Chapter 23: Duel of Magic

  After listening to Zhang Weixian's words, all eyes turned to the eunuch on one side. These slaves who usually lowered their eyebrows and eyes were not afraid of the gaze of these ministers at all. Even the corners of their mouths flashed with a hint of complacency, which made these ministers' hearts sink, and many people even wanted to retreat.

  "What are you going to do? The Emperor has passed away, why are you blocking us? Do you want to rebel?" The eyes of the First Minister, Fang Congzhe, were already wide with fear, his expression constantly changing. This minister had already realized that he had no way out. If he couldn't find the Crown Prince, these people would be waiting to overthrow and destroy his family!

  After hearing Fang Zhenzhe's words, these ministers also argued with the eunuchs, but no matter how they said it, the eunuchs just stood there and refused to give in.

  At this time, a sudden change occurred. A minister standing in the middle of the ministers suddenly stood up and kicked the eunuch who was blocking his way with one foot. After kicking him away, he also trampled on him several times. At the same time, he loudly scolded: "You castrated men, if you block our way, I will beat you to death." This person is 49-year-old Yang Lian, the youngest among this group of people.

  Everyone was stunned, and the ministers who were arguing with the eunuchs were also stunned. They did not expect Yang Lian, a scholar, to make such a move. The palace gate suddenly became quiet, followed by the angry roar of Zhang Weixian, Duke of England, who slapped one eunuch to the ground and kicked another.

  These officials were civil servants, worrying about this and that, and the British Duke Zhang Weixian couldn't manage so many. Just now he didn't think of it, now naturally like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, killing in all directions. The palace gate was suddenly chaotic, the sound of the British Duke Zhang Siwei's roar, the eunuchs' mournful cries, intertwined and ringing out. Although these eunuchs were rushing to block these people here, they didn't dare to really take action, hitting the national grandfather would be equivalent to exterminating nine clans!

  All the eunuchs saw this scene and became timid, slowly making way for a path, and these people quickly entered the grand hall.

  Here is the translation:

  The ministers saw Emperor Taichang, who had already passed away. Everyone knelt down and wailed in grief. Although they were all crying, these ministers all had one thing on their minds: to find the Crown Prince, or else everything would be lost.

  After crying for a while, the cabinet minister Liu Yijun stood up first and shouted to the eunuchs behind him: "Where is the eldest son of the emperor?" As soon as he spoke, the entire hall fell silent, with a pin drop.

  But the eunuchs standing there refused to speak, no matter how the adults asked questions. As the situation was stuck like this, Yang Lian's heart became more and more anxious, because if they couldn't find the Crown Prince today, tomorrow would be an imperial edict, and these people wouldn't know what their fate would be.

  Yang Lian admitted that he had underestimated the woman and did not expect her to hide the eldest son of the emperor, in this vast imperial palace, where would they go to find him.

  Just as everyone was showing a difficult expression, an old eunuch quietly came to Yang Lian's side and whispered: "Nuan Ge"

  This eunuch is Wang An, a personal eunuch of Emperor Taichang, and the current Bearer of the Imperial Seal.

  After hearing Wang An's words, Yang Lian's expression suddenly shook, but soon fell down, because that was not a place he could go. After all, this is the imperial palace, and the warm pavilion is where the emperor rests. If they rush in to grab people, it would not be a meritorious act of supporting the throne, but rather an act of rebellion.

  Glancing at Wang An subconsciously, Yang Liang said in a low voice: "Your Excellency, we are after all external officials and cannot enter the warm pavilion. I don't know if you have any way to let us see the crown prince?"

  King An furrowed his brow and said, "You can all go to the outside of the Warming Pavilion and kneel down for a long time to request an audience with the Crown Prince. Then I'll go in and try."

  Although Yang Lian didn't think this was a good idea, it was the only way to go now, and after discussing with the ministers, this method was confirmed.

  At this time, the prince was in the warm pavilion, and what he was doing was reading a book. In fact, he didn't know what was written on it because they were all traditional characters. Although the prince had studied liberal arts at university and could understand classical Chinese, he couldn't understand these traditional character classical texts.

  Although he didn't know what had happened outside, the crown prince could guess it, because this was a historical inevitability. Having come to this world for so long, the reason why the crown prince did nothing was that he was afraid of changing the course of history, and then he wouldn't know what the consequences would be. Although the possibility of things getting better was very great, he didn't dare to gamble, as long as he followed the development of history, he could smoothly ascend to the throne. But if something unexpected happened, the consequences would be unpredictable, and no one would make such a gamble.

  Gently put down the book in his hand, rubbed his tired eyes and said to Li Ran behind him: "Pour me a cup of tea."

  Looking at Li Ran who was trembling, Ye Xiang picked up the sword beside him and asked faintly: "Are you afraid? What are you afraid of?"

  Li Ran was not a naive little girl who didn't understand anything, having read so many books and knowing many historical allusions. At this moment, she could vaguely guess what would happen next. She was secretly afraid of the smiling prince in front of her, because all the bad people were like that. Just like Cao Cao in history, Li Ran believed that she wouldn't misjudge, this person must be a hero of a generation.

  Gently stroking Xiao Yao's head, Li Lan trembled even more violently. I calmly said: "What's wrong with you? Do you think I would kill you?"

  Li Lan lightly shook her head, but subconsciously grasped the prince's hand, as if this could make herself feel more at ease.

  He grasped the sword in his hand and slowly stood up. The prince slowly walked towards the outside because he heard someone talking outside, the timing was ripe, it was time to go out.

  After arriving at the Warming Pavilion, Wang An did not see Crown Prince Zhu Youjian, which made his originally determined heart hang again. He took a look at Li Xuan and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers outside the palace are making a big noise, and His Majesty has just passed away. The crown prince needs to stabilize the people's hearts, and also needs to handle the funeral of His Majesty. After all this is done, the crown prince can come back."

  Li Xuan's mind was also in a mess at this time, she didn't expect the officials outside to make such a big fuss. The emperor had clearly instructed her to take care of the crown prince, but these officials were causing trouble like this, what could be done about it?

  Li Xuan's servant walked back and forth several times, still unable to make up his mind. Just as Li Xuan's servant was hesitating, a sound of pearls hitting each other attracted the attention of both men, who immediately looked in the direction where the sound came from.