The king will never go to court

Chapter 314
The news of the poisoning of the Halberd Emperor had been covered up all this time, but fortunately, the Patriarch of the Yan family personally took action to save his life.

This news was only spread among a small number of top aristocratic families.

Outside Tianlong City, warriors from the great families and sects were constantly busy carrying spars, just to complete the protective formation sooner.

Five days ago, Xie Wufeng brought a group of people from the Wu Palace into Tianlong City.The people of Qian Kingdom who were willing to migrate together were arranged at the foot of a mountain range two thousand miles east of Tianlong City.

The hustle and bustle outside was cut off by the towering golden tiles of the imperial city wall. At this moment, there was a court lady kneeling in the imperial palace.

The Halberd Emperor was poisoned again, this was the second time since the Patriarch of the Yan family rescued him.

The sleeping hall was surrounded by imperial guards, and each of the guards was holding the handle of the knife tightly with their right hands, staring sharply at the maids kneeling in the middle.

All the imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau were recalled to the palace, and they are all waiting in the side hall at this moment.

"What happened? Why is everyone in a panic."

"Shh! Be quiet."

The imperial doctor who had a good relationship hastily covered the visitor's mouth, winked and reminded softly.

Then whispered softly in his ear.

"Ah! The Halberd Emperor is poisoned again!"

Just halfway through listening, the new imperial doctor let out a dumbfounded cry.

"Keep your voice down!"

The imperial physician who just arrived behind was still full of astonishment.

I knew something big had happened, but I didn't expect it to be such a big thing.

This time, he did not conceal the news of the poisoning of the Halberd Emperor, but let the "poisoning" matter be discussed by the palace people.

Outside the hall, the imperial army surrounded the sleeping hall tightly.

The imperial army rushed to the sleeping hall and controlled all the maids in the sleeping hall.

This matter is destined to be unstoppable.

"See Second Prince, Third Prince, and Fourth Prince."

The first to arrive were the three sons of the Emperor Ji. The three of them were also disheveled and sweating profusely.

Obviously, after receiving the news, before he had time to tidy up his appearance, he ran over in a hurry.

"Li Xiao, what's going on? How is the father now?"

The second prince Ji Dezhao looked solemn, and whispered softly to a general of the Imperial Army who stepped forward to block the way of the three of them.

Li Xiao, who was recommended by the second prince Ji Dezhao to the Forbidden Army of the Imperial City, couldn't care less about hiding the relationship between the two of them at this time, and hurriedly leaned over to Ji Dezhao's ear and whispered a few words.

Then, he quickly returned to the ranks of the imperial army.

At this moment, no one can approach the sleeping hall, even the empress, concubines, and princes are blocked outside the hall.

Inside the warm pavilion of the bedroom, three or four old imperial doctors surrounded the Emperor Ji, watching the silver needles in the neck continuously ooze black blood, and their scalps felt numb.

His body was trembling, but at the moment the two fingers holding the silver needle were extremely stable, without any deviation.

It was Ming Shijie, the patriarch of the Ming family who first detected the poisoning of the Halberd Emperor.

The Ming family practiced medicine for generations. During the Dayang Dynasty, the ancestors of Ming Shijie were well-known skilled and benevolent doctors. After the founding of the Dongyang Dynasty, they were recruited into the Imperial Medical Bureau.

It wasn't until the seventh silver needle was inserted that Ming Shijie heaved a sigh of relief, his forehead, beard and hair were already wet with sweat.

"Your Majesty, is there any discomfort?"

Ming Shijie asked in a slightly hoarse voice after drinking the warm tea from the young imperial doctor behind him.

At the same time, several senior imperial doctors at the side also leaned forward slightly, their eyes unblinking, not daring to relax in the slightest.

I'm afraid that Ming Shijie's silver needle is accidentally inserted in the wrong place, and everyone in the bedroom will be implicated.

Jihuang didn't make a sound, and didn't care about the slight numbness in his neck, but was thinking about what Ming Shijie said before.

"Posuohua, a strange poison produced in the southern region, can make people's life slowly exhausted without any signs."

Soon, the names of a group of generals who had conquered or ruled the southern region flashed in Jihuang's mind.

Reminiscent of the strange poison in his body at this moment, the halberd emperor's slightly squinted eyes suddenly opened, and two sharp cold lights flashed in the pupils, which shocked the old imperial doctors in front of them to shrink their necks.

The Halberd Emperor is going to kill, the Halberd Emperor is going to kill!

"Come on!"

The Halberd Emperor's voice was extremely soft, but the silver needle on his neck still rose and fell slightly.

"Your Majesty, you must not get angry at this moment, lest" Ming Shijie was interrupted by a cold look from Emperor Ji before he could speak.

Although the Emperor Ji's voice was very soft, the servant kneeling outside could hear it clearly.

All the servants and maids looked up at each other slightly, and finally an elderly servant got up from the crowd and walked slowly into the warm pavilion.

