Chapter 151 The Emperor's Choice
This time the poison took effect immediately.
Xiao Heng, who was sitting on the high throne, and all the officials below him fell to the ground...
The imperial guards guarding the palace realized something was wrong and immediately shouted, "Protect the emperor."
However, just as they were about to move, the imperial guards outside had not yet broken in.
The people around the Wolf King moved first.
These people were all masters. They drove the imperial guards out of the hall and closed the door.
Fu Lu was so frightened that his calves were shaking, but he still stood firmly in front of Xiao Heng.
He was a eunuch, so naturally he was not qualified to drink in an occasion like today, so he did not get drunk.
Like him, there were also palace maids serving in the palace.
These palace servants didn't know martial arts, so they were frightened and huddled together in a corner, trembling.
It’s not their fault. They have never seen such a scene before.
All the officials were frightened to death, but they had no strength left in their bodies and could only collapse beside their seats.
Xiao Heng, who was sitting on the high seat, also felt exhausted.
He looked at the Wolf King in disbelief, "Wolf King, you..."
"You actually..."
The Wolf King and his men stood in the hall, looking at Xiao Heng with a smile.
Ling Chan was right behind the Wolf King at this time. She had never expected that Da He's spy had actually sneaked into the palace and was even in the imperial kitchen.
It is not easy to replace the people in the imperial kitchen. One must have excellent cooking skills to avoid being discovered.
So Ling Chan's men did not kill the spy, but stole his medicine and replaced it with the most common knockout drug.
The reason why Xiao Jin was not allowed to drink it was because we didn't want to lose an output unit. Besides, although it was an ordinary knockout drug, it was not good for the body.
The Wolf King slowly walked up to Xiao Heng and asked, "Has no one told the Emperor of Daqi what the consequences of seeking the skin of a tiger are?"
The fate of seeking the skin of a tiger...
Xiao Heng stared at the Wolf King intently, "Wolf King, you..."
Although he did not say anything to reassure people, the Wolf King's words undoubtedly explained everything.
The emperor is trying to get the skin of a tiger, but... what is he trying to get?
All the officials looked suspiciously at Xiao Heng who was sitting on the high throne, "Your Majesty."
Xiao Heng was also very worried, but the Wolf King did not abide by what they had agreed upon and sold him out directly.
"Your emperor is wary of loyal and brave men."
"It can't even accommodate a girl of seventeen or eighteen..."
"In order to kill the Marquis of Zhenbei, you are willing to cooperate with me."
"Under the guise of peace talks, they entered the capital of Daqi, allowing your Zhenbei Marquis to relax his guard, and then poisoned and killed him, even faking a fire..."
All the officials were shocked, but the knockout drug left them no energy to even discuss anything.
They just gasped and looked at the person on the high seat with wide eyes.
Among the officials, there were many military officers. They found it hard to imagine that although the Marquis of Zhenbei had indeed made considerable contributions in this war, it was not to the extent of being so meritorious that it would threaten the emperor. Why did the emperor want to kill her?
They thought of the Empress Dowager and the rumors circulating in the streets before and after her death.
The death of the former Zhenbei Marquis Gong Lele was related to the Queen Mother... Now the Emperor wants to kill Ling Chan...
The hall has been surrounded by the imperial guards, but they dare not come in, after all, the emperor is still inside.
"Wolf King, what do you want to do?"
"The palace has been surrounded by the imperial guards. Quickly release His Majesty."
"Hahaha." The Wolf King crossed his legs and sat on the desk in front of Xiao Heng.
This is absolutely an insult to Xiao Heng and Da Qi.
But Baiguan and Xiao Heng had no energy to say anything.
At this time, Fu Lu stepped forward and said, "Wolf King, this is my great prayer to the Holy Lord..."
Before he could finish his words, the Wolf King kicked him down.
Fu Lu rolled down and was stepped on by Ling Chan.
He was a servant and subconsciously wanted to thank him, but when he saw that the other party was a Da He person, his face immediately frowned and he got up from the ground.
He was also afraid of the Wolf King, but he couldn't be timid. "Wolf King, this is my Daqi Palace. How can you be so rude?"
The wolf king had a big beard on his face and his expression was invisible, but his eyes revealed arrogance and ambition.
He looked at the people in the hall and winked at his personal guards.
The man opened the window and sent out a flare under the watchful eyes of the Imperial Guards.
"What are you going to do?" the commander of the imperial guards asked in surprise.
Xiao Jin fell to the ground comfortably, watching everything that happened in the hall.
He was also curious about what Ling Chan and the others were planning to do...
Now that it’s like this, what are you waiting for?
After a cup of tea, the outside of the imperial city began to bustle with the sounds of horse hooves, noise, and running...
