Early in the morning of the second day, after the Queen Mother dressed up carefully in Mama Lan, she immediately sent people to summon Qi Hao, King Xuan, and Gu Huai into the palace respectively.

Needless to say, everyone knows what to do.

In the name of letting the old emperor recuperate, the queen mother did not let the old emperor show up.

The queen is still in the ground, and it is impossible to participate.

Therefore, today's Queen Mother is in charge.

She was dressed in a gorgeous purple robe, with a golden phoenix hairpin on her head, and a long necklace of emerald and red agate around her neck.

The old face was rubbed with fat powder, and the lips were also smeared with grease, in short, it looked more majestic than usual.

King Xuan and Gu Huai were the parties to this scandal, and Qi Hao was the candidate for the prince favored by the old emperor and the queen mother, so he was also present.

The eighth prince is also the son of the old emperor, and there is no reason why he should not show up if something so big happens.

The two brothers, one on the left and one on the right, sat on both sides of the Queen Mother's chair.

Of course, even if Concubine De is dying, as long as there is still a breath left to hang, she has to be carried by sending someone to carry it.

After being sick for so many days, she was almost as thin as a bamboo pole.

There is no need for the wind to blow, as if whoever breathes at her can blow her down.

King Xuan was lying on the wooden board on the ground, Gu Huai was standing next to him, Concubine De was supported by the maid, and the three of them stood in the middle of the main hall, there was a picture of three sessions.

Because Gu Huai sent someone to send a letter to King Xuan, although King Xuan's heart was beating wildly, he still had a trace of luck in his heart.

The eighth prince went to the Xuanwang Mansion to visit King Xuan a few days ago at the behest of the old emperor, but Qi Hao seemed to have never stepped into the Xuanwang Mansion in the past two years.

The news of Xuanwangfu is all delivered by Ah Bao over there.

Besides, King Xuan has become a waste.

A waste person, what else can he toss?

At first glance, King Xuan's current appearance is really a little scary.

In the past, when his limbs were sound and his tongue was still there, he was also one of the five handsome people in Beijing.

It is not as good as Qi Hao, Chen Zexuan, and Yin Zike, but compared with Gu Nianshi, it is more than enough.

However, the current King Xuan's face is withered, his hair is like grass, and because his face is thin and fleshless, his eyes appear big and abrupt, like dead fish eyes.

There was still saliva at the corner of his mouth, and in Qi Hao's eyes, this appearance was really not as happy as death.

The Queen Mother glanced coldly at the people in the room, squinted her old eyes, and finally fixed her gaze between Gu Huai and Concubine De, and said quietly: "The purpose of the mourning family to let you come, I think you are all clear." ”

After a pause, she turned to Mama Lan and ordered, "Go and prepare a bowl of clean water and a dagger." ”

"Today, the mourners want to see if the rumors outside are true or false!"

"Yes, Queen Mother." Mama Lan nodded and quickly stepped back.

Gu Huai naturally knew what the Queen Mother was going to do next, and the hand he hid in his sleeve tightened, for fear that the powder in the nail cover would fall out.

Coughing lightly, he forced himself to calm down: "Queen Mother, it really can't be fake, it can't be fake." ”

"The innocence between Concubine De and Weichen is definitely not as unbearable as the outside world rumores."

quietly gave Concubine De a look, and he said righteously: "Weichen has no shame in his heart, and he just wants justice in front of the Queen Mother." ”

No one dares to draw conclusions until they see the results with their own eyes.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she snorted coldly, her cool eyes were fixed on Concubine De, who had been lowering her head, holding a handkerchief, and wiping her tears, and said in a lukewarm tone: "Concubine De, you find a place to sit down first." ”

"The pestle is here, and I'm going to be in front of the mourning family."

said that Concubine De was to sit, but there were no extra chairs in the room for the time being, so where did Concubine De go?

Besides, Concubine De is still a "sinner", so what face does she have to sit down?

"Minister...... The concubine didn't dare. The voice was weak, soft and weak, Concubine De took a few steps aside, some distance away from Gu Huai and King Xuan, leaving space for the Queen Mother.

Soon, Mama Lan came in with a bowl of water.

