Dezong felt only darkness ahead. He strained to open his eyes, but everything was still blurry. He grew anxious and stamped his feet, cursing, "You little dog slave! How dare you disobey me?"
The emperor was always calm and seldom got angry, especially over such a trivial matter. Jinzhong was surprised and terrified. He didn't care about anything else and quickly ordered the eunuchs, "Light the lights! Light the lights!"
Dezong sat on the sedan chair with a look of impatience on his face.
Everyone quickly agreed to go, and a eunuch hurried over from the front with a lantern in his hand.
Jinzhong felt that the eunuch looked unfamiliar. Just as he was about to ask him which palace he was from, the eunuch turned around and stared at him coldly.
Just one glance made Jinzhong's hair stand on end. He suddenly understood that it was clearly murderous intent!
Before he could react, the eunuch suddenly dropped the lantern in his hand, leaped up, and pounced on Emperor Dezong on his sedan chair. Before he could even move, he had already raised a snow-white dagger in his hand, and with a single blow, blood splattered everywhere. The dagger had already penetrated the emperor's chest, completely breaking the handle.
All this happened in a flash, leaving people no time to react.
Emperor Dezong didn't even believe that he had been assassinated. He stared blankly at the dagger stuck in his chest, the handle rising and falling with his heartbeat.
The eunuch succeeded in his first strike, but fearing that the emperor would not die, he quickly pulled out the dagger and stabbed him again.
Dezong's mouth was foaming with blood. He stared at the blood gushing from his chest in disbelief, his eyes wide open and his lips trembling. "Why did you kill me?"
The eunuch's eyes were cold, "I am avenging Master Huang." After saying that, he turned around and slashed the dagger towards his own throat. He was so ruthless and used so much force that he would not leave himself a chance to survive.
A stream of blood shot up into the sky!
It is impossible to escape if you assassinate the emperor in the palace. Rather than being caught and tortured, it is better to end your own life.
With a thud, the eunuch fell to the ground, and his blood gathered on the ground to form a large, glaring red pool. He was no longer alive.
The eunuchs were terrified, and when they finally came to their senses, they screamed, "Help! Someone is trying to assassinate the emperor! Help!"
Jinzhong's legs went limp, and he sat down on the ground. He just felt that something was wrong with the emperor today! It turned out to be a sign.
When the palace guards heard the noise, they all came running over.
Jinzhong rolled and crawled to the emperor's side, trying to plug the bloody hole in his chest, but how could he do it?
Emperor Dezong still had a breath left, but his eyes were already blurred. He murmured, "You are truly my good brother...good brother..."
Jinzhong was baffled. Did the emperor know who was trying to kill him? He wanted to ask again, but the emperor's head tilted and he was dead.
"Your Majesty!"
Jinzhong burst into tears, fell to the ground, and banged his head. "Which traitor dared to murder the emperor?"
The emperor was assassinated, shocking the court and the public.
The assassin committed suicide immediately after his success, leaving no clues. The only thing that remained was that the emperor was assassinated while on his way to the empress's palace, so the empress was naturally also a suspect.
The Queen and the Crown Prince fell into panic before they had time to grieve.
The Queen Mother lost her son in her old age and was extremely sad. When everyone thought she would collapse, she managed to hold on.
He ordered the inner court to conduct an immediate and thorough investigation. Even if the assassin was dead, they must follow any clues to find out the person behind the scenes.
Soon, someone reported that the assassin had been in and out of the Queen's palace several times before the assassination. He also had an uncle, the Prince's Eastern Palace Steward, who had fled two days before the incident and his whereabouts were unknown.
All evidence pointed to the Empress and the Crown Prince. The Central Palace and the Eastern Palace were immediately placed under strict guard, and the eunuchs were brought into the inner court for rigorous interrogation.
The Empress and the Crown Prince cried out in injustice, but were powerless to prove their innocence. The Empress's family petitioned the Queen Mother to protest the injustice, but were severely reprimanded by the Empress Dowager. Fearing the calamity that would bring upon their family, they remained silent.
There were also ministers in the court who wanted to speak, but since this was regicide, who dared to say anything?
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