Chapter 170
King Yun glanced at Princess Yun, and said, “Fourth sister-in-law is not here, so I’d better keep a good eye on fourth brother for her.”
“There’s me here. I’m the eldest brother, I should do my best for my younger brother. It won’t hurt if you go and come back. You don’t know how much I envy you guys, having your mother’s consort alive, and being able to enjoy yourselves.”
This is true, so King Yun said, “Then I’ll go alone, the princess will stay here to look after fourth brother.”
“Yes.” Sun Mingyue immediately got up and prepared to see her off, but King Yun made a gesture and told her to sit still.
Sun Mingyue understood and sat back down on the round stool at the head of the bed, chatting with Consort Kai in a casual manner.
Princess Kai was extraordinarily satisfied with the tea in her hand, “This Chong Hua Hall is worthy of being the place where Father Emperor eats and lives, even the tea is a hundred times better than the tribute tea we drink everyday.”
Sun Mingyue sniffed and also carefully tasted it, and it was really fragrant and sweet. Princess Kai then asked the palace staff to add a cup for her.
Taking care of comatose patients is very boring, Sun Mingyue drank tea and chatted with Mr. and Mrs. Kai Wang all the way, talking about the turmoil all the way back to the capital after Yup King, quite sighing.
Time passes very quickly, half an hour later, Sun Mingyue felt bloated, so she got up and said that she wanted to go to change her clothes, and asked Mr. and Mrs. Kai Wang to help look after her.
Mr. and Mrs. Kai laughed and said, “Don’t worry.”
After Sun Mingyue left with her maid, Princess Kai went around the screen and said she saw a bug in the tea cup, ordered the palace to make a new pot of tea, and then looked at the doctor who was boiling the medicine outside the hall.
After supporting all the people, the princess of Kai Wang stood at the side of the screen, looking at his husband has sat on the edge of the bed.
“Does it have to be like this? He may not know.”
“We can’t take the risk that it will be too late when he wakes up.”
“Then let’s do it as soon as possible.” The princess stood by the door of the side hall and looked out.
King Kai gently broke open Zhou Xian Yang’s bloodless lips and dropped a pill in, then brought the tea bowl to his mouth.
Suddenly, his hands felt like they were burdened with a thousand pounds.
King Kai turned back to see that Duan Fei, the leader of the forbidden army, had appeared out of nowhere, when he arrived behind him and grabbed his arm.
King Kai’s undershirt went cold and he laughed, “Chief Duan, you’re here?”
Duan Fei didn’t even have a hint of a smile, immediately pointing King Yu’s acupoints, provoking him to spit out the pills.
“Your Highness King Kai, come with me.”
King Kai laughed, “What does Chief Duan mean?”
Duan Fei was in the way of the difference in status and was not in a position to fight with him, so he immediately called the Imperial Doctor in and told him to check the pills.
That eunuch, who had already received orders, crushed the pills and smelled them carefully.
“The name of this medicine is called bloodthirsty Dan, if crushed into powder rushed into the daily diet, days long will let people gradually qi and blood double loss, until the death of the disease. If the medicine is imported, contained in the mouth slowly melted, to the king of Yu this serious injury blood loss of the sick body, the fastest before dusk, will be in a coma in the blood withered and died. And, not the slightest sign of poisoning can be seen ……”
The Imperial Doctors have been treating Yuhang with fear and trembling for so many days, looking at a great success, if the King of Qi goes down with a pill, not only take the blame, but also the risk of his life, the words can hardly hide his displeasure.
When King Kai heard this, he pretended to be surprised, “What kind of person, to be so vicious!”
Duan Fei said sarcastically, “Your Highness King Kai, there’s no need to struggle unnecessarily.”
“You suspect this king? This King was just listening to Fourth Brother say that he was thirsty and was about to feed him a mouthful of tea, how can you pin this charge of poisoning Fourth Brother on this King!”
Duan Fei indeed didn’t see King Kai poison with his own eyes, and only said, “Your Highness doesn’t need to take offense at my humble servant, His Majesty will decide on the rights and wrongs.”
As soon as the words fell, the sound of footsteps came from outside the door.
Shen Duzhi shouted, “His Majesty has arrived.”
King Kai only reacted at this moment, “You guys are counting on me!”
