Chapter 86 Yan Cang, are you going to rebel?!
Yan Cang's eyes were cold and his aura was imposing: "Jin Yue has been taking care of the sick in Shou'an Palace these past few days. Everything she eats comes from Shou'an Palace. Even if it wasn't the Empress Dowager who did it, it's still closely related to the Empress Dowager."
"You've thrown such accusations at me without any evidence?" The Empress Dowager's face turned ashen, and she turned her head angrily, "Guards, bring the Emperor here! I want the Emperor to uphold justice."
Yan Cang coldly said, "You know perfectly well what the Empress Dowager said to Jin Yue just now. As long as Jin Yue doesn't get the antidote, I will believe it was the Empress Dowager's doing."
"If the Empress Dowager insists on asking the Emperor to come and uphold justice, then I will take all the nannies, eunuchs and maids of Shou'an Palace to the Imperial Prison and let Prince Ming be in charge of the interrogation until they are willing to confess."
The Empress Dowager's face twitched with rage: "Yan Cang, how dare you! Do you even respect me as your Empress Dowager? Are you plotting a rebellion?!"
“I do not want to rebel.” Yan Cang’s voice was indifferent, his expression remained cold and calm. “But Jin Yue was poisoned in the palace. Even if Father Emperor comes, this matter must be thoroughly investigated. The Empress Dowager first pleaded for Wen Heyun, and then offered to let Jin Yue take care of him when he was ill. Today’s matter can be reported to Father Emperor truthfully, and Father Emperor will make his own judgment.”
He paused for a moment, then said coldly, "The Empress Dowager doesn't need to treat everyone like fools."
The Empress Dowager gritted her teeth, her face turning pale and then red.
Yan Cang's voice was icy: "Qingchuan, leave the palace immediately and capture the Wen family."
The Empress Dowager was furious: "Yan Cang, how dare you?"
"Half an hour is already my mercy." Yan Cang looked directly at her. "If it weren't for the time it takes to get from the palace gate to the Princess's residence, I would only give the Empress Dowager the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to consider it."
The Empress Dowager's face darkened: "You—"
Yan Cang turned his head, his voice suddenly turning cold: "Qingchuan!"
"exist!"
“Start with Consort Wen. If no one informs you to withdraw your troops after half an hour, kill Wen Shiyu. If no one informs you after that, kill Wen Shijie, then Wen Jingyi, and finally Princess Ning'an.”
Qingchuan accepted the order: "Your subordinate obeys!"
"Are you insane?!" The Empress Dowager pointed at him, her voice trembling, and shouted angrily, "Yan Cang, don't think that just because you're the emperor's son you can treat human life like dirt. You...you want to go to the imperial prison too, don't you?"
“I can handle all the consequences.” Yan Cang looked at her coldly. “The Empress Dowager’s wishful thinking has backfired. Wen Heyun has bullied and abused innocent girls, committed murder, and his behavior is cruel and his record is full of misdeeds. I will never let him go. There are only two hours left tonight. If Jin Yue’s poison cannot be cured, everyone in Princess Ning’an’s mansion will die tonight, not a single one will be left.”
He turned to look at Yan Jinyue, his face cold and stern: "Jinyue, if your poison cannot be cured, I will personally send you on your way, and I will never let you suffer from the torment of poison every day."
The Empress Dowager was startled, and a look of panic finally appeared on her face.
This madman is indeed a cold-blooded and ruthless person; he can even bring himself to harm his own sister.
Yan Jinyue's face was deathly pale. Leaning against Chu Yunjin's chest, she convulsed in pain: "Royal brother, just kill me now! I can't take it anymore, it hurts so much..."
"Jinyue," the Empress Dowager gritted her teeth, "What are you saying? The imperial physicians will think of a way."
Yan Cang remained silent.
Just as Qingchuan was about to leave after receiving the order, the Empress Dowager shouted sternly, "You stop right there!"
