latelenovela Chapter 177 Poison?
Chapter 177 Poison?
Long Yi took three steps back with the box, opened it in another direction, and after confirming there was no danger, dragged the box forward.
When Emperor Shengde saw the letter inside, his intuition told him that this was no ordinary thing and that it was his only chance to eliminate the Zheng family.
Thinking of this, he handed the gold bricks and iron lumps in his hands to Changsun Lan and Hua Yunshu, picked up a letter, opened it, and read it from beginning to end.
The letter stated that Chang Le Fang was the property of Mo Jie, the third prince of Cang Mo Kingdom, and that Yang Kaiwei, a fourth-rank official in the Ministry of Personnel in Dong Lin Kingdom, was in charge of it. Yang Kaiwei was Zheng Sihan's son-in-law.
Emperor Shengde handed the letter to the imperial tutor who had come over, then took the second letter, read it, and found it was about Lichun Courtyard, the property of Zheng Siju of the Duke of Wu's mansion.
Emperor Shengde saw the words "Xunzhi Pavilion" but didn't even look at them before throwing the letter directly to Hua Yunshu.
Xunzhi Pavilion is a business owned by several of them and managed by Hua Yunshu.
Let him handle this himself.
Lanxiang Courtyard, the second prince of the Southern Qiang Kingdom... The person he bribed was Gu Chang'an, the Vice Minister of the Chancellery, a member of a collateral branch of the Rongguo Duke's family, and his wife was Zheng Fengyuan, the legitimate daughter of the third branch of the Zheng family.
When Emperor Shengde saw this, a nameless anger rose in his heart. Every time he encountered something related to his maternal grandfather's family, he was always at his wit's end.
And then there's that awful uncle, and that troublesome aunt.
Your eldest cousin who's in charge, and your younger cousin who's egging you on from the sidelines.
Well, here comes another one.
After reading the first letter, the Imperial Tutor handed it to Prince Dun and then took the letter from Emperor Shengde.
Phantom Tower, Qi Wuzheng, the sixth prince of the Western Liang Kingdom... Wei Zhifeng, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Hehe, good, good, really good.
Emperor Shengde handed the letter to the Imperial Tutor, who then passed it to Prince Dun, who in turn passed it to Duke Zhenguo Helian Zhen. After that, Cang Lingchen, Changsun Lan, and the others read it.
"Good, very good. My imperial city has so many spies."
"Heh, on Jiuqu Street, there are twenty-eight brothels, more than half of which are from other countries," Emperor Shengde sneered angrily.
That innate imperial aura, like a dragon emerging from the sea, intimidated all and was not to be challenged.
These are his subjects. It seems he has been too low-key and too tolerant of them, which has allowed them to become so audacious.
They forgot who their subjects were, each of them drawing his salary every day while doing work for others.
Very good!
Emperor Shengde's eyes seemed to be gathering a storm, just waiting to be triggered.
Just when he was about to lose control, Imperial Tutor Mu Yanting placed his hand on his and said with a serious expression, "Your Majesty, this time, your teacher will not stop you. Do whatever you want."
As he spoke, he picked up a letter from a box and began to read it. The letter was written in special script, but in front of him, the Imperial Tutor, these things were somewhat like showing off one's limited skills.
The group watched as he took out a cloth bag from his sleeve, and from it he took out something that looked like a bamboo board, about an inch wide, a thin layer, with intricate patterns carved on it.
The Imperial Tutor took the bamboo knife in his hand and made a small cut on the other side of the envelope.
Looking at them, he explained, "This letter was written in a special way, both from the beginning and the end."
If you open the email normally, you will trigger something hidden inside.
These often contain deadly substances; this method is a secret technique unique to the royal family of the Southern Frontier Kingdom, which disappeared a thousand years ago.
As he spoke, Anquan took out the letter inside and handed it to Emperor Shengde, who then proceeded to conduct experiments on several people.
The group noticed that there were small amounts of light red powder hidden at the top and bottom of the envelope, which together were about the size of a bean.
"bane?"
Emperor Shengde was surprised to see what was sticking out at the beginning and end of the letter.
"Teacher, isn't this thing already banned?"
