Liu Zhong and Li Shilan followed the steward eunuch and entered the palace from the main gate of Xingqing Palace. Several people walked forward for more than ten meters, then turned left along Yonglu Road, and headed west.

In the meantime, I walked through some corridors and small gardens, and walked nearly 500 meters to a tall building. This building is a three-storey building with red pillars and black tiles, and it is particularly spectacular against the backdrop of red lanterns.

Li Shilan looked up and saw five big characters on the plaque: Calyx Xianghui Building.

The steward eunuch said hello to the deacon and eunuch at the door of the building, explained the situation, and walked in with Li Shilan and Luo Jian.

At this time, in the hall on the first floor, a grand song and dance performance is going on, and dozens of geisha are performing in the middle of the hall, and the musicians are playing drums, and the scene is very lively.

Li Shilan and Liu Zhong followed the steward eunuch and quickly walked around the perimeter of the hall to the side of the viewing platform, where the two were drinking and talking. A man in his fifties, with a majestic spirit, a red face, wearing a dragon robe with a yellow background, and a crown of gold silk wings, needless to say, this is Tang Xuanzong! Another woman was thirty-six or seventeen years old, with a graceful demeanor and a smile like a flower. While enjoying the singing and dancing performance, the two pushed their glasses and changed their lamps, talking and laughing.

At this moment, a palace maid brought a pot of imperial wine carried by a turquoise porcelain bottle and handed it to the woman beside the emperor. Kneeling on the ground and playing: "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui, please use it slowly." ”

When Li Shilan served the imperial wine to the palace maid, she had already smelled the strange smell of déjà vu outside the palace kitchen. Hearing this palace maid call the woman Concubine Hui again, she immediately became vigilant! He pulled Liu Zhong's sleeve vigorously, pointed to the wine jug that the palace maid was riding, and said, "Brother Zhong, this is the poisonous wine sent from the palace kitchen!" ”

"Who dares to be so rude! Here's a point! An old eunuch shook off the dust and said.

"Your Majesty, there are bad people here who have your secret order, saying that there is urgent news to report in person!" The steward and eunuch reported.

Hearing this, Concubine Wu Hui's face suddenly changed.

"Urgent news? Come up and talk. Tang Xuanzong didn't seem to particularly care.

Liu Zhong took Li Shilan forward, knelt in front of Xuanzong, and said, "Your Majesty, the top priority is that you must not drink this pot of wine, because it is poisonous!" ”

"What?" At this time, Tang Xuanzong was shocked, "Is that really the case?" Send someone to take down this palace maid! ”

The palace guards tied up the palace maid who delivered the wine with all hands and feet, and knelt in front of Xuanzong.

"Say it! Who instructed you? Recruit me from the truth! ”

Where has this palace maid seen this formation, cold sweat broke out on the top of her head, and the corner of her eyes was aimed at Concubine Wu Hui.

"You damn minion! How dare you murder the emperor?! "As he spoke, he was going to pour the poisoned wine jug into this palace maid.

"Aifei, what are you doing here?" Tang Xuanzong snatched the wine jug from Concubine Hui's hand, "I still have something to ask her!" ”

"The concubine is worried about the emperor's safety! This minion is so hateful that he should be put to death immediately! ”

"Concubine Hui, don't be impatient!" Liu Zhong said unhurriedly, "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan!" ”

"Tell me!" Xuanzong shook the hem of the dragon robe and said.

"The minister begs Your Majesty, if this palace maid can tell the truth and confess to the mastermind behind the scenes, she can be exempted from the death penalty!"

Xuanzong thought for a moment and said, "Accurate! ”

Liu Zhong walked up to the kidnapped palace maid and said, "This is Your Majesty's extra kindness, how can ordinary people have a way to live?" You don't want to recruit from the truth! ”

The palace maid burst into tears and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen!" The slave maid should be damned, she was instructed by Concubine Wu Hui! ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Xuanzong Long Yan was furious, "If you dare to talk nonsense, I will die immediately!" Don't worry, I won't believe this minion's words! Xuanzong turned around and comforted his favorite Concubine Wu Hui.

