Great Ye Empress

Chapter 469
"Go back and prepare!" Mrs. Xie patted Mrs. Xie's hand and hurried to Xie Yunchu's yard.

In the 19th year of Yuanfeng, on the second day of the twelfth lunar month, the city of Bianjing, which has not snowed since the beginning of winter, experienced a vision from the sky, billowing black clouds, thunder and lightning, and heavy rain.

The Xie Clan of Chen County and the Wang Clan of Langya opened the city gate of Bianjing, the capital of the country, at the expense of countless dead soldiers. The King of Yan led his troops to the imperial city, entered the palace, and protected the King of Qin.

Legend has it that the empress and the three princes poisoned the emperor.

King Yan will imprison all the imperial physicians that the emperor treats, the empress will be placed under house arrest, and the third prince will be imprisoned in the censor's prison, temporarily acting as state affairs, waiting for the emperor to wake up and release.

As the door of the emperor's bedroom opened, a gust of wind with rain and blood rushed into the hall, causing the bright candle in the hall to suddenly dim and then brighten again.

Xiao Zhiyan, drenched in uniform and wearing half a silver mask, stepped over the threshold of the bedroom, sheathed the bloody sword in his hand, and strode towards the emperor's agarwood dragon bed behind the curtains.

The eunuch's maid knelt on the ground, leaned over and bowed her head, trembling so much that she didn't even dare to look at Xiao Zhiyan's boots.

Eunuch Gao came forward and saluted Xiao Zhiyan, his eyes were red: "Your Highness!"

I saw Xiao Zhiyan stepping on the golden silk nanmu carved dragon footsteps on the dragon bed, opening the bed tent with bloody hands, and staring coldly at the emperor who was lying on the bed with only air out but no air in, his eyes were frosty.

Seeing the dripping rain of Xiao Zhiyan's armor, his feet were wet, Eunuch Gao said in a low voice, "Your Highness, change clothes first, so as not to catch a cold."

The flickering candlelight reflected the emperor's face that was still Zhou Zheng. I don't know if it was because the fire was too dark, the emperor's complexion was faintly dark, and the cheeks and eye sockets on both sides were sunken, and there was a kind of... dying.

Xiao Zhiyan stared at the emperor and asked Eunuch Gao, "How long will it take to wake up after the medicine?"

"It will take about an hour." Gao Gong said fairly.

Xiao Zhiyan put down the bed tent and said, "Give the medicine, my Highness is waiting here..."

Xiao Zhiyan changed clothes and came back. Eunuch Gao had already given the emperor medicine, and the other maids and eunuchs in the hall had already left.

He had already taken off the mask that the emperor once asked him to wear, put it on the small table next to the pile of confessions, closed his eyes and sat on the chair facing the dragon bed, playing with the phoenix blood jade pendant in his hand.

Not long after, the emperor's breathless panting came from the bright yellow bed tent, and there was a snoring sound in his throat. Xiao Zhiyan opened his indifferent eyes and waved with Eunuch Gao.

Eunuch Gao hurriedly stepped forward and hung the side of the bed tent on the golden hook: "Your Majesty...you are finally awake."

When the emperor saw Eunuch Gao, he wanted to prop himself up with his elbows, but after lying on the bed for so many days, his body was weak and weak, Eunuch Gao hurriedly stepped forward to help the emperor, and added two hidden pockets behind the emperor.

"How many days have I slept?" The emperor forced himself to sit up, and when he saw Xiao Zhiyan sitting facing the dragon bed, he turned his head and was stunned.

Xiao Zhiyan, who showed the birthmark scar on his face, sat on the chair, with straight facial features showing no expression. He just stared at the emperor quietly. There was no emotion in his dark eyes, which calmly made the emperor's heart skip a beat.

After all, the emperor experienced the success of winning the throne and finally sat on the throne successfully. If you don't understand what happened at this moment, then you must have sat on this dragon chair by luck.

Seeing that his father, the emperor, didn't come forward to kneel and salute, and just sat there motionless, the emperor already knew in his heart... Most of his bedroom was controlled by Xiao Zhiyan.

After thinking about it clearly, the emperor was relieved, and he asked, "Where's the third one?"

"In the Censor's Prison." Xiao Zhiyan replied calmly.

"What do you want?" The emperor has been in a high position for a long time, and even if he is dying, he still has Longwei on his body, "I'm afraid that the third child will kill you after he ascends the throne, so it is better to start first? I plan to... Or help the old seventh who has already been killed, and become the regent himself?"

Xiao Zhiyan put one hand on the armrest of the seat and propped his forehead: "Is the father and emperor really stupid or pretending to be stupid? At this point... As for the successor and the elder, the son naturally wants to ascend to the throne justifiably."

"By you?!" The emperor made no secret of his disgust for Xiao Zhiyan, "Do you think that I will follow your wishes and give you an edict?"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhiyan suddenly lowered his eyes and let out a low laugh, his fingers clenched the phoenix blood jade pendant, and then looked up, the smile in his eyes dissipated, and there was only a cold silence between his eyes that could be discerned between joy and anger: "Father Huang really thinks, Wake you up... because I want an edict?"

"if not?"

The emperor has also experienced the struggle for succession. Now that Xiao Zhiyan has taken control of the palace ban, depending on the situation... Xiao Zhiyan has already led his troops to capture the capital of Bian, and he could have planted his death on the head of the third child. Kill the third child and ascend the throne.

But Xiao Zhiyan didn't...

What he asked for, wasn't it an edict?Isn't it justifiable to ask for it?

"My father probably doesn't know that the city gate of Bianjing City was opened by the dead men of the Xie clan of Chen Jun and the Wang clan of Langya for the son, the son... justifiably right!" Xiao Zhiyan's eyes were cold and threatening, from the table. Shang picked up the confession, "The third child and the empress poisoned the father emperor in an attempt to usurp the throne, and the son led the troops into the city to come to the king! The imperial doctor in the prison... and the eunuch in the father's palace, and then to the palace in the queen's palace. The maid, all of them have already confessed that they were instructed by the queen and the third prince to poison the father and emperor's usual diet! The witnesses...the physical evidence is all there!

The emperor gritted his teeth: "Yushitai? Dali Temple? Are Yu Qianchao and Su Qing your people?"

"My father has been in a coma for too long. I'm afraid there are some things I don't know yet. Yu Qianchao has been killed by the third child, and the current imperial censor is the third child." Xiao Zhiyan held the confession in his hand, "and the queen and the third child. , Erchen didn't wrong them, they... But they really wanted to kill the father, even this time the father vomited blood and fell into a coma, it was the queen's masterpiece! The father was so cautious... How did he not think The people around you have used the spices and food that your father often uses?"

The emperor's withered hands tightly clasped the quilt under him.

Xiao Zhiyan's role in this was just connivance... Then he quietly grabbed the handle behind his back, waiting for the Censor Desk and Dali Temple to investigate today, and then he would send someone to present the evidence.

Xiao Zhiyan is best at doing things like this, just like the case of the fourth prince who poisoned the eldest prince.

"Oh... that's right!" Xiao Zhiyan took out several other confessions from the confession, "In those days, when the eldest was killed and Concubine Gao Guisheng passed away, the people around the queen also explained the matter. The one who sat down was driven by the empress and the third child, and even Concubine Gao finally... died on the spices used in the palace, and the empress replaced the herbs in Concubine Gao's spices!"

(End of this chapter)