Huo Yan is not stupid, the two grew up together, didn't he know what Yue Xun thought in his heart? It may take more effort to persuade the father and emperor to cooperate, but if the literature is not removed, the court will be uneasy, not only will his own position be difficult, but I am afraid that even his life will be in danger.

Huo Yan finally agreed, and Yue Xun tried his best.

Emperor Qi did not cooperate at first, fearing that the so-called relationship between the monarch and the minister would be harmed. However, he was silent when he saw the blood book that the Assassin had confessed. He was already suspicious, and after the assassination, he had to send several waves of Imperial Guards to guard the palace every night, even when he was fortunate to be beautiful.

If the assassination was really done by Wen Xiang, he just got rid of this threat, and if this matter has nothing to do with Wen Xiang, then he will put all the fault on Yue Xun, no matter what, he is the winner with the biggest benefits.

Emperor Qi was seriously ill and resigned, and the government and the opposition were shaken for a while. It's not that the ministers don't know Emperor Qi's habits, and they can tell that they are not a longevity look, but they are not so early... At this time, some ministers can't sit still, the position of the prince has not yet been officially canonized, and there are many parties in the DPRK and China.

In recent days, officials of all sizes have come to visit the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is undoubtedly a major event for the establishment of the reserve. Most of them were officials who supported the three princes, and advised Wen Xiang to ask the emperor to confirm the holy will earlier, and a small number of lobbyists from the five princes and the six princes' parties came to woo them. Wen Xiang maintained a perfunctory attitude of not offending anyone, but he had his own calculations in his heart.

In the Dache Palace, Concubine Wen leaned on the chaise longue, the maids dipped in the juice of phoenix flowers and carefully applied it to her smooth nails, she closed her eyes, and hummed the most popular opera "The Palace of Eternal Life" in Beijing at the moment.

Wen Xiang was impatient, put the cup on the table, and with a snapping sound, the tea was sprinkled everywhere, and the little maid was startled, and her hand shook and stained her fingers, so frightened that she kowtowed again and again.

Concubine Wen was also not interested, so she asked them to remove the dye, and then pointed to the maid beside her and said, "Didn't you see that the prime minister's tea was spilled?" Don't go to the full! ”

"Yes, yes." The maid hurried over and poured tea into her cup.

"What's the matter with my father's visit?" The concubine yawned lazily and looked tired.

"You stand down first." Wen Xiang waved his hand back to support everyone, then picked up the teacup and took a sip, staring at the concubine with sharp eyes, and said, "Let me ask you, is Your Majesty really sick?" ”

Concubine Wen rubbed her sore neck and stretched: "Where is this fake?" Your Majesty has been unconscious all day, and I have been sick for three days, but I am exhausted. ”

Wen Xiang was still vigilant, and asked softly: "Then did Your Majesty reveal the matter of the establishment of the prince?" ”

Concubine Wen rolled her eyes, and she knew that he had frequently written to herself in the past few days, and he had entered the palace again today, for what was the matter? Isn't it your own power?

"Nope." Concubine Wen was concise.

Wen Xiang had a long beard, and his eyes shrewdly shone brightly. The emperor is unconscious, this is a good opportunity, as long as the emperor dies, there is no posthumous prince, then he has the final say, Wen Xiang calculated in his heart, Huo Ze is quite assertive, he can't get much power, family affection is important; But if it is the fifth prince, that person is mediocre and incompetent and can just be a puppet, and when the time comes, it is not a simple matter to change the dynasty, and then the world will be surnamed Wen and not Huo.

Ideas must always be put into action, and the most important thing at the moment is Emperor Qi's life, he must not live. Wen Xiang secretly took out a packet of medicinal powder from his sleeve, and handed it to the concubine while there was no one around: "This is the medicine I asked for from outside, you put it in the emperor's decoction three times a time, and the emperor will be fine in less than ten days." ”

Concubine Wen twitched the corners of her mouth, when he was still the little girl who didn't know anything about the world when he first entered the palace, he could swing at will.