"Master Gu, please first." Without the Queen Mother to speak, Mama Lan took the initiative to bring the plate over.

Qi Hao took a sip of tea and put down the teacup.

The Eighth Prince also sat up straight, his expression serious.

Gu Huai pursed his lips tightly, and slowly picked up the dagger in the unblinking gaze of King Xuan's eyes.

Gritting his teeth, he cut a knife on his finger.

His hand shook slightly as he dripped the blood into the clear water.

After Gu Huai put down the dagger, Mama Lan walked to King Xuan with a plate.

King Xuan couldn't move his hands and feet, so he could only let his personal guard lightning do it.

"Master, offended." Lightning crouched down and carefully slashed King Xuan's fingers.

From Mama Lan coming over to being knifed on her fingers, King Xuan's body was trembling unconsciously.

The fear revealed in the eyes of the dead fish, I don't know if it was because of the fear of pain, or the fear that it would turn out that he was not the son of the old emperor.

"Tick", a drop of blood submerged in the water, and then the two blood beads approached little by little, but they did not merge into one.

Concubine De stood far away, and she couldn't see the situation in the bowl at all, so she could only hold her breath, and she didn't dare to breathe.

"Queen Mother." Mama Lan glanced at Gu Huai, who was also looking at her, and brought the bowl to the Queen Mother, letting the Queen Mother see for herself.

The Queen Mother lowered her eyes, looking at the two drops of blood that were separated, her eyes dimmed, but she didn't speak.

Her silence made Gu Huai's back a little cold.

Pursing her lips, the Queen Mother spoke: "Gu Xiang and Concubine De ......"

As soon as he heard the word "Gu Xiang", Gu Huai felt that it was done!

The heart that had just fallen from his throat was lifted up again by Qi Hao.

"Queen Mother." Qi Hao suddenly stood up, strode in front of the Queen Mother, and interrupted her.

Picking up the bowl, he looked at the Queen Mother and said with a smile: "Whether the royal blood is pure or not is not a trivial matter. ”

"Of course, a blood test can prove something, but just in case, my grandson thinks it's better to send someone to check it out."

After hearing this, Gu Huai took a step forward, and saw clearly that the blood beads in the bowl were separated, and his face couldn't help but sink: "Lord Ning, now that the facts are in front of you, why don't you still trust the old man and Concubine De?" ”

"The royal bloodline is indeed not a trivial matter, in front of the Queen Mother, do you not recognize the brother of King Xuan?"

"Lord Ning......" At this time, Concubine De looked unstable on her feet.

She had a pair of teary eyes, and said in a mournful voice: "Even if you have not dealt with King Xuan all these years, no matter what, you are all the emperor's sons, and you are all flowing with the emperor's blood!" ”

"You...... If you are for your own selfishness, you are as ill-intentioned as those people outside who slander King Xuan's bloodline, it is really intolerable! ”

With that, she coughed vigorously, and her sickly white face turned red.

said so many words in one breath, and used a lot of strength, and her accusatory tone revealed her disappointment and resentment towards Qi Hao.

The Queen Mother frowned and glanced at Mama Lan.

Mama Lan understood, put down the plate, and comforted Concubine De while helping Concubine De to sit down: "Concubine De, don't be excited, sit down first." ”

"The Queen Mother is here, and her old man will not let anyone be wronged."

I have to say that Mama Lan is very skillful in what she said.

It sounds like she cares about Concubine De, but it's not.

Because, she said "who", not "you".

Of course, the current Concubine De didn't care about this detail at all.

She sat down with Mama Lan's hand, squeezing her veil tightly, very heartbroken.

finally passed the level of this blood test, and no one expected that there would be a kill in the middle.

Concubine De, Gu Huai and King Xuan, who can not hate?

King Xuan craned his neck with great difficulty, glaring angrily in Qi Hao's direction.

It's a pity that I can't speak, otherwise this family of three will have to scold together.

"Hao'er, hearing is false, seeing is believing." The Queen Mother looked at Qi Hao meaningfully, and felt that his eyes jumped out at this juncture, it must be because of some reason.

Otherwise, why would he have stepped in?

