Chapter 112: King’s Domination (1)
The royal palace of Zhao State has been shrouded in an extremely heavy atmosphere since the incident. Even though the [Holy City] can be peaceful, the heaviness cannot be concealed in the palace, especially for those in high positions and power. The higher the status, the more worried they seem. They are worried about two things: one is that King Lian will investigate, and the other is Zhao Ziheng himself.
【Imperial Dragon Palace】.
In the huge bedroom, layers of gauze curtains separated the bed and the outer room. Several important officials of the court stood in the outer room. Two figures could be vaguely seen in the inner room, one standing and the other sitting on the bed. It was obvious that the ministers in the outer room were reporting something.
"I understand. Thank you for your help. If you have nothing else to do, please go back and have a good rest. I'm sure you must be tired these past few days."
Zhao Ziheng's somewhat weak voice came from inside the tent.
"Yes, Your Majesty, please take care of yourself. We will take our leave now!"
There were not many words exchanged because they knew Zhao Ziheng's habits. What needed to be said had already been conveyed and it would be futile to continue.
“Ahem—”
"emperor!!"
As soon as the ministers left, Zhao Ziheng coughed lightly. Xiuying, who was standing beside the bed, was very worried. Zhao Ziheng put one hand on his chest and waved the other hand to signal Xiuying not to take it too seriously.
Zhao Ziheng's face was pale, his lips were bloodless, and he sat on the bed with a blanket. Yinyin was still unconscious lying beside him. After a light cough, Xiuying immediately brought the tea beside him to Zhao Ziheng. Zhao Ziheng took a sip and immediately felt much better. He put down the teacup, and Xiuying took the teacup and said: "I will go to prepare meals and soup medicine. Your Majesty, please rest first, otherwise Brother Ye will blame me again when he comes back."
"Um."
Zhao Ziheng responded softly, his eyes fixed on the person lying in his arms. Even when Xiuying sighed and left, Zhao Ziheng remained unmoved.
"When are you going to wake up?"
Zhao Ziheng stroked Yin Yin's face with trembling hands. Yin Yin had not woken up since that incident, and Zhao Ziheng was extremely weak due to a relapse of his old injury caused by overwork, but he was still only worried about Yin Yin. Compared with the beginning, Zhao Ziheng was relieved that Yin Yin's complexion was much better. Although she still had a fever, she was much better. However, she had not woken up, and Zhao Ziheng was very worried about this.
The reason why the news that Zhao Ziheng had not left the palace for a few days was that his old injury had relapsed, and few people knew about it. If it was spread out, it would certainly cause a stir, so it was covered up; as for the rumor that there was a beautiful woman hidden in the palace, no one in the palace dared to mention it, and it was settled before it was confirmed, because just like the ministers who had just met the emperor were only separated by a curtain, like being naked in front of him, and they did not see the beautiful woman, so how could anyone dare to mention it again? However, no one guessed that the beautiful woman had been lying on the dragon bed and had been unconscious, so the rumor that there was a beautiful woman was settled in just a few days.
"Your Majesty, your subjects Zhao Ziyin and Wang Ye come to see you!"
Hearing the voice, Zhao Ziheng came back to his senses as if awakened from a dream, turned his head and looked through the curtain at the two figures outside and said: "No need to be polite."
After he finished speaking, Zhao Ziheng adjusted his sitting position and accidentally moved his wound, causing him to cough lightly. Zhao Ziyin and Wang Ye were immediately worried when they heard the cough, but fortunately they were used to it to a certain extent and did not rush in...
"What's up?"
After taking a breath, Zhao Ziheng was obviously short of breath and asked slowly.
"King Lian is ready to return home, and he said he would give us two days."
Zhao Ziyan answered.
"What else?"
"Prince Jing seems to have started to act, but for some unknown reason, he seems to be hesitant."
"What do you mean?"
“It’s not clear, but it seems so from the actions.”
After a brief exchange, Zhao Ziheng fell silent, seemingly thinking about something.
After a while, Zhao Ziheng spoke: "Continue."
"According to the latest news, King Zhou will arrive tomorrow."
"What?"
Wang Ye’s words surprised Zhao Ziheng. This matter was somewhat beyond Zhao Ziheng’s expectations.
"What's going on? Why did you get the news only now?"
After a moment of contemplation, Zhao Ziheng noticed the key point and asked.
"He probably doesn't want to mobilize so many troops, so he wants to conceal his identity. If it's him, this won't be difficult. As for his purpose... I think his guess is pretty close to what the emperor thinks."
Wang Ye directly stated his speculation, saving Zhao Ziheng from having to talk too much. After hearing Wang Ye's answer, Zhao Ziheng subconsciously turned his head to glance at Yin Yin who was sleeping.
"Of course, such a simple purpose is obviously inconsistent with his behavior. The key point is his real purpose. I have a guess about this."
"explain."
"Your Majesty probably doesn't know the purpose of Prince Jing's visit this time, right?"
Wang Ye's words reminded Zhao Ziheng, and he also heard the hidden meaning. From a positive perspective, Zhou Yan and Zhou Cheng's goals seemed to be the same, simple yet extremely stupid considering their identities; of course, Zhao Ziheng would not believe that Zhou Yan and Zhou Cheng would do such a foolish thing at this time, but it could not be completely ruled out. Putting this aside, Zhao Ziheng guessed that the two came here for other purposes.
"My guess is that they may already know it, or that it is still unknown to us."
“…We can’t rule out this possibility.”
Obviously, Zhao Ziheng was not surprised at all by Wang Ye's guess, as if it was natural?