Qingchuan turned to look at her.
As if she had thought of something, the Empress Dowager gently closed her eyes, then turned her head and looked at Yan Jinyue with disappointment: "You knew that I had an antidote pill, so you deliberately framed me, trying to make me give you the antidote pill, right?"
Yan Jinyue was in so much pain that she couldn't speak, but she still tried to explain, "I...I didn't, it was the Empress Dowager who threatened me..."
"Jinyue, you are my granddaughter. How could I stand by and watch you suffer excruciating pain?" The Empress Dowager's eyes were filled with coldness. "To obtain the antidote, you told such a colossal lie, even going so far as to frame your own grandmother. How could you bear to do this? Is this how your father and mother taught you?"
Chu Yunjin frowned, suddenly thinking of Gu Jinyi.
She turned to Yan Cang and said, "The antidote pill in the Empress Dowager's hand is so precious, there is only one. It is not the behavior of a gentleman to take what others cherish. Yan Cang, Qingchuan, go do what you need to do. Anyway, those scum of the Wen family deserve to die. Killing one is the same as killing two."
He paused for a moment, then said, "I know a legendary doctor who is skilled at detoxification."
The Empress Dowager's heart sank, and she turned to look at Chu Yunjin with resentment: "Princess Consort of Yan, you only want to stir up trouble!"
Chu Yunjin didn't look at the Empress Dowager, her eyes were only on Yan Cang: "Jin Yue is kind-hearted and will not easily make enemies. Others will not gain anything by poisoning her, so I suspect that this matter is related to the Wen family."
She suggested, "Why not take the entire Wen family and the Princess's family to the Imperial Prison and interrogate them one by one? Under torture, it won't be difficult to force out the truth."
"Chu Yunjin, you are truly audacious!" The Empress Dowager's face twisted in anger, her eyes filled with a sinister and murderous glint. "The law does not apply to high-ranking officials! Prime Minister Wen has only been suspended from his post, not dismissed. Without the Emperor's decree, Yan Cang has no right to arrest them!"
Chu Yunjin frowned: "Then let's capture Prince Consort Wen."
"You..." the Empress Dowager pointed at her, "you wicked thing—"
"Your Majesty the Empress Dowager," Chu Yunjin looked at her in confusion, "Now your granddaughter has been poisoned, and the Wen family is very likely the culprit. I ordered Yan Cang to arrest and interrogate the Wen family members, trying my best not to implicate the Princess. Why is Your Majesty so angry? Is the Wen family more important, or your granddaughter?"
The Empress Dowager choked, and said sternly, "I only hope that you will not act rashly!"
“Someone has already gone so far as to poison the Sixth Princess, and the Empress Dowager is telling us not to be reckless. When can we be reckless?” Chu Yunjin retorted. “The Empress Dowager has seen Jin Yue in such pain with her own eyes. Are you just going to stand by and watch her continue to suffer?”
"you--"
Chu Yunjin said, "Only severe torture can force out the truth."
The Empress Dowager angrily shouted, "Granny Yi!"
"This old servant is here."
"Go and fetch my antidote!" the Empress Dowager snapped. "Can't you see how much pain the Sixth Princess is in?"
"Yes. This old servant will go right away."
Yan Cang stared silently at Granny Yi's retreating figure, his eyes filled with a cold and unfathomable light.
The plan was ruined, and the Empress Dowager was furious.
She suppressed her anger and gave Yan Jinyue a cold look: "I never thought you would learn to lie. You really do learn bad things from those around you."
Having said that, he turned and left in a huff.
Before long, Granny Yi hurriedly brought over the antidote.
Yan Cang ordered several imperial physicians skilled in detoxification to be summoned to check whether there was anything wrong with the antidote pills sent by Granny Yi.
After the imperial physician confirmed that there was nothing wrong, he handed the antidote pill to Yan Jinyue: "Take it."
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