Although the queen made all kinds of excuses, the emperor did not believe her.
For emperors, especially when it comes to their own lives, they would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go.
Not to mention that the current situation is clear. The Queen must be dissatisfied with his favoritism towards the Imperial Noble Consort and is eager to support her adopted son Qi Xing to ascend to the throne, so she took this risk.
As for whether Qi Xing was involved in this matter...
The emperor looked at the mother and son kneeling side by side on the ground and said slowly, "Qi Xing, do you have anything to say?"
Qi Xing straightened his back and said, "Father, as far as I know, someone is indeed trying to murder you."
As soon as the words fell, everyone looked at each other in surprise.
Su Man frowned. What did Qi Xing mean by saying this at this time? Was he tired of living?
However, Qi Xing changed the subject and said, "But that person is not the Queen Mother, but the Imperial Concubine and my fifth brother."
"What nonsense!"
The Imperial Concubine was no longer so timid. She stood up and angrily scolded Qi Xing, "Third Prince, your trick has been exposed, so you want to drag others into it? Do you think the Emperor will believe your lies?"
The emperor's face also turned cold. "Qi Xing, I asked you to speak because I wanted you to confess. If you continue to accuse others, don't blame me for disregarding the relationship between you and me as father and son."
"Father, even if you want to punish me, please listen to me first."
...
The emperor wanted to punish Qi Xing, but seeing Qi Xing so calm, he felt a little strange and relented, saying, "If you say another word of nonsense, I will never forgive you."
"Thank you, Father."
After thanking him, Qi Xing said, "When the emperor suddenly fell ill, I found it strange. However, the emperor has always been assisted by the imperial teacher, so I didn't feel comfortable speaking. It wasn't until I invited a miracle doctor, who said that the emperor's illness came on suddenly and was very similar to poisoning..."
If it was someone else, the emperor might not take it seriously, but since it involved himself, the emperor became visibly nervous. "Are you saying that I've been poisoned?"
"yes."
Before Qi Xing could finish his words, the Imperial Noble Consort became anxious. "How dare you! The Imperial Preceptor was appointed by the Emperor himself. How can you slander him so casually? Besides, if the Emperor was really poisoned, why didn't anyone in the Imperial Hospital find out?"
Qi Xing smiled and said, "If the Imperial Concubine doesn't believe me, you can call the Imperial Preceptor to confront me face to face."
...
After a while, the imperial teacher was brought in.
In response to Qi Xing's accusation, the Imperial Preceptor expressed extreme disdain, "I have always been dedicated to assisting the Emperor in attaining enlightenment, and I have absolutely no second thoughts."
"oh?"
Qi Xing's tone was calm. "Then why did the Imperial Master send people to purchase large quantities of datura, wormwood, and other hallucinogenic drugs before the Emperor fell into a coma?"
"this..."
The Imperial Master was speechless.
In order to appease the emperor, he would take him to the "fairyland" from time to time, but most of these were just tricks. In order to make it look more real, he would often secretly purchase these drugs.
If the emperor knew about this, it would be a capital crime.
Thinking of this, the Imperial Master shuddered, but pretended to be calm on the surface, "I don't understand what the Third Prince is saying."
"Don't understand? Then why not ask the Imperial Master to open the sachet around his waist and let us see what's inside."
...
After these words were spoken, not only the Imperial Master panicked, but even the Imperial Concubine and Qi Yi were no longer calm.
Upon seeing this, the emperor understood most of what was going on and immediately ordered, "Come on, bring up the Imperial Master's sachet!"
The Imperial Master was still struggling, "This is a treasure of the immortals, you can't touch it, you can't touch it."
With a "ripping" sound, the sachet shattered and the herbs inside fell out.
At this point, the Imperial Master's tricks were completely exposed. He knew he couldn't defend himself, so his knees softened and he knelt down, "Your Majesty, this is for my own use, not that..."
Qi Xing didn't give him a chance to explain himself and continued, "Even his identity as the Imperial Preceptor is fake. He claims to be a hermit practicing in Changbai Mountain, but in reality, he's just a magician. His father was a fortune teller, so he learned a few tricks and entered the palace to become the Imperial Preceptor. Everything I've said can be verified by others."
The more the emperor listened, the more angry he became. As a dignified emperor, he was actually fooled by a charlatan. If this were to get out, wouldn't it be a laughing stock?
He turned to the Imperial Noble Consort beside him and said in a cold voice, "Noble Consort, I remember that it was you who strongly recommended the Imperial Master to me."
"Uh, yes..."
The Imperial Concubine's explanation was pale and powerless. "I really thought he was a great master. I was fooled. I..."
"I haven't finished speaking yet. The Imperial Master is unfamiliar with the capital, and these hallucinogenic herbs are only effective if they are in sufficient quantities. I was able to procure them thanks to the Imperial Concubine."
“…”
The imperial concubine's face turned pale. She knew that she had lost.
Fortunately, she had planned all this carefully, thinking of bringing down Qi Xing, but she didn't expect Qi Xing to be so cunning and keep this trump card to give her a fatal blow.
She slid down from the chair and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just wanted to share your worries."
Being schemed against by his own bedmate made the emperor furious, his face flushed as red as pig liver, "Sharing my worries! Sharing my worries means letting a charlatan fool me and then poison me so that your son can ascend the throne!"
"I don't have any. Even if I have ten thousand guts, I wouldn't dare to harm the emperor. Those drugs will only cause hallucinations and won't harm the dragon's body."
Things change, and this time it is the imperial concubine's turn to explain herself.
Qi Yi watched all this blankly, he didn't even realize what went wrong.
It was Qiu Niang who pushed him, and he finally realized what was happening and knelt down.
"Please, Father, have mercy and spare Mother."
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