After jumping through the window into the house, she saw Concubine Shu, who looked miserable and was looking at her nervously.
Jiang Tuantuan said in a gentle voice, "Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you. Just stay still and I'll untie the rope for you!"
Concubine Shu nodded obediently, and then Jiang Tuantuan quickly untied the rope and took out the cloth ball from her mouth, so that she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"Thank you for saving me."
"You're welcome. Let's get out of here first, so that no one else will come later."
"good."
As soon as I climbed out the window, I heard the elf remind me, "The palace maids have already brought up the drugged soup and dishes. If you don't stop them now, it will be too late."
"Okay, I understand."
Jiang Tuantuan dragged Concubine Shu to the banquet and said to her on the way, "Do you dare to point out in public that the soup is poisonous?"
Concubine Shu hesitated for a moment, then nodded firmly and said, "I dare!"
"Okay, let's go."
All the dishes have been served, and the emperor began to express his blessings to Princess Mingman, and everyone congratulated Princess Mingman together.
The emperor raised his glass, and everyone raised their glasses to congratulate him and drank the wine together.
Then came the singing and dancing performances. Everyone, including the emperor and empress, picked up their chopsticks and prepared to eat the food on the table. When the food was about to enter their mouths, Concubine Shu shouted loudly: "Don't eat it, Your Majesty, that food is poisonous."
After hearing this, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the disheveled Concubine Shu and Jiang Tuantuan beside her.
Li Jingchen couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "As expected of my wife, she always appears so gorgeous!"
The emperor glanced at Wen Mei, and the eunuch immediately summoned the imperial physician.
After examining the food, the imperial physician said, "Your Majesty, this dish and soup are indeed poisonous. While this poison won't kill you directly, it will be extremely harmful to your health. If you don't get treatment in time, you'll definitely die within three days."
The emperor was so angry that he threw the dish to the ground. Concubine Shu said, "Your Majesty, I just saw that it was Concubine Wen who poisoned the dish."
Concubine Wen stood up in a panic, knelt down and argued, "It was Concubine Shu who slandered me. How could I possibly frame Your Majesty? Your Majesty, you must believe me."
When everyone in the audience was looking at Concubine Wen, Xi Que and the little eunuch were staring at the head of the Meng family. They saw something strange in his eyes and became more convinced that the person behind the scenes was most likely the head of the Meng family.
Concubine Wen thought that the emperor would believe her and arrest Concubine Shu, but she didn't expect that the emperor would directly order people to tie Concubine Wen up.
Jiang Tuantuan added, "Your Majesty, I was going to change my clothes when I saw Lady Wen tying up Concubine Shu. I followed her quietly, and after she left, I climbed in through the window and rescued her."
"At that time, Concubine Shu's hands and feet were tied up, and her mouth was stuffed with cloth. She was so pitiful!"
Everyone looked at Concubine Wen angrily. Princess Mingman was even more disgusted and said to the emperor, "Father, you must punish the murderer!"
"Miss Wen, tell me the truth, who told you to do this?"
Concubine Wen shook her head, still insisting that she did not poison and must have been wrongly accused. The emperor glanced at the eunuch, who immediately understood and ordered someone to bring out the torture instruments and start to torture Concubine Wen.
No matter how she begged, the emperor remained unmoved. Concubine Wen began to doubt in her heart, how could this be possible? The emperor must have been addicted to love drugs, how could he be so cruel to her.
As the punishment became more and more cruel, Concubine Wen could no longer bear it. The emperor said again, "Tell me quickly, who told you to do this?"
Lady Wen turned her head slightly and glanced at the head of the Meng family in the distance. This subtle movement was seen by Xi Que and the young eunuch.
The emperor also noticed this look and looked towards the head of the Meng family.
The teacup was placed on the table with a clang, and many imperial guards rushed in from outside. Everyone in the banquet was in a panic. Li Jingchen immediately came to Jiang Tuantuan, hugged her, and retreated inside to the emperor's side. The imperial guards immediately kidnapped everyone present.
The entire palace was in a panic.
The Meng family patriarch stood up calmly, walked to the center of the hall, and said slowly: "This world should have changed its owner long ago!"
The emperor snorted coldly: "You finally dare to stand up!"
"Whoever captures the emperor will be granted a title of nobility!" With this order, all the imperial guards happily raised their swords and rushed inside.
The guards around the emperor immediately took up their weapons and fought back, and chaos broke out on both sides.
The head of the Meng family looked at Lady Wen with disdain and cursed, "You are more likely to cause trouble than to help."
But the number of people on the opposite side is always greater, so now they are completely suppressed. The emperor immediately became nervous when he saw so many imperial guards. The commander of the imperial guards is General Lin, he would never do such a thing, so how could this happen?
Just as he was doubting this, General Lin stood up and said with a sad face, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I was threatened to do this. Otherwise, my whole family would be killed."
A laugh came from behind the crowd, and the person who laughed slowly walked out. It turned out to be Zhang Hao. When he followed the emperor and General Lin out of the palace in private clothes, he made a mistake and was demoted. He held a grudge and colluded with the head of the Meng family to betray General Lin's family, resulting in the kidnapping of General Lin's entire family.
Zhang Hao said with a wicked smile, "Hahaha, I never thought that this day would come for you." His smile was very crazy.
Because the number of people on the opposite side was too large and the trend was overwhelming, the palace guards only obeyed the token, and the emperor gave half of the token to General Lin, and the remaining half was in his own hands. However, last night, in order to let Li Jingchen subdue the enemies outside the city, he transferred part of the token, so there were very few people now.
Later, the palace maids and eunuchs also took up weapons and began to protect the emperor and others.
Lady Wen looked at the palace maids and eunuchs who seemed fine, and looked up suspiciously to find Xi Que and the young eunuch. Could it be that they didn't drug her? But after looking around, she didn't see these two people, and she was furious!
As the number of enemies increased, Li Jingchen had no choice but to let go of Jiang Tuantuan, pick up his sword, and stand up to fight the enemy.
But they were still suppressed. After half a minute, the few remaining people were either dead or disabled, and all fell to the ground and could not get up.
The head of the Meng family laughed wildly and ordered his men to tie up the empress and Princess Mingman. He wanted to keep them alive and torture the emperor slowly. The emperor had also fought his way out of a sea of blood, so how could he easily surrender? He drew his sword and fought with the surrounding enemies.
The Queen, Princess Mingman, and Jiang Tuantuan hid in the back. Li Jingchen and the Emperor stood back to back, surrounded by a circle of people. Li Jingchen whispered to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, don't give up! They'll be here soon!"
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