Kneeling on the side of the screen, weeping, "Your Majesty, you must take good care of the dragon's body. Anything can be left to the servants. Don't get angry, it will hurt the dragon's body."

The Emperor Ji tilted his head slightly, and glanced at the old servant who was kneeling on the ground, with silver hair hanging down his temples. "Seal the city and seal the palace. Let Jing Wusi thoroughly investigate."

"As you order." The old servant stood up slowly, and exited the warm pavilion respectfully.

Soon, orders came out from the bedroom. First, the imperial city and palace were locked, and Jing Wusi led the imperial army to search the palace.

After that, all the gates of the inner imperial city of Tianlong City were locked, and no one could leave the city without the palace's order.

For a moment, the entire Inner Imperial City of Tianlong City fell into a strange atmosphere.

The civil, military and dignitaries of the Manchu Dynasty also fell into panic.I don't know why the palace suddenly issued an order to close the city, and what happened.

On the edge of the imperial city, Jinwang Mansion.

In the study room, there were more than a dozen military generals standing, all of them were generals of the imperial army, and they were all confidantes that King Jin had carefully wooed over the years.

After learning the news of sealing the imperial city, King Jin secretly summoned a group of confidant generals.

I planned to lead the troops into the palace immediately, but who would have thought that just halfway through the discussion, the prince from the palace would come.

Half an hour ago, Wang Peipei came in a hurry after disguised. At this moment, everyone is still discussing secretly with King Jin.

All the generals in the study seemed a little restless. They couldn't stay long at the Prince Jin's mansion. Tonight was supposed to be a big event to follow the dragon together, but King Jin hadn't made up his mind until now.

In the secret room, after listening to Wang Peipei's narration, King Jin's broad back loosened most of his body, and he lost all energy.

"Brother Huang woke up again? How is this possible!"

"It's absolutely true. I saw it with my own eyes. Your Royal Highness, what should we do when we come down? You have to make up your mind."

Wang Peipei is also in a panic now. At first, he valued the cultivation resources given by King Jin, and then he got to where he is now step by step.

He hadn't even dared to think about such a serious crime as killing the king. The soup and soup for the Emperor Ji passed through his hands, and some private goods given by King Jin were added to it.

Now, once Jingwu Division investigates, he, Wang Peipei, will definitely not be able to escape the responsibility.

From the moment he left the palace, Wang Peipei wanted to leave, but after thinking about it, he still hoped that King Jin could give him an idea, at least find a way to secretly send him away from the imperial city.

"A solution? Once the emperor's brother is alive, do you think those people outside will be willing to do things with this king?"

King Jin turned around suddenly, and the dark light scattered on him, making the whole person look extremely terrifying.A cunning flashed in his eyes, and he stared at Wang Peipei coldly.

"You, you, His Royal Highness King Jin, you don't. I have it." Wang Peipei wanted to say that he still had something to do with King Jin, and wanted to threaten him.

Unexpectedly, the King Jin at this moment has long since ignored so much, and tightly grabbed Wang Peipei's neck with both hands.

King Jin has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his body is strong and powerful. He is already a first-rank martial artist.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Peipei was strangled to death.

"Escape? Where are you going? I have worked hard for many years, if I escape like this." King Jin fell down beside Wang Peipei's body, lost in thought.

There was silence in the room, with unwillingness in his heart, his palms resting on his drooping forehead, his eyes filled with endless annoyance.

After a long time, there was a "squeak".

King Jin pushed open the door, and a ray of sunlight just fell on his face.

At this moment, the first ray of sunlight in the east is piercing through the sea of ​​clouds and scattering to the earth.

The inner imperial city of Tianlong City was covered with a layer of warm yellow golden sunlight. King Jin made up his mind and walked quickly to the study.

For more than three hours, the chief servants of Jingwu Division and their personal guards searched the entire palace, but all suspicious people were detained.

At the same time, they also asked the maids in the palace to report each other.

In just three hours, hundreds of people were detained.The most involved are the maids in the Imperial Dining Room and the Three Great Halls.

In the sleeping hall, the empress, concubines and princes were still waiting outside the hall. Everyone was crying, but the imperial guards on duty were still standing outside.

In the side hall, servants kept entering with various medicinal herbs.All the imperial physicians in the Imperial Medical Bureau are constantly busy, and the bedroom at this moment seems to have become a new place for the Imperial Medical Bureau.

In the Warm Pavilion, Ming Shijie and several old imperial doctors were too sleepy to open their eyes after detoxifying the emperor with silver needles. Two or three old imperial doctors leaned against the beams and pillars to take a rest.

The Halberd Emperor on the soft couch could finally have a good night's sleep. Before that, he had been worried that someone would assassinate him secretly. For his own life, he directly summoned all the imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau to the sleeping hall.

The court meeting on the second day was also cancelled.

In the side hall, the imperial doctors were too busy to touch the ground. The civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty had to reorganize the medical records of the courtiers above the third rank, and the Emperor Ji had to check it himself.At the same time, the same goes for the medical records of the royal relatives, princes and princesses.

