Only seven days left to live? She goes crazy and kills

It was late at night, and the palace lights were bright.

Emperor Zhaoming had been staying in Fengyi Palace.

During the time when Li De'an was out of the palace, he kept pacing in the palace, and his anxiety was visible to the naked eye. Even in just one day, he could see that he was exhausted and almost exhausted.

The atmosphere in the palace was always depressing, which made people feel uneasy.

Even though Qi Fangfei was a smart woman, she had no idea how to deal with the current situation.

She was born in a noble family. Her grandfather was the current Taifu, and her father worked in the Hanlin Academy. She had been carefully taught and trained since she was a child. She was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was good at managing the inner house.

Even if she entered the palace to be the queen, she could try her best to avoid mistakes after adapting for a period of time and be a virtuous queen.

But her duties and abilities were limited to this.

Concubines in the harem were not allowed to interfere in politics.

Moreover, in today's situation, let alone the women, even the ministers of the previous dynasty who were most adept at playing tricks, I'm afraid they have no way to deal with it, so they can only wait quietly.

"Your Majesty, the chief steward is back." The respectful report broke the oppression in the palace.

Qi Fangfei's eyes lit up and she turned her head to look involuntarily.

Li Dean came in with a pale face and knelt down with a plop: "Your Majesty, I deserve to die!"

Emperor Zhaoming's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the valley.

"Eunuch Li." Qi Fangfei frowned and said, "What did the princess say?"

Li Dean bowed his head and replied: "Princess Fengyang went to persuade her, and even knelt down to the princess, but the princess was unmoved, and said... she also said that she would not accept threats from anyone. If the emperor threatened her with anyone, she would continue to search the mansions of corrupt officials tomorrow."

But who will be the next unlucky person?

"How outrageous!" Emperor Zhaoming picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it hard, his face livid with anger, "She is really lawless, lawless!"

"Your Majesty, calm down!" The palace servants knelt down in unison, apology in fear.

Qi Fangfei's face turned pale, and she stood up and knelt down: "Your Majesty, calm down."

Emperor Zhaoming closed his eyes, "What else did she say?"

Li De'an knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head: "The eldest princess said that unless the emperor or the queen mother personally delivered the antidote to her, she would believe... Only then would she believe that the emperor had no intention of harming her..."

After hearing this, Emperor Zhaoming's cheeks twitched twice, and then narrowed his eyes slightly, with a bit of sinister mockery in his eyes: "She knew that I had the antidote, so she deliberately used such a cruel method, the purpose is to force out the antidote?"

Yan Donghuang was indeed extremely cunning.

He thought she was really not afraid of death.

It turned out that everything was just a trick.

Antidote?

Qi Fangfei was shocked and looked up at the emperor in disbelief.

Since the emperor had the antidote, why didn't he send it out of the palace to the princess early?

If he wanted to prove that the person who poisoned the princess was not the emperor, wouldn't sending the antidote be the best way?

"Your Majesty." Qi Fangfei calmed down and spoke calmly, "The princess has troops in her hands. Your Majesty might as well send the antidote to the princess first. As long as the princess's poison can be cured, it should not be difficult to ask her to withdraw her troops."

"What do you know?" Emperor Zhaoming said coldly, with a strong murderous aura in his eyes. "I really didn't want to kill her. If she had come to the palace for help as soon as she was wronged in the Duke's Mansion, I would naturally make the decision for her. But she sent troops into the city without saying a word. This is clearly a threat to me!"

Qi Fangfei pursed her lips and couldn't help but defend Yan Donghuang: "But when Sheng Jing'an poisoned her, he insisted that it was the emperor's doing. Even if the princess didn't believe that the emperor would harm her, she would inevitably take precautions in advance."

"Queen, are you questioning my decision?" Emperor Zhaoming looked down at her with a cold look in his eyes.

Qi Fangfei hurriedly said, "I dare not."

"In the final analysis, Yan Donghuang just doesn't trust me." Emperor Zhaoming's tone gradually revealed murderous intent, "In this case, is it necessary for me to show my deep brother-sister love?"

Qi Fangfei pinched the handkerchief and knelt stiffly on the ground, with a chill on her back.

She looked at the gentle emperor in front of her, her husband, and thought he was a tolerant and generous emperor. Even her father thought the emperor was a reliable person.

When he was a prince, his father said that the second prince Yan Ming had the broadest mind, was tolerant, and was worthy of entrusting his life.

If he became an emperor, he would definitely be a benevolent monarch in the future.

But her grandfather once reminded her not to regard the emperor as her husband. He was first an emperor. After entering the palace, she only needed to do her duty as the queen and not invest too much emotion and dependence on the emperor, otherwise she would be disappointed in the future.

Grandfather said that people can pretend. For the throne and power, everyone can do whatever it takes.

Some people use conspiracy and tricks, and some people use emotional tricks.

It turns out that what my grandfather said was right.

Qi Fangfei suppressed the emotions in her heart, slowly lowered her eyes, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the Chu family is the mother's family of the Queen Mother. If they fall into the hands of the Princess, I am afraid that they will be in danger."

Corruption is against the law, not to mention that Minister Chu embezzled military pay and food.

The Qingluan Army must hate him to the bone and want to cut him into pieces. Even if Yan Donghuang wants to let the Chu family go, the Qingluan Army soldiers may not agree.

