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

King Liang thought for a long time at the city gate and finally decided not to enter the city. He chose a village far away from Qi County to hide for a while.

He had a lot of property, and he sent people to his farm, which was more than a hundred miles away from the capital. However, all the roads out of the capital were guarded by the imperial guards and the roads were blocked.

Not all the imperial guards were Prince Liang's men. Many of them only obeyed the emperor's orders. Therefore, Prince Liang could not leave. In the end, Zhao Liangchen, who got the news, secretly let Prince Liang go.

Prince Liang, who was far away from the capital, had no idea what a wrong decision he had made.

Because of his departure, his subordinates were like headless flies, not knowing what to do.

Especially the imperial physicians who were already ill, they were completely isolated and helpless. The imperial guards kept sending them medicinal materials, but because they were also infected with the disease, they panicked and lost their calm judgment. They began to seek medical help from all directions. Especially when the director of the hospital could no longer get any news from King Liang and found that he had been abandoned, he became even more panicked and angry. In a few days, he became terminally ill and passed away.

Now everyone was even more panicked. The imperial guards on duty began to panic. Some people even tried to run away secretly. Zhao Liangchen did not stop them. This was the time when it was easiest to tell who was useful and who was not.

For a moment, the city and its surroundings were in chaos.

However, the source of the epidemic was found out. The first people who got sick in Qi County had all been to the mass grave. Many victims came here in the summer. Many of them had been hungry and exhausted from traveling all the way. When they got here, they relaxed and died of illness. Therefore, there were more corpses in the mass grave than in previous years. Although it was not known why the epidemic was triggered in winter, there were no other pathogens, so they could only think of the corpses of the victims.

The first few eunuchs who fell ill in the palace also went to the mass grave to deal with the corpses in the palace.

Although there are not many masters in the palace, where there are people there is competition. Those eunuchs and palace maids are very ruthless in order to climb up. Eunuchs and palace maids who die for no reason in the palace are often sent to mass graves.

Therefore, all the eunuchs who had been to the mass grave became ill, and the palace was in a panic. Some people sneaked out of the palace, but they were all caught by Zou Tai.

The emperor carried out a thorough purge in the palace. He handed the task of investigating people to Tong Zhongqian. The background of all servants in the palace had to be investigated. The list was sent to Tong Zhongqian by Zou Tai.

Tong Zhongqian was very confused when he received the list. Wasn't there an epidemic in the palace? Why did they need to check the background of everyone in the palace?

Zou Tai did not tell him that the epidemic was fake, but took him to the Wuning Marquis's mansion. It was from the Wuning Marquis that Tong Zhongqian learned the truth.

Upon learning that his sister and brother-in-law had defected to the emperor, Tong Zhongqian was shocked and felt very complicated.

When Marquis Wuning resigned from his official position to live a leisurely life, he opposed it. He felt that he could hide away for a while, but not forever. It would be better for him to be principled and worldly-wise like him.

Who knew that he was still maintaining neutrality, while Marquis Wuning, who had been hiding far away, had already chosen to take sides early on.

There was no way out since Marquis Wuning had already taken sides. As his elder brother-in-law, they were one and the same, so he had no choice but to take sides. Next, Tong Zhongqian checked the background of all the servants in the palace, and those who had obviously defected to King Liang were secretly dealt with by the emperor.

Time quickly entered the end of the January month, and the weather was not as cold anymore. However, the epidemic was not only not under control, but spread even more widely.

Now not only the common people, but even the officials began to panic. Grand Tutor Yan and Grand Preceptor even left the city despite the dissuasion. As a result, they found that King Liang had run away when they arrived in Qi County. This made Grand Tutor Yan and Grand Preceptor very angry. Grand Preceptor, who had been elegant all his life, actually started cursing, which completely made them give up on King Liang.

While the emperor was dealing with affairs in the palace, he also ordered the selection of doctors from the people to control the epidemic. There were still many doctors in the people who had a sense of justice and chose to sacrifice themselves to save people. The doctors who rushed to the epidemic area after hearing the news included Duan Liang.

