lover in the mirror

After the unlucky genius doctor took the medicine for a few days, Chu Yunyang saw that everything was normal, and ordered several doctors in the mansion to take his pulse. They all said that there was no abnormality in his body.Later, I asked several well-known and unknown doctors to check the pills, and they all said that they are the best nourishing products.

Chu Yunyang was naturally very satisfied with this result. The emperor's spirit has gradually weakened in recent days, and his waking time is also shortening day by day.Now that he confirmed that there was no problem with the antidote, Chu Yunyang did not delay any longer, and immediately ordered his servants to prepare the carriage.

As soon as the second prince's carriage stopped at the main entrance, the people watching nearby immediately divided into two groups, one group went to the Prince's Mansion, and the other group went to the palace.The actors were ready, and the crowd who didn't know the truth also arrived in front of the big screen, and the good show was finally about to begin.

Not long after Chu Yunyang entered the palace, more than a dozen important court officials met at the Yonghua Gate one after another, and were divided into several teams according to their respective camps and walked towards the palace.

A few officials who were not standing in line were discussing in low voices, "Suddenly received a call to enter the palace, and the eunuch said that it seems to be announcing the succession. I don't know which prince will win in the end."

"I think it will be the First Prince, and nothing major has happened these days, so why would you suddenly want to re-establish the Prince?"

"I think the second prince is going to be replaced. Calling us here in such a hurry must be an announcement of a major event. If it is not for the appointment of another prince, why call us here?"

The officials who had already supported the crown prince or the second prince bowed their heads and did not speak. They all walked steadily, but their palms were all cold, and it turned out that cold sweat had already broken out.

At such a critical moment, no one is nervous. Which prince to follow is a major matter that affects the prosperity of the whole family.It's okay for those officials with low positions to follow the wrong people. Maybe they can get an amnesty if they meet a docile monarch.

It's just that the higher the rank, if he falls, he will be smashed to pieces. No matter how gentle the king is, how can he tolerate a minister who has once been an enemy of him in a high position.

Not long after walking in, the eunuch leading the way stopped and asked the officials to wait in a palace room next to the bedroom, saying that the emperor's dragon body was not in good condition, and would take a nap from time to time.Therefore, no matter who came to pay a visit or to be passed on, you have to wait here for a while. If the emperor is awake, he will send someone to pass on.

The officials sat down in groups of three and five, chatting and sipping tea, trying their best to hide their unrest.Just at this time when people were panicking, they suddenly heard a commotion in the bedroom, carefully heard the sound of breaking the door, the sound of iron armor rubbing and scolding, all the officials couldn't sit still, and rushed out of the room one after another.

But he said that Chu Yunyang got off the carriage outside the palace gate, walked past the red palace wall with yellow tiles, and the white jade road leading to the main hall was still busy with the maids and eunuchs who were busy with their heads down. Turn around, that is the direction of the emperor's bedroom.It's just that the more he walked in, Chu Yunyang faintly felt a little unusual. Today, there are nearly twice as many people patrolling outside the bedroom than in the past, and he doesn't know why.

Chu Yunyang waited outside the door for a while, and then the eunuch came out to summon him. Chu Yunyang walked into the bedroom and found that everything was as usual inside.There were only six serving maids in the bedroom, all with familiar faces, either standing or busy, when they saw the second prince coming, they all stood in a row and gave a salute.

When the emperor heard the voices of the maids saluting, he knew that the second prince had come in. He seemed to be very excited, and supported Long Ta to half sit up reluctantly. Chu Yunyang immediately went forward to help him, and waited for him to sit firmly. Properly saluted, "I will see my father."

"Excuse me." The emperor hurriedly took Chu Yunyang's hand, motioning him to sit by the bed, and said with a trembling voice, "Yunyang, I'm sorry for you."

Chu Yunyang's heart skipped a beat, and he asked calmly, "Father has always favored my minister, so there's no reason to be sorry for my minister."

"I have been hesitating between you and Yun Qi, who can inherit my position. In fact, I have always valued you the most, but Yun Qi was born successively, and he is the son of the eldest son. Abandoning the elders and establishing the younger ones has been making trouble since ancient times. I have hesitated for so long. But now that I have stepped halfway into the imperial mausoleum, I have no time to hesitate any longer. I have decided to pass it on to the current crown prince. I only hope that you and the crown prince can settle down and share peace."

Chu Yunyang was happy when he heard the first half, but he was angry and helpless when he heard the second half. Naturally, the annoyance is that the emperor finally wants to pass on the throne at this moment or the crown prince, but the last sentence of the emperor is really true. It's because he's sick and confused. After fighting with the prince for so many years, how can he settle his suspicions?

"Father." Chu Yunyang immediately began to show weakness, "My son and His Highness the crown prince have always been in conflict. If the royal father is in the current crown prince, he will naturally not tolerate me after he succeeds to the throne. It is only a matter of killing or cutting, father. Does the emperor have the heart to let his subjects fall into such a situation?"

"Naturally I can't bear it, but the prince has not made any serious mistakes recently, so there is no reason for me to abolish him."

Chu Yunyang also stopped dealing with the emperor on this matter. The emperor's attitude was very clear. Although he valued himself the most, it was just that there was no reason to abolish the crown prince. Wouldn't it be simple in this way.

"Father, let's not talk about this for now, this son-in-law is here today to offer the antidote to Father."

The emperor immediately widened his eyes, "The antidote? Your son, do you have an antidote?"

