If there is hope of living, no one in normal people wants to die.

Even though Emperor Chen felt that he was terminally ill and almost accepted his fate, when he heard the news that he was still saved, he couldn't help but feel excited, and the whole person instantly became much more energetic.

Obviously, whether it is to pass the throne to King Run, or to King Duan, how can it be better to be the emperor yourself?

If he could still be an emperor himself, he would not have thought about this at all.

Tang Ning looked at him and said, "Your Majesty, the minister came back from Qiandi this time and recruited two strange people, why don't you let them diagnose Your Majesty first?" ”

How could Emperor Chen give up hope of life, and said anxiously: "Xuan, Xuan!" ”

After a moment, the four elders' fingers were withdrawn from Emperor Chen's wrist, and Emperor Chen's face was tense and he asked, "How is it?" ”

The four elders stood up and said, "Back to Your Majesty, this poison can be cured. ”

"Hahaha!" For many days, the depression in Emperor Chen's heart was swept away, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and smile, laughing and laughing, without taking a breath, he covered his mouth and coughed violently.

Wei Jian hurriedly stepped forward, patted him on the back, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, slow down, slow down......"

The fourth elder's tone changed, and he said: "However, Your Majesty has been deeply poisoned, and his internal organs have been damaged, even if he comes back from recuperation, it will greatly damage the longevity ......."

Emperor Chen asked, "I still have a few years, do I have five years?" ”

The fourth elder said: "If you take care of it well, you will have it for ten years." ”

"Please, old man." Emperor Chen looked at her and said, "If I can help me recover my ten-year life, I will be grateful to ......."

Tang Ning glanced at Emperor Chen, wondering if he would have said what he had just said if he knew that the thing that almost poisoned him was invented by the four elders.

After saying these few words, Emperor Chen seemed to have exhausted all his strength, leaned on the bed weakly, and asked weakly: "I, how did I get poisoned?" ”

Tang Ning pointed to a few incense burners in the hall and said to Wei Jian: "Go and extinguish those incense burners." ”

Emperor Chen looked at Tang Ning and said in disbelief: "Is there a problem with the incense burner?" ”

Tang Ning nodded and said: "In the incense used by His Majesty on weekdays, someone has mixed a medicine called tranquilizer, this medicine comes from Qiandi, eaten in moderation, and has the effect of calming the nerves and helping sleep, but if you smell it day and night, this medicine will become a deadly poison......

Emperor Chen lowered his face and asked, "How can there be such a strange poison in the palace, summon the officials of the Inner Servant Province who are in charge of this matter and interrogate them strictly!" ”

Tang Ning looked at Emperor Chen and said: "Your Majesty, according to the minister's opinion, this matter should not be made a big fuss, there are people in the palace who dare to murder Your Majesty, and the intention must be very great, and if you act rashly, I am afraid that it will startle the snake......"

Tang Ning did not directly tell Emperor Chen that this matter was done by Concubine Tang Hui, first, he had no direct evidence, and he couldn't explain why he knew about it, but fortunately, as long as he knew that the problem was in the incense, he would soon be able to find out the mastermind behind the scenes......

Emperor Chen obviously figured out the truth of this, his face became extremely gloomy, and the murderous intent in his eyes was fully revealed.

This is the closest he has come to death, the last time was King Kang's rebellion, if it weren't for Tang Ning's prior preparations, he would have died in Xishan long ago.

This time, if Tang Ning came back a month late, I am afraid that he would have to attend his funeral.

His chest rose and fell a few times, looked at Tang Ning, and said, "I will leave this matter to you to investigate, Wei Jian, you are on your side to assist." ”

Wei Jian bowed slightly and said, "The old slave obeys the order." ”

After Chen Huang took the antidote, he fell asleep groggily, the tranquil incense is a chronic poison, and the process of detoxification is also very long, it will take at least half a year to completely remove the residual poison in his body.

Tang Ning and Wei Jian walked out of the palace, Wei Jian looked at him and asked, "Lord Tang, where should we start?" ”

Tang Ning said: "Let's go to the Inner Servant Province first." ”

The Inner Servant Province, also known as the Inner Servant, is responsible for the daily living of the royal family is an institution, and the incense used by Emperor Chen to calm the gods is prepared in the Inner Servant Province, and then taken by the eunuch or the palace maid from the Inner Servant Province and taken to the Yang Shen Temple.

Since you want to investigate, you naturally have to start from the source.

Of course, Tang Ning knew the answer in advance, and he knew that the problem was not in the Inner Servant Province, but nothing more than a process to dispel Emperor Chen's suspicions.

