Drive a RV and go farming in ancient times.

The accident happened in an instant.

Xu Huaiyi was the celebrity at the celebration banquet and could be considered the biggest winner of the night. Many people focused their attention on him, so his reaction immediately caught everyone's attention.

His face turned pale, and his eyes were filled with shock and disbelief. Besides that, there was also a bit of unspeakable sadness and desolation that was hard to ignore.

For a moment, everyone was staring at him, some curiously, some amusedly, some asking in confusion, some concerned, and some just watching the fun without getting involved.

All kinds of life are included in it.

Sun Yu was the first to ask anxiously, "Huaiyi, what's wrong?"

Xu Huaiyi said in a trembling voice, "Master, the wine is poisonous!"

"What?" Sun Yu was shocked. "You drank it?"

Xu Huaiyi shook his head, "Almost..."

Hearing this, Sun Yu felt relieved a little, and said with a look of fear, "That's good, that's good..."

These words from the master and disciple were enough to scare others.

He was holding a glass of wine and was about to drink when he cried out and the glass fell to the ground.

Those who had already drunk it looked pale and terrified, and subconsciously wanted to cover their throats to induce vomiting.

Some who had already collapsed shouted, "Imperial Physician! Send for the Imperial Physician!"

The hall suddenly fell into unrest.

Even with the imperial guards keeping people in check, people were still in a state of panic.

Emperor Jianxing looked at him expressionlessly, with only a flash of displeasure in his eyes. However, his tone of voice was very gentle, revealing deep concern, "Is General Xu in good health?"

Hearing this, Xu Huaiyi stood up and replied in a panic, "Your Majesty, I am fine."

Emperor Jianxing continued to ask, "What's going on?"

At this moment, those who had drunk the wine found that they were not feeling unwell and had calmed down a lot. Upon hearing this, they all looked at Xu Huaiyi with complicated expressions.

At this moment, what is there that you don’t understand?

This is really true. There is always trouble wherever you go. Even attending a palace banquet can lead to someone being poisoned!

What kind of unlucky physique is this?

But then again, the person behind the scenes was too bold and reckless. He even dared to do something dirty in the palace. How much did he want Xu Huaiyi to die?

He even ignored the imperial palace.

When I think of this, my heart inevitably becomes heavy.

As the victim, Xu Huaiyi had a calm expression on his face. "Your Majesty, the wine in my cup was poisoned. I was so frightened that I lost my composure. Please forgive me."

Hearing this, Emperor Jianxing seemed to be a little curious and asked, "Since you didn't drink the wine, how did you know it was poisonous?"

This is what others want to know too.

However, this question is difficult to answer. After all, this is a palace banquet. Who would dare to bring a silver needle to test whether it is poisonous or not when coming to the banquet?

Doesn't that indirectly mean that you don't trust the emperor? In the palace, there is only one person who needs to test for poison before eating or drinking. Even if others test it, they do it secretly. If they do it in public, it would be disrespectful to the emperor.

But knowing that this question was a trap, Xu Huaiyi could not avoid it, and could only smile bitterly, "I dare not deceive the emperor. I have been poisoned and assassinated many times, which has stimulated me to be paranoid. Now no matter what I eat or drink, even if I eat at home, I am always worried and have no time to relax. If I don't check it first, I dare not use it at all. I am really scared by those people. If I hadn't been so careful, I would have died more than a dozen times."

After these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the hall became noticeably quieter.

This topic is indeed somewhat sensitive. Before this, all the ministers, no matter what their considerations were, had to express their attitudes. After all, the murderer was really rampant. His blatant assassination of the court's meritorious officials was undoubtedly a slap in their faces. The death of a rabbit will make the fox mourn, and all animals of the same kind will feel sad. For their own safety, they must curb such behavior.

But later, Emperor Jianxing made an unexpected move that caught them off guard. Who could have thought that Pingyuanbo, the biggest suspect, was not only not arrested, interrogated, or convicted, but his children and grandchildren were promoted?

