The sky was already bright, and the sky was full of dark clouds, which seemed to cater to the atmosphere of the capital.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, the people hiding behind the door hurriedly looked out and saw a group of guards passing by.

"It's in the direction of Qingyun Temple."

"I knew that something happened to the emperor."

"Didn't you say a few days ago that you were going to refine the elixir."

Behind the doors of every house there was a lot of discussion.

The people of the capital already know what happened in the palace, because the city gate is still closed, and the streets are closed, and idle people are not allowed to travel.

For such an important place in the capital, only the emperor in the palace will make such a rule, and once this is done, the news of the accident in the palace will spread like the wind.

In this short period from dawn to dawn, everyone in the capital knew that something had happened to the emperor in the palace, and according to various clues in the past, it was related to alchemy.

At this time, the always solemn Qingyun Temple became a little noisy, and the disciples were all standing in the courtyard with panicked expressions.

Xuan Zhenzi wore the imperial robe of the national teacher and walked out with Shao Mingqing's support.

"It's not that I won't let you run." He said, "But this kind of thing happened, it is the sin of our Longhu Mountain, and even Taoism in the world, you are a lost dog wherever you go, if you can't step through this catastrophe, there is no place for you in the world." ”

The disciples looked frightened and aggrieved.

"But Master, it's none of our business, Na Dan was refined by the Xie family, and if you want to say it, that is, you are ordered to assist." They said, "How can you blame us?" ”

"Regardless of our business? Then how did you come to be a wife and concubine who used to eat fragrant and spicy food, wear gold and silver, and take a wife? Xuan Zhenzi said with a sneer. Even if we have been favored for so many years, the emperor's affairs today cannot escape the relationship. ”

The disciples naturally knew that after all, they had been with them in the emperor's cultivation for so many years, even if they didn't personally refine the pill and harmed the emperor, they couldn't escape the charge of conniving at demagogy.

The disciples stopped talking in frustration.

"Master, how can this be? I won't have a problem with my elixir. Shao Mingqing couldn't help but say.

Gen Zhenzi twisted his beard and looked at the dark clouds that were getting lower and lower.

"It's hard to escape." He said.

I wonder what happened to her?

It's definitely not going to be good, as a well-known alchemy, she must have been arrested a long time ago.

She asked him to leave, and he knew that hers was to reduce the trouble he was involved in, so although he was not at ease, he left obediently in order to reassure her.

But. Did she anticipate what was happening now?

Shao Mingqing remembered what Xie Roujia muttered that day.

"But this does not bode well."

I didn't expect the most terrible result to happen so quickly. It's not that the pill is ineffective, it's that the pill is dying.

Since she had already expected it, was there a way to deal with it?

What are the arrangements on the side of the king of Dongping County?

As they were thinking about it, the sound of noisy footsteps came from outside. Then the door was slammed open. A group of wolf-like Praetorian Guards rushed in.

"Take it, take it, take it."

"Xuan Zhenzi take it away."

The Taoist priests were driven away by wielding sticks. Xuan Zhenzi was caught by two soldiers, and Shao Mingqing was pushed aside.

"Master." Shao Mingqing shouted and pounced. "Take me away too, I assisted in alchemy, it's not my master's business."

But who knows that it was Xuan Zhenzi who chose him to assist in alchemy, and the thief captured the king first, and Xuan Zhenzi was the national teacher who was favored by His Majesty, who would catch a small minion as a scapegoat.

The Janissaries sneered.

"What a good apprentice."

"Don't worry, wait until you master and apprentice meet on the guillotine in the future."

Shao Mingqing was pushed and fell into the Taoist priests, watching Xuan Zhenzi being escorted out, and the Praetorian Guards shook the chains to tie up the Taoist priests of Qingyunguan one by one.

I can't even enter the palace gate, I can't see her anymore, how is she now?

Xie Roujia had already been taken to the emperor's bedroom, and before she could get closer, she heard a loud cry coming from inside.

As the news spread, countless officials flocked to the palace gate to ask to go in to see the emperor, and the princes also came, and the closed palace gate made them angry and scolded the people inside for their bad intentions.

If there is too much trouble in front of the palace gate, it is really not good-looking, the queen mother, the crown prince and the courtiers discussed, allowing the prince and some officials to come in, and the others are waiting for news in the palace of Qinzheng.

Xie Roujia was pushed into the palace, and at a glance she saw the emperor still lying on the dragon bed.

"You poisonous woman! Kill the Emperor! The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother immediately cried and scolded when they saw her, "What are you bringing in for!" Pull it out and cut it! ”

And Princess Xianrong, who was kneeling and crying, also jumped up from the princesses and pounced on Xie Roujia.

