Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 477 The Poisoned Empress Wu and the Driven Crazy Yang Sijian
Luoyang Ziwei Palace.

Inside the Longevity Court.

Empress Wu walked forward proudly, with a joyful tone of power in her tone: "This time, Tubo Zanpu is about to go to Beijing to be enshrined, and the celebration must be grand. The last time Silla offered prisoners was too simple...cough Cough! Cough cough cough!"

Halfway through the conversation, she suddenly felt a tightness in her chest, unable to breathe freely, and coughed violently.

The wives hurriedly stopped and made eye contact, all showing surprise, and several acquaintances surrounded them: "The queen mother must take care of the phoenix body!"

Among them, Webster applauded secretly: "Isn't this old man very energetic? Now he's sick too? It's time!"

Empress Wu's chest heaved violently several times, barely suppressing the discomfort, she waved her hands and said: "It's okay, this time to promote the country's prestige, the grace and power are not limited to China, and it is a big deal to overwhelm the barbarians. It should be judged fairly and rewarded distinct……"

The wives returned to their previous state and complied.

After finishing the conversation that was enough to affect the outer court, the moment Empress Wu returned to the hall, she staggered a little.

Her expression changed, she came to the table, looked at the face in the bronze mirror, which was obviously much haggard, then reached out to touch her head, and even touched a handful of long hair that had fallen out, her eyes finally showed panic , murmuring: "How could this be?"

She pondered for a while, then suddenly said: "This palace is in the prime of life, how can it be weak and sick for no reason, is it poisoned by thieves?"

The eunuch Gao and other servants and a group of maidservants were at the side. They were shocked when they heard the words, and they all knelt down: "Slaves and others must not dare to murder the Queen Mother!"

Empress Wu glanced around sharply: "I'm sorry that you don't dare to do such a rebellious thing, but there are people in the imperial kitchen who specialize in poison testing. If I was really poisoned, how did the culprit do it?"

The maidservants in the palace trembled and did not dare to speak out.

In fact, these things should be investigated by the inner guards. Empress Wu immediately recalled that when Li Yuanfang was still taking orders from her, she couldn't get on with her breath, coughed violently, and ordered: "Summon the imperial doctor, especially Sun Zhenzhen His direct disciple, Liu Shenwei, call him over."

Eunuch Gao said in a low voice, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, Doctor Liu has been in the Zhenguan Hall recently, diagnosing saints."

Empress Wu was furious: "The sage's dragon body is important, so is my empress dowager? Hurry up and summon me, I want to see if the sage dares to bear the name of unfilial son at the last moment!"

Eunuch Gao bowed down to accept the order: "Yes! Yes!"

When the servants in the hall retreated one after another, Empress Wu looked at the hair in her hand again, gritted her teeth and said, "'Zuo Ming', do you dare to attack me?"

With Li Zhi's lessons learned, when Empress Wu discovered her own symptoms, she naturally thought of poisoning, and those who dared to do this kind of thing and were able to do it, of course, were the most suspected rebels.

It's just that Empress Wu didn't understand that it was in the interests of the other party that the sage was about to die, and it was in the interest of the other party to assume power, so why did she attack herself at this juncture?
Her eyes flickered, she began to think, and considered the situation both inside and outside.

After thinking about it, his hair fell out again, his anger rose, and he slammed the mirror on the ground.

"Bang!"

The crisp voice echoed in the hall, and Empress Wu's chest heaved for a long time before she said coldly, "Come in and clean up!"

It was quiet outside the hall, Empress Wu was wondering why eunuch Gao hadn't come back yet, and where did the other servants go, when footsteps could be heard.

An old eunuch, holding a broom, walked in slowly from outside the hall.

Empress Wu frowned suddenly.

The servants are also divided into ranks. The ranks in the palace are strict, and it is difficult for a low-rank eunuch to appear in front of the saints, queens and queen mothers. Judging from the clothes of this old eunuch, it is undoubtedly a low-level servant and is not allowed to enter the queen mother's bedroom. .

Even if the other party looked faint and old, and might have gone to the wrong place, Empress Wu's eyes showed disgust and murderous intent, and she was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, so she wanted to order the old man to be killed.

But when her eyes fell on the other party's face, her pupils shrank suddenly, she looked at the old eunuch fixedly, and soon showed disbelief: "Yang Sijian?"

The old eunuch raised his head slowly: "As expected of Mrs. Wu Er, you can never forget it! When you lived in my house when you were young, you could read history books and feel something. I saw that you were extremely talented at that time. Later, your mother Sending you into the palace, I feel a little regretful, I never thought that you would actually become a queen later..."

Empress Wu's expression changed completely: "Come on! Come on!!"

Yang Sijian let out a sharp chuckle: "Are you looking for the group of eunuchs who are close to you? No need to wait, they were all stopped, and they didn't resist much. They don't seem to be loyal to protect the Lord!"

"You and the first emperor are both mean and ungrateful people. You never treat your courtiers as human beings. You used the servants before, but once they were worthless, you immediately ran out of money and killed more than [-] people!"

"These eunuchs have been slaves all their lives, and they are used to submissiveness. No matter how cruel you are to them, they can only beg for mercy and dare not directly resist, but their hearts are also cold. Now that something has happened to you, you still expect these people to die come to help?"

Empress Wu looked out of the hall, and seemed to see the scene of eunuch Gao and others standing indifferently outside, and couldn't help clenching her hands tightly.

