Chapter 3419 The truth of the death of the first emperor
With that said, the group of people wanted to bow to Chu Xuanchen and Yun Ruoyue again.
Yun Ruoyue hurriedly supported Concubine De and said: "Everyone, please get up. There is no need to be polite. You are not wrong. You should not be sentenced to death."
Chu Xuanchen also said: "Don't worry, as long as I am here, I will never let anyone hurt you again."
After hearing the words of the two people, everyone was moved to tears.
At this time, Concubine Shu came over and wiped her tears while saying: "Your Highness Prince Li, Concubine Li, when my son Prince Rui treated you like this, I didn't expect that you would ignore the past grudges and save us. I know what happened back then.
It's all his fault, please allow me to apologize to you on his behalf."
"Shu Fei, the deceased is gone. What happened in the past is in the past. Don't take it to heart." Yun Ruoyue consoled her.
She did not expect that after they saved Concubine Shu this time, Concubine Shu would be grateful to them.
After all, Concubine Shu had been blaming them for a long time because of Prince Rui's death.
At this time, Concubine Shu pulled out an eighty-nine-year-old boy from the crowd, and said, "Princess Li, just now Eunuch Xu wanted to strangle Zixi with him. Fortunately, General Mo arrived in time and cut off Eunuch Xu's hand.
The white cloth saved Zixi’s life.”
With that said, she looked at Chu Zixi and said: "Zixi, the prince and the princess are your saviors. Come over quickly and thank them."
Chu Zixi hurriedly stepped forward, kowtowed respectfully to Yun Ruoyue and Chu Xuanchen, and then said, "Thank you, Your Majesty and Princess, for your life-saving grace."
"Get up quickly!" Yun Ruoyue hurriedly helped him up, then looked at Concubine Shu, and said hesitantly, "So this is Zi Xi, who has grown so big. What about his mother? Is she also in the palace?
"
Concubine Shu sighed and said: "Qingqing finished dealing with Ruochen and Jingyi's funeral, went to the temple to become a monk! Therefore, Zixi will be raised by me alone."
"I see, it's such a pity." Yun Ruoyue said, looked at everyone again, and said quickly, "By the way, are you the only surviving concubines in the palace? Where are Concubine Xue and the Queen?"
Concubine Shu said: "Concubine Xue has left the palace with the emperor. As for the queen, Eunuch Xu dare not touch her for the time being, so she is still in the cold palace. She is fine."
When Yun Ruoyue heard this, she glanced at Su Ming next to her.
The queen is Su Ming's sister, and Eunuch Xu probably did not kill the queen for Su Ming's sake.
At this time, Chu Xuanchen looked at Eunuch Xu and said in a deep voice: "Eunuch Xu, how many concubines have you killed?"
At this time, Eunuch Xu had been escorted to the ground by the soldiers.
He looked at Chu Xuanchen with a very frightened look on his face.
He did not expect that King Li, who had been demoted to South Vietnam for a long time, would come back, drive away the enemy and take back the city.
Seeing Chu Xuanchen, he thought of the methods this man used to deal with him.
He was immediately trembling with fear and said hurriedly: "Back to your lord, I have disposed of more than fifty concubines in the past few days. However, these are all orders from the emperor, and I only obey orders. I have no choice but to do so!"
Chu Xuanchen said coldly: "You have no choice? You followed the tyrant, aided the tyrant, and did many things that were harmful to nature. It is a heinous crime. Do you think you can get away with it just because you have no choice but to do it?"
"Your Majesty, this slave did not help the tyrants to commit evil, and did not do anything harmful to nature..." Eunuch Xu said hurriedly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Concubine De stepped forward, pointed at him, and said sternly: "Eunuch Xu, do you dare to say that you did not do anything harmful to heaven and earth? Aren't you the one who poisoned the late emperor back then?"
As soon as these words were spoken, they slammed into everyone's hearts like a huge boulder, causing a pool of water to rise.
Chu Xuanchen then looked at Concubine De and said in a deep voice: "Concubine De, what did you say?"
Concubine De patted her chest nervously and said: "Your Majesty, since the emperor has left us and ran away, and he still doesn't miss the old relationship and wants to ask Eunuch Xu to execute us. Then I think the truth about the past should be made known to the world.
It’s time!”
"What's the truth? Tell it truthfully." Chu Xuanchen's tone was calm and his appearance was calm.
But Yun Ruoyue could see that the tips of his fingers were trembling, and there was already a hint of sadness in his eyes.
Concubine De looked at everyone, then lowered her eyes and said: "Back then, Eunuch Xu was a eunuch who served the late emperor, but he was actually bribed by Chu Yao. At that time, the late emperor was infected with the cold, and then, Chu
Yao summoned Eunuch Xu to Prince Yao's palace and asked Eunuch Xu to add a chronic poison called strychnos to the emperor's medicine for treating wind and cold."
"What?" Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
Concubine De continued: "If this toxin is only administered in a slight amount, it will not be easily noticed by others and the symptoms will not be severe. However, if the poison is administered frequently, the emperor will soon be severely poisoned and then die due to difficulty in breathing. At that time
, Eunuch Xu took the opportunity of serving the late emperor to add a little poison to the late emperor's medicine every day, causing the late emperor to become chronically poisoned and his health deteriorated. People who did not know the inside story thought that the late emperor's symptoms were caused by the worsening of wind and cold.
In fact, this is not the case at all. The late emperor was simply poisoned by strychnos, and he died of the disease in the end."