Even if it is for the throne, King Xuan's appearance of lingering for a long time is not worth Qi Hao's attention at all.

Thinking of the unpleasant quarrel with Qi Hao in Shoukang Palace last time, the Queen Mother sank her face: "You tell the mourning family, if the blood test is not enough to prove King Xuan's royal blood, what else can be proved?" ”

Hearing the Queen Mother questioning Qi Hao, Concubine De and Gu Huai subconsciously thought that the Queen Mother was on their side.

"Mama Lan, I still have to bother you to go to the Tai Hospital to invite Wei Liao." Qi Hao smiled and turned to Mama Lan.

Running errands is such a thing, Qi Hao can instruct any little palace maid or little eunuch to go.

However, he just instructed Mama Lan to do so, the reason is that Mama Lan is the Queen Mother's person, and the Queen Mother only wants a fair answer in today's matter, Mama Lan will definitely not give Wei Liao silver behind her back in order to hide the truth like others.

Moreover, last time in the palace, Mama Lan saw herself and Gu Jinli holding hands, and according to her temperament of knowing everything big and small, she must have told the Queen Mother.

Therefore, letting this talkative old thing run errands is also a small punishment.

Since Qi Hao had spoken, Mama Lan couldn't refuse, so she nodded curtly and walked out of the room again.

Qi Hao sat down with the bowl and smiled at King Xuan, who was glaring at him: "Brother Wang, don't worry, when Imperial Doctor Wei comes, the merits will be decided immediately." ”

"If this king is really troublesome, then start from the gate of King Ning's mansion, bow three times and knock all the way to the courtyard of your Xuanwang Mansion, and make amends to you, how about it?"

Whether it was Qi Hao back then or Qi Hao now, his status is more noble than King Xuan.

Let the dignified prince Ning give such a big gift to a wasted man King Xuan, if this is put on hold, King Xuan will definitely be extremely proud.

Probably, he will smile happily and dislocate his jaw.

And now, King Xuan couldn't laugh at all.

Because, from Qi Hao's eyes, he saw the confidence that was bound to be obtained.

It's as if Qi Hao has already decided that King Xuan and Gu Huai will lose.

However, then again, Qi Hao is unruly, no one is in his eyes, and even the old emperor and the queen mother are often not taken seriously by him, how can he give King Xuan the opportunity to humiliate him?

With his lips pursed, King Xuan opened his mouth, not knowing whether he wanted to say something, couldn't make a sound, or was so angry that he couldn't speak.

King Xuan's reaction made Qi Hao very satisfied, but it made Gu Huai very annoyed: "Lord Ning, you and King Xuan are brothers, but you fall into the well like this, this kind of behavior is really despicable!" ”

"Gu Xiang, don't say it so early." The corners of Qi Hao's lips twitched, and he smiled wickedly and presumptuously: "Is it that this king fell into the well and slandered the innocence of King Xuan and Concubine De, or did you really have something to do with Concubine De, everything will be known when Wei Liao comes!" ”

Concubine De and Gu Huai listened to Qi Hao keep mentioning Wei Liao, and they couldn't figure out what wishful thinking Qi Hao was making at the moment.

Wei Liao is a physician, is it difficult to do it, what is more accurate than a blood test?

The two handful of old people turned their brains quickly, but they couldn't guess anything for a while.

The Queen Mother rubbed her eyebrows and said unhappily: "Hao'er, if Wei Liao can't say one, two, three, the mourning family will not indulge your nonsense!" ”

No matter what, the Queen Mother's heart is still biased towards Qi Hao.

She actually called Qi Hao's behavior "nonsense", where is this nonsense? This is obviously sending the heads of Gu Huai, Concubine De and King Xuan to the knife edge!

No, not only the heads of the three of them, but also the entire Gu family will suffer!

When the Queen Mother said this, it was right to protect Qi Hao, but while keeping Qi Hao under the steps, she still did not forget to ease the relationship between her ancestors and grandchildren.

Qi Hao just didn't understand the deep meaning of the Queen Mother, raised his eyebrows, and didn't speak again.

Soon, Mama Lan brought Wei Liao over.

