Chapter 166: Even the Regent Dare to Poison!
The emperor has not been to the court countless times recently, but has been hiding in the gentle countryside and refusing to come out, holding the concubine day and night to have fun.
I have to say that he has been feeling more and more unable to leave Concubine Shu recently, although she is not as beautiful as she was back then, she is more charming, enchanting, and there are many tricks in that regard, and she will serve him comfortably every time.
And Concubine Shu heard that he was unwell, and he was boiling soup, and he asked a master to make alchemy to treat him, and it didn't take long for him to not only recover very quickly, but even full of energy, as if he had returned to his youthful youth!
In this way, he had already forgotten the previous taboos, and he couldn't do without Concubine Shu, and he also promised that as long as Chu Yuxuan found out who was poisoned, he could restore Chu Yuxuan's identity as the second prince!
On this day, the emperor did not go to court as always, and when he woke up in the morning, the concubine pestered him to fight hundreds of times, and was in the mood, but a rapid knock suddenly sounded outside the dormitory.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, something is wrong!" was the anxious and hurried call of Gonggong Chen outside.
The emperor's blood was extinguished by the sharp voice, and he suddenly shouted angrily, "What are you shouting early in the morning! I am not feeling well today, and I will not go to court! I have something to do with the regent!"
"Your Majesty!" Gonggong Chen's voice slammed on the door more urgently, "The regent is seriously ill! I heard that he is dying! I have already sent someone to call over there in the middle of the night last night, Your Majesty, do you want to go and have a look?"
The emperor wanted to curse in his mouth, but when he suddenly heard the sentence "The regent is seriously ill", he fell silent in an instant.
Is the regent really seriously ill? He is a strong martial artist, and he has no matter how many assassinations and poisonings he has, so how can he be seriously ill in a good manner?
The Emperor squinted his eyes and pondered, half-convinced.
"Your Majesty......." Concubine Shu's cheeks were flushed, and she hung softly on the emperor's body, and she was originally in high spirits, but when she heard that Chu Junyue was seriously ill, she also became suspicious.
She knew the news earlier than the emperor, Chu Yuxuan sent a letter yesterday, and she didn't believe it at the time, but Gonggong Chen said so, could it really be that something happened?
"Your Majesty, why don't you go and have a look?" she bit her lip, a touch of deep thought flashed in her eyes, and comforted: "No matter what the regent says, he has great military achievements, and now he is seriously ill, if His Majesty does not visit, I am afraid that he will be criticized by the world." ”
"Well, what Concubine Ai said is reasonable, I really want to go and see!" the emperor snorted softly in his nose, and the corners of his mouth hooked slightly.
If he is really seriously ill, then such a good thing, where will he miss it? His subordinate brother has seventy or eighty percent of the military power in his hands, and if he is really seriously ill, he will personally go and ask for the military power back!
But if it's fake, then he's going to go and see what tricks the regent has done!
The emperor agreed, but he was not in a hurry, and continued to finish what he had not done just now before leaving the palace.
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In the Regent's Mansion, Chu Jun was drinking tea and eating breakfast with Ning Ke in a dignified manner, radiant and energetic, and he looked a little sick.
But if he didn't do this, the emperor wouldn't come out of the palace, so Ning Ke wouldn't have a chance to meet the emperor.
"You fool the emperor so much, you are not afraid that the emperor will find out and pursue you!" Ning Ke slowly ate the millet porridge and asked him lightly.
Chu Junyue smiled, "Don't worry, he won't find out." It's just going to be hard for you to do something. ”
"What for?" she asked, puzzled, completely unaware of what he was going to do.
Chu Junyue clapped his hands, Yuan Bao led a girl of the same age as Ning Ke, Ning Ke took a few serious looks, and was surprised to find that this girl's figure was the same as her!
She vaguely understood something, and looked at Chu Junyue deeply, "Do you want her to take my place?"
Yes, she has two roles alone, one is Ning Ke and the other is Wang Ke.
If the emperor comes out of the palace to visit, once he finds that Ning Ke is not here, he will definitely be suspicious, so he will simply find someone to replace the identity of "Ning Ke"!
Fortunately, Ning Ke has always smeared a bunch of things on his face, transforming himself into an ugly girl, and he can't see his original appearance at all.
Later, she will personally disguise the girl, and as long as she does not speak, no one will find out.
"Thank you. Chu Junyue held the tea, smiled deeply, and there were unpredictable things in his eyes.
Ning Ke nodded, put down the dishes and chopsticks and let the girl go in with her, and it didn't take long to change the girl's appearance into her ugly face, and then put on her usual white clothes, which looked exactly the same at first glance.
But once the girl spoke, she would still be exposed, so Chu Junyue let the girl pretend to be sick and lie down, so as to avoid talking.
Not long after the busy work here, Yuan Bao hurriedly ran to pass the word, and the emperor had already arrived at the door.
Chu Junyue laughed meaningfully, then went back to lie on the bed, and he didn't know what he had done, his face was immediately pale and bloodless, and his breathing was so weak that he almost broke off.
Ning Ke didn't have time to think about why, so he recovered Wang Ke's appearance early, and pretended to be in front of the bed with Old Man Hu.
"Junyue, what is the situation of Junyue now?" After a while, the emperor's anxious greeting voice sounded, and listening to the rapid footsteps, he seemed to be very anxious, and he was even exempted from the report, and in a blink of an eye, he came to Chu Junyue's bedside.
