Chapter 191: Peak Loop Turn (Medium)

Before dawn, a secret ritual was being performed in the Buddhist hall next to the Yongshou Palace. In the curling cigarette smoke, I saw more than a dozen monks standing solemnly on the left and right, holding scriptures and chanting in a low voice, and the thick and long voice seemed to come from a distance.

I saw the emperor Tie Qing standing quietly outside the Buddha hall with a blue face, and his gloomy eyes were falling on the coffin in the center of the hall, as if he wanted to pierce the thick coffin through two holes. Imperial Physician Zhang behind him also had a serious expression, but his somewhat pale face still revealed the nervousness in his heart.

After the sound of ceremonial music, the sky will be bright. An elderly monk paced forward and said, "Your Majesty, you can open the coffin." ”

The Emperor nodded silently.

The monk turned and walked back, and gathered a few strong young monks to pry open the coffin. I saw that the lid of the coffin was wedged with copper nails on all sides, and there were as many as twenty of them, which were firmly embedded in the coffin. If you want to open the coffin, you have to pull out all the nails.

Time passed little by little, and there were long copper nails scattered on the ground. Seeing that the last nail was about to be pulled out of the lid of the coffin, there was a dead silence inside and outside the Buddhist hall, and everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, waiting for the moment when the coffin opened. The cause of the death of the four princes will soon be revealed.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a shout not far away: "The Queen Mother has arrived-" This sound was like a warning and a message, which suddenly alarmed everyone present.

The emperor's face was immediately full of anger, and he shouted: "Who leaked the news!" But he knew that now was not the time to hold him accountable, so he hurriedly turned back to the whispered Imperial Doctor Zhang and said, "Go to the autopsy!" I'll help you drag it first! With that, he walked out of the Buddha hall quickly.

"Huh?" The Imperial Doctor Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly walked to the coffin, but he couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart. The emperor and the queen mother, he can't afford to offend either. Sandwiched between these two, he must not be able to eat and walk around. If he can't find any clues this time, his Zhang Yizhi's head will definitely not be saved. It wasn't until this moment that he regretted that he seemed to be too reckless.

"Early in the morning, what is the emperor doing here?" I saw the Queen Mother come over from afar and asked. She needs help to walk on weekdays, but at the moment she walks extremely fast, and she can't see that her legs and feet are inconvenient at all. Behind her was a group of gray-haired old ministers, all of whom looked angry at each other, and it seemed that they all knew about it.

The emperor hurriedly stepped forward and hugged the queen mother and said: "My son stayed awake all night last night, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he thought of the appearance of the fourth prince before he died, and it was really painful. Thinking that he died unjustly, and his soul was not gone, so he invited several masters to come and do a ritual, one was to surpass the soul, and the other was to seek peace of mind. ”

"Well, I see." The Queen Mother nodded and said, "Let's go and take a look at the mourning family." ”

The emperor stopped: "No need, the ritual has just been completed." ”

At this moment, I could only hear a slight noise in the Buddha hall, like the dull sound of something heavy being placed on the ground. The Queen Mother frowned at first, and then immediately understood. She glared at the emperor angrily, then shook off his hand and entered the temple herself.

"Mother!" The emperor hurriedly stopped behind.

At this time, I saw the imperial physician standing next to the coffin that had been opened, bending over, holding a sharp knife, and seeing that it was about to be cut.

"Stop! Someone—take this thief down for me! The Queen Mother pointed at the Imperial Doctor and gnashed her teeth, already angry to the extreme.

The guards rushed into the temple. At this moment, the emperor also spoke: "Who dares! Zhang Yizhi, I order you to continue the autopsy! ”

None of the people dared to act rashly, they all looked at each other, not knowing what to do. The Imperial Doctor Zhang was even more dumbfounded, trembling so much that he couldn't hold the knife steadily.

The Queen Mother slowly paced in front of the emperor and said slowly, word by word: "Filial piety is the beginning of humanity." Emperor, can't you let go of the mother of the mourning family in your eyes? ”

The hat buttoned up quite a bit. The emperor immediately knelt down and said with tears in his eyes: "Mother, it's not that the son is unfilial. It's really that the fourth child died in vain, and I can't swallow this breath no matter how much I think about it! ”

The Queen Mother glanced at him, and said in a softened tone: "If you want to find out the ins and outs of the matter, there are many ways, why do you have to move the minds of the deceased?" The four princes were wrongfully killed in their lives, and after their deaths, their bodies were incomplete and their souls were uneasy. Not to mention that the law of the ancestors cannot be tolerated, emperor, that is your own son! The pain of losing a child is like cutting the skin, and now you call him a violent corpse in front of people, how can you bear it! The Queen Mother said that she was already in tears.

The ministers also knelt down one after another and shouted, "Your Majesty! I hope you think again! ”

Seeing this battle, Imperial Physician Zhang knew very well in his heart that if he dared to go under the knife, he was afraid that before the knife went down, he would be torn up by the old ministers and given to the four princes to be buried with him. Even if the autopsy finds out anything this time, the Queen Mother will never let herself go, and a casual charge of killing a corpse is enough to kill herself several times. Thinking of this, he also gritted his teeth and knelt down and said loudly: "The crime deserves death!" You shouldn't have rashly said your delusions, but you misled the emperor! ”

"You deserve to die for your crimes!" The Queen Mother said coldly, "But after listening to some unfounded Qi Dongye's words, I dare to bewitch the people above the court!" ”

Imperial Physician Zhang didn't defend himself, but kept kowtowing, and his forehead was already black.

At this time, the emperor was also very troubled in his heart. He was originally afraid of this matter, so he would invite someone to do it. I thought that I would cover up the matter after quietly checking the cause of death, but who knew what I was afraid of. Forget about a queen mother, the most difficult thing is the old stubbornness. If you can't get these people to come to the king with death again, this matter will be really big.

After thinking about it, I had to stop there.

I heard the emperor sigh and say, "Stop, stop, you guys—close the lid of the coffin!" Tomorrow I will be buried! ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the Imperial Doctor Zhang immediately collapsed to the ground.

After this toss, after returning to Cining Palace, the Queen Mother was very tired, and after eating a few sips of tea at will, she leaned on the couch to rest, and let the palace maid pinch her shoulders and beat her legs. After a while, she closed her eyes and began to breathe evenly. When the maid saw that she was asleep, she quietly got up and tiptoed to leave.

"Colorful clouds." An old and hoarse voice suddenly sounded behind her, and she was so frightened that she immediately pinned herself to the spot. I only heard the familiar voice and continued, "You quietly go to Yuqing Palace and invite the third prince over." ”

“…… Be! Slave and maid, go now! ”