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Chapter 80 Surprised Sunflower Book
Zheng He said with a serious face, "You are here to investigate the emperor's illness, aren't you?"

"Yes!" Chen Feng said solemnly.

Zheng He nodded: "The emperor must have given you instructions. Choosing the princess is just a temporary excuse for the emperor. You don't need to worry about this. If you have any orders or want to move around, just tell me and I will take you there."

"You...can you trust me?" Chen Feng asked cautiously.

"Hahaha!" Zheng He laughed suddenly, "I have discussed calling you into the palace with the emperor. Do you think I can be trusted?"

Chen Feng said helplessly: "Don't blame Eunuch Zheng, it's just that the other eunuchs are full of hostility, so I have to guard against him."

Speaking of those eunuchs, Zheng He's face turned ugly, and he sighed: "These people are no longer under my control. Even though they are respectful when they see me, they are just showing off in front of others. I gave some orders." Either they were pushing the envelope, or my mother-in-law was deliberately delaying the matter, and in the end I had to handle it myself..."

Chen Feng said in surprise: "Eunuch Zheng, your identity and status are there, how dare they not listen to you?"

Zheng He waved his hand and said, "Because they only listen to one person, and that is Huang Yan, the factory supervisor of the East Factory! Although I am the head of the eunuchs, because I have been traveling to the West all the time, Huang Yan mostly does the internal supervision. Over time, all the eunuchs in the inner palace obey Huang Yan's orders. I have no desire for power, and I am too lazy to care about him. Unexpectedly, I let him gradually grow up, and now, even I can't control that guy."

Chen Feng asked doubtfully: "Eunuch Zheng, I think you have good skills. Is that Huang Yan's skills still better than yours?"

Zheng He laughed at himself: "He used to be my disciple, but he is better than blue, and now his kung fu is indeed superior to mine..."

Huang Yan was just a little eunuch at the beginning. Seeing that he was smart and sensible, Zheng He accepted him as his apprentice, and even treated him as his own son.

At that time, Zhu Di had not yet sat on the throne. Huang Yan followed Zheng He to participate in the Battle of Jingnan, made a lot of contributions, and his status also rose.

Later, during the Yongle period, Huang Yan went to the West twice with Zheng He, accumulating a lot of knowledge and credit.After that, every time Zheng He went to the West, he would let Huang Yan stay in the court to take care of the affairs of the internal prisons.

Huang Yan worked seriously and did everything beautifully, which was recognized and praised by the emperor.

The East Factory was established. Considering Zheng He's busy affairs, Huang Yan was appointed as the factory supervisor to manage the affairs of the East Factory.

Whenever Zheng He came back, Huang Yan would receive him hypocritically.Zheng He was physically exhausted, and Huang Yan helped him deal with internal supervision matters, which made him feel a lot easier.So over time, even if Zheng He was in the palace, Huang Yan would still handle matters. Over time, it seemed that Zheng He was a hands-off shopkeeper and it became a habit.

But never expected that Huang Yan's attitude towards Zheng He became more and more indifferent, until after his martial arts surpassed Zheng He, he took charge of the East Factory and internal supervision affairs alone, and did not pay attention to Zheng He at all.

Even the eunuchs were the same, if Zheng He was not deeply trusted by the emperor, I am afraid they would not even be willing to do superficial efforts.

"Eunuch Zheng, since Huang Yan treated you like this, why didn't you report this to the emperor?" Chen Feng said angrily.

Zheng He kept shaking his head: "I naturally mentioned it to the emperor at the beginning, but Huang Yan's work is more beautiful than me, and he is more loved by the emperor than me. I can continue to sit in my current position only because of my seniority. Otherwise, the emperor would have withdrawn my post a long time ago. The emperor asked me to concentrate on preparing for the voyage to the West, so I can only follow the emperor's Ming and do my own thing well. If it weren't for Huang Yan's frequent actions this year, no matter whether it is the emperor In front of me or on other occasions, I kept saying bad things about the prince. The emperor became wary of him, and then he paid more attention to me. In addition to the current incident, the emperor remembered to discuss it with me. I don’t want to rely on this matter to gain Zhongyong, I just hope that the emperor is safe and will not be killed by Xiaoxiao!"

Zheng He's character destined his path. No wonder he was suppressed by Huang Yan, just because Zheng He didn't like power struggles.

