The king will never go to court

Chapter 292 Tianlong City Sudden Change

At midnight on the ninth month of the ninth year of the Dongyang Dynasty's Kaibao, the sky was snowed heavily, and Tianlong City was covered in silver and white.

rustle... rustle...

A burst of hurried footsteps passed through the corridors of the Nuan Pavilion and headed for the outer hall.

A seven-foot figure with a panicked expression bumped into several young eunuchs in succession.

The servants and eunuchs who met along the way bowed and bowed their heads to get out of the way when they saw the person coming.

And that seven-foot figure didn't care at all, the icy temperature couldn't cover up his agitation at the moment, and cold sweat kept breaking out on his forehead.

Soon, only a row of panicked footprints were left on the snow.

Inside the Long Live Hall, the dim candlelight penetrated through the curtains, causing chaos all over the place.

A more than 50-year-old middle-aged man lay quietly on a soft couch, the jade ax in his hand was still stained with blood.

Tonight, the Emperor Ji invited his younger brother Ji Guangming to a banquet alone.

Taisui Wang Peipei, who was in charge of the palace ban, ordered people to prepare a banquet in the Long Live Hall early in the morning, and also removed the maids serving in the hall and the imperial guards guarding outside the hall.

At this moment, Wang Peipei looked tremblingly at the motionless figure on the soft couch.

Both feet moved forward slowly with difficulty, both hands clenched tightly into fists in the sleeves, and the fingertips had already pierced the palm.

Just now, Halberd Guangming rushed out of the door, leaving the palace to contact his confidants.

And he, Wang Peipei, must stay here to prevent the one in the harem from betraying him.

Just wait for Ji Guangming to lead the death guards into the palace, then the news of the death of the Halberd Emperor can be announced.

Wang Peipei wiped away the blood in the warm pavilion, and then burned the bloody handkerchief on a candle.

It wasn't until the last trace of cloth handkerchief turned into ashes that Wang Peipei's tightly gripped heartstrings slowed down a bit.

He took a deep breath, and a gust of cool wind blew into the hall through the crack of the door that was not closed tightly.

The already dim candlelight illuminated the interior of the Nuan Pavilion even more strangely.

Wang Peipei's mind, which had just relaxed a little, became tense again, and his hands and back were already soaked in cold sweat.

As the cold wind blew, Wang Peipei subconsciously glanced at the figure on the soft couch.

A trace of panic suddenly appeared on the previously self-possessed expression.

Then panic, fear, and despair appeared on the whole face.

"It's obvious that I've died, Ji Guangming and I have both sniffed our noses in person. How is that possible!"

Plop!
Wang Peipei kneeled on the ground involuntarily.

At this time, the dim candlelight illuminated the figures on the soft couch extremely terrifyingly.

There was no trace of blood on his pale face, only a pair of cold eyes fixed on Wang Peipei.

After a long time, without hearing any sound, Wang Peipei whispered tentatively, "Your Majesty?"

"His Majesty?"

Hearing these two words, the middle-aged man lying on the soft couch tightly grasped the jade ax beside the bed with his right hand.

At the moment of waking up, he instinctively pulled out the long sword on the bedside, but his body went limp, his limbs became weak, and he was in vain. There was no bedside at all, let alone the long sword hanging by himself.

"Emperor Ji" couldn't believe it, looked slightly down at his robe, the pale yellow brocade robe.

Even why the jade ax in his hand is so smooth at this time makes him feel uneasy at this time.

"Your Majesty, are you sober?"

Wang Peipei raised his head slightly, although he was flustered, but there was still a touch of calm on his face, and asked softly.

"Drunk?"

The Emperor Ji's mood turned rapidly, "Zhen, why did you come here. Could it be that you are really drunk?"

dream?All this is too real.There are only two people in the warm cabinet.

That danger can only come from him!

Looking at Wang Peipei with a harmless smile on his face, the Emperor Ji said, "Pass the meal".Ji Huang originally wanted the kneeling servant to retreat, but he was worried that the other party and himself would be caught in a deadly net.

Although Wang Peipei is still submissive and humble on the surface, how can he escape the blazing eyes of the current Halberd Emperor.

There are only two people in the Long Live Hall and the Nuan Pavilion, and the other maids are not there. It can be concluded that Wang Peipei is not capable of covering the sky in front of the Emperor Ji.