"Enchantress! Enchantress! She screamed.

But as soon as her person got up, Zhou Chengzhen, who stood up at some point, reached out and grabbed her, and hit her neck with a collision hand.

Everyone who paid attention to the Queen Mother and Xie Roujia didn't notice it, but Xie Roujia could see it clearly, and it seemed that she heard a crisp rattling sound in her ears.

Princess Xianrong's eyes rolled and fainted, and she fell softly in the crook of Zhou Chengzhen's arm.

"Someone, Imperial Doctor." Zhou Chengzhen shouted, with grief in her voice, "The princess fainted from excessive grief." ”

The chamberlain and the imperial physician hurriedly stepped forward to help Princess Xianrong down.

Without waiting for the Queen Mother and the others to speak again, Zhou Chengzhen looked at Xie Roujia.

"Xie, what do you have to say?" He asked blankly.

Xie Roujia looked at him, and then looked at the dragon bed over there.

"Your Majesty is on a big trip?" She asked, her voice a little incredulous, but not panicked.

"You still ask! What did you give His Majesty to eat? The Queen Mother shouted.

Xie Roujia didn't answer but walked to the side of the dragon bed, the guards wanted to stop it, but Zhou Chengzhen raised his hand to stop it.

Xie Roujia stood in front of the dragon bed, looking at the emperor on it, she could see that she was really dead without snorting.

"Your Majesty is actually doing a great deal?" She said again, turning to look at the concubines and ministers in the palace. "It's still poisoned."

In that life, Shao Mingqing was intentionally framed, and the emperor was poisoned, in this life, Shao Mingqing had no intention of harming others, and he personally alchemized, and the emperor was poisoned, and he died of poison.

What a terrible fate...

When the word poisoning was spoken, it was difficult for everyone present to hide their hatred.

"Xie Shi, Your Majesty just took the pill you refined." One of the ministers shouted, "Do you plead guilty or not?" ”

Xie Roujia shook her head.

"I plead not guilty." She said.

The crowd was furious.

The report from outside the door that the important criminals were arrested, Xie Roujia saw that Xuan Zhenzi was pushed in. Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Xie was also pushed in. Then came Xie Wenjun.

"Fifth uncle? What are you doing here? Xie Roujia's face changed drastically and rushed over.

As soon as she rushed over, Mrs. Xie raised her hand to hit her, but Xie Wenjun stopped her.

"You, you son of a!" Mrs. Xie looked at her with red eyes. Hopeless and angry. "You have to put my Xie clan to death! You have to destroy the Xie clan to be willing! ”

"Sister-in-law. The matter is not decided, you don't talk nonsense. Xie Wenjun said.

"Shut up! Dare to quibble! The ministers on the side shouted, "It was you Xie who took the initiative to ask for the alchemy pill." Your Majesty ate your Dan and died, this is an indisputable fact! ”

"You Xie clan is guilty of rebellion, and you should be punished by the Nine Clans!" The Queen Mother also shouted, and when she said this, she shed tears again, "The mourning family has long said that this Xie family's southern Xinjiang witch road is not credible or approachable, and Your Majesty has been bewitched by them." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to Xuan Zhenzi.

"And you!" She shouted, "It's your demonic way in troubled times, and you have entangled Your Majesty step by step to such a point, and you have been beheaded by the mourning family!" Immediately chopped! Immediately push it out and pour dog blood on it! ”

None of the courtiers in the palace made a sound, and the guards really wanted to step forward.

Xuan Zhenzi never said a word.

Mrs. Xie knelt down.

"Niangniang, she didn't use our Xie family's cheats, she made her own opinion, and it has nothing to do with our Xie family." She said.

The Queen Mother sneered and wanted to say something, Zhou Chengzhen stepped forward.

"yes, that makes sense." He said.

The Queen Mother and the Empress changed their faces and looked at him.

"What do you want to do? Do you still want to defend the Xie clan now? The Queen Mother shouted.

Mrs. Xie couldn't hide her anticipation and looked at Zhou Chengzhen.

He will fulfill his promise and protect the Xie family.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, you have a lot to do with the Xie family." The queen said suddenly, "I don't know how much you know about the Xie Clan's alchemy secrets?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the princes present suddenly lit up.

Yes, this week Chengzhen has a lot of relationship with the Xie family, he is the son-in-law of the Xie family, maybe he instructed the Xie family to poison the emperor.

If the emperor's death can be implicated in Zhou Chengzhen, then he, the crown prince, can step down.

Zhou Chengzhen laughed.

