Those ministers quickly chose what they would do in the future.

Zhao Ji also soon received the property donated by these ministers.

Some people donated food and clothes, and some donated money directly.

But no matter what, these will eventually be sent to the front battlefield by Zhao Ji's men.

It is more or less a token of our appreciation from the capital.

At the same time, on a distant battlefield, Yun Nishang and her men joined the battle.

Zhao Ji's vision was very sharp at the beginning, and General Yun was indeed a rare military talent.

With General Yun joining the battle, the troops he brought were also extremely fierce.

The decline of the war that had been going on for a while was stopped, but only stopped.

If we want to launch a full-scale counterattack, or even recapture the cities that have been captured before, it will still be difficult.

However, Zhao Ji trusted Yun Nishang very much, and even wrote a secret letter directly to tell Yun Nishang that a general should not obey military orders when he is away from home.

However, this war is also a huge challenge for Yun Nishang, who has experienced many battles.

Yun Nishang wrote in her letter to Zhao Ji:

"There seems to be something strange about these southern Xinjiang troops. They always choose to attack when the Celestial Empire's soldiers are at their weakest, as if they were the one causing the weakness. Moreover, their soldiers are too excited to be like normal people. In short, this is a very difficult war..."

After receiving the letter from Yun Nishang, Zhao Ji only wrote one sentence and sent it back.

"Stay tuned for good news."

Yun Nishang is making arrangements on the battlefield, and Zhao Ji is naturally in charge of the situation in the palace.

The emperor's condition is getting worse day by day, and his physical condition is deteriorating day by day.

By now, the emperor was so weak that he could not open his eyes. Even the head of the Imperial Hospital shook his head when he came to see him.

"If the emperor is in this situation, it will probably only take half a month."

These words were said privately to Zhao Ji by the director of the Imperial Medical Service. The reason for telling Zhao Ji was that he hoped Zhao Ji could be prepared.

After all, it can be said that going to the court is now completely under Zhao Ji's control.

In other words, whichever prince Zhao Ji wants to make the crown prince will be the crown prince.

A country cannot be without a ruler for a day. If the emperor dies in half a month, and there is no prince who can establish himself in the court, the dynasty will probably be in turmoil again.

What's more, because of the situation on the battlefield in southern Xinjiang, everyone from court officials to ordinary people are in panic.

When Zhao Ji learned the news, his face was solemn. Although the third prince did not escape and disappear like the prime minister, he was still in the palace.

There are only two princes in the palace who can inherit the throne now, one is the third prince, and the other is the little prince.

Zhao Ji had no hope for the Third Prince. Firstly, it was because Zhao Ji knew that the Third Prince's bloodline was not pure. Moreover, if the Third Prince dared to ascend the throne, the Prime Minister would certainly be like a leech attached to his bones and would definitely not let him go.

But the little prince...

Zhao Ji went to see the little prince some time ago. Since the last dispute in the palace, the little prince has been very quiet. It can even be said that he is too immersed in it. Zhao Ji observed him carefully and found that he was a bit autistic.

All in all, the little prince's path here is also blocked.

Zhao Ji is extremely worried now. As long as the emperor is still alive, there is still hope for the situation to turn around.

Once the emperor passes away, everything will be completely reshuffled.

Zhao Ji could predict that by that time, the prime minister and the third prince would definitely not give up.

Just when Zhao Ji was having a headache about this matter, an extremely unfortunate news suddenly came from the harem.

I saw a eunuch rushing into Zhao Ji's palace in a panic. In his haste, his legs were tripped by the threshold and he fell headfirst in front of Zhao Ji.

There was a loud thud, which startled Zhao Ji.

However, the eunuch didn't care about his own pain at all. After getting up from the ground, he immediately rushed in front of Zhao Ji and knelt on the ground with a thud, making a loud noise.

Zhao Ji raised his eyebrows and looked at the eunuch and said, "What's going on?"

The eunuch's lips turned pale, and he trembled as he said, "Reporting to the Master of the Seal... The Third Prince... The Third Prince has disappeared!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhao Ji immediately stood up and went to the place where the third prince was imprisoned without saying a word.

This is actually the prince's palace. There are no other princes in the palace, so the third prince lives in the so-called prince's palace with the younger prince.

Since it is the place where the princes and grandchildren of the emperor live, it naturally won't be too shabby.

It is said to be a palace, but inside it are independent courtyards.

The younger prince lived in a deeper place, and the third prince lived near the door.

After entering the palace gate, walk straight for a hundred meters, then turn left and the courtyard is the third prince's courtyard.

When Zhao Ji opened the door to the courtyard, what he saw was the desolation of the entire garden.

Although there are some ornamental willow trees planted in the yard, their branches are still dry and bare in this season.

The flowers and plants in the yard looked like they hadn't been taken care of for a long time. They hung wilted on the branches with their heads drooped.

It looked like no one had paid attention to the courtyard for a long time. Zhao Ji asked the eunuch with a sullen face, "Although he has been imprisoned here and has to copy scriptures every day, he is still a prince. How can he be so desolate? Could it be that your people have been deducting money from him?"

"Are you really so bold? Even the prince is going to be deducted?"

Although Zhao Ji had always known that the palace was a place where the powerful were flattered and the weak were bullied, he never expected that someone of the Third Prince's status would be flattered and bullied by the eunuchs.

Just by looking at the flowers in the yard that had not been taken care of for a long time and the earthenware pot set up in the corner of the yard, it can be seen that no one has sent enough food into the palace of the Third Prince.

Otherwise, the Third Prince would not cook for himself and use such a broken clay pot.

The eunuch who came to report the matter was trembling all over, looking pale as he knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately: "These things are all ordered by the masters. Without the masters' orders, I naturally can't do it!"

Zhao Ji snorted coldly: "How many legitimate masters are there in the harem now? The master you are talking about refers to the emperor or your boss behind you?"

The eunuch who asked this question was sweating profusely, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

"Haha, come here, take this eunuch to the Shenxing Division for a thorough interrogation. Also, looking at the traces in the yard, the Third Prince should have just started to escape. You guys should carefully search for traces and bring him back..."