Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 751 Winter Solstice
Cheng Rong and Jue Tu caught the black-clothed assassin who assassinated the Queen on the spot, and sent them to the Huben Army's barracks.

Hua Gu and Marquis Wei didn't see any of their subordinates coming back to report day and night, and they noticed that the situation had changed. Since they entered the palace overnight, they secretly reported to Concubine Min of Peony Pavilion.

In the Hall of Shuilong Shuren, Shuijian wears a crown and sits on the Dragon Seat of the Son of Heaven in the center, looking majestically at the officials.

"Your Majesty, there was an assassin who tried to murder the Empress last night. Fortunately, I have already made preparations in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. During the fierce battle, one of the assassins was arrested. Please ask the Emperor to interrogate himself." report.

"Cheng Aiqing, it's really hard work for you. I already know what happened last night. The Xirong assassin tried to assassinate the queen and muddy the case. I have ordered the Marquis of Wei to investigate the capital strictly, and will never let a Xirong spy!" Shui Jianshu Ran smiled.

"What?" Cheng Rong and Jug Tu were so shocked that they couldn't help but be amazed at each other.

"Prince Cheng, the conspiracy of Chief Xirong has been confirmed. The whole case is a plot arranged by the spies of Xirong in advance, so this case should be settled perfectly!" Hua Gu smiled flatteringly and deliberately said things very frivolously. . ,

"Hua Gu, you are talking nonsense, how can Xi Rong's spies be so supernatural that they can casually create an assassination case in the capital?" Qu Tu refuted furiously, pointing at Hua Gu.

"How is it impossible? Didn't Marshal Boli of Xirong be robbed by spies of Xirong in full view of the generals?" Ma Wumen put the responsibility on Xirong with a look of nothing to do with himself.

"Okay, let's not talk about this for the time being. Now the assassin is under the jade steps of the Shuilong Shuren Hall. Whether Xirong is plotting or not can be known at the first trial!" Cheng Rong asked calmly, clasping his hands.

"Okay, take the assassin to the hall immediately!" Shui Jian said with a stern look.

After a while, several tiger and cardinal soldiers pushed and shoved the assassin to the main hall, Shui Jian took a closer look at the assassin, and suddenly felt kind.

"Why do I have some impression of this person?" Shui Jian asked in surprise.

"Your Majesty, this subject is Zhu Kai, the envoy of the King of Yue. Please let the Emperor let me live!" The assassin took off the mask, revealing his true face, which was indeed Zhu Kai himself!
"It's really strange. Yesterday we caught this man, he was a pawn at all. How did he become Zhu Kai overnight?" Cheng Rong and Ju Tu couldn't help but be tongue-tied.

"Zhu Kai, why did you assassinate the queen in the middle of the night?" Shui Jian scolded furiously.

"Your Majesty, I don't know. Prime Minister Ming Chao sent me a letter last night, asking my minister to help Lord Cheng Rong interrogate the assassin. I didn't expect to be beaten up by the soldiers as soon as I entered, and then locked in a small dark room." !” Zhu Kai defended innocently.

"Oh? Since that's the case, doesn't it mean that Cheng Rong, Qu Tu and Ming Chao deliberately designed this evidence to catch the assassin, and then tried to find a way to escape the guilt of the guilty minister? Your Majesty, you must not underestimate it!" Hua Gu took the opportunity to yell Fan the flames, play tricks.

"Ku Tu, who are you exonerating? Is it Concubine Liu?" Shui Jian stared at Cheng Rong and Hu Tu in doubt and asked.

"Concubine Liu and the ministers don't know each other at all, why did the ministers help Concubine Liu get rid of the crime?" Qu Tu said in a daze.

"How could we not know each other? Your Majesty, I have already found out that Concubine Liu and the Empress Dowager Ping of the Jianjia Palace are very good friends. I am afraid that this matter will start from the Jianjia Palace." Hua Gu began to spread rumors.

"Master Hua is right. The servant took people to Jianjia Palace for inspection. Those villains who were witchcraft were found from Jianjia Palace." At this moment, Deru, the chief steward standing beside Shui Jian, did not miss the opportunity and stepped forward. The report confirmed.

"Empress Dowager Ping and Empress Dowager Ping are delirious and have neurological problems. Concubine Liu may have planted them deliberately in this matter," Shui Jian said with a look of disdain.

"Your Majesty, it was Concubine Min who protected Empress Dowager Ping and Empress Dowager from being held accountable for them. Concubine Min is so magnanimous, but she was slandered by villains instead. I am very sorry for her!" said regretfully.

"Marquis Wei, don't you think the court is in chaos these days? The queen was framed by a villain, and rumors are flying everywhere. Qihou Zhongyi, in order to protect the queen, suffered casualties. You are still taking the opportunity to stir up disputes in the harem. What is your intention? ?" King Yu, who was filled with righteous indignation, saw that Marquis Wei was praising Concubine Min in front of his officials, and immediately spoke up.

"Marquis Wei, when did this king mention Concubine Min? Why did you complain first?" Seeing Marquis Wei's ferocious expression, Qu Tu immediately retorted.

"What is the relationship between the royal court and the harem? Retire!" Seeing that more and more people were implicated this time, Shui Jian immediately terminated the early court.

"Empress Dowager Ping, you are really cheeky. A widow shamelessly stays in Luoyang Palace, and even seduces King Zheng to dig a hole and seize the country for her!" Jianjia Palace, it has come to the cold winter season, the bamboo forest is frosty, under the moonlight Reflected by her, she was very withdrawn, and bursts of very unpleasant insults, like a thousand arrows piercing the heart, severely hit Baosi's restraint.