"Queen, I'm not the only one who has a lot to do with the Xie family." He smiled and said coldly, "The queen can check the orphan, and the orphan must also be checked." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Mrs. Xie.

"Hsieh's guilt proves beyond argument."

Mrs. Xie suddenly turned pale and fell to the ground.

Zhou Chengzhen's words continued.

"But as the queen said, why did the Xie family dare to do such a disobedient thing, there is a master messenger behind it, and this is what needs to be strictly investigated at the moment."

As his words fell, a guard rushed in.

"Report." He shouted loudly and knelt down on one knee, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the king of Dongping County has already left the city in the middle of the night, and he is not in the Xishan Courtyard, and he is missing. ”

As soon as these words came out, the people in the hall were in an uproar.

This message is linked to Zhou Chengzhen's words, and its meaning is self-evident.

The expressions of the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother also changed and changed, unbelievable and shocked.

Zhou Chengzhen was the son-in-law of the Xie family, and the king of Dongping County is now the son-in-law of the Xie family.

"Zhou Chengzhen, you are the one who instructed us to make alchemy." Mrs. Xie suddenly shouted, with a determined face, "It's the Danjing you gave us." ”

Not to mention the ministers in the palace, Xie Wenjun's face turned pale in an instant.

"Sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense!" He shouted.

And whether it was really Zhou Chengzhen's envoy or not, Mrs. Xie said this sentence at this time, which undoubtedly confirmed that their alchemy was fake, and it was really ill-intentioned, and there was no way back.

Besides, it's useless to say this now, instead...

Zhou Chengzhen laughed.

"Mother-in-law, there's no need to identify me immediately, leave aside your other good son-in-law." He said, "Lone has a bad reputation, and the Queen Mother and the courtiers don't like Lone to be the prince, but even if you want to give Lone according to the crime, you must come up with real evidence." ”

Mrs. Xie gritted her teeth and shook off Xie Wenjun.

"Xie Wenxing can testify that my Dan Sutra was handed over to him by you personally." She shouted.

"Okay." Zhou Chengzhen immediately said, "Then invite Master Xie here, and let's confront each other face to face." ”

Let's say goodbye to the Queen Mother and the Empress.

"Niangniang, please don't convict and kill Niangniang first, arrest all the criminals and put them in prison, whether it is Lone or King Anding, you must strictly investigate and inquire until you find out the real cause of Your Majesty's death."

didn't expect this matter to really climb to Zhou Chengzhen, and no matter whether it was really related to him in the end, it was enough for him to make a fuss, and he didn't want to be in peace with this prince.

This is undesirable for the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, and the princes, and it doesn't matter if the King of Anding's family is concerned.

"Accurate!" The Queen Mother immediately said.

"Come on, bring them all down." Zhou Chengzhen shouted, her eyes fell on Xie Roujia, as if she noticed his gaze, and the girl also looked at him sharply, and seemed to smile on her lips.

Laugh? What to laugh at?

The guards were about to escort them down, and Xie Roujia, who had been silent, stepped forward.

"No need to check, Your Majesty was not killed by us." She said, "My elixir is not poisonous, and Your Majesty did not die because of the elixir." ”

"Dare to quibble!" A minister shouted angrily.

"I didn't quibble, I have a total of two alchemy, yesterday His Majesty ate not a pill at all, if you don't believe it, you open the Dan room in Your Majesty's room, and the First Emperor Ding is stored there, see if there are still two pills in it." Xie Roujia also said loudly.

What the?

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

"The key is on Your Majesty." An attendant said suddenly, and rushed to the dragon bed without waiting for orders, and stretched out his hand to pull His Majesty's neck.

Sure enough, a key hung from a red rope.

Everyone present was stunned, and the chamberlain was extremely fast, and before anyone could speak, he held the key to the nearest fifth prince who was standing.

"Your Highness personally saw the elixir yesterday, you can go and see it." Xie Roujia said.

All eyes fell on the five princes, who felt as if they were carrying a thousand pounds of burden.

A thousand pounds of burden! The burden of finding out the cause of the emperor's death! It's up to him to pay!

He was clever, grabbed the key and rushed to the side of the cubicle, opening the door with a bang.

The Empress Dowager and the ministers couldn't help but follow and watched the five princes take two tripods from several cases.

"It's really still two!" The fifth prince shouted excitedly and showed the tripod in his hand to everyone.

There was a bright red pill rolling in each of the two small dings, which was dripping and turning because of the shaking of the five princes.

Zhou Chengzhen stood behind the people and didn't look at this side, but looked at Xie Roujia.

Xie Roujia also looked at him.

In this life, I just don't want to fall into the quagmire anymore and wait for someone to save me.

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