latelenovela Chapter 188 The Queen is Offended
Chapter 188 The Queen is Offended
"Just tell me what you want to say. Why are you hesitating like this? Can I punish you?"
Xiao Dezi then spoke up: "Your Majesty, he doesn't dare to do it openly, but he still has to be on guard in secret, especially when it comes to food.
Furthermore, we will temporarily ignore what the prince said in the letter."
The emperor nodded and said, "That's true. When he comes tomorrow, you should keep an eye on him and don't give him a chance to attack."
The emperor was panicking, feeling that something bad was about to happen at any time.
Suddenly I thought of the Queen. "Xiao Dezi, tell the Queen not to come for the next few days. She is not feeling well and should rest more."
Xiao Dezi went over immediately. He knew what the emperor meant. To put it bluntly, he wanted the empress to pretend to be sick and stay in her own palace for the next few days.
On the second day, since King Xiaoyao had to hold a banquet when he returned to the capital, most of the ministers stayed for the banquet after the morning court session.
At the luncheon, King Xiaoyao held up his wine glass and wanted to clink glasses with the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, I hope that your friendship will last forever and that your great dynasty will prosper forever."
As he spoke, he stood up and walked to the main seat, raising his wine glass high.
The emperor nervously touched his wine glass to him and then drank it all in one gulp.
Unexpectedly, just after drinking it for a while, I started to feel pain all over.
"Brother, I heard that you have just been given a little princess. I wonder if I can meet her tomorrow?"
When Lord Zeng heard this, he also agreed, "It is reasonable for Prince Xiaoyao to return to the capital to meet the newly-appointed princess."
The emperor, who was sitting at the top, felt an indescribable discomfort all over his body, and a blood clot was in his throat.
"Since you want to meet the little princess, it wouldn't be a bad idea to meet her at the family dinner tomorrow."
King Xiaoyao saw that the emperor was now pale and it was no longer suitable for him to stay. Since his goal had been achieved, he stood up and said goodbye.
After he left, some ministers began to attack King Xiaoyao.
"Your Majesty, this King Xiaoyao is so presumptuous."
"Yes, the emperor came back to Beijing without saying anything. If other generals did such a thing, their property would be confiscated and they would be exiled."
The people below were still talking to each other, saying that King Xiaoyao was not following the rules.
Xiao Dezi on the side became nervous because he saw that the emperor looked unhappy.
These people who have no sense of propriety did not dare to say anything because King Xiaoyao was here. They only started complaining after he left.
If you have the guts, attack him in front of King Xiaoyao. There is no point in attacking him behind his back.
"puff!"
"emperor".
The emperor sitting on the high throne suddenly vomited a mouthful of black blood.
Xiao Dezi was startled and hurried to support him.
All the ministers below were startled!
"Your Majesty, please call the imperial physician quickly."
Seeing the chaos downstairs, Xiao Dezi waved his hand and said, "Today's matter must not be leaked. Violators will be executed immediately. All right, ministers, go back first. The emperor has an old servant to serve him."
When the ministers saw Eunuch De speak, they all retreated, but everyone felt mixed emotions.
Today's emperor is kind and serves the country and the people.
The lives of these ministers were relatively comfortable, at least they would not lose their lives at any time just because the emperor was a tyrant.
But if it were King Xiaoyao, it would not be certain. King Xiaoyao had always wanted to seize the throne since the beginning when the late emperor was still alive.
At that time, except for the three confidants of King Xiaoyao, all the civil and military officials in the court were in favor of the current emperor.
If King Xiaoyao succeeds to the throne, the first thing he will do is to reshuffle the entire court.
None of them can escape, so they are all tied to the same rope.
The prince is still young, so nothing can happen to the emperor at this time.
Everyone in the emperor's bedroom was busy, but at this time the imperial concubine came hurriedly.
"Your Highness, the Imperial Physician is treating the Emperor. Please wait a moment."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, how are you? Let me go in and serve you."
