"Did Zhao Ruhai ask you to come?" Zhong Mingwei asked.
"Yes, Master has ordered me to come and see Your Highness tonight," said Eunuch Xi, adding, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, others will only think that I am here on His Majesty's orders to invite Your Highness to the palace tomorrow."
"Oh, my father is going to summon me to the palace tomorrow?" Zhong Mingwei frowned and asked, "I wonder what it is for?"
"It's still about the murder of the fourth prince." Eunuch Xi said.
Zhong Mingwei frowned even more: "Hasn't Concubine Hui already admitted in front of the emperor that she was the real murderer behind the assassination of the fourth prince? Why did the emperor want me to come to the palace to discuss this matter?"
"This shows that His Majesty is not satisfied with this result," said Eunuch Xi, looking at Zhong Mingwei, "This is also what Master asked me to come and remind Your Highness."
"Your Majesty is not satisfied with the result?" Mei Ya frowned and asked, "What is he dissatisfied with? Is he dissatisfied with Ming Wei's incompetence? Or is he dissatisfied with Concubine Hui being charged with the murder of the Fourth Prince?"
"He was naturally dissatisfied with Concubine Hui showing up and taking the blame for murdering the Fourth Prince. Once Concubine Hui was found guilty of murdering the Fourth Prince, many of the plans that had been made could not be carried out," Zhong Mingwei said slowly. "Otherwise, the news that Concubine Hui murdered the Fourth Prince would have spread long ago. How come there was no news in the palace after a whole day?"
"Yes, Your Highness is right, Master thinks so too," Eunuch Xi echoed, "Your Highness wants to use the murder of the Fourth Prince to suppress the Prince of Pingxi. Although all the evidence now points to Concubine Hui as the real culprit, how could Your Highness let go of such a good opportunity? So Your Highness ordered the blockade of what happened in the Yangxin Palace this morning. Does Your Highness intend to follow Your Highness's investigation results on the case, or determine that the Prince of Pingxi is the real culprit behind the murder of the Fourth Prince?"
"So, he has made up his mind to use me to commit another major crime in the past 20 years," Zhong Mingwei sneered, "Fourteen years later, he is still so skilled in using me to kill someone else."
"Master is very worried about your highness's condition, so he specially asked me to tell you that you must be patient," said Eunuch Xi hurriedly. After a pause, he continued, "The Fourth Prince was killed, and His Highness was deeply shocked. After so many days of conditioning, His Highness's body has almost recovered, but he vomited blood twice in a row this morning, and finally fainted. He slept for six hours before waking up. Master listened to the words of the imperial physician and was afraid that His Highness's health would go downhill. If he is impatient and irritable, he may even have hemiplegia. So Master asked Your Highness to be patient and not to act rashly at this time."
"Yes, I know," Zhong Mingwei nodded, "We really need to keep our composure at this time, otherwise if we do anything out of the ordinary, we will be taken advantage of by those with ulterior motives."
"It would be great if Your Highness could think this way," said Eunuch Xi, adding, "Also, according to Master's observation, His Majesty has never intended to make Prince Rong the Crown Prince."
"I guessed it. How could Prince Rong, with his temperament and methods, be worthy of the emperor's favor?" Zhong Mingwei curled his lips sarcastically, took a sip of tea, and suddenly said, "The emperor just sent the Cui and Zou families to the south, and then sent Prince Hui to Yongzhou. Is there any connection between them?"
"I don't know about this, and the master never mentioned it either." Eunuch Xi was stunned, then bowed.
"Is there anything else?" Zhong Mingwei asked.
"Master asked me to report to Your Highness that His Majesty did not execute Concubine Hui, but instead sent her to the laundry department, where she toiled day and night until she died of old age in the palace." Eunuch Xi said.
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