What does this mean? The court officials are not stupid and can certainly figure it out.

In addition, when the emperor awarded the reward just now, although he did not treat Xu Huaiyi unfairly, he also subtly avoided the issue of assassination. To be honest, this is the most urgent issue that needs to be resolved. He must give an explanation to the meritorious official and appease his emotions, so that the meritorious official can serve the royal family and the court more wholeheartedly. However, there was not even a word from him.

Who would believe that there is no trick here?

Therefore, it is not surprising that the court officials pretended to be dumb.

But there are always people who can't stand it. First, it was Sun Yu, the master, who denounced the rampant viciousness of the murderer behind the scenes. Then it was the Dali Temple Chief. As a student of Mr. Jiang, he naturally had a good impression of Xu Huaiyi, and he himself had an upright character. Faced with such a thing, of course he would not stand idly by.

In fact, he had already been investigating in secret and had found some evidence, but due to the strange and unpredictable attitude of Emperor Jianxing, he had not made it public for the time being.

Mr. Jiang's other disciples also expressed their determination to get to the bottom of the matter.

Then, several generals who admired Xu Huaiyi, together with all his classmates at Jingwu Academy, were indignant and requested the court to find the murderer. Otherwise, anyone would dare to interfere in the army without restraint in the future, which would pose a great potential risk and threat to Dayong.

As the topic reached this level, some neutral and relatively upright officials in the court also stepped forward.

Finally, it was Prime Minister Lu who, with a stern face, meticulously stated the pros and cons.

He had no intention of forcing the emperor, he was simply seeking to rectify the laws and regulations of the court.

Moreover, no one openly mentioned Pingyuan Bo, which was considered to save face for the emperor.

But for Emperor Jianxing, the fact that so many people righteously demanded that the murderer be tracked down was tantamount to questioning his shielding and forcing him to issue an order to interrogate Pingyuan Bo.

However, no matter how unhappy he was, he would not show it on his face. On the contrary, he had to go with the trend and agree to it very straightforwardly. He even ordered the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to jointly investigate the case to demonstrate his fairness and justice and would never disappoint the heroes who had made contributions.

Seeing this result, everyone naturally shouted "Your Majesty is wise!"

The emperor nodded with satisfaction.

The emperor and his ministers were in harmony, and the palace was peaceful.

Xu Huaiyi lowered his head, with the corners of his mouth curled up in sarcasm, but his cries of thanks were louder than anyone else's, and more sincere.

Despite this little episode, the celebration banquet went on as usual with singing and dancing, as if the incident had never happened.

There were only a few people missing from the main hall. Those involved in organizing the palace banquet were all taken away for interrogation, and no one knew what fate awaited them.

Xu Huaiyi returned to his seat with a calm expression and no guilt in his heart.

He just mentioned poisoning, but it was actually intentional. It was a play he directed and acted out himself. In order to make it realistic, he even hid it from Sun Yu and Li Yunting, for fear that they would not cooperate well and be exposed, and then be implicated.

But the people who organized the banquet were not wrongly interrogated. They did put drugs in his wine, but it was not a poison that would kill him instantly, as that would be too easy to expose. After all, once he had a seizure, it would be in front of all the civil and military officials in the court, and Emperor Jianxing would not be able to protect Meng Yao even if he wanted to.

So, they gave him a drug that can make people excited. Once taken, the emotions are easily aroused and out of control of the brain. When mixed with alcohol, others would just think that he was drunk and out of control.

If he loses his composure and makes a fool of himself in such an occasion, even if he is a hero, he will be held accountable. Then the future he has fought for with his life will be over, and all his efforts in the past year will be in vain.

It will also become a laughing stock in the capital.

This is more heartbreaking than killing him directly.

So, he played along and sprinkled a little real poison into the wine glass. He had brought the poison originally to set a trap to trick Meng Yao, but who would have thought that it would run into her.

