Concubine Wan looked at the Nineteenth Prince on the bed, tears fell in her eyes, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were filled with anxiety: "I didn't want to, because he kept saying he was cold yesterday, so I took off the thickest quilt in the palace.
I took them out and covered him, but he still felt cold, and gradually lost consciousness and passed out. I had no idea at all. Even in the middle of the night, I didn't dare to call the doctor, let alone disturb the empress.
, my hands were cold when I touched him, I thought it was because he still felt cold, so I added another quilt to him. Madam, what’s wrong with An An? "
Yun Shang asked Qian Zui to take the Nineteenth Prince's hand out of the quilt. Qian Zui frowned. Yun Shang glanced at her and then put her hand up. As soon as he put it up, Yun Shang's brows also furrowed.
When I woke up, it was indeed very cold.
Within a moment, Yun Shang's complexion suddenly changed. There was no pulse, no pulse at all.
Yun Shang hurriedly let go of her hand, stretched out a finger, and put it under the breath of the Nineteenth Prince. There was no breath. The Nineteenth Prince on the bed was clearly dead. Even if Concubine Wan was her beloved son, there was no breath.
He was so anxious that he couldn't even notice that his child had no pulse and no breathing.
"Your Majesty, how is An'an?" Concubine Wan's face was full of worry and she looked at Yun Shang without blinking.
Seeing her like this, Yun Shang didn't know how to speak. She pondered for a long time and was about to speak when she heard Qian Zhui's voice coming from behind: "Be careful, my lady, your body is a little unruly and your head is a little dizzy.
"
Yun Shang was startled and her mind started to spin rapidly. She had just started drinking and had a good drink. When such symptoms suddenly appeared, it must not be a coincidence. Someone must have tampered with it somewhere.
There was a "bang", and from the corner of Yun Shang's right eye, she saw Qian Zui falling to the ground. Yun Shang had no time to think about it, so she reacted: "What did you do? Why... why am I sore and weak too?"
, my head is a little dizzy."
"Empress, I'm sorry. I didn't want to do this. I just have no choice." Qi Ruihai's voice came from behind.
With a hint of sarcasm on her lips, Yun Shang raised her head and rubbed her forehead before lying on the bed.
Concubine Wan hurriedly stepped forward and pushed Yunshang, then she breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and said to Qi Ruihai: "She finally fainted. I thought the maid she had with her was the most skilled in martial arts, but
But I didn't expect that she would last longer than her maid."
Qi Ruihai nodded, his eyes fell on Yun Shang, and then he said softly: "I have heard people say that the queen's martial arts is not bad, but fortunately we put poison on the child's hands, no matter how smart she is
I’m afraid I can’t even imagine it.”
"Let's send the person away quickly. She will definitely be accompanied by secret guards. If she doesn't go out after a while, the secret guards may come looking for her soon." Concubine Wan still had a somewhat worried look on her face.
Qi Ruihai nodded, walked to the bed, lifted Yunshang onto the bed, and moved Qianzhu to the bed. He pulled a tassel decorative rope beside the bed, and there was a "click" sound on the bed, and the bed board began to rotate.
When he got up, all three people on the bed slid down, and the bed board turned back again, as if nothing had happened.
In the Tai Chi Hall, Luo Qingyan was also full of anger: "Ji Chengjun! Liu Cang City has just experienced a disaster. Who allowed you to order the taxation of the people in Liu Cang City? If your order hadn't reached the people who were cleaning up the battlefield in Liu Cang
In the hands of General Wang, he sensed something was wrong and hurriedly wrote a letter to report, but I still don’t know that you are so bold and reckless!"
Kneeling in the Taiji Hall was a man wearing a third-grade official uniform. Hearing this, he quickly bowed to Luo Qingyan: "Your Majesty, I am so scared. Without Your Majesty's will, how could I dare to give such an order? Wei Chen
I received the decree from the palace ten days ago and asked Wei Chen to do this!"
Luo Qingyan was even more furious: "My will? I am not so old that I don't even remember whether I have made a will. Even if you are looking for an excuse, you can't find such a far-fetched one."
Ji Chengjun hurriedly kowtowed three times: "Wei Chen is not lying at all. His Majesty's imperial edict is that Wei Chen is enshrined in the ancestral hall of the mansion..."
Luo Qingyan frowned, Ji Chengjun was the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, and he was often praised by the Minister of the Ministry of Finance when talking about him. I am afraid that he was not such a wanton person.
Today is the ten-day period that Cao Wenxi said. According to what she said, today, she will make the matter of the jade seal public. Could it be that this is her way of making it public? If so, then what is Cao Wenxi's plan?
As Yun Shang said, it should not be underestimated.
She knew that Liu Cang was a big worry in Luo Qingyan's heart. Even though Liu Cang's rebellion had been calmed down now, Liu Cang had been seriously damaged after this battle. To appease the people was what Luo Qingyan needed to do immediately. She had to do it in advance.
So he laid out a plan, used a fake jade seal to make a fake imperial edict, and had someone give the imperial edict to Ji Chengjun...
Although Luo Qingyan roughly understood the whole story in his heart, his face remained calm: "You said you received the imperial edict. Well, Liu Wen'an, you go to Ji's Mansion in person and bring back the imperial edict that Mr. Ji said.