He worked with ladies from all over the country for several days and finally developed a prescription to control the epidemic. Master Yan sent Duan Liang, who made the greatest contribution, to the palace. After a few more days, the people in Qi County who had contracted the epidemic gradually showed no symptoms, and the epidemic in the palace was stabilized.

At this time, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. After another half month of lockdown, when there were no new cases of illness, Zhao Liangchen took the imperial guards away and lifted the lockdown.

On the day the lockdown was lifted, the people of Qi County cried excitedly and bowed to thank the emperor for his grace. In fact, not many people died from the epidemic, but the people were scared and worried that they would die from the disease. Now that the court is providing money and manpower to treat them, they are of course grateful to the emperor.

As early as when Grand Tutor Yan and Grand Preceptor left the city, Zhao Liangchen secretly sent a letter to King Liang, but King Liang was afraid of death and did not come back. He only came back after receiving the news that his illness was under control, but it was too late by then.

Although Grand Tutor Yan and the Imperial Preceptor didn't scold Prince Liang, their attitude towards him was already very cold. The Imperial Preceptor said sarcastically, "Is Your Highness also ill? How come I haven't seen you until almost twenty days after arriving here?"

King Liang also regretted at this time that he should not have hidden himself away because he was afraid of death. It was only after he came back that he discovered that although the disease looked very dangerous, the mortality rate was not high. Except for a few homeless people who were infected at the beginning, few people died.

After investigation, he found that only a few people who died seemed to be related to him, especially those imperial doctors. Only then did he realize that someone might be using this epidemic to deal with his people.

He couldn't find out who this person was. He suspected the emperor, but felt that the emperor didn't have so many people available. After getting the news, he brought Zhao Liangchen here as soon as possible. It can be said that he arranged all the people in the epidemic area. The emperor was sealed in the palace early on. He didn't know when the emperor arranged people to enter the epidemic area. Zhao Liangchen also said that no outsiders had contacted the imperial physician.

But no matter how he doubts it now, the current situation is very unfavorable for him.

Faced with the Taifu's ambiguity, he could only feign agreement and say, "Yes, I felt very unwell a few days after arriving here. The symptoms were the same as those of an epidemic. However, all the imperial doctors had gone to the epidemic area at that time. I didn't want to delay their efforts to treat the people, nor did I want to infect others, so I had to go to a nearby farm alone.

I originally thought that I was doomed this time, but Deputy Commander Zhao sent me a life-saving medicine developed by the doctors, so I was able to come back alive.

This king is deeply ashamed. I was only able to help a little this time, but I handed everything over to Deputy Commander Zhao before I left. Fortunately, he was impartial and nothing went wrong. Otherwise, I would be blamed for this."

The Taifu snorted coldly. You must be kidding. He had seen sick people and they looked haggard and thin. Their face was nothing like the rosy and shiny one.

In the past, he thought that Prince Liang was elegant and easy-going, and knew when to advance and retreat. He often taught his sons and nephews to learn from Prince Liang and avoid arrogance and impatience.

But looking at his kind face now, it is full of hypocrisy and falsehood.

Recently, he saw Zhao Liangchen busying around and being very responsible. He also praised Zhao Liangchen highly, but these few words from King Liang made him realize that Zhao Liangchen was his man, and his impression of Zhao Liangchen suddenly became a little worse.

But there was no need to tear each other apart now. The Grand Tutor didn't say anything, but Grand Tutor Yan said kindly, "Since Your Majesty has just recovered from a serious illness, please return home to recuperate. The Emperor has already sent someone to handle the matter here."

Prince Liang did not refuse. He knew that he had to return to the palace to find out the truth in the palace and to find out the mastermind behind the trouble.

However, when he returned to the palace and tried to get news from the palace, he was shocked to find that his informant had lost contact with the people in the palace.

Prince Liang suddenly woke up. Could this all be the Emperor's conspiracy? Instantly, his rage erupted like a volcano, smashing the study to pieces. Even Princess Liang, upon hearing of his rage, went to try to mediate, but was ruthlessly driven away.

After he had vented his anger, he moved to the secret room and stared at the map. A cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "My good nephew, I underestimated you. I wonder when you started to plan this carefully? When did you start to doubt me? Very good, very good. The real battle has just begun. I want to see who will win. It's still unknown!"