Chapter Ninety-Eight: Poisoning

The next day, the emperor issued a decree to abolish the early dynasty. The civil and military officials were terrified, and they didn't know what happened to His Majesty, and everyone stood at the head of the palace diplomacy and talked about it one after another.

Since the emperor ascended the throne, there has never been a matter of early dynasty. Although he was content with pleasure and did not make much achievements in governing the country, he was also diligent in governing the country.

The courtiers also heard that His Majesty had recently become obsessed with alchemy, and opened the furnace last night. They speculated in their hearts, could it be that His Majesty was poisoned by taking pills?

The nimble-minded officials were wondering who would get the throne if His Majesty was poisoned at this time. The crown prince will not be able to return to Beijing for a while while leading his troops; the fifth and sixth princes are too young to succeed to the throne; only King Shun has the greatest possibility of succeeding to the throne because of the favorable time, place, and people.

Some people who think a little further will think that it will be the prince with a heavy army who has the best chance of winning. It was King Shun who won the throne first, and the prince returned to Beijing with heavy troops, and King Shun was also in danger.

As a result, some officials thought about loyally standing in line with King Shun. When some officials returned, they instructed their families not to act rashly and not to stand in line in a hurry.

The eldest princess and King Shun were excited when they heard the news, and the eldest princess said to her son: "The woman of the Huang family has been confused in the palace all her life, and she doesn't know how to take power when she gets favor, but she only knows how to compete for favor with the concubines. She sought the throne for King Shun, and has been assassinating the prince and giving people a handle. This time I finally did something. ”

King Shun and the third prince said: "The queen mother will do things safely this time, and the shadow guard will be ready to do it tonight." ”

The third prince was very excited: "The world will be ours in the future." ”

Hearing this, King Shun glanced at the third prince and only nodded. He had the idea of getting rid of his brother.

When the queen in the palace heard that the emperor had set up an early court, her face was anxious, but she was actually very excited. She walked around the palace: "This palace wants to go to see Your Majesty, I'm really worried about the situation of the dragon body." ”

Chen Yu followed her and thought to herself, "Are you going to see if the emperor is dead?" ”

The queen turned around and asked Chen Yu quietly, "All the medicine that this palace gave you?"

Chen Yu said: "There is nothing left." "I was thinking in my heart, am I so stupid, so I want to die? She got acquainted with the medicine eunuch in the alchemy room, and everyone in the palace learned that if the emperor died of poison after eating the pill, she would be the first to run away.

Chen Yu quietly mixed the medicine given to her by the queen in a piece of meat and threw it to a wild cat, and the wild cat died of poison on the spot after eating it. Chen Yu was so frightened that he changed the medicine and replaced it with the medicine that the queen had found from outside in the past.

The queen was old and decrepit, and she wanted to compete for favor with the young and beautiful concubines, so she thought of a lot of ways. She asked Chen Yu to send a letter to Mrs. Ren, asking her to find some kitsch medicine to enter the palace. The medicine was found, but the emperor rarely came to Kunning Palace to spend the night, and the queen never had a chance to take the medicine.

The affairs of Kunning Palace are all taken care of by Chen Yu, and anything arranged by the queen is inseparable from her. Chen Yu's change of dressing, she hid it from anyone.

When Feng Ling saw that the emperor had quit the court, she wondered what had happened, so she asked the kitten to take a look.

"Bai Yue, you go and see what happened to the emperor. ”

Bai Yue rushed out of Ruyi Palace like lightning, and she jumped onto the roof of Zhaoyang Palace. Bai Yue gently lifted a piece of glazed tile, and she looked through the crack in the tile, only to see that the emperor was sleeping soundly on the bed with the concubine in his arms.

Bai Yue looked bored at the clouds in the sky, and the occasional bird flying around. She also saw several black-clad shadow guards hiding on the beams of the house, protecting the emperor's safety. Bai Yue thought in her heart: Are they tired of crawling motionless like this?

An hour later, Bai Yue heard the movement in the room, she looked down through the cracks in the tile, and saw that the emperor was awake and talking to the concubine: "Concubine Ai, this pill is too powerful, I have never been so brave, and I actually fought with Concubine Ai all night." ”

The concubine said shyly: "Your Majesty is brave and mighty, the little woman admits defeat and surrenders, Your Majesty will spare the concubine." The concubine is now suffering from low back pain and can't get out of bed. ”

The emperor laughed: "I have never quit the court." If the officials knew that I didn't get out of bed because of my red face, I am afraid that I would say that I was faint. ”

The concubine said softly: "This world is the emperor's world, how dare they say the rights and wrongs of His Majesty." Besides, the emperor has worked hard for so many years, and it's not a big deal to take a break once in a while. ”

