Hibiscus Tent: The Prime Minister’s palm is reborn

The scene was in chaos. All one could hear were the sounds of swords and screams. In front of one's eyes, one could see bloody corpses falling down. There were people from Tongle Pavilion, soldiers from Prince Guangping's palace, and guards brought by the Queen Mother.

A man dressed as an eunuch kicked over the guard who was blocking his way, turned his head and whispered, "I am alone and I am afraid we are outnumbered. I will escort His Majesty out first!"

The empress dowager did not want to make a big deal out of it, so when she learned that the emperor was trapped, she only wanted to do her best to persuade and reconcile and calm things down. Therefore, she did not bring too many people with her, and now she was clearly at a disadvantage when the fight started.

Gao Qian was about to speak when he saw a figure jumping in front of him.

Gao Yi held the long sword in his hand, glanced at the wound on Gao Qian's arm, and gritted his teeth in hatred: "Brother, I really underestimated you!"

Just then, someone rushed in.

"I am late in coming to your rescue."

Gao Yu was startled and looked back, seeing a group of imperial guards rushing in from the gate.

While Gao Yi was distracted, Gao Qian stabbed his sword straight into his abdomen.

With the addition of the imperial guards, the situation was quickly reversed, and in a short while, all the soldiers inside and outside Tongle Hall were subdued.

Gao Qian looked over with a sword in hand, and saw that there were also survivors of Tongle Hall who were tied up along with Gao Yi.

At this moment, they were all forced to kneel in the middle of the ground.

Gao Qian was about to step forward when he paused.

"His Majesty!"

A eunuch with a pale face ran out from the backyard in panic, carrying the unconscious empress dowager.

Gao Qian's eyes fixed and he looked expressionlessly. The head of the person held between two eunuchs was tilted to one side, with disheveled hair and eyes tightly closed. He was unconscious, and the wound on his shoulder was still bleeding.

The man who usually seemed so high and mighty, now looked in an indescribable state of embarrassment.

A eunuch asked whether to summon the imperial physician.

A dark light flashed in Gao Qian's narrowed eyes, and his thin lips slightly raised in an arc.

He raised his finger slightly, pointed to a room on the second floor, and said in a cold voice: "Go get some tea."

Soon someone came back with a cup.

Gao Qian stared at the unconscious person without moving his eyes: "Feed her."

The man kneeling on the ground was startled and raised his head in shock and fear.

Others may not know, but Li Yizhu knows it very well. This tea was specially given to Qian Lang. It contains special medicine. Although it is not life-threatening, it is...

At first, when Prince Guangping tied up the emperor, she saw that he was unable to struggle and thought that he had drunk tea when she was not paying attention. It was not until she saw the emperor holding a sword and fighting with others that she realized she had been tricked.

But why did the emperor give the tea to the empress dowager when he knew it had problems?

The eunuch secretly glanced at the gloomy emperor, and his gaze slowly fell back on the cup in front of him. How could he dare to let the empress dowager drink tea from such a place?

After some hesitation, someone picked up the teacup.

The eunuch shuddered: "Your Majesty——"

Gao Qian paused and slowly turned around to look at him: "Any questions?"

The person with his back to the light pursed his lips, his eyebrows and eyes hidden in the shadows, and his murderous eyes instantly chilled people's hearts.

The eunuch's knees went weak and he knelt down with a thud, his forehead touching the ground, not daring to say another word.

Ignoring the pain in his left arm, Gao Qian gently straightened the Queen Mother's head and carefully poured the tea into her mouth bit by bit.

The gentler the movements of his hands, the more cruel the light in his eyes.

Half of the tea was spilled, and some flowed out from the corners of his mouth and wet his clothes, but he ignored it.

Everyone watched in silence, feeling that this scene was indescribably strange.

After serving a cup of tea, just throw the cup away.

At this moment, General Wuwei and Wang Tingyue walked in one after another, and bowed to Gao Qian when they saw him.