As he was about to go in, he was stopped by Eunuch De who was guarding the door.
The Imperial Concubine slapped Xiao Dezi in the face and said, "You little slave, you dare to block my path?"
The maid behind him pushed Eunuch De over and said, "You have been in the emperor's presence for so long that you really think of yourself as the master.
He is just a dog, and now he dares to block the Imperial Concubine's way. Someone, take him down and give him 50 lashes."
The two men who came to take Eunuch De away were shocked. They never expected that the Imperial Concubine would be so cruel.
Not to mention that Eunuch De is very old, just the 50 blows alone would be too much for even a strong laborer to bear.
"After all, your Majesty the Imperial Concubine and I are the Emperor's people. Even if the Emperor wants to beat or kill me, it is up to Him. How can I allow you, a concubine in the harem, to interfere?"
After these words were spoken, the two people who originally wanted to come up and arrest people stopped.
"Just guard this door. No one is allowed to disturb us without the emperor's order."
Eunuch De ordered the chief eunuch to bring people to surround the door tightly.
Xiao Dezi is not stupid. This woman is not as simple as she seems. She might be in cahoots with King Xiaoyao.
How could it be otherwise? As soon as the ministers left, she knew something had happened to the emperor.
Without even seeing the emperor, he was shouting at the door, asking how the emperor was doing? Anyone with a discerning eye could tell what was going on.
Not to mention that all the servants present had not left, and these ministers had just left, so it was impossible for them to inform the imperial concubine so quickly.
The fact that this imperial concubine was able to come to the emperor's bedroom from the West Palace so quickly showed that she had known about this incident.
No matter which possibility it was, he didn't dare to take the risk and let the imperial concubine in. The emperor was still diagnosing what the situation was and it was unknown.
"Okay, today I want to see who dares to stop me."
As he was about to rush in, he said, "My queen, please don't make things difficult for us servants, otherwise you can only blame me for being rude."
As he spoke, he winked at the eunuchs and the man who was blocking the door drew his sword from his waist.
"My lady is offended."
As he said this, the guard put the knife in front of the imperial concubine.
"Okay, okay, I will remember what Eunuch De did today.
I want to see how long you can remain arrogant."
After saying those harsh words, the imperial concubine turned around and left. All the imperial doctors in the room came forward to feel her pulse, but in the end they all shook their heads.
When Eunuch De entered, he saw the imperial doctors shaking their heads and sighing, and his heart skipped a beat.
"Eunuch, the poison the emperor planted is the Western Region Golden Flower Poison, this flower is also known as the poison without an antidote.
It is also known as the King of Hell Flower in the Western Regions. So far, I have not heard of any case of anyone recovering from the poison and the poison will not take a person's life immediately.
At first, he was able to stay conscious, but later he died in agony, hanging on for dear life."
When Xiao Dezi heard this, he was very angry.
He was also trying to recall when exactly King Xiaoyao had committed the murderous act, but after much thought, apart from the fact that the glasses clinked when King Xiaoyao was about to toast the emperor, there was nothing else unusual.
It was probably at that time that the poison was administered.
Previously, the chronic poison in the emperor's body was cured by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the matter was kept secret. However, King Xiaoyao actually thought of the sinister idea of poisoning him.
It seems that the emperor's previous chronic poison has been cured and King Xiaoyao has learned about it.
Just when I didn't know what to do, the queen arrived late.
"Xiao Dezi, what's going on?"
Before the queen came, she heard from the maid that the ministers had already left, so she came to the imperial study. She never expected that she would be stopped by people outside.
Helplessly, he shouted to Xiao Dezi inside.
When Xiao Dezi heard that it was the Queen Mother outside, he hurried out to invite her in. With the Queen Mother around, he felt reassured.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has been poisoned by King Xiaoyao, and there is no antidote for this poison..."
When the queen heard the news, she staggered back two steps.