Jinyi Music

Zhu Houzhao stared at him for a long time, a flush finally appeared on his fair face, his breathing was heavy and rapid, and an unspeakable light burst out from his eyes,

"Master Mou said, but is it true?"

Mou Biao knelt down on his knees and shouted,

"Long live my emperor!"

Zhu Houzhao supported the prison door with trembling hands, and it took a while to finally stop his excitement.

"You... what can you do?"

Mu Bin knelt there upright, looking directly at Zhu Houzhao,

"His Royal Highness, what I'm doing today is to protect His Highness the Crown Prince's ascension to the Dragon Throne. This matter is extremely dangerous. I'm helping His Highness with my wealth and life. Please give me a promise!"

Zhu Houzhao was in a daze for a moment,

"promise?"

To be honest, the crown prince has never thought about killing a king, but no matter how benevolent and generous Emperor Hongzhi is, there are a lot of precautions that should be taken. Zhu Houzhao thought about it and said,
"Don't tell me that you are going to assassinate the king?"

Zhu Houzhao tightened his hand holding on to the prison door,
"You...you...what method do you use, it's hard...you...you have already done...you have done it to the father..."

"Oh……"

"What's the matter... my fifth emperor's son has a gentle temper, and he is not as noisy and nonsense as the other children. This is a good thing, why... what's wrong?"

"After tonight, I will definitely explain the ins and outs of this matter one by one, but now we are running out of time, please... Your Highness, please make a decision quickly!"

"The servant just went on to report that the prince...hasn't come out of the dungeon yet!"

Mu Bin touched his head to the ground,

After saying that, he raised his right hand and swore,
"My palace... Zhu Houzhao, the prince of Daqing, swore... as long as Mu Bin, the commander of Jinyiwei, can help me ascend to the position of great treasure. The Mou family has been rich and honored for a lifetime!"

That night, in the imperial study, Emperor Hongzhi was still at his desk reviewing the memorial.

After a pause,

"Even Mou Bin has voted for the crown prince. I still have no one I can trust. Now I can only rely on myself..."

Li Guang bowed his head and said nothing, Emperor Hongzhi looked up quietly, painted the dome of the five-clawed golden dragon, and murmured,

"Your Majesty, the guilty minister knows that he has betrayed His Majesty's trust and deceived the king. He deserves death. However, what I said was not a lie. I have the courage to ask Your Majesty, Your Majesty... When the fifth prince was alive, he had a quiet personality. , don't like to run around, sometimes his face turns pale?"

He squeezed out a word between his teeth,

But... If he didn't bother, why did he stay up all night?
Li Guang slandered in his heart, but he didn't show his response on his face.
"Your Majesty said yes!"

Listen to this, why do you plan to do it together with the prince?
Li Guang was startled, hurriedly lowered his head and said,

Mu Bin just stared at him without saying a word, Zhu Houzhao was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood,
"Don't you want me to swear an oath?"

"That's right... I know in my heart, this dog is disobedient, just change it, why bother!"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled,
"I know you have always been kind to Fugui, if not...he wouldn't have voted for the crown prince...but the sky prison...I have been in charge for so many years, and I have always been benevolent. I have not detained important criminals for many years, and now there is no one there. A few people, Fu Gui will retire there..."

Emperor Hongzhi secretly loved his son the most, so he didn't know what was going on with him, so he snorted angrily,

Emperor Hongzhi hummed,
"It's okay, let them talk about it... as soon as the sun rises, the commander of Jin Yiwei will be replaced..."

"Is it the fourth watch?"

"Your Majesty, the crown prince and Mu Bin, commander of Jinyiwei, are asking for an audience!"

At this time, a little eunuch walked in from outside,
"His Majesty……"

Now with a sneer,
"That old bastard Fu Gui is so bold, how dare the people in the prison let the prince take him away?"

"it is good……"

Zhu Houzhao was shocked when he heard the words, and turned to look at Mou Bin. Mou Bin took a step forward and said in a low voice,
"Please trouble the eunuch to spread the word, just say... the guilty minister knows the real cause of the fifth prince's death!"

Li Guang shook his head and said,
"Your Majesty, servants and servants are eunuchs who cannot interfere in politics. Your Majesty knows who to choose!"

Li Guang bowed his head and did not answer, Emperor Hongzhi hummed,

Speaking of this place, he let out a long sigh, Li Guang lowered his head, and Emperor Hongzhi asked again,
"Has the prince come out of the dungeon?"

He retreated from this side, and saw the crown prince and Mou Bin on the jade steps outside, came down a few steps and saluted Zhu Houzhao,

Speaking of this, his whole body trembled a little,
For a prince who hated his biological father and wished he could replace him, this was good news!
But for a prince who is about to become an emperor, this is not good news!

Li Guang glanced at Mou Bin in surprise, his lips moved, and finally held back, turned around and went back to report...

"Your Majesty, it's already four o'clock... Your Majesty's dragon body is important, you should go to bed earlier!"

The little eunuch replied,
"Your Majesty, His Majesty the Crown Prince said that it was Commander Mou who sent His Majesty a very confidential and important matter to report to His Majesty. His Majesty the Crown Prince said... that he knew that this move was against the decree. If... If it was His Majesty's punishment, he would fully bear it! "

If Mu Bin can attack his father without anyone noticing, what about himself?
Did he also secretly play tricks?
Mu Bin shook his head and said,
"This matter...is not what I did..."