When two brave men meet in a narrow road, the brave one wins, and he has the upper hand.

He successfully put the blame on her. It was her fault that she had asked people to poison him before. Now it would be her fault.

Anyway, everyone else thinks so, and Emperor Jianxing will think so too.

Emperor Jianxing could turn a blind eye to her being arrogant and making trouble outside, but when she came to the palace and was so arrogant and conceited in his territory, haha, which emperor could tolerate it?

He just wanted to make Emperor Jianxing hate her, so that when he killed Meng Yao, Emperor Jianxing would not care too much and pursue the matter to the end.

This is just the beginning...

Diagonally opposite, Prince Meng of the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion was almost shocked by this sudden change. As family members know their own business, he didn't think much about it and concluded that the poison was put by his niece.

He did not have the aura of a mountain. He was so frightened that his face turned pale. His guilty conscience and panic were fully revealed, making it easy for people to see through his flaws.

But at this moment, no one paid any attention to him, and everyone agreed to settle the bill later to avoid spoiling the fun.

Few people suspected Meng Yao. As I said before, how cruel could a six-year-old child be?

This kind of vicious poisoning and assassination must have been done by an adult.

But Meng Yao couldn't remain indifferent. She had a sullen face, her hands clenched tightly in her sleeves, and she felt angry in her heart, but she couldn't vent it.

Things were once again beyond her expectations and control. She had arranged everything perfectly and was sure that she would succeed, but something went wrong again.

The drug she had people administer was not a deadly poison, but a drug that could make people agitated. After taking it, it would not cause much harm to the body, and would only cause some symptoms of drunkenness and madness. But now...

Xu Huaiyi used a silver needle to test for poison, but the silver needle turned black. How was this possible?

She didn't know what went wrong, whether those people were secretly disobeying her or her plan was seen through by someone in advance, so they used her to kill Xu Huaiyi completely.

After all, Xu Huaiyi is very popular now, and he is not the only one who is jealous of him and wants him dead.

But just like before, it failed again.

Xu Huaiyi was living well, but she was the one who was at a disadvantage.

What she didn't know was that the play forced upon her had not yet been completed.

Xu Huaiyi waited until the singing and dancing ended and the court officials were free to move around and start socializing with glasses of wine, then he made an excuse to change his clothes and left the hall.

His going out at this time did not attract attention. Many court officials, including female members of the family, could not sit still and went out in groups of three or four to find excuses to get some fresh air and talk.

Li Yunting wanted to accompany him, but was stopped by him. It was easy to perform alone, but if there was one more person, it might cause trouble.

Li Yunting was worried, "What if someone tries to assassinate you again?"

Xu Huaiyi said, "If he dares to send assassins into the palace, then I respect him as a man."

This was a big taboo, Li Yunting understood it immediately and did not insist on following to protect him.

Then something unexpected happened again.

This time the noise was even louder, with a loud bang that shocked everyone.

The women in the family screamed and were at a loss, the court officials looked solemn, their timid hearts were trembling, and some people shouted "Protect the emperor" and ran around in panic.

The guards rushed to the center of the explosion, and then saw Xu Huaiyi running out from a rockery in a panic, with a look of panic and fear in his eyes for surviving a disaster.

The rockery had been mostly destroyed by the explosion, and the surrounding flowers and plants were also damaged, leaving the place in a mess.

The only thing to be thankful for is that no one was injured or killed. Only a few people nearby were frightened by the explosion and ran away in panic, falling and suffering minor injuries. Some were hit by flying stones, leaving some bruises.

Overall, there was no major incident and it was within controllable range.

But the nature of this matter was extremely serious, so serious that Emperor Jianxing was furious. He dealt with several guards who were on duty that night on the spot, and then he called in several groups of people to investigate the matter thoroughly.

He also specifically emphasized that no matter who is involved, they will be severely punished.