The words "cut off one's descendants" were a big taboo for the emperor, and it immediately stung his nerves. He said angrily, "Take the person down and have him cut into pieces with a thousand knives."
The eunuch came up and wanted to pull the person down, but the queen, who had been watching coldly, said calmly, "Your Majesty will first tell the imperial doctor to give you my pulse. If you are really poisoned, ask her to hand over the antidote."
The emperor was stunned by the stimulation. When the queen reminded him, he immediately shouted, "Tell the imperial doctor."
"There is no cure for the poison you have been poisoned. If you want to blame it, just blame Concubine Lu. If she hadn't done something so absolutely, I would not take revenge..."
Xilan spoke intermittently, blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, she fell to the ground, and soon became motionless.
The emperor and empress personally watched her die, and her skin quickly turned purple.
The process was very horrifying, and the entire hall was so quiet that one could hear a needle drop. She died in such a strange way that no one dared to hit her.
Dr. Zhang, the most vicious doctor in Taiyuan Hospital, came and took a deep breath when he saw the situation in the hall.
"Look what happened to her?" the queen said, her death was so abnormal.
Doctor Zhang didn't dare to touch her, so he put on thin gloves, took out a silver needle, and pricked her body.
The silver needle suddenly turned black, and Doctor Zhang quickly concluded, "She died from ingesting a highly toxic poison. Her body turned purple because the poison spread throughout her body. It's best not to touch her casually."
This is choosing a happy way to die for yourself, without having to suffer torture.
"Throw the corpses to the mass graves to feed the wild dogs," the emperor ordered unhappily.
The imperial guards came in fully armed and carried the man away, and several imperial doctors took turns taking the emperor's pulse.
After they muttered together for a while, Doctor Zhang said nervously, "There is indeed a toxin in your Majesty's body. It is not clear what harm it can cause..."
"They're all trash, what's the use of you..."
The emperor was furious, and the imperial doctors knelt on the ground and trembled.
The queen asked, "Is your life in danger?"
"Not yet."
The queen was tired after struggling for so long. She cheered up and consoled her, "Since there is no immediate danger to her life, there is still hope."
Then he lowered his voice and reminded, "The situation is unstable now. It is best not to spread the news that His Majesty was poisoned. Otherwise, it will cause an uproar."
The emperor reacted immediately when she reminded him that King Luo was in rebellion. Once the news of his poisoning spread, the government would inevitably be in turmoil, and the news had to be suppressed.
The emperor didn't care about being angry anymore, and immediately cheered up and cleaned up the mess, "The queen is right, the news cannot be leaked."
His cold eyes swept over the people in the hall, the mouths of dead people were the most trustworthy.
The palace maids and eunuchs were so familiar with this look that they all knelt on the ground, not daring to speak.
Of course the queen knew what he was planning. She didn't want to cause too many crimes, so she tried to persuade her, "I can't hide the loss of the two children. We can take the opportunity to push it into the fight between the concubines in the harem, but if His Majesty wants to go to war,
, it will inevitably make people guess more.”
She has always dealt with things with some skill, and she has done nothing wrong since becoming the queen, so the emperor can still listen to her when she speaks.
"Huh, let's do this for now. I won't be lenient if the news leaks out."
The emperor stood up in a bad mood and said, "It's time for the queen to check the harem. This matter was caused by the harem."
The queen immediately knelt down and said, "I will conduct a thorough investigation of the harem immediately."
The emperor left without looking back, and Tao Mingran stood up.
She smiled uneasily, this queen was really tired, and she might even become the queen of subjugation.
"Check it for me!" she ordered the steward and maid beside her.
The situation was turbulent, the harem was still fighting so fiercely, and the emperor even lost two sons overnight. It was not a good sign no matter how you looked at it.
Suddenly, rumors spread throughout Shengjing, some said that Daqi's energy was exhausted, and some said that the new emperor's moral character was lacking...
The emperor was busy putting an end to the rumors and dealing with matters at the station, so he could only leave the thorough investigation to the empress and send Lin Zheng to assist.
After a lot of thunderous tactics, the clue was quickly found.
The queen was having a headache while looking at the found out news. The palace servant came to report, "Your Majesty, Li Shanggong and several maids are here to ask for an audience."
Shang Gong is already a second-grade senior female official, and she can be regarded as a prominent figure in the palace. It may not be that simple to ask for an audience at this time.
"Invite them in."
Tao Mingran received him in the side hall. As soon as Li Shanggong knelt down, he confessed, "I was the instigator of all this, and I am willing to take full responsibility for it."
Tao Mingran narrowed his eyes, "Reason?"
"This slave recognized a goddaughter, brought her up from childhood, was pushed out as a chess piece to fight for favor, and ended up miserable." Li Shanggong's eyes turned red.
Tao Mingran said nothing. What she said was true, but it was only half of it.
With a look, she threw the folder in front of Li Shanggong, "Let's take a look."
Li Shanggong picked it up and looked at it more and more frightened, and his expression began to be in a trance.
This incident was caused by the palace's default rule of "eating against food". Since the late emperor began to reuse Dongchang, eunuchs had a high status in the harem.
Especially powerful eunuchs, who are the people that concubines try to win over.
The best way to win over was to send beauties as gifts. Soon, a new trend of "matching food" emerged in the palace, and the concubines habitually sent people around them to win over the eunuch.
Once this trend became popular, many palace ladies suffered greatly from it.
And most of these eunuchs are very perverted and like to engage in torture.
In the past two years, when the new emperor came to power, the structure of the harem has changed drastically, and the two factions of palace maids and eunuchs have been fighting constantly.
"Do you recognize what is written above?" Tao Mingran asked.
Li Shanggong closed his eyes and knocked his forehead heavily on the ground, "I admit it, but I'm not willing to accept it."
"We are forced to have no choice, so we old guys who can't live long will take revenge on the royal family!" Li Shanggong said word by word, "The custom of eating food was initiated and acquiesced by Concubine Lu."
The Empress Xie once took care of this matter, but unfortunately at that time, Concubine Lu was favored, and the wind blowing from her pillow. The emperor handled it gently, but Empress Xie did her best, and nothing was known in the end.
This also laid hidden dangers for the current situation. These ruined palace ladies hated Concubine Lu, and of course they also hated the current emperor.
Tao Mingran sighed inaudibly. She was also a woman, so of course she understood their pain.
"The emperor personally ordered a thorough investigation into this matter. You are not the only people involved."
Except for Xilan who committed suicide, the few people who came today are all high-ranking and older female officials.
In fact, many other young palace maids and officials were involved. They planned carefully and worked together to succeed.
Li Shanggong became anxious. She looked at Tao Mingran and said, "I heard that the empress was born in a scholarly family, and she has always read poetry and books. Those children are still young and have suffered enough. Please have mercy on the empress. All the slaves and maids are responsible for all the crimes.
Now that I'm done with it, please raise your hand."
"Please give me a high position, your empress!" Several people kowtowed and begged.
