Chapter 2084 Where are the people?

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Third Prince!" All the officials shouted in unison.

However, no matter what everyone was thinking, the Third Prince Zhao Lun was now the absolute focus and the protagonist here today. The etiquette must be followed.

However, when performing the ceremony, some people were excited, some were indifferent, and some sneered secretly.

As everyone knelt to greet him, the Third Prince Zhao Lun walked up to the altar. He looked at the crowd of officials in front of him with a smile on his face, and suddenly felt proud.

He had been looking forward to this scene and this day for many years, and now he finally saw it with his own eyes, and he did it!

From now on, this Yanfeng Kingdom is his world, and everyone in Yanfeng Kingdom will respect him!

Zhao Lun's eyes unconsciously drifted across Yuanji, Hou Yi and Guan Zhuo, and his eyes were full of pride.

These people not only did not look favorably on him before, but also wanted to stop him. However, today, he will eventually ascend to the throne. These people must be in a very interesting mood now.

Originally, on the way here, Zhao Lun was somewhat worried. After all, the arrest of Doctor Liu was very disadvantageous to him. Doctor Liu was the only person who knew everything except him. If Doctor Liu gave him out, his throne would be in danger. This was why he was in a hurry to ascend the throne.

Zhao Lun even regretted not taking action against Doctor Liu earlier. As long as Doctor Liu was killed, no one in the world would know that the will in his hand was forged.

However, regret was useless. He could only hope that Doctor Liu could hold on for a little longer. As long as he ascended the throne, everything would be settled. At that time, Doctor Liu would no longer be his handle.

Now, Zhao Lun saw Yuanji and others kneeling in front of him to greet him honestly, and his worries disappeared.

Doctor Liu must not have confessed yet, otherwise, Yuanji and others would not have such an attitude.

Hey, that's not right!

Zhao Lun glanced at the crowd and did not find Hou Zhong, which made Zhao Lun frown.

You have to know that Doctor Liu was captured by Hou Zhong, and Hou Zhong was very good at interrogation. He was afraid that Doctor Liu would not be able to withstand Hou Zhong's torture and would choose to surrender. Now that Hou Zhong was not at the scene, Zhao Lun was still uneasy.

"Minister Yuan, where is Hou Zhong?" Zhao Lun, who was a little worried, did not ask the ministers to stand up immediately, but asked about Hou Zhong's whereabouts. The person he asked was Yuan Ji, the Minister of Personnel. Everyone knew that Hou Zhong was now in the same camp as Yuan Ji. Zhao Lun believed that Yuan Ji must know Hou Zhong's whereabouts.

The officials at the scene were a little confused by Zhao Lun's sudden question.

At this time, shouldn't Zhao Lun let them stand up first? Even if there were any questions to ask, they should wait until they stood up before asking.

The officials were somewhat dissatisfied with Zhao Lun. He had not yet ascended the throne, but he had already started to show off.

However, although everyone was dissatisfied in their hearts, they did not dare to show it.

Facing Zhao Lun's inquiry, Yuan Ji looked calm and said lightly: "Your Highness, I don't know the whereabouts of Lord Hou."

"You don't know?" Zhao Lun said dissatisfiedly: "How could you not know? Minister Yuan, where did Hou Zhong go? Tell me the truth and don't play tricks here."

Zhao Lun was very dissatisfied with Yuan Ji's answer. He felt that Yuan Ji was perfunctory to him. Yuan Ji couldn't be unaware of Hou Zhong's whereabouts.

At this time, Zhao Lun had completely put himself into the identity of the emperor of Yanfeng. In his opinion, anyone should answer honestly when facing his inquiry. Yuan Ji's attitude obviously made him very dissatisfied.

Seeing Zhao Lun getting angry, the officials at the scene had their own thoughts in their hearts. As the person involved, Yuan Ji still kept his expression calm.

Yuan Ji has been an official for many years and has been in the position of Minister of Personnel for many years. What scene has he not seen? The old emperor before was much more imposing than the current Zhao Lun. However, facing the old emperor, Yuan Ji could do it with ease. How could he be afraid of Zhao Lun?

Moreover, Yuanji already had evidence that the will in Zhao Lun's hand was forged, so he was naturally less afraid of Zhao Lun.

"Your Highness, Lord Hou is not Xiao Zai, nor is he a subordinate of this subordinate. He will not report to me where he goes. This subordinate really does not know where he went. If Your Highness really wants to find Lord Hou, you can send someone to find him. You are asking the wrong person here." Yuanji looked at Zhao Lun and said indifferently.

Seeing Yuanji still being stubborn, Zhao Lun really wanted to issue an order to take off Yuanji's black gauze hat, or even kill this Minister of Personnel who refused to give himself to him.

But he is still a prince, and the coronation ceremony has not been held yet. Now he has no qualifications and rights to attack a Minister of Personnel.

Zhao Lun glared at Yuanji fiercely, and the murderous intent in his eyes was obvious.

Yuanji was still very calm, and even a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Zhao Lun no longer paid attention to Yuanji. He looked around at everyone again, and then frowned again.

"Where is my eldest brother? Why didn't he come to attend my coronation ceremony?" Zhao Lun was not able to see the eldest prince Zhao Xuan in the crowd, and he couldn't help showing anger, obviously quite dissatisfied with this.

The second prince Zhao Ke was imprisoned, and the other princes were unable to compete for the throne. In Zhao Lun's mind, the eldest prince Zhao Xuan was the only one who posed a threat to his ascension to the throne. In addition to the previous assassination, Zhao Lun was full of suspicion and vigilance towards the eldest prince. Now that the overall situation has been decided, Zhao Lun really wants to see what Zhao Xuan's expression is.

However, Zhao Xuan did not show up at the scene, which made Zhao Lun very dissatisfied. This was obviously not giving him face. Although the other party was his brother and the eldest prince, Zhao Lun was still quite dissatisfied with the other party's behavior.

In the face of Zhao Xuan's inquiry, no one answered.

Zhao Lun dissatisfiedly ordered the eunuch next to him: "Go to the eldest prince's house and notify him to attend the coronation ceremony."

Obviously, Zhao Lun did not know that Zhao Xuan was no longer in the palace, and even had left Yanyang City. He thought Zhao Xuan had always been in the palace.

The eunuch took the order and left, and soon ran back in a hurry.

"Your Highness, the eldest prince is not in the bedroom. According to the eunuchs and palace maids in the bedroom, the eldest prince left the palace yesterday with something." The eunuch replied to Zhao Lun.

"Leaving the palace yesterday? And taking something?" Hearing this, Zhao Lun's eyebrows jumped, and a bad premonition appeared in his heart.

"Yes, Your Highness." The eunuch replied.

At this time, the general in charge of guarding the city gate suddenly said, "Your Highness, my men saw the eldest prince's carriage leave the city yesterday and has not returned yet."