"How could you not hear it? Eunuch Xi shouted so loudly at that time, I'm afraid there was no one who couldn't hear it," the bearded guard nodded hurriedly, and lowered his voice to whisper to the guard, "Let me tell you, on the night when the Supreme Emperor verbally abdicated and designated Prince Rong to succeed him to the throne, I was waiting outside the palace. At that time..." At this point, the bearded guard looked around cautiously to make sure that no one was in the courtyard, and then continued in a low voice, "At that time, I heard that the Emperor's bedroom was very quiet, without any sound, and then I don't know how Eunuch Zhao suddenly rushed out, shouting that Prince Rong wanted to force the emperor to abdicate and usurp the throne, and even poison the emperor to death!"
"Really?" The guard was so shocked that he was stunned. It took him a long time to react. "Eunuch Xi also shouted these words before he died! Could it be... could it be that this really happened?"
"I don't know whether Prince Rong forced the emperor to abdicate or not, but that night Prince Rong definitely brought poison into the palace to meet the emperor." The bearded guard said with certainty.
"How can you be so sure?" the guard asked doubtfully.
"You didn't see it. When Eunuch Zhao rushed out of the bedroom, his whole body was twitching. He couldn't even stand steadily. His whole face was distorted and discolored, and he was foaming at the mouth. He must have been poisoned! But Eunuch Zhao had been staying in the bedroom of the retired emperor. How could he be poisoned? Unless someone brought poison in..." The bearded guard became more and more frightened as he spoke. He pursed his dry lips, put down the melon seeds in his hand, and continued in a low voice, "I heard that it was Prince Rong who put the red crane in the medicine of the retired emperor, trying to poison the retired emperor. Eunuch Zhao took the medicine and drank it in one breath to protect the emperor, and then rushed out and shouted that Prince Rong forced the emperor to abdicate and usurped the throne, trying to poison the emperor! After Eunuch Zhao shouted like this, Prince Rong naturally didn't dare to poison the retired emperor again!"
"Yes, if Prince Rong poisons again, wouldn't that confirm the crime of forcing a confession to usurp the throne and poisoning the emperor?" The guard nodded hurriedly, and couldn't help but sighed, "In this case, I think the sudden thunder and lightning at the coronation ceremony today must be something that God can't bear! Prince Rong's throne really came from an illegal way!"
"That's not true!" The bearded guard nodded, and continued to eat melon seeds while saying, "He keeps saying that he succeeded to the throne by order of the retired emperor, but how could such a big thing as abdication and succession be possible without an imperial decree? Prince Rong feels guilty about the throne, so he killed Lord Zuo Xiang. At the coronation ceremony today, Eunuch Xi died. And Lord Zhen Yongtang ended up with his entire family being executed. Tsk tsk tsk, at least dozens of people are dead. Their lives are in danger."
"Dozens of people? I tell you, there must be no less than a hundred! The Zhen family is not a small family. Alas! How pitiful!" The guard kept nodding and sighing, and couldn't help frowning and said, "It's also Zhen Yongtang's fault for shooting himself in the foot. Everyone knows that Prince Rong's throne was not obtained legitimately? But he jumped out and said that. Prince Rong has always been cruel and perverse. How could he tolerate open provocation at the coronation ceremony? If it were me, I would lower my head and do my job obediently. Who cares about who the emperor is? I just do my job well and cherish my life."
"So he is a loyal minister who will go down in history, and we are just small shrimps that no one can remember," the bearded guard curled his lips in self-mockery, patted the guard's shoulder, and then pointed to the backyard and said, "The commander-in-chief told us to keep our eyes open and keep a close eye on Mr. Fu. If Mr. Fu makes any unusual moves, we will arrest him and throw him into prison. But we have been keeping an eye on him for so many days, but we haven't found out anything, right? How long do we have to keep an eye on him?"
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