Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

Chapter 151: Wangjiatun, Huaian Town

Zhao Hengzhen has been feeling unwell since the Chinese New Year.

Several imperial physicians were replaced, but no one could find anything wrong.

Always coughing and having phlegm.

An imperial physician diagnosed that it was caused by cold invading the lungs.

Some imperial doctors also said that the emperor drank too much, which caused lung heat.

Several other imperial doctors discussed this in private.

"Your Majesty has frequent sexual intercourse without restraint."

"Don't talk nonsense. The daily records show that the emperor has always been with the queen and rarely visits other concubines."

"I heard that Concubine Wei had served the emperor several times, and every time the emperor sent someone to court, Wu Wei was the one who helped her walk."

"It's too cruel..."

No matter what the imperial physician said, Zhao Hengzhen kept coughing at night and was like a normal person during the day.

"I don't think he'll live long. Why not appoint a crown prince? Are we brothers going to fight for it?"

Zhao Hong, who was far away in the south, spoke indignantly after learning about this.

"Your Highness, be careful with your words. There must be something fishy going on here. I'm sure the Emperor will leave behind a will."

"Then who do you think it could be?"

"Some time ago, the emperor re-investigated the crown prince's unjust case. As you know, the crown prince was only placed under house arrest, but he has never been deposed!"

"Humph! After being away from the court for three years, even if he is not deposed, he will still be a useless person when he comes out."

"Your Highness!..." The person who had been talking to Zhao Hong was Qin Yongyi, the chief secretary of the Prince of Yue's Palace. Rather than being a chief secretary, it would be more accurate to say that he was a eunuch who had been with him since childhood.

At this time, Qin Yongyi was also doing this for Zhao Hong. Although he was in the inner hall of the mansion, who could guarantee that there were no spies or people from the Dark Cavalry Division in there?

"Okay, I know what you mean. Pay more attention."

"Yes! Your Highness, I will arrange it right away."

At the same time, in Concubine Wei's bedroom.

"What did you say? The emperor is in poor health. How long does he have left to live?"

"My Lady, I heard there's still half a year left, and I can barely sleep at night."

"Is it a natural disaster or a man-made disaster..."

"I dare not say this."

"Come on, it's already this late, why are you still fussing about so much?"

"It's not that I don't want to tell you, but I don't dare to tell you. Your Majesty, you know this matter better than anyone else. Why ask me?"

"I know, I know and..." Suddenly, Concubine Wei stopped talking, as if she felt what was going on behind the scenes, and she might really know.

The palace was in chaos for a while.

Zhao Jing seemed anxious at this time. He did not go to the vassal state at the beginning, and he had been in the palace for two years, but he had not made any achievements. The key point was that the Lu family was still failing.

The Shijia Group suddenly stopped playing with the Lu family.

"What should I do?"

Zhao Jing ran to Lu Yuejiao's palace and spoke in a crying voice.

"What else can you do now? If you go to a fiefdom, I'm afraid someone will be worried about you. You can only sit and wait. Don't agree to anyone asking you to take the lead. If anyone tests your independence, just say you want to play for a few more years."

Regardless of whether Lu Yuejiao was right or not, Zhao Jing could only listen at this time.

"Has Second Brother made any moves?"

Zhao Jing couldn't help but ask.

"Don't ask me about this in the future, and don't mention it to anyone, especially your uncle."

Those losers in the Lu family can't do anything, so they deserve the first place.

"Princess, my father recently issued a secret decree asking me to manage the expressway well and to be the first to arrive in the capital if anything happens."

"What is Father planning to do? He doesn't want to support my eldest brother, so who will be his successor?"

"Princess, as ministers, we will not try to guess the emperor's intentions. Let's just follow the emperor's wishes on this matter."

After Fan Xitong received this secret decree, he did not even dare to reveal it to his father and could only discuss it with Princess Zhao Ying.

