The prince is shameless

Chapter 60

In the month after that, Xie Yi and Wen Xing stopped and stopped along the way, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, feeling indescribably comfortable.

It's just that when they returned to Zhang'an City, they received another bad news.

Emperor Anlong was critically ill.

"What's going on? Father was obviously fine when he left alone."

Xie Yi frowned and asked Fu Lu, but Fu Lu could only shake his head and said, "I don't know what's going on. About half a month ago, His Majesty suddenly fell ill, and then his body weakened day by day. Seeing... ..."

Fu Lu couldn't go on talking here, and sighed to himself.

Xie Yi nodded to show that he understood, and waved his hand to let Fu Lu leave first.

"Your Highness, do you remember the day when Emperor Anlong passed away in your previous life?" Wen Xing asked suddenly.

Xie Yi was taken aback for a moment, then he remembered that Emperor Anlong died around this time in his previous life, but at that time Emperor Anlong had gradually developed from a minor illness to a serious illness.

Wen Xing reminded again: "Half a month ago, His Royal Highness happened to bring the entire Yunwu tribe into the territory of the Northern Dynasty."

"Are you suspecting...someone in the DPRK colluding with foreign races?" Xie Yi looked solemn, "Is there any definite object of suspicion?"

Wen Xing nodded and said, "Yes, Fang Liang."

"Last time when you were poisoned, Lu Zong, who slandered me, had close contacts with Fang Liang, and from Fei Qing at that time, it was known that the incident had something to do with the Yunwu tribe. And you also said before that you asked Fang Liang to take care of me in your previous life. So I It is reasonable to suspect that Fang Liang colluded with foreigners, and his intentions are unknown."

Xie Yi pondered for a moment, agreed with Wen Xing's point of view, and said, "The most urgent thing is to check Father's situation first, let's go together? Maybe we will find something."

Wen Xing knew that Xie Yi was reminded of the queen's sudden illness.

He nodded, arranged his clothes casually, and went to Emperor Anlong's bedroom together with Xie Yi.

In the palace, all the imperial physicians have retired, and there is no one else except the queen and the third and second palace members.

"The sons and ministers refer to the father and mother."

"Caomin kowtows to the emperor and empress."

Wen Xing knelt on the ground in a dignified manner, seeing the old and aging Emperor An Long on the bed, he couldn't help but sigh.

People who were still radiant before, don't be so weak in less than half a year.

The queen on the side quickly wiped away her tears with Juanzi and asked the two of them to get up.

Emperor An Long lay on the bed, turned sideways with difficulty, his cloudy old eyes swept over Xie Yi and Wen Xing.

Vicissitudes and powerlessness, no longer the majesty of the emperor.

"Yi'er, you brought him back after all." The hoarse voice was still the same as before, without any emotion.

Xie Yi lowered his head and said softly: "Yes."

At this moment, Emperor Anlong's body couldn't bear the stimulation, and Xie Yi couldn't say anything stubborn.

Wen Xing hung his hands by his side, quietly listening to his father and son talking about the past.

During the period, he was also paying attention to whether there was any other smell in the room.

Emperor Anlong was different from the empress, he always lit incense on weekdays, and the lingering smell in the room interfered with Wen Xing's judgment.

He collected himself and gave up for the time being.

Just at this moment, Emperor An Long suddenly called him.

"Wen Xing, come here."

Wen Xing came back to his senses, said yes softly, walked over slowly, knelt and squatted in front of Emperor Anlong's bed, and looked at Emperor Anlong at the same level.

"In the future, do you still want to go?"

The same question had a different meaning to Wen Xing's ears.

He shook his head and said: "If you go back to His Majesty, Cao Min should not leave."

"Okay." Emperor An Long showed a rare smile, "From then on, Yi'er will be taken care of by you."

"Father!"

Xie Yi's reaction was bigger than Wen Xing's, because he knew that Emperor An Long finally agreed.