The emperor hugged the concubine and said sweetly: "Ai Fei, you can call me Ai Lang in the future." ”

The concubine said: "This is not appropriate, Your Majesty is the Ninety-Five, how dare the concubine be called like this." ”

"The two of us are a civilian couple in private, I call you my beloved wife, and you call me my lover. The emperor continued: "Don't worry, beloved wife, in a few days, I will give you the position of wife." ”

The concubine took the initiative to kiss the emperor's face: "Thank you, Ailang." ”

The emperor was ignited by the concubine again, and just at the critical moment, the chief eunuch Da Linzi walked in. He ignored the emperor's gloomy face, and before the emperor was furious, Da Linzi knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the slave is guilty of death, Fang Lin has an urgent report, and it is a matter of Your Majesty's safety......"

When the emperor heard this, he stopped his anger, and he said, "Don't come forward to wait for me to get up." Da Linzi hurriedly waved outside, and a group of palace maids quietly walked into the inner room with things in their hands.

Xiao Linzi walked lightly to the bed, lifted the curtain, lowered his head and didn't dare to look at it with his eyes. He lightly put on a coat for the emperor, and then knelt on the ground to put on shoes for the emperor. After the emperor stood up, Xiao Linzi helped the emperor into the bath behind the screen.

After the emperor finished grooming, he called Fang Lin to the side hall of Zhaoyang Palace. Fang Lin walked into the side hall and saw the emperor sitting on the upper seat, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

He knelt down and asked the emperor for peace: "Weichen asks for peace to the emperor." Weichen has an urgent matter, so he came to Zhaoyang Palace, please ......"

The emperor said tiredly: "What's the matter, Aiqing got up and said it straight." ”

Fang Lin stood up and handed a note in his hand to the emperor, the emperor reached out and took it, and read the words written on the note: "Twelve shadow guards will assassinate the emperor tomorrow night." The emperor was shocked and hurriedly asked Fang Lin: "Where did the note come from?"

Fang Lin said: "This morning, Weichen found a brocade bag on the pillow, and when I opened it, I found that it contained this note. Wei Chen was taken aback, there was a group of shadow guards in the hands of the eldest princess, and only a few people knew about it. Now someone is holding these twelve shadow guards to warn, indicating that an insider did it. ”

The emperor asked, "Have you gone to check?"

I went to check, and after seeing this note, Weichen went to inquire carefully. I questioned the other shadow guards under my staff, and one of them said that when he went to the hut late yesterday night, he heard someone from another group mention that there was an operation in the palace tonight. ”

The emperor thought for a while: "Who do you think is the warning?"

Fang Lin said: "Wei Chen thought about it carefully, I'm afraid that one of the twelve shadow guards was a person loyal to His Majesty, so he warned him." This person can put a brocade bag next to Weichen's pillow, and his kung fu must be very high, and he also knows that tonight's action must be a participant. ”

The emperor also agreed with Fang Lin's idea: "Find out who it is in the future and reuse it for him." ”

Fang Lin clenched his fists and said, "Obey." ”

The emperor thought about it for a long time and asked, "I didn't go to court today, what is the situation outside?"

Fang Lin said to the emperor in 1510: "Most of the courtiers suspect that Your Majesty has erysipelas, and they all go to the left and right ministers to inquire about the news. The two prime ministers have been busy with business and are also anxious about His Majesty's situation.

The emperor said: "Coincidentally, I took the pill last night, and the team of shadow guards took action, could it be that they poisoned the pill?"

"That's not going to happen, the little eunuch who tested the medicine is fine, he just had a fever all over his body last night and kept drinking water. Wei Chen saw that His Majesty's body had no symptoms of poisoning. ”

The emperor snorted coldly: "But my symptoms last night were like taking medicine." ”

Fang Lin was shocked: "Ah, who put that medicine in it?"

"Fang Lin, you take a pill and give it to the guard who has a family, and see what his symptoms are. Now let's go and find out who gave the drug. The emperor took a pill from the table and handed it to Fang Lin.

Fang Lin stretched out his hand and took a pill from the emperor's hand, carefully put it into the brocade bag, and then put it in his arms: "Weichen obeys." ”

"You go out and make the appearance of me poisoning, spread the news, and then secretly transfer the shadow guards to the inside and outside of the palace. ”

Fang Lin hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you hide in the dark room, and then come out after all the twelve shadow guards catch you." ”

"Come here, I'll tell you how. The emperor whispered a few words in Fang Lin's ear.

Fang Lin clenched his fists: "Obey, Weichen will arrange it now." The emperor nodded, and Fang Lin quickly left.

Bai Yue listened to all their words. Bai Yue saw Fang Lin leaving, and the emperor was about to go to bed and sleep with the concubine in her arms, so she flew to Ruyi Palace.