"Your Majesty, Prince Guangping's accomplices have all been captured, and Zhou Situ and others have also been rescued from the private prison."

When Gao Yi heard this, he didn't care about the blood gushing from his body. He stared with his eyes wide open, gasping for breath. He couldn't believe that he was defeated like this. He had already started to deploy before Gao Qian returned to Jinye, so how could he be defeated miserably?

He kept struggling and yelling, "It's impossible, Gao Qian, you lied to me, it's impossible!"

One of the imperial guards shouted and raised his hand to slap him in the face.

Gao Qian glanced sideways, and the imperial guards immediately lowered their heads and retreated.

Gao Yi was like a wild beast caught in a trap, full of unwillingness and resentment. He glared fiercely at the hunter in front of him and roared with red eyes.

Gao Qian slowly lowered his head and looked at him calmly: "Who do you think I'm waiting for today? To tell you the truth, I'm waiting for you! Idiot!"

He lowered his eyes and shook his head: "Don't you think about why I have been hiding all the way here without disguising myself? How dare I show my true face to others?"

Gao Yu was startled: "Did you deliberately lead me here?"

Gao Qian stood up and took a half step back, glancing around casually.

"I knew this place was yours a long time ago. Don't ask me how I knew it. You wouldn't believe me even if I told you."

He tilted his head and smiled: "Since I was able to kill you the first time, I can kill you the second time."

Gao Yi was stunned: "...The second time?"

Gao Qian curled his lips and raised the sword in his hand high.

"Brother, spare me——"

"Wait—."

A violent cough was heard behind me.

All shouting stopped abruptly, and hot red blood spurted out instantly, spilling all over the ground. One could clearly hear something fall to the ground and roll out.

Gao Qian put down his sword and turned his head to look over. He saw that the unconscious empress dowager had woken up. She looked happy but her tone was full of worry.

"Mother, are you awake?"

The Queen Mother stared blankly at the head not far away, feeling dizzy, her lips trembling, and her voice was hoarse: "A Qian, how could you kill him?!"

Gao Qian looked at the bloody sword in his hand, then at the body with its head and body torn apart, and smiled: "A traitor should be killed by everyone, mother, am I right?"

The Queen Mother's legs and feet were weak and she could not stand steadily: "There is still room for improvement in this matter. Why do you have to..."

Gao Qian looked coldly at the bleeding wound on her shoulder and laughed: "Leave me alone? What kind of leave do I need to have when dealing with a traitor? Mother, you are really confused by the pain!"

He paused for a moment, staring at her meaningfully, "Besides, I only chopped off his head with a sword. Compared with the punishment of being torn into pieces by five horses that your mother used to punish the traitor, this is much more merciful. Mother, don't you think so?"

The Queen Mother's face was covered in white and she stood there stiffly, unable to speak.

"Emperor, you, you are..."

"Whoever has the evil intention to do so will do nothing but eliminate the trouble forever."

Gao Qian smiled coldly, no longer looking at the people who were standing there in a daze, and only ordered everyone except those who were from Tongle Hall to leave.

Someone was pouring kerosene everywhere.

The eunuch helped the empress dowager leave first.

Just as Gao Qian was about to step over the threshold, a woman started crying out at the top of her lungs.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Gao Qian stopped and looked.

He frowned and looked at her for a long time before he could barely recognize who the woman with tear-stained makeup was.

"…What Qi?"

Li Yizhu's face was full of tears, and he kept kowtowing: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for the sake of our acquaintance, A Miao, yes, for A Miao's sake..."

Qian Lang and A Miao?

There was a softening in his cold eyes.

He was silent for a moment: "Okay."

Li Yizhu was delighted and hurried to express his gratitude.

Gao Qian: "You said I can look at you however I want, right?"

Li Yizhu was puzzled.

Gao Qian smiled and said, "If you look closely, I always like to peel off the skin and remove the bones. Only in this way can I know whether it is a human or a ghost hiding under this skin."