Chu Yunyang immediately explained, "I went to visit the genius doctor, but I couldn't find the antidote. Someone secretly stole the antidote from the prince's mansion. The prince should know the medicine long ago but hid it secretly. It's really treasonous."

"Nizi! Really Nizi!" The emperor immediately became excited, coughing violently with his chest heaving up and down, Chu Yunyang quickly comforted him, "Father, don't get angry, it won't be too late to teach Nizi after the father recovers from the dragon body."

After presenting the white jade bottle to the emperor, Chu Yunyang was about to take his leave when he suddenly heard the emperor say, "My lord, bring me a glass of water." Chu Yunyang was slightly surprised that the emperor didn't order the imperial doctor to check the pills. Can you really trust yourself?

The emperor seemed to see the doubt in Chu Yunyang's heart, and said intermittently, "The prince is so unfilial, I, cough, the only person I can trust is you..."

Chu Yunyang took the tea bowl from the handmaiden, watched the emperor swallow the antidote, took a few sips of tea, suddenly his hand trembled, the tea bowl fell to the ground, and broke into pieces with a crisp "pop" .

Suddenly there was a line of neat footsteps colliding with iron armor and weapons outside the door. It was neat and weird. The red lacquered door was pushed open with a creak, and dozens of guards in bright armor surrounded it. It formed an arc, and there was a scarlet cloud-like totem on the hood of the leader. Chu Yunyang recognized that person as the former commander of the guards, who was later promoted to a chariot general with no military power. He was the eldest son of the Qi family. Qi Ji.

Chu Yunyang immediately realized something, and when he looked back, the emperor had already collapsed on the dragon floor, his fingers were still pointing straight and stiffly in his direction.

This isn't too bad, Chu Yunyang thought to himself, even if it was to blame him, some royal guards couldn't do anything to him.But then another wave of people rushed in, it was the ministers who had been summoned into the palace before.

Some of these ministers supported the prince, and some supported the second prince. When they came in and saw the scene in front of them, they all understood a little bit, and they were mixed for a while.

A group of people are at a stalemate at the moment, and Chu Yunyang is thinking about where he made a mistake and how to deal with it all.Qi Ji was hesitating whether to arrest the second prince directly, although he rushed in as soon as he heard the sound of the teacup falling after hearing what his sister said, but whether it would be inappropriate to directly arrest him right now.Some of the ministers were ecstatic in their hearts, some were ashamed, and some were concerned about the safety of the emperor on Longtao, so they didn't say anything.

At this time, the other leading prince finally arrived on the set. Seeing this scene, he did not immediately order the second prince to be arrested, but ordered people to quickly invite the imperial doctor over. Chu Yunyang controlled it, and the emperor's finger was still pointing at Chu Yunyang.

Chu Yunyang had no intention of struggling, and let the two guards support him calmly.

After the imperial doctors came in a hurry, they began to give the emperor the pulse, and they all mourned and wailed, "Your Majesty, you are dead!"

These words struck Chu Yunqi's heart like a thunderbolt, why did the emperor die, every step was clearly in accordance with the previous plan, how could it be a fake show.

No matter how turbulent his heart was, Chu Yunqi still had to walk step by step according to the previous plan. He picked up the white jade bottle that fell on the ground with heavy steps and handed it to the imperial doctor, "What is in this bottle?"

The imperial doctor hurriedly took the medicine bottle and poured a pill into his hand. Seeing this scene, Chu Yunyang's eyes widened instantly. How could it be possible that he had only brought one pill, but he still saw the emperor take it with his own eyes? Yes, why another pill was poured out of this medicine bottle, and I have been watching the prince's every move from beginning to end, where did this pill come from?

The leading old imperial doctor put it under his nose and sniffed it, the expression on his face became more colorful, and his voice trembled sharply, "This... this is poison."

There is no need to say anything more, the second prince got the stolen goods in front of many ministers and guards, and the maids who interrogated them also said that the medicine bottle was brought by the second prince.

The second prince, and the emperor who died of poisoning... were captured in the bedroom.Even if it had nothing to do with him, it is impossible to tell at this moment, let alone the maids can testify that he was the one who presented the emperor with the pill... As for the poison that came out of nowhere, he What can be the explanation?

Although there are still many doubts, it's just that this is Gongdou and not Conan. After all the witnesses and material evidence are all in place, who cares what motive you have for committing the crime?

Later, the motive for committing the crime finally came out. I heard from the maids that the emperor personally told the second prince that he was going to be the crown prince, so the second prince's behavior finally had a slightly reliable motive, that is, he learned that the emperor was going to pass on the crown prince. In the future, he simply poisoned the emperor without doing anything, and then wanted to pretend to be the emperor's will to ascend the throne himself.

Although it sounds like this motive is still full of loopholes, for example, how could the poison be fed openly with the poison himself, for example, how did so many ministers happen to be waiting in the side hall that day, but with the decline of the second prince, these doubts in his heart also disappeared. I can only keep it in my heart.

Immediately after the second prince was imprisoned, a group of guards quickly took away Concubine Zhen who was dressing in the mirror from the harem. Concubine Zhen didn't know about this matter, and it was too late to inform the elder brother who was the deputy commander of the guards Yes, although there are a few trusted guards around, but the number is not too many, and the rank is much lower than that of the former guard commander who took the lead, and there is nothing he can do.

In the blink of an eye, before the second prince's influence could react, the Yu family was raided, the second prince and concubine Zhen were put in prison, the emperor passed away, and the crown prince ascended the throne.