I am a ruler in troubled times

Song Peiyu and Song Jinyu hurriedly wiped their faces with wet handkerchiefs, and immediately rushed to the apse, but they were stopped outside the hall. Shang Shuling and Mu Shizhong were also stopped outside the hall.

Song Peiyu stood beside Song Jinyu, lowered her eyelids and stared at the shadow under her feet.

The palace people outside the palace knelt on the ground, there were small sobbing sounds everywhere, but the most obvious one was the wailing in the bedroom, the voices of Concubine Zhuo and Concubine Sheng.

It's a pity that Song Peiyu tried hard to identify it for a long time, but couldn't hear Chong Yi's voice.

Although it was midsummer, it was in the middle of the night when the temperature was the coldest. It didn't take long for Song Peiyu to feel that her whole body was blown through.

Not only Song Peiyu felt anxious, but the expressions of the other three people in the courtyard became more and more irritable.

There was a sudden noisy sound from outside the yard, followed by greetings one after another.

King Su, who was walking like flying, but with red eyes, seemed to be out of order, and the eldest princess, who was supported by the eldest princess and the head of Huiyang County, arrived.

Knowing Su Wang's precarious appearance at this time, he is probably pretending, or it is not because of sadness at all, but because of excitement.Song Peiyu still took the initiative to walk to Su Wang's side, wanting to support Su Wang to prevent Su Wang from falling.

King Su rejected Song Peiyu's kindness, he took the initiative to bypass Song Peiyu and walked straight to the closed door.

Eunuch Meng, who was guarding the gate, stopped King Su, and said softly, "Your Majesty and His Majesty are grooming His Majesty, you might as well wait a while."

Without hesitation, King Su stretched out his hands and pushed Eunuch Meng back, "That's my elder brother! I haven't seen what he looks like? Get lost!"

Before he finished speaking, King Su kicked open the door of the sleeping hall.

The people who had been waiting for a long time moved their feet, the door was already opened, should they go in or not?

Before they could make up their minds, King Su's roar suddenly came from the room, "Who poisoned Big Brother? Ah?!"

Shi Potian's startled roar made the atmosphere in the courtyard, which had been a little loose due to the arrival of Su Wang and the eldest princess, completely freeze again.

The eldest princess violently waved away the eldest princess and the head of Huiyang County, and ran into the dormitory with her wide skirt in her hands as she was not sensitive to her physical condition at this time.

"aunt?"

"Mother!"

Shocked by King Su's roar, the eldest princess and the head of Huiyang county immediately came back to their senses and trotted into the bedroom.

The people still in the yard looked at each other in blank dismay, with similar shock and bewilderment on their faces, but in the depths of their eyes, there was an unexplainable deepness.

Without waiting for the people inside to speak, they followed the eldest princess and Huiyang county master into the sleeping hall.

The first thing Song Peiyu did after entering the dormitory was to look for Chong Yi's figure with his eyes.

Chong Yi had already changed out of the dusty clothes due to the rush, and was standing at the window in the prince's uniform, looking in the direction of the bed with a blank expression on his face.

Song Peiyu was completely relieved after finding that there was no sadness or depression in Chongyi.

Just now King Su's shout after entering the bedroom was too shrill, and the eldest princess' reaction was also very strong, it is hard not to worry about unforeseen changes.

Song Peiyu lowered her head to adjust her mood before quietly looking at the position of the bed.

Su Wang, the eldest princess, Zhuo noble concubine, Sheng noble concubine, the eldest princess, the head of Huiyang County, and the only two imperial physicians in the house were all there.

King Su and Princess Chang are questioning the imperial physician why Emperor Yonghe was poisoned and what kind of poison he was suffering from.

The imperial physician kneeling on the ground was unwilling to speak first, and at the same time raised his head and quietly looked at the other party, the meaning of wanting the other party to speak was self-evident.

Sitting next to Emperor Yonghe's bed and wiping her tears with a handkerchief, the eldest princess saw the little action of the two imperial physicians, and immediately threw the handkerchief towards the two imperial physicians who were still in the eyebrow-eye lawsuit, and said angrily, "What's the matter?" Just say what! Do you still want to give a confession?"

The two imperial physicians were taken aback, and quickly knelt down to kowtow to the eldest princess, "The eldest princess calm down, I dare not."

"Stop talking nonsense." King Su stared fiercely at the dark heads of the imperial doctors.

After the two imperial doctors really felt the anger of the eldest princess and King Su, they immediately explained the clues they discovered in detail.

