The emperor is about to die from poison, and all forces and parties are paying close attention to it at the moment.
Although they were unable to obtain inside information from the palace, based on their judgment and observation, the emperor would probably not be able to survive.
During the morning court session that morning, the poisonous words spoken by Chief Assistant Wang Xianggan had penetrated into his body and were still fresh in his memory.
Just when everyone thought that the Ming Dynasty was about to usher in a new era.
The so-called dying Zhu Youxiao was no longer seriously ill after two days of nursing care.
Although he has not taken half a step outside Nuan Pavilion, he is well aware of what is happening outside the palace, as well as their remarks and plans.
The total number of followers of Jinyiwei and Dongchang is tens of thousands, and they can be found in every corner of the capital.
Especially for those officials with high rank and real power, there are so many factory guards in their families who are always watching them.
Therefore, whether it was the plans of Wang Zaijin, Xu Guangqi and others, or the plans of Zhang Jin and the Jiangnan nobles, every word they said was recorded on a piece of paper and submitted to his imperial edict.
But now, he has no intention to care about this, and it is not the time to care about it.
"Your Majesty, those assassins have been recruited. They are all criminals and they are all from Zhejiang."
"It's the Wang family in Zhejiang. They were fished out of prison back then. The price was to do some shady things for the Zhang family. They can be understood as dead soldiers."
"This time they assassinated Your Majesty, they were ordered by someone from the Wang family. This person is Wang Zhongzhong, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."
After two days of interrogation, the three captured assassins were tortured by Xu Xianchun in various ways in prison.
Two people even died directly in the imperial edict, and the last person finally collapsed after witnessing his companions being tortured to death.
After Xu Xianchun received the confession, he did not dare to delay at all, and immediately returned to Qianqing Palace to report to the emperor.
And it took him two full days, but it became Wei Zhongxian's reason to attack him.
"The commander actually interrogated a few assassins for two days and two nights. It really opened our eyes. This Jin Yiwei prison sentence is not like the rumors."
"If this person is handed over to our Dongchang for trial, the results will be available within two hours at most."
Faced with Wei Zhongxian's ridicule, Xu Xianchun was very unhappy in time, but he had no words to refute.
The efficiency of this interrogation was indeed unsatisfactory, and he was even prepared to be punished by the emperor.
"Okay, I don't want to see this kind of war of words."
Although Zhu Youxiao was willing to see Dongchang and Jinyiwei at odds, he didn't want to see this kind of verbal war.
Xu Xianchun's performance this time indeed disappointed him, but he didn't want to punish him.
As Xu Xianchun was a relative and the commander of the Imperial Guards, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was his right-hand man. He did not want to cause disunity between the emperor and his ministers because of trivial matters.
Then he picked up the confession presented by Xu Xianchun and read it over, feeling a little surprised.
These people really dare to kill the king, they are really bold.
But this also indirectly proves that these people are no longer their opponents on the surface.
If they want to implement the New Deal and reform the old system, those with vested interests have no way to stop it, so they choose this path of no return.
If he really died, depending on how much those people hated him, he would most likely be a coward like King Zhou and Emperor Yang of Sui in the history books.
He made people and gods angry, and God was angry and resentful. God struck him to death with a thunderbolt.
"What's going on with the so-called Zhejiang Wang Family?"
"Back to Your Majesty, according to what the assassin said, the Wang family is quite powerful in the south, and many of their children are serving as officials in the south, so they can get people out of death row so easily."
"As for the others, I don't know. I haven't investigated yet."
"Hurry up and notify Tian Ergen immediately, asking him to immediately find out the details of the Wang family in Zhejiang for me. You must be quick."
"That king is among them. You send two smarter people to keep an eye on me. Don't worry about him for the time being."
After Xu Xianchun left, Zhu Youxiao stood up from the dragon chair and stretched, then walked to Wang Chaofu and Liu Ruoyu and asked:
"How's the matter that I asked you two to investigate?"
Dongchang and Jinyiwei are in charge of the outside of the palace, while Wang Chaofu's Xichang and Liu Ruoyu's inner factory are in charge of the inside.
Zhu Youxiao has always suspected that someone leaked his whereabouts, which allowed the assassin to assassinate him accurately.
"Long live Lord, we don't have any clues yet. Long live Lord left the palace that day on a temporary basis. The only people who know about it are some people from Qianqing Palace and the guards."
"But those people are all my confidants. They are absolutely trustworthy. Moreover, I also investigated them from the side. They did not behave unusually that day, and they did not even leave the Qianqing Palace for half a step."
"So I think this matter has nothing to do with them."
And Liu Ruoyu's answer was not much different from what Wang Chaofu meant.
In the past two days, he had tried his best and exhausted all means, but still found nothing.
Listening to the two people's answers, Zhu Youxiao was naturally dubious.
In his position, he can never completely trust anyone, and he should always question what they do and say.
Even the people around you who are following you every day are no exception.
In fact, he was also thinking that this matter might not be what he suspected, that he was assassinated due to internal and external collusion.
Because it was only three hours from the time he left the palace to the time he was assassinated.
The palace today is no different than before. People in the harem are not allowed to go to the middle palace without permission. Similarly, the eunuchs and maids in the middle palace are not allowed to go to the front palace without permission.
"You have to investigate this matter secretly and not expose it to the public."
Just as he was arranging matters, the voice of a palace maid came from outside the Nuan Pavilion.
"Long live my lord, the crown prince of the Qin dynasty and the crown prince of the Jin vassal are asking for an audience outside the palace, saying they have something urgent to do."
"Oh, why do they want to see me now?"
Hearing the emperor's doubts, Wei Zhongxian quickly answered:
"They must have also received the news. They know that Long live the Lord's life is not long. They want to ask for grace and let them go home."
"I thought it wouldn't be that simple. The two of them usually speak harshly to me when they see me. If I don't summon them, they won't come on their own initiative."
"Eighty percent there is someone driving them behind the scenes. The urgent matter is fake. Let's see if I am dead to see if it is real."
After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he smiled slightly.
Then Wang Chaofu was asked to personally bring the two of them into the palace, and he lay back on the bed and continued to pretend to be sick.
Zhu Cunshu and Zhu Shenxuan were also a little surprised when they saw Wang Chaofu, the most senior eunuch in the inner court, come out to pick them up in person.
This standard is much higher than before. Is it true that the emperor is going to die as the man said?
"You two princes, please come with your servants."