Chapter 195: Using Li Tianzhuo to threaten her to take her blood
General He’s words made Li Tianzhuo’s eyes widen in shock.
The emperor not only wanted to imprison them here, he also took away his power to transfer the Silver Dragon Guards!
What exactly does he want to do?
The empress dowager, who came over with the support of a nanny, also heard everything they said.
"How dare that unfilial son be so bold as to imprison me as well?"
The Queen Mother's voice was not loud, but her slightly upturned ending revealed her majesty.
General He knelt down hurriedly to plead guilty, "Please forgive me, Queen Mother. I am just following orders. The Emperor has ordered that if you, the people from Yongshou Palace, go out, you must go to the Deng family to inform them."
The emperor had expected this long ago. Given the relationship between the empress dowager and the old lady of the Deng family, Han Qiongyue, she would definitely inform the Deng family to come and rescue them.
Now they are all trapped in the harem, and no matter how capable Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo are, none of them can get out.
And just now, asking them to write the marriage certificate was also to copy their handwriting.
To be able to sit on the throne, he must have some ability, and he had already found someone who could copy everyone's handwriting.
"Although you have many people, don't forget that this county lady is full of poison!"
Deng Youning still didn't believe that she really couldn't get out.
Li Tianzhuo pulled her sleeve and advised her to calm down.
"This is the imperial palace after all. If we use force and are charged with treason, we will never have a chance to get out again."
"Besides, by then, even if the emperor kills us, it will be reasonable and justified."
Li Tianzhuo felt that the emperor was waiting to force them to rebel.
"Ning Ning, if you have the guts, get out. Then, I can testify for you."
The Empress Dowager is also a woman of character and would never indulge the Emperor like this.
Li Tianzhuo shook his head again with regret, "I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do it to my grandmother."
"After all, you are old, and it is difficult for your words to be used as evidence to convince everyone."
Since the emperor wanted to imprison them, he would not give them any chance to escape.
They don't have any means.
"But I don't understand, what is the purpose of the emperor trapping you here?"
The Queen Mother looked puzzled.
As soon as she asked this question, Eunuch Fu arrived at the gate of Yongshou Palace with a group of soldiers with the strongest martial arts skills.
"This old slave greets you all."
"Your Majesty has ordered that you want to borrow a drop of blood from the county lady."
As he spoke, he asked the eunuch beside him to present a knife and an exquisite little bottle.
Deng Youning sneered and glanced at the Queen Mother.
Didn’t she just say that she didn’t understand why the emperor imprisoned them?
Here it comes!
It turns out that the emperor was also thinking about her blood which could cure all poisons and was even rumored to make people immortal.
"Eunuch Fu, why did His Majesty believe those folk rumors and think that Ning Ning's blood could restore his body?"
"Isn't this just ridiculous?!"
Li Tianzhuo questioned angrily.
Eunuch Fu glanced at him impatiently with a slightly evil look in his eyes.
"Come here, Commander Li is disrespectful to the emperor, drag him away and beat him, beat him severely."
Eunuch Fu suddenly gave the order.
Everyone was stunned. Li Tianzhuo didn't say anything excessive, so why was he going to be beaten?
"Stop it! I want to see who dares to touch my grandson."
Several strong soldiers had already run up to Li Tianzhuo, but the Queen Mother hurriedly stopped them, not allowing anyone to touch him.
"Queen Mother, His Majesty has said that your words now do not count!"
Eunuch Fu raised his eyebrows and signaled the eunuch beside him to pull the empress dowager away.
Those soldiers had already held down Li Tianzhuo's arms.
He had no martial arts skills and couldn't break free on his own.
“Bang!”
There was a dull sound of the stick hitting flesh. Deng Youning looked closely and saw that the stick, as thick as his forearm, hit Li Tianzhuo's knee, causing him to kneel on the ground.
"Azhuo——"
She ran over with concern, wanting to check on Li Tianzhuo's injuries, but was stopped by a row of soldiers that formed a human wall.
Another one went down.
This time he was hit on the back with such force that he spit out blood.
"Stop fighting. You just want my blood, right? I'll give it to you!"
She hurried to the eunuch who was holding a tray with a knife and a porcelain bottle in his hand. Without thinking, she picked up the knife, cut her finger, and filled a small porcelain bottle with blood.
Only then did Eunuch Fu smile with satisfaction.
"The county lady should have done this earlier, so that Lord Li can suffer less, right?"
He gave the soldiers a look and asked them to release Li Tianzhuo.
"Please don't blame me, these are all orders from the Emperor, I am just following orders."
Eunuch Fu looked at them helplessly, sighed, and led his men away.
Deng Youning can finally go to Li Tianzhuo.
Together with the nanny beside the empress dowager, she helped Li Tianzhuo up from the ground.
"Azhuo, are you okay?"
"Mammy, ask them to find a doctor."
Deng Youning took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth personally.
"I'm fine, don't bother, Ma'am. There's no need to find a doctor."
"Ningning, your finger needs to be bandaged quickly."
Li Tianzhuo held Deng Youning's hand, and his eyes were filled with pain whenever he saw her get hurt.
"The emperor is really too much. What kind of good sons are these that I gave birth to?!"
The Queen Mother was so angry that she could hardly breathe.
Everyone helped her back to her room to rest.
For several days in a row, Eunuch Fu would come to ask Deng Youning for a small bottle of blood every day. If she refused to give it, he would force her to give it by torturing Li Tianzhuo.
She was already weak from rescuing the people in the city, and no one could bear to have to give out a small bottle of blood a day.
They didn't know how the emperor's health was as he drank human blood every day, but Deng Youning was almost exhausting his energy by bleeding him.
"No, we must find a way to escape or send a message to the outside world."
Li Tianzhuo held her cold body with a look of heartache, the anger towards the emperor in his eyes almost taking shape.
He was originally the emperor's sharpest knife.
But after all these things, his knife was determined to kill its master completely.
From being a confidant, he is about to become a serious threat!
In the past few days, he has also come up with some plans.
There was a river in the backyard of the Empress Dowager's Yongshou Palace that connected to the outside of the palace. As long as one could hold his breath long enough, one could swim out of the river.
But they were afraid that the emperor's secret soldiers were guarding the section of the river downstream outside the palace, waiting to catch them.
However, you have to try it no matter what. At worst you can just swim back.
"What if they kill you and you can't swim back?"
Deng Youning questioned, she didn't agree with him taking the risk.
Even if you want to go, you have to go by yourself.
"Can't you hope for me to be better?"
Li Tianzhuo pinched her nose with a rude tone.
Deng Youning knew that he was also forcing a smile.
"We go together. We live together and die together!"
Deng Youning confirmed.
In this life, she can never miss him again!
The two held hands tightly and jumped into the river together.
In order to avoid making their plan public and avoiding being discovered by the emperor's private soldiers, they did not even tell the empress dowager about it.
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