Concubine Zhuo and Concubine Sheng, under the eyes of King Su and Princess Chang as if they were going to eat people, told the story of what they knew in detail.

Apart from Chong Yi, the people who stayed in the Yonghe Emperor's bedroom tonight also included Concubine Zhuo and Concubine Sheng.

Earlier, Emperor Yonghe's condition was actually improving. The specific performance was that Emperor Yonghe's breathing became more and more stable, and his face gradually turned from gray to rosy.

Therefore Concubine Zhuo and Concubine Sheng specially persuaded Chong Yi to change clothes and wash up before returning, they also left separately.

It wasn't until the middle of the night that Concubine Sheng ordered water to be fetched to wipe Emperor Yonghe's body, only to find that Emperor Yonghe's body was already completely cold.

Although the Sheng family has never been recognized by the aristocratic family, Concubine Sheng is also a girl who has been pampered since she was a child. When did she get so close to a dead person?

She was so frightened that she froze in place, not knowing what to do.

After several breaths, he suddenly came back to his senses, and shouted loudly while stepping back.

Chong Yi, who was sitting at the kang table, Concubine Zhuo, who was taking a nap on the rug, and Eunuch Meng, who was sitting on a small bench in the corner of the room, were startled by Concubine Sheng at the same time, and immediately came to check on the situation of Emperor Yonghe.

Ever since Emperor Yonghe began to linger on his sick bed, the Imperial Physician kept vigil every day in the Hall of Qinzheng.

Today, Emperor Yonghe had just used the medicine of tiger and wolf, and the imperial physicians guarding the Hall of Qinzheng were recognized as the two with the best medical skills by the Imperial Hospital.

After the two imperial physicians passed by from the next door, they immediately concluded that Emperor Yonghe had not survived the tiger and wolf medicine, but died of poisoning.

Originally they were still hesitating whether to tell this appalling conclusion, but the first time they found out about it, they were too surprised to say it, and Concubine Zhuo caught the clue.

The poisons that led to the silent death of Emperor Yonghe were named "Ningxi" and "Sleeping Beauty", which were poisons from the Western Regions and Korea respectively.

'Condensation' is tasteless to smell, but it is extremely painful to eat. It will cause people to be 'frozen' first, no matter how painful it is, they will not be able to respond, and then they will stop breathing silently.

'Sleeping Beauty' has a slightly bitter smell, but it has a strange fishy smell in the mouth.

Under normal circumstances, it is almost useless as a poison.Therefore, in Korea, this medicine is usually given to people who are terminally ill and suffer great pain every day.

People who take "Sleeping Beauty" will not only stop breathing silently, but also respond to the word "beauty", with a rosy complexion and a calm face, making people who have been tortured by illnesses like dry bones suddenly look much better.

King Su sneered, "The person who poisoned him is so vicious. I'm afraid that one kind of medicine is not enough. I tried my best to get two kinds of strange medicines. I'm afraid I won't be able to completely poison the emperor to death."

The eldest princess wiped away her tears when she heard the words, and looked up at the people around with deep hatred, "The majestic king of a country was poisoned and killed in his own bedroom? Go and investigate immediately!"

The courtiers in the room were silent, and the servants did not dare to respond, and for a while, no one was willing to answer the words of the princess.

Seeing this, the eldest princess was so angry that she couldn't even speak.

Mu Shizhong took the initiative to walk to Emperor Yonghe's bed, and persuaded Princess Chang and King Su, "Your Majesty's sudden death would have caused turmoil in the court, especially Weijun, who just entered Zhao Kingdom last year, and the ambitious Weijun who planned to make a comeback at any time. Yan Guo. If news spreads at this time, letting people know that His Majesty was poisoned, I am afraid that there will be complete chaos."

King Su and the eldest princess looked at Mu Shizhong at the same time, but there was no sign of approval in their eyes, but their anger became more and more intense.

But Mu Shizhong didn't care about King Su and Princess Eldest's attitude at all, and said to himself, "The so-called country cannot be without a king for a day, it's better to let His Royal Highness be enthroned first, and then secretly investigate the poisoning of His Majesty."

After the room was quiet for a while, King Su suddenly jumped up, kicked Mu Shizhong in the chest, and kicked Mu Shizhong away.

With a bang, Mu Shizhong fell to the ground hard.

King Su didn't even look at the person who was kicked out by him. He gasped and looked at Eunuch Meng who was guarding the door, "Have someone call all the officials above the third grade of Xianyang Zhengzheng to be witnesses. Brother, I will punish his nine clans!"

