Chapter 176: The End of the Road
How can it be! Shi Hongwei shook his head dumbly: "There is no change in the capital, how could you arrange reinforcements in advance!" β
"There is indeed no change in Lidu." Someone came in outside, the rain flowed down the armor, the water splashed, the iron armor was sonorous, and the sound was like a bell: "But as soon as the rescue order of the prince comes out, the forbidden army and the city guard are duty-bound!" β
Shi Hongwei frowned, and when he saw this person's face clearly, his face sank: "Commander Lian." β
Lian Heng took the helmet, first saluted Yin Ge, and then frowned: "Lian Heng is responsible for defending the capital, and he is even more responsible for protecting the royal family. Prime Minister Shi Cheng privately transferred troops to besiege Longtai Mountain, daring to ask what he wanted? β
Shi Hongwei was silent, his eyes were rolling a little anxiously, as if he was thinking of a countermeasure.
The queen was anxious, and said in a coquettish voice: "The emperor is dead, if you talk about status here, you should also respect the palace, when will it be the turn of the prince and courtiers to shout?" β
"My father had a decree during his lifetime, and the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics." Feng Ming arched his hand and said: "Forgive the minister's bluntness, the mother will listen to it, don't talk nonsense." β
"You!" Empress Shi crossed her eyes, stared at Feng Ming and scolded: "My royal family's affairs, when will it be your turn to meddle?!" β
"Mother." Raising his eyebrows, Feng Ming said: "Weichen is the concubine of Princess Nanping." β
is also a member of the royal family, why can't he intervene?
Her face turned blue, Queen Shi gritted her teeth, and wanted to say more, but she heard a shout outside: "The imperial doctor is hereβ"
Everyone's hearts jumped, Shi Hongwei came back to his senses, and without saying a word, he reached out to stop the imperial doctor and the servant behind him, and shouted angrily: "Bold! His Majesty has died, how can the immortal body be wantonly probed! β
"Prime Minister Shi." Yin Gezhi said lightly: "Are you afraid that people will find out, and your father died of chronic poisoning?" β
His body stiffened, and Shi Hongwei snorted: "Why should the old man be afraid? What if it's chronic? β
"If it's a chronic poison, it has nothing to do with this king and Guan Qingyue." Yin Gezhi raised his eyes, stared at Yin Shenjue next to him and said: "The chronic poison attack is slow, and the amount of food must be large, only those who have been by my father's side for a long time have a chance." β
Those who have always been by the emperor's side are the people in the palace. It just so happened that during this time, the emperor was in poor health, and the queen had always been serving medicine.
Queen Shi's face was a little pale, and Yin Shenjue was even more flustered, and her forehead was full of cold sweat.
"I think it's weird to say." Feng Ming shrugged his shoulders and said loudly: "Your Majesty suddenly fell to the ground, the breath is still there, the prince asked me to find the imperial doctor, I looked everywhere, and I didn't see the shadow of the imperial doctor at all." According to the rules, His Majesty usually has to be accompanied by a doctor when he travels. Dare to ask Prime Minister Shi, why is there no imperial doctor among the entourage you arranged? Did you know that Your Majesty was going to have an accident and deliberately did not let the Imperial Doctor save him? β
The clan relatives were in an uproar, and the people standing beside the queen and the crown prince instantly retreated.
Shi Hongwei was silent.
He felt that today's plan was seamless, the emperor took the last medicine in the morning, and died in his calculations, he could take advantage of the situation to put the charge on Yin Shenbi's head, and then send the crown prince to the throne.
Everything fell into place, but how did it become the way it is?
Is it strange that Yin Shenbi and Feng Ming are like springs? Or should Lian Heng be blamed for coming too quickly? Or should he blame the insufficient troops he can mobilize to fight Yin Shenbi to the death?
It's all weird! Anything is to blame! These things are not within the scope of his imagination! If Yin Shenbi and Feng Ming didn't speak, he would have already convicted hundreds of officials of Yin Shenbi's crime! If Lian Heng doesn't come, these 500 soldiers will be enough to correct Yin Shenbi on the spot! If he can still mobilize his troops, he still has a chance to turn around......
However, it was too late to say anything, and he lost this battle.
Some embarrassedly grabbed the imperial doctor's clothes and didn't want him to pass, but the old imperial doctor had a lot of strength, and Feng Ming next to him dragged him, and after a while, the old imperial doctor broke free of the clamps and stepped forward to check the emperor's body.
All the clan relatives turned around to avoid it, Yin Shenjue trembled and grabbed the corner of his mother's clothes, and shouted in a low voice: "Queen Mother......"
Empress Shi looked panicked, grabbed him and signaled not to make a sound, her mind was blank.
I don't know how long it took, the servant and the imperial physician behind him put the three-clawed dragon pattern silver robe on Emperor Wei Wendi's face again, and then bowed to everyone: "Your Majesty died of poisoning, this poison has penetrated deep into the lungs, and the amount of food taken is large, and the time of taking it is longer, resulting in the increasing failure of the dragon's internal organs...... Wei Chen asked His Majesty before, and only felt that His Majesty's dragon was weak, but when he asked about food, there was nothing wrong with it, and he didn't dare to think about poison, but now he looked at it...... It's a dereliction of duty on our part! β
Nanping listened, and finally came back to his senses, and looked at Shi with red eyes: "Queen Mother!" β
Frightened by this reprimand, Queen Shi retreated again and again, shook her head and said, "It's not about the palace!" β
Is it still useful to quibble now? No! Nanping screamed a little uncontrollably, and pounced on the queen, ignoring the etiquette, and hit her crying: "You return my father's order!" β
Yin Shenjue wanted to step forward, but as soon as he took a step, there was an extra hand on his throat.
