A shrill scream resounded through the East Palace. The queen and other women walked out in surprise. Suddenly, they saw a young eunuch lying on the ground at the door of the backyard. Then there was a "swish" sound and a big hand pulled him violently.
After leaving, there was a scream and blood splattered out.
"No! There is an assassin, get out quickly..."
Ye Ruoqing hurriedly protected the queen and Yongning. Both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were pregnant women. However, before they could turn around, a figure suddenly jumped across the backyard, like a big toad, and beat up a fleeing palace maid.
He threw himself to the ground.
"Father!!!"
The prince's eyes widened in shock. He saw that Emperor Yongji's dragon robe was stained with blood. He was lying on the little palace maid with disheveled hair and biting him. A large piece of flesh was also bitten off on his cheek. Waiting for him
When he suddenly raised his head to swallow the minced meat, his eyes had already turned completely black.
"Corpse Man! He has transformed into a corpse..."
Yongning screamed and ran away. Several women were frightened out of their wits. Only the prince anxiously shouted for his father. The queen quickly turned around and shouted: "Guan'er! Run quickly, your father has turned into a corpse. Don't do it."
Let him touch you!"
"Ho~"
suddenly!
There was a roar from the courtyard gate, and the little eunuch who had just been dragged away actually walked out, twisting his body like a puppet out of control. There were also two palace maids and eunuchs, who rushed out from the side with their claws and teeth, rushing towards the prince.
"Run quickly!"
Ye Ruoqing rushed back and grabbed the prince and ran away. Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the door of the courtyard, he heard a "crash". Yongning's amniotic fluid broke at this time. He collapsed against the door of the courtyard and said in horror: "I, I'm going to give birth."
What to do, what to do?”
"Close the door quickly!"
The prince rushed over and picked her up, and rushed out in a hurry. The two queens and sisters opened the courtyard door from left to right, and slammed the door of the East Palace. Several corpses hit the door one after another, knocking down the two doors.
The thumping sound.
"Help! Let us out quickly..."
The remaining maids cried and screamed in the East Palace, but the prince and others didn't care much. Ye Ruoqing also hugged the queen and fled out of the corridor desperately.
"Someone is coming! Someone is coming quickly..."
Several women screamed desperately, and the imperial guards had already heard the screams. After a few shouts, a group of people rushed over. The prince shouted with a pale face: "There is a corpse in the East Palace, you go quickly."
Cut off their heads, watch out for scratches and bites!"
"Corpse Man?"
The guards were all shocked and didn't understand how the Corpse Plague could appear in the palace, but the screams from the East Palace confirmed everything. They quickly sent people to call for reinforcements. More than a dozen people hurriedly rushed to the entrance of the East Palace, sticky
Blood was flowing out from the crack in the door.
"Hurry up the wall! Shoot them to death with arrows..."
A guard quickly inserted a knife into the door knocker. From the sound, he knew that there were more than a dozen corpses. Fortunately, the Ouchi guards reacted very quickly. Soon a large group of people rushed over and took a ladder to climb up to the East Palace.
The courtyard wall, use a crossbow to shoot the corpses in the courtyard.
"ah!!!"
Sudden!
One of the guards was violently pulled down, and the others were so frightened that they jumped over the wall and fled. More than ten people fell down at once. The deputy commander of the Dragon Guards asked hurriedly: "What's going on? Who can jump so high?"
, it’s impossible for the chamberlain to know martial arts?”
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty is inside, the corpse, the corpse has changed..."
One of the dragon guards got up with a pale face, and the expressions of the two deputy commanders also changed. They looked at each other and shouted quickly: "Hurry up and call Mr. Luo to come over and make a decision, and then use the flying claws to tie up the emperor.
You must not let him come out, go quickly!"
"yes!"
The guards quickly split up, and the two deputy commanders climbed up the courtyard wall in person. They saw that the dragon guard who had just fallen had also changed into a corpse, and one of his arms was torn off, but he still raised his head and roared, "There is a third-level guard."
