Chapter Eighty-One: A Loyal Protector of the Monarch • Rebellion at the Opportune Time
King Su took advantage of the Dragon Boat Festival to present the emperor with "poisonous dumplings", causing the emperor to be poisoned after eating, vomiting and diarrhea, and unconscious, the matter has not yet ended!
However, it's almost over.
Because, under the treatment of the father and daughter of the Zheng Yuan of the Tai Hospital, the emperor has woken up unharmed.
Qianqing Palace.
In the emperor's bedroom, there were six people, two sitting, one kneeling and three standing.
The emperor and Concubine Li sat on the dragon couch, his face gloomy, his eyes fixed on King Su.
Concubine Li has already told him everything, on the night of the Dragon Boat Festival, that is, last night, until the early morning of today, the reason why he suddenly vomited and diarrhea, and finally caused him to fall unconscious, this is because at noon of the Dragon Boat Festival, when he offered a gift to Yanhui, he ate the "poisonous dumplings" offered by King Su.
Although the factual evidence was in front of him, Concubine Li, Xiao Quanzi, and the father and daughter of the Zheng Yuan all testified that King Su was the murderer of the poison, but the emperor still did not want to believe that King Su would murder him.
"Alas!" The Emperor sighed helplessly and shook his head, "I really don't want to believe that King Su, who has been loyal to me for decades, would actually poison me to murder me. ”
Concubine Li whispered in the emperor's ear: "The emperor, people, are all changeable. ”
The Emperor frowned, and his face became even more gloomy.
People are subject to change!
Perhaps, King Su, it has really changed!
King Su knelt on the ground, his face was like ashes, his head was bowed, sweat was like rain, and his hands holding the ground trembled uncontrollably.
He knew it was a conspiracy, a trap, a murderous attempt to kill him.
However, he has a lot of suffering, and he can't argue, because all these conspiracies and tricks, planting and blaming the blame, are really seamless.
He couldn't find any flaws, he couldn't do anything to refute them.
I don't know what else to do but wait for death?
The chief eunuch Xiao Quanzi, the master of Zheng Yuan, and his daughter Zheng Lingshao stood beside them with their hands down, but they looked very relaxed, looking like they had nothing to do with themselves.
After a suffocating silence......
The emperor's face softened a lot, he calmed down, stared at King Su and asked, "King Su, things are really as everyone said, did you really poison and murder me?" I'd like you to explain. ”
King Su responded in a trembling voice: "The minister can only say that the minister did not poison him." ”
The emperor said calmly: "But the facts and evidence are there, the zongzi you offered are indeed poisonous." ”
"Minister......" King Su pondered for a moment, "Minister...... The minister also does not know what to do, in order to ensure the freshness of the zongzi, I believe that the zongzi of the ministers and the ministers are made the night before the Dragon Boat Festival, and the minister is the same, after the minister makes the zongzi, he puts it into a special insulated box, and then puts it in the minister's room, and the minister personally takes care of it until the next day to the emperor, there has been nothing wrong in the middle, how can the zongzi be poisonous? The minister is really confused. ”
The emperor looked at the master of the Zheng Academy: "Has the thermos box been checked?" Are there any questions? ”
Master Zheng shook his head: "No, the thermos box is nothing unusual, there is a problem and it is poisonous, just zongzi." ”
King Su seemed to have accepted his fate, and he said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, you can dispose of the ministers!" ”
The emperor thought for a while and said: "I'm not a faint king, King Su, think about it carefully, did anything unusual happen to you in the middle of making zongzi and sending zongzi?" Don't rush, take your time, think carefully. ”
"Emperor Xie Longen, the minister thinks about it immediately!" King Su was grateful, and then frowned and fell into deep thought.
Concubine Li looked at King Su with disdain, and her eyes seemed to be that King Su was already a death row prisoner who was about to be beheaded.
It's been a long time......
Suddenly, King Su's eyes lit up, as if he had an understanding, and he said seriously: "The minister thought that on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, before the emperor arrived at the imperial garden, the minister sat in the banquet and waited, and when he was talking with the ministers, a little eunuch suddenly came, saying that the head of Xiao Quanzi wanted to see the ministers......"
Before King Su finished speaking, Xiao Quanzi's face changed greatly, and he interrupted King Su's words in a hurry: "Your Majesty, the slave didn't have it, the slave didn't send someone to find King Su that day, this is a non-existent thing." ”
Xiao Quanzi told the truth, he really didn't send anyone to find King Su, saying that he had something to do with him.
