The emperor was even more furious: "How can this be true! A bunch of rubbish! The plague is a big event, and you dare to say it, but fortunately, the four princes turned the tide so that it would not cause a catastrophe, you two, you can't kill it! ”

The two imperial doctors hurriedly kowtowed: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life......"

The emperor snorted coldly and commanded sharply: "Take it down!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The guards were still respectful, dragging the imperial doctor and leaving quickly.

Tuoba Zeyan stood beside the emperor and took this opportunity to take Cao Shangshu in one fell swoop, it couldn't be better: "My father is angry, Lord Cao is doing evil, and my sons and ministers are all in their eyes, and I really can't swallow this breath today, so I dare to show my father, father, and sons, and my sons' people saw Cao Shangshu poisoning the water tank with their own eyes, and the emperor let the imperial doctor know it at a time." ”

The emperor was still full of displeasure, and glanced at the imperial doctor on the side: "Go and test!" ”

The imperial physician was respectful and bowed: "Yes, Your Majesty." With that, he strode away.

The emperor also walked into the house together, only to see the imperial physician take a small bowl of water in the water tank, and test the poison with a silver needle, the silver needle just touched the water, and it was immediately pitch black, the imperial physician was startled, and hurriedly bowed his hand: "Your Majesty, this water is highly poisonous." ”

The emperor was even more furious: "How can this be true! Deceive the subordinates and deceive the superiors, and murder people's lives! Sins are unforgivable! ”

After a while, the guards pressed Cao Shangshu to come to the farmhouse, and before Cao Shangshu knew what was happening, he saw the emperor standing in front of him, panicked, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "The old minister sees the emperor!" ”

The emperor was already furious: "Lord Cao, are you thirsty? ”

Cao Shangshu trembled: "Back to the emperor, the old minister is not thirsty." ”

The guards on the side took out a bowl of water directly from the water tank, and the emperor commanded sharply: "Lord Cao, drink it!" ”

Cao Shangshu was even more panicked: "The old minister is not thirsty, the old minister is not thirsty, the emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life......" Cao Shangshu clearly knew that this water was poisonous, and he didn't dare to drink it, so he had to expose himself, and he was very nervous.

Emperor Long Yan was furious, and threw down the small bowl in his hand: "Do you still know how to spare your life?" Have you ever thought about the lives of these ordinary people? They are my people, too! ”

Lord Cao panicked: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life......" knelt on the ground, kowtowed and saluted, very nervous.

Tuoba Zeyan stood beside the emperor and bowed again: "Your Majesty, Lord Cao must have some ulterior motive in doing this." ”

The emperor's dark eyes stared at Lord Cao in front of him: "Say, what is your purpose?" ”

Lord Cao was very panicked: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince is spewing blood!" Your Majesty, the old minister has no purpose, and please believe it. ”

The emperor was even more displeased, frowning slightly: "Honest and untrustworthy!" If you say that, will I believe it? Don't recruit from the truth! I call the Punishment Division of Nine Nine Eighty-One Punishments to serve! The emperor's face was tense and angry, and it was only at this moment that it dawned on him that what these ministers were doing was far more despicable than he had imagined.

Lord Cao knelt on the ground, his face full of panic: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life!" Weichen has no purpose, and asks the emperor to spare his life! ”

The emperor was furious, and stared at Cao Shangshu with cold eyes: "Someone! Crush him into the Penal Division! Punishment awaits! ”

Lord Cao hurriedly bowed: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life......"

The emperor strode into the house without looking back: "From now on, all the illnesses of the people in the west of the city will be handled by the four princes!" ”

Tuoba Zeyan bowed his hand and saluted: "Sons obey orders!" ”

The people cheered even more: "Thank you to the emperor, thank you to His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince!" Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness the Fourth Prince! ”

At this moment, in the Shen Punishment Division, the airtight room was very damp, and there was no daylight, and more than a dozen punished subordinates were desperately doing their work, and Lord Cao was already dressed in tatters, no longer bright, and was beaten all over his body.

The fierce official held a leather whip in his hand, and with a "snap", he slapped Lord Cao fiercely: "Lord Cao, the emperor sent us to question, and it would be better for me to say it as soon as possible, so as not to suffer from flesh and skin again!" ”

Master Cao was already dying, unable to raise the slightest strength, gasped, and barely squeezed out a little voice: "Say no, just no!" ”

The vicious official held Luo Tie in his hand, which was red and transparent, and gestured in front of Lord Cao: "Lord Cao, do you want to taste the taste of this Luo Tie?" ”

At this moment, in the Zhaoyang Palace, the queen also heard that Lord Cao had been pressed into the Shen Criminal Division, and she was very panicked, for fear that Lord Cao would confess, and she was nervous and uneasy.

The queen thought about it for a long time, and she was even more unhappy in her heart, but at this time, she couldn't go to see Lord Cao, as soon as she saw him, she would be exposed, and the queen was very nervous: "Cai'er, you go to the Criminal Division for the palace to take a look at Lord Cao." ”

When the maid heard this, she was very alarmed: "The queen really wants to be like this? ”

The queen was even more uneasy, nervous in her heart, and nodded lightly: "Go quickly, don't let people catch you." ”

The maid bent down and saluted: "Yes, Queen Mother." After saying that, he left quickly and went to the Shen Penal Division to visit Master Cao.

