Chapter 35 Blood Connection
Imperial Palace
Palace of Heavenly Purity
Emperor Shunkang was woken up by the cold. He felt around but couldn't find the quilt. What he touched was not the soft bed, but the hard ground.
Emperor Shunkang was confused. Where was his dragon bed?
Why was he sleeping on the ground?
He looked around and saw that apart from the scattered memorials, there was nothing else. There was also a desk, but it was not his original one made of golden nanmu wood, and it was the kind usually used in eunuchs' rooms!
Emperor Shunkang's heart sank suddenly, and he staggered to his feet. The once magnificent Palace of Heavenly Purity was now in ruins.
He slowly walked towards the simple desk, his fingertips lightly sliding across the cold surface. There were some letters and an account book on the desk, which formed a sharp contrast with the scattered memorials on the ground.
There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. He picked up the letters and read them one by one. The more he read, the deeper his frown became. After reading all of them, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.
In broad daylight, so many things happened right under his nose, but he, the king of a country, knew nothing about it and was manipulated and applauded by spies from the enemy country and traitors from his own country.
He was angry, he hated, he was furious...
He must make all these people pay the price.
Emperor Shunkang shouted coldly: "Someone come!"
Eunuch Wu came over in response. He also woke up when he heard Emperor Shunkang's call. He didn't know what happened last night, but he slept very soundly. Since entering the palace, he has never had a good night's sleep.
The moment he stepped into the Palace of Heavenly Purity, he wanted to die. Looking at the empty palace, he knew that the palace had been robbed again last night!
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was also knocked unconscious by that thief last night and only woke up now!"
Eunuch Wu came in with his head lowered, and before Emperor Shunkang could say anything, he knelt down and apologized.
Emperor Shunkang snorted coldly: "Where are those secret guards and imperial guards? Are they all unconscious?"
Eunuch Wu was covered in cold sweat, his head still on the ground, unable to get up. He trembled and said, "Your Majesty, all the imperial guards have been sent out to search for the thieves! The secret guards have also been knocked unconscious and are now lying outside."
Emperor Shunkang was so angry that he wanted to throw something, but then he realized that he had nothing to throw.
"I hereby decree that Grand Tutor Wen Yao, Prime Minister Lin Yuanfeng, and Lang Jiang Helian Zhi have colluded with foreign enemies, committed treason, and disregarded the emperor's grace. They should all be beheaded. However, I, mindful of the emperor's intentions, will pardon their death sentences. They will be punished for their crimes, but their entire clans will be exiled to Liangzhou for hard labor, branded with slavery marks, and all their property confiscated and deposited into the national treasury. This will be carried out today!"
"Minister of War Ye Hangyu, corruption, bribery, buying and selling official positions..."
Eunuch Wu stood up and raised his head suddenly, his pupils suddenly contracted. The scene before him horrified him so much that he almost lost his balance.
I saw that half of Emperor Shunkang's black hair had been shaved off, revealing his smooth scalp, which formed a sharp contrast with the black hair on the other side, like the sudden appearance of ice and snow in winter, glaring and desolate.
What is even more shocking is that half of Emperor Shunkang's eyebrows have disappeared, leaving a sudden blank space, like a broken crescent moon in the night sky, adding a bit of weirdness and desolation.
Emperor Shunkang looked at Eunuch Wu's terrified face and was very surprised. "Wu Dahai, why do you look like you've seen a ghost? I look scary."
Isn't Shun Kangdi's current appearance scarier than a ghost? But would he dare to say this to you? Of course not.
Emperor Shunkang suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "Go and get me a mirror."
"Your Majesty, let alone a mirror, there isn't even a lens!"
"You are all useless. What's the point of me keeping you? Go find it for me. If I can't find you, you don't have to come back."
A young eunuch cautiously came in carrying a basin of water: "Your Majesty, since I haven't found a mirror, I have dared to pour a basin of water."
Emperor Shunkang ignored the young eunuch and walked directly to the basin, looking at the figure reflected in the water.
I was mentally prepared, but when I actually saw it, I was really scared.
He kicked the basin out of the eunuch's hand and yelled, "Who is this monster?"
The young eunuch was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head or say a word.
Emperor Shunkang's face was filled with an unprecedented complex expression of anger and disbelief. His usually majestic and deep eyes were now burning with raging anger, as if they could devour everything.
A barely perceptible tremor leaked from his tightly pursed lips, which was the indignation and forbearance after the emperor's dignity was insulted.
He couldn't go out to see anyone in his current state. "Pass on my order. I'm not feeling well. From today on, I'll suspend court. All matters must be submitted in a memorial!"
After arranging everything, Emperor Shunkang spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted magnificently, and the Qianqing Palace fell into chaos.
When the concubines in the harem discovered that their palace had been robbed again, they went to the emperor to complain but found nothing.
Emperor Shunkang never imagined that the matter he would rather not attend court would eventually be known to everyone in the court and the harem because of his fainting.
"There's a ghost..." A scream came directly from the Minister of War's mansion.
When Ye Qingyu woke up, she saw an empty house with her hair all over the floor.
Xia Xing'er, whether intentionally or unintentionally, left her a bronze mirror as tall as a person.
As a result, after Ye Qingyu got up from the ground, she could see her own appearance in the bronze mirror.
The head is polarized, one side has flowing hair, the other side is shiny, one side has slightly raised eyebrows, the other side is bald and has nothing, the cheeks are red and swollen, and there are actually two little turtles that look vivid.
She didn't think the person in the bronze mirror was her. She was not like that.
Today is her and Helian Zhi’s wedding day. What should she do now that things are like this?
Then a loud fart sound of "Puff puff puff" was heard, followed by a bad smell.
"ah……"
All kinds of ghost cries were heard from the master rooms of the Minister of War's Mansion!
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The same thing was happening in the general's mansion. Madam Helian's wailing could be heard from several streets away.
The Xia family members who were waiting outside the cell finally felt relieved when they saw Xia Xing'er come out safely.
Although they also knew that with Xia Xing'er's ability, she would definitely be safe and the one in trouble must be the jailer, they still couldn't help but worry.
Maybe this is the feeling of being connected by blood.
The moment Xia Xing'er saw her relatives, the fierce look on her face disappeared, as if the evil-like person had never existed.
Xia Xing'er walked quickly towards her family, a warm light in her eyes and a sly smile on her lips.
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