The current emperor of Zhuang State is called Zhuang Ganming, and his imperial title is Gan. Today he always feels his eyelids twitching, as if something bad is going to happen!
The Imperial Concubine's incident that morning had troubled him. Although he hadn't visited the Imperial Concubine's palace once from the time she became pregnant until the birth, he had received weekly reports from the Household Manager. Unexpectedly, something unexpected had happened just as the baby was about to be born. The Imperial Concubine drank the secret medicine the Imperial Physician had brewed to preserve the pregnancy, and both mother and child died! He was furious upon hearing this and ordered the Imperial Physician executed along with his entire clan.
Emperor Gan was furious in the morning, but he had calmed down by the afternoon. He still had thirty sons and hundreds of concubines, so he just needed to appoint another imperial concubine.
In front of the Zichen Palace, Emperor Gan leaned on the railing and looked into the distance, followed by nine housekeepers who were on standby at any time.
A red light flew towards the Purple Palace like a meteor. Emperor Gan looked up and saw the dark star bleeding. This was a great omen! His face changed. It seemed like there were two people in the meteor!
"There is an assassin! Quickly summon all the imperial guards to protect you!" Emperor Gan's face changed drastically and he shouted hurriedly.
Two of the housekeepers ran to both sides of the hall to call for help.
The red meteor flew quickly towards the Zichen Palace, and then hovered in the sky above the palace. It was Wang Xiaohai who was holding Lin Yiyi in one hand.
Emperor Gan rushed into the hall in a hurry and signaled several guards who rushed in to close the door.
The red sword in Wang Xiaohai's hand emitted a dazzling light, and he slashed towards the Zichen Palace. The sword body quickly grew larger during the attack, and finally became like a giant pillar supporting the sky. The defensive array light of the Zichen Palace could not block it for even a second. With a "boom", the entire palace was split in two, and the wall collapsed.
"Stop!" A middle-aged man in his forties flew in the air and used his pagoda to knock away the second sword that Wang Xiaohai was about to chop. In fact, Wang Xiaohai didn't intend to chop down the second sword at all. The first sword was to intimidate, and the second sword was to scare.
The pagoda flew backwards into the arms of the middle-aged man, knocking him back dozens of meters before stopping.
"Friend, is there any misunderstanding?" This was the first sentence the middle-aged man said after he stood firm.
"Misunderstanding? No misunderstanding." Wang Xiaohai said. He was not in a hurry to kill the emperor. He wanted to find out the truth first.
Under the collapsed palace, Emperor Gan crawled out under the escort of the imperial guards. His crown had fallen off and his hair was covered with dust. He looked very embarrassed.
"Gan Huang, how did you offend this awakened one?" The middle-aged man flew Gan Huang and stood beside him.
"Master Zhong, now that you are here, kill this assassin for me. I don't even know him!" Emperor Gan pointed at Wang Xiaohai and said angrily.
The sword flashed, and the Emperor Gan pointed his finger at Wang Xiaohai and fell to the ground. He screamed and covered his hand and knelt down. The guard beside him hurriedly said, "Call the imperial physician!"
The middle-aged priest used his martial arts to help Emperor Gan stop the bleeding, but his finger could not be saved and could not be reattached.
"Don't point your finger at me, I don't like it."
Wang Xiaohai slowly descended and stood in front of everyone, with no expression on his face.
"Friend, can you tell me the reason why you do this?" Zhong Gongfeng's martial energy was only light red, and he didn't dare to fight with Wang Xiaohai.
"Helping a friend." Wang Xiaohai said.
"Help?" Zhong Gongfeng was stunned.
At this moment, two imperial doctors came running over, opened the medicine box and helped the emperor heal his wounds. One of the doctors saw Lin Yiyi in front of Wang Xiaohai and was startled: "Yiyi, why are you in the palace?"
This imperial physician was a good friend of Lin Yiyi's father. He had once visited the Lin residence, and Lin Yiyi had even poured wine for him personally.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Gan and Honored Minister Zhong immediately understood what was going on. The Lin family had brought people here to seek revenge!
The Emperor thought, the Lin family has been in Zhuang State for generations, and all their background and secrets are well known. How could they possibly have such a powerful relative? If they had such a background, even if Imperial Physician Lin killed the Empress, he wouldn't dare say a word!
"Uncle Jin, what happened? Why does the emperor want to destroy my Lin family?" Lin Yiyi asked the imperial physician who was talking to her.
"Well... I'm not too sure... I heard that the pregnant imperial concubine fell to the ground and died after drinking the medicine soup your father handed her." The imperial physician named Jin answered hesitantly.
"Impossible, my father would never do that. What good would it do him!" Lin Yiyi shouted.
"This..." Imperial Physician Jin was unable to answer.
Wang Xiaohai handed the red sword to Lin Yiyi and said, "Take this sword and pierce the heart of this dog emperor, and you will avenge your father and brother."
"Wait, I think there's a misunderstanding!" Zhong Gongfeng stopped him, "What if the emperor was just deceived and used by others? He's a victim too!"
"Announce, quickly announce all the parties involved!" Emperor Gan hurriedly ordered the chief steward and the guards.
The steward and the guards hurried away to look for the person involved.
Ten minutes later, all the witnesses of the incident stood in front of the ruins of the Purple Palace.
"You speak first!" Emperor Gan pointed at the old nanny who had been following the imperial concubine.
"Your Majesty," the old nanny knelt down and said, "What happened is this: The Imperial Concubine had just finished her porridge this morning and lay down on the bed to rest. Half an hour later, Imperial Physician Lin brought a bowl of medicinal soup, saying it was for the Imperial Concubine's pregnancy. Unexpectedly, after the Imperial Concubine drank it, she bled from all seven orifices and died!"
"Were you the only one who witnessed the whole process?" Wang Xiaohai asked.
"No, there are also palace maids Xiangxiang and Fangfang." The old nanny pointed at the two palace maids kneeling behind her.
"Raise your head and answer me, is this what the old nanny said? If you dare to lie, I will find out and you will die." Wang Xiaohai said to the two palace maids Xiangxiang and Fangfang.
"Yes...that's what we saw." The two palace maids answered tremblingly.
"That's strange." Wang Xiaohai fell into deep thought. He first assumed that Imperial Physician Lin was innocent, then