Concubine Wen is the concubine of Wen Xiang, and there was originally a sister above her, who was born in Wen Xiang's outer room, but unfortunately that person was not blessed, and he was gone early a year before the draft. So much so that his mother died of illness, and his beloved died in a foreign country. Where is the father-daughter relationship between the two, it is more of a relationship of interests.

"Father, let's ask someone else to do it, I'm not feeling well, and I've asked the queen not to serve the sick." Concubine Wen couldn't help but refuse directly.

Wen Xiang's face was ugly, he found that this daughter was becoming more and more out of his control, Tie Qing snorted and shook his sleeves and left, he presented so many beauties to Emperor Qi, and some of them were his own.

Concubine Wen pursed her lips and said unlucky, and then said to the person on the other side of the screen: "Ze'er, is it really okay for us to refuse him like this?" It's your grandfather, and if that man dies, he won't be able to support you. ”

Huo Ze lifted the curtain and walked out of the screen, his eyes were deep and let out a sneer: "Mother Concubine thinks, if he wants to support me, why does he refuse to disclose his plan to me every time, why didn't the five princes get hurt in the assassination, are you a vegetarian on weekdays as those assassins?" ”

"Okay, this stinky old man, he has used me to do so many things, and he still has this mind." Concubine Wen slapped the table fiercely, she had done so many things for him, what did she get in exchange, she should have been sober a long time ago, and she had no family affection for that kind of person.

The concubine took a deep breath, looked at her son and asked, "What should we do now?" ”

"You don't have to do anything, the concubine just needs to stay in the palace and help the Queen Mother copy the Buddhist scriptures when she has nothing to do, and don't worry about the rest." Huo Ze said unhurriedly and calmly.

"But what will your grandfather do when it involves you?" Concubine Wen is even more worried about this, her husband and father themselves are not rare, but only this one son is the meat that really fell from herself.

Huo Ze chuckled, his eyes without a trace of emotion: "My grandfather is now at the end of his rope, if the evidence of what he did before is reported, will my father blame me together, or will he think that I am loyal and reliable in killing my relatives in righteousness?" ”

Concubine Wen raised her eyes and looked at Huo Ze, only feeling that this son was a little strange, but she could only do this.

In the Heart Nourishing Palace, only two figures could be faintly seen in the flickering candlelight.

"Yan'er, does this method really work?" Emperor Qi stood up from the bed and coughed violently. It was originally a pretending illness, but now it is really sick.

Huo Yan picked up the water on the high table and handed it to Emperor Qi, and helped him smooth his breath by the way: "I have asked people to release the news, the assassin has taken advantage of the confession, and he will stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he will definitely gain something in the near future." ”

"That's good, ahem, ahem." Emperor Qi coughed violently again, and suddenly spat blood from his mouth and stained the futon red.

Huo Yan was shocked, picked up a handkerchief and wiped Emperor Qi's blood-stained beard, and said with concern: "Father, what's wrong with you?" ”

Emperor Qi grabbed Huo Yan's hand tightly and was a little breathless: "I don't know why, I've been very sick in recent days, and I'm coughing morning and night." ”

Huo Yan felt that something was wrong, why did he suddenly cough when he was pretending to be sick, and hurriedly asked, "What has my father been exposed to in the past few days, or what do you think is wrong?" ”

Emperor Qi calmly recalled, and after a while, his tone trembled a little: "The meals are all through Gonggong Feng's hands, everything is as usual, but... Recently, the taste of the decoction has become more special. ”

"Who are the attendants?" Huo Yan continued to ask.

"The queen concubine is too tired, I let them go back to the palace to rest, and now it is Qing Concubine and Min Guiren who are serving the sick." Emperor Qi made an excuse, so that he would not admit that he thought the former was old and coveted the latter's beauty.

What Emperor Qi said was true or false, Huo Yan knew very well and did not expose him. If you think about it, you realize that something is wrong.

"When did those two ladies enter the palace?"

"In the last general election, it was recommended by the prime minister." As soon as Emperor Qi finished speaking, he also realized that something was wrong, so the two of them were Wenxiang people. Emperor Qi gritted his teeth angrily and said: "Okay, these two sluts, I am so good to them, Yan'er is fast, quickly spread my will and give them death!" ”

Huo Yan stabilized Emperor Qi and said softly: "Father, don't worry, this move is easy to startle the snake, and first treat it as if nothing happened, and see what waves they can make." ”

Emperor Qi calmed down and realized that he was indeed too excited, so he nodded and agreed.

