No one expected that Emperor Tianwu would suddenly vomit in the middle of the night, and no one could have imagined that what he vomited was a bunch of tiny snakes.
Each of them was only as long as a palm and as thick as a little finger, very small, but there were so many of them, so many that one look at them made people tremble all over. Even the eunuchs did not dare to step forward. They just stood there in a daze, looking at Emperor Tianwu through the snakes that were spit out, as if the emperor was a monster and people were afraid to approach him.
Emperor Tianwu felt like he was about to vomit out all his internal organs, but the urge to vomit was still there. He opened his mouth and another bunch of small snakes came out.
He was frightened, scared, and nauseous, so he simply closed his eyes and stopped looking, just letting himself vomit. Concubine Yuan, who was watching this scene in shock on the bed, remembered something. The Gu Master once told her that if the old emperor vomited and the things he vomited were small snakes, it meant that the Gu technique had failed, and there was no solution to the Death Gu. The only possibility was that someone used their own life Gu to fight him, causing his life Gu to die before him.
If the natal Gu dies, the person who raises it will also die. Concubine Yuan understands this. Is that person dead? She couldn't believe it at all. That person was a Gu Master, how could he die? Is there really someone fighting with his natal Gu? Is there really someone whose natal Gu is so powerful?
Concubine Yuan was completely limp, her teeth chattering unconsciously. She was so scared. If the poison of Emperor Tianwu was removed, how could she survive? But now that Emperor Tianwu had vomited a snake, what should she do?
Seeing more and more snakes spitting out on the ground, and looking at the palace servants and maids who had broken in and were afraid to step forward, she suddenly had an idea - run!
Yes, she had to run away quickly while Emperor Tianwu was still not fully awake. The royal guards in this palace were all Xuan Tianmo's men, so she could at least ask them for help.
Thinking of this, Concubine Yuan did not wait any longer and hurriedly put on her clothes without caring whether they were worn right side out or inside out. She didn't even have time to button her clothes. She got off the bed and ran out without even bothering to put on her shoes.
The palace servants didn't react. They were all so frightened by the scene before them that they didn't care what Concubine Yuan was going to do. They just stared blankly at what was happening before them, and some even vomited out of nausea. Yuexiu reacted and saw her master running away. She quickly got up from the ground and ran after Concubine Yuan.
Emperor Tianwu was vomiting so much that he felt dizzy, but during this time, he could still feel that the person on the bed had left. He subconsciously reached out with his hands to grab Concubine Yuan. He wanted to strangle that woman to death. But how could he find the right position with his eyes closed? This time, he only grabbed a piece of clothes, and Concubine Yuan floated away like a gust of wind.
Emperor Tianwu was furious, and he yelled "Ah!", which made the servants step back a few steps. He finally stopped vomiting, raised his head and glared, and shouted: "Am I a monster? What are you all doing standing there?" When he shouted this, he was still lying on the bed, half of his body sticking out, his head raised high, veins exposed due to anger, and he did something happy before going up again, and he was not wearing any clothes. He looked like a mad beast, which made everyone who saw him feel dazed, and they were not even sure whether the person in front of them was the emperor.
Emperor Tianwu suddenly felt helpless. Obviously, the whole world belonged to him, and obviously, all these servants belonged to him, but why did everyone fear him when he needed them the most? "Zhang Yuan! Where is Zhang Yuan?" He shouted, his memories intertwined, and soon he remembered the whole story of Zhang Yuan's absence from Zhaohe Palace. He was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and he couldn't help but want to tear the other person apart with his hands. His little Yuanzi, he actually treated his little Yuanzi like that, and sent him to the Criminal Slave Division. If he went to that place, wouldn't he be skinned alive? The more Emperor Tianwu thought about it, the more frightened he became, and hurriedly said: "Go! Go to Jingci Palace quickly and call Zhang Yuan back to me!" At this time, everyone was afraid of him, everyone was afraid of the snake on the ground, and no one dared to step forward. But Emperor Tianwu knew that as long as Zhang Yuan was there, even if he vomited something more poisonous, Zhang Yuan would rush up to save him without saying a word. Only his little Yuanzi was not afraid of anything for him, and these servants were fucking trash!
When they heard that Emperor Tianwu was looking for Zhang Yuan, they finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then they all rushed out of the inner hall of Zhaohe Palace and ran towards Jingci Palace. As long as they could leave this place, no matter what the task was, they would rush to do it.
Emperor Tianwu's eyes were gloomy. He remembered all those servants, including the one called Wu Ying, who was wearing the same clothes as Zhang Yuan before. He was the new chief eunuch he promoted during these muddled days. Damn, was he blind or stupid? Why did he promote such a person to replace his little Yuanzi? His little Yuanzi just stopped Concubine Yuan, but he actually sent him to the Criminal Slave Division?