Show it to me."
Liu Wen'an responded quickly and left the Tai Chi Hall.
Luo Qingyan glanced at everyone in the palace, thought deeply, and then called up the chamberlain who was standing at the foot of the steps. He lowered his voice and ordered: "Go to Taihe Palace to invite the Supreme Emperor, and ask the Supreme Emperor to wait in the side hall.
After a moment, he said, it happened."
The chamberlain quickly received the order and left the Tai Chi Hall in a hurry.
Liu Wen'an moved very quickly. In less than half an hour, he hurriedly returned to the Tai Chi Hall. What he held in his hand was a volume of imperial edict.
Liu Wen'an quickly walked up the steps and handed the imperial edict to Luo Qingyan: "Your Majesty, this is the imperial edict that Mr. Riji received some time ago."
Luo Qingyan opened the imperial edict, and what was written in the imperial edict was indeed the order for him to issue an order to collect taxes from the people of Liucang. Luo Qingyan focused his eyes on the lower left corner of the imperial edict, where there was a red mark.
, the size of the characters are exactly the same as the jade seal imprint.
"I can confirm that this edict was not given by me, nor was this edict promulgated by me. Ji Chengjun, when and who sent this edict to your house?" Luo Qingyan put the edict together, raised his head and asked.
As soon as these words came out, the palace suddenly seemed like a pot was exploding, and low-pitched discussions could be heard from time to time.
Ji Chengjun also had a look of fear on his face, and he quickly responded: "This imperial edict was sent to Wei Chen's house in the afternoon of August 18th. Wei Chen, the chamberlain who came to issue the edict, didn't recognize him either. He just looked at it.
They were all wearing the clothes of eunuchs, and the imperial edict in their hands and the jade seal on the edict were all correct. They felt that no one dared to falsely convey the imperial edict in this beautiful city, so they accepted the edict. And at that time, the minister saw the person who issued the edict.
The chamberlain is a bit unfamiliar, and he even made a special trip to test it out, but he knows the people who serve His Majesty very well, and he answered correctly all the questions asked by the ministers."
As soon as Ji Chengjun finished speaking, Yang Qiu, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, stepped forward and said, "Master Ji has been an official for several years. We have seen this jade seal mark many times. Jade Seal
The cinnabar used for sealing is all extraordinary, how could it be easily deceived."
When Ji Chengjun heard this, he quickly turned around and said, "It's because the jade seal is too realistic..."
The two were in a stalemate, but they heard a loud "report——" coming from outside.
Luo Qingyan frowned and looked at the door of Taiji Hall. The person standing at the door of Taiji Hall was Li Huaian, the deputy leader of the Imperial Guard. Luo Qingyan glanced at Liu Wen'an, who nodded quickly and raised his voice.
Said: "Pass--"
Li Huaian hurriedly walked in from the outside, cupped his hands and responded: "At the end of the day, I was going to take a rest. I saw a carriage running hurriedly on the street. Someone in the carriage threw paper outside. On the paper was written the truth
The seal is wandering outside. The jade seal in the palace is fake. It is said that the emperor killed his father and brother when he ascended the throne as emperor. He did not get the jade seal at all and was not worthy of being an emperor. The jade seal was stamped on the paper. The cinnabar used for the seal was commonly used in the palace.
.”
As Li Huaian spoke, he took out a few pieces of paper from his waist and raised the pieces of paper above his head with both hands. Liu Wen'an quickly walked to Li Huaian, took the pieces of paper, and presented them to Luo Huaian.
Speak lightly.
Luo Qingyan took the pieces of paper and unfolded them.
He did not expect that Cao Wenxi would use such means to publicize the matter and let all civil and military officials know about it.
The whispers among the officials in the palace became louder.
Luo Qingyan sneered, raised his head and looked at Li Huaian and said: "Since you saw the carriage, have you caught the people in the carriage?"
Li Huaian cupped his hands and said, "Fortunately, I managed to catch him. The man claimed to be a retainer of the Cao family and said he knew where the real jade seal was. Feeling that the matter was serious, he arrested the man directly.
He got up and is now waiting outside the palace gate."
Luo Qingyan frowned: "What are you doing with these nonsense talkers..."
Luo Qingyan was about to issue an order to kill the man, but the curtain of the side hall was suddenly lifted. A chamberlain came out in a hurry and whispered something in Luo Qingyan's ear. Luo Qingyan frowned slightly.
Frowning, Fang said calmly: "Bring the person to the palace."
The person was escorted to the main hall, but he just stood upright in the hall, with a sneer on his face, looking at Luo Qingyan steadily.
"How dare you, why don't you kneel down quickly when you see His Majesty?" Liu Wen'an frowned and raised his voice.
When the man heard this, he laughed "haha" and said, "Your Majesty, even the jade seal is fake. Who do you think you are?"
Li Huaian on the side frowned, raised his foot and kicked the man's knee. The man was hurt by the kick, and one foot bent sharply, but he stabilized himself before it touched the ground.
He looked at Luo Qingyan with a bit of ridicule in his eyes: "Why are you so excited? Why don't you take out the jade seal? You can tell at a glance whether it is true or false." (To be continued)
