After being rescued by the imperial doctor, Song Guxi's life was saved, but she lost too much blood and fell into a coma.
Zhu Qizhen simply placed her in a remote house in Qianqing Palace and assigned a special person to guard her.
Under the night, Yang Zhicong, the absolute guard, quietly entered the palace.
Zhu Qizhen knew that he would definitely come and had been waiting in the imperial study room for a long time.
"What do you know about today's assassination?"
Yang Zhicong took out a written letter and handed it over.
After Zhu Qizhen opened it, he couldn't help but frown.
The more I looked at it, the more ugly my face became.
Before the army marched in person, Zhu Qizhen specifically ordered Yang Zhicong to keep an eye on Song Guxi, because the White Lotus Sect was a very unique organization in history. The Song Dynasty was against the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty was against the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was against the Ming Dynasty, and during the Qing Dynasty, they were fighting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. .
Although they haven't done anything extraordinary at the moment, who knows what might happen one day!
The Jueshengwei are all deaf-mute, not martial arts masters. Their greatest ability is lip reading. In addition, deaf-mute people are easily ignored by others, so they are very suitable for gathering information.
Therefore, even though the White Lotus Sect, whose actions are extremely secretive, escaped the eyes of Jin Yiwei, Yang Zhicong still discovered the clues.
The case at Fan Ji Warehouse caused the White Lotus Sect to lose a lot of money. For this reason, the leader of the White Lotus Sect specially sent Yang Xiong, the protector, to come to the capital, secretly find Song Guxi, and ask her for an explanation.
Song Guxi couldn't hide it, so she had to tell the truth. Yang Xiong was shocked when he heard that she could actually have contact with the current emperor.
Immediately, he made a request, using Song Guxi's privileges, to ask her to write a false information and give it to Jin Yiwei.
However, Song Guxi refused to say anything, and the two of them had a stalemate.
Later, Yang Xiong discussed the matter with Song Guxi many times, but to no avail. Immediately afterwards, news came of the triumphal return of the army.
For some unknown reason, Yang Xiong suddenly had murderous intentions. He lured Song Guxi to a restaurant facing the street, laid an ambush, and asked an assassin to assassinate him on the street. After the arrow was shot, regardless of success or failure, Song Guxi was left at the scene and created a murderous intention. An illusion of committing suicide out of fear of crime.
However, when Yang Zhicong received the accurate information, the emperor had already entered the city and there was no time to report.
Fortunately, Song Guxi's life was still strong. Although the knife stabbed her abdomen deeply, she survived.
Zhu Qizhen read the letter and asked, "Do you know what the false information Yang Xiong asked Song Guxi to pass on?"
Yang Zhicong shook his head.
Zhu Qizhen asked again: "Is Yang Xiong still in the capital?"
Yang Zhicong shook his head again.
"Damn it!"
Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but slap the table and said angrily: "How dare you assassinate me? The White Lotus Sect is really tired of living!"
Yang Zhicong came forward and wrote two words: "Arrest people!"
Zhu Qizhen nodded and said: "You should send the information to Yuan Bin now. Search the whole city for people related to the White Lotus Sect. No matter what their identity is, capture them all!"
Yang Zhicong bowed, then retreated and disappeared into the night.
The more Zhu Qizhen thought about it, the more angry he became. He called Jin Ying and ordered: "Give Nanjing garrison Xu Chengzong an order to send troops immediately to wipe out the White Lotus Sect!"
The White Lotus Sect's home base is in Nanjing, and its main sphere of influence is in the coastal prefectures and counties in South Zhili.
Jin Ying said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, it's already late, is it tomorrow..."
"Can't wait, now!"
"But...the Secretary of General Affairs drafts the edict, the Cabinet approves it, and then the Secretary of Ceremonies seals it. After these procedures are completed, I'm afraid..."
Zhu Qizhen said angrily: "Go and tell the cabinet that this edict must be sent before dawn, otherwise, you can ask me to resign tomorrow!"
"Yes, I obey your order!"
Seeing that the emperor was angry, Jin Ying did not dare to hesitate anymore and trotted straight to Wenyuan Pavilion.
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhu Qizhen set off back to Qianqing Palace.
Queen Qian helped him take off his coat, with a look of concern on his face.
"Your Majesty, has the murderer been caught?"
"Don't mention it!"
Zhu Qizhen sighed and said: "The mastermind behind the scenes has left the city a long time ago. This grandson, when I catch him, I will poke a thousand holes in his body with arrows!"
No matter who it is, they will not feel good if they receive such an arrow for no reason.
"The girl in the wing..."
Seeing Queen Qian hesitate to speak, Zhu Qizhen said directly: "She is not the real murderer, she is one of mine!"
"Ah?"
Queen Qian is a little confused. I heard people say that she is a prostitute, so why did she become yours? What's going on?
"You don't know, her identity is not ordinary. She is the White Lotus Saint, and she is also my secret agent."
"Oh!"
Empress Qian suddenly understood and asked again: "What happened today..."
Zhu Qizhen said: "Although this person is a woman, she is still honest. She was harmed because she did not want to betray me."
Queen Qian immediately had a better impression of Song Guxi and said, "When she wakes up, I will personally go and thank her."
Late at night, Song Guxi slowly opened her eyes.
Her consciousness was a little blurry, and she only felt that her lips were thirsty, so she murmured: "Water, water..."
A little palace maid was dozing off. When she heard someone talking, she woke up suddenly and went to report it.
Because the emperor personally ordered that as long as this person wakes up, he must report it as soon as possible.
However, Zhu Qizhen was sleeping very hard, so Queen Qian had to push him.
"Your Majesty, that girl is awake!"
Zhu Qizhen opened his sleepy eyes and asked: "Who...who is awake?"
Queen Qian hurriedly said: "That's the girl during the day!"
"Oh!"
Only then did Zhu Qizhen react, lifted up the quilt and got out of bed.
Queen Qian quickly ordered someone to bring a coat and put it on the emperor, and then followed him.
Zhu Qizhen turned around and said: "I'm going to ask her about the case, so don't go!"
After saying that, he quickly came to the side room and saw that Song Gu Xi's face was pale, her lips were chapped, her eyes were half open and half closed, and she seemed to have no strength at all.
"Are you awake?"
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"
Song Guxi struggled to sit up, but was held down by Zhu Qizhen.
"You have lost too much blood now and are very weak. Lie down and don't move!"
"No...not...the slave family..."
Song Guxi looked very anxious. She tried her best but could not speak.
"I know that you were not the one who assassinated me!"
Song Guxi stopped talking, but there were tears in the corners of her eyes.
Zhu Qizhen added: "I also know that Yang Xiong coerced you to pass on false information, but you didn't agree, right?"
Song Guxi nodded hard, her face full of grievance.
"I can't blame you for this. You worked for me, but I failed to protect you. It was my dereliction of duty!"
Hearing this, Song Guxi couldn't bear it anymore and burst into tears.
"Okay, you should have a good rest and wait until you feel energetic again."
Zhu Qizhen stood up, only to find that Song Guxi was clutching the lapel of his clothes tightly at some point.
He thought for a while and sat back on the bed.
"It's almost dawn, and I can't sleep even when I go back. Why don't we... chat for a while?"