At this time, Gonggong Feng pushed open the door and stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, the third prince asks to see you." ”

Huo Yan was a little surprised, it was rumored outside that His Majesty had been in a coma all day, how could the third prince enter the palace to meet him at this time in the middle of the night. Emperor Qi was also puzzled, and the two looked at each other.

"Pass him in." Emperor Qi continued to lie back on the bed, looking weak. Wen Xiang is the maternal ancestor of the third prince, and he is not sure whether in Huo Ze's heart, it is his father who is more important or his foreign family is heavier. He wouldn't have come to force the palace to kill his father, Emperor Qi called Huo Yan to him, staring at the outside vigilantly, planning an escape route in his heart.

However, Emperor Qi was too worried after all, Huo Ze entered the palace today without a single soldier and alone. He stepped into the Palace of Heart Cultivation and saw that Huo Yan was also there, first surprised, and then hooked his lips and smiled, and was even more sure that Emperor Qi was pretending to be sick, so he bowed: "The son sees his father." ”

Emperor Qi struggled to get up and raised his hand: "Ze'er is exempt." ”

"Thank you, Father." Huo Ze got up, glanced at Huo Yan, and said, "The sixth brother is so late, and he is still serving in the palace, which is really hard. ”

"The third brother is not like this, it is the duty of the son to be filial to his father and the emperor." Huo Yan smiled back.

Huo Ze stepped forward and took Emperor Qi's hand and said, "Why is my father's face so pale, but where is his body uncomfortable?" ”

Emperor Qi patted Huo Ze's hand and said, "It's okay, it's useless when you're old." He wouldn't say that he was drugged by the two beauties offered by Wen Xiangjin. Emperor Qi then asked: "Ze'er entered the palace so late, but what is the important matter?" ”

"Father." Huo Ze was embarrassed and dull for a long time before he took out a stack of letter paper from his arms and handed it to Emperor Qi: "This is a letter handed over by some ministers to their sons this morning, about Wen Xiang writing a letter to win over the sidelines. ”

Emperor Qi quickly took the letter, and after ten lines at a glance, he was so angry that he threw the letter on the ground: "Damn, I haven't died yet, he wants to win over the courtiers to support the prince!" ”

Huo Yan bent his knees and picked up the letters on the ground to check, the contents of the letters were all words about Wen Xiang's cultivation of party henchmen and support for the establishment of a new monarch, but there was no mention of who he wanted to support, Huo Yan looked at Huo Ze with a complicated expression, his third brother not only exposed Wen Xiang, but also picked himself up, it was not simple.

"And that's not all." Huo Ze said: "The mother concubine also found that the two concubines in the palace have been in contact with the outside world recently, and they also asked their father to find out. ”

Emperor Qi coughed a few times and pointed at Huo Ze, and said, "Ze'er, you have done an excellent job in this matter, and you deserve to be my good son for killing your relatives in righteousness." Then the matter of Wenxiang will be left to you! It's a great achievement. Then he turned his head to look at Huo Yan: "Yan'er, you help your third brother, and you will be rewarded after the matter is completed!" ”

"The son will not disappoint his father." A gleam flashed in Huo Ze's eyes, this was what he was waiting for.

"Yes." Huo Yan agreed, but he had a lot of thoughts.

The next day, in the small kitchen of the Yangxin Palace, Concubine Qing and the noble Min tiptoed in.

"It's strange, in the past, there were palace maids and eunuchs guarding them, why is it so quiet now?" Min Guiren looked around suspiciously, and indeed he didn't see a single figure.

Qing Concubine carefully took out the package of medicine powder from her arms and said, "Isn't it just right that no one is there?" On weekdays, in order to support them, how much silver did you reward me, but are you still not happy to save money today? ”

"You can't say that...."

Min Guiren wanted to say something, but was stopped by Qing Concubine.