Duan Fei didn’t wait for him to say more, his hands were like iron as he escorted King Kai away from the bedside in a vice-like grip. The Emperor quickly walks over and takes a look at Zhou Xian Yang’s bedside before asking the Imperial Doctor, “Is King Yup alright?”
The Imperial Doctor takes Yuh Wang’s pulse and immediately replies, “Thanks to Your Majesty’s wisdom, Commander Duan was extremely quick, the pills haven’t melted yet, and they didn’t harm Yuh Wang, so I think they were just imported not long ago.”
Only then did the Emperor feel relieved, walking out of the screen and sitting at the table, his face full of gloom and doom.
King Kai originally still wanted to struggle to defend himself, but when he looked at the princess, he saw that she had already been escorted by the Yu Lin guards and thrown to the ground, and he knew the end in his heart.
The emperor did not even look at him, with his eyes to dismiss the crowd of guards and palace people, leaving only Shen Duzhi and Duan Fei in the side.
And then stared at the underground Princess Kai: “You are outside looking out, you must know. I will only ask you once, if there is half a word of falsehood, beware of the lives of your mother’s family.”
The Queen Consort of Qi is like a thunderbolt. It is not right to say, not to say is not right, can only continue to kowtow, begging the emperor to forgive his family.
Kai Wang and her husband and wife for more than ten years, listening to that thumping kowtow sound, very intolerant, then said: “Father need not blame the princess, this matter is my one person’s idea, the princess also persuaded me, just can’t help me just.”
The emperor laughed coldly: “You do dare to do it, actually ran to the palace by yourself to poison your own brother, even an assassin, the palace people are too lazy to make a call!”
King Kai has a candid look and says bluntly, “The forbidden army has strict rules and regulations, and has surrounded this Chong Hua Palace, so assassins can’t get in. A few days ago, Consort Yuh was guarding it every inch of the way, so the palace people couldn’t get close to them either. Besides, this kind of thing, they are timid and scared to shake out if they are not careful, not as clean as doing it yourself.”
“You say these words as if you’re doing justice for heaven, and you’re still waiting for me to reward you?”
King Kai was silent for a moment and looked at the emperor with a provocative look, “I am doing the right thing for heaven! It’s just a pity that the move was a mistake, Father had the intention to protect them, and couldn’t watch Zhou Xian Yang and that bitchy servant girl go to their deaths, it’s really regrettable!”
This was said in such a way that even Duan Fei, a man of the military, had some difficulty accepting it with a surprised look on his face.
The Emperor’s face deepened as he asked, “You hate Xian Yang and Yu like this?”
“That’s right.” King Kai laughed coldly, “Ever since my father ascended the throne and I accompanied him to the palace, Yu has repeatedly treated me poorly, always ignoring me. Every time I see Xian Yang in Kunning Palace, being well taken care of by Yu, being pampered by Father Emperor, my heart hurts like being cut by a dull knife. This happiness that should have belonged to my mother and I was all taken up by him and that bitch Yu, how could I not hate it?”
“Ming｜Hui Imperial Concubine ……”
After the emperor ascended the throne, he hadn’t thought of her for a long time, and for a moment, he couldn’t even remember her appearance.
Mentioning his mother, King Kai’s eyes showed a trace of attachment, smiling bitterly: “Mother is a bitter person, accompanying Father Emperor you in that bitter place in Qingzhou for so many years, but in the year before you ascended to the throne to die, did not enjoy the richness and glory of this Jinling City, my son, even if there are mountains of silver and silver want to give to her, she can not receive it… …”
The Emperor’s face was frosty: “So you hate Xian Yang? Do you hate me too? So much so that you disobeyed the king and killed him!”
“No! I wouldn’t dare to hate you!” King Kai hurriedly explained, “Everything I have today is because of my father, so how could I dare to repay you with hatred? I only blame myself for not having a mother, I blame myself for not being as competitive as Yang Xian, and I blame myself for not being as agreeable to Father Emperor’s heart as he is …… No matter what I say or do or send …… Father Emperor is not satisfied. When he was around, Father Emperor never came to see me …… I just wanted to take advantage of the fact that Xian Yang was seriously injured and had no power to fight back, and finished him off to vent the anger that I’ve felt for so many years!”