In the inner chamberlain, Tang Ning looked at the incense burner on the table, pinched the incense ash in it, put it under his nose and smelled it, and said, "There is no problem." ”

Since there was no problem with the source, someone must have done something in the process of transporting the incense burner from the Inner Servant Province to the Yangshen Temple.

Tang Ning looked at the officials and subordinates of the Inner Servant Province and said, "Don't tell anyone what happened today, just act as if nothing happened......

Several officials immediately bowed down and said, "Yes......"

Although Tang Ning told him, Wei Jian was still not at ease, and placed several eunuchs he trusted here to monitor the every move of everyone in the Inner Servant Province.

When he walked to the Inner Servant Province, Tang Ning glanced at him and asked, "Who is the person who holds the stove and burns incense every day?" ”

Wei Jian thought for a moment and said, "Palace maid Zizhu." ”

……

Zizhu is a palace maid, and her duty is to take back the incense burner that His Majesty uses every day from the Inner Chamberlain Province and light it in His Majesty's bedroom.

She has been doing this boring but not heavy thing day in and day out for years.

Because of this, she has long been familiar with the eunuchs of the Inner Service Province, and today she came to the Inner Service Province on time, looked at a small eunuch in the palace, and asked, "Brother Cui, is the incense burner ready?" ”

The little eunuch squeezed out a smile on his face and said, "Okay, you can take it quickly, don't let Your Majesty wait." ”

Zizhu saw that the smile on his face was a little stiff, and said suspiciously: "Brother Cui, what happened, your face is a little unpleasant......"

The little eunuch glanced up and saw that a eunuch at the door was looking at him, and hurriedly explained: "It's okay, it's just that I did something wrong and was scolded by the king's steward......"

Zizhu picked up the incense burner, a smile appeared on her face, and said: "The king's steward is also for your good, and it is much better to be scolded by the king's steward than to be punished by His Majesty and Niangniang for doing something wrong in the future......"

The little eunuch nodded and said, "Go quickly, be careful if you go late and be punished." ”

"Then I'm leaving......" Zizhu smiled at him, holding the incense burner, and walked in the direction of the Cultivation Temple.

She went out of the Inner Chamberlain Province, walked to a no-man's land, looked left and right, saw that there was no one around, took out a paper bag from her sleeve, poured the white powder in the paper bag into the incense burner, stirred it with her fingers a few times, and carefully flattened it, then put away the paper bag, picked up the incense burner again, and walked to the palace in front of her.

She walked to the front of the hall, looked at the two little eunuchs guarding the door, and said, "Zizhu has brought incense to Your Majesty." ”

Her voice fell, the hall was opened from the inside, Wei Jian came out, and said: "Your Majesty said that he is tired of smelling sandalwood, you can take down this incense burner, tell the Ministry of Internal Servants, and let them change the agarwood tomorrow." ”

Zizhu was stunned when she heard this, then nodded and said, "Yes......"

She returned the stove of sandalwood to the Inner Servant Province, relayed the words of Chief Wei to them, and then walked out of the Inner Servant Province and returned to her residence.

A quarter of an hour later, she sneaked out the back door, looked left and right, and saw that no one was looking, so she hurried towards a certain palace.

Chuhui Palace.

Somewhere in the room.

Zizhu lowered her head and conveyed Chief Wei's words to Concubine Tang Hui as they were.

Concubine Tang Hui's face was cold, and she said, "Whether it's sandalwood or agarwood, you just have to add that thing, how much is left of that thing?" ”

Zizhu said: "There are still two months left." ”

"Add it several times more, and within half a month, you will use up that thing." A trace of ruthlessness appeared on Concubine Tang Hui's face, and she said, "Ming'er is already the crown prince, and it is time for Your Majesty to die......

"Are you just looking forward to my death?"

Concubine Tang Hui's voice fell, and suddenly a voice came from outside the door.

This voice contains all kinds of emotions, shock, incomprehension, grief, and fierce killing intent.

Bang!

The door that was closed by Concubine Tang Hui was violently opened from the outside.

Outside the door, the eunuchs and maids of Chu Hui Palace knelt on the ground, and Emperor Chen stood at the door, supported by two eunuchs, looking at Concubine Tang Hui with extremely disappointed eyes.

Zizhu's face was pale and bloodless, he looked at Emperor Chen standing at the door, and the guards behind him, suddenly gritted his teeth, and slammed into the pillar beside him.

Bang!

After a muffled sound, there was a dazzling blood stain on the pillar, and Zizhu's body fell to the ground without a sound.

Concubine Tang Hui looked at all this in front of her in a daze, looked at Emperor Chen's complicated gaze at her, and then looked at the body of Zizhu on the ground, her mind was blank, and the whole person was paralyzed to the ground.