Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

The two court ladies and eunuchs who were imprisoned in the Punishment Division finally failed to survive the torture and confessed. No matter what the confession was at that time, the result that was finally presented to the emperor surprised the emperor.

"It's Li Zhao? Why did this result happen?" The emperor obviously didn't think that the eldest prince who was far away in the northwest would suddenly participate in the struggle in the palace.

He always thought that the mastermind behind this incident was the third prince. After all, the third prince and Li Xu had a long-standing enmity, and the two had just returned to court, and they were constantly fighting overtly and secretly.

Eunuch Zhao was also shocked by this result. He always felt that something was wrong. He knew the two people who were arrested in the Punishment Division. On the surface, they had nothing to do with Mrs. Zhao, but he just knew that these two were related to Mrs. Zhao .

He lowered his head, his eyes flashed with thought, and he replied cautiously: "This is the confession delivered by Mr. Liao himself, so there must be nothing wrong with it?"

The emperor casually threw the confession on the ground, "Hmph, that's not necessarily the case, Zhao Mei has always been in charge of the affairs of the palace, and most of the Punishment Division is serving the harem. Liao still remembers who his master is. ?"

"Your Majesty, what do you mean..."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if you have this confession or not. You ask Liao Shichao to bring the prisoner, and I will ask myself."

"Promise." Eunuch Zhao sent a young eunuch to pass on the message, then poured a cup of hot tea for the emperor, and stood aside with his hands down, thinking deeply about who would be responsible for this matter.

As the emperor's personal eunuch, Eunuch Zhao has an unusual status, but he lives in fear every day, and if he is not careful, he will end up in pieces, so he is used to thinking more about everything.

Soon, Eunuch Liao came in person, but there were no two criminals behind him. Eunuch Zhao felt a little bit of a bad premonition.

Eunuch Liao crawled in on his knees, lying on the ground trembling, "Return...Report to His Majesty, the prisoner couldn't bear the punishment and committed...suicide."

A cup of hot tea was thrown at Eunuch Liao, splashing his head and body, he didn't even dare to hum, waiting for the emperor above to pronounce the sentence.

"Okay! Very good! Then you don't need to ask this confession, you know it's a trick of torture. It's very good, Liao Shichao, I think you forgot what your last name is." This matter is simply challenging the emperor's bottom line. It has never been confirmed like today, the mother and son of the third prince can't stay.

No matter how much he loved Mrs. Zhao, the emperor would not allow her to touch the power of the previous court. The emperor looked gloomy and shouted: "Come here, take him to Lingxiao Palace, and personally stick him to death in front of Mrs. Zhao."

Eunuch Liao trembled all over, and shouted sharply: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, this servant did not succeed in being tortured, and this servant does not know how this happened... Your Majesty..."

Eunuch Zhao waved his hand and asked people to quickly cover the man's mouth and drag him out. He didn't see that the emperor's anger was almost unbearable, if he shouted twice, maybe the servants inside and outside the house would suffer.

Mrs. Zhao was simply baffled, she didn't ask anyone to go to the Punishment Department at all, because she knew that even if the two died, it would be impossible to recruit their mother and son, so why was Liao Shichao brought in front of her to be punished?

As the beating went on with one stick, Eunuch Liao screamed incessantly, shrill and painful. Of course Mrs. Zhao was not afraid of such a scene. She herself had killed slaves with sticks many times, but the meaning behind this incident made her terrified. .

"Ma'am, this... Eunuch Liao's death is not a pity, but the emperor sent him here without even asking, is he suspicious of you?"

"It's still a question, I'll just say it, even if the two of them can't find out that they have a connection with my wife, who else in the harem has the ability to arrange this? Go back to work!" Madam Zhao still thought that those two people confessed her, if so, it is not surprising that the emperor was furious.

Seeing that the screams were getting weaker and weaker, and that the man in the blue-purple eunuch's robe had been beaten to a bloody mess, with less air and more air, Mrs. Zhao closed her eyes and stopped watching such a scene.

After the others completely breathed out, Eunuch Zhao came over to read out the emperor's will, "Madam Zhao, please accept the imperial order."

Mrs. Zhao raised her head and glanced at him. The empress position in the harem has been empty for many years, and no other favored concubine Ji has been named a wife. Mrs. Zhao dominates the harem and dominates the power. Now she will be punished because of this. Have you been punished?

No, she is not reconciled!

"Wait, Eunuch Zhao, no matter what the imperial decree is, I want to meet the emperor and have a few words with him." Madam Zhao said anxiously, and at the same time stuffed a heavy purse into Eunuch Zhao's arms.

Eunuch Zhao didn't appreciate it, "Ma'am, you should kneel down and listen to the order. Your Majesty is furious. It will be futile for anyone to go at this time. You might as well wait quietly for a few days, and then it will not be too late to plan other things."

After finishing speaking, the imperial decree was read out, and Mrs. Zhao's title of wife was abolished, and she was imprisoned in Zi'en Hall in the northwest, and only two maids were allowed to serve with her.

