[Oh, okay, I've got it.] The little tiger diligently took notes, then thought: Wait, I'm not human, what am I supposed to learn?
Crazy criticism of the US presidential election?
Just as she was rubbing her hands together in confusion, Si Jin dropped the porcelain shards and called out from afar, "Someone come here!"
Soon, Mo Qi, the bodyguard, rushed over with his sword. Upon seeing the corpse on the ground, he immediately gaped, exclaiming, "Your Highness—!"
However, before he could finish expressing his surprise, he was startled by a look from Si Jin and quickly gritted his teeth to stop himself from saying the words. He bowed his head and greeted the young master.
After bowing, he took two deep breaths, seemingly a little surprised that he had suddenly recovered from his astonishment; even his ears turned red.
Si Jin was amused by the original owner's over-the-top guard and waved for him to get up: "Find someone to clean up this place, then find someone to bandage Eunuch Wang's neck, use disguise materials to erase the wounds, then carry him to a stretcher and come with me to the palace."
"The...the Imperial Palace?" The young master was furious after his defeat.
Mo Qi suggested worriedly, "Young Master, he's already dead. If the Emperor blames us later, we won't know what to say. How about I throw him off the cliff at the back of the mountain and smash him to pieces? Then we'll pretend we don't know anything about it."
"No need," Si Jin said. "I have to go to court soon, and I'm going to make a big scene about this so that all the officials and the Empress Dowager can see it. That would be good."
The dog emperor was neither a member of the royal family nor born to the empress dowager. He wanted to kill the original owner of the body to gain good fortune, but the empress dowager, who was ruling from behind the curtain, regarded the original owner as her primary ally.
The situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty is currently chaotic, and the Empress Dowager has taken away more than half of the Emperor's power. He wants to see how the Empress Dowager will punish this puppet Emperor who has little real power when she sees that she has been wronged.
Although Mo Qi didn't believe in her own intelligence, she always believed in the intelligence of the young master.
Confused, he ordered people to clean up the blood on the ground, then had the body carried and followed Si Jin into the palace in a swaggering manner.
The moment Emperor Shen Zhiyu saw the corpse, his face darkened instantly.
He sent Eunuch Wang to kill Mu Sijin because he was certain that Mu Sijin was loyal to the Great Zhou and would drink the poison for the sake of the country and its people.
This was done behind everyone's back, so how come... they've brought back Eunuch Wang's body now?
Shen Zhiyu's mind raced, and just as he was about to question Si Jin, he heard her bow her head and report.
"Your Majesty, I have heard that the peace terms of the Great Yong Dynasty are to take my life. Your Majesty values talent and has ordered Eunuch Wang to send me medicine to fake my death."
"But I don't believe it! Eunuch Wang was so kind as to try the medicine on me, but look, he still hasn't woken up. I'm so worried! Quickly, let the imperial physician check his pulse to see if something has gone wrong?"
As she spoke, she pretended to wipe away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes.
But his naturally reddish peach blossom eyes made his movements seem more genuine.
Listening to the boy's words, Shen Zhiyu gritted his teeth, his face turning pale and then purple with anger.
He had told Eunuch Wang that it was poison, and that he was to carry the secret order to kill Mu Sijin. How could Eunuch Wang be so stupid as to drink the poison himself?
Mu Sijin must have done something to kill Eunuch Wang and then come to the main hall to pretend to be innocent. Who is she trying to fool?!
Ugh!
Shen Zhiyu remained silent, but the Empress Dowager sensed something was wrong and subtly raised her hand, signaling the imperial physician to come forward and examine him.
The imperial physician, trembling, took the pulse for a while, and after confirming it several times, immediately knelt down on the ground.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, Eunuch Wang... he has no pulse!"
Before Shen Zhiyu could speak, the Empress Dowager preemptively lashed out, sweeping away the memorials in front of her.
The crackling sounds pounded harder and harder in his heart, scaring Shen Zhiyu so much that he almost knelt down.
The Empress Dowager holds military power!
"Your Majesty!" a woman's authoritative voice rang out: "Giving poorly prepared poison to the Duke of Liang, is this how you treat the most outstanding general of my Great Zhou?"
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