"Okay, okay, don't waste time, the task given to us by Wen Xiang hasn't been completed yet." Qing Concubine opened the medicine stove and was choked with heat and wept: "Hurry up, we still have to rush to serve the sick!" ”

Min Guiren still felt that something was wrong, but the longer it dragged on, the more dangerous it became, so he could only take the powder and add it to the decoction.

"What are you two doing?" Huo Ze stood at the door, his tone cold, but it also startled the two of them.

With a bang, Qing Concubine was so frightened that she couldn't hold the lid of the stove steadily, and smashed it to the ground and shattered into small pieces. Min Guiren was the first to react, pouring all the medicinal powder into the furnace, trying to destroy the evidence.

Huo Yan's eyes were quick, and he snatched the medicine powder and subdued her to the ground, and the guards held the two of them away, and the bead hairpin fell out of her hair and sideburns, and she was very embarrassed.

"Get on your knees!" The two of them were escorted to the Heart Cultivation Hall and knelt on the ground tremblingly.

Emperor Qi had learned from the mouths of the two princes what had just happened, and he was so angry that Empress Xue stepped forward, fisted and kicked at the two of them, and verbally insulted: "Slut! It's because I love you so much that you have framed me for outsiders! ”

Empress Xue watched from the sidelines, happy in her heart, she had long been jealous that the two of them were so favored, and she didn't even pay attention to her by relying on the favor, but now she gave herself a breath, no matter how happy she was, she still had to act like a show on the surface, she stroked Emperor Qi's chest and persuaded: "Your Majesty, don't be angry with these two sluts, the gains outweigh the losses if you are angry." ”

Qing Concubine stepped forward and hugged Emperor Qi's leg and cried: "Your Majesty, the concubine is wronged!" ”

"Wronged?" Emperor Qi's eyes were full of murderous intent, he pulled her hair, pulled her to the decoction, and said, "If you drink it, I will believe that you are wronged." ”

Qing Concubine was afraid and struggled to avoid it, Emperor Qi then pulled Min Guiren, Min Guiren cried so much that pear blossoms brought rain, Emperor Qi has always favored her, and couldn't help but pull the strength to send some.

"Doctor, can you find out what this is?" Empress Xue saw that Emperor Qi had a little compassion, and hurriedly urged the old lady.

The old lady doctor sniffed left and right, got up and knelt on the ground: "Hui Queen, this is a kind of poison from a foreign country, it tastes sweet, and the eater will cough violently in the end." ”

Gentiles, poisons. Emperor Qi is not calm. Wen Xiang not only put himself to death, but also colluded with foreign countries. Emperor Qi looked at Min Guiren's flower-like face, and at this moment he only felt as harmful as a rakshasa, he let go of his hand and said in as soft a tone as possible: "Who instructed you?" Speak up, and I'll spare your life. ”

Min Guiren kept his mouth shut, Rao is a person who is so afraid of death as Qing Concubine, and he bowed his head and was silent at the moment.

Emperor Qi closed his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes were red, and he rushed to the side to pick up the matching sword on the wall, and hacked the two of them to death. Pity the two flower-like beauties who died like this, and they didn't even have time to close their eyes.

Huo Ze was prosaic, as if he was used to seeing this bloody side; Huo Yan couldn't bear to turn his head a little; Empress Xue was so frightened that her body trembled, she thought that the two of them would be thrown into the cold palace, she didn't expect that they would end up in such a miserable end, and she didn't expect that the person next to her would look so out of control.

"Drag it down, throw it at the mass grave."

After receiving the order of Emperor Qi, the guards quickly dragged the corpse down with their hands and feet.

"Ze'er, Yan'er, then you can do it yourself." Emperor Qi was very tired when he experienced this, and his whole person seemed to be more than ten years old.

"Yes." Huo Ze Huo Yan responded in unison.

The news of the death of two concubines in the palace soon spread. If this is not a big deal in normal times, there are many women in the palace and there is a lot of competition, and it is common to eliminate a few in a year and a half; But now the meaning is different, especially when Wen Xiang knew that the dead concubine was his own person, he couldn't sit still at all.

Emperor Qi recovered and went back to court, but the palace issued an order to let him take leave to recuperate at home. Moon Xiang realized that his plan should have been advanced.