After she took a deep breath, she looked at Yang Sijian: "You actually faked your death and mutilated yourself to enter the palace. No wonder you are so familiar with the movements in the palace. Then 'Zuo Ming' is your eldest daughter? I always feel that she is a little familiar, but I can't remember where I saw it, you father and daughter have hidden it so deeply!"

Mrs. Yang has no longer had the temperament she used to have since the murder of the Changsun family, but Yang Sijian didn't want to mention that eldest daughter, with deep-seated hatred showing on her wrinkled old face: "Bitch, you forced this, Li'er should have She is the queen, and her son will be the crown prince, but she died so miserable, so miserable!"

Empress Wu said: "Your little daughter was murdered by He Lanminzhi, and that scumbag has no place to bury her. What else are you dissatisfied with!"

Yang Sijian was furious, his eyes were red: "It was you and your mother who protected He Lanmin and indulged him to become a lawless person, even the crown princess dared to do it. Now you want to put all responsibility aside?"

"Especially your mother, Li'er was also watched by her growing up, how could she have the heart to let that bastard He Lanminzhi do such things? Later I found out that the old man had an affair with He Lanminzhi, disgusting! Disgusting! !"

"Your Wu clan are all inferior to pigs and dogs, so I will destroy your ancestral tomb, split the old man's coffin and dig up his body, and there will be no peace after death!"

Wu Hou's complexion changed dramatically.

She really doesn't care about the life and death of the Wu family's children, but the destruction of the ancestral grave and the removal of the mother are two completely different things.

After all, the family is closely related to itself, which is why Li Zhi later pardoned the Changsun family and returned to honor the incense of his mother's family. Once Empress Wu came to power, he would also find collateral blood to continue the incense, and then let Shilin sing praises, and after a while , past scandals have also faded.

But now that the ancestral graves are gone, once the news spreads, her reputation will suffer a severe blow. Of course, the more important thing is that since the person in front of her dares to do such a thing, she is going all out, and she may not need to think about the future thing about...

At the juncture of life and death, Empress Wu calmed down, and the anger on her face dissipated: "Yang Sijian, did you poison this palace?"

Yang Sijian grinned and said with a sharp smile, "That's right! Don't you like the evening mountain flowers in the garden very much? That's not a tribute from Nanzhao, it's a mixed poison I specially prepared!"

"Empress Wu, soon your body will be the same as that of the late emperor, like a saint, lying sick on the couch, dying, even the imperial doctors can't save you!"

"If you want to experience that feeling, it will torture you more than dying directly! Hahaha!"

Empress Wu clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves, forcibly suppressing the fear in her heart, and said indifferently: "Then why didn't you come to appreciate Ben Gong's ugly appearance at that time, but couldn't wait to show up right now?"

Yang Sijian's distorted smile froze suddenly.

Seeing the change in his expression, Empress Wu immediately took the initiative: "You have been hiding for so many years, and your daughter has been acting in the past, and today you suddenly showed up in person, could it be for this meaningless venting? Come on, in the end What happened?"

Yang Sijian's facial features became more and more distorted, and he stared fiercely at Empress Wu: "Now, do you still have this high-ranking attitude?"

"You mother and daughter were kicked out of the house by the Wu family back then. I took you in. Are you half grateful?"

"Changsun Wuji came to power and prevented you from becoming a queen. I was also the leader of the Dark Guard Pavilion. In the end, Changsun's family lost power. Are you half grateful?"

"Later, you even hinted that I would kill the Changsun family, and I would do so. Are you half grateful?"

"In the end, you did this to my family!!"

Empress Wu frowned: "It's nothing more than the front, you do have some credit. When did this Palace imply that you slaughtered the Changsun family?"

Yang Sijian bowed his back and yelled at Empress Wu: "No! It was you who suggested that I kill the Changsun family! For Li'er's happiness, I did as well, but in the end you demoted me to protect that bastard He Lanminzhi, I also cleaned my old department, you and that old man must die! Both must die!"

"Why did you come back again? This person is already crazy..."

Empress Wu saw that his face was full of madness, almost hysterical, and there was no one to protect him. To avoid further irritation, she waved her hand and said, "Leave aside the past, why did you show up today?"

Yang Sijian's bloodshot eyeballs almost protruded: "My son was arrested by Li Yuanfang in Chang'an, and my last hope is gone, gone!!"

Empress Wu's eyes flickered, and her tone immediately became gentle: "Mr. Yang, since this is the case, you should cooperate with me even more! The sage and the dragon are in poor health, and the end is approaching. The prince is young and ignorant, and the queen is ignorant of political affairs. Let us jointly control the government. , rescue your son from Li Yuanfang's hands, this palace can give him glory and wealth, and make up for what you lost before!"

Yang Sijian's ferocious face slowly dissipated, and he said in an extremely sad tone: "Good job Yang Gong... good Yang Gong...but I am now Yang Gonggong... Wu Er Niang, I still remember you lying on the table back then... , I begged me to help you deal with Changsun Wuji, the oath you said? Wealth and wealth will be protected together, and the whole family will be safe! Now you want me to be fooled a second time?"

Empress Wu wanted to persuade him again, but Yang Sijian changed the subject: "But it's not impossible for you and me to control the government together. Let's act now!"

Empress Wu's face changed: "Now? The time has not yet come..."

Yang Sijian grinned, and let out a sharp laugh that belongs only to eunuchs: "Then you can't help it! Please pass the decree to the queen mother, and enter the palace to serve the king!"

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