Xiao Jin thought to himself, oh no, could it be... the city gate was broken?
"Tie them all up." the wolf king ordered.
Ling Chan and others mixed in with the personal guards and tied up Bai Guan and Xiao Jin.
The other officials were all powerless, so it didn't really matter whether they were tied up or not.
Ling Chan was responsible for tying up Xiao Jin, and the rope was very loose.
"What's going on?" Xiao Jin asked in a low voice.
Ling Chan didn't answer, just tied it up and left.
"What did you do?" Xiao Heng was not tied up. He stared at the wolf king's back.
The Wolf King turned back with disdain, "What else can we do? Of course, we must lead Da He into the capital and directly attack the capital of Da Qi."
"Impossible." Xiao Heng was out of breath and his voice was small.
Yeah, how is that possible?
The Wolf King brought a total of twenty personal soldiers into Daqi. Even if he had spies in Daqi, how could he use these people to attack the capital of Daqi?
If it was before, Ling Chan wouldn't believe it either.
However, Da He's spies are so numerous, so detailed, and so deep in Da Qi...
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes and heard it with her own ears, she wouldn't have believed it.
From the young gatekeepers to the imperial guards, from the common people to the noble families, there are spies of Da He.
They had been planning all the way and had already gathered spies from all over the country near the capital.
This is perfect, we can catch all these spies in one fell swoop.
Soon, the sky outside was filled with flames, and the Wolf King sat confidently on Xiao Heng's desk.
When Xiao Heng heard the sound, he also thought of the possibility of the city being broken.
He was afraid...
"No, no..." The voice was so soft that the Wolf King didn't care at all.
Ling Chan walked to the bedside, and the imperial guards outside stared at her.
She didn't care and looked outside the palace.
The palaces in the palace are all very high, especially the palace where the banquet is held today. Although you cannot see the situation of the entire city from here, you can still see some of the movements in the city.
The sky is now red, is it fire or blood?
The Wolf King was waiting, waiting for the Da He people outside to attack the imperial city.
But as time passed, the person he was waiting for never came.
The Wolf King stood up, walked to Ling Chan and looked outside.
"What took so long..." he muttered.
Someone opened the city gate and led the Dahit people into the city, killing them so many that the Daqi guards were caught off guard.
If Daqi had been caught off guard, his men would have already reached the palace.
How come there is still no movement after so long?
Ling Chan looked at the sky, and at this moment, several figures appeared in the sky.
They floated directly in the air and flew towards the palace.
"The Wolf King feels strange?" Ling Chan asked directly without moving.
The Wolf King was startled and looked at the person next to him. This person... was a good member of his personal guard, but why would he say that?
"How dare you!" The leader of the Wolf King's personal guards, who had not been replaced, scolded Ling Chan angrily.
Ling Chan didn't care. She dared to say that because she was sure that the situation tonight was under her control.
Before the Wolf King and the leader of his personal guards could come to their senses, Ling Chan had already put a pistol against the Wolf King's chest.
The wolf king widened his eyes and suddenly looked up at Ling Chan, "You..."
"Who are you?!"
This thing was once used by Wu Shao, and there was someone in Daqi who also had it, Ling Chan.
But Ling Chan is clearly dead.
The commander of the personal guards and several other real personal guards drew their swords and pointed them at Ling Chan angrily, but the next second, they themselves were stopped by the swords.
"You..." The commander of the personal guards looked at his subordinates in disbelief.
The figures that flew in from outside the palace were Hongdou and Liu Huaiyu, as well as Gong Lan and Gong Yu who were rushing back to the capital with a hundred sisters from Qingyi Tower.
They rushed in directly from the window and landed behind Ling Chan.
"Miss, all the Da He spies have been killed." Hongdou clasped his fists and said loudly.
The Wolf King looked at them in surprise, shocked. He had summoned at least 20,000 spies from other places and inside the capital, and they were all killed?
The appearance of Hongdou has revealed Ling Chan's identity to everyone.
Ling Chan touched her neck, then covered her face with her sleeves and took off the human skin mask.
Same with everyone else...
"Marquis Zhenbei?!" Everyone was surprised.
"Aren't you dead?" The wolf king narrowed his eyes and pretended to be calm, but he was actually very shocked.
"Can a man who can't even die on the battlefield be knocked down with just a few glasses of wine?" Ling Chan shook her hair heroically.
He took back the pistol and Hongdou took over.
Ling Chan walked up to Xiao Heng, bent down and helped him up...
"Wan, Wanyue..." Xiao Heng's voice trembled.
The Wolf King now understood, "You switched my medicine?"
Ling Chan looked at Xiao Heng and replied to the Wolf King, "That's right. If I hadn't replaced your medicine, anyone who drank alcohol today would not have survived."
