Chapter 475: Empress Wu who was poisoned and Yang Sijian who was driven crazy
Luoyang Ziwei Palace.
Inside Changshengyuan.
Empress Wu walked forward arrogantly, her tone revealing the joy of having great power: "This time Tubo Zanpu is about to come to Beijing to be granted a title, the celebration must be grand, the last time Silla presented prisoners was too simple...cough
Cough! Cough cough cough!”
Halfway through her words, she suddenly felt a tightness in her chest, couldn't breathe smoothly, and coughed violently.
The ladies hurriedly stopped and made eye contact with each other, showing surprise. A few familiar people gathered around and said, "The queen mother must take care of her body!"
Among them, Webster even secretly applauded: "Isn't this old man very energetic on weekdays? Is he sick now? That's right!"
Empress Wu's chest rose and fell violently several times. She barely suppressed the discomfort, waved her hands and said, "It's okay. This time I want to promote the country's power, and my kindness and power are not limited to China. It's a major event to cover the barbarians far away. We should judge the matter fairly and reward them."
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The women of fortune returned to their previous state and obeyed in a daze.
After finishing the conversation that could affect the outer court, the moment Empress Wu returned to the palace, she staggered a little.
Her expression changed. She came to the table and looked at the obviously haggard face in the bronze mirror. Then she reached out and touched her head, and actually touched a handful of fallen hair. Her eyes finally showed panic.
, murmured: "How could this be?"
She thought for a while and suddenly said: "I am in my prime, how could I become weak and sick for no reason? Is there someone who poisoned me?"
Eunuch Gao and other chamberlains and a group of palace maids were waiting nearby. They were shocked when they heard this, and they all knelt down: "I will never dare to murder the Queen Mother!"
Empress Wu glanced around with sharp eyes: "I'm sorry you don't dare to do such a treasonous thing, but there are people who specialize in testing for poison in the imperial dishes. If I am really poisoned, how did the thieves do it?"
The servants and maids in the palace were trembling and did not dare to speak.
In fact, such matters should be investigated by the internal guards. Empress Wu's mind immediately recalled that when Li Yuanfang was still obeying her orders, she could not breathe smoothly again. She coughed violently several times and ordered: "Summon the imperial doctors, especially Sun Zhenren."
Liu Shenwei, his direct disciple, summoned him."
Eunuch Gao whispered: "Queen Mother, Divine Doctor Liu has been in Zhenguan Hall in recent days, diagnosing the saint."
Empress Wu was furious: "The saint's dragon body is important, but it doesn't matter to me, the queen mother? Go and summon her quickly, I want to see if the saint dares to bear the reputation of being an unfilial son at the last moment!"
Eunuch Gao fell to the ground and accepted the order: "Yes! Yes!"
When the servants in the palace retreated one after another, Empress Wu looked at the hair in her hands again, gritted her teeth and said: "'Zuoming', do you dare to attack me?"
With Li Zhi's lesson learned, when Empress Wu discovered her own symptoms, she naturally thought of poisoning. Those who dared to do such a thing and had the ability to do it were of course the most suspected of rebellion.
It's just that Empress Wu didn't understand that the saint was about to die of illness, and it was obviously in the interests of the other party for him to ascend to power, so why should he attack himself at this juncture?
Her eyes flashed and she began to think, considering the situation both inside and outside.
After thinking about it, my hair fell out again, my anger rose, and I slammed the mirror to the ground.
"Clang!"
The clear voice echoed in the palace, and Empress Wu's chest heaved for a long time before she said coldly: "Come in and clean up!"
It was quiet outside the palace. Empress Wu was wondering why Eunuch Gao hadn't come back yet and where the other chamberlains had gone. The sound of footsteps sounded.
An old eunuch, holding a broom, walked slowly in from outside the palace.
Empress Wu immediately frowned.
The eunuchs are also divided into grades. The hierarchy in the palace is strict. It is difficult for low-grade eunuchs to appear in front of the saints, queens and queen mothers. Judging from the clothes of this old eunuch, he is undoubtedly a low-level servant and is not allowed to enter the queen mother's chamber.
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Even if the other person looked dim and old, and was probably in the wrong place, Empress Wu's eyes showed disgust and murderous intent. She was so full of anger that she had no place to vent, so she would order the old man to be killed with a stick.
But when her eyes fell on the other person's face, her pupils suddenly shrank, she looked at the old eunuch intently, and soon showed a look of disbelief: "Yang Sijian?"
The old eunuch slowly raised his head: "As expected of Mrs. Wu, you have a photographic memory! When you were a sojourner in my house when you were young, you were able to read history books and get some impressions. I could tell at that time that you were extremely talented. Later, your mother
I feel a little regretful when I send you to the palace, but I didn’t expect that you would actually become the queen later..."
Empress Wu's expression changed completely: "Someone is coming! Someone is coming!!"
Yang Sijian's mouth burst into sharp laughter: "Are you looking for those personal eunuchs? No need to wait, they were all stopped, and they didn't resist much. They don't seem to be loyal to the Lord!"
"You and the late emperor are both mean and ungrateful people. You never treat your ministers as human beings. You used to use servants in the past, but once they were no longer valuable, you immediately used them all and killed more than thirty people!"
"These eunuchs have been slaves all their lives and are used to being submissive. No matter how cruel you are to them, they can only cry out and beg for mercy. They dare not resist directly, but their hearts are cold. Now that something has happened to you, you still expect these people to fight for their lives.
Come to rescue?"
Empress Wu looked outside the palace and seemed to see the scene of Eunuch Gao and others standing indifferently outside. She couldn't help but squeeze her hands tightly.
