as he touched his hand, blood dripped into it. The emperor said "tsk" and said, "Get out of here!"
Xie Gonggong said: "Yes..."
On the other hand, Doctor Wang glanced at the blood in surprise, "Hey... the blood is dark black. Could it be that the killer got poison on the sword?"
These words were so outrageous that the expressions of everyone present changed, especially the emperor's expression.
"Physician Wang, look carefully! Have I been poisoned?"
Doctor Wang was sweating like rain and shaking like chaff, "Is this...the prince also stabbed by an assassin?"
"Yes, just like father..."
Dr. Wang then said: "Prince, please drop some blood into this cup and have a look..."
After hearing this, the prince almost felt convinced.
It turns out that the person behind such a big circle was just doing this?