The queen was even more restless, waiting in the house, very nervous, Cai'er hurriedly came to the Shen Criminal Division, took the silver, and handed it to the palace person in charge of the Shen Criminal Division: "Auntie, I heard that Cao Shangshu has just entered the Shen Criminal Division?" ”

The palace man took the silver and glanced at Cai'er with slanted eyes: "So, the girl came to see Lord Cao?" ”

Cai'er nodded hurriedly: "That's right, please also ask your aunt to be accommodating." ”

The palace man weighed the silver with one hand and smiled lightly: "Someone! ”

In an instant, more than a dozen guards strode towards Cai'er, surrounding Cai'er, holding spears in their hands, which looked actually very fierce.

Cai'er suddenly panicked, turned around and stared at the palace people: "Auntie, what is this doing?" ”

The palace people were as serious as they were: "The emperor has an order, no matter who comes to Lord Cao, they will all be arrested and handed over to the emperor for disposal!" ”

In an instant, more than a dozen guards hurriedly went up, and couldn't help but say, holding Cai'er: "Go!" ”

The person in charge of the palace escorted Cai'er, strode towards the door, and handed it over to the emperor to dispose of.

In the imperial study, the guards escorted Cai'er to come and knelt on the ground to salute: "Your Majesty, my subordinates have caught the palace maid who came to visit Cao Shangshu, and they will be handed over to the emperor for disposal." ”

The emperor was sitting precariously and stared at the palace maid in front of him: "Raise your head!" ”

Cai'er was very nervous, she didn't dare to raise her head, lowered her eyes and kowtowed: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life......"

Hearing this, the emperor felt that the voice of the palace maid in front of him was a little familiar, and he was even more displeased, staring at the palace maid, Long Yan was furious: "Raise your head!" ”

The palace people on the side picked Cai'er's face and forced her to raise her head.

Seeing this, the emperor was taken aback: "Cai'er? Cai'er by the queen's side? ”

Cai'er was even more panicked: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life......"

The emperor was furious, threw down the fold in front of him, and was furious: "How can this be true! Queen again? Someone! Call the Queen! ”

In the Zhaoyang Palace, the queen was worried and looking forward to Cai'er's news, but before the news came, she saw the emperor's people coming, and several eunuchs walked slowly into the Zhaoyang Palace, bending down and saluting: "The slave sees the queen's mother." ”

The queen was very frightened, staring at the eunuch in front of her coldly, full of horror: "Don't be polite, get up quickly." ”

The subordinates did not dare to slack off, and bent down to salute: "Yes, Queen Mother." With that, he stood up.

The queen was still very frightened: "Father-in-law, why are you here?" ”

The subordinates did not dare to slack off: "Return to the queen, the emperor invites the queen to come over!" ”

"Does the emperor have any orders, what is the matter?"

"Back to the queen, the slave doesn't know."

The queen was helpless and nodded lightly: "Okay, this palace will go with you." As he spoke, he strode away with a few eunuchs.

After a long time, the queen had already come to the imperial study, walked into the house, and saw Cai'er being suppressed by the guards and kneeling in the imperial study. ”

The emperor was even more pretentious, frowning: "Does the queen know her?" As he spoke, the emperor raised his hand and pointed to Cai'er in front of him.

Cai'er also raised her eyes and glanced at the queen on the side, very nervous: "Queen Mother." He whispered, his delicate eyes were slightly teardropped, and he looked pitiful.

The queen also glanced at Cai'er beside her, she was very panicked in her heart, and hurriedly raised her eyes to look at the emperor, knowing that the emperor recognized Cai'er, and she had no choice but to refuse, she was very entangled in her heart, and hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, the concubine knows, it is the concubine's personal maid Cai'er." ”

Cai'er still knelt aside, very respectful: "The queen mother helps, the queen mother helps......"

The queen was even more panicked, and her heart was uneasy: "I don't know what crime Cai'er has committed, and I ask the emperor to make it clear." ”

The emperor stared at Cai'er in front of him, his heart was very unhappy, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and he glanced at the queen on the side: "The queen really doesn't know?" ”

The queen was even more trembling, trembling all over: "Back to the emperor, the concubines really don't know." As he was talking, he hurriedly looked at Cai'er on the side: "Cai'er, what did you do?" Hurry up and recruit it truthfully! ”

Cai'er was even more nervous, trembling all over: "The queen mother spares her life, the queen mother spares her life!" Slave maid, slave maid went to visit Cao Shangshu. ”

The emperor frowned, staring at the queen in front of him: "Cao Shangshu has just been imprisoned, isn't it the queen who instructed Cai'er to visit Cao Shangshu?" Between the words, those sharp eyes were very clear, staring at the queen in a panic.

The queen was even more nervous, and went up and down: "The emperor spares his life, the concubines really don't know, and the emperor is asked to see it." ”

The emperor snorted lightly, obviously not believing it, and stared at the queen on the side with cold eyes: "Cai'er, I ask you, why did you go to visit Cao Shangshu?" If you can't give a reason, I'll punish your nine clans! ”

The emperor's voice was very cold, which made Cai'er even more shocked, very nervous, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life......"

The queen knelt aside, even more anxious, frowning: "Cai'er, you should say it quickly!" ”