Xiao Heng knew that she was talking to him.
Ling Chan looked at the officials who were tied together, "My Lords, today's matter..."
She didn't continue speaking, but looked at Fu Lu, "Eunuch Fu Lu, please go down and pour a cup of tea for the emperor."
Fu Lu stumbled out and came back with tea in a moment.
Ling Chan stopped him and poured tea for Xiao Heng herself.
In front of Xiao Heng, Ling Chan directly popped out the silver needle on the ring and inserted it into the tea.
There was still ice-heart poison in the ring that she had taken from the Queen Mother, and she mercilessly dropped a few drops into the tea.
Xiao Heng's eyes widened, his chest heaving violently.
At this time, such an action...
"The Emperor is frightened. Drink some tea... slowly."
How could Xiao Heng dare to answer... "Wan, Wan Yue..."
Ling Chan whispered so only the two of them and Fu Lu could hear, "Your Majesty, do you want to drink the tea and have Wan Yue give you a way out, or do you want to plead guilty to treason and be infamous forever?"
"You choose."
Fu Lu opened his mouth wide, "Zhenbei Hou...you..."
Ling Chan glanced at him, and Fu Lu's hands trembled, not daring to say anything.
She passed the tea to Xiao Heng and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down."
Xiao Heng didn't want to choose, didn't want to choose any of them, but...
He looked in the direction where the officials were tied up, and everyone was looking at him in confusion.
He has no choice but to choose.
He has been on the throne for fifteen years and has been quite diligent. He absolutely cannot bear the infamy of future generations because of this incident.
Thinking of this, Xiao Heng stretched out his hand tremblingly.
No one knew that he was shaking because of fear, everyone thought he was out of strength.
Including Xiao Jin.
Fu Lu's hands and feet were shaking violently, "Your Majesty..."
Xiao Heng ignored him and drank the tea tremblingly.
Ling Chan took Xiao Heng's teacup with satisfaction and held it in her hand.
"Actually, the Wolf King's plan..."
"This Marquis, all the martial arts masters, and His Majesty have all noticed something."
"So His Majesty specifically asked us to set up this game."
Ling Chan's words completely saved Xiao Heng's face.
The officials showed expressions of sudden enlightenment and looked at Ling Chan and Xiao Heng with admiration.
"The Wolf King has gathered Da He's spies from all over the country to the capital, so we can catch them all in one fell swoop."
The Wolf King saw her plan and said, "Marquis of Zhenbei."
"Your Majesty wants you dead, and you're trying to help him?"
"I heard that your mother was killed by his mother, the Queen Mother."
Ling Chan looked over sternly, "Wolf King, there's no need to sow discord between me and His Majesty."
The emperor has been poisoned by Bingxin after drinking that cup of tea and will not survive until next winter at the latest.
In this case, she won't bother with him anymore.
She only hoped that Xiao Heng could hold on until the day he signed a real peace agreement with Da He, and after that, he could die whenever he wanted.
Anyway, he already has a son, and it doesn’t matter if he is young, Xiao Jin can be the regent.
Xiao Heng could never have imagined that Ling Chan was looking at him and was already thinking about what would happen after his death.
"Hongdou, tie up the wolf king."
Hongdou was very agile and took the rope brought by the Wolf King's subordinates.
As for the Wolf King's subordinates, they were directly shot in the head by Hongdou.
The imperial guards came in and dragged the bodies out of the hall.
Hongdou and Liu Huaiyu began to rescue those officials and distributed elixirs to them.
As soon as the medicine was taken, everyone felt stronger.
Everyone gathered around Xiao Heng and asked him if he was okay.
"The emperor is tired. Eunuch Fu Lu, please take the emperor back to rest." Ling Chan's voice pierced through the crowd.
Fu Lu shuddered, feeling a chill on his neck. "Yes, Lord... Marquis."
He supported Xiao Heng and said, "Your Majesty, let's go back to the palace."
Xiao Heng stood up. He knew he was poisoned, but he didn't know what the poison was or when it would take effect.
This feeling... is very hopeless.
The rest of his life was spent waiting to die... collapsing while waiting to die, and waiting to die while collapsing.
Xiao Heng walked past Ling Chan and suddenly stopped. "The Marquis of Zhenbei did a great job today."
"The following matters will also be handled entirely by the Marquis of Zhenbei."
After saying this, he left the hall with the help of Fu Lu...
"Everyone, please return home as soon as possible and don't let the people in the mansion worry." Ling Chan began to give orders.
"All the imperial guards will take turns on duty tonight to prevent any Da He from escaping the net."
"Order Ling Rui to patrol the city tonight and strengthen the guards. Anyone who encounters a suspicious person will be executed on the spot."
The one who was waiting in the city today was Ling Rui.
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