The cultivated Emperor Yongji even jumped up.
"Bang~"
Emperor Yongji was slapped back with the back of a knife, and the dragon guards who transformed into corpses were quickly shot and killed. Soon only Emperor Yongji was killed in the East Palace. The dragon guards were like whack-a-mole, jumping up and knocking him.
Go down, but no one dares to kill the emperor, and no one dares to bear the crime of regicide.
"Quick! Throw the Flying Claw..."
The dragon guards, who were at least second-grade masters, threw their flying claws at the wall, directly trapping Emperor Yongji in the middle of the rope, then jumped down and tied him into a big rice dumpling, and directly hung Emperor Yongji on the rope.
on the beam in front of the house.
"What's going on? Where did the corpse man come from..."
Luo Tan and Qiu Ning finally arrived, and a deputy commander jumped down in a hurry and said: "I don't know! It didn't take long for Chang Di Ji to enter the palace. She was the only outsider who came in, and the emperor also transformed into a corpse inside.
, what should I do?"
"Hurry up and shut up, don't spread this matter outside..."
Luo Tan quickly stepped on the ladder and jumped onto the wall. The Dragon Guards all ran out. More than a dozen corpses were piled at the entrance of the courtyard. Only Emperor Yongji was hanging on the beam, disheveled and struggling like a madman.
roar.
"This is bad. The Red Feather Army has to come in when they find out about this..."
Luo Tan jumped down with a livid face and ordered: "Go quickly and tie the emperor with iron chains. The rope will not hold him for long. The body will be burned in the backyard and disposed of. Not a drop of corpse oil can leak out. The mouth of the well is also sealed, so wear it."
Use masks to find the source of corpse poison!”
"Luo Tan! You stay here while I go find Ye Ruoqing..."
Qiu Ning hurriedly ran to the harem. Luo Tan was Zhao Guanren's first concubine. She had followed him since the corpse plague broke out in Lantai County. Luo Tan naturally knew how to deal with corpse poison.
"Queen! Where is Ye Ruoqing..."
Qiu Ning rushed into the queen's palace with the female guards. The queen sisters had already changed their clothes and were wiping their hands with alcohol. The queen heard this and said quickly: "Yong Ning was born prematurely. She brought Po Wen to help in the house.
Do you also doubt her?"
"It's not her who else, she is the only outsider who has ever entered the palace..."
Qiu Ning walked into the house with murderous intent. Ye Ruoqing happened to walk out side by side with the prince. Ye Ruoqing said angrily: "Fart! Would I frame my own eldest brother? Besides, I was in the East Palace just now. Didn't I run fast?
Bite!"
"You must have been taken advantage of..."
Qiu Ning stepped forward and glared: "You have been imprisoned by Yuan Laoer for more than a month, and all your subordinates have been imprisoned by him. Do you dare to say that no one betrayed you during this period? Besides, Yuan Laoer hates you so much that he wants to get some corpses."
Isn't it strange that poison made them throw themselves into the palace?"
"Do you think I have no brains..."
Ye Ruoqing pointed to the two female guards and the two palace maids, and said: "These four people I left in the harem have become yours. None of the people who followed me out of the capital entered the palace. All of them were waiting outside the palace.
, could they still sneak in?"
"Aunt! Is there something wrong with the gift you brought..."
The prince frowned and said: "The corpse poison must have been found in the backyard. When my father came in, he said he would wait for his aunt in the study, but something happened in half a cup of tea. Moreover, some of the gifts were sent to the backyard. Someone may have hidden the corpse poison in the backyard.
In the gift box!”
"this……"
Ye Ruoqing bit her lip and was speechless, but a palace maid said again: "We have checked all the gifts, but some are candied fruit and shortbread. It is impossible for us to separate them all and check them. There is probably a greedy girl who secretly eats the candied fruit."
