Liu Zhong and Li Shilan followed the eunuch in charge and entered the palace from the main entrance of Xingqing Palace. They walked forward for more than ten meters, then turned left along the Yong Road and headed west.
During the process, we walked through some corridors and small gardens and walked nearly 500 meters before arriving at a tall building. This building is a three-story high-rise building with red columns and black tiles, set against the backdrop of high hanging red lanterns.
, extremely spectacular.
Li Shilan looked up and saw five characters written on the plaque: "Calyx Xianghui Tower."
The steward eunuch greeted the steward eunuch at the door of the building, explained the situation, and then walked in with Li Shilan and Luo Jian.
At this time, a grand song and dance performance was going on in the hall on the first floor. In the middle of the hall, dozens of geishas were performing, musicians played drums, and the scene was very lively.
Li Shilan and Liu Zhong followed the eunuch in charge and quickly walked around the outside of the hall to the side of the viewing platform. The two people above were drinking and chatting. The man was in his fifties, he was majestic, his face was red, and he was wearing a yellow dragon robe.
, wearing a gold silk winged crown, it goes without saying that this is Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty! The other woman is thirty-six or seventeen years old, graceful and charming, with a smile as bright as a flower. The two of them enjoyed the song and dance performance, changing glasses and talking and laughing.
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At this moment, a palace maid brought up a pot of royal wine in a green porcelain bottle and handed it to the woman next to the emperor. She knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui, please use it slowly."
When the palace maid served the royal wine, Li Shilan had already smelled the strange and familiar smell outside the palace kitchen. When she heard the palace maid address the woman as Concubine Hui, she immediately became alert! She pulled Liu Zhong's sleeve hard and pointed to the palace maid's seat.
The jug said: "Brother Zhong, this is the poisonous wine sent from the palace kitchen!"
"Who dares to be so rude! Just point here!" said an old eunuch, flicking his fly whisk.
"Your Majesty, there are bad people here who have secret orders from you. They say they have urgent news and they need to report it in person!" the eunuch in charge reported.
"Urgent news? Come up and talk." Tang Xuanzong didn't seem to be particularly concerned.
Liu Zhong brought Li Shilan forward, knelt in front of Xuanzong, and said: "Your Majesty, the top priority is that you must not drink this pot of wine, because it is poisonous!"
"What?" Tang Xuanzong was shocked, "Is this really true? Send someone to capture this palace maid quickly!"
The guards in the palace tied up the maid who brought the wine and forced her to kneel in front of Xuanzong.
"Speak quickly! Who instigated you? Come to me and tell me the truth!"
The palace maid had never seen such a formation before. Cold sweat broke out on her head and she glanced at Concubine Wu Hui from the corner of her eyes.
"You damn slave! How dare you attempt to murder the emperor?!" He said as he was about to pour the poisoned flagon into the palace maid.
"My beloved concubine, what are you doing?" Tang Xuanzong took the wine flask from Concubine Hui's hand, "I still have something to ask her!"
"I am worried about the emperor's safety! This slave is really hateful and should be executed immediately!"
"Concubine Hui, please be patient!" Liu Zhong said calmly, "Your Majesty, I have a plan!"
"Speak quickly!" Xuanzong said, flicking the hem of his dragon robe.
"I beg your Majesty, if this maid can tell the truth and reveal the person behind the scenes, she will be spared the death penalty!"
Xuanzong thought for a moment and said, "That's right!"
Liu Zhong walked up to the kidnapped palace maid and said, "This is your Majesty's extra kindness. How can ordinary people survive? Why don't you recruit her!"
The palace maid burst into tears and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty! I deserve to die because I was ordered by Concubine Wu Hui!"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Xuanzong Longyan was furious, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will kill you immediately! Concubine, don't worry, I will not believe this slave's nonsense!" Xuanzong turned around to comfort his beloved Concubine Wu Hui.
It didn't matter what he saw, but he was quite surprised!