"Your Majesty, it must be Concubine Min's plan. She just wants to find someone to provoke trouble on purpose and turn us all into lunatics. It's really vicious!" With tears in her eyes, Mingyue pouted angrily, standing beside the desk for Bao Si The tragedy of the injustice.

"Mingyue, don't shed tears. Concubine Min has already imprisoned us here as lunatics. What we can do is to rest quietly and let the traitors take their own humiliation." Bao Si frowned slightly, comforting Mingyue lightly.

"But empress, Concubine Min is now framing Concubine Liu. She is trying to take the responsibility of poisoning Empress Ma in the opposite direction and put the blame on Concubine Liu, a very cowardly woman. If this continues, won't it make the treacherous concubine turn black and white , bite back?" Mingyue gritted her teeth angrily.

"Concubine Liu, I have an idea, Mingyue, if you can go out for a walk, tell the imperial doctor Zhou to give Concubine Liu a prescription to make her dizzy for a while, then Concubine Min can't force her!" Bao Si rushed Mingyue smiled sweetly.

Doctor Zhou was in the imperial hospital, reading the empress dowager's file very worriedly, when suddenly a playful girl's face appeared from the window.

"Master Zhou, I am Mingyue!" A pleasant voice sounded in the ears of Imperial Physician Zhou.

"It turned out to be Miss Mingyue, come in quickly." Imperial Physician Zhou immediately opened the thin curtain, looked outside and quietly led Mingyue into the study.

"Mingyue, please tell me if the Empress Dowager Ping has something to do?" Doctor Zhou stared at the impatient Mingyue, and had already guessed three or four points.

"Physician Zhou, in order to save Madam Liu's life, please do something!" Mingyue knelt down in front of Physician Zhou earnestly.

In the middle of the night, Quetu and Xinyue were flipping through the case files of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to investigate the truth of the matter. Suddenly Quetu felt some pain in his stomach and immediately covered his stomach.

"Que Tu, what's the matter? Did you eat something that hurt your stomach?" Seeing the pain of Que Tu, Xinyue hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and asked with concern.

"Xinyue, I've been plotted against!" Jue Tu suddenly put down the file in his hand and reminded Xinyue to disinfect it quickly.

"What? Someone poisoned the file?" Xinyue's face turned pale with fright.

"Hurry up, Xinyue, please come and detoxify the doctor!" Jue Tu felt that the poison was very powerful, so he quickly ordered Xinyue.

Xinyue walked through the dark and windy alleys, and when she arrived at the imperial hospital, she happened to find that Zhou imperial doctor had gone out, and she was very anxious.

"Isn't this Mrs. Xinyue? Why is she in the imperial hospital?" At this moment, the imperial physician Yuangui with a strange face stepped forward to greet her.

"Physician Yuan, help, our King Zheng has been poisoned!" Xinyue hurriedly leaned over and begged.

"What? King Zheng is poisoned?" Yuan Gui couldn't help being taken aback, and immediately followed Xinyue into the carriage, and rushed all the way to Zheng's mansion, but at this time, Tianzi Shuijian came to the imperial hospital because he was worried about Concubine Liu's condition.

In the hospital, there is no one on duty.Shui Jianxin stepped in, carefully checked the pulse case of the Imperial Hospital, and suddenly found that the pulse case of Empress Dowager Ping and Empress Ping had been torn up completely.

"No, these papers are from the pharmacy that prescribed medicines for Empress Dowager Ping and Empress Ping. The pharmacy was seized by someone, which means that someone poisoned Jian Jia Palace!" prescription.

"Come on, let's go to Jianjia Palace!" Shui Jian realized that the Empress Dowager Ping must be in danger, so he quickly ran to Jianjia Palace, brushing through the bamboo forest, and Bao Si under the window was about to take the bitter medicine.

"Empress Dowager, don't drink!" Shui Jian said quickly, rushing into the bedroom with all his might, knocking the medicine bowl in Bao Si's hand to the ground with one hand.

Suddenly, the medicine flowing on the ground gave off a strange vapor.

"It's dark, it's really poisonous!" Axi and Mingyue beside Baosi were too scared to speak.

"It turned out to be true! The culprit is definitely not Xi Rong!" Shui Jian panted heavily, looking at the confused Bao Si in horror.

"Your majesty, thanks to you today! I didn't expect that someone would be so vicious and poisoned my medicine!" Bao Si stared at the horrifying black liquid on the ground in astonishment, and couldn't help feeling slightly relieved. tone.

"Empress Dowager, in order to protect Concubine Liu, you deliberately asked Imperial Physician Zhou to prescribe medicine to make Concubine Liu drowsy. I just wanted to ask Imperial Physician Zhou, so I went to the imperial hospital by chance. What I didn't expect was that I would run into the conspiracy of a traitor! " Shui Jian said to Bao Si with lingering fear.

"Your Majesty, what's going on?" Bao Si stared at Shui Jian worriedly.

"Queen Mother, the culprit changed the medicine given to you without authorization. I quickly guessed that someone wanted to murder you!" Shui Jian took out the case file with the missing prescription from his arms.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong. King Zheng has been poisoned suddenly and is in shock. He cannot go to court tomorrow!" At this juncture, the court lady Xianglian came to report in a hurry.

"It's a very poisonous trick. It seems that the culprit who hid himself and dared not show his face wanted to create the illusion that the Queen Mother and Die Tu committed suicide at the same time, so as to completely cover up this case. Who is this abominable culprit?" Shui Jian thought angrily.

The next day, Cheng Rong and Ming Chao heard that the excavation was suddenly poisoned last night, and they couldn't get up now, so they panicked. Shuilong Shurendian, Shuijian Longyan was furious, and ordered the imperial guards in the capital to take strict precautions Xirong spies protect the capital.

(End of this chapter)