The palace was empty, and Emperor Tianwu's nausea was relieved. Although the snakes on the ground still looked shocking, they were dead and would not crawl around. He could not care about snakes at this moment. His mind was full of all the things that had happened in the past few days. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. What happened to him? Why did he suddenly become obsessed with Concubine Yuan? And the Eighth Prince, he could now clearly remember that he had sentenced him to death, so why did he let him go in a flash? Not only did he let him go, but he also promised him such a high honor? The concubine was mentioned at the New Year's Palace Banquet, and the Eighth Prince was promised the position of Crown Prince in the future. Why did all this happen?
He couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried. What he couldn't understand even more was why a healthy person like him would vomit snakes?
Too many questions were circling in Emperor Tianwu's mind. He sat up from the bed, but was still in a daze. He couldn't even remember to put on his clothes. He just kept going over the ridiculous things he had done in the past few days in his mind over and over again.
The more he thought about it, the more flustered he became, and the more sad he became, especially when he showed favor to Concubine Yuan again and again during those nights, which made him suddenly feel particularly disgusting and dirty. He rubbed his hands, and then subconsciously rubbed his body, as if he wanted to rub off a layer of skin, but even so, the dirty feeling could not be removed, and the scent of Concubine Yuan's perfumed powder still permeated the bed, making it impossible for him to hide.
Emperor Tianwu was a little panicked. It had been several months, and he had been doing such a ridiculous thing. How could Yun Pianpian, who was so smart, not know about it? What should he do now? Is there still a way for him to survive?
The old emperor sat slumped on the bed in frustration, tears streaming down his face, feeling fear, hatred and helplessness. How could he face his Pian Pian in the future after he had made the harem like this? Obviously, the two of them had made great progress, and he could enter and leave Yuehan Palace freely, but he did not expect that he would suddenly become confused and destroy the hope that he had built up with great difficulty over the past 20 years. If he restored his favor to Concubine Yuan, he would be sorry for his Pian Pian. If his Pian Pian ignored him again, what was the point of him living?
Emperor Tianwu's mind was in a mess. He tried all kinds of methods in an instant, but in the end, they were all rejected. There was no way to wash away his sins, no way to make his dirty body innocent again. He looked down and saw that the place that the man was proud of now looked so dirty, so annoying, and... so redundant.
Emperor Tianwu suddenly got into a dead end. He felt that he was really desperate. His body was so dirty that he felt sick and he even looked down on himself. What was the point of coming here?
He ran down from the bed and ran to the wall, where there was a sword hanging. It was the sword he used to kill enemies in battle when he was young. Xiao Yuanzi would wipe it himself every day for so many years, so it was bright and sharp!
Emperor Tianwu took down the sword, and as soon as the sword was unsheathed, he stabbed himself in the lower body without saying a word.
This time he made up his mind very hard and didn't leave any room for maneuver. His vitals were cut off by the sword and fell to the ground with a "click". At the same time, blood gushed out from his lower body, soon staining the ground.
Emperor Tianwu felt a little dizzy. He sat down, sitting in the pool of blood, looking at the "brother" in front of him who had been with him for most of his life, with a look of disgust.
"You have caused all this trouble!" He stared at the thing and muttered to himself, "Why can't you control yourself? Why can't you tell who you are facing? It's too dirty, I have to abandon you, I am sorry for you, don't blame me. Go with peace of mind! One day I will come to accompany you, and that day... I am afraid it is not far away!"
As the old emperor was talking, he felt dizziness coming over him again. He found a table leg to lean on and looked at the main door of Zhaohe Hall. It seemed like someone was running in, getting closer and closer. Finally, a shrill cry was heard. It was very familiar. It was his little Yuanzi, who was shouting, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
Zhang Yuan flew over, ignoring the snakes still on the ground, and even stepped on the pile of snakes to rush to the front of Emperor Tianwu. Looking at the blood on the ground, the sword still held in the hand of Emperor Tianwu, and the familiar yet strange thing on the ground, he suddenly understood everything. He knelt in front of Emperor Tianwu and cried, "Your Majesty! We can correct it if we make a mistake. If you cut it off, it won't grow back! Your Majesty! How can you do this? Are you crazy?"
For several months, Zhang Yuan had been holding back his emotions with no outlet to vent. He cried every night out of frustration, and every day he hoped that Emperor Tianwu would wake up and be able to live his life again.
Until today, someone finally broke into Jingci Palace and said in a hurry that the emperor wanted to see him, but he didn't expect that when the two met again, the old emperor would do such a stupid thing. This... OK! Isn't it a good emperor if he doesn't want to be a eunuch? From then on, the old emperor finally became like him.
Seeing this scene, the queen who came with Zhang Yuan was also shocked, but fortunately she was relatively rational and quickly came up with a plan to deal with it. But she shouted: "Come here! Convey my decree, and summon Princess Feng Yuheng and former imperial physician Yao Xian to the palace immediately!"
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