Be good, call me uncle

Chapter 974 Disappointment
Chengming Palace.

King Fu hugged his belly and closed his eyes to sleep.

But other clans are obviously unable to sit still.

Everyone was gathering together, whispering to each other about the fire in Qingning Palace.

At this moment, the Queen Mother broke into the Chengming Hall regardless of the obstruction.

The eldest princess was dealing with her in Qingning Palace, but she was helpless in front of the unscrupulous Queen Mother.

No way, this is the role of power.

As soon as the Queen Mother came in, she yelled: "The Ai family heard that King Qi ordered the palace to be closed, and even canceled the court meeting. How brave he is. He is just a prince, not a regent. Why does he do this?! Is this the opposite? ?”

After everyone bowed, Prince Fu gently advised: "Queen Mother, the matter has not been found out clearly yet. Please calm down first and wait until Zhaohua comes."

The Queen Mother sneered: "What? Grandpa Fu Wang wants to use his seniority to suppress the Ai family?"

King Fu stopped talking and continued to sleep with his eyes closed while holding his big belly. He did not care about the fool.

Seeing the Queen Mother acting like this, everyone wisely closed their mouths.

It turned out that the Queen Mother could not find any trace of Aunt Jingxin, and then she was blocked in the palace by the eldest princess.

She had a guilty conscience and thought that her murder of the Queen Mother would be exposed, so she launched an attack in advance and wanted to accuse Changsun Tao first. When the matter was exposed, she denied all crimes on the grounds that King Qi instigated the whistleblower.

But she didn't expect that she would take advantage of others and take away her loneliness. The clan had no idea what happened, and they had no intention of paying attention to her.

At this moment, Emperor Yuanwu was supported by Changsun Tao and walked in.

But seeing that his face was pale, his lips were foaming, and he looked weak and terminally ill, the Queen Mother immediately attacked Changsun Tao: "King Qi! What did you do to the emperor?!"

"Queen Mother! Shut up!" Emperor Yuanwu suddenly shouted, looking at the Queen Mother with eyes full of resentment and unwillingness, and more importantly, heartache and grievance.

A loud roar shocked everyone in the palace, including the Queen Mother.

She looked at Emperor Yuanwu with a look of displeasure on her face: "Emperor, what's the matter with you? King Qi is trying to disrupt the court situation, and the Ai family is complaining about you. Why are you still treating the Ai family like this?"

Emperor Yuanwu tried his best to restrain his inner grief, but he was still extremely angry at the Queen Mother's appearance.

He was heartbroken and asked: "Mother, I should have stayed in Concubine Xiao's palace at this moment, but instead I came to Chengming Palace dragging a very sick body. You didn't ask me what happened, but pointed the finger at me. Pointing to Uncle Huang, don’t you think there is anything wrong with what you are doing?”

Emperor Yuanwu slowly sat on the dragon chair and ordered Eunuch Lu who came after him, "Tell the Queen Mother what I took last night."

Eunuch Lu had been busy for most of the night and was so exhausted that his words were not as loud and sharp as usual. To everyone's ears, they sounded like endless grievances.

Just listen to him say: "In order to force Your Majesty to stay overnight in Concubine Xiao's palace, the Queen Mother gave Your Majesty a bowl of medicine to cheer you up. Unexpectedly, the bowl of medicine was stolen by a gangster and replaced with a deadly poison. If someone hadn't risked his life to save him, , Your Majesty may have already..."

They didn't mention Wu Ti's matter. This was agreed upon in advance.

Once the world knows that Wu Ti used the Queen Mother to set up a scheme to kill the emperor, and manipulated so many people, it will only deepen everyone's fear of Wu Ti and fuel Wu Ti's arrogance.

At the same time, the royal family will become the laughing stock of the world.

Therefore, Changsun Tao suggested that Wu Ti should not be mentioned at all, and that the matter should be pushed to those who should bear the consequences.

Everyone was stunned.

The Queen Mother became emotional: "Emperor, what do you mean? Are you implying that the Ai family poisoned you? Even if you have a problem with the Ai family, you can't use this method to deal with your biological mother, right?"

Look, look at his good mother.

When others hear the news, their first reaction is shock and distress.

But his mother felt that this was a way for him to deal with her.

Emperor Yuanwu was completely desperate. His voice was cold and cold: "Queen Mother, don't worry, let's settle this account bit by bit." After saying that, Emperor Yuanwu took out the handkerchief he had received from Lu Xi, threw it in front of the Queen Mother, and said, "Yesterday When I drank the bowl of medicine, I felt something was wrong with the taste, so I spit a little of the medicine into the handkerchief while wiping my mouth. Someone, soak the handkerchief in water, and then pour the water into Chunxi's drink. .”