Seeing that he had calmed down, the Imperial Tutor said, "This poison can be called a poisonous poison, but it is not."
It is made by mixing the droppings of the poisonous bird with dozens of poisons such as aconite, poison arrowwood, and hemlock juice.
It is a common tool used by tribes in the Lingnan region to hunt prey, but it only requires soaking the wooden arrows in water.
However, the sheer amount of material included in the letter is enough to demonstrate its importance.
When the group heard him talk about Lingnan, they knew that Lingnan was originally the land of the Southern Frontier Kingdom.
It's hot and humid there, and you can practically have only two seasons a year, which is the exact opposite of the climate in Dongzhou.
The area is infested with poisonous insects, and doves, which feed on poisonous snakes, are naturally covered in poison.
After the fall of the southern border region, this poison became a taboo.
The Duke of Zhenguo looked at the red powder and said, "It seems that old scoundrel Zheng is a citizen of the Southern Frontier."
Emperor Shengde said somewhat uncertainly, "It's hard to say, but there are no people with the surname Zheng in the Southern Frontier Kingdom."
Prince Dun sneered: "Don't forget, there are many tribes in the Southern Frontier Kingdom. Those tribes still adhere to ancient traditions, and children take their mother's surname."
The Imperial Tutor nodded: "Indeed, even now, there are still many children from small tribes in the Southern Qiang region who take their mother's surname."
Children born out of wedlock took their father's surname; in the early days, there were hundreds of such surnames.
It seems it's time to write down the Hundred Family Surnames.
Emperor Shengde suppressed the turmoil in his heart, opened the letter, which contained details of Zheng Sihan's collusion with the Xiongnu leader Lantu.
A surge of anger rose within him, churning in his chest, his eyes widening as if he wanted to burn the whole world to ashes.
Zheng Sihan!
How dare he!
Ceding land!
Emperor Shengde clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force, his anger seemingly tearing the air apart.
He roared, "Yan Chunlou! Ziyu, this matter is now in your hands."
"I don't care what methods you use, all the Yan Chun Lou and Mei Ying Lou in the Eastern Lin Kingdom will be wiped out by me!"
Hua Yunshu froze, his eyes questioning: What the hell? You're using me so blatantly.
My butt can't take it anymore now that this has been exposed.
You deliberately got my great-aunt, my grandmother, to punish me!
Seeing his cousin, the emperor, with his fierce and unquestionable gaze, he chickened out; he couldn't afford to offend anyone.
He mumbled a single word: "Yes!"
Afterwards, he left with his men. It seems that from now on, all his pretense will be torn away by his cousin.
Thinking about this, my buttocks started to hurt involuntarily.
Hopefully, his grandmother doesn't know that the biggest troublemaker is dead, so there's not much of a problem.
His grandmother
Although she was the late emperor's aunt, she was actually two years younger than him.
Emperor Shengde suppressed his impending rage: "Yu Chuan."
Helian Shuo (courtesy name: Yuchuan) stepped forward, knelt on one knee, and clasped his hands in greeting: "Your subordinate is here!"
"Lead eight hundred Imperial Guards and surround the Duke of Wu's mansion. From now on, you are only allowed to enter, not leave."
Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed without exception, regardless of who they are.
After saying that, he took off the sword from his waist: "This is the Emperor's sword that my grandfather bestowed upon me. I'm giving it to you. If necessary, you can execute first and report later!"
Helian Shuo took the sword with both hands and shouted, "Your subordinate obeys!"
“Qingchen,” Emperor Shengde’s voice remained icy and chilling.
“Your subordinate is here,” Changsun Lan (courtesy name: Qingchen) knelt on one knee.
Emperor Shengde lowered his head and looked at the letters again, his forehead veins bulging and his chest heaving rapidly.
He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm handing over the entire street of yeast to you. Clean up every single name recorded on it."
As for those of rank four and above, ha! Let them catch their breath a little longer.
"Prince Chen, you will come with us. If necessary, kill without mercy!"
Those people... Ha! Let's see how many members of Zheng's faction are left.
I will make them reveal their true colors little by little," I thought, a bloodthirsty smile spreading across my face.
Cang Lingchen glanced at his cousin, the emperor, and bowed, saying, "Yes!"