little emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 163 Determination
Ziyan, who died on the ground, stared at a pair of empty and bewildered eyes. The gradually dilated pupils were big, dark and deep. The despair and madness contained in them did not weaken in the slightest because of her death, but with the smell of blood. Gradually diffused, it weighed heavily on the hearts of everyone in the hall.

A few court ladies couldn't bear it any longer and began to weep and vomit quietly, but most of them were stunned by the bloody scene.

"Pack it up and go out quietly, so as not to disturb anyone." The shocked Empress Dowager Li stared at Ziyan's body bitterly, then turned around and ordered: "You go to Changchun Palace yourself, and do a good search!"

Zhu Xi didn't dare to be negligent, and took the two maids there without touching the ground.

Time passed quickly, Zhu Xi hurried back, and at the same time brought back a small jade bottle.

This object was found in Concubine Duan's dormitory, it was empty, but after smelling it carefully, there seemed to be a faint medicinal smell in the bottle, and the bamboo breath was as delicate as a hair, so she felt something strange and brought it back.

Empress Dowager Li stared at Concubine Duan who was lying on the ground in distaste: "President Sun, please check, what is the relationship between the contents of this bottle and the poison in the emperor?"

Since the appearance of Song Yizhi, Sun Yuanshou has been hit hard. It is said that Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, and the same is true of medicine.I have been working as an imperial physician in this palace all my life, and I have always said what I mean, but who knew that Song Yizhi came down from the sky just after telling the queen mother that the emperor's departure is set, and he didn't die, but he was ashamed Nothing left.

Hearing the queen mother's call, he hurriedly walked forward tremblingly, took the jade bottle and shook it lightly, but found it was empty, and put it in his nose and sniffed it lightly, the old face twitched a few times, but what was it? Didn't say anything.

Seeing that his old face was red and white, and there was no sound for a long time, Empress Dowager Li was annoyed: "Forget it, Ai's family is also confused, come here, and send this thing to Doctor Song to have a look."

Sun Yuanshou's old face was so red that it was about to bleed, and he had already made up his mind: he would tell his old man and return to his hometown when he went back. This place is really shameless.

Concubine Duan had already woken up at this moment, staring blankly at the pool of blood on the ground, her face turned ashen ashes.

Concubine Zheng lowered her head and closed her eyes, she glanced at Concubine Duan and Empress Wang faintly from the corner of her eyes, looking at each other with a pale face and a pale stupefied, with an indescribable joy in her heart.

After a while, Huang Jin hurried in: "Back to the Queen Mother, Doctor Song said that there is nothing in this jade vase, and it is impossible to detect what has been contained in it." President Sun, who had been listening with his ears upright, suddenly let out a sigh of relief. Secretly glad that this time the old face was finally not lost... But Huang Jin went on to say: "Later, the genius doctor Song filled the bottle with water, and used a silver needle to confirm that the bottle was indeed filled with poison, but it was not poisoned by the emperor, but it was not poisoned by the emperor. I dare not say it."

Empress Dowager Li sighed quietly: "The Ai family knows, go back and ask the doctor Song to treat the emperor with all his heart, and when the Ai family ends up with the matter here, go back and thank him face to face!" Huang Jin replied yes, and went out as promised up.

There was silence in the hall, the pool of bright red blood left by Ziyan gradually dried up and solidified into a purple-black color, it was shocking and touching to watch.

Concubine Duan finally couldn't help it, she took a few steps forward on her knees, just enough to reach the Queen Mother's skirt, raised her face and cried: "Queen Mother, my concubine has been wronged...Although Ziyan is a maid of Changchun Palace, But the concubine really did not let her do such insane things, Empress Dowager, you are as holy as the sun and the moon, shining in every way, and you can learn from each other, please make the decision for the concubine."

"An old woman from the Ai family can't afford to be praised like you." The Queen Mother Li's voice was not loud, but she was resolute and ruthless, "You said that Ziyan was not your envoy. There are many people present today. Everyone They all have eyes and ears, and what they heard and saw was Ziyan who kept saying that she was the envoy of the empress before she died. Do you still want to plead innocent at this point?"

Concubine Duan only felt that all her internal organs were burning, and she wanted to argue but couldn't tell, her eyes were red with anxiety: "Ziyan must have been instructed by someone! It's the queen, it must be the queen!"

Queen Wang's face was as pale as snow, and she watched Concubine Duan panic-stricken, looking crazy, there was no anger in her eyes, only pity.

Empress Dowager Li was furious, reached out to slap the table, and yelled angrily: "Shut up, there are ironclad evidence and facts, you still dare to talk nonsense in front of Ai's family, do you think Ai's family can't cure you? "

Concubine Duan seemed to be going crazy, she suddenly rushed to Concubine Zheng's feet, hugged her leg and cried, "The queen mother doesn't know how my sister is, but the empress knows, sisters are so good and so good on weekdays, when things come to an end, at least save me." Help, why are you standing by like this?"

