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Emperor Ruikang pondered in his heart for a long time before looking at Ye Jingxing and saying once more, ”Investigate.”

Although it was just one word, Emperor Ruikang was still able to convey his meaning very well.

He told Ye Jingxing to investigate this matter.

Ye Jingxing did not decline, Yan Ye had long ago said that after he ascended the throne, he would leave the capital.

Counting the time, he still had half a month. As long as he controlled it well, he could still delay it for half a month.

Emperor Ruikang did not know of Ye Jingxing's thoughts, upon hearing his son's words, he closed his eyes and rested for a while.

After waiting for the time it took to make a cup of tea, Emperor Ruikang finally opened his eyes and looked at Prince Duan as he nodded: ”Pass it down.”

The Prince Duan understood Emperor Ruikang's meaning, his royal brother wanted to see a few important ministers.

When Prince Duan left Ye Jingxing to guard Emperor Ruikang and arrived at the front hall, he saw that the ministers had already eaten two pieces of dim sum under Xu Shiqiu's arrangements, and were starving. At this time, they were all sitting on the ground, obviously resting.

However, the moment they saw Prince Duan coming out, the ministers quickly stood up and looked at him in anticipation.

Prince Duan didn't have any intention of keeping people in suspense. He scanned the great hall and confirmed that everyone was here, before opening his mouth and saying, ”His Majesty has already awoken. He is preparing to summon the ministers. Everyone wait.” After saying that, the Emperor Ruikang nodded to Xu Shiqiu who was at his side, and then personally walked to the side of the several high ranking officials and led them to the inner hall.

Considering that Emperor Ruikang's health was not good, the Prince Duan did not bring many people to the Back Palace.

At one time, there were two ministers. It took them four separate sessions before they managed to meet all of the ministers that Emperor Ruikang wanted to meet.

As for the eight ministers, their faces were filled with worry as they entered. When they emerged, they obviously let out sighs of relief, which were noticed by everyone.

Seeing their expressions, everyone was certain of one thing. His Majesty was fine.

Prince Duan personally made a few trips and took the chance to observe everyone's expressions. Seeing that everyone was slowly relaxing, he also heaved a sigh of relief.

Although royal brother had already decided to give the throne to Ye Jingxing, his son, if something really happened to royal brother today, then the entire imperial court would definitely be in turmoil.

Master Xuan Ling had said this a long time ago, that this time, the changes of the throne would definitely be smooth sailing. If there were any mishaps, it would affect the entire Madame Ye.

This was also one of the main reasons why the Emperor Ruikang agreed to the zen position.

Seeing that everyone's expression had returned back to normal, Prince Duan was just about to open his mouth to say a few words and send everyone out of the palace. However, Ye Jingde who was previously like an invisible person suddenly opened his mouth and asked: ”Uncle Wang, does Royal Father have a meeting with us?”

No one expected Ye Jingde to speak, even Ye Jinghui who was standing in front of Ye Jingde did not expect it.

As for the other princes behind Ye Jingde, they were still young, and would normally only be present during the Grand Examination. Although they were left here today, they did not have the intention to speak.

When Ye Jingde opened his mouth, everyone felt that something was wrong.

His Majesty had seen a few ministers, but why hadn't he wanted to see his other sons?

However, they were curious and did not dare to ask. After all, Prince Duan did not have a good temper.

Prince Duan was indeed unhappy in his heart. Even though he had already known that his Seventh Nephew's personality was not as simple as it looked on the surface, he never thought that he would ask him in front of so many people.

He stared at Ye Jingde for a moment. The eyes that he used to kill countless of enemies on the battlefield was not something that anyone could bear.

When Prince Duan felt Ye Jingde's body slightly trembling, he finally opened his mouth and said: ”The one who I want to see, the one who I don't want to see, is royal brother. Right now, your royal brother needs to rest for two days. Two days later, we will have a meeting.

After speaking to here, the Prince Duan glanced at the Ye Jingde who seemed to be unwilling to accept this, and continued: ”As for you guys, your fifth brother has always been by your Royal Father's side, he is your successor that your Royal Father has personally set down. With him here, this king thinks that it is enough.”

With that, the Prince Duan opened his mouth at the end, ”You all can leave the palace!”

Prince Duan was not afraid of these nephews. After he finished speaking, he did not even bother to look at his nephew's reaction as he flicked his sleeves and entered the inner hall.

After the Prince Duan left, Ye Jinghui turned to look at Ye Jingde behind him and said: ”Seventh brother, you heard it? With Uncle Prince Duan and Uncle Wu present, Royal Father has already met with a few ministers. For the few of us, seeing Royal Father is not important at all. ” Speaking to here, Ye Jinghui looked at Ye Jingde and sneered, then continued: ”If you truly have a filial piety, you should be at ease and pray for Royal Father, didn't you hear what Uncle Wang said? Royal Father only needs to rest quietly, we can see him in a few days. Why are you in such a hurry? ”

Ye Jinghui looked at Ye Jingde after he finished speaking, then turned to his other brothers and said: ”All of you can go back now, quiet down for the next few days, and wait for the Royal Father to summon you all.” After saying this, Ye Jinghui naturally left in a hurry.

His wife was still a month old and he hadn't returned for so long, so he didn't know how worried she would be.

As Ye Jinghui was the first to leave, the court officials also left one after another.

Today was the Grand Examination, so they had to wait until the end of the hour to get up. Until now, it had already been almost six hours, and they truly did not want to stay in the palace any longer.

Xu Shiqiu naturally could not leave so early, but after the Prince Duan spoke, he signaled Xu Yanhao and Ye Shuo with his eyes, and had them leave the palace to deliver the news to their families.

After he was sure that his nephew and nephew had left, Xu Shiqiu finally looked at Ye Jingde's back and sneered.

Right now, he was almost certain that the rumors outside the palace that the late crown prince still had his bloodline left in this world had been spread by Ye Jingde.

Thinking to this point, Xu Shiqiu withdrew the sneer on his face and thought to himself, looks like this Ye Jingde is really restless.