At this moment, the reason why there are only two people in the Nuan Pavilion is that Wang Peipei sent everyone away by pretending to invite the Emperor Ji Guangming for a banquet.

There is still some pain in the head, although there are still many questions in my heart, but now I must solve the crisis in front of me.

I can't let this servant stay alone with me anymore.Especially now that I am still a little weak.

If you are not careful, once the opponent explodes into trouble.Although the Halberd Emperor had a jade ax in his hand, he might not be able to retreat completely.

"Your Majesty, it's already night. How about helping you to rest first?"

How could Wang Peipei let other people get in touch with the Emperor Ji at this moment, and tried his best to persuade him.

"presumptuous!"

There was a stern look in the eyes of the Halberd Emperor who chose to devour someone!
That look is full of killing spirit.I have never seen such a stern look in the eyes of the Emperor Ji, and the thought of trying to test it is gone.

Wang Peipei could only nod in agreement, and slowly exited the warm pavilion. When he left the Long Live Hall, his eyes were full of unwillingness and panic.

Now he doesn't know how much Jihuang still remembers, the things before he was drunk.

However, the most urgent task is to send someone to inform Ji Guangming that he must not bring troops into the palace.

Otherwise, many people will die.

Originally, only one Halberd Emperor had to die, but now I don't know how many people will die!

In the empty Nuan Pavilion, the very keen Halberd Emperor soon smelled a faint smell of blood.

Wang Peipei cleaned very carefully, not even leaving clean ashes.

But the cold wind blew through the crack of the door, how could the smell of blood lingering in the Nuan Pavilion escape the decisive Halberd Emperor?

I don't know why I came here,
After Wang Peipei left, the Emperor Ji tried to get up and read the documents on the opposite table. Soon, a group of more than a dozen maids served meals.

While eating supper, Emperor Ji sized up the servants and maids who came in, but he didn't find the servant just now.

"Sure enough, escaped?"

The corner of Jihuang's mouth slightly raised, revealing a sneer.

After eating supper, I drank a large pot of hot tea, and a burst of warmth flowed into my stomach.

Instantly felt refreshed, but what the Emperor Ji said later made everyone present look pale with fright.

"Plop...Puff..."

The serving lady-in-waiting knelt down on the ground.

"Pass the Imperial Physician!"

The Halberd Emperor, who had eaten and drank enough, let out an angry cry.

But for some reason, his voice was weak.

Hearing the Emperor Ji's order, everyone in the Nuan Pavilion turned pale with fright.

"Is it poisonous in the diet?"

"Why did Your Majesty suddenly summon the imperial physician after the meal!"

The servants and maids who were kneeling on the ground buried their heads even lower, and all of them were trembling uncontrollably, and their knees could hardly support their respective bodies.

Ever since waking up, Emperor Ji always felt that his body was weak, and even after eating supper, he still felt that something was wrong with his body.

Looking at the servants and maids kneeling on the ground, the Emperor Ji gave a stern "hmm".

It's just a little bit more tone, although the voice is still a little weak.

But from the majesty of the emperor, everyone couldn't breathe, and beads of sweat dripped down their cheeks onto the ground.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

A young waiter mustered up his courage, crawled a few steps forward, and said timidly, "But the food in the imperial dining room doesn't suit your appetite?"

"Why? How dare you people not listen to my words?"

The jade ax held in the right hand of the Halberd Emperor struck heavily on the table, and his eyes became extremely sharp.

"No, I dare not."

The young servant rushed to grab the ground with his head, and didn't hear an order from the superior until a deep blood mark appeared.

"Aren't you going to teach the imperial doctor?"

"Yes, the slave will go here."

The young servant waved his hand, signaling for everyone behind him to retreat.

When everyone was about to get up and clear the table, they planned to leave.

But the Emperor Ji ordered again, "You guys stay here first."

All the maids were at a loss for a while, always felt that the housekeeper tonight was always weird, not as easy-going as in the past, and had a lot more majesty and awe-inspiring air.

"I don't know how to eat people! What are you afraid of? Look at you one by one."

The Halberd Emperor once again tapped the table case with the jade axe, then pointed to the book case not far away, "Bring those memorials and books over here."

Soon, the maid in the house cleaned up the small table on the slump, and then served a cup of hot tea again.

Due to Wang Peipei's absence, the young servants who served could only move the documents on the imperial case to the side of Ruantao in batches.

