After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

Yan Mu looked at the bowl of ginseng soup and for some reason just wanted to laugh.

He would watch him drink the bowl of soup, and then it would be over. His father's revenge was avenged, he was freed, and the damned man was finally dead.

"Yang He brought the entire Yanzhou into chaos. After Li Huai took office, he discovered that local officials were suspected of corruption and were covering up for each other. Even the tax bills submitted to the court were wrong." The emperor frowned and said. Then, after seeing the end, he slapped the memorial on the table angrily, "The year before last, the imperial court sent troops to suppress the Nanzhou riots. It was the most critical time. All states contributed money and efforts to help the imperial court tide over the difficulties. At that time, Yanzhou said that it was The grain harvest was bad, so he not only couldn't get the money but also asked the court for relief. After Li Huai investigated, he found out that Yanzhou had a bumper grain harvest that year and the people paid enough grain taxes, but all this tax money had been embezzled by Yang He and the officials below. !”

The emperor said angrily. Yan Mu was the only one in the room, so naturally he was told. It's just that Yan Mu is also a suspect in the Yang He corruption case, so it would be inappropriate to discuss it with him.

After the emperor finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Yan Mu.

"what do you say?"

"I can't say anything."

The emperor took a deep breath and said, "Go on, I want to hear what you have to say."

Yan Mu thought for a while and said: "Yanzhou is like a house with no air leakage. There seem to be many secrets hidden inside, but outsiders cannot pry into it, including Li Huai. Even if he takes office in Yanzhou, he will not be able to see it. You may not have entered this room.”

"It seems like someone has to go to Yanzhou to knock on this door."

"Yes."

"Who can I send?"

Yan Mu lowered his eyes and stopped talking. There was serious factionalism in the imperial court. As long as he was sent someone who was not his, he would be beaten to death for his crimes. Although the emperor is fatuous, he is not blind. He can see. Let's see if he can protect him.

"There are a few books here that refer to you. They say that your Zhenbei Army has been mobilized frequently recently, with [-] troops guarding Youzhou. However, such a large military mobilization was not reported to the court." The emperor said coldly.

"The Zhenbei Army is mobilizing normally, but some people are making a fuss out of a molehill." Yan Mu said.

"Oh?"

"If there is any change, General Xiao Mengxiao, the governor of Youzhou, will be the first to report to Shen'erchen."

Upon hearing this, the emperor withdrew his gaze and did not pursue further.

"Father, the ginseng soup sent by the Queen is almost cold." Yan Mu said with a cold light in his eyes.

The emperor stretched his waist, pushed aside the pile of memorials in front of him, and then took the bowl of ginseng soup.

Yan Mu watched him pick it up, watched him put it to his mouth, watched him take a breath and was about to drink it... His heart was pounding, and a wave of excitement shot up from the bottom up to his forehead.

Drink, drink, drink...

But the next moment, the emperor looked up at him.

"You should drink quickly too."

Yan Mu lowered his head, restrained the restlessness in his heart, and picked up a bowl of ginseng soup in front of him. At this moment, he suddenly hesitated, whether this bowl of ginseng soup was also poisonous...

If it were him, since he had taken this step, it would be better to be more neat.

"Drink!" the emperor urged.

Yan Mu raised his head to look at the emperor. At this moment, his face was distorted and became hideous and terrifying. He urged him to drink the bowl of soup over and over again, like a spell.

Take a gamble, or you'll die.

Thinking of this, he was actually a little excited, as if some kind of madness that had been suppressed was breaking out of the cage. And the bowl of ginseng soup in front of him seemed to smell the breath of death, it was so tempting.

His mind was empty, and all he could think about was this bowl of soup. His whole body was in an ethereal state, as if he could escape from the mortal body and ascend to heaven as long as he drank this bowl of soup.

Just as he was about to drink, someone suddenly rushed in and knocked the bowl out of his hand.

With a snap, he suddenly woke up from his madness. He raised his head and looked at the person who came, it was Shangguan Xu. He looked at him with wide eyes and anger on his face.

"Shangguan Xu, what are you doing!" The emperor shouted.

Shangguan Xu took a deep breath, then turned to look at the emperor, "Your Majesty, you can't drink this soup, it's poisonous!"

"Poisonous?" The emperor hurriedly put down the bowl in his hand, and even pushed the stool back a little fearfully, "This soup was sent by someone from the queen, so don't talk nonsense."

"Yes, the ginseng soup sent by the Queen is to replenish the health of my father and His Highness." Yan Mu said, leaning on the back of the chair behind him, his face was calm, but no one saw his hands under the table. His legs were shaking, and his hands hidden under his sleeves were as cold as ice.

He knew that if Shangguan Xu had not arrived in time, he would have drank the bowl of soup.

At that moment, he was actually crazy.

Seeing Yan Mu's appearance, Shangguan Xu secretly breathed a sigh of relief knowing that Yan Mu was back to normal, and then said: "Even if I give you 1 courages, I won't dare to talk nonsense."

It turned out that he had just seen a maid sneaking around in the yard. He felt suspicious and asked the guards to arrest her. The maid was very panicked and quickly confessed the truth under pressure.

"My servant didn't dare to delay. He rushed in when he heard this. Fortunately, the Emperor and His Highness haven't drunk yet."

After hearing this, the emperor looked at the bowl of ginseng soup on the table and narrowed his eyes. "This matter cannot be declared. You should go to the imperial hospital to find someone. Find a few more imperial doctors and let them do the examination."

"Yes."

Shangguan Xu hurriedly went out to make arrangements. Yan Mu paused for a while before getting up, pouring a cup of tea and delivering it to the emperor.

"Father, maybe there is a misunderstanding. The Queen loves my father so much, how could she poison you? She is also very kind to her son, so she will not poison him," Yan Mu said.

The emperor took the cup of tea and took a few sips to calm down.

"Whether it is poisonous or not, you will know after testing it."

Yan Mu said with a smile: "If Lord Shangguan hadn't come in, I would have already drank the bowl of soup. Whether it was poisonous or not, we can actually tell now."

"Nonsense, it's a shame you didn't drink."

Yan Mu lowered his eyes and smiled. It was indeed a blessing that he didn't drink. If this bowl of soup was poisonous, he would have died now. If this bowl of soup was not poisonous, he would not be able to explain it later if it was found that the emperor's bowl was poisonous. After all, the queen should hate him more than the emperor.

He had thought of this and thought of countermeasures, but at that moment he lost his mind.

Soon Shangguan Xu brought several imperial doctors, including Zhou Lihuai. He glanced at Yan Mu and felt relieved when he saw that he was fine.

The bowl of ginseng soup on the floor was spilled, and it was no longer possible to verify whether it was poisonous. The emperor's bowl was not touched. Several people took turns to come forward to check, and finally came to the same result.

"Your Majesty, this bowl of ginseng soup is indeed poisonous, and it is highly poisonous."

The emperor's eyes widened and trembled. When the imperial doctor said this, his face turned livid, and then he asked someone to take the bowl of ginseng soup and feed it to the dog. After a while, the guard came to report that after feeding the ginseng soup to the dog, the dog quickly became poisoned and died.

The emperor sat down on the chair with an extremely cold expression. He slapped his hand on the table and said, "I love her so much that she wants to poison me! Someone, tie her up and send her to the Criminal Division. I want to do it myself." Interrogate her!”