The commander of the imperial guards became annoyed when he saw that everyone in Prince Su's Mansion was unmoved. He thought that a group of servants dared to confront the imperial guards so hard, thinking that they were vegetarians.
He waved his hand and ordered the imperial guards to prepare for attack.
Seeing this, Wu Kuan immediately stopped crying and took a step back. At this time, dozens of people in black clothes jumped down from the roof and surrounded him.
The commander of the imperial guards' face changed slightly, and he shouted angrily, "How dare you rebel against your superiors? Don't you fear the law?"
Wu Kuan sneered, "We just wanted to let the prince know what happened to the princess and seek justice. What's wrong with that? But you, the imperial guards, drew your swords and attacked each other in Prince Su's mansion. Don't you have any sense of law?"
The commander of the imperial guards was choked by Wu Kuan's words and was speechless for a moment. He really couldn't refute it. After all, it was an indisputable fact that Princess Su was poisoned in the palace.
Their imperial guards were just following orders, so there was nothing wrong with that.
Both sides were arguing with each other, neither willing to give in. Just then, a burst of hurried footsteps was heard, and a soldier of the Imperial Guard came running over and whispered something in his ear.
After hearing this, the commander of the imperial guards' face changed slightly. He glared at Wu Kuan and said, "Let's remember what happened today. You guys take care of yourselves!" After that, he waved his hand and hurried away with the imperial guards.
Wu Kuan looked at the departing imperial guards and snorted coldly, "Carry the princess in."
When they arrived at the main hall, Wu Kuan took out a medicine bottle, poured out a pill, and gave it to Chen Jingxi to take.
"Cough cough cough!" Chen Jingxi coughed a few times and slowly woke up.
"How is the princess?"
"I'm fine." Chen Jingxi continued with a smile, "I didn't expect Manager Wu to cooperate so well."
Wu Kuan was at a loss for words. They were all old foxes with a history of thousands of years, yet they could shed tears without even realizing it. Not to mention they had prepared in advance.
As for how they knew to cooperate, the secret guards had been observing the movements in the palace. Chen Jingxi asked someone to invite Doctor Sun, and at the same time told Wu Kuan her plan.
They said the princess poisoned someone, so she did, but she poisoned herself.
"Princess, what should we do next?" Wu Kuan asked.
"Wait till dawn and go to the palace to file a complaint." Then, Chen Jingxi ordered, "Go to the Zhou family and inform my uncle."
"Yes, Princess." Wu Kuan said, and left in a hurry.
At this time, the emperor's bedroom was in a mess.
"Your Majesty, please calm down." The imperial guards kowtowed heavily.
"You want me to calm down?" The emperor fell into madness, with only half of his hair hanging in disarray. He exuded a gloomy and terrifying aura, making people dare not look directly at him.
"My subordinates deserve to die!"
"You really deserve to die. What's the point of me keeping you? You can't even catch an assassin! All of you die." The emperor was so angry that he pounded the table.
The imperial guards' heads banged heavily on the stone floor, their voices muffled and continuous, "Your Majesty, I deserve to die. Please take care of yourself, Your Majesty."
The emperor's face twisted, a flicker of determination in his eyes. He suddenly drew his longsword, a flash of cold light. Without hesitation, he charged forward, and before several imperial guards could react, they fell in a pool of blood.
"Ah!" The palace maid beside witnessed this scene and screamed in horror.
The emperor's gloomy eyes swept over him instantly, and he ordered coldly: "Drag him away."
"Yes." The imperial guards took action immediately. One of them covered the maid's mouth and dragged her away from the scene. Her struggles and whimpering gradually faded away.
The emperor casually threw the blood-stained sword in his hand. The sword fell to the ground with a heavy sound, "Prince Su's Mansion..."
Xu Laosi looked at the furious emperor and couldn't help but twitch his lips. "Your princess and prince are really a match made in heaven. They are both the kind of people who can make people angry to death without any compensation. To come up with such a mean trick is simply shameless."
The hair on your body is inherited from your parents. How can a king of a country face the world with only half of his hair shaved off? If he were such a tyrant, he might as well end it with a sword.
Ling Feng rolled his eyes at him. Considering what the emperor had done to his prince and princess, he only shaved half of his hair. Wasn't the princess really too kind?
If the prince knew what the princess had suffered, he would definitely burn down the palace.
Well! Now go back and write a letter to the prince.
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Early that morning, outside the Golden Palace, civil and military officials gathered in groups of three or four, whispering to each other and exchanging information.
News, known and unknown, were all circulating in whispers, but there was one thing that everyone had in common: no one slept well last night.
Until the time of court, everyone's hearts were still shrouded in doubt, trying to guess what had happened in Prince Su's Mansion last night.
Only Chu Jinghuai's followers looked indifferent, which attracted attention.
As the morning bell rang melodiously, civil and military officials entered the Golden Palace on the left and right.
When the crowd's shouts of "Long live the dragon" died down, they stood up and looked at the figure on the dragon throne. For a moment, everyone was stunned.
Since ancient times, only women have ruled from behind the curtain. What's wrong with the emperor today? Is he ruling from behind the curtain as well? Is there something shameful going on?
Just as everyone was puzzled, the emperor's slightly irritable mood was transmitted through the curtain. He turned his head slightly, signaling Jiang Hai beside him to prepare to announce the adjournment of the court.
Jiang Hai understood what he meant and was about to shout out the familiar opening line: "If you have a document, please come forward; if you don't, please leave the court."
Zhou Zhengyuan stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, I have a memorial to make."
The emperor frowned, his tone filled with displeasure: "My dear minister, please report."
Zhou Zhengyuan bowed and said solemnly, "I wish to sue the commander of the Imperial Guards for his laziness and neglect of duty, his failure to discipline his subordinates, and even worse, for shielding his subordinates from bullying the people and dominating the market."
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