Wei Liao saw the situation in the room, Gu Huai stood with his hands behind his back with a cold face, Concubine De sat with red eyes and gritted teeth, and there was a King Xuan who was lying on the board on the ground, and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and saluted respectfully to the Queen Mother: "I've seen the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother waved her hand at Wei Liao, turned her face and said coldly: "Go and ask Lord Ning, what do you need to do." ”

Seeing Wei Liao looking at himself puzzled, Qi Hao pushed the bowl in front of him to Wei Liao, and said in a deep voice: "Check to see if there is anything mixed in this water." ”

Gu Jinli's face was shocked, but before he could open his mouth, Mama Lan, who was standing next to the Queen Mother, couldn't help but say urgently: "Lord Ning, this water was brought back by the old slave himself, are you suspecting that the old slave has done something in the water?" ”

"Mama Lan is an old man in the palace, and she has always done things fairly, not to mention that you have served the Queen Mother all the year round, and you are the most trusted person of the Queen Mother, so this king will naturally not doubt Mama Lan's loyalty." Qi Hao shook his head, and then changed his words: "However, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years." ”

"This king also hopes that those rumors outside are false, but the rumors have caused a storm in the city."

"It's like two years ago, even though Gu Xiang and Gu Shilang also had a blood test in front of their father, they couldn't bear the fear of people's words, their father-son relationship was still inevitably questioned, and the fact still couldn't completely block Youyou's mouth."

"The reason why this king asked Imperial Physician Wei to check the water source is because he is afraid that some people will question this and that as they did back then."

"As long as this water is fine, it shows that King Xuan is indeed the son of his father."

"In the future, if anyone dares to spread a rumor behind his back, this king will personally cut off his tongue!"

Qi Hao looked upright, said generously, and was full of righteous indignation, looking like he was defending the dignity and face of his father and brother, but in fact, he was forcing Gu Huai and King Xuan's father and son to death.

Wei Liao saw the Queen Mother nodding in acquiescence, so he picked up the bowl.

First I looked, then I smelled, and finally I dipped my finger in a drop of water and put it on the tip of my tongue and tasted it.

Although these were only three movements, it was only a short while, but Gu Huai's back was already completely soaked.

Wei Liao sighed twice, his eyes flashed, and he put down the bowl solemnly.

With his movements, Concubine De only felt a large hand on her throat with lightning speed.

"This water ......" His expression was a little embarrassed, and he looked like there was a problem.

"How's this water? You have a good job. Seeing this, the Queen Mother also had a faint premonition in her heart.

Wei Liao took a deep breath, glanced at Gu Huai, whose old face was pale, and said in a low voice, "This water has oil powder added to it." ”

Sure enough, Wei Liao's body trembled violently, and Concubine De's handkerchief fell to the ground in shock.

Their waste son, King Xuan, was like a dying animal, trembling one more time before he took his last breath, before he returned to the light.

"Poof", the person kneeling down was not Concubine De, nor Wei Liao, but Mama Lan who was carrying water.

She never understood how the water had not passed through anyone's hands at all, and there was no problem, so how could there be oil powder in it?

She knew what the oil powder was, but now that it had inexplicably appeared in the water she brought over, the responsibility was on her!

"Queen Mother, this matter really has nothing to do with the old slave!"

While kowtowing with a "bang", Mama Lan said with a wronged and aggrieved expression: "The old slave doesn't know what the hell is going on!" ”

"You can't know what the old slave is like!"

"The emperor's heir is such a big matter, how dare the old slave interfere in it!"

The Queen Mother naturally knew Mama Lan's personality better than anyone else, she raised her hand and said slowly, "You get up first." ”

Seeing that the Queen Mother believed in herself, Mama Lan stood up with her sleeves clutched, and her old face was still shocked.

"Powder? How will this affect relatives with a blood test? Since Qi Hao could know that Gu Huai and Gu Chengen had added alum to the water for the blood test, he could guess that they would also do things in the water this time.

Knowingly, he planned to use Wei Liao's mouth to slap Gu Huai's face.

Also, in fact, he can also take Gu Jinli into the palace.

Gu Jinli's medical skills are above Wei Liao, as long as she is willing to say that there is a problem with the water, then no one dares to doubt it.

