Going to Beijing to save his father, all the powerful officials in the city are vying to be his fath

The emperor looked at Prince Liang in shock: "Uncle, what did you say?"

Prince Liang took a few steps forward and said, "Your Majesty, such an important matter indeed requires a person of sufficient status to go to Qi County. However, the Grand Tutor and the Grand Preceptor are both too old to work in the epidemic area, and the Privy Councilor is not familiar with civil affairs. I am the most suitable person to go."

The Emperor and the Grand Tutor both looked a little strange.

The emperor didn't understand what Prince Liang was up to. What was he doing in the epidemic area? Was he trying to find out the truth or win over the people?

No matter what the reason was, the emperor still didn't want Prince Liang to go, because the Imperial Medical Bureau was full of Prince Liang's people, and he was afraid that the imperial physician would find out something and affect his plan.

So he spoke out to stop him: "Uncle, you must not do that. Your leg injury has just healed and you are still weak. It is really not suitable for you to go to such a dangerous place as the epidemic area. I will send someone to do it."

The expressions of the Grand Tutor, the Grand Preceptor and others when they looked at Prince Liang were even more complicated. They had already noticed that something was wrong with Prince Liang, but they did not think that he would directly rebel. They just felt that he did not want the emperor to rule the country personally and wanted to continue to control the government.

The other three regent ministers had a tacit understanding and did not interfere too much in the King of Liang's control of the government, because both the emperor and the King of Liang were members of the royal family, and no matter who was in power, they were considered orthodox. It would not necessarily be a good thing for them to help the emperor too much to oppose the King of Liang.

If the emperor is capable, he can defeat King Liang and rule the country smoothly. That means the emperor is a capable monarch worthy of their assistance.

If the emperor can't even deal with Prince Liang, it means that he is not capable enough and is not qualified to rule the country. They are not willing to hand over the country to such an emperor.

After all, they are loyal to this dynasty, not to a certain person. If King Liang is capable of governing the country and allowing the people to live and work in peace and contentment, they will not object.

Recently, they have seen that the emperor has made great progress. The Grand Tutor and the Grand Preceptor are very pleased and feel that such an emperor is capable of governing the country well. They are willing to return power to the emperor.

Looking at King Liang's reaction today, they couldn't figure out what King Liang was thinking. Was he trying to control the epidemic to establish his prestige among the people or was he plotting something?

Seeing that the emperor was still trying his best to dissuade Prince Liang, the Grand Tutor and the Grand Preceptor looked at each other and understood what they meant in each other's eyes. They wanted to use this epidemic to test the emperor again.

No matter what King Liang wants to do, let him do it. If the emperor is able to suppress King Liang and successfully resolve the epidemic, then the emperor deserves their wholehearted assistance. They will do their best to suppress King Liang and help the emperor to rule the country smoothly.

However, if the emperor fails to suppress Prince Liang and allows him to stir up trouble in this matter, then they will have to reconsider the possibility of the emperor ruling the country personally.

The Grand Tutor spoke first: "Your Majesty, Prince Liang is right. He is young and strong, and has a high reputation among the people. He is the most suitable person to comfort those panicked people.

If the Emperor is truly concerned about Prince Liang's safety, he can have him stationed somewhere farther away from Qi County to oversee the situation."

The emperor looked at the tutor with some embarrassment: "But..."

At this moment, Prince Liang tilted his head slightly to glance back, and the officials who received his gaze immediately stepped forward and said, "I second your opinion. Your Majesty is the most suitable person to go to the epidemic area."

"I second the proposal."

"I second the proposal."

The ministers came forward one after another to agree that King Liang should go to Qi County. The emperor had no choice but to agree to let King Liang go.

Everyone discussed the specific matters of controlling the epidemic. King Liang selected the imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau and chose Zhao Liangchen to take the imperial guards to Qi County with him.

Zhao Liangchen had long known that King Liang would definitely send him to guard Qi County, so he privately instructed Zou Tai: "You must take your men to guard the palace. If an epidemic breaks out in the palace, do not let anyone spread the news."

Zou Tai nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, I will guard it well. Even if a fly flies over, I will search its body."

After King Liang and Zhao Liangchen left the city, Jin Tong led the imperial guards to block the city gates, and those outside the city who remained in the city had one day to leave the city. Those who did not leave the city within one day would not be able to leave.

All streets were blocked and people were not allowed to go out.

Because yesterday was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there were still many merchants stranded in the city. They were all stunned when they heard the news. Although they didn't know what had happened, they all packed up their things in a hurry to leave the city. After all, the cost of food and accommodation in the city was not small.

As a result, people crowded out of the city at all the major city gates.

Aunt Zhang went out to buy groceries as usual, but soon returned in a panic: "Miss, I don't know why the streets have been put under martial law. There are many imperial guards patrolling outside, and people are not allowed to go out on the streets."

Su Qin did not tell Aunt Zhang in advance what would happen, so Aunt Zhang was very scared.

Su Qin comforted her: "Don't panic, no matter what happens, it won't affect us. If we are not allowed to go out, we won't go out. There will be no danger at home. We stocked up a lot of things before the New Year, so we won't have to worry about food and drink."

Aunt Zhang patted her chest lightly and said fearfully, "Should I go next door and ask the young master what happened? He will definitely know."

Su Qin shook her head: "If something really happened in the city, he must be busier than anyone else, so don't bother him."

Su Qin lived a leisurely life, but the people in the city were in panic, saying all kinds of things, some even saying that rebels were attacking.

The people of Qi County were even more panicked. After Zhao Liangchen led the imperial guards to surround the entire Qi County and the surrounding towns, the people knew what had happened. The people of the entire county lived in fear every day.

Although the epidemic was brought under control quickly, it seemed to spread rapidly and patients with the disease were quarantined.

The director of the Imperial Medical Bureau and several imperial physicians entered the isolation area at the instruction of King Liang, but before they could find out what the disease was, the imperial physicians also showed symptoms.

More people in the city began to show symptoms, some mild and some severe.

Now even King Liang began to look nervous. He was stationed ten miles outside Qi County. Originally, he sent people to inquire about the news from time to time, but after the news came back that the imperial physician was also infected with the disease, the people who went to inquire about the news never came back.

His face looked very ugly. He originally thought that this epidemic was just a controllable minor illness, not an epidemic at all, or something that someone had created. But now he was sure that this was really an epidemic.

He regretted leaving the city management. If he wanted the throne and fame, he had to have a life. If he got sick here, all his efforts would be in vain.

At this time, he didn't care about his reputation or other people's opinions. He hurried back to the city, but when he arrived at the city gate, he found that he could not enter.

His followers shouted loudly for the gate to be opened. The guards on the city gate found out that it was King Liang and had no intention of opening the gate. The guards told King Liang that an epidemic had also occurred in the palace and that the whole city was under martial law and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

King Liang was horrified. He had only been out of the city for a few days, so how could an epidemic break out in the palace?

He was in a complicated mood and didn't know whether he should be happy or not.

If an epidemic breaks out in the palace, the emperor may get sick. This is a good thing for him, but he is also in danger outside the city. If he also gets the epidemic, then the emperor's life or death will have nothing to do with him.