"Zhao...Zhao Ji, accept the order and thank you." Eunuch Zhao said coldly.

"It's impossible!" Mrs. Zhao was dumbfounded. She didn't expect this incident to be so serious. To put it mildly, this incident was nothing more than a slander by a slave in the harem who slandered King Shun. She thought that she would be punished for lax discipline. Unexpectedly, without mentioning any crimes, her title was directly abolished, and she was imprisoned in the Leng Palace. Isn't Zi En Palace the Leng Palace?

Even if the third prince went to Yangzhou Mansion and caused a big incident, the emperor just kept her cold for a while.

"Eunuch Zhao, can you let my wife understand why the emperor is so angry? But who has slandered the emperor?" If she were to know who was behind the scenes, she would definitely tear him into pieces!

Eunuch Zhao thought to himself that the emperor didn't say that the matter should be kept secret, and he should really tell the other party the reason, so he told the story of Liao Shichao being beaten into a trick and framing the eldest prince.

"Madam Zhao also knows what the emperor is most taboo about. He allows you to make mistakes, and he is not afraid of the struggle between the princes, but what he hates the most is that someone deceives him. Where will Madam Zhao put the emperor? After all, the Si is still the emperor's place."

Mrs. Zhao cried out, "It's impossible. Why did my wife blame the eldest prince? It must be... that slave must have made his own decisions!" Mrs. Zhao fell to the ground and finally understood why she ended up in this situation. up.

The Department of Punishment has been controlled by her all these years, and Liao Shichao has indeed obeyed her orders, but it is impossible for her to let him be beaten into a trick to frame the eldest prince. This is either a stupid thing done by her stupid son, or Liao's self-assessment, no matter what, she will not die unjustly.

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In Prince Shun's mansion, Li Xu listened to Liu Shu's whisper about the result of the palace's disposal, and nodded, "Very well, this matter is over, there is no need to take any further action."

Liu Shu was about to throw himself in the face of his highness's admiration. He thought he could only swallow this breath in silence, but he didn't expect that the prince just asked Commander Lin to change his confession, and even pulled Mrs. Zhao, who had been favored in the harem for many years, down from power.

"My lord, how do you know that it will be useful to move out the eldest prince?"

"I didn't expect that the emperor would not believe the confession at all. If he believed it, he would be wary of the eldest prince, which would be beneficial to us. If he didn't believe it, he would definitely think that the third prince and his mother deliberately framed the confession. We are not the ones who suffer. , It’s best to kill two birds with one stone, what a pity.”

"It seems that the emperor has no doubts in the eldest prince."

"That's not necessarily the case, it's just that the eldest prince has always lived in the emperor's mind with an upright personality, thinking that it is impossible for him to deliberately do such a low-level thing, who is not a fool."

"But the result is pretty good. Isn't our current opponent this mother and son?"

Li Xu nodded, but he actually didn't think the faction of the third prince was so difficult to deal with. The third prince was a no-brainer, and Zhao Shu didn't see much wit and scheming, but his mother was a delicate woman. If Mrs. Zhao could be eliminated first , the rest is nothing to worry about.

Mrs. Zhao obviously knew this too, if she was gone, the third prince would definitely make mistakes every step of the way, and Li Xu would kill him without knowing what happened.

She spent several years collecting and opening up all the joints, just to see her son, but at such a sensitive time, some people still dare not let him go after receiving the money, so they secretly revealed a little news to Eunuch Zhao.

When Eunuch Zhao thought of the things Mrs. Zhao had sent for him, it would be a lie if he wasn't moved. Those belongings and houses were enough for him to live happily for the rest of his life.

But he knew in his heart that the emperor would not have a good life for a few years. Normally speaking, his personal eunuch would be buried. No matter how much property he had, what was the use for him?What's more, his heart is inclined to obey Wang Li Xu.

After some inner struggles, Eunuch Zhao brought his belongings and filed a complaint with the emperor. When the emperor heard what happened, he just sneered, "Let them see you. This is the last time. You can send her on the road tomorrow."

Eunuch Zhao was taken aback, he didn't expect the emperor to be so cruel, his wife who was still a favorite before, said that he would die as he said, and the emperor was ruthless.

"promise."

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Mrs. Zhao still doesn't know that the main road she spent a lot of money to open is a fast track to death. If she knew, she would definitely make a decision before making a move.

"Mother, what's going on here? Son... son really didn't expect this to happen." The third prince was anxious and panicked, his face pale, showing that he was quite frightened.

Mrs. Zhao can't get angry anymore, what can she do when she meets such a stupid son?In fact, speaking of it, how can a child who grew up in the court be careless, but he is too conceited, and he is used to being flattered and reckless.

"Xian'er, remember, you can't act impulsively when you do anything in the future, especially things related to Li Xu. Your father's health is already bad. These two years are the critical moment, so don't mess yourself up. Position, if you can’t make a decision, listen to Mr. Yan more, on Tongzhou, remember to stand still, don’t contact there if you have nothing to do, your father can tolerate a little bit of other things, privately raising soldiers and horses is a serious crime of treason.”