It's just that Gu Jinli was dragged into the water in this way.

Although the water in the pond in Beijing was first muddied by Gu Jinli, Qi Hao still wanted to protect her in her selfish heart.

After all, King Xuan's identity will have to be revealed sooner or later, and things have come to this point, and Gu Jinli's wish can only be fulfilled.

"Oil powder...... It is possible to separate the blood of two loved ones. Wei Liao lowered his eyes, avoiding the cannibalistic eyes cast by Gu Huai, and his voice was a little lower: "And alum, it's the opposite." ”

What does it mean on the contrary, you don't need to ask anymore.

"Oh?" Qi Hao's peach blossom eyes lit up, and he seemed to be interested: "Since alum can make the blood of irrelevant people merge, then this king should give it a try." ”

After that, he said to the little eunuch who was at the door: "You, go find a piece of alum at once." ”

"By the way, get two more bowls of clean water."

"Yes, yes." The little eunuch didn't wait for the permission of the queen mother, and ran away.

"Hao'er, what's the most important thing right now? Don't be too presumptuous! The Queen Mother's face was long, and she was really unhappy this time.

"Queen Mother, if you can't use alum to verify that the blood of strangers can be fused, how can you prove that what Imperial Doctor Wei said is right?" Qi Hao sneered, and said without backing down: "If what Imperial Doctor Wei said is true, then ......"

His eyes shot straight at Gu Huai like a sharp sword, and Qi Hao said word by word: "Chaotic royal bloodline, all over the house!" ”

Gu Huai stumbled under his feet and took a few steps back.

The little eunuch's legs and feet were much more neat than Mama Lan's, and it was almost a few words, and he came back with a "whoosh".

Putting things on the table, he slipped out the door again.

Qi Hao first put the alum in a bowl, then raised his hand and cut his finger, squeezing out a drop of blood.

Then, his eyes were cold, "Gu Xiang, the blood flowing in your body and this king must be different, do you dare to give it a try?" ”

Gu Huai's legs trembled, and when he saw Qi Hao holding a dagger and approaching step by step with a bowl, he reflexively took a few steps back.

In the eyes of others, it seems that what Qi Hao wants to cut is not Gu Huai's finger, but his head.

"I ......" Gu Huai's old face was bloodless, and the momentum of daring to loudly reprimand Qi Hao just now was gone.

He hid his two hands behind him, but he couldn't withstand Qi Hao's strength, and was pulled out by his arm.

Before he could struggle, he only saw a flash of cold light in front of him, and his hand ached.

"Tick", his blood fell into the alum water.

Throwing off Gu Huai's arm, Qi Hao was not in a hurry to see if the blood beads in the bowl had fused, but put the bowl down and dripped the blood stained on the dagger into the other bowl of clean water where nothing was placed.

Then, he walked up to King Xuan, raised his dagger and planned to take King Xuan's blood.

However, Concubine De rushed over from her chair.

She was already weak and weak, and she rushed a little fiercely, so that before she could stand in front of King Xuan, she fell to the ground.

"Qian'er!" Gu Huai saw Concubine De fall to the ground, and was so shocked that he shouted out Concubine De's name Zhen Chuqian's boudoir without thinking.

"Huh, Qian'er?" Of course, Qi Hao knew that Concubine De rushed over to protect his son, so he felt that Gu Huai's shout made it unnecessary to take King Xuan's blood and mix it with Gu Huai's blood in a bowl again.

He threw the dagger on the ground, with a hint of coldness at the corner of his mouth, and without looking at it, he handed the bowl containing the blood beads of himself and Gu Huai to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, you can see for yourself whether what Wei Liao said is true or false, and what is rumored outside is right or wrong." ”

Gu Huai's "Qian'er" undoubtedly confirmed the old relationship between the two of them.

The queen mother's old eyes immediately revealed a trace of ruthlessness, and then looked down at the blood beads that were integrated, and was so angry that she raised her hand and knocked over the bowl in Qi Hao's hand, and said sharply: "Come on, Concubine De is unchaste and unclean, confusing the royal bloodline, give me a glass of wine!" ”

"The Gu family is full of beheading, King Xuan removes the imperial family and beheads them together!"