Everyone knelt down and saluted in fear, and the emperor sat at the head of the bed as soon as he lifted his dragon robe, waved his hand casually to let everyone be exempt, and then opened his mouth to ask about Chu Junyue's condition.
"What the hell is the Lord Regent's illness, and why is he suddenly so sick?"
Old Man Hu took a step forward, bowed respectfully, and replied, "Back to Your Majesty, the regent originally had an old illness, and he was prone to illness in winter, but it was not so serious, and what made him seriously ill was actually someone who added something to the medicine that should not be added." ”
"What?!" the emperor widened his eyes and said angrily, "Who is so bold and reckless! Even the regent dares to poison!"
Old man Hu shook his head, "The old man was only called last night, so I don't know what the specific situation is." After a pause, he pointed to the unconscious "Ning Ke" on the soft collapse by the window, and sighed, "Xiao Ke'er has been taking care of her here for a few days in a row, and she has also fallen ill. ”
The emperor glanced at "Ning Ke" and didn't ask anything more, sighed and turned his head to take Chu Junyue's hand, and shouted in a low voice, "Junyue?
Chu Junyue was deeply "unconscious", and naturally did not respond, as if he was an ice sculpture.
The emperor touched his pulse consciously or unconsciously, and he was indeed very weak, and he thought that this was a dead man if he didn't feel it seriously.
Is it really that sick?
But if he wasn't really sick, he wouldn't have thought of a reason for Chu Junyue to pretend to be sick.
"You must go all out, and you must save the regent, otherwise I will ask you!" The emperor calmly faced Ning Ke and Old Man Hu and gave an order.
The two of them bowed their heads in unison, "Yes!"
The emperor didn't sit down for a while and was about to go back to the palace, anyway, he just came to see Chu Junyue's situation and make a show.
"Your Majesty. Just before the emperor left, Ning Ke suddenly stood up and said in a cold voice: "King Weichen has something important to tell Your Majesty. ”
"Huh?" the emperor turned his hand back, his face displeased, "what is the matter with you?"
Ning Ke lowered his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the second prince who was deposed earlier sent someone to arrest Weichen and the family teacher, saying that Weichen and the family teacher were suspected of killing the monarch, which is really wronged, and I also ask Your Majesty to learn from it." ”
"The medical saint was also arrested?" the emperor frowned, the concubine had told him that Wang Ke had added something else to the medicine, but she didn't say anything about the medical saint!
No matter how good the medical saint is, he is also a figure with a head and a face in Kyoto, he has to be a little scrupled, and he doesn't really believe that the medical saint will do such a thing, why did Chu Yuxuan arrest people?
Old man Hu said in a timely manner: "Back to Your Majesty, it is not only the old man who was arrested, but hundreds of people from Baolin Zhai, and even all the employees in Xiao Ke'er's industry. ”
Speaking of this, his tone was both aggrieved and angry, "Please also ask Your Majesty to find out, the old man and the others are just ordinary people, what crime they have committed, so that they are so mobilized to arrest hundreds of thousands of people!"
The emperor's brows furrowed even tighter, and he didn't seem to expect Chu Yuxuan to arrest so many people with great fanfare, although killing the monarch was a big crime, but Ning Ke and the medical saint had special identities, and they arrested so many people without conclusive evidence, and the impact didn't seem to be very good.
Especially now that the situation is not peaceful, and the four countries are coerced, if the Ningguo Mansion and the Regent Mansion rebel again, it will really outweigh the losses.
After a little silence, the emperor had already figured out the pros and cons, raised his eyes to look at Old Man Hu, and said in a deep voice: "Rest assured, I will not wronged an innocent person!
"Your Majesty is wise!" Old Man Hu praised.
Ning Ke refused to let go of this great opportunity, and continued: "Your Majesty, although the former second prince insisted that Weichen added something else to the medicine, Weichen was indeed wronged. Before His Majesty fell ill, Wechen had been on vacation, not in the palace, until he returned from vacation, and the hospital arranged for Wechen to serve the decoction, and Wechen had this honor in front of the king. ”
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty can go and ask the people in the palace if Wei Chen has only returned to the palace in the past few days!" she said: "In addition, no imperial doctor from any Tai Hospital can bring medicine in and out of the palace without permission, and if there is no Soul Grass and rice sac in Tai Hospital, then Wei Chen will not have it." This matter is full of suspicions, and I ask Your Majesty to investigate it!"
The emperor naturally knew what she said, and the imperial doctor who didn't have any grade couldn't come to him, and he still felt strange how to change people before. And all the imperial doctors had to be searched when they left the palace, and it was indeed unlikely that Wang Ke would bring the medicine in.
Perhaps, there is something else to this matter.
Ning Ke didn't say too much, his tone was sincere, he grasped the measure, and he got to the point.
She just needs to tell the facts, and she doesn't say much about Chu Yuxuan's wrong, so as not to make the emperor suspicious. But when she said this, the suspicious emperor would definitely continue to think about it, and as for what would happen in the end, it was not for her to care.
After hearing her words, the emperor nodded with a gloomy face, and left without saying anything.
It was difficult to get out of the palace, and the emperor did not return to the palace directly, but ordered people to walk slower, secretly looking out from the carriage, and also wanted to observe the people's feelings.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked onto the street, I saw that the front was surrounded by crowds, talking about something.
The emperor frowned and asked people to go down to investigate, and after a while, after the inquirer came back and explained the situation, the emperor was immediately furious and slapped his palm on the car window.
"It's the other way around!