"Mother, tell me, will Li Xu also secretly recruit soldiers in South Vietnam? Didn't the Kou family army recruit 5 people in just two years? Maybe there are still people hiding in private." The third prince's eyes lit up, feeling This is also a good direction to criticize Li Xu.

"Don't act rashly!" Mrs. Zhao yelled angrily, "You treat everyone else as fools. Li Xu didn't even recruit his own guards. The emperor feels guilty for him. Even if there are another 1 to [-] horses, the emperor will not blame him. of."

The third prince stopped talking, he knew in his heart that what he said was wrong, and what he did was also wrong, but the desire for Li Xu's death in his heart was increasing day by day, and he didn't know when his wish would come true.

Mrs. Zhao comforted him a few more words before letting him go out of the palace. At this juncture, she did not dare to talk to her son unscrupulously, and only hoped that she would come out of the cold palace in the future.

"Zhao Ji, let's go, this old slave will see you off." In the afternoon, Eunuch Zhao brought a group of people to see Mrs. Zhao off.

Mrs. Zhao only packed simple luggage, and she was confident that she would be able to come back. She looked back at the palace where she had lived for more than ten years, with an indifferent smile on her lips.

It wasn't until she entered Zi'en Palace, looking at this dilapidated and deserted palace, that Mrs. Zhao felt a little regretful and flustered. She didn't want to live here. Once she entered this cold palace, how could it be so easy to get out.

She was afraid.

"No... Madam, I don't want to live here..." Madam Zhao backed away and wanted to run away, but was held hostage by two powerful eunuchs.

"Mrs. Zhao, Zhao Ji, the emperor ordered me to give you a glass of wine. You can drink it and go on the road." Eunuch Zhao said without changing his face.

"What did you say?" Mrs. Zhao was angry and wanted to rush towards the other party, cursing sharply: "You old dog, how dare you falsely preach the imperial decree!"

Eunuch Zhao sighed, "Forget it, let Zhao Ji go on her way."

It wasn't until this moment that Mrs. Zhao realized that one of the little eunuchs following her was holding a jug in his hand, but she didn't realize anything was wrong before.

"I... no... woo..."

Soon, the poisoned wine was poured into Mrs. Zhao's mouth, and the two held her down to prevent her from moving, one pinched her chin, and the other poured the poisoned wine in. The division of labor and cooperation obviously wasn't the first time they had done such a thing .

Eunuch Zhao watched all this expressionlessly, until the poison broke out, Mrs. Zhao's beautiful face became hideous due to the pain, and then the seven orifices bleed, how can I see the beauty when she was the crowned harem back then.

"Master Zhao, Madam has passed away." A young eunuch came to report.

"Okay, first stop the spirit in this hall, and ask for instructions on how to bury it after our family returns to the emperor."

Since the emperor was cruel to execute people to death, he would no longer feel pity, and directly sent the corpse to Zhao's house, even the imperial tomb was not allowed to enter.

The third prince who had just left the palace did not realize that the disaster was imminent, so he was invited by several friends to the busiest brothel, Chu Guan, where he hugged the most beautiful girl, drank the most expensive wine, and got drunk.

Zhao Shu was even more stunned when he received the corpse. From Mrs. Zhao's imprisonment to her death, it only took two days. He had no idea what happened.

When someone was sent to bring back the third prince who was so drunk, the two of them wept heartbrokenly at Mrs. Zhao's corpse, and the panic and anxiety in their hearts was not enough for outsiders to understand.

When Zhao Shu knew what happened, he wished he could slap the third prince to death. This stupid nephew, does he know what mistake he made?Without Mrs. Zhao in the harem to win over the emperor's heart for them, without her blowing the pillow breeze, the third prince's qualifications would wipe out everyone in two years.

Thinking of this, Zhao Shu felt extremely sad in his heart, feeling that his bright future suddenly became dark.

Li Xu was also very surprised when he heard the news at the first time. He didn't expect the emperor to be cruel, "What did Mrs. Zhao do later? How could she die if she was so good?"

Liu Shu had inquired beforehand and told him: "I heard that Mrs. Zhao spent a lot of money to bribe the palace servants and met the third prince in the harem. As for what she said, I don't know."

Li Xu didn't speak for a long time, the emperor's kindness was as thin as a piece of paper, he really didn't lie at all, even the pillow person who had been with him for many years was killed if he said it, and his son was nothing.

He suddenly thought, when he sat in that position in the future, would he gradually become such a cold-blooded and ruthless person?

No, definitely not!Otherwise, what is the use of this position?It's not that Li Xu has never been in a high position, and he has enjoyed the treatment of a local emperor in South Vietnam in the past few years, but he is not the lord of a country after all, and he feels panicked.

"Go to the barracks, call General Kou back, and say...the king misses him."