Chapter 290 She Can't Be So Passive
This year's third place winner, Qian Shiheng, is the son of the eldest son.
The eldest daughter was born to Concubine Dowager De. The Empress Dowager and Concubine Dowager De had been fighting for their entire lives, so naturally the relationship between the Emperor and the eldest daughter was not very close.
But the emperor was very optimistic about Qian Shiheng.
*** married her cousin, who was the nephew of Concubine Dowager De.
The family of Concubine De was also one of the heroes who contributed to the founding of the Wei Dynasty. Although it is not as powerful as the Xie family today, it is still one of the largest families in the Wei Dynasty.
The son of *** and the legitimate grandson of the Qian family, he was neither arrogant nor impatient. He was able to concentrate on his studies and was willing to take the imperial examination. He ranked among the top three with his knowledge.
Moreover, Qian Shiheng is a gentleman with good morals. Apart from being a little old-fashioned and stubborn, there is nothing wrong with him. How could the emperor not cherish such a talent?
Therefore, after listening to Dongzang's report, the emperor first asked someone to send an amulet to Tanhualang.
Unexpectedly, when the amulet was in Qian Shiheng's hands and the palace servants hadn't left yet, Qian Shiheng fainted just like Gong Jun.
The amulet also spontaneously combusted.
When the emperor heard the news, he hurriedly asked Dong Zang to find Wei Qingyan.
In the room, Gong Jun's shirt was undone, and he was lying on the bed. There was a bright red and intricate pattern on his back. It was the soul-tracing talisman that Wei Qingyan had drawn with his own blood.
When the blood talisman completely penetrates into the flesh and merges into Gong Jun's body, it will be time to recover the soul, and all this depends entirely on Wei Qingyan's mental power.
We must not be distracted at all, so Shi Yu was asked to protect us.
She heard Dongzang's words, her heart sank, and she hurriedly concentrated her mental power again, not wanting to fail at the last moment.
Shi Yu glanced at the pattern that was half-infiltrated into Gong Jun's back, and stood still without daring to make any noise.
He knew that with Dongzang's intelligence, if they didn't respond, he would know the situation was serious and would not say anything.
Dong Zang also shouted in panic, and then he remembered that the princess wanted to bring Gong Jun back to life.
Not daring to make any more noise, he quietly left the yard and informed the palace servants who had accompanied him, asking them to inform the emperor of the situation here.
Afterwards, he stayed in the yard to prevent anyone else from being as reckless as he had just been and disturbing Wei Qingyan.
For some reason, he always felt very uneasy. The third and second place winners had both met with accidents, and he didn't know whether the first place winner who had returned home was safe.
What about the other students? So what?
Could it be that the person behind the scenes is targeting the virtuous people of Wei State, Feng Zhao is seeking revenge against Wei State because the late emperor stole the crown prince Feng Zhao?
But the master has now married the princess of the Great Wei Emperor. If Feng Zhao does this, where will the master be? Can the master still return to Feng Zhao?
If he couldn't go back, and it was confirmed that Feng Zhao was responsible for this incident, how could the Wei Dynasty tolerate him, the Crown Prince Feng Zhao?
The anxiety in Dongzang's eyes was about to burn out.
Xiao Zhian, who came to Wei Mansion with him, also had the same concerns.
He was an outsider and did not follow into the backyard, so he had no idea what was happening to Gong Jun, but he heard what Dong Zang shouted: something had happened to the third and second place winners of the Wei Dynasty.
If it was really Feng Zhao who did it, the two countries would inevitably become enemies. Even for the sake of his brother the Crown Prince, he would never let such a thing happen.
Xiao Zhian lifted up his robe and ran to the inn. Lin Lanting and a group of envoys had stayed in Prince Rong's mansion for one night. After paying their respects to the Emperor of Wei the next day, they were arranged to stay in the inn.
He still stayed in Prince Rong's Mansion because he didn't want to be controlled by Lin Lanting, and because of the incident with Wang Zhi, he had not met Lin Lanting in the past few days.
He wanted to ask his uncle if Feng Zhao had made any arrangements that he was unaware of.
But when he arrived at the posthouse, he did not see Lin Lanting. After asking the envoy Feng Zhao, he learned that Lin Lanting had gone out with a few secret men and had not returned for two days.
The envoys were also worried that something might happen to him, and were about to send someone to find Xiao Zhian to take charge.
However, he was stopped at the post station by Wei officials and soldiers in the name of protection.
Xiao Zhian understood that the Emperor of Wei suspected them.