Then he was poisoned!"
"Take the gifts and burn them quickly, don't keep any of them..."
The queen shouted hurriedly, but Qiu Ning said again: "Ye Ruoqing! From now on, you can't leave the harem for even half a step. Your brother has been captured alive, but we can't kill him, otherwise Ye Yunchen will have an excuse to come in and kill the king.
Sin will kill us all!"
"This matter can't be kept secret for long..."
The queen subconsciously stood up and said: "Let's let Guan'er ascend the throne immediately and send him an imperial edict, ordering him to continue fighting abroad. Will he still dare to attack the palace?"
"Queen! Ascension to the throne will be even more troublesome..."
Qiu Ning said: "If Ye Yunchen wants to enter the palace for the funeral, you can't keep him out of the palace, but once he enters the palace, no one can stop him without the prince. When the time comes, he forces the prince to abdicate the throne, and we will all be killed.
He will put us under house arrest or force us to commit suicide!"
"No! There is another plan that can be done..."
Ye Ruoqing said with bright eyes: "The Red Feather Army is led by my sixth brother and third uncle. They and I are very disgusted with Ye Yunchen's poisoning of the people. Let's just say that after the emperor learned about this, he hanged himself in shame. As long as we can get their two
If you support us, we can put Guan'er on the throne!"
"you……"
Qiu Ning looked at her in surprise.
"I am from the Ye family, but first of all I am a human being, not a beast..."
Ye Ruoqing puffed up his chest and said, "Let me tell you the truth, I helped Brother Xuan a lot during the battle in Rongma County. He promised to resume our engagement. Zheng Yijian can testify for me. If you believe me,
Just let me go out of the city to find my sixth brother and the others!"
"I can let you out..."
Qiu Ning said seriously: "But I'm afraid that if you don't get it done, the news will be revealed. Your third uncle is a drunkard!"
"You are wrong! My third uncle is a man of temperament, I am sure to convince them..."
Ye Ruoqing said seriously: "After Guan'er ascended the throne, he issued an imperial edict that if Ye Yunchen's identity is not recognized, he will become the target of public criticism. Let's put all the blame on him and let Brother Xuan and the Yuan family join forces to destroy him. Our Ji country will not
Let the chaos continue!"
"Yes! We can't help others do evil..."
The prince suddenly said loudly: "The safety of the people of Li is far more important than the throne of our family. What's more, King Zhao has always loved the people like a son. The battle in Jiangzhong is now a mess. He is the only one who is still building epidemic prevention fortifications and has never coveted my prosperity.
I absolutely believe in his character!"
"Oh! Your Majesty, I am so happy, so happy..."
A servant girl ran out of the back hall and said happily: "My mother and son are safe, and I have given birth to a pair of twins, two big fat sons. What a double happiness!"
"Great! I have a son, two sons..."
The prince was so excited that he rushed into the house. The women quickly held him back, but the prince hurriedly asked: "Mother! Can I abolish the princess now and make Yongning the principal concubine? She is our family's wife."
Giving birth to a pair of twins is a great reward for your hard work!"
"Silly boy! You are the emperor now, she is the queen, and your mother is the queen mother..."
The queen gave him a sharp poke, not looking like her husband had just died. The prince also forgot about his biological father. Only Ye Ruoqing wiped her tears and said: "Actually, it's good that the emperor is gone.
His life has been so miserable, this is really a relief for him!"
"Wait!"
Qiu Ning suddenly realized something and asked quickly: "The Chinese New Year has not yet been celebrated, and the new year's title has not yet been used. If the prince ascends the throne, can Yongji's title still be used?"
"Of course not! If Guan'er ascends the throne immediately, next year will be..."
The empress was stunned before she could finish her words, and suddenly she covered her mouth in fear. Ye Ruoqing and the other girls also changed their expressions in shock. Even the prince said with a chill all over his body: "The first year of the Apocalypse! How could it be... how could it be possible?