"Killing a king is disloyalty." Yin Gezhi's voice sounded behind him like a ghost: "Killing my father is unfilial." β
Frightened, his legs weakened, Yin Shenjue shook his head again and again, and pointed his hand at Shi Hongwei: "It's all the Prime Minister's idea, it has nothing to do with me and the Queen Mother!" It was he who said that if my father died, I could succeed to the throne earlier, and I ...... I was forced! β
With a blue face, Shi Hongwei opened his mouth and scolded: "Adou who can't be helped!" β
They can still resist death and deny it, who knew that this useless prince actually sold him first?
was so angry that his eyes turned white, Shi Hongwei looked left and right, anyway, it was already a dead end, so what did he care?
Suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Princess Nanping, who was fighting with the queen, Shi Hongwei clasped her throat with two fingers, and shouted angrily with red eyes: "Don't move!" β
Feng Ming was controlling the queen, Yin Gezhi pinched the prince, and before the two of them could react, Nanping was already pinched by Shi Hongwei and retreated to the side.
"Prime Minister Shi!" Lian Heng snorted: "Are you going to rebel?" β
"Rebellion?" Haha laughing, Shi Hongwei gritted his teeth and said: "It's all come to this point, what about rebellion, what if you don't rebel?" It's not going to end well anyway. β
"Brother......" Queen Shi's face turned pale and trembled all over.
Relieved, Shi Hongwei looked at Yin Gezhi: "The prince has won, it's beautiful to win, you have a lot of people, you can completely put us to death here." If the crown prince is gone, you will be able to ascend the throne smoothly. Yes, that's great! β
Yin Gezhi looked at him expressionlessly, silent, as if waiting for him to finish speaking.
The rain outside was louder, the atmosphere was extremely depressing, the female relatives were already crying, and the clan relatives were hiding behind Lian Heng, watching the confrontation on that side in fear.
Turning his head to look at the body of Emperor Wei Wen on the table next to him, Shi Hongwei sneered: "The self-proclaimed Emperor of the Ages, who died so miserably, is unprecedented. β
"Prime Minister Shi." Nanping, who was holding him hostage, gritted his teeth and spoke: "Father treats you well, how can you say such a rebellious thing when he is still in peace?" β
"Heroic Spirit?" As soon as he heard this, Shi Hongwei smiled: "The princess who grew up in the palace is good, she doesn't know anything, do you really think that your father is a Ming monarch?" If he were a Ming Jun, he would not have killed folk scholars, would not appoint traitorous ministers and villains, and would not have forced loyal ministers and good generals to be cornered and abandon their officials one after another! β
Nanping was stunned, his eyes widened, and he looked at his imperial brother opposite him a little blankly.
Yin Gezhi frowned: "Prime Minister Shi, be cautious." β
"When Emperor Wei Wendi was still alive, I was cautious enough." Sneered, Shi Hongwei gritted his teeth: "When you first enter the official career, isn't the old man dedicated to serving the country?" But what about him? Zhao Xu refused to promote the old man! What use can Zhao Xu's kind of wreckage be? Our emperor doesn't look at anything else, just look at the words, if the words are well written, there will be officials! Does the prince know how the old man's position as prime minister came about? Haha, after practicing calligraphy for two years, I wrote a letter praising Your Majesty, plus the kind words of the concubine at that time, in exchange! β
"You say, such an emperor, should he be damned? There are not a few good officials left in the court, isn't it all forced by him! I poisoned him, what's wrong! β
Yin Ge was silent, Nan Ping gasped a few breaths, listened with his eyes open blankly, and couldn't cry for a while.
"My Shi family, how easy is it to get to this point?" Laughing with tears, Shi Hongwei shook his head: "I have been an official for so many years, I have never dared to make mistakes, and the Shi family in the court has not had much contact with me, for fear that the emperor will think that I am forming a party for personal gain and threatening his imperial power." But now all these years of planning have been ruined, and they are ruined in your hands! Yours in your hands! β
Looking at Yin Gezhi angrily, Shi Hongwei said a little crazy: "If you don't let me live, then your most beloved imperial sister will also die with me!" β
The last few words were so loud that Shi Hongwei looked hideous, and the green tendons on his hands burst out. Nanping was suddenly pinched by him, his face turned pale, and he struggled in pain!
Yin Gezhi's pupils shrank, and he angrily pinched Yin Shenjue and asked, "You don't even care about the prince's life?!" β
"My life is hard to protect, and I care about others?" Laughing lowly, Shi Hong's only force was to send Nanping to the Western Heavens!
However, at this moment, a long knife came from behind with a cold aura and slashed at the back of his neck! The blade of the knife cuts through the flesh, cuts the meridians, and slashes against the bones.
The air around him seemed to suddenly freeze at this moment, and Shi Hongwei's hand loosened, a little dumbfounded. I wanted to turn my head to look behind me, but I was afraid that my head would be gone if I turned it.
He didn't react, and rolled his eyes blankly and thought, how could it be? Who reacted so quickly and would come and kill him at this time? Yin Gezhi and Feng Ming were both standing opposite......
The knife on the back of his neck was pulled, blood splattered, and he slowly fell backwards, his eyes wide open, and he couldn't understand.
Flipping his gaze, he saw the frescoed dome of the temple, and then he saw a face full of beards.
He has seen this face, when he arrested Guan Qingyue, he followed Lian Heng on the street to check the people, and he checked it seriously, he was a city protector.
Eh...... Why did this city protector tear off his beard? Why did he raise his knife again and slash at him?