As he said, those officers and soldiers did receive orders from the emperor.
But the emperor did not doubt Feng Zhao and other envoys. They were not brave enough to do such vicious things in the Wei Dynasty.
After all, they are still in the capital of Wei. As long as any evidence is found, they will all be arrested.
Sending people to trap them first is just in case.
The emperor felt that it was unlikely that Empress Feng Zhao had given the order, at least not an explicit order, unless he no longer wanted his sons.
It is understandable that she doesn't want Shi Yu, a son who has not grown up with her. But if she doesn't even want Xiao Zhian, the emperor will doubt whether Empress Feng Zhao is a normal person.
She still rules the country in the title of empress, instead of directly ascending the throne as empress, which shows that the people of Feng Zhao still hope that someone of Feng Zhao's royal bloodline will come to power.
If she had arranged this matter, not only would Wei ask her for an explanation, even if the people of Fengzhao knew that she didn't care about the life and death of Prince Fengzhao, they would certainly not tolerate her.
A woman who has been in power for so many years would not be unaware of the importance of popular support, but it is not yet known whether she has been doing anything behind the scenes.
The emperor glanced out the window with worry.
I don’t know what happened to Gong Jun, and whether Qingyan can save Shiheng in time.
The past few decades seemed to have been wasted. He never knew that there were such mysterious things in this world. Even though he was an emperor, he had no way to deal with these things. He could only place his hopes on Qingyan.
But all the burdens fall on Qingyan. How much can her thin shoulders bear?
He ordered, "Go and see if Gong Mingcheng has found anything. Also, I'm keeping a close eye on Shi Dehou."
The people who searched the students from the Ministry of Personnel have been imprisoned. The Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice have worked together and have not yet found anyone who stole the students' hair.
This made him feel relieved that the Wei officials did not participate in the murder of his compatriots, but at the same time, he felt a little powerless.
In the face of unknown evil magic, ordinary means are truly insignificant.
Not knowing what he was thinking about, he picked up the Broken Evil, gritted his teeth, and scratched the Broken Evil with his palm, with blood gushing out from the palm of his palm.
"Your sister and brother-in-law both used their blood to nourish you so that you could condense your soul. Perhaps my blood as the Son of Heaven is also of some use.
I can't help your sister, but if it can be of benefit to you, maybe you can become a helper to your sister."
"Your Majesty." Seeing this, Feng Ruobao hurriedly took a handkerchief and stepped forward to press on his wound.
The emperor shook his head and rubbed his palm hard on the Posha Gun. After a while, blood soaked the entire gun tip.
Seeing that his palm was about to wipe across the entire gun, Abu said, "Okay, okay, it hurts."
After all, he was a pampered person. Looking at Feng Ruobao's expression, he knew how shocking the emperor's move was.
The emperor didn't take it seriously and continued to smear the spear with blood. His movements opened up the wounded flesh, causing the blood to flow even more violently. However, his expression remained calm. "I was born in troubled times. Although I was made crown prince at the age of ten, I have suffered many minor injuries like this."
Seeing Feng Ruobao hesitate to speak several times and trying to stop the bleeding, he glared and said, "If you have the time, why not go and ask Qingyan how things are going and whether there are any other Jinshi who have problems?"
What is this little bit of blood? Hasn't Qingyan shed enough blood for the Wei Dynasty?
At the Wei family's house, the door was finally opened.
"I've got him back. Wait until he wakes up and take good care of him for a few days."
Wei Qingyan handed a newly drawn talisman to Wei Shiran, "Keep this and don't let it leave your side."
She originally wanted to use her telekinesis to draw a talisman to ward off evil spirits and send it into Gong Jun's body, but that was too mentally taxing. She had to rush to save the third place winner, so she could only use this for the time being.
As he spoke, he had already stepped over the threshold.
Everyone knew what she was going to do and made way for her.
But just as they arrived at the Qian family and had not yet entered the mansion, Jingzhe brought bad news again: a student in the west of the city had died.
The symptoms are exactly the same as Wang Zhi's.
However, this student did not take part in the Spring Examination this year.
Wei Qingyan's heart sank to the bottom. Sure enough, this conspiracy was not only aimed at the Jinshi, but also at the students. There were tens of thousands of students in the Wei Dynasty. How could she defend against them one by one?
There was no time to even make the amulet. Those who got her amulet still had a chance of survival, but those who didn't have the amulet like the students in the west of the city would die immediately.
No, she couldn't be so passive.
She stood in silence for a moment at the gate of Qian's house, then suddenly turned around and said, "Let's go into the palace."
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