While talking, Su Wang didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, his eyes stayed on Chong Yi for a long time with extraordinarily complicated eyes.

Eunuch Meng hesitated for a moment, then looked at Chong Yi.

After seeing Chongyi nodding, Eunuch Meng quietly left the dormitory and ordered people to do what King Su had asked him to do.

After discovering this, King Su's expression became more complicated, and he turned his head fiercely.

All King Su's reactions seemed to be frightened by King Su's sudden movement of his feet, and Concubine Zhuo, who was standing there stupidly, saw it in his eyes.

"Father!" Concubine Zhuo was stunned for a while, and then ran towards Mu Shizhong as if waking up from a dream, and then looked anxiously at the two imperial physicians who were still kneeling on the ground, "What are you still doing, why don't you hurry up?" come and see?"

The imperial physicians shivered silently, wishing they could wear the invisibility cloak only found in the scriptures, so as to minimize their presence.

Su Wang looked over immediately, and the imperial doctors dared not move.

Concubine Zhuo also found that the imperial doctors were more afraid of King Su, she hesitated for a while, and turned her eyes to Chong Yi who was still standing by the window, her eyes were full of eagerness and pleading.

Before Chong Yi could speak, King Su, who saw Concubine Zhuo's movements from the corner of his eye, said in a muffled voice, "Go and see Mu Shizhong, and don't let him leave until we find out who poisoned him!"

The imperial physicians responded immediately, did not dare to get up, and walked on their knees to see how Mu Shizhong was doing.

After a long time, the slightly fatter imperial doctor wiped the sweat from his brow in embarrassment, and said in a low voice, "Your Excellency is fine, you will be fine after taking a pill for pain relief."

Concubine Zhuo looked at the imperial doctor who was talking with her eyebrows raised.

What do you mean there is no serious problem, and you will be fine if you take a pill to relieve pain?

Her father's forehead was covered with cold sweat, let alone getting up from the ground, he couldn't even straighten his waist!

The slightly thinner imperial physician also spoke, and the conclusion was exactly the same as that of the imperial physician who spoke before, without any difference.

Before the noble concubine Zhuo made trouble again, King Su's cold voice sounded, "Even the imperial doctors said it's fine, who is Mu Shizhong showing this behavior to? You have no eyes on the king, and this king rewarded you with a kick. Don't tell me you don't want to give me a kick?" Wrong reward?"

Before the words were finished, King Su had strode to Mu Shizhong's side, and was about to kick him again.

Mu Shizhong scrambled away from King Su's range, half sat up with his hands on the ground, and looked at King Su with hatred.

King Su smiled instead of anger, "It turns out that you are really pretending. If you find out that you are going to be beaten, you will be fine immediately."

Mu Shizhong firmly grasped the ground with ten fingers, managed to calm down, and said in a swallowed voice, "The old man is terrified for His Majesty. I haven't slept since yesterday. I was frightened by King Su just now, and almost fell asleep in a daze."

When the great cause is accomplished, he must return today's humiliation to King Su several times.

No matter how arrogant King Su's attitude is at this time, so what?

Isn't it as he imagined, who made a ruthless investigation to find out who poisoned Emperor Yonghe?

Su Wang thinks he is in control of the overall situation, but it is only under his calculations.

Thinking of this, Mu Shizhong's turbulent mood gradually calmed down, and even his stomach didn't hurt as much as before.

Because he knew that what he said just now had already planted a nail in King Su's heart.

King Su not only hated him, but also angered Chong Yi because of it.

Mu Shizhong endured the humiliation and gave in, but he didn't get King Su's acceptance, "Then why don't you thank me, the king, for preventing you from being insane and uttering more nonsense."

Mu Shizhong lowered his head expressionlessly, "Thank you, my lord."

King Su snorted coldly, finally stopped talking, and turned his head to look at Emperor Yonghe's rosy and stiff face in a daze.

The room became quiet again, even Concubine Zhuo and Concubine Sheng didn't dare to cry anymore, their faces showed different degrees of bewilderment and panic.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one noticed him, Song Peiyu quietly walked to a position not far behind Chongyi.

He immediately understood why Chong Yi liked this position, and he specifically signaled him to come over with his eyes.

Standing in this position and looking at other people in the house, it's like watching a melodrama in the stands of Ming Ke Building.

