Chapter 1457: Taken Back
Lord Tang was not worried about Lord Yin who had gone out to chase him. He did not think Hou Ji could escape. This was in the capital, far away from Liangzhou. What were they thinking of trying to escape with such a small number of people?
So he asked people to carry the patient in the room, and took Shi Tou and the other two people, and then led Zhou Man and Bai Shan into the palace.
When they arrived at Taiji Hall, Minister Feng and others had already entered the palace at the imperial edict.
When they saw the person lying on the wooden board, Minister Feng and others were shocked.
The emperor stood up and walked down, staring at the man for a long time, then waved to Xiao Yuanzheng, who was waiting on the side, and asked him to show him.
Xiao Yuanzheng took the patient's pulse, frowned, and thought for a long time before saying, "Your Majesty, this person's five internal organs are weak and easily invaded by external evil. Other than that, I can't see any other problems."
"Is it that you can't see the problem, or that you can see the problem but don't know what it is?"
Xiao Yuanzheng said: "There is a problem, but I am not very knowledgeable and don't know what the problem is."
Emperor: "But poisoned?"
Xiao Yuanzheng was startled and said quickly, "I am not very knowledgeable and can't tell."
The emperor looked at Manbao. Zhou Man hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not an internal disease, but an external evil. So I think he's been poisoned."
The emperor looked down at the person on the wooden board and remained silent for a long time.
If Zhou Man had not discovered it in advance, would the prince become like this in the future?
Just thinking about it, the emperor became angry. He turned around and sat behind the table, and showed Yin Li's confession and the things he had found to Shangshu Feng and others.
Minister Feng and others had just entered the palace and had no idea what was going on. When they saw the file, they all opened their mouths wide.
At this time, the prince led the imperial guards and caught up with Hou Ji and others in the western suburbs.
When Hou Ji saw the prince and the imperial guards, he immediately whipped them hard with the whip and ran away like crazy.
The prince and his companions fell behind and had a mouthful of dirt in their mouths. They could only hold their mouths tightly, close their eyes slightly, and chase after them quickly.
But some guards were not afraid of the dust flying in their faces and shouted directly: "Zuo Yuhou, the emperor has summoned you. If you don't obey the order, are you planning to rebel?"
Hou Ji ran away in silence.
The prince was so angry that he simply took out his bow and shot an arrow, but the man was also a veteran of the battlefield and dodged by sticking his body to the horse's back.
The prince was feeling frustrated when an arrow shot from behind him and hit one of his horses directly. The man fell off his horse, and the two horses behind him immediately lost their footing.
As the prince rode his horse to catch up, he looked back and saw that Yin Li had brought his troops to chase him.
The prince felt relieved, turned his head and looked at Hou Ji who was running for his life in front of him and sneered...
By the time the battle in the western suburbs ended and someone was sent back to notify them, it was already past noon.
They seemed to have run quite far away, and were coming back more slowly with the people in tow.
The emperor looked at the clepsydra and saw that Minister Feng and others had finished reading the case files, so he simply asked them to have lunch first.
By the time Yin Li and the prince bring the people back, they might not have time to have lunch.
Minister Feng and others often dined with the emperor, so they were used to it. After paying their respects, they sat down carefully on the chairs.
Lord Tang has been quiet since entering the Taiji Hall. He would never speak unless the emperor called on him.
Bai Shan was even worse. Apart from bowing and saying one word when he came in, he didn't say anything else.
The three of them were the youngest and sat quietly at the back.
The emperor was not in a good mood. After the food came, he frowned and pushed the dishes aside. He didn't have much appetite and looked up at the people sitting on both sides.
At a glance, I saw three people sitting at the end, eating with gusto.
The emperor carefully looked at the three of them and noticed that Bai Shan and Zhou Man seemed to be wearing particularly bright clothes today, so he asked, "Did you dress up specially before entering the palace?"
Manbao paused and looked at Baishan. Baishan was silent for a moment, then bowed and replied, "I dare not lose my manners when I enter the palace to see the emperor."
Zhou Man went to the palace every day and saw the queen every once in a while. She saw him often, but she had never seen her dress up specially.
He looked at the two of them suspiciously.
Lord Tang found it difficult to swallow his food under the Emperor's gaze, so he put down his chopsticks, bowed, and added, "Your Majesty, I invited them over unexpectedly. They were planning to go to Xuandu Temple to see the peach blossoms."
The emperor sighed and said, "It's spring now, and the peach blossoms in Xuandu Temple are indeed worth admiring."
He glanced at Bai Shan and Zhou Man and asked, "You are engaged, right?"
They both bowed and said "yes".
The emperor nodded without saying anything else. He pointed with his chopsticks and said, "Let's eat."
The emperor's sudden sadness only lasted for a moment. After Yin Li and the prince took Hou Ji back to the palace, his sadness disappeared, leaving only anger.
Hou Ji ran a long way, and in the end most of his godsons who followed him died. He was also knocked off his horse by Yin Li and was then taken into the palace.
The emperor personally interrogated Hou Ji, and Yin Li and others, including the prince, retreated outside.
From time to time, the emperor's roar and Hou Ji's crying could be heard from the Taiji Hall.
Hou Ji wept and lay on the ground, his whole body trembling. "Your Majesty, I am guilty. I was possessed by the devil and had no idea what I was doing..."
The emperor was so angry that he knocked over the iron box on the table. The stone inside rolled to Hou Ji. He took two steps forward and kicked him on the shoulder, knocking him out. "Don't you know what you are thinking? How can you plan carefully and send this thing to the prince step by step?"
Hou Ji got up from the ground and knelt down again, kowtowed repeatedly and said: "I have been bewitched by the devil, I have been bewitched by the devil, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me..."
The emperor's face was gloomy. He asked, "Why did you send people to Luozhou and Xiangzhou?"
Hou Ji's face turned pale, his body trembled even more, and he couldn't speak at all.
The emperor understood immediately and said after closing his eyes, "Come, take him away."
"Your Majesty, Prince Gong has detained my men and refused to form an alliance with me." He seemed to have anticipated his fate and wanted to do something last. Before the guards could take him away, he shouted, "Prince Gong is unaware of this, and neither are my wife and children. I beg Your Majesty to spare their lives..."
Hou Ji was taken away.
The prince also heard his cry, his face was grim but he said nothing. Whether he believed it or not, only he knew in his heart.
Manbao followed them inside. The emperor had calmed down and turned to Zhou Man, "Can you cure their poison?"
When Manbao was in Jingzhao Prefecture, he asked Keke to scan the three of them and paid a lot of points.
She glanced at the scattered stones on the ground, thought for a moment, and then said, "It's impossible to completely cure them. Their... bones and blood have been affected. It's best not to have children in the future. After the poison is detoxified, they can live like normal people."
Then his eyes fell on the man lying on the wooden board and he whispered, "He can't be cured."
The emperor also noticed that the man on the ground could hardly even breathe.
See you at 10pm
(End of this chapter)
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