The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

Chapter 107
Li Meizheng smiled disapprovingly when she heard the words: "It's nothing, I just asked out of curiosity." She didn't want to say anything about things without evidence, after all, Empress Wu was actually blocking the sword for Emperor Cheng.

Although Zhong Yan still had doubts in his heart, it was not a good time to ask in detail. He asked Mu Jinglian to accompany Li Meiying, while he went to help the injured children of the aristocratic family who had made good friends with him.

Princess Bingying was protected by her son-in-law Wei Mingyu, she was not injured, but she was quite frightened, even though she was still in shock, she followed Emperor Cheng to the central palace.

"Yunyu, go and see Ms. Li and Ms. Guo, and invite them over too! I'm more at ease now that we're all together." Li Sister put aside her doubts and said softly to Yunyu.

Yunyu responded, and went looking for Li Xueshang and Guo Mengzhen. After a while, Li Xueshang and Guo Mengzhen followed her. Seeing that neither of them were injured, Li Meiying breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The incident happened just now. Suddenly, I couldn't help you in time, and seeing that you are not injured, I am relieved, now that the Chengfu Hall is in chaos, let's go to the pavilion before and wait for news from the Central Palace."

Li Xueshang and the others were also frightened, and they didn't want to stay in Chengfu Hall at the moment, so they all agreed to leave Chengfu Hall with Li Sister.They sat in the gazebo for about an hour, and finally there was news from the central palace that the sword was stabbed an inch away, and did not hurt the heart, but because of the deep wound, Empress Wu's life was only temporary.

Knowing that Empress Wu was innocent, Li Xueshang and the others breathed a sigh of relief, only Li Sister-in-law's lips curled into a sneer, and she guessed it right. This time I'm afraid the imperial concubine is in trouble. She was the one who was in trouble, but Yunyu and Anfu protected her well, and Wei Jinyang secretly arranged people to protect her, so the killers couldn't get close to her.

Li Meizhen's prediction was good. At this moment, the atmosphere in the main hall of the Central Palace was condensed. An Guogong, Princess Bingying, and consort Wei Mingyu all knelt on the ground. The empress seeks justice, the dancer who was assassinated this time was arranged by the imperial concubine, the assassination must be inextricably linked with the imperial concubine, please order the emperor to thoroughly investigate this matter."

Emperor Cheng sat on the main seat, his eyebrows frowned slightly, his eyes stared at Duke An with unfathomable eyes, Duke An felt guilty in his heart, but his face was full of sadness.

The imperial concubine at the side knew something was wrong, so she knelt down and defended herself: "Your Majesty, my concubine really doesn't know about the assassin, and the dancers chosen by my concubine are not from that group of people. Please investigate clearly and give me justice." .”

It was her mother who was injured. Princess Bingying heard An Guogong's words, and then thought that the imperial concubine had seized the power of her mother's empress and prime minister's harem. She was angry for a moment, and said in a strange way: "The imperial concubine, this banquet, But you managed it all by yourself, replacing the dancer girl with a female killer is a very simple matter for you. It is not surprising that my uncle will suspect you. Whether you did such a thing or not, the emperor himself I will find out that you have a ghost in your heart for such a hasty rebuttal!"

"Bingying, don't be rude." Emperor Cheng, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, but he spoke to scold Princess Bingying. Then he got up and went to help the imperial concubine, and said to Anguo: "The matter of assassins is not related to the imperial concubine. It doesn't matter. The imperial concubine has been in the palace for many years. I know her character better than any of you. She will never do such a harmful thing. Don't involve the imperial concubine in today's matter. Everyone Do you understand?"

When Emperor Cheng spoke up to this point, Duke An and the others dared not speak any more, but Princess Bingying was not convinced and wanted to argue a few more words, but Wei Mingyu tugged on her sleeve secretly, and seeing Emperor Cheng's expression was not happy. Well, he closed his mouth unwillingly.

The imperial doctor stayed to take care of Empress Wu, and the others were dismissed by Emperor Cheng. The imperial concubine remembered that Chengfu Hall was in a mess, so she went back to Chengfu Hall to arrange cleaning.

Empress Wu was in no danger of her life, so all the ministers, wives and noble daughters naturally left the palace and returned to the palace. Outside the gate of the palace, Li Sister-in-law said goodbye to Li Xueshang and others, and got into their own carriage.

The carriage moved forward quickly, Yunyu saw that Li Sister-in's face was not looking very good, so she said cautiously: "Princess, the assassin and Empress Wu were injured today, was Empress Wu deliberately arranged?"

After hearing Yunyu's words, Li Sister-in-law sighed and said, "Whether she arranged it or not, the killer is dead now without leaving any evidence. Her way of killing and reviving her is wonderful, but the Wu family I must be very regretful, because I am still alive, and the imperial concubine has not been punished, the good plan of killing three birds with one stone has turned into one stone and one eagle, they don't regret dying!"

After hearing what Li Sister-in-law said, Yunyu sighed: "I heard that the sword stab was extremely deep, and Empress Wu's sword injury may worsen at any time. Is it really worth doing this in order to win the favor of a man?"

But Li Meizhen sneered: "Beloved? She won't get it even if she fights for it. What she risked her life to fight for was the power of the harem, and the resurgence of the Wu clan."

Yunyu heard the words, her eyes showed worry and said: "I understand, Empress Wu is using the serious injury she suffered for defending Emperor Cheng to win Emperor Cheng's guilt, and she is using Cheng Emperor's guilt in exchange for a chance to make a comeback!"

"A comeback? It depends on whether she has the ability to hold on to the power in her hands!" Li Sister snorted coldly, and after finishing speaking, she picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, as if she didn't want to talk any more. Seeing this, Yu shut his mouth knowingly.

Due to the deterioration of the wound, Empress Wu repeatedly had a high fever. After many rescues by the imperial physician, her condition finally stabilized. She was in a coma for four days and four nights, and finally woke up.

Wei Jinyang, Wei Haoyou, and Princess Bingying all stayed in the central palace to serve the sick. When Emperor Cheng learned that Empress Wu had woken up, he visited her once and sent people to ask her every day.

On this day, Wei Jinyang left the morning court and walked with Zhong Yan on the path in the palace.Zhong Yan thought about the things that were pressing in his heart, hesitated for a while before opening his mouth and said: "Your Highness, when the assassins were assassinated at the banquet that day, I saw a very strange scene, but this matter is related to the empress, I am afraid that His Highness will be angry if I say it. "

"Just tell me what you have, I'm not angry with you." Wei Jinyang promised with a smile in his heart.

Gritting his teeth, Zhong Yan said, "That day when the female assassin assassinated the emperor, she was blocked by the imperial concubine for a while, and became angry for a while, wielding her sword to kill people indiscriminately in the palace. Is it too strange for your empress to turn around and kill a court lady who is far away, and after the incident, everyone fled in fright, but the queen empress sat firmly on the phoenix seat, and she seemed not worried about being injured by the killer."

(End of this chapter)