It didn't take long before the courtiers, dressed in messy court uniforms with flustered and dazed faces, arrived gradually.

Immediately after entering the door, they knelt on the ground and howled. As soon as they uttered a syllable, they were interrupted impatiently by King Su.

Although the courtiers were flustered, they were all winking people, and they immediately noticed the strange atmosphere in the dormitory.

Emperor Yonghe passed away, and no one went to ring the funeral bell or cry for mourning. When they were woken up in their sleep, they thought that someone had eaten a bear's heart and leopard gall, and dared to make a joke about this kind of thing.

After everyone arrived, King Su asked the two imperial physicians to explain the details of Emperor Yonghe's poisoning to the courtiers who had just arrived.

When everyone heard this, their faces changed drastically.

Fortunately, when King Su called these courtiers, he didn't want to ask for their opinions or what they wanted to do, but just wanted them to be a witness.

After the imperial physicians finished talking about the poisoning of Emperor Yonghe, before the courtiers could fully react, King Su had already started to interrogate and investigate on his own.

The first to be interrogated were still the two imperial physicians, and the two imperial physicians had the same confession.

Whether it's 'Concentration' or 'Sleeping Beauty', they are both extremely poisonous medicines. According to the time, Emperor Yonghe took the poison within ten hours.

King Su looked at Eunuch Meng who was kneeling on the ground like an arrow. What did his brother eat in the past ten hours?

Eunuch Meng thought about it for a while, and suddenly his face changed drastically. He opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything.

The eldest princess, who was leaning against the eldest princess' arms, was furious, "You still want to hide it for the culprit?"

Eunuch Meng kowtowed immediately, "I dare not, my majesty has not woken up since a day ago, only..." Eunuch Meng paused for a while before whispering, "I only used the medicine made by the imperial physician."

"Have someone dig through the medicinal residues, and bring up the people who picked up the herbs and boiled them!" the eldest princess said immediately.

The two imperial physicians took the initiative to say, "The medicinal materials are picked up by the minister himself. The minister and the imperial concubine will boil them, and then the imperial concubine will bring them to Your Majesty."

Princess Chang and King Su turned their attention to Concubine Zhuo and Concubine Sheng.

Concubine Zhuo and Concubine Sheng didn't look very good-looking, but neither of them was willing to speak first.

On the contrary, the person who went to the kitchen to find the dregs of the medicine came back first. After the two imperial physicians examined the dregs of the medicine, they agreed that there was no problem with the dregs of the medicine.

King Su asked people to go to the imperial hospital to find more imperial doctors to test the drug residues, and then looked sharply at Concubine Zhuo and Concubine Sheng.

Concubine Zhuo didn't panic at all, she told King Su, "I was only helping the imperial physician make medicine in the small kitchen, and then I heard that there was a commotion outside the hall, so I went to check the situation. When I came back, Your Majesty had already taken the medicine."

Compared with Concubine Zhuo's calm and composed face, Concubine Sheng's face was so flustered that even a young maid who had just entered the palace could notice the abnormality.

"Sheng, you brought this medicine to Your Majesty?" The eldest princess stared closely at Concubine Sheng's pale face, the hatred and disgust in her eyes almost turned into substance.

Before today, the eldest princess obviously liked Concubine Sheng more.

Concubine Sheng became more and more flustered after gathering more and more suspicious eyes on her body.

Finally, when the eldest princess got impatient and urged her again.

Concubine Sheng shivered violently, "I don't know, it's true that I brought the medicine to His Majesty, but His Highness personally fed it to His Majesty."

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, regret flashed across Concubine Sheng's face.

Concubine Zhuo, who stood quietly at the same spot after disregarding the relationship, immediately turned around and raised her hand after hearing Concubine Sheng's words, and slapped Concubine Sheng fiercely on the face, "What do you mean by that, how dare you doubt His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Concubine Sheng was beaten and fell to the ground, she lowered her head and covered her face, not knowing what else to say, she could only sob softly.

Not only the faces of King Su and the eldest princess darkened, but also the faces of the courtiers crowded at the door of the bedroom changed drastically. At the same time, they felt that Concubine Sheng was indeed the daughter of the Sheng family, and the noble concubines sent to the palace were so stupid that the Sheng family was still delusional. Become a family?

Su Wang's face repeatedly struggled, and he didn't say anything for a long time, but the eldest princess made a decision first.

She ordered the female officials around her to take people to search Concubine Sheng's bedroom, and sent people to investigate who Concubine Sheng had been in contact with recently, and whether she had summoned her natal family into the palace.