Concubine Zheng's beautiful flower-like face showed no expression at all, she lifted her leg calmly, and pulled herself out of Concubine Duan's arms: "It's useless for you to argue no matter how much you argue now. I see you facing each other in front of this palace every day. The empress has a lot of grievances, but I didn't expect that you would do such evil things impulsively, and even harm the emperor! I wish I could cut you into pieces, so why would I intercede for you?"

Concubine Duan stared blankly at Concubine Zheng's smirking face like thunder, and suddenly became excited, and shouted loudly: "You are talking nonsense! When did I speak ill of the queen in front of you, but you, every day, every moment, don't want to get rid of it." She replaced it! That's right...it must be you, you ordered Ziyan to do it, right? Then you put the blame on me, right? Right!"

The shrill voice was like howling owls in the deep valley and howling ghosts in the middle of the night. Under the clear sky and daylight, there were actually some ghostly auras, and everyone couldn't help shivering.

Biting the Queen first, and then the Concubine Zheng, not only the Empress Dowager Li frowned, but everyone in the hall sighed secretly, this Concubine Duan was probably really crazy.

Concubine Zheng turned pale in an instant, stood up abruptly, and slapped Concubine Duan hard, knocking Concubine Duan to the ground.

"A lowly servant girl who doesn't know how to live or die, under the watchful eyes of everyone, contradicts the queen mother and framed the queen, and now dares to insult the palace indiscriminately, how many lives do you have left?"

Empress Dowager Li suddenly stood up and shouted: "That's enough, shut up for Aijia!"

"Where is someone coming..."

"Ming Qiu's adultery, ignoring the palace rules, is an unforgivable crime. Send her to the Punishment Department. She will undergo 36 major punishments one by one. If she can survive, she will be considered lucky."

Anyone who knew that he had worked as a servant in the palace would know that the boundary of the Punishment Division was known as the ghost's sorrow, and the stone man was not allowed to come out when he entered.

Min Qiu was so frightened that she couldn't speak at all, until the two eunuchs crossed her up, then she let out a scream. The two eunuchs were merciless, and one of them swiftly removed her Chin, suddenly there was no sound, and dragged all the way out.

"Xiaochun didn't report what happened, and today's catastrophe happened. But think of her meritorious service in exposing her, let her have a whole body."

"The rest of the Kunning Palace..." Empress Dowager Li pondered a little at this point, looking around, there were more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs kneeling on the ground related to this matter. The slightly hesitant Empress Dowager Li closed her eyes for a moment. Then it opened: "...Drag them all out and stick them to death!"

As soon as the voice fell, dozens of eunuchs poured in outside, two of them served one, and the hall was empty and clean in an instant.

It is a matter of Tianjia privacy, the best way to deal with it is to kill them all.Because in this world, only the mouths of dead people can truly keep secrets.

Zhu Changluo couldn't bear it, and just as he stepped forward to speak, Empress Dowager Li signaled with her eyes, her eyes were full of sternness.

"Needless to say, it is related to the royal scandal, these people cannot be kept."

Ah Man, who was sitting next to her, stared wide-eyed in shock, and opened his small mouth so frightened that he couldn't speak.

At this time, two eunuchs rushed up and pulled Huichun who was standing beside the queen.

Huichun knew that he would not be spared, neither begged for mercy nor panicked, slowly knelt down and kowtowed to the queen, and smiled miserably: "Your Majesty, take care, your servant is gone." Then he turned around and bowed to Zhu Changluo: "Your Majesty, please take care of me." Entrust it to His Highness to take care of it, and the slaves will also be grateful to His Highness for their kindness underground."

The two eunuchs didn't dare to treat Hui Chun like those court ladies and eunuchs, and after she finished speaking, they rushed up and carried her out one by one.

Empress Wang cried a thousand lines, choked with sobs, stood up and said to the queen mother: "Mother queen..."

"Nud Bodhisattva crossing the river, you can't protect yourself, and you still care about others?"

A cold shout immediately shocked Wang and Empress, and she was in a daze, unable to say a word.

After dispatching all the servants, Empress Dowager Li's extremely ugly complexion improved a little, and her eyes fell heavily on Concubine Duan.

Concubine Duan closed her eyes in despair, her voice was pale and weak, and her tears kept falling like broken beads: "Don't look at it, don't look at it, please forgive the concubine for the sake of the fifth prince. ...The concubine is really...really wronged."

"That's enough, don't mention the Fifth Prince!" Empress Dowager Li suddenly became furious: "Having a mother and concubine like you is a shame that the Fifth Prince will never wash away!"