Although the imperial doctors didn't know what the Emperor Ji wanted to do, they had no choice but to do so immediately, and at the same time asked the painter to draw everyone's appearance on the medical case.

"Emperor Ji, your empress and the second prince are still waiting outside the palace."

Seeing that the Emperor Ji had woken up, a young servant earnestly brought a cup of warm tea and reminded him.

"They?" Emperor Ji took a sip of tea, thought for a while, and then said casually, "Let them all go back."

"Emperor Ji, the ladies and the second prince are they"

The Emperor Ji frowned slightly, and let out a "hmm".

The young servant felt an invisible coercion, the aura of a person who had been in the position for a long time suddenly revealed, his whole body trembled uncontrollably, and he said timidly, "The servant obeys."

Under a pavilion outside the sleeping hall, the queen and a group of concubines were worried, and everyone was worried about the body of the emperor, but they were stopped by the forbidden army outside the hall.

Some concubines even tried to ask the empress to lead everyone into the palace, but in the end they were all stopped by the calm empress shaking her head.

Everyone had no choice but to cry in a low voice.

On the other side, in the water pavilion on the other side of the rockery, Ji Dezhao and his two younger brothers were also looking up at the main entrance of the bedroom.They are closer here, but there are many guards in front of them.

You can only vaguely see the servants and maids who keep coming in and out, holding a large stack of documents.There are also the hurried figures of the imperial doctors on the side.

Soon, a young servant came out of the bedroom in a cold sweat, first went to the pavilion where the queen and concubines were waiting, and then came to the pavilion where Ji Dezhao was, and conveyed the emperor's will.

The sun was rising, and many courtiers had gathered outside the palace gate. After learning of the great changes in the palace, King Jin showed his chest and knelt outside the palace gate, looking haggard.

There were many courtiers standing by, discussing in private.

"What's wrong with King Jin? Kneeling here? Did you make a big mistake?"

"Why bother, the Emperor Ji loves His Royal Highness King Jin so much, I believe he will summon King Jin into the palace soon."

"Have you heard that the Emperor Ji was poisoned again last night?"

"what!"

"what!"

"What's going on here? Could it be King Jin?"

For a while, the courtiers outside the palace looked at King Jin differently.

The courtiers who usually have a good relationship with the King of Jin all stood more than ten steps away, for fear of being implicated by the King of Jin.

"Brother, as long as I'm humble enough, I won't believe it. You will kill me in front of the civil and military courts." King Jin knelt on the bluestone ground, sweat dripping from his forehead.

In the sleeping hall, beside the fireplace, the Emperor Ji shuddered, and slowly opened his sleepy eyes, with a sleepy look on his face.

"Your Majesty, how do you feel now?"

A young servant stepped forward and was about to cover the Emperor Ji with a soft quilt, but was stared at by a sharp stare and stood there in a daze, the soft quilt in his hands slipped directly to the ground.

"Your Majesty, spare your life!"

The young servant hurriedly knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.

Having just experienced a life-and-death dilemma overnight, the Emperor Ji is especially taboo against strangers approaching him.Hence the indifferent eyes that turned back just now.

"What's your name?"

"Slave, my name is Wang Guicheng,"

"Guicheng? Not a bad name." Jihuang nodded slightly.

Seeing that the Emperor Ji didn't intend to punish him, Wang Guicheng hurried forward, picked up the warm tea on the table next to him, and respectfully handed it over.

Taking a sip of warm tea carefully, Emperor Ji put the teacup in his hand on the table, pondered for a long time, and said to himself.

"I was poisoned twice in a row, but Jingwusi didn't hear anything about it. It seems that Jingwusi can't be used anymore."

The Emperor Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, and a cold light flickered from his eyes, which made the hairs on Wang Guicheng's back standing on end standing on end.Unknowingly, his forehead was covered with a layer of cold sweat.

"The person from Chuan Jing Wusi is here!"

Thinking of Wang Peipei, the Emperor Ji had a black thread at this moment, wishing to chop off this old dog directly.

Not long after, the six chief servants of Jingwu Division who were still busy in the palace knelt behind the screen one after another. Everyone didn't know why the Emperor Ji summoned him at this time.

The six of them could only kneel down cautiously, pressing their foreheads tightly to the ground, without making a sound.

Seeing the six servants kneeling on the ground, cautiously not daring to cross the threshold, Emperor Ji sneered in his heart.

"If you are really loyal, I will not be poisoned."

There was silence in the Nuan Pavilion, only the slow breathing of the Emperor Ji could be heard.Even the imperial doctor accompanying him felt the suffocation in the air.

"boom!"

The Emperor Ji slammed his favorite jade ax on the table next to him.Due to excessive force, obvious cracks appeared on the bottom of the jade axe.

The old imperial doctors who were not far away gasped, and hurriedly backed away.

The six people knelt on the ground, buried their heads lower, and their bodies began to tremble continuously.

"Jingwu Division has a traitor."

The Halberd Emperor asked in a cold voice, but there was a sense of affirmation in his tone.

(End of this chapter)