Su Wang looked at Chong Yi who was still standing quietly under the window, no matter what others said, he would not take the initiative to answer.

There were more and more people in the dormitory, but they all stood together in a crowded place, only Chong Yi had a large space, and only Song Peiyu was there.

King Su's complicated expression changed several times, and finally made up his mind, and said, "Go and see the prince..."

"Three eggs!" The eldest princess looked sideways at King Su, her tone full of warning.

The eldest princess decided to only check Concubine Sheng, which means she trusts Chongyi.

Not only did she trust Chongyi herself, but she also did not allow King Su to doubt Chongyi, and lowered Chongyi's majesty in front of many courtiers.

King Su opened his mouth, as if he wanted to persuade the eldest princess to change her mind, but after seeing the paleness and exhaustion on the eldest princess's face, he lowered his head and buried his face in his hands.

None of the courtiers expected that the news they heard would be more explosive than the last.

It stands to reason that Emperor Yonghe has only one son, the prince, and the prince has no reason to murder Emperor Yonghe.

But how can you use common sense to deduce matters involving imperial power?

Fortunately, the eldest princess was calm enough to stop King Su who wanted to get to the bottom of it in time.

If it is found out that Emperor Yonghe was poisoned and killed, it was really related to the prince, wouldn't everyone be embarrassed.

At this moment, the most urgent thought of the courtiers is to pray that this matter will pass as soon as possible.

No matter who the poisoner is, he cannot be the only heir to Zhao.

Mu Shizhong and Concubine Zhuo exchanged glances silently in the silence, and they also began to look forward to the early passing of this matter.

When Chongyi ascends the throne, the Mu family will change from the prince's natal family to the emperor's natal family.

There is only a difference of two words, but it is a world of difference.

Ever since Concubine Zhuo and Chongyi restored their relationship and restored Concubine Concubine, Mu's situation has changed again and again.

From being unable to lift her head under the pressure of the Song family and the Lu family, to being evenly divided with the Song family and the Lu family.

Since Chong Yi appeared on the border of Zhao and Wei, and Zhao Jun went down to defend the city, the news of success was sent back to Xianyang one after another, and the Mu family began to dominate the family.

Chong Yi is still the crown prince, so the Mu family can taste such sweetness.Waiting for Chong Yi to ascend the throne...

Now Chong Yi is the only heir of the Zhao Kingdom, no one dares to accuse Chong Yi of poisoning Emperor Yonghe, not even half of it.

Even King Su could only hold back his temper reluctantly and give up investigating doubtful points.

What about when Chongyi is no longer the sole heir of Zhao?

I don't know whether in the eyes of King Su, the elder brother who has depended on each other since childhood and is connected by blood is more important, or the glory, wealth and power that he has already obtained is more important.

No matter what King Su wants, he will not choose to remain silent after getting the evidence that Chong Yi poisoned Emperor Yonghe.

When the sky was dimly lit, the female officials and imperial physicians who went to search Concubine Sheng's bedroom returned.

The female officer held a small bottle made of ruby ​​on a handkerchief, put it in front of the eldest princess, and said in a low voice, "I found this from the imperial concubine's dowry, and it contained what the imperial physician called 'condensation'."

Before the eldest princess could speak, Concubine Sheng Gui, who had always been sullen, got up from the ground and rushed towards the female official who spoke, "Impossible, you framed me!"

The female officer turned around nimbly, leaving Concubine Sheng in vain, because it was too late to restrain her strength, she fell to the ground fiercely again.

Concubine Zhuo looked at Concubine Sheng with hatred mixed with disbelief, "Your Majesty treats you well. When you enter the palace, he will give you the status of concubine. So many girls who are born and educated many times better than you enter the palace." , can only look up at you. Why are you so cruel?"

Concubine Sheng got up from the ground, she looked at Concubine Zhuo with a more shocked gaze than Concubine Zhuo looked at her.

"Why do you say that?" Concubine Sheng was at a loss.

King Su raised his head and said all the bitter ginseng tea in the teacup, then smashed the teacup on the ground, and said in a cold voice, "The poisonous woman of the Sheng family murdered His Majesty, and now the evidence is convincing. Immediately imprison everyone in the Xianyang Sheng family. Dali Temple, issue arrest warrants for members of the Sheng clan outside Xianyang, wait..."

"It's not me, I'm really not me!" Sheng Guifei suddenly burst into a stern cry, interrupting King Su.