Concubine Duan's crying sound stopped abruptly, and she heard Empress Dowager Li's cold voice flowing in the hall,
"For the fifth prince's sake, give Concubine Duan a glass of poisoned wine, save her some face, and tell her that she died of a sudden illness."

What's the use of such decency?Not for anyone's decency, but for your royal decency?Concubine Duan, who was paralyzed on the ground, glanced at Concubine Zheng, and suddenly laughed: "...I seem to know why that bitch Ziyan wanted to harm me."

Empress Dowager Li frowned, and said coldly: "When you are about to die, do you still want to talk nonsense?"

Concubine Zheng suddenly stood up and bowed to the Queen Mother: "Sisters, concubine will give her a ride, and I will use up my past love." After saying that, she took the glass of wine handed over by Zhu Xi, and walked slowly towards Concubine Duan come over.

He raised his eyes and stared blankly at the bright yellow phoenix skirt on her body, and the golden phoenix waving on her head, making her graceful, graceful, beautiful and coquettish.

Concubine Duan suddenly said softly: "It's you, isn't it?"

Concubine Zheng quietly looked down at her and remained silent.

Concubine Duan fixed her eyes on her face, still unwilling to give up: "I knew it, it must be you!"

"It's me or it's not me, the result is the same." Concubine Zheng, who turned her back to Queen Mother Li, smiled arrogantly and patted her hand lightly, her tone was gentle and soft: "I heard that you are in front of the emperor. Say, the fifth son of the emperor is smart and wise, will he be a tool for great success in the future?"

"I heard that you said in front of other concubines that the emperor likes you more than this palace, that this palace is old and yellow, is it yesterday?"

"You say you..." Concubine Zheng sighed: "You are here today because of the grace of this palace. Wouldn't it be great to be your concubine Duan? To think that what you don't deserve is to kill yourself, you know? "

"I just want to persuade you, it's useless to fight for anything now, think about it for the Fifth Prince..."

"If you continue to make trouble, I'm afraid that even the fifth prince will not be able to survive. If I can take care of you, I can take care of him. Do you believe it or not?"

Concubine Duan who was hit in the vitals suddenly shuddered, with hatred and resentment in her eyes, she gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "Zheng Shi, you are so cruel to use a knife to kill someone!"

"It's not that I'm ruthless, it's that you're too naive! Not ruthless? I'm the one who died today!" Concubine Zheng contemptuously said, "Go and die for your son. For the sake of love, I will take good care of him, but if you dare to talk nonsense, I don't mind letting him accompany you to the reunion."

Looking at the glass of wine handed over, Concubine Duan closed her eyes, two lines of tears ran across her face in despair.

"You...you will die!" Concubine Duan, who looked up and drank the dove wine, gasped for breath, her eyes were frighteningly bright, she smiled and said in a low voice: "Good sister, on the bank of Huangquan, on the bridge of Naihe, sister wait Come with you..."

After watching Concubine Duan being rolled out of Kunning Palace upright by a white silk mask, there are only four people left in the palace at this moment: Queen Wang, Concubine Zheng, Zhu Changluo, and Aman.

Without saying a word, Queen Wang turned around and knelt down in front of the Queen Mother: "The concubine knows that she has committed a serious crime, so she dare not ask for forgiveness, but only asks for a quick death."

"Although you have committed the crime of negligence, you will not die. From today on, you will stay here in Kunning Palace and don't go out. You should pray for the emperor's blessing and atone for your sins."

"Zheng Guifei, you are in charge of the affairs of the Six Palaces, you should be more careful at this time, if there is any gossip, don't say that Aijia is asking you!"

Concubine Zheng has a pale face... After all, the queen mother is still biased. Although the queen is similar to house arrest, she is not dead after all. This result is definitely not what Concubine Zheng wants, so much so that she can't help but grit her teeth.

But it doesn't matter, one day, I will settle this grievance with my own hands... It won't be too long before this day, Concubine Zheng suddenly smiled happily.

From the moment when Huichun disappeared from his sight, to the emaciated queen in front of her eyes, who breathed more breath than a dead person, and had less soul than a living person, Zhu Changluo had been calmly and coldly watching everything that happened from the end of her hair. with.

This seemingly resplendent palace has power and glory that are envied by all the people in the world, attracting so many people to crave for it and fight crazily... But under this glamorous outer skin, there is darkness, filth and blood. .

At this moment, for the first time in Zhu Changluo's life, he yearns for power so much, and wants to become the supreme emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
Because only by ascending to this position, can one have the power to change all this!
Zhu Changluo's long eyebrows did not move, and his eyes were lowered. The clear eyes seemed to be a deep pool, and the waves shone unfathomably deep.

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