"As long as I ascend the Dragon Throne, I will protect the wealth and honor of your Mou family!"

"You said... what did they say in the prison?"

Li Guangdao,
"They drove everyone away, and the servants couldn't get close... Your Majesty knows that the prison was controlled by that old man Fu Gui!"

Zhu Houzhao and Mou Bin looked at each other through the cell door, their eyes met, the cell was silent, only the sound of each other's breathing could be heard, especially His Royal Highness's breathing was so heavy that he was almost suffocating.
For a long time... After a long time, the soybean oil lamp on the table made a crackling sound, Zhu Houzhao's face changed from flushed to pale,

Mou Bin waited for him to finish his oath, then stood up and saluted again.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

smiled again,
"You said... Who should I replace?"

Li Guang replied,

Even though Mou Bin is now in prison, His Majesty has not announced his crimes for a day, and has not dismissed him for a day, so he is still the commander of Jinyiwei.

Mu Bin replied in a deep voice,

Seeing this, Li Guang asked in a low voice,

So the two stepped into the imperial study room, where Emperor Hongzhi looked haggard and sat on the dragon table. Zhu Houzhao came in and bowed. Mou Bin came in and knelt down with a plop. Hongzhi squinted at Mu Biao.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes narrowed even more, and he leaned back slowly,
"It seems...they really have something to say!"

Mou Bin remained silent, Zhu Houzhao's face showed an angry look, but Mou Bin's eyes were firm, Zhu Houzhao nodded for a while, speechless,

"I'd like to see what kind of flower they can come up with. Could it be...they are still discussing about assassinating me?"

"Hmph! Take care of the dragon body..."

Li Guang came in lightly, bowed his head and whispered, Emperor Hongzhi raised his head and looked at the hourglass beside the table,

Emperor Hongzhi sneered, his eyes changed,

"This one……"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled coldly,
"Ask the prince, what secrets are there for him to bring up all the prisoners in the prison and bring them to me? What is he trying to do? Disobedience?"

Zhu Houzhao was startled and his face darkened again when he heard the words,
"Mu Bin, you... how dare you kill the king?"

Emperor Hongzhi put down the pen in his hand, leaned back on the back of the chair, rubbed his sore eye sockets,

Emperor Hongzhi sat up straight, narrowed his eyes,
"What did this talk about?"

"As long as His Highness can bring the subject to the imperial study and see His Majesty, the subject will be able to make His Majesty die without anyone noticing!"

Mu Bin nodded, Zhu Houzhao nodded after thinking about it,

"How do you tell me to take care of my dragon body? Is there any trustworthy person by my side now, and I can't rely on myself for anything?"

……

"Okay! I swear..."

"...It's up to you!"

"Yes!"

Sure enough, after a while Li Guang came out again,
"Your Majesty calls!"

Mu Bin shook his head,

"Then...Your Majesty...do you want to see me?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty asks, what secrets does Your Majesty have that is worthy of bringing the prisoners in the dungeon to His Majesty, what is His Majesty trying to do, disobedience?"

"What's up?"

Zhu Houzhao asked,
"What method do you have to keep your position in the palace?"

"Mu Bin, you are really courageous. Instead of thinking about your own mistakes in the sky prison, you dare to run in front of me and talk about the prince. Do you really think that I dare not kill you?"

"His Royal Highness, if His Majesty dies suddenly tonight, how confident is His Highness that he can suppress the Second and Third Princes, seize the military power of the Nine Sects, and make several elders lean towards His Highness?"

"Oh……"

"Yes, Your Majesty... please take care of the dragon body!"

Li Guang bowed even lower, and said with a smile,
"Your Majesty was joking, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has absolutely no sense of unfilial piety. As for... Commander Mou, although he has done something wrong, he is not so courageous!"

Mu Bin replied,

"Your Majesty never thought about it, is it because the fifth prince was born with a hidden disease? The fifth prince died suddenly, and your majesty never thought about it... Did the fifth prince's emergency come too suddenly, without warning?"

It would be a lie to say that Emperor Hongzhi had no doubts about the death of the Fifth Prince!
My beloved child was fine, but suddenly died of an emergency overnight. I didn't even see him for the last time. Emperor Hongzhi was angry, anxious and sad. He also suspected it, and thought of sending the imperial physician to investigate carefully. After a while, Fan Gui cried and said that he would follow the child,
"Your Majesty, the emperor has gone, please give him peace and don't let anyone disturb him anymore!"

Hongzhi had no choice but to ask Liu Kui, a pediatric expert, to look at it.
"...Children's illnesses are the most hidden and difficult to cure. A small wind-cold may be just a cough or sneeze to an adult, but in a child, the external symptoms may be very mild, but the internal symptoms are actually serious. It has already hurt the heart, causing acute heart injury, often sleeping all night, and waking up to find that the child is already cold and dead for a long time..."

These are the original words of Imperial Physician Liu. After Hongzhi, he also asked several doctors who are good at pediatrics. All the imperial physicians said that this is indeed the case, but this situation is mostly for children under the age of five, like the Fifth Prince. It's rare to see people at this age!