"Who are you?" King Su looked at Concubine Sheng indifferently.

Concubine Sheng immediately pointed to Concubine Zhuo, "It's her, she ordered me to do this!"

Concubine Zhuo raised her hand and went to hit Concubine Sheng again, "I think you are obsessed with ghosts. Now that the evidence is solid, you still want to slander me?"

Concubine Sheng firmly grasped Concubine Zhuo's hand, and raised her hand to fight back, but hesitated at the last moment, instead grabbing Concubine Zhuo's hair.

Concubine Zhuo struggled desperately, and managed to break free from Concubine Sheng's restraint, but a large lock of hair was pulled out abruptly, and she let out a miserable wailing sound.

Concubine Sheng looked down at Concubine Zhuo who had fallen to the ground, and said excitedly, "Obviously you think that the prince will never let me go after he ascends the throne, and let Sheng go as a threat to force me to listen to you!"

"Your Majesty didn't have a cold in the first place, but after using the incense you asked me to light, I started to feel unwell!"

"You clearly said that as long as I listen to you obediently, you will let me go home after the crown prince ascends the throne, and you will never embarrass me. Now you want to put all the crimes on me, and then do it with peace of mind. Empress?"

The poor courtiers huddled together like little quails. They didn't want to hear such explosive words at all, and they couldn't cover their ears. They could only lower their heads desperately, wishing their heads were lower than their shoulders.

Even Boshang Shuling of Yunyang didn't want to participate in it. One was staring at the glazed ornaments on the table in a daze, and the other was staring at the embroidered patterns on the upper of the shoe in a daze, and didn't even look elsewhere.

King Su and Princess Chang would not spare anyone who harmed Emperor Yonghe, and only when Chongyi was involved, they would not immediately openly investigate.

Concubine Zhuo would not receive such treatment.

The eldest princess asked Concubine Zhuo and Concubine Sheng to separate after a few words of confrontation and then began to fight.

She looked at Concubine Sheng indifferently, "You said that Concubine Zhuo ordered you to poison His Majesty, but you have already admitted that you did the poison?"

Concubine Sheng didn't expect the eldest princess to say that, the excitement on her face instantly faded, turning pale, and after a while, she nodded as if making up her mind.

The eldest princess smiled angrily, "Okay, then tell me how Concubine Zhuo ordered you to poison His Majesty."

"Eldest princess!" Concubine Zhuo said unwillingly, but she had to lower her head under the sharp eyes of the eldest princess.

Concubine Sheng took a deep breath, wiped the tears off her face again, and started from the beginning to explain the whole process of Concubine Zhuo threatening her.

Ever since Concubine Zhuo was restored, life for Concubine Sheng has become difficult.

Although there were many concubines in the harem, Emperor Yonghe often visited only a few fixed places.

For example, at the three old nobles who have served him for many years, on Princess Danqiong's birthday last year, Emperor Yonghe promoted one of them to be a concubine.

That is the old man who served Emperor Yonghe, and also raised the only princess of Emperor Yonghe, and the whole harem knew that no matter how fast the three old nobles rose in status, they would not become a threat, at most they would be concubines, and they would still be a concubine. Only one person can reach the concubine position.

Their enemies should be the aristocratic daughters who entered the palace together.

The first to bear the brunt is Concubine Sheng, who has the right to assist the Sixth Palace, so Concubine Sheng's popularity in the harem is not good.

This poor popularity situation reached the extreme level after Concubine Zhuo was restored.

With the change of Mu's position in the previous dynasty, He Chongyi's position as the crown prince became more and more stable, and the position of Concubine Zhuo became more and more stable, and Concubine Sheng's life became more and more difficult.

Especially after Concubine Zhuo made a clear statement that she didn't like Concubine Sheng, the women in the harem who hated Concubine Sheng but didn't dare to do anything to Concubine Sheng immediately began to attack Concubine Sheng crazily.

Concubine Zhuo also hinted to Concubine Sheng many times that they would settle accounts in the future, not only Concubine Sheng would not be able to escape, but also the Sheng family behind Concubine Sheng would not be able to escape.

If the other concubines in the harem were so provocative, Concubine Sheng would not always keep it in mind, so that she could not sleep at night.

But Concubine Zhuo is not an ordinary person, she is the biological mother of the prince and the future queen mother.

Concubine Sheng knew very well whether it was family background or future, she was no match for Concubine Zhuo.

In fear, Concubine Sheng naturally began to be controlled by Concubine Zhuo.