It doesn't matter what I look at, but I was taken aback!

Excessive fright

Hearing the palace maid say that this poisonous wine was sent by Concubine Wu Hui, Tang Xuanzong Long Yan was furious, because he didn't believe it at all!

angrily reprimanded the palace maid, Xuanzong turned around and wanted to comfort the favorite concubine, but found that Concubine Wu Hui was already lying on the back of the chair unconscious.

"Concubine! Love Concubine! Xuanzong shook Concubine Wu Hui's shoulder vigorously, but she didn't react.

"Hurry up and pass on the Imperial Doctor!" Xuanzong said anxiously to the eunuchs beside him.

"Yes! Your Majesty! A little eunuch flew out the door.

Liu Zhong and Li Shilan glanced at each other, but Liu Zhong opened his mouth first: "Your Majesty, the minister still has an urgent situation that needs to be reported to you immediately!" Maybe it has something to do with the poisoned wine. ”

"Oh? Come on! Tang Xuanzong said calmly.

"Your Majesty, the villain was hand-picked by you and entered King Shou's Mansion many years ago to monitor King Shou's every move as a secret agent. To this day, conclusive evidence has been obtained, and King Shou sent people to dig an underground secret room in the back garden of the palace to hide a large number of sophisticated weapons. And train his own soldiers every day, collude with some people in the rivers and lakes, and intend to rebel! And it's hands-on time tonight! ”

"What? Li Mao, he dared to attempt rebellion?! Is the message exact? Xuanzong was shocked and angry.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed conclusive evidence, because in the process of planning, the villain has been involved in it, and the situation has been clearly understood, and the villain has only come to report the letter now to collect enough evidence."

"So—this poisoned wine does have something to do with Concubine Hui?" Xuanzong stroked his beard thoughtfully.

"Your Majesty, it should be so. This stranger heard with his own ears in the Shouwang Mansion that someone instructed to hand over the poisoned wine to Concubine Hui in person. Liu Zhong said and motioned with his hand for Li Shilan to take a step forward.

"This righteous man—" Tang Xuanzong obviously didn't understand what the strange man meant. "This righteous man, did you hear with your own ears that Concubine Hui was involved in the poisonous wine?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Shilan replied with low eyebrows.

At this moment, the little eunuch walked into the hall with the imperial doctor.

"Your Majesty, the imperial doctor has arrived."

"Come up and see why Concubine Hui hasn't woken up yet!" Looking at his usual favorite concubine, Tang Xuanzong still didn't want to believe that she wanted to poison herself for her son.

The imperial doctor stepped forward carefully and took the pulse of Concubine Wu Hui. After a while, he frowned and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui Niangniang - she can't wake up anymore because of the fright!" ”

"You mean Aifei, she died of fright?" Tang Xuanzong suddenly collapsed on the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty, the ministers deserve death! It's a step too late! May Your Majesty forgive your sins! The imperial doctor trembled and kowtowed.

"Let's go down!" Xuanzong seemed to be in turmoil at this time, and he had no time to cure the crime, so the imperial doctor hurriedly thanked him and retreated.

"Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible about King Shou's rebellion!" Liu Zhong reminded.

Although Concubine Ai died suddenly and was suspected of rebellion, Tang Xuanzong's heart was very chaotic at this time. But after all, Tang Xuanzong is Tang Xuanzong, at this critical moment, shake up his spirits!

"Colliers!" Xuanzong called.

"The old slave is here!" The gorgeously dressed old eunuch beside him replied with a whisk in his hand.

"Spread my will, immediately dismiss the banquet and mobilize the guards of Xingqing Palace to be on guard! Immediately mobilize the forbidden army with my hand, guard all the city gates, and no one is allowed to enter or leave at will, and send the left and right Shenwei into the city, and surround the Shouwang Mansion for me! ”

"Commanded—" Colliers replied in a long voice, turning to set it up.

In the sudden change just now, the palace maids and music officials who performed were all so frightened that they knelt on the ground, and now they are leaving the Calyx Xianghui Building under the guidance of the eunuchs one after another.

"Your Majesty, the villain still has something to report!"