Outside the city gate were General Tian and his people, and also where Yun Nishang and her people were.

As long as the city gates are not opened, these people will have no way to get in.

Unless it is done in the name of rebellion and purging the emperor's side.

But now that the city gates were open, Zhao Ji's first step was to contact General Ueda and have him disguise his soldiers as scholars, allowing these people to enter the capital step by step.

Then he lurked at the property under Zhao Ji's name.

The prime minister and his men had a good idea. They simply restricted those who could leave the city and screened out those who might be members of the emperor's faction by reviewing them.

So they were stuck leaving the city, not entering it.

Zhao Ji’s focus has never been on arranging people out, but on arranging people in.

Only when enough powerful people come in will Zhao Ji have enough manpower to play his role.

Only then will there be enough people to compete with the Prime Minister's people.

General Tian really trusted Zhao Ji. After receiving Zhao Ji's magpie letter, he did as Zhao Ji instructed without saying a word.

"There are indeed a lot more scholars recently?"

The people guarding the city were chatting.

"Yes, I've noticed that too. I feel like most of these scholars coming here are from far away places. They all look strong and sturdy. If they were weak, they would have been killed by robbers on the way from those remote places to the capital!"

The other people guarding the city burst into laughter when they heard this.

These people don't know that the scholars they let in every day can chop off their heads with their swords.

At the same time, Zhao Ji was calculating the number of people on his side every day.

Although General Tian had let in quite a few people, Zhao Ji still did not act rashly.

Zhao Ji was waiting for two things.

The first one is naturally the emperor. If the emperor does not wake up or has not regained consciousness, then even if Zhao Ji suddenly attacks, it may be easy to fail.

The second is naturally Li Ao.

Li Ao's move was also very important. When Zhao Ji asked Li Ao to find Yun Nishang, the letter he brought did not actually describe the serious situation in the capital.

It simply had eight words written on it: "Return with troops, emergency rescue."

Because letters could be left as evidence, Zhao Ji was never willing to write more, which was why he sent Li to survive.

Because Li Ao understood the situation in the capital, and Li Ao himself was the emperor's confidant. If he sent such a person over, he would naturally be able to explain things clearly.

So Zhao Ji was waiting, waiting for these two things. At least one of them would be settled so that he could take action.

The director of the Imperial Medical Bureau came to Zhao Ji's house more and more frequently.

"The emperor's condition has improved compared to before, but I have to say that this time the emperor's health has collapsed. Even if he wakes up, it is hard to say how much time he will have left!"

Zhao Ji has a good relationship with the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau, so the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau would tell Zhao Ji these things that could cost him his life if he said them.

In fact, he just wanted to give Zhao Ji some advice from the bottom of his heart.

As for the current situation, the emperor's condition is not ideal. Even if Zhao Ji rescued the people and let the emperor return to the palace to take charge of the situation, the emperor's physical condition means that he will basically not live long.

Then the problem arises. The emperor doesn't have much time left, but he only has two princes under his command, one is the third prince and the other is the youngest prince.

Needless to say, the Third Prince is a prince under the Queen's name, and the Queen is the Prime Minister's daughter, so the Third Prince is 100% in the same boat with the Prime Minister.

As for the little prince, his mother's family is weak and he is also very young.

No matter from which angle you look at it, the competitiveness between the youngest prince and the third prince is very different.

Besides, the little prince was only assisted by the emperor to fight against the third prince, so he really had no advantage.

Therefore, in this case, the possibility of the emperor appointing the crown prince will obviously lean towards the third prince.

Even in this matter now, everything seems to be the work of the Third Prince.

But the emperor and the third prince are father and son after all, so who can guarantee that the emperor will really hold the third prince accountable after he wakes up?

The head of the Imperial Medical Bureau understood this truth, so how could Zhao Ji not understand it?

Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable to Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji was not panicked at all.

"It doesn't matter. I have thought of all these things and have solutions. You don't need to worry about this matter for me!"

Zhao Ji naturally didn't intend to reveal his plan so early.

At this moment, the housekeeper of Zhao Ji's mansion suddenly rushed over happily.

"My Lord! The Emperor seems to be awake!"

When Zhao Ji and the head of the Imperial Medical Service heard the news, they looked at each other and without saying a word, immediately went to where the emperor lived.

Zhao Ji had been hiding the emperor in a courtyard deep in the mansion. This was to protect the emperor from interference from the outside world. Secondly, if the prime minister went crazy one day and had to search Zhao Ji's mansion, those who lived in the deepest place would be the last to be found.

Instead, there is some time to react.

Zhao Ji and the imperial physician came before the emperor, and as expected, they saw that the emperor had opened his eyes.

"Your Majesty, you are finally awake!" Zhao Ji immediately acted excited.

When the emperor opened his eyes and looked at his surroundings, he immediately realized that this was not his bedroom.

I looked at the furnishings around me again. They were all ordinary things and the house was particularly simple.

There was no sound of palace maids or eunuchs talking outside.

So the emperor soon realized that this was not in the palace, but outside the palace.

Then the emperor immediately figured out why he was outside the palace.

Obviously, the palace is not safe!

"Where is Yueying?" The emperor hadn't spoken for a long time and his voice was a little hoarse, but Zhao Ji didn't care about it. He turned around and called Yueying in.

Yueying has been recuperating from her injuries for some time. Even though Zhao Ji feeds her with delicacies from land and sea and precious medicinal herbs every day, Yueying has still lost a lot of weight.

Seeing the bandages wrapped around Yueying's body, he looked at the earnestness in Zhao Ji's eyes.

There is nothing the emperor does not understand.

After all, it was the emperor who told Yueying about this place.

"I know everything. What is the current situation? Zhao Ji, tell me about it!" The emperor said to Zhao Ji with a pale face.

Zhao Ji was a little hesitant and glanced at the head of the Imperial Hospital. He was mainly worried that if the emperor knew everything, it would be too much of a shock for him!