Chen Feng couldn't help becoming worried: "Eunuch Zheng, from this point of view, Huang Yan, the governor of the East Factory, may also be involved in this matter. Can we deal with this person?"

Zheng He said with a smile: "It depends on man's effort. Naturally, we can't compare with him in terms of martial arts, but we are working for the emperor now, so you don't need to worry too much. I will be by your side these days. You rest first, and I will take care of you." In the palace, you can call me anytime you need anything.”

It was still early in the morning, so Zheng He asked him to rest, but he actually asked him to think of a solution.

Chen Feng wanted to know more information, so he pulled Zheng He to ask questions, but Zheng He didn't know much, and in the end he only asked about Huang Yan.

What Huang Yan learned was actually the Sunflower Book, and it was Zheng He who taught him.In other words, Zheng He also knew the Sunflower Book.This skill is incredible, if Chen Feng stood in front of Huang Yan, he might be instantly killed by him, which made him even more worried about the danger in the palace.

This Huang Yan was at odds with the prince, but he was friendly with Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu and Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui.Anyway, no matter who becomes the emperor, the prince cannot be allowed to succeed.

It’s not like these geniuses just knew the emperor. There were many people in the court who opposed the prince.Because the prince is too weak, King Zhu Gaoxu of Han has a high prestige in the army, and King Zhu Gaosui of Zhao is civil and military, and has the support of many princes and ministers. The emperor can't kill everyone who opposes the prince, right?

Zhu Di didn't care about everyone's standing in line, because it was only a matter of his words who would succeed him.But now that he is seriously ill, the emperor feels that the situation is serious.Sometimes the emperor was helpless, so he discussed with Zheng He about finding Chen Feng to enter the palace.

All in all, now Chen Feng can only investigate the case by himself.Although Zheng He is there to help, at least this guy can't help much in terms of IQ.

Chen Feng lay on the bed for a while, thinking about his strategy alone.

Zheng He brought dinner and shouted, "Young Master Chen, it's time to eat."

Chen Feng was indeed hungry, so he got up and wolfed down some food.The food in the palace is just different from that outside. It's so delicious.

Just after eating, Chen Feng thought that he still had a task to do, and asked quickly: "Eunuch Zheng, who is responsible for the emperor's food?"

Zheng He said: "Naturally, the imperial chef cooks, and the eunuchs deliver the food. Because we are afraid of food safety, we only go through these two procedures. Both the imperial chef and the eunuch who deliver the food have been carefully selected, and we will definitely not have second thoughts about the emperor."

Chen Feng didn't think that someone was poisoning. There was a dedicated person in charge of the emperor's life, and they paid attention to procedures. There were trusted people responsible for every procedure, and there would be no mistakes.

If the emperor was seriously ill and someone was really behind it, it must have been through a combination of methods.It's not just a simple poison, maybe it's a very common thing, but when it is mixed with other things, toxins are produced.

This line of thinking should be correct, so Chen Feng planned to go out to investigate and learn more about the emperor's food and clothing expenses.

Zheng He led Chen Feng all the way, the first stop was the imperial kitchen.

There are quite a few imperial chefs in the palace, and they are still busy at this time.They are not only responsible for the emperor's diet, they are also responsible for what the harem and princes eat.

Seeing Zheng He coming, the imperial cooks nodded their heads while working.

A slightly fat middle-aged man came over and said, "Eunuch Zheng is here. I wonder if he is here to investigate the emperor's diet again?"

This person is the head chef, named Niu Han.Because Zheng He had already come to investigate once, doubting the emperor's imperial meal was denying Niu Han, so Niu Han naturally didn't have a good face.

Zheng He smiled and said: "I just came to see it casually, I don't know what kind of imperial food the emperor used today."

Niu Han said coldly: "The emperor has been ill recently, so I have been making medicated meals according to the imperial doctor's prescription. It is the same every day. Tonight's has been sent to you. You can go and see it yourself!"

He turned and left as he spoke, pointing at the imperial chefs at work, as if he deliberately made it for Chen Feng and Zheng He to see, he kept growling: "What are you doing? Still put so much salt? And you, how many times have you told Concubine Shu that she has a strong taste and needs to add more ingredients, why don’t you always listen..."

Chen Feng and Zheng He hurriedly left the imperial dining room, they could only shake their heads at Niu Han's uncooperative attitude...

(End of this chapter)