In fact, Zhao Ying knew what the emperor meant. The expressway runs through the north and south and is more difficult to deal with than the canal transportation. With a single order, they can gather at a certain place.

This is exactly what is happening with the canal transportation.

"It seems that Father has something in mind!"

Zhao Ying finally figured out the key. Suppressing all of the second brother's activities revealed the ambitions of some people.

A centipede is still alive even after death. The winner will be the one who can stay still in the end.

This kind of thing depends on who has patience. A palace coup is not that simple.

There is also an iron mine in Huaian Town, which is the intersection of Weizhou and Yiyou. Zhao Sheng originally planned to build a fort and garrison here.

There is no rush now, so this place will be forgotten for the time being.

Zhujia Village upstream of Wangjiatun and Wanghu Village downstream are arranged in a row. All of them are built on the mountain, which is Baigou Mountain.

It is estimated that in the entire Huaian Town, only these three villages still have people living there.

Baigou Mountain is not high, but it is not easy for ordinary people to climb from the bottom of the mountain to the top. If it is in winter or rainy season, the mountain road is slippery and it is easy to fall.

There are not many trees on the mountain, but there are dense weeds and an old vine with tangled roots. The mountains are surrounded by clouds and the birds are crying, which makes people feel miserable and sad!

Chen was already very tired after doing morning exercises on the mountain. He was so tired that he could hardly straighten his back and his legs were shaking weakly.

He found a rock to rest on and looked at the scenery in the distance.

Wangcai is one year older than Chen Zaocao. He has thick eyebrows, big eyes, a broad back and strong shoulders, but he is not as tall as Chen Zaocao.

Seeing Chen gasping for breath from morning exercises, while he himself was not even breathing, he said sarcastically, "You are too weak. We are all farmers, how can you be like this?"

"I can't compare with you. You've been eating well since you were a child, and you've also learned martial arts at home. I can't compare with your family."

"What kind of martial arts is that? It's just the Five Animals Exercises for strengthening the body."

"It's not bad either way. It's better than me, who can do nothing."

"Strength can defeat skill. You are actually quite strong, but your body is weak and you don't have the strength to last. You need to eat more good food."

"Okay, let's go over the mountain to Yangcheng. I heard there are a lot of merchants from the Western Regions there. We can trade these meteorites there and we'll definitely make some money."

Meteoric iron is part of a meteorite and has a very high iron content. In the early years, people's metallurgical technology was not very advanced, so ores with high iron content were also called meteoric iron.

But the two young men didn't know that the meteorite iron they were talking about was actually the natural iron ore in Huaian Town.

Yangcheng County is currently in a state of anarchy, and those who can come here to serve as county magistrates are people who value money more than their lives.

There are not only Huns and merchants of various ethnic groups here, but also some spies. Bandits who commit crimes in several places will also temporarily hide here.

Even some bandits would come here to take advantage of the situation.

Therefore, those who dare to do business in Yangcheng are definitely not ordinary people.

Chen Zaocao and Wangcai came to Yangcheng carrying two bags containing about ten pounds of iron ore.

As the frontier of Weizhou, there must be spies here.

When the two men came carrying packages, no one paid much attention to them and just thought they were passing by.

"Master, I have meteorite iron, do you want it?"

There was a shop in front of it, which looked like a blacksmith's shop, but the furnace had been out for a long time.

"Go away, don't you see the stove is already out? What do you need that meteorite for? Wait, what are you talking about? Meteorite?"

The man in front of the door initially thought that the seller was selling iron ore or something, but when he heard that it was meteorite iron, he was surprised. This was something that could not be found easily.

"Yes, real meteorite iron!"

Wangcai saw that the people in the store were interested and quickly responded.

"Let me take a look first. If it's not true, then you're just teasing me. I won't kill you."

While wanting the meteorite iron, he also said harsh words. Don't look at the man in the store who is dressed in rags, he is very ruthless with his words.