Chapter 154 The Emperor Suspects the King of Qi's Identity
"Princess Li, is there anything wrong with the method used to decipher the Yunmeng Room? Is there something wrong?"
Su Yuheng said, "Your Majesty, the last time I detoxified Sister Shen, she recovered after taking just one pill."
"As for Concubine Gao, as the Prince of Qi and the Queen said, there's either something wrong with her blood or the Ganoderma lucidum."
"Your Majesty, there can't be anything wrong with this Ganoderma. These Ganoderma are tributes from Southern Xinjiang. They are the same batch of Ganoderma that Shen Wan, the daughter of the Shen family, took away."
The Queen beside her curled her lips and said, "Your Majesty, if my guess is correct, the Prince of Qi and this Duke Gao are not close relatives of Concubine Gao."
"Ever since Concubine Gao was poisoned, Duke Gao and Prince Qi have shown no interest in saving her. Both have refused to risk their lives to save her."
"I really can't understand. One is Concubine Gao's biological son, and the other is Concubine Gao's biological brother. How could they be so cruel as to watch Concubine Gao die?"
"Queen!" King Qi shouted angrily.
"If you hadn't poisoned my mother, would things have turned out this way? I see you didn't just poison my mother with Yunmengjian, you also poisoned her with other poisons, right?"
"You vicious woman, you should be cut into pieces!"
The King of Qi's eyes were bloodshot, and he wished he could strangle the Queen to death.
He looked at Emperor Showa who was sitting high up in the throne, and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that when your grandmother was pregnant with your father, she was nearly miscarried by a concubine in the harem? Now, Your Majesty actually allowed the mother of a nation to poison people in the harem at will!"
"Not only is the Queen questioning my status as a son, but she's also questioning the relationship between my uncle and my mother. Could it be that my father is so indulgent towards her?"
"Enough!" Emperor Showa's face turned pale and he stared coldly at the people below.
The King of Qi's words touched his sore spot.
He said coldly, "Let's leave this alone for now. The most important thing right now is to find a way to remove the poison from the Imperial Concubine's body."
He turned his gaze to the Queen and said coldly, "The Queen is vicious and has secretly used secret medicine to harm the concubines and the daughters of ministers. She is unfit to be the wife of a country. From this day forward, the Phoenix Seal will be taken away and you will be demoted to a concubine."
"Your Majesty, you cannot treat me like this." The queen was upset.
"Your Majesty, please understand that everything I say is true. If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, please have someone prepare warm water and have the Prince of Qi and Your Majesty test their blood relationship to see if the Prince of Qi is the biological child of Your Majesty and the Imperial Concubine."
"Don't let those with ulterior motives confuse the royal bloodline, Your Majesty!"
"I've said enough! You don't understand, do you?"
"The envoy is still in the Golden Palace today. How long are you going to make trouble?"
Emperor Showa said this coldly and got up from the edge of the bed.
"We will discuss this matter after the envoys' banquet is over."
"Doctor Zhang."
Doctor Zhang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please give your instructions."
"Go back to the Imperial Hospital and check each batch of Ganoderma lucidum to see if there are any fakes. Also, find a way to cure the poison in Concubine Gao's body as soon as possible."
"As for the King of Qi..." Emperor Showa looked at the King of Qi.
"I believe he is my son."
"Prince Qi, Duke Gao, both of you please stand up."
The King of Qi bowed with a smug smile on his face.
"Yes, Father."
Emperor Zhaohe said: "The Qin envoys are still in the Golden Palace. Please wait until the envoys' banquet is over before coming to Noble Concubine Gao."
After Emperor Showa finished speaking, he left Chengxiang Hall with Eunuch Wang.
Seeing the situation, Huo Xingzhi and Su Yuheng also hurriedly left Chengxiang Palace.
It would be best to let the Queen and the Prince of Qi fight each other.
However, Su Yuheng knew that Emperor Zhaohe had already suspected the identity of King Qi, but he had other plans.
In Chengxiang Hall, Prince Qi and Duke Gao stood up and began to mock the Queen who was standing beside them.
The Prince of Qi walked towards the Queen step by step and said in a deep voice, "Queen... No, you are no longer the Queen. How does it feel to be demoted? It must be hard."
"To tell you the truth, even if you know my identity, what does it matter? Can you make His Majesty trust you? Or are you counting on King Rui to climb over my head one day?"
"A vicious woman like you deserves death in hell!"
"How dare you speak to me like that? You are so brave!" The Queen raised her hand to slap the King of Qi, but the King of Qi grabbed her wrist and slapped her away.
"You don't think you're still the Queen of Dayan, do you? A vicious woman like you who poisoned my mother, how can you be the Queen of Dayan?"
"Jing Che, why are you wasting so much time talking to her? Get this vicious woman out of Chengxiang Palace!" Duke Gao said coldly.
"Get out! I told you to get out of Chengxiang Palace!" The King of Qi's eyes were red as he pressed forward towards the Queen.
The queen sneered: "Jing Che, don't be too proud."
"Your good days are still ahead."
The King of Qi sneered: "Your good days and the King of Rui's good days are yet to come."
"What do you mean, what do you want to do to Huai Jin?"
The King of Qi sneered: "You will know what to do later!"
"You...if you dare to hurt Huaijin, don't blame me for being rude to you!" The queen waved her sleeves and left Chengxiang Palace with her personal maid and nanny.
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On the other side, Emperor Showa and Eunuch Wang were heading towards the Golden Throne Hall.
After walking for a distance, he instructed his father-in-law beside him.
"Send someone to investigate the King of Qi's background privately, and make sure no news leaks out."
Eunuch Wang whispered, "Since Your Majesty is also suspicious of the Prince of Qi's identity, why not just do as the Queen instructed and use the blood test to certify your kinship?"
Emperor Showa's face turned pale and he said coldly, "I am not as stupid as the Empress."
"Now our Great Yan and Qi are at war, and the King of Qi is leading his troops to the border to fight."
"Now is the time to use people. If I just follow the Queen's advice and swear kinship with the King of Qi, how can I let the King of Qi lead the troops to fight? We must consider the overall situation."
"If you find out that the King of Qi is truly not of royal blood, wait for him to return from the frontier and find a pretext to execute him privately."
"I am the Emperor of Dayan. I must consider the country and the people, not let those women lead me by the nose."
Eunuch Wang sighed.
Perhaps, this is the art of emperorship.
However, Emperor Showa has been on the throne for so many years, and the country has been peaceful and the people have been prosperous. Now only Qi dares to encroach on the territory.
"I understand. I will send someone to investigate the identity of the King of Qi."
The night was as dark as freshly splashed ink. Huo Xingzhi and Su Yuheng hurried towards the palace.
At the same time, Bai Ze sneaked into Prince Qi's mansion with a group of black-clad secret guards.
Those black-clad secret guards were like ghosts, disrupting the entire defense of Prince Qi's mansion.
After they sneaked into the Prince of Qi's mansion, they killed all the guards in the east, south, west and north of the mansion.
Following the information given by Yu Wushuang and Zi Xuan, Bai Ze led his men to sneak into the Weishuiting of Prince Qi's Mansion and knocked out all the guards there.
A few people groped their way to the back of the rockery in the dark, turned the switch made of black iron to the right, and the rockery opened.
A dark corridor appeared before their eyes.
"There really is an underground prison."
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