Emperor An Long waved his hand, and said: "I don't have a few days left, you...you can do whatever you like, I don't care."

"Father..."

Xie Yi's eyes were slightly red.

It is said that the emperor is the emperor first and then the father, and Emperor Anlong often prefers to give priority to the country, but Emperor Anlong has never treated Xie Yi badly since he was a child.

Even though he said his feelings were absurd, Emperor Anlong still didn't force Xie Yi to be the princess, but respected his wishes.

How can such a father, such a father, not love children?

Wen Xing lowered his eyes, saluted silently, got up and stepped aside so as not to disturb their father-son relationship.

It wasn't until Emperor An Long finally waved them away because he couldn't bear it anymore that Wen Xing suddenly asked: "Cao Min dares to ask His Majesty a question. When and who gave you the string of Buddhist beads on your Majesty's bed?"

Emperor Anlong recalled it for a while, and replied: "The gift from Aiqing in front of January is Fangliang, Minister of Rites."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Caomin retire."

Wen Xing bid farewell, and went out with Xie Yi.

Xie Yi noticed Wen Xing's last question, and asked, "Is there something wrong with that string of Buddhist beads?"

Wen Xing: "There are reasonable doubts. There is a faint strange fragrance on the string of Buddhist beads, which is different from the empress's at that time, and the smell is stronger."

It was precisely because of the stronger smell of this string of Buddhist beads that it "stands out" from the sandalwood in the room, and was captured by Wen Xing who was squatting in front of Emperor Anlong's bed.

Xie Yi frowned, pondered for a moment and said: "It's too much to scare the snake, Gu will find a time to ask Father for the Buddhist beads, now we will stay put."

Wen Xing nodded, indicating that he understood.

But man's calculation is not as good as heaven's calculation after all, Emperor An Long, who was afraid that the crown prince would not come back in time, died on the second morning of the crown prince's return.

Xie Yi and Wen Xing hurried to Emperor Anlong's bedroom, not even having time to see Emperor Anlong for the last time.

Everything happened too suddenly, but the country cannot live without a king. The next day, Xie Yi ascended the throne in front of the spirit of Emperor Anlong and succeeded him as Emperor Yuanqing.

Xie Yi, who ascended the throne without any preparation, was so busy that he didn't touch the ground, he only took the time to hand over the Buddhist beads to Wen Xing.

But I don't know if I guessed wrong, this time all the imperial physicians said that they didn't find anything unusual about the beads.

Wen Xing frowned, lost his mind for a moment.

He was wandering alone in the palace, and happened to meet Fei Qing who was in a hurry.

"Wen Xing!"

Seeing him, Fei Qing's eyes lit up, and she said happily: "You are finally back! I thought you would never come back after you left!"

Wen Xing smiled mischievously, and didn't say that he really had this plan at the time.

Fei Qing didn't continue to chat on this topic, and asked awkwardly for a while: "Oh, that's right, that, is Tang An back?"

Wen Xing shook his head and said, "No. His Royal Highness sent her to the Yunwu tribe to investigate some things for me."

"Okay." Fei Qing sighed in disappointment, and said again, "Is it the matter of investigating you? A while ago, there were rumors about the holy son of the Yunwu clan in the womb, and some people said that you approached the prince with ill intentions. , but it pissed me off, how could you be this kind of person! It must be someone from the Yunwu tribe who deliberately tried to harm you!"

Fei Qing gritted her teeth angrily, looking like she was going to fight those people.

Wen Xing didn't know that there was another rumor in the palace, he thought about it, and suddenly asked: "Fei Qing, can you do me a favor?"

Fei Qing: "Tell me."

"I want to trouble you... Help me monitor Fang Liang, Minister of Rites." Wen Xing deliberately lowered his voice.

Fei Qing frowned and asked, "Is it related to the death of Emperor Anlong?"

Emperor An Long's illness came suddenly, and his death was also sudden, but anyone who cared would feel that something was wrong.

