The ministers looked at each other and dispersed, some went home to continue to catch up on sleep, and some stood in place waiting for the imperial city to open and go to the yamen in the imperial city to be on duty.

These ministers are all shrewd, they feel that the cancellation of the court meeting today must be unusual, but they are afraid that something has happened, and after a while, the officials and ministers have sent people out to inquire about the news to see what is going on.

Before noon, the entire court officialdom knew that the regent was seriously injured and unconscious on the way to the imperial city.

This is a great deal! These civil and military ministers of the DPRK and China are all people with lively thoughts, and now that such a serious assassination incident has occurred, how can they not think about it? Did the regent really be seriously injured by an assassination on his way to the imperial city? How heavy is the injury? To what extent? Will you survive? If you can't······ That······ Who will have the right to speak in the imperial court in the future? Is it the emperor himself or is there a separate regent? When I think of the emperor, many of the ministers of the court are cool and cool, and let the emperor, who is only six or seven years old, take charge of the government, isn't this nonsense? But if there is another regent, who should he appoint?

For a while, the hearts of the courtiers and ministers were opened, no, they had to find out how the regent was doing, as long as they figured out whether he was dead or alive, and to what extent he was seriously injured, whether he could survive it! Only by understanding these can we determine our attitude in the court in the future.

The civil and military ministers with all kinds of thoughts rushed to the door of the regent palace in person to ask for an audience, but they were all blocked by the guards standing guard at the door without exception. It wasn't until noon that Zhao Ting walked out of the palace.

Not long ago, Zhao Ting was canonized by the emperor as the king of Xianyang, and stayed in the regent palace as the king of Xianyang, of course, someone instructed the emperor to do this, the emperor was only six or seven years old in intelligence, of course, it was impossible to take the initiative to do this, Zhao Ting had the identity of the king of Xianyang, and he could justifiably serve as an official in the regent palace to assist Zhao Ziliang in handling important military and political affairs.

As soon as the ministers of the court saw that it was Zhao Ting who came out, they immediately stepped forward to clasp their fists and salute, gossiping: "Your Highness, the lower officials and others heard that the regent was assassinated on the way to the court, and they were all anxious, these damn assassins, who are they?" Why assassinate the regent? They should all be cut with a thousand knives, Ling Chi executed, and the Nine Clans should be exterminated! I wonder what happened to the regent? It shouldn't be a big deal, right? ”

There are too many people, you can't hear a word from me, Zhao Ting had no choice but to press his hand, and when all the ministers stopped talking, he rubbed his face that looked a little haggard and worried, and said: "I think all the adults already know, yes, at dawn today, my father was assassinated by an assassin on the way to the Taiji Palace!" ”

"Regarding the assassins, what this king wants to say here is that these assassins are all assassins of Qianjilou, and there are as many as forty-nine assassins who assassinated my father, and all of these people were surrounded and annihilated by my brave and fearless Dragon Guard soldiers in the process of assassination, and the corpses have been handed over to Wannian County to screen their identities!"

"This king will talk about his father's situation again, at present, his father is seriously injured, and he has already brought the doctor from the Tai Hospital to diagnose and treat him, and the specific situation is not easy to say! The king also knows that you are concerned about your father's injury, which is related to the stability of the court and the stability of the world after all, but the imperial doctors also said that the father cannot be disturbed now, so please go back first, and take care of the affairs of the government and the court with peace of mind. ”

"Another ······" Zhao Ting said and took a volume of edicts from Cao Yingxiang's hand next to him and said: "My father issued an urgent edict after returning to the palace after being assassinated, appointing the palace to engage in noble shooting for the right servant of Shangshu, Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and Pingzhang under the door of Tongzhongshu; Zheng San, the secretary of the royal palace and the secretary of the army, was appointed as the secretary of the household department and the secretary of the Tongzhong book, and during the period of his father's treatment and recuperation, the above two prime ministers were connected to preside over the affairs of the court together with Li Mi, Lu Qi and Guan Bo. As long as there are three prime ministers who jointly initiate, they can convene the courtiers at any time to discuss and decide state affairs! ”

The ministers of civil and military affairs looked at each other, the meaning of this edict is too unusual, an edict appointing two prime ministers is a great event in any dynasty, which will completely disrupt the political pattern of the imperial court, but to a certain extent, Gao Shang and others have presided over the affairs of the regent palace for more than ten years in the absence of Zhao Ziliang in Chang'an, and they can still make the court develop in the direction that Zhao Ziliang originally envisioned, which shows that they are still capable, and they still have some authority in the minds of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. Although they are acting in the name of Zhao Ziliang, and now they are acting as the official prime ministers of the imperial court, this does not seem to be an unacceptable thing, but the two yamen have two more supreme officials, from the previous three prime ministers to five prime ministers, and this situation of having five prime ministers at the same time has appeared in the period of Xuanzong, Suzong, Daizong and even Taizong Gaozong.

