Chapter 451 Shocking Secret

Yue Haoyun's eyes were moist, and he looked at Zhou Daqian and asked excitedly: "Why is this ring in your hand?"

"My Lord, this ring was given to me by my master before he died."

Yue Haoyun was even more confused when he heard this, "Then how did your master get it?"

In fact, there was a sentence that Yue Haoyun almost blurted out, that is, could it be that your master stole it.

But just as he was about to say it, he thought that although Eunuch Su was a eunuch, he had a good character and would not do such a sneaky thing, so he swallowed the second half of the sentence back.

"Originally, I didn't know. In the second year after we were captured and made into slaves, my master couldn't bear the torture of the snake poison and was in danger." Zhou Daqian told the story.

"At that time, I was watching over my master. When I saw that he was in pain, I injected some inner strength into him to relieve his pain."

"Suddenly one night, my master quietly woke me up and handed me this ring."

"He said that he had something concerning the country and the people to tell me, and told me not to tell anyone else unless it was absolutely necessary."

Yue Haoyun froze when he heard the words "country and the people", as if all the blood in his body had frozen.

"It turned out that before the late emperor passed away, he had given this jade ring to my master without telling anyone."

"The late emperor told my master that he regretted making the young third prince the crown prince, and he wanted to summon you to the palace and make you the crown prince instead!" Zhou Daqian said this with an excited tone, but he lowered his voice for fear of being heard.

Yue Haoyun's eyes widened in shock, and he subconsciously stretched out a hand to cover Zhou Daqian's mouth, and said word by word: "Do you know what you are saying?!"

"Tell me the truth, where did you get this ring, and why did you make up this lie to deceive me?"

His voice was cold, revealing the majesty of a prince.

The reason why he asked these questions was not that he wanted to doubt Zhou Daqian. It was just that he had been a prince for so many years, and he had become alert.

After all, it was a matter of the country.

Zhou Daqian's eyes instantly turned red when he saw Yue Haoyun questioning him. He fell to his knees with a thud and cried, "Daqian is just an unknown eunuch in the palace. He has no accomplices, no purpose, and is not instructed by anyone."

"If I have to say that I have a purpose, it is to fulfill my promise to my master and the conscience in my heart."

"I dare to swear to heaven that everything I say is true. If I dare to deceive the prince, I will be struck by thunder!"

When Zhou Daqian said this, two lines of tears flowed down his cheeks.

Yue Haoyun saw this and felt that a big stone fell from his heart. Now he could rest assured about Zhou Daqian's words.

He helped Zhou Daqian up and said in a gentle tone, "Okay, I believe you."

"Then tell me what happened later?"

Zhou Daqian wiped his tears and said, "Under the circumstances at that time, it was impossible for Master to bring the jade ring to the palace to find you. So he found a reliable eunuch from another place and wanted him to go out of the palace to deliver the letter."

"But before the eunuch left the palace, the late emperor died."

"On the day the late emperor died, Master and a few of us were taken away by the dizziness."

Hearing this, Yue Haoyun's thoughts returned to the time when the late emperor was seriously ill.

Since the late emperor became seriously ill, Zhu Ling, Han Lie and others have been guarding the late emperor, and they are very vigilant against anyone who wants to visit the late emperor in the palace.

Thinking of this, Yue Haoyun sighed and said, "Even if you have time to deliver the letter to the king, how can it be so easy to do."

"I'm afraid that the eunuch who delivered the letter will die before he even enters the palace."

Both of them were silent.

What Yue Haoyun said was the truth.

After a moment of silence, Yue Haoyun asked again: "Did your master tell you why the late emperor regretted making the third prince the crown prince?"

Zhou Daqian said with red eyes: "Your Highness, you don't know how the late emperor lived in the last month?!"

Yue Haoyun shuddered and grabbed Zhou Daqian's shoulders, "Tell me quickly."

"Since the late emperor was so ill that he couldn't get out of bed, he was put under house arrest by Zhu Ling... Even the eunuchs around us have lost our freedom."

Yue Haoyun sighed when he heard this.

The past is vivid in his mind.

Back then, the late emperor suddenly suffered a stroke, and after being treated by the imperial physician, he saved his life.

At that time, the princes, princesses, and important officials in the court went to visit the late emperor.

At that time, although the late emperor was physically weak, his mind was still clear.

Later, news came from the palace that the late emperor's condition worsened and he had to rest and recuperate. He would stay at home for a period of time, and the morning court would be suspended. The memorials and government affairs in the future would be handled by Prime Minister Han Lie.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused an uproar. Some people secretly guessed that the late emperor had lost his personal freedom.

Yue Haoyun and other princes and dukes felt that something was wrong, so they wanted to go to the palace to see the late emperor and persuade him to take back his decision in person. However, before they entered the door of Yuhua Palace, they were driven out by the guards.

Zhu Ling came to tell them personally that the late emperor needed to be quiet and would not meet anyone.

In order to prove that she was not faking the imperial edict, she even took out a handwritten edict from the late emperor and showed it to them.

They looked carefully and found that it was indeed the handwriting of the late emperor.

Although they still had some doubts, they really had no other choice. If they forced their way in, it would be like breaking into the palace.

If they were charged with the crime of breaking into the palace and regicide, they really couldn't bear it.

In the following month, the emperor's handwritten edicts or imperial decrees were issued from time to time. During

this period, Yue Haoyun asked to see the late emperor many times, but the late emperor avoided him.

Later, the late emperor actually issued an imperial edict and sent him to another province to work.

Yue Haoyun looked at the handwriting of the late emperor on the imperial edict and felt disheartened.

He knew that the late emperor preferred the third prince born to Zhu Ling and didn't like him. But he never expected that the late emperor was jealous of him to this extent.

In order to ensure that the third prince could succeed smoothly after his death, he actually transferred him to another province.

On the second day after this imperial edict was issued, news came that the late emperor had passed away.

Recalling this, Yue Haoyun felt bitter.

He actually blamed his father wrongly.

Could it be that his father had become a puppet in the last stage of his life?

"Then, what about those handwritten instructions and imperial edicts that were sent out after the late emperor recovered from his illness? Was it the late emperor's intention?" Yue Haoyun blurted out when he thought of this.

Zhou Daqian gritted his teeth and said, "After the late emperor closed the door to recuperate, he never issued a royal edict or a handwritten instruction. Those were all forged by Han Lie!"