The emperor drank in a deep voice: "Minion, who told you to answer?" ”
Xiao Quanzi's face turned white in fright, and he hurriedly lowered his head.
The emperor faced King Su: "King Su, you go on." ”
King Su nodded, and then said: "The minister put the dumpling box on the table at that time, and followed the little eunuch to go, I never thought that the road was more than halfway through, and the little eunuch suddenly said that he remembered the wrong person, and the person who the little Quanzi manager wanted to see was not me, and then he left, and I also returned to the table, and the dumpling box was indeed still on the table, and the minister did not feel anything unusual. ”
"Oh, there's such an episode." The emperor narrowed his eyes, "It seems that things are really not simple, King Su, I ask you, do you know the little eunuch you mentioned?" ”
King Su shook his head: "I don't know the minister." ”
The emperor rolled his eyes and asked, "Do you remember the face of that little eunuch?" ”
King Su did not hesitate: "The minister remembers." ”
The emperor smiled: "That's easy, you dictate and order someone to draw the portrait of the little eunuch, and I order someone to strictly investigate and search in the palace, I believe that the suspicious little eunuch will be found." ”
The emperor was so trusting and favoring King Su, which Concubine Li did not expect, she flattened her mouth, and was about to blame King Su for adding oil and vinegar to the emperor......
"Your Majesty...... Emperor. Wan Gexiong, the chief of the palace guards, rushed to the emperor with a hurry.
The emperor casually asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Wan Gexiong glanced at King Su and replied in a deep voice: "Commander Liang has led the Praetorian Guards to Qianqing Palace. ”
"What?" The emperor was taken aback and stood up, "I don't have a will, how can he transfer the Praetorian Guards into the palace?" ”
Without the emperor's decree, privately transferring the Praetorian Guards into the palace would be considered a misdelict move.
King Su's consternation was no less than that of the emperor, he didn't understand, how could his son suddenly transfer the Praetorian Guards into the palace and come to the emperor's bedroom, Qianqing Palace?
Wan Gexiong said angrily: "Your Majesty, the ministers look at King Su and his son, eighty percent of them are rebelling!" ”
In the end, it is the king of a country, the emperor is not surprised, he stabilized his heart and said: "Where is the other?" ”
Wan Gexiong replied: "Just outside the door, he said that he wanted to come in and meet the emperor." ”
The emperor took a deep breath: "Face-to-face? Meet with the troops? What kind of fame? Do you really want to rebel? Surrender the blade and let him in. ”
Wan Gexiong was a little worried: "Your Majesty, this ......"
The Emperor commanded categorically: "Go!" ”
"Yes, the minion is going!" Wan Gechon took the order and left.
After a while, Wan Gexiong and Liang Yuanjin came to the emperor.
Liang Yuanjin suddenly found that his father, King Su, was kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help but say blankly: "Dad, why are you here?" ”
King Su ignored him and turned a blind eye to him.
Liang Yuanjin was puzzled, and the emperor asked him: "Liang Yuanjin, without my holy decree, what do you mean by privately transferring the Praetorian Guards into the palace and going straight to my Qianqing Palace?" ”
"This ......," Liang Yuanjin was speechless for a while.
The emperor was furious: "You privately transferred the Praetorian Guards into the palace and went straight to my Qianqing Palace, you don't know why?" ”
Liang Yuanjin hurriedly knelt down and explained: "The minister heard that there was a change in the palace, so he privately transferred the Praetorian Guards into the palace to come to the emperor's Qianqing Palace. ”
"Nonsense!" The emperor shouted sharply, his face full of anger, "What escort? I see that you are here to see if I was poisoned by your father, you are here to rebel against the palace! ”
Extreme anger caused the wise emperor to lose his mind.
Liang Yuanjin felt inexplicable by the emperor's words, but he knew that the emperor was angry, so he had to continue to explain: "Your Majesty, the minister is really ......"
"Enough!" The Emperor interrupted him coldly, "Xiao Quanzi, Wan Gexiong! ”
"The minions are here!" Xiao Quanzi and Wan Gexiong stepped forward in response.
"Xiao Quanzi, you immediately make an order for me, and let those Praetorian Guards outside go back to their barracks!"
"Yes!"
"Wan Gexiong, you immediately tied up King Su's father and son!"
"Yes!"
Concubine Li saw it in her eyes, and secretly rejoiced in her heart.
At this moment, King Su's father and son are about to fall completely!