Chapter 391 Dong Feng Huang wakes up
The emperor is ill and is now bedridden. He is afraid that the other princes will take the opportunity to cause trouble.
The Crown Princess also knew the seriousness of the matter. She and the Crown Prince shared the same fate. After listening to the Crown Prince's words, she quickly arranged a carriage and went into the palace with the Crown Prince.
When they arrived, they saw that all the ministers and princes had already arrived, and they were all waiting at the door of the bedroom.
The prince breathed a sigh of relief. As long as everyone was outside, it would be fine. He was afraid that someone would control the palace like the prince of Xifeng Kingdom, and then he, the prince, would be doomed.
"Your Highness, you've arrived just in time. The Emperor wishes to see you. Please come in."
As soon as the prince arrived, Prime Minister Yang hurried to the prince, bowed and spoke urgently.
Prime Minister Yang is the Crown Princess's father. He was the first to receive the news that the Emperor had fainted. Why was he the first to receive the news? Of course, he had spies in the palace.
He was the prime minister, second only to the emperor and above everyone else, and his son-in-law was the crown prince. Naturally, his reach was longer and faster than others.
Prime Minister Yang was the first to enter the palace and stood guard at the door of the palace bedroom to prevent other princes from taking advantage of the emperor's illness to become the crown prince.
At the same time, he asked someone to pass the news to the Prince's Mansion and other officials. Most officials had already arrived at the palace because they were going to attend court today. As soon as the news came, the officials came in a hurry.
Faster than any other prince.
Just then, several princes arrived after the officials. Seeing that they were a step late, the princes knew it was difficult to make a fuss. At that time, the emperor had not woken up yet and had not received any instructions, so they had no choice but to guard outside the palace.
The princes originally thought that today was their chance, but they didn't expect their plan to go down the drain. Every prince hated Prime Minister Yang to death and could only torture him with their eyes.
The prince also arrived at this time, and Emperor Dong Feng woke up at that time and specifically asked to see the prince.
Several princes were extremely jealous, but there was nothing they could do but watch the prince enter the palace.
The prince was carried into the palace by eunuchs sitting on a chair, and he was carried in at this moment. Prime Minister Yang pulled the sleeve of the Crown Princess and gave her a wink. The Crown Princess was smart and she understood it immediately and followed him in.
The emperor had indeed woken up. When the prince came in, he saw Emperor Dong Feng leaning on the pillow in a trance, his face pale, his eyes dull, and his temples covered with a lot of white hair. He looked ten years older in an instant.
"Father."
The prince had some father-son feelings towards Dong Fenghuang. After all, they were father and son. Seeing Dong Fenghuang like this, the prince couldn't help feeling sad and choked up and shouted.
Emperor Dong Feng was brought back to his senses by the prince's shout. He looked at the prince sitting on the chair and felt extremely angry. It was all Murong Li's work.
His lifeless eyes then flashed with a cold light, extremely cruel and brutal, which made the Crown Prince, the eunuchs and the imperial doctors jump in their hearts. The Emperor Dong Feng looked so scary.
Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.
When the emperor was angry, millions of corpses floated on the surface of the water. Their lives were worth less than grass in front of the emperor.
Emperor Dong Feng looked at the people in front of him coldly. He said to the eunuchs and imperial doctors beside him, "All of you go down. Leave the Crown Prince here. The Crown Princess should also go down."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Except for the crown prince, everyone in the hall respectfully and quickly left the bedroom, as if they were running for their lives.
When only Dong Fenghuang and the Crown Prince were left in the palace, the Crown Prince hurriedly asked him, "Father, what on earth happened? Why did you suddenly fall ill?"
The Eastern Phoenix Emperor suppressed his sinister aura, looked at the Crown Prince with a stern gaze, and said, "Later, go and prepare the compensation to the Western Phoenix Kingdom, and be on standby. In addition, you will make a big show of gathering one million taels of gold, and at the same time, secretly search for some extraordinary people."
It's impossible to make him commit a crime. If Murong Li is not killed, he will not be willing to die.
He is the emperor, no one dares to control him.
The Crown Prince was shocked when he heard this. He asked in confusion, "Father, why are you making such a fuss about collecting one million taels of gold? Who are you giving it to?"
One million taels of gold is not a small amount. The compensation for Murong Li has emptied the national treasury. If we have to raise another million taels of gold, wouldn’t that whitewash the Dongfeng Kingdom?
And who will this one million gold be given to?
If Emperor Dong Feng wanted to fill up the national treasury himself, he would never let him do it in a high-profile manner, but would do it secretly.
The prince lowered his eyelids. He knew what had happened in the past few days. His father was fine yesterday, but he became like this overnight.
Everyone in the capital knew that the post station was burned. He knew at the time that it was the Emperor of Dongfeng who was behind it. He didn't want you two to leave Dongfeng Kingdom alive.
Could it be that these two people are not dead, and they come to my father and ask for compensation?
The prince is the prince, and he is very smart. He guessed the problem immediately.
Emperor Dongfeng did not want to hide this from the Crown Prince. After all, the Crown Prince was his successor and the son he most favored. He said in a deep voice, "Murong Li and his wife are not dead. Not only are they not dead, they even came to the palace last night, killed my shadow guards, destroyed the formation, and took the crystal ball. In addition, they demanded an additional one million taels of gold in compensation. This one million taels of compensation will be paid to them in a month."
The prince was horrified when he heard this. He asked in disbelief, "How did they find such a secret place? Are these two people still human?"
He had been to that place once. It was built after the founding of the Dongfeng Kingdom, and only the emperor and the crown prince were allowed to go there.
He didn't go there to absorb the dragon's energy, he just wanted to take a look.
But to go there, you can only open the stone door in this bedroom, and the mechanism is very secret.
How did they find it?
The prince was not surprised that Murong Li and his companions were able to enter the palace and kill the shadow guard. What surprised him was how they knew about the formation.
Only he and Emperor Dong Feng knew about the formation. He couldn't talk nonsense, and the emperor couldn't leak it.
Could it be that Xifeng Kingdom also has a formation, and Murong Li came here specifically for this?
Emperor Dong Feng gnashed his teeth and said, "They are not human at all. They took the stone door directly. I don't know how they took away such a heavy stone door. And I don't know what method Princess Li used. It gave me a headache and almost killed me with pain.
Therefore, we must find a strange man and kill those two people. If they don’t die, we will die.”
The prince took a deep breath in his heart. What Dong Feng said overturned his three views. He never thought that Murong Li and his wife were so powerful, so powerful that it was scary.
No wonder the crown prince of Xifeng Kingdom died in their hands. If such people are not eliminated, they will indeed be a hidden danger to Dongfeng Kingdom.
The Crown Prince let out a long sigh and said, "I will take care of this matter immediately. Is there anything else your Majesty wants me to do?"
Dong Fenghuang shook his head: "Let's first solve Murong Li's problem, and then we will slowly plan the other things."
"Okay, I'll take my leave then. No matter what, Father, please take care of yourself and wait for news from me."
(End of this chapter)
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