Excessive fright
When the palace maid said that Concubine Wu Hui sent the poisoned wine, Long Yan, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, was furious because he didn't believe it at all!
After angrily scolding the palace maid, Xuanzong turned around and was about to comfort his beloved concubine, but found that Concubine Wu Hui was already lying on the back of the chair unconscious.
"My beloved concubine! My beloved concubine!" Xuanzong shook Concubine Wu Hui's shoulders vigorously, but she had no reaction.
"Send me the imperial doctor quickly!" Xuanzong said anxiously to the eunuch beside him.
"Yes! Your Majesty!" A little eunuch ran out the door.
Liu Zhong and Li Shilan looked at each other, but it was Liu Zhong who spoke first: "Your Majesty, I have an urgent situation that I need to report to you immediately! Maybe it is also related to the poisoned wine."
"Oh? Tell me quickly!" Tang Xuanzong calmed down and said.
"Your Majesty, this villain was appointed by you to enter Prince Shou's Mansion many years ago as a spy to monitor every move of Prince Shou. Today, conclusive evidence has been obtained. Prince Shou sent people to dig underground secret rooms in the back garden of the palace, hiding a large number of sophisticated weapons.
.And he trains his own soldiers every day, colludes with some people in the world, and intends to rebel! And the time to do it is tonight!"
"What? Li Mao actually dared to plot rebellion?! Is the news accurate?" Xuanzong was shocked and angry.
"Your Majesty, the evidence is indeed conclusive, because many villains were involved in the planning process and have already understood the situation clearly. The villain only came to report now to collect enough evidence."
"So - this poisonous wine is indeed related to Concubine Hui?" Xuanzong stroked his beard thoughtfully.
"Your Majesty, that should be the case. This stranger heard with his own ears in Prince Shou's Mansion that someone ordered the poisoned wine to be given to Concubine Hui personally." Liu Zhong said, gesturing for Li Shilan to step forward.
"This righteous man——" Tang Xuanzong obviously did not understand what the foreigner meant. "This righteous man, did you hear with your own ears that Concubine Hui was involved in the poisoned wine?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Shilan replied with lowered eyebrows.
At this moment, the little eunuch and the imperial doctor quickly entered the hall.
"Your Majesty, the imperial doctor is here."
"Come up quickly and see why Concubine Hui hasn't woken up yet!" Looking at his usually beloved concubine, Tang Xuanzong still didn't want to believe that she actually wanted to poison him for the sake of his son.
The imperial doctor carefully stepped forward and took Concubine Wu Hui's pulse. After a moment, he frowned and said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui - she has been too frightened and will never wake up again!"
"Are you saying that my beloved concubine died of fright?" Tang Xuanzong suddenly collapsed on the dragon chair.
"Your Majesty, I deserve to die for my crime! I came a step too late! I hope your Majesty will forgive me!" The imperial doctor kowtowed tremblingly.
"Go down!" Xuanzong seemed to be in a state of confusion at this time and had no time to punish him. The doctor quickly thanked him and left.
"Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible about Prince Shou's rebellion!" Liu Zhong reminded.
Although his beloved concubine died suddenly and she was suspected of treason, Tang Xuanzong was very confused at this time. But after all, Tang Xuanzong is Tang Xuanzong. In this critical moment, cheer up!
"Gao Lishi!" Xuanzong called.
"The old slave is here!" The old eunuch in gorgeous clothes and holding a whisk in his hand responded.
"Publish my decree, immediately dissolve the banquet, mobilize the guards of Xingqing Palace! Immediately mobilize the imperial army with my decree, guard all the city gates, no one can enter or exit at will, send the left and right divine power into the city, and surround the Shou Prince's Mansion for me!
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"I accept the order——" Gao Lishi responded with a long voice, turned around and went to make arrangements.
In the sudden incident just now, the palace maids and music officials who were performing were all frightened and fell to their knees. Now, under the guidance of the eunuchs, they left the Huacalyx Xianghui Building one after another.