Eunuch Lu immediately poured a bowl of water, then dipped the handkerchief in the water, then ordered someone to clamp Aunt Chunxi's hand, and roughly poured the water into Aunt Chunxi's mouth.

No matter how much Aunt Chunxi resisted, it would be useless. This scene made all the clan members look a little ugly.

Aunt Chunxi was not completely innocent. Although the courtyard where Lu Mingyong and Princess Zhenli were involved in the accident that night was classified as a restricted area, the eldest maid who was closely guarded by the Queen Mother could enter and exit without hindrance.

Just before coming to Chengming Hall, Emperor Yuanwu's confidants had come to inform him of the news they had discovered.

How Lan Lingling was brought into the forbidden area, and how she was taken from the forbidden area to the dining room and put into the steamer, were all the work of Aunt Chunxi.

In this imperial city, as long as Aunt Chunxi works in the name of the Queen Mother, is there any place she can't go?And it's hard to make people suspicious, after all, she is not a "suspicious person".

Therefore, Emperor Yuanwu's liquidation began with this evil woman who took advantage of others' power. Whether she was ordered by Wu Ti or the Queen Mother, it didn't matter. She had to pay the price for her actions.

After Aunt Chunxi drank the potion, she was thrown to the ground by the guard. She squeezed her throat desperately, but she could not spit out the bowl of water.

After a while, she began to act strangely, as if she was drunk, swaying and unsteady.

Then she became excited and in a state of madness.

After the excitement, her life breath passed away little by little, like sand on her fingertips, and then she fell to the ground and died.

Everyone was shocked speechless and watched this scene with wide eyes.

Emperor Yuanwu closed his eyes in pain and said, "Did you see it? Mother, this is the medicine I drank last night."

The Queen Mother watched Chunxi die in front of her, and was so frightened that she could not speak for a while.

This is the person who has served her all her life, who came with her from the Xiao family to enter the palace as a dowry.

After reacting, the Queen Mother strongly denied: "The Ai family didn't! How could the Ai family poison their own son! What the Ai family asked Chunxi to do was indeed He/Huan wine."

There was a cold arc on Emperor Yuanwu's lips: "Chunxi has done a lot of things without telling you! Did you know that she actually put a living little girl into the big steamer in the dining room? When I arrived, The water has already started to boil. If I had been a step too late, do you dare to think about the serious consequences?"

Emperor Yuanwu coughed violently several times, and some blood spilled from the corner of his lips. He didn't take it seriously, stretched out his hand to wipe it away, and continued to ask the Queen Mother: "Mother, who is it that spreads slanderous rumors in your ears, saying that the emperor's uncle has great achievements and that the master is powerful?" Plan to usurp the throne?"

"Who advised you to send the emperor's sworn sister to die with the Yu family? And who instigated you to give me this bowl of fatal poison? Please give an account, Queen Mother."

At this time, the Queen Mother finally realized the seriousness of the matter. She panicked and looked at her son: "Ce'er... you... are you okay? The Ai family didn't know that Chunxi would secretly take the medicine for pleasure, If it is replaced with a fatal poison, the Ai family doesn’t know!”

She explained incoherently, never mentioning the person behind it.

She couldn't say it, she definitely couldn't say it.

King Fu couldn't stand it any longer. He said sternly: "Conspiracy to kill the emperor is a serious crime against the nine clans! Why are you looking for a fig leaf here? It is only right to hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment for a thorough investigation and punish it according to the law."

Other clan members also realized the secret. Why were they tried in front of the clan members? It was just that their own people had made mistakes.

Chunxi is a member of the Xiao family and has been with the Queen Mother her whole life. Who else can command her except the Xiao family?Or can she be bribed?
Everyone showed understanding expressions.

At this time, someone came to report: "Your Majesty, the Duke of Yue has sent news that the Queen Mother met Xiao Yunfeng, the young master of the Xiao family a few days ago."

A piece of news sent the Queen Mother into a cold hell.

That's right, it was his nephew Xiao Yunfeng who gave him the advice. The reason why she never mentioned it was because she was afraid of injuring the Xiao family.

Isn’t your son still alive and well?She couldn't let her parents and brothers lose their lives over this matter.

But Emperor Yuanwu and Changsun Tao had another idea.

(End of this chapter)