Who knew that this scene would be discovered.
At this time, the ministers who rushed to the emperor had already discovered that the emperor had no breath and said in horror: "Your Majesty, the emperor has passed away."
This news was like a thunderclap that shocked all the ministers present.
He had noticed the dangerous light in Situ Zhao's eyes before, and when he saw Situ Yao coming, the eunuch seemed to see hope.
He walked quickly to Situ Yao and handed the Son of God in his hands to Situ Yao with both hands.
"Your Highness, this is the Emperor's last decree."
Situ Yao opened the imperial edict, read its contents, and handed it to the eunuch: "Since that is the case, please read the imperial edict again in front of all the civil and military officials."
Although the ministers here cannot be said to be all the civil and military officials, the most important people are also here.
So the eunuch read out the imperial edict in his hand again.
Situ Yao took the imperial edict again and looked at the Prime Minister and said, "My father has passed away, leaving behind this imperial edict. What do you think of it, Prime Minister?"
As the head of all officials, the prime minister naturally has to vote on his attitude.
"This is the emperor's will, and we will certainly obey it. From now on, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be the new emperor of our country." The prime minister saluted Situ Yao.
With the prime minister setting an example in front, others could not say anything even if they had opinions, especially Situ Zhao's people.
Everything is settled.
At this time, Situ Zhao hurriedly made excuses for himself: "My father's death was strange. I knew that he must have been murdered by a traitor, so I brought people into the palace to rescue him. I never thought that my father would die suddenly here."
In fact, everyone present was aware of what Situ Zhao had done, but Situ Zhao's explanation was understandable.
For a moment, even if they wanted to convict Situ Zhao, they had no idea where to start.
Ultimately, as long as we know the cause of the emperor's death, we can determine whether Situ Zhao can be convicted in this matter.
Situ Yao finally managed to catch Situ Zhao's handle, leaving him with no chance to recover. How could he let this opportunity slip away?
"In that case, come, call the imperial physician. I want to see how my father died. If he was really killed by a villain, I will not let him off until I find out." Situ Yao asked someone to call the imperial physician.
As if afraid that this matter had something to do with him, Situ Zhao said: "Xu Chen'an, Xu Chen'an has been taking care of my father's daily life all this time. It must be Xu Chen who poisoned my father."
At this time, he wanted to shift the blame to others and even forgot about forcing the emperor to abdicate.
Everything that is happening now is under Situ Yao's control.
After reading it, Situ Yao looked at Situ Zhao who was wearing a bright yellow robe and snorted coldly.
At this moment, Situ Zhao seemed to realize the color of the clothes he was wearing. He had deliberately worn clothes of this color to let his father see his determination to inherit the throne.
If Situ Yao didn't ask about this matter, Situ Zhao would never mention it.
"Your Highness, I have checked Doctor Xu's medicine and it is not poisonous."
This also proves that Xu Chen'an is innocent and he did not harm the emperor.
Situ Zhao couldn't believe it. Xu Chen'an had clearly promised him that he would poison the emperor, but why was there no new poison? Did he lie to him?
He didn't know that Xu Chen'an had simply increased the dosage of a certain drug in the emperor's medicine.
This action will not cause new toxins to be produced in the emperor's body, but it will also cause the emperor's death.
"Then what was the cause of father's death?" Situ Zhao couldn't believe it, fearing that the imperial physician was lying to him, so he asked hurriedly.
"In reply to the Seventh Prince, the Emperor's cause of death was cerebral congestion and chronic poisoning."
The emperor had suffered from cerebral congestion for a long time. Situ Yao still remembered that he discovered this cerebral congestion after he had angered the emperor.
"Do you know what the poison is?" Situ Yao asked the imperial physician. This poison was too important. It was one of the evidences that could determine whether Situ Zhao was guilty.
However, the imperial physician bowed his head and said, "I am incompetent."
At this moment, Su Mengyan suddenly appeared.
"It's not your fault that the imperial physician doesn't know. This is the poison I asked Xu Chen'an to extract from the flowers that Cui Mixue presented to the emperor." Su Mengyan took out a paper bag and said that.
The imperial physician took the paper bag, opened it and saw some medicinal powder inside.
He sniffed the scents carefully, then took them down and ran some tests. When he got the results, he came back and knelt before Situ Yao and said, "Your Highness, the powder in the medicine bag that the Crown Princess brought is indeed the poison that the Emperor was poisoned with."
This medicinal powder was taken from the flowers sent by Cui Mixue. This incident clearly points to Cui Mixue.
"Where is Cui Mixue?" Situ Yao was already the most prestigious person in the country at this time.
Hearing that Situ Yao was looking for Cui Mixue, Situ Zhao knew that if Cui Mixue was imprisoned, he would never have another chance.
Originally, when he heard the imperial physician say that the poison in the emperor's body was the same as the poison brought by the Crown Princess, he thought about how to explain it to absolve himself of his guilt.
But at this moment, he didn't want to say anything more. He might as well take the responsibility himself. Situ Yao would not let him off easily for forcing the emperor to abdicate. After all, Cui Mixue was his woman, and he couldn't drag her into this. He should take all the responsibility and give her a way out.
Thinking of this, Situ Zhao suddenly stepped forward and stopped the person who was about to go down to look for Cui Mixue.
"Your Highness, why bother making things difficult for a woman? I planned everything myself, and it has nothing to do with anyone else."
In the end, Situ Zhao took full responsibility for this matter. He forced the emperor to abdicate and poisoned him. With all these crimes, Situ Zhao had no way to escape.
Back in the familiar prison, Situ Zhao looked at the scenery outside the window without saying a word, as if he had grown a lot in an instant.
But he forgot about the grudges between Su Mengyan and Cui Mixue. How could Su Mengyan let Cui Mixue live?
Upon hearing the news that Situ Zhaolang was imprisoned, Cui Mixue knew that she was in danger.
Nothing had happened to her at this time, and no one had come to surround her palace. Perhaps this was a good opportunity.
Cui Mixue simply packed up some of her valuables, asked someone to prepare a carriage, and was about to escape.
But suddenly, the sky turned dark and Cui Mixue fainted without any warning.
When she woke up, she was already lying in bed.
What happened? Why did I suddenly faint? Was I poisoned?
Denying this answer, Cui Mixue was about to get out of bed when someone pushed the door open.
The person who came was none other than her maid. Cui Mixue hurriedly asked, "What's going on? Wasn't I about to leave?"
The maid didn't know whether to say congratulations or condolences at this time.
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