At this time, from the inner courtyard of the palace came a burst of medicinal fragrance, the fragrance of this medicine is very strong, and it does not disperse for a long time, and the minister who knows a little about pharmacology smells the fragrance of these medicines, and says that the amount of medicine is used so heavily, which shows that the regent's injury is not light, and even the hundred-year-old ginseng used to hang his life is used.

The ministers and generals dispersed with their own thoughts, although they left, but they always paid attention to here, and the ministers all sent their eyes to keep an eye on the movements in the palace, and some even moved to buy the palace attendants and maids to inquire about the specific situation.

On the first day, a highly skilled physician from the Tai Hospital was invited to the Regent's palace to treat the Regent's injuries, and he was invited from morning to night.

The next day, from morning to afternoon, two more physicians were summoned from the hospital to the regent's palace, but they still did not return.

On the third day, four more physicians were invited to the regent throughout the day, and then the regent sent someone to inform the families of all the physicians who had come to the palace, asking them to bring them a change of clothes, and it seemed that they would be staying in the palace for a long time afterward.

For three days in a row, as many as seven imperial doctors were invited to the regent and lived in the palace to treat Zhao Ziliang's injuries, and the matter reached the ears of the ministers of the imperial court, making these ministers begin to think about it, and some even asserted that Zhao Ziliang's injuries must be very serious, and even life-threatening, otherwise they would not have invited so many imperial doctors for consultation.

On the night of the third day of the fifth month, Zhao Ziliang sat on the rattan chair in the pavilion next to the palace hall, with melon and fruit snacks and tea on the small table next to him, how could he look a little injured? Ambergris was burning in the incense burner in the corner, two eunuchs stood behind him with a pu fan to fan him and repel mosquitoes, Gao Shang, Li Mi, Zheng San, Li Muchen, Du Zongwen, Zhao Bei, Er Zhu Xianzhong and other civil and military generals were on both sides, and Zhao Ting stood beside him.

After taking a sip of tea, Zhao Ziliang asked, "Li Yu, how is the situation outside?" ”

"This ······ In the past three days, rumors have spread throughout the government and the opposition, and almost even a three-year-old child in Chang'an City knows that the king was assassinated and seriously injured, and he is afraid that he will die soon! ”

After Li Mizhan finished speaking, he couldn't help but look at Zhao Ziliang with his eyes, only to see Zhao Ziliang look over, a ray of light swept over his eyes, and he was so frightened that he almost knelt down, at this moment, he only felt that the power of a generation of saint monarchs was really not something that a mortal like him could bear.

Zhao Ziliang suddenly smiled, "What else?" ”

Li Yu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and had to continue: "Those selfish people in the officialdom began to wait and see and no longer associate with others, while the officials who cared about the world and the people were worried, on the one hand, worried about the king's injury, and on the other hand, worried that the situation in the world would be affected by the king's injury. The people in Chang'an City have been panicked, the commercial trade in the market has been seriously affected, the merchants are worried that the king's injury will lead to political instability, and the political instability will inevitably affect trade, so now the merchants dare not place large orders. Weichen beware that if he continues, when the news of the king's assassination and serious injuries spreads to all parts of Datang, it will inevitably lead to an unpredictable situation! In addition, since the morning of the king's assassination, a large number of people in Chang'an City have successively set up a shrine for the king at their own homes or went to temples and Taoist temples to pray for the king······"

Zhao Ting, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but say: "In the past few days, people have gathered in front of the palace, they don't eat or drink, they just sit on the street in front of the palace, and they have words in their mouths, most of which are words to pray for their father's blessings. Erchen was worried that they were starving, so he had sent someone to prepare three meals a day for them and deliver them on time······"

Zhao Ziliang listened to the dampness in the corners of his eyes, and a sour feeling welled up in his throat, "What have politicians done, whether they are greedy for pleasure regardless of the lives of the people in the world, or whether they bring stability and prosperity to the people, they all remember, hatred and gratitude are clearly divided between them, even if someone imposes the charges of brutality, inhumanity, murder of the royal family, monopoly of power, and overthrowing the emperor on Lone in the future?" ”

The ministers knelt down one after another, and said nobly: "King, the history books will not be written like this. The king's achievements are high, and no one can deny and change them! ”

Zhao Ziliang sat up straight from the rattan chair and looked at the crowd: "Gao Shang, Li Mi, Zheng San, tomorrow you will jointly convene the ministers of the court to hold a court meeting, continue the content of the court meeting that was canceled last time, and I want to see how many people in the court will have different aspirations because of Lone's serious injury!" ”

The three of them looked at each other and agreed, "Obey!" ”

Zhao Ziliang instructed Lu Zhen again: "Continue to spread the news, just say that Gu's injuries are aggravated and he is unconscious, and the imperial doctors are helpless!" ”

Now everyone understands Zhao Ziliang's intentions, once this news spreads, when Gao Shang and others convene the ministers of the court tomorrow to hold a court meeting, there will inevitably be officials who are not firm in their stance and who see the wind and steer or officials who have problems themselves deliberately delay or obstruct the implementation of the decree on rectifying the atmosphere of officialdom, and what is the consequence of this? Inevitably, a large number of officials will fall from power.