After taking a deep breath, she looked at Yang Sijian: "You actually faked your own death and mutilated your body to enter the palace. No wonder you are so familiar with the goings-on in the palace. So 'Zuoming' is your eldest daughter? I always feel that she is somewhat familiar, but I
I can’t remember where I’ve seen it before, you two, father and daughter, hide it so well!”
Mrs. Yang has changed her temperament since the Changsun family murder case, but Yang Sijian doesn't want to mention the eldest daughter. There is deep hatred on her old face with deep wrinkles: "witch, you are the one who forced me to do this. Li'er should have been
She is a queen, and her son will be a prince, but she died so miserably, so miserably!"
Empress Wu said: "Your little daughter was harmed by He Lan Minzhi, and that scoundrel died without a burial place. Why are you dissatisfied!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Yang Sijian was furious, his eyes were red: "It was you and your mother who protected He Lan Minzhi and allowed him to become a lawless person. Even the crown prince dared to attack him. Now you
You actually want to throw away all responsibility?"
"Especially your mother, who watched Li'er grow up, how could you bear to let that beast He Lan Minzhi do such a thing? Later I found out that that old man was having an affair with He Lan Minzhi. It's disgusting! It's disgusting!
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"You Wu clan are inferior to pigs and dogs. I will destroy your ancestral graves, cut the old man's coffin into pieces and exhume his body. You will not have peace after death!"
Empress Wu's demeanor changed dramatically.
She really didn't care about the life and death of the Wu family's children, but having their ancestral graves destroyed and their mother being raped were two completely different things.
After all, the family is closely related to himself, which is why Li Zhi later pardoned his eldest son and came back to re-enshrine the incense of his mother's family. Once Empress Wu came to power, she would also find collateral bloodlines to continue the incense, and let the scholars sing their praises for a while.
, the scandals of the past have also faded.
But now that her ancestral graves are gone, once word spreads, her reputation will be severely hit. Of course, the more important thing is that since the person in front of her dares to do such a thing, she is completely willing to risk it. She may not need to think about the future.
Something happened...
At the critical moment of life and death, Empress Wu calmed down and the anger on her face dissipated: "Yang Sijian, have you poisoned me?"
Yang Sijian grinned and laughed sternly: "That's right! Don't you like the evening flowers in the garden very much? Those are not tribute from Nanzhao, they are mixed poisons specially prepared by me!"
"Empress Wu, soon your body will be like that of the late emperor, like a saint, lying on the bed dying of illness, even the imperial doctors can't save you!"
"Imagine that feeling, it will make you suffer more than dying directly! Hahaha!"
Empress Wu clenched her hands hidden in her sleeves, forcibly suppressing the fear in her heart, and said calmly: "Then why don't you come back to appreciate my ugliness at that time, but why can't you wait to show up now?"
Yang Sijian's twisted smile suddenly stopped.
As soon as Empress Wu saw the change in his expression, she immediately took the initiative: "You have been hiding for so many years, and your daughter has always been in charge. Today, you suddenly show up in person. Isn't it just for this meaningless vent? Tell me, after all.
What happened?"
Yang Sijian's facial features became more and more distorted, and he stared at Empress Wu fiercely: "Even now, do you still have this aloof attitude?"
"You, mother and daughter, were kicked out of your home by the Wu family back then. I took you in. Are you even remotely grateful?"
"Changsun Wuji was in power and prevented you from becoming the queen. It was me who became the leader of the secret guard pavilion. In the end, the Changsun family lost power. Are you even half grateful?"
"Later, you even hinted at me to eradicate the Changsun family, and I resolutely followed your instructions. Are you even remotely grateful?"
"This is what you did to my family in the end!!"
Empress Wu frowned: "It doesn't matter in the past, you did have some merits. When did I hint to you to massacre the Changsun clan?"
Yang Sijian bowed his back and roared at Empress Wu: "No! You were the one who suggested that I kill the Changsun family! For the sake of Li'er's happiness, I did so, but in the end, in order to protect that beast He Lan Minzhi, you demoted me instead.
I also cleaned up my old department, both you and that old guy will die! Both of you will have to die a miserable death!"
"Why did you come back again? This person has gone crazy..."
Empress Wu saw that his face was full of madness, almost hysterical, and there was no one to protect him to avoid further stimulation. She waved her hand and said: "Let's not mention the past things for now, why do you show up today?"
Yang Sijian's bloodshot eyes almost bulged out: "My son was arrested by Li Yuanfang in Chang'an, and my last hope is gone, gone!!"
Empress Wu's eyes flickered, and her tone immediately became gentle: "Mr. Yang, in this case, you should cooperate with me! The saint's dragon body is ill and his time is coming. The prince is young and ignorant, and the queen is ignorant of political affairs. Let's join hands to control the government.
, rescue your son from Li Yuanfang, and I can give him glory and wealth and compensate you for everything you lost before!"
Yang Sijian's ferocious expression slowly dissipated, and he said in an extremely sad tone: "What a shout out to Mr. Yang... What a shout out to Mr. Yang... But I am now Eunuch Yang... Madam Wu, I still remember when you were lying on the table.
, the oath you made when you begged me to help you deal with Changsun Wuji? To protect our wealth together, the whole family will have no worries! Do you want me to be fooled a second time now?"
Empress Wu wanted to persuade her again, but Yang Sijian changed the topic: "But it's not impossible for you and me to join forces to control the government. Let's do it now!"
Empress Wu's expression changed: "Now? The time has not come yet..."
Yang Sijian grinned and let out a sharp laugh that was unique to eunuchs: "Then it's not up to you! Please pass the order from the Queen Mother and enter the palace to serve the King!"