"Uncle is doing this himself, and I can't save him." Emperor Zhaoming looked ugly, and his tone revealed a bit of heartache of sacrificing relatives for the sake of justice. "You said that he usually embezzled a little, but he dared to touch the military pay and food. Isn't this courting death?"

Qi Fangfei listened quietly and wanted to ask, was the delay in food and fodder really just the fault of Shangshu Chu himself?

She remembered that when this incident happened last year, some ministers in the court asked the emperor to punish Chu Shangshu severely, but the emperor was indifferent.

Even Prime Minister Pei put pressure on the emperor, but the Queen Mother suppressed the matter on her own.

The emperor sonorously and forcefully expressed his belief in Shangshu Chu. This matter must have been done by someone with ulterior motives. He would order people to find out the truth and give an explanation to Qingluan Army.

But in the end, the investigation found the deposed prince.

Because the deposed prince was unwilling to have Yan Ming take away his throne, he secretly arranged for people to steal the food and grass along the way and assassinate the soldiers escorting the food and grass, hoping that Qingluan Jun's entire army would be wiped out and he would die on the battlefield.

How ridiculous.

A deposed prince who was imprisoned to the point of death was actually able to instigate people to do such serious things.

Qi Fangfei remembered that the deposed prince was soon sentenced to death, and the emperor finally eliminated this threat that was only one step away from the throne.

"Queen, what are you thinking about?" Emperor Zhaoming cast his gaze over with deep inquiry.

Qi Fangfei was shocked and came to her senses. She suppressed all the emotions in her heart and spoke softly: "Food and grass are related to the survival of soldiers. Since Chu Shangshu dares to touch the food and grass, he will not be forgiven even if he is cut into pieces. But I remember that last year, someone found out that the food and grass were... Is this the fault of the deposed prince? "

Emperor Zhaoming's face froze, and then he frowned: "The queen means that my uncle has been colluding with the deposed prince for a long time?"

Qi Fangfei's face changed suddenly and she replied in panic: "I don't mean that, I mean. Chu Shangshu is the emperor's uncle and the queen mother's brother. How could he collude with the deposed prince?"

Emperor Zhaoming calmed his expression and helped her up from the ground with his own hands. His tone seemed helpless: "No matter what the truth was at the beginning, now that my uncle is at the forefront of the storm, I can only sacrifice him to quell the Qingluan Army's twenty The anger of thousands of soldiers.”

Qi Fangfei calmly raised her head and looked at the dragon pattern on his chest. She couldn't help but want to ask, is it still up to the emperor to decide whether to sacrifice the Chu family now?

The person is in the hands of Yan Donghuang, and Yan Donghuang is the one who really makes the decision.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are still waiting at Qinzheng Hall." Li De'an reminded carefully, "Does Your Majesty want them to go home first?"

Emperor Zhaoming frowned when he heard this and started pacing again.

The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty must not stay in the palace.

But what if they were detained by Yan Donghuang after they were released from the palace and returned home?

There are many upright ministers in the court. What if they are not afraid of death and insist on questioning Yan Donghuang, and there will be another dispute?

Emperor Zhaoming was in a dilemma for a while.

What Yan Donghuang did today was so deviant that people had to be careful.

After thinking for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Li De'an, you go and convey my decree. You will be exempted from the court for three days starting tomorrow. I will order all the officials in the court to close the door tightly after returning home, and arrange the guards at home. Don't offend the eldest princess and her subordinates." The Qingluan Army.”

"My slave obeys the order." Li De'an accepted the order and left.

Qi Fangfei looked at Li De'an's back thoughtfully, "Eunuch Li seems to be injured, I don't know whether it is serious or not."

"You can walk and run, but you can't die." Emperor Zhaoming said in a gloomy tone, obviously not having the energy to care about a eunuch, "Queen, please rest early."

Leaving these words behind, he turned around and walked out.

Qi Fangfei lowered her eyes and respectfully knelt to see the emperor off.

Rest early?

In the entire imperial city, I'm afraid no one will be able to sleep tonight.

After walking out of Fengyi Palace, Emperor Zhaoming immediately ordered someone to call Ying Rong, and said coldly: "Pick a few unfamiliar experts to accompany the officials out of the palace. Early tomorrow morning, as long as Yan Donghuang steps out of the gate of the eldest princess's palace, we will find an opportunity." Kill her."

Seven days?

No, he couldn't wait even a day.

If Yan Donghuang is really allowed to cause trouble for seven days, how can he, the emperor, have any dignity?

Ying Rong responded: "I humbly accept my order."

Emperor Zhaoming stared at his bluish face: "How is your injury?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. It's okay to be humble." Ying Rong lowered his eyes, "Just now, a guard came to report that the Queen Mother had been making a lot of noise in Ci'an Palace. They also said that if the Emperor didn't let her out, she would die in front of the Emperor. Please tell me from your Majesty.”

The Queen Mother is the emperor's biological mother, and her noisy behavior is different from that of the concubines in the harem.

If a concubine in the harem dares to cause trouble, the emperor will be furious and can directly order her to be thrown into the cold palace.

But can the Queen Mother do that?

Not only can the Queen Mother not be relegated to the cold palace, but she must not be put in the slightest danger. Otherwise, his reputation as an emperor for being unfilial will spread throughout the world, and scholars all over the world will criticize him. How can he still be an emperor?

Emperor Zhaoming's face was livid, and he had no choice but to order again: "Show the Ci'an Palace."