While rubbing his aching head, Jihuang carefully looked at each memorial on the small table.

Noticing the dignified expression of the Halberd Emperor, he muttered softly to himself, and the servants standing beside the candle looked astonished.

They had never seen His Majesty flipping through the documents of the courtiers so closely.

In the past, whenever a major national event happened, the courtiers would write a letter, and the Emperor Ji would drive out their servants and maids.But for some reason, they were all allowed to stay today.

The Halberd Emperor couldn't help but "hissed", and held the jade ax even tighter with his right hand.

"Where's Wang Peipei?"

Jihuang suddenly squeezed out these three words from between his teeth, with a trace of anger.

The young servant who had just walked into the warm pavilion was so frightened that his feet were so weak that he fell directly to the ground, almost knocking down an old imperial doctor behind him as well.

Fortunately, the old imperial doctor supported the door frame of the Nuan Pavilion, and there were two young imperial doctors behind him, so he was not knocked down by the young servant.

Hearing the depression in His Majesty's tone, the old imperial doctor also ignored other things, stepped forward quickly, came behind the screen, and asked anxiously.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

The Halberd Emperor, who came back to his senses, knew that he had lost his composure, leaned on the soft bed, looked at the person coming, his beard and hair were all white, and there was a faint scent of medicine on his body.

"Doctor?"

The Halberd Emperor originally intended to ask, but soon realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly changed his words, "I feel a little weak in limbs, I wonder if I am too sleepy."

The old imperial doctor is the best imperial doctor in the Imperial Medical Bureau. He was not supposed to be on duty tonight, but he couldn't stand the persuasion of his friends, so he had to come to the Imperial Medical Bureau to take over for his friend.

When the old imperial doctor saw the expression on Ji Huang's face, something bad suddenly rose in his heart.

Although the Ji Huang had just had supper at this moment, his originally pale complexion had not completely faded away.

The whole person still looks very weak. If he hadn't eaten some meals and drank a lot of hot tea to warm his body, his complexion would have been even more ugly.

"If His Majesty can't be cured, wouldn't my family want to?"

The old imperial doctor didn't dare to hesitate, so he could only step forward slowly, his bony right hand resting on the pulse at the wrist of the Emperor Ji.

After a while, the old imperial doctor's expression flickered on and off.

"how?"

Keeping an eye on the changes in the old imperial doctor's expression, the Emperor Ji also guessed that something bad might have happened to his body.

"This, this, this" the old imperial doctor didn't know how to speak for a while, subconsciously glanced at the servants and maids behind him, and coughed lightly.

After getting the hint, the Halberd Emperor didn't intend to make everyone retreat, but said bluntly, "But it doesn't matter."

If someone wants to harm him, he must let everyone know. Only in this way can the people behind the scenes be afraid.

Jihuang felt depressed when he thought of his own younger brother in name, and Wang Peipei who he regarded as a loyal servant.

"I'm really blind." Jihuang secretly cursed Dongyang Dynasty Jihuang in his heart.

At the door, the young servant lay limp on the ground, unable to get up.There was cold sweat on the forehead and back.

Wang Peipei is his master. Judging from the current situation, His Majesty is suspicious of his master. What should he do?

"Your Majesty, it seems to be poisoned!"

The old imperial doctor couldn't believe that someone actually poisoned His Majesty in the palace.

But judging from his many years of experience in practicing medicine.His Majesty at this moment is undoubtedly poisoned.

"Poisoned? What poison?"

The Halberd Emperor bit the word "poison" very hard, and a stern cold light flashed in his eyes.

"The poison of life, why don't you let the other imperial physicians come and see it?" the old imperial physician suggested.

Your Majesty's poisoning is no small matter, if you are not careful, many people will be killed.

The old imperial doctor gave the two young imperial doctors a look.

The two young imperial doctors were also terrified by the word "poisoning" at this time, but they quickly stepped forward to feel the pulse of the Emperor Ji, and finally came to the same conclusion.

"The Halberd Emperor is poisoned."

"Poisoned?!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, you are not villains!"

In an instant, after the poisoning was diagnosed by three imperial doctors, the servants and maids in the warm pavilion knelt on the ground one after another.

And the face of the young waiter at the door was even more pale as snow.

"What poison? Can it be cured?"

The Emperor Ji didn't panic. He has experienced many storms and waves. As long as he is still alive, he will definitely find a solution.

(End of this chapter)