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The room was filled with a disgusting smell of blood and an awe-inspiring aura.

The emperor drank his tea unhurriedly, seemingly waiting for endless patience for them to speak.

And they kept their mouths shut and didn't say a word.

Are they like this, are they afraid that they will die after confessing, or because they are afraid of Guo Mao's presence and dare not say half a sentence? No one can know. Perhaps, they knew that they would die this time, so they simply put their hearts on the horizon and didn't admit it.

Guo Mao sat down in his place quietly, and quietly glanced at Zhang Zhaoyi.

Zhang Zhaoyi didn't quite understand the meaning of his eyes at first, but later understood, and his face suddenly turned pale.

Guo Mao actually informed Ling Wang Zhao Teng when he went out just now, then, Ling Wang Zhao Teng would soon sneak into the palace, which meant that her task had to be carried out immediately.

But the most crucial thing she doesn't have right now. That's what they had said before, and they wouldn't send someone to her secretly until July 20th. Now, where is she going to ask for something like that?

Guo Mao motioned for her not to worry, and then turned his head to talk to the emperor and Yun Yiting. While the three of them were talking, Guo Mao suddenly took out a small bag of things from the inner pocket of his right sleeve and threw it from under the table towards Zhang Zhaoyi's location.

The bag landed on Zhang Zhaoyi's shoe impartially.

Zhang Zhaoyi's heart suddenly rose to her voice. She didn't dare to reach for it right away, and waited with bated breath for a moment before she carefully lifted the foot, and when it reached within reach, she quickly picked it up, and then held it tightly in the palm of her hand.

That's right, the place where she sits is closest to the emperor, and the emperor's teacup is within her reach. However, at this moment, this distance seemed to her as if it was separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and she did not have the courage to move forward even a little.

While talking to the emperor and Yun Yiting, Guo Mao, the secretary of the military department, also looked at Zhang Zhaoyi from time to time.

Zhang Zhaoyi's palms oozed sweat.

This was a completely unexpected arrangement, so she couldn't create an illusion as she had originally discussed with Shen Hu.

Then, as long as this bag of medicine is sprinkled into the emperor's teacup, everything will be turned upside down.

Zhang Zhaoyi looked at the emperor.

This man who has dominated the political arena for more than 20 years, this monarch who works day and night for the people of the country, is his life really going to be ruined by a conspiracy of others?

If both he and the crown prince die in this conspiracy hatched by others, then the mastermind behind this conspiracy is bound to seize power immediately. This is not what she wants.

But does she still have a choice at such a moment?

Zhang Zhaoyi avoided Guo Mao's stern and persecutive gaze and turned her head out the window.

The house was full of the smell of blood, but the outside of the house was beautiful, and this contrast made Zhang Zhaoyi, who was already weak, stagger. She took a deep breath and turned her head again.

A palace maid who was dying from the red-hot iron finally spoke weakly: "Your Majesty, slave maid...... There is something to say. ”

The emperor raised his eyes to look at her and said, "Say." ”

Just as the palace maid was about to speak, her body suddenly twitched violently as if she had been hit by something, and then she lost her breath.

What's going on? Yun Yiting and the emperor hurriedly stepped forward to take a look.

Guo Mao gave Zhang Zhaoyi a hint with his eyes again, and then got up and walked towards them slowly.

Just now, at the last moment, he flew a poisonous needle at the palace maid's neck.

This poisonous needle is very small, and it can immediately enter the body of the injured person under the action of the internal force of the person who launched it, so the appearance of the injured person is basically invisible after being stabbed.

Because of this, Guo Mao was not worried that his small action would be discovered by them. In fact, even Zhang Zhaoyi didn't notice this.

Although Guo Mao seemed to be following the emperor and Yun Yiting to check the cause of the palace maid's death, Guo Mao's eyes were always on Zhang Zhaoyi's body.

Zhang Zhaoyi saw that the matter could no longer be delayed, so he quickly opened the packet of medicinal powder and sprinkled it on the emperor's cup of tea.

Because she was facing away from the group of palace maids and the emperor when she sprinkled the medicinal powder, and her movements were extremely fast, no one else knew about it except Guo Mao.

When she finished spreading the powder, she felt dizzy and had trouble breathing, and she hurriedly sat down on the table.

"I guess I couldn't stand it anymore and suddenly ran out of gas." Guo Mao said, smiling at the emperor.

The emperor snorted coldly in his heart, and did not answer, but ordered someone to take her to the next room.

There will be someone there to check the specific cause of her death.

Two tall men immediately entered and carried the palace maid out with their hands and feet.

The door was closed again.

The emperor, Yun Yiting and Guo Mao sat back in their places.

Looking at the rest of the palace maids, the emperor said, "If you recruit you from the truth, I will save you from death." ”

The palace maids who had been tortured to the point of dying by the cruelty had recovered some of their spirits because of this sentence. One of the palace maids said with difficulty: "Your Highness, slave maid ......"

Perhaps because she was too weak, they couldn't hear her words clearly.

The emperor asked Yun Yiting to come closer and listen.

When Yun Yi Pavilion stepped forward to listen to the palace maid, the emperor reached out and picked up the teacup.

Zhang Zhaoyi and Guo Mao's eyes immediately focused on the cup of tea in the emperor's hand.

The emperor picked up the teacup, put it to his lips and smelled it, and then put the teacup down.

Seeing that he didn't drink, Zhang Zhaoyi breathed a sigh of relief.

The emperor turned his gaze to Guo Mao and said, "Guo Aiqing, you go back first." ”

Guo Mao hurriedly said: "There is nothing to do in the yamen today, Weichen is here to accompany Your Majesty more." ”

"Then go to the moat with the Ministry of Industry Shangshu to inspect and inspect, I heard yesterday that the sentry post above the No. 1 moat was blown over by the wind, and now I don't know how." The emperor said.

Guo Mao paused and replied, "Yes." Then he glanced at Zhang Zhaoyi.

Zhang Zhaoyi got up and picked up the teapot and filled the emperor's cup with tea.

The emperor watched her fill the cup and smiled slightly.

Then, the emperor took up the teacup.

Just as he was about to bow his head to drink the cup of tea, Zhang Zhaoyi suddenly reached out and snatched the teacup, raised his head and drank it.

Guo Mao was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to block it.

But it was too late - that cup of tea had already been drunk by Zhang Zhaoyi in one go.

The emperor seemed to realize something, and immediately asked Jinyiwei to come in and capture Guo Mao.

At this point, Guo Mao knew that there was no way to escape, so he obediently tied his hands.

The emperor looked at Guo Mao, his eyes were as cold as a knife.

But at this time, the emperor no longer had the energy to question him, so he ordered his subordinates: "Put him in prison for trial." ”

Then the emperor ordered someone to inform the prince and asked the prince to hurry to the Yinghua Palace.

After that, the emperor picked up Zhang Zhaoyi and walked out.

Yun Yiting also hurriedly followed.

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