Wen Xing didn't hide anything from Fei Qing either, seeing that there was no one around, he simply explained the ins and outs of Emperor Anlong to him.

Fei Qing almost understood what happened, nodded solemnly, and said, "I understand, I will try my best."

Wen Xing smiled apologetically, and said, "Now that Tang An is not here, I have no one else to turn to, so please trouble me."

Fei Qing patted Wen Xing's shoulder boldly, and said: "They are all good brothers, what's the trouble! I have arrest tokens here, if we find them at that time, we will arrest them on the spot, right?"

"Will this be too dangerous? The Yunwu tribe is good at poison, I'm afraid something will happen to you." Wen Xing looked at him worriedly, not very agreeing.

Fei Qing didn't have such worries, and said confidently: "What are you afraid of! They must only dare to do this kind of shady thing secretly, and they will not bring a few people with them—or they will not bring people at all. I am the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites. After meeting him a few times, he is just a frail scholar, not a threat."

"Oh, by the way, can I find someone else I can trust? It's the guard who followed you when you exposed Wen's treason."

It is easy to be exposed if there are too many people, but it should not be a big problem if there is only one more person.

Wen Xing thought for a moment and agreed.

Fei Qing didn't say any more, Tong Wenxing recounted the past for a while, and then left first.

Wen Xing, who was able to let go of this matter for the time being, heaved a sigh of relief, and turned to look for Xie Yi, intending to talk to him about it.

Xie Yi was still organizing Emperor Anlong's funeral at this time, with the still young Xie Qing by his side.

"Brother Kemeng."

Xie Qing was the first to notice Wen Xing, his pure eyes were shining brightly, very cute.

Wen Xing smiled softly, and said, "Your Highness Sixth. How are you doing these days?"

"Very good, thank you Brother Kemeng for your concern." Xie Qing raised the corners of her lips slightly.

Xie Yi at the side rubbed Xie Qing's head, and asked Wen Xing: "How is it, what did the imperial physician say?"

Wen Xing replied truthfully: "No, the imperial physicians said there was nothing wrong. But I asked Fei Qing to monitor Fang Liang, and he said that if he found Fang Liang and foreigners together, he would arrest him on the spot."

"It's too dangerous, don't you stop him?"

Apparently, Xie Yi also felt that the method of catching them on the spot was not very feasible.

While this would help resolve the matter more quickly, it was ultimately too risky.

Wen Xing said helplessly: "I stopped it, but he still insisted, let him give it a try."

"OK then."

Xie Yi also had nothing to say, he just hoped that Fei Qing could resolve this matter safely.

In fact, Fei Qing really lived up to expectations.

Only three days later, Fei Qing and another small guard, with the assistance of the shopkeeper of Yimeng Restaurant, captured Fang Liang, Minister of Rites who was discussing matters with a Yunwu man in the box.

Fang Liang usually had a good reputation in the court, and he was also a right-hand man next to the prime minister, so it was an uproar when this happened.

After that, Emperor Yuanqing ordered people to investigate, and finally confirmed that Fang Liang was the one who murdered the late emperor.

In anger, Emperor Yuanqing sentenced him to ransack his home and execute him to death.

Because of their meritorious service, Fei Qing and Bai Qi were promoted to Guide Zhonghou and Xuanjie Deputy Captain by Emperor Yuanqing.

At the same time, Emperor Yuanqing announced that Wen Xingzhong's false title of doctor would be restored, and his conduct would be inspected, and he could only take office after passing the inspection.

The case of Fang Liang came to an end for the time being. Emperor Yuan Qing personally organized a funeral for the late emperor, and made an oath to become a wise king on the day the late emperor was buried.

The court, which has not yet adapted to the new king, was calm for a while.

The author has something to say: Luo Xi: Next, please let a certain scumbag author take the babies to experience what rocket-like speed is.

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make up for the late thanks

Thanks to Qian Lingyue for the five bottles of nutrient solution irrigated on the night of 4.13, sorry for noticing QAQ not long ago!