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Chapter 243
"Your Majesty, this slave has offended..."

Entering the palace again, Cui Wensheng took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, poured out half a cup of light green liquid, and slowly poured it in under the watchful eyes of the Empress Dowager, the Imperial Concubine, the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Arrived in front of the couch.First he knelt down to salute, then stretched out his hand to pinch the emperor's cheek, intending to drink the medicine.

"Ah... Mom... this, this, this..." The moment his fingers just touched his cheek, the emperor, who was lying upright on the couch and breathless, suddenly sat up without any warning, grinning with his big white teeth. He smiled strangely.

This frightened some people in the room. Cui Wensheng turned around and was about to run away, but the hand holding the wine cup was tightly held by the emperor, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not pull it away.

The Empress Dowager of the East Palace and the Imperial Concubine Zheng were extremely frightened, and their shrill voices echoed in the air.But his body didn't move at all. It wasn't that he didn't want to run, but his legs were so weak that he couldn't run at all.

Shen Li was more courageous. He suddenly saw a comatose man sitting up and smiling strangely at him. He didn't dodge or run away, but his face was a little pale and his mouth was a bit dizzy, pointing at the emperor. He didn't say a single sentence for a long time, let alone salute.

Why do you say it's some people? Because Chen Ju and Wang An stood like two Buddha statues at the back. They neither exclaimed nor made any movement, blocking the door of the Nuan Pavilion of the dormitory.It was only at this moment that they finally understood what the emperor was trying to do by pretending to be dead.

Youdao is about catching thieves and stolen goods, and catching adulterers and couples. Just knowing that someone in the palace has poisoned someone makes it difficult to trace them.As long as the other party kills the last handler, the clues will be cut off, and no human or material evidence can be obtained except by relying on guesswork.

Now it's okay, the person who poisoned him came to the door himself, and also brought out the accomplice by the way.The few bachelors, ministers, and censors of Zuodu who came to the palace to rescue him seemed to be a little too anxious, or they were so complacent that they ignored the distance from the palace to their home.

They all came together as soon as the eunuchs who delivered the order came out of the palace. If it were during the day, it would be reasonable, but now it is night. I haven't heard that the heads of the cabinet, the six ministries, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate all got together to work overtime voluntarily.The traces of premeditation were so obvious that it was a self-inflicted mistake.

"Hey hey hey, don't be afraid. I'm not pretending to be a corpse. On the contrary, I'm afraid some people will turn into dead corpses! Come here, send the order, seal off the harem again, clean up this room, and smoke me to death!"

Facing the different reactions and questioning looks from everyone, Hong Tao covered his nose with one hand, held Cui Wensheng's wrist with the other and stood up, smiling even more evilly.The dim candlelight hit the side of his face, and the shadow of an animal's head was clearly reflected on the wall, its mouth opening and closing as he spoke.

"Your Majesty, it was Wang An who went to Ciqing Palace and lied about the Emperor and the Queen Mother being poisoned, so I stepped in to temporarily take charge of the harem affairs. If there is anything wrong, it is not intentional, it is just out of my ability."

As several young eunuchs ran in to clean up the palace, the first person to react was not Shen Li but Sister Wang Xi, the empress dowager of the East Palace.She seemed to understand why the emperor suddenly woke up from a coma and smiled so weirdly. She tried hard to explain it clearly. The most important thing was to take it out first.

"Your Majesty, you don't need to explain. I have seen and heard what everyone thought in tonight's drama. Mr. Shen Ge, tell me, through what channel did you conspire with the Imperial Concubine, and who was the mastermind? Did Cui Wensheng poison my food?

Don't take any chances. Although I am not dead, my biological mother is incurable.No matter what, you can't live in this world anymore. I said I would only kill your family, not the nine tribes, and all the men over 16 years old would be killed.Don't be in a hurry. You can slowly calculate the pros and cons first. I still have something to ask him. "

Only after the bedding stained with feces and urine was removed and incense placed in the room did Hong Tao dare to let go and breathe normally.I believe most of the explanation given by the Empress Dowager of the East Palace, but not entirely.She most likely did not participate in this matter, but after noticing the abnormality, she still backed down for her own benefit.As for Shen Li, there is no need for a trial at all. Even if he is not the mastermind, he is still the main planner and executor.Then there is no need to talk nonsense, and there is no need to wait for Dongchang Fanzi to carry out the punishment. This small courtyard in the Yangxin Hall is temporarily used as a prison. Even without the torture tools at hand, life can be made worse than death.

"Shen has no guilt in his heart and has nothing to say!" What I have to say is that as the chief minister of the cabinet, Shen Li's integrity is not bad at all.Even if faced with the threat of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan, he still stood up and had no intention of bowing down.

"It's useless if you don't say it. She will say it, he will say it, and those people outside may say it. When the time comes, they will put all the blame on you. The crime will still be the same, so why bother."

Facing Shen Li Hongtao who showed no weakness, he did not take action immediately, but gave some more persuasion.If you use unscrupulous means in a power struggle, you can only say that the bottom line is not high, but you cannot accuse them of being morally wrong.

Since ancient times, every dynasty has not been judged by its results. The winners are princes and the losers are thieves.The higher the position, the less tolerated failure is. If you fail, you will die.In this environment, those with a high bottom line will die early, and the rest are all similar things, so no one can tell anyone else.

"Ah...Long live Lord, please spare my life...servants, slaves and maids all said that it was the imperial concubine who instigated the slaves to do it...click...ah..."

But not torturing Shen Li on the spot does not mean that everyone is safe. For example, Cui Wensheng, who had been kneeling on the carpet with his arms cut behind his back, suddenly started wailing, his voice was extremely sad, and he began to confess in less than five seconds.But it was still too late. With a clear crisp sound, his right arm was violently severed.

"Your Majesty, don't listen to the nonsense of this dog slave. I have never had such distracting thoughts!" Following this small noise, Concubine Zheng couldn't help it anymore. She opened her eyes angrily and yelled at Cui Wensheng for spitting blood.

"Do you have any distracting thoughts? We'll know after I break King Fu's arm for a while! Wang Cheng'en, you come to interrogate the case for me. You can't be beaten to death, and you have to ask clearly. Wang An, send the Queen Mother back to Ciqing Palace and send someone It's under good supervision and no one is allowed to come in or out at will."

If Cui Wensheng and Zheng didn't turn against each other so quickly, Hong Tao would still be interested in carrying out the execution himself, but now he has no emotion at all.He has seen too many dark sides of human beings and doesn't want to see them again.

However, he did not intend to let these people go. Handing them over to Wang Chengen for trial would be worse than having them tried by Jin Yiwei and Dongchang.These half-grown men are not only physically abnormal, but also psychologically abnormal. They all seem to be gifted in abusing their fellow humans.

"You fool, if you act against the will, you will be punished by God sooner or later!"

"Long live my Lord... have mercy on me... all my slaves said..."

"Your Majesty, don't touch Xun'er. He doesn't know. He doesn't know at all. It's all my fault. Come at me if you want to kill or slash me..." As soon as these words came out, Shen Li, Cui Wensheng, and Zheng immediately felt different. In response, there were many people shouting curses and begging for mercy.

(End of this chapter)