Duan Fei and Shen Du Zhi heard this and became wary, King Kai is sacrificing the small to protect the big, only admitting that he poisoned and killed King Yu today, but not admitting in the slightest that he assassinated the Emperor that day.
The emperor also heard out: “You are good at changing the subject, regicide and treason, murder and extermination, all of a sudden by you into a conflict between brothers.”
King Kai immediately braided, “Father is clear! My son has never had any connections in the military, how could the assassination in the schoolyard be planned by my son?”
“You mean that this schoolyard incident was the work of a person in the military?”
King Kai nodded his head.
“Who, do you think, would dare to commit this treasonous act?”
King Kai said, “I don’t know, the people in the army, most of them admire Fourth Brother, who would frame him?”
The emperor is also doing this in his mind, finally issued a decree, summoned the Marquis of Yongan into the palace audience.
Almost at the same time, the Department of Criminal Justice reported that Zhu Meng, who was confessed by Guan Ning, had spit.
Hearing this name, King Kai was shaken.
This subtle emotion fell in the eyes of the emperor, has been counted. The emperor looked at the transcripts, his face became more and more ugly.
All the people in the hall held their breath for fear of annoying the emperor.
The emperor finishes reading the transcript, flips it over, and turns to King Kai: “This is the statement of Zhu Meng of the Supervisory Inspectorate, shortly after Yu Wang’s wedding, you learned of Shi Feng’s epileptic disease, and sent him to install concubines to be used in the future. Originally, you wanted to take advantage of Shi Feng’s hand to kill King Yu while he was mad. I don’t know why, but you changed your mind and acted in the schoolyard instead. What do you have to defend!”
“Father, this Zhu Meng slandered my son!” King Kai cried out that he was wrongly accused, and the emperor laughed coldly, “Didn’t you say that you hate Xian Yang to the bone? Then it makes sense that you’ve been plotting since he returned to the capital.”
“Even if it’s true that my son plotted against Xian Yang, I wouldn’t dare to harm my father! Father Emperor, please understand!” King Kai heavily kowtowed to the ground.
The Emperor sighed deeply and had Duan Fei tie up King Kai’s hands and feet, gag him, and throw him under Xian Yang’s hospital bed.
Marquis Yongan did not leave the palace for long after he left the court and received a summons to immediately come to the Chonghua Hall to meet the saint.
For this for the pacification of the East China Sea has made great contributions to the first grade military marquis and great-uncle, the emperor face still maintains the courtesy, give seat.
Then only said: “Yu Wang seriously injured, the princes and ministers concerned, visit from time to time. Aiqing in the courtroom, in private, but seems to have never said a word of concern.”
Marquis Yongan’s face did not change, “Your Majesty is clear about the feud between the Zhang and Yu families. Even if the old minister comes to visit, Your Majesty will not feel that the old minister is genuinely concerned about Your Highness. On the contrary, if King Yu has a slip up, the old minister will be the first to be suspected, so it is better to avoid suspicion.”
The emperor said, “You are well-behaved!”
“The two sons of the old minister are no good, failing your majesty’s holy grace, but your majesty is sympathetic and still retains the decency of the old minister, the old minister’s heart is grateful to no end, and all I want to do is to serve your majesty, and live out my twilight years in peace.”
This is a roundabout way of clarifying himself.
The emperor asked, “Yuh Wang woke up yesterday and revealed that the mastermind behind this assassination was among the princes and ministers who were present on that day. What do you think about this?”
The Marquis of Yong An bluntly said, “I’m afraid what Your Majesty wants to ask is not this question.” After saying that, he immediately knelt down, “The crime of regicide and treason, I can’t take it. In order to prove his innocence, please allow your majesty to allow the old minister to be tortured in the Criminal Preceptor Department, if the old minister can endure all the punishments of the Criminal Preceptor Department, and still insist that he is innocent, at that time, I’m afraid that your majesty can trust the old minister.”
The emperor was startled: “What are you doing?”
Marquis Yongan bowed to the ground and made a long bow, “I ask for Your Majesty’s favor, otherwise the old minister really doesn’t know how to prove what he hasn’t done.”
The emperor’s heart shook at his words. He once again remembered Yu’s cries in Kun Ning Palace, and thought of the desperate grief of Li Guifei when she lost her son.
The emperor raised his hand, “You get up first. I am merely asking for your opinion.”