"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Jiang Bairen knelt down and kowtowed.
"I can't calm down. I just want to slap him in the face myself!" Zhong Zhiheng said in a rough voice. While taking a big sip of tea, he asked Jiang Bairen in a cold voice, "Has he had any contact with the Zhao family in recent days? What did he do?"
"Your Majesty, Prince Rong did not rashly contact the Zhao family. However, the Royal Guards discovered that Prince Rong's personal bodyguard Ling Shi'an has been frequenting a tavern recently. Coincidentally, the Zhao family's retainers also often go to that tavern to drink, and they all go in and out one after the other. It's quite a coincidence." Jiang Bairen said.
"This is not a coincidence. They are plotting something. I'm afraid they are not plotting revenge for the Imperial Concubine, but are plotting to seize my throne?" Zhong Zhiheng's eyes were cold and he sneered, "Just relying on the few personal soldiers of Prince Rong's mansion and the retainers of the Zhao family, can they force the emperor to abdicate and seize the throne? Haha."
Jiang Bairen said again: "Your Majesty, there is one thing that I find quite strange."
"You tell me."
"This time, Da'an accidentally injured Prince Rong. According to Prince Rong's usual temper, he must have taken advantage of this to divorce Da'an. Moreover, Prince Rong and his wife have always had a bad relationship. However, Prince Rong did not take any action. He just stayed at home to recuperate. The fact that Da'an accidentally injured Prince Rong was kept secret from him," Jiang Bairen frowned and looked at Zhong Zhiheng. "Your Majesty, don't you think this is strange?"
"What's so strange about that? This time, he has really caught the weakness of the An family. In the future, he won't have to worry about the An family not obeying his orders," Zhong Zhiheng said coldly, looking at the dragon table with his fingers, and said with a purse of his lips, "He is not satisfied with just the Zhao family, and he wants to drag the An family into the water."
Jiang Bairen looked very uneasy when he heard this: "Prince Rong is usually very respectful to His Majesty, he shouldn't be so bold, right?"
"How respectful? That was when the Imperial Noble Consort was still here," Zhong Zhiheng snorted coldly, "Now that the Imperial Noble Consort is dead, he is thinking that I will definitely not appoint him as the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace. Seeing that all his years of hard work will go to waste, how can he not be anxious? Isn't the Zhao family anxious? I have told him more than once not to get close to the Zhao family. Now that the Imperial Noble Consort is gone, they are completely in cahoots with each other."
"Then how will His Majesty respond?" Jiang Bairen asked.
"Doesn't he want to rely on the Zhao family? Then I will leave him without anyone to rely on!" Zhong Zhiheng said coldly.
"Your Highness!" Zhao Ruhai suddenly lifted the curtain and came in in a hurry, "Your Highness! The Queen Mother is in trouble! Please go and see her!"
"What's wrong?" Zhong Zhiheng stood up with a frown.
Zhao Ruhai said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, on New Year's Eve, the Empress Dowager stayed alone in the Cining Palace. Concubine Hui couldn't bear it, so she made dumplings herself and went to accompany the Empress Dowager. The two of them were talking in the bedroom, and the Empress Dowager suddenly vomited blood and fainted. Concubine Hui was so scared that she fainted on the spot."
"How is Concubine Hui?" Zhong Zhiheng asked hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Hui has been sent back to Changchun Palace. The imperial physician has already rushed over and said that she was just frightened and will be fine after taking some medicine and having a good sleep," Zhao Ruhai said hurriedly, pursing his lips and adding, "But the Empress Dowager is probably not well. She hasn't woken up yet and blood is spurting out of her mouth from time to time. Dean Qin is already in the Cining Palace. Your Majesty, please go over there."
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