From the beginning, Emperor Yonghe was given special spices, which caused Emperor Yonghe to have symptoms similar to wind and cold, but he did not expect that Emperor Yonghe's condition would become more and more serious, so that he could not afford to suffer from old injuries.

At this time, Concubine Zhuo went to Concubine Sheng again, but Concubine Zhuo gave Concubine Sheng a paper bag, not a red jade bottle at all.

Concubine Sheng said that she had never seen a red jade bottle before.

Concubine Sheng was not completely unprepared. After she put the medicine powder in the paper bag given to her by Concubine Zhuo into Emperor Yonghe's medicine bowl, she left the oiled paper.

She took out the neatly folded oiled paper from her close-fitting clothes.

When Concubine Zhuo saw Concubine Sheng take out the oil paper, an uneasy expression flashed across her face, and Concubine Sheng just happened to catch her, she became more and more unreasonable, and said more carefully what Concubine Zhuo forced her to do.

After about one stick of incense, otherwise the imperial doctor who checked whether there was 'condensation' on the oil paper stood in front of Su Wang and the eldest princess with a strange expression.

The Eldest Princess looked at Concubine Zhuo and Concubine Sheng, and then she placed her eyes on the imperial physician, and asked in a deep voice, "How is it?"

"I have carefully checked the remaining powder on the oil paper with my colleagues. It is not 'condensation', but ordinary incense ash." The imperial doctor's clear voice was just enough for everyone in the room to hear.

Concubine Sheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "Impossible!"

The imperial physician bowed silently, not looking at the dull face of Concubine Sheng, and not bothering to talk nonsense with the dying person.

Concubine Zhuo took the initiative to explain, "I am worried about your Majesty's situation. I heard that the incense ash that is sincerely enshrined to the Queen Mother of the West can cure all diseases, so I want to try it. Since the eldest princess fell ill, the affairs of the harem are decided by Sheng Guifei, Troubled her specially."

"I didn't expect..." Concubine Zhuo's eyes suddenly burst into tears, "I didn't expect that she would use this incident to frame me like this."

"Impossible, she told me personally that this is a secret medicine from the Western Regions, and even the imperial physicians of the Zhao Kingdom would not be able to recognize it, so I can rest assured that if I sprinkle the medicine powder in His Majesty's medicine, it will definitely not be discovered!" Concubine Sheng immediately said .

Before the eldest princess could speak, Concubine Zhuo took the initiative to approach Concubine Sheng, asking repeatedly, "You keep saying that the princess's female officer and the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital found the 'Ningxi' from your bedroom, but you don't know about it."

"But I want to ask you, why did you take the paper wrapped with incense ash and say that it once contained the 'condensation' I gave you, and also confessed that you poisoned His Majesty, who can testify for you?"

"I can!"

An energetic voice came from Yonghe Emperor's bed.

Desperately reducing their sense of presence, but always focusing on the farce, the courtiers immediately focused on King Su from the corner of their eyes.

Song Peiyu was different, he looked behind King Su.

Emperor Yonghe, who had been put on court clothes after his death, suddenly sat up, poked his head out from behind King Su who was sitting beside the bed, and stared quietly at Concubine Zhuo who was confronting Concubine Sheng.

"Three days ago, you know that King Su sent another person to send a message to Suzaku privately, urging Chongyi to return to Xianyang, and when Meng Wu was called to the front hall by Uncle Yunyang, he forced Sheng Lan to murder me under my nose." .”

Concubine Zhuo took half a step back, turned around and ran behind Mu Shizhong, "He's here for revenge, he's here for revenge! It's not me who poisoned you, it's Chunying!"

Chunying is the personal maid of Concubine Sheng.

Not only Concubine Zhuo was flustered, but the courtiers were also flustered when they saw Emperor Yonghe's "deceitful corpse". Fortunately, Emperor Yonghe didn't confront them immediately after the "deceitful corpse", and gave them a buffer time.

Looking at King Su and Princess Chang's calm and sneering expressions, they immediately understood that it wasn't a 'fraudulent corpse', Emperor Yonghe never died.

No wonder they only heard about His Majesty's death, but the eunuch who went to the mansion to ask them to enter the palace was very low-key, and the death knell never sounded in the palace.

Those who can stand here are all officials above the third rank in the court. Even if they lack the ability to handle political affairs, they will not be fools.

Simply recall everything that happened below, and then look at Concubine Sheng and Concubine Zhuo who had calmed down and were also not surprised.

The courtiers understood immediately.

The Mu family, I am afraid that he will never recover from this fall.

It has nothing to do with the Mu family, and even because the Mu family has become more and more rampant recently, the courtiers who were suppressed felt very happy, and the courtiers who were closely related to the Mu family felt a chill down their spines.

Both sides glanced at Chong Yi's position at the same time.

I don't know how much His Highness the Crown Prince knows about His Majesty's plan, and whether he will shield Mu family again.

Mu Shizhong is not stupid either, his brain is only faster than ordinary courtiers.

If this matter is exposed during the preparation or implementation, he still has the opportunity to use his bargaining chips to compete with Emperor Yonghe.

However, Emperor Yonghe chose to act according to his plan after realizing it, and the trouble was known to all courts.

Although he was unwilling to admit it, Mu Shi knew very well in the middle that he thought he was smart, but was severely played by Emperor Yonghe.

Concubine Zhuo rushed in front of Mu Shizhong and was slapped severely.

Mu Shizhong stared fiercely at his concubine Zhuo who fell to the ground with unbelievable eyes, not like looking at his daughter, but like looking at his enemy.

The heart knot many years ago has not been forgotten.

As long as this idiot calmed down a little while ago and didn't name the specific person who poisoned him, Mu's family wouldn't be defeated immediately.

In the silence, Mu Shizhong suddenly became limp and fatigued.

Emperor Yonghe looked at Mu Shizhong on the ground with a sneer on his face, and said sarcastically, "Why, seeing that I didn't die, Mu Qing fainted from disappointment?"

No one is willing to answer this question, except Chong Yi.

"He has taken poison." Chong Yi's indifferent and calm voice reached everyone's ears in silence.

King Su's expression changed drastically immediately, and he was the first to rush to Mu Shizhong's side, shouting, "Emperor physician!"

He must not let this old thing be freed so easily.

He wants to watch this old thing suffer the pain of losing his son and grandson.

The imperial doctor scrambled and crawled over, feeling the pulse and applying acupuncture, but there was nothing he could do.

What Mu Shizhong served was 'Concentration Breath', as long as he swallowed it, even Hua Tuo was alive, and there was nothing he could do.

Sitting down on the ground, Concubine Zhuo, who had been forgotten by everyone, suddenly laughed out loud.

It was a deep and slow laugh at first, and then it became more and more rapid and high-pitched, attracting everyone's attention to her, even King Su who was in a rage.

"What are you laughing at?" The eldest princess said coldly, making no secret of her dislike for Concubine Zhuo.

"Me?" Concubine Zhuo supported the crooked hairpin, and looked at Emperor Yonghe maliciously, "Of course I am laughing at Your Majesty, have you forgotten that you have been poisoned by two kinds of poisons, and 'condensation' is my poison?" In order for my son to ascend the throne as soon as possible, I bought Concubine Sheng's court lady to poison me, and I found Concubine Sheng to be a scapegoat, 'Sleeping Beauty'..."

Concubine Zhuo deliberately paused, her eyes shifted from the faces of Emperor Yonghe and Princess Chang to King Su and the quail-shaped courtiers in turn, and finally met Chong Yi's calm eyes.

"'Sleeping Beauty' is your good son who can't wait to ascend the throne, and secretly put it in your medicine without telling everyone."

Su Wang was so angry with Mu's father and daughter that he almost lost his mind. He drew his sword and wanted to cut off the head of Concubine Zhuo.

He made a hesitant look just now, doubting Chong Yi or showing that he wanted to check Chong Yi, he followed the intention of Mu's father and daughter, so that Mu's father and daughter could relax their vigilance.

This poisonous woman of the Mu family!

Unexpectedly, at this moment, he was still thinking of pulling Suzaku into the water.

Uncle Yunyang and Shang Shuling held King Su's waist with one person, and King Su's sword-holding hand with the other, stopping King Su.

If Concubine Zhuo dies like this, and the Emperor Yonghe really dies in the future, the 'Sleeping Beauty' will become a rumor that the courtiers try to fight against the new emperor.

Regardless of his weak body after taking the fake death medicine, Emperor Yonghe strode up to Concubine Zhuo, first took the sword from King Su's hand, then pointed to Concubine Zhuo's nose and said, "Poisonous woman! You can't even see Suzaku at all! ?!"

Disappointment flashed in Concubine Zhuo's eyes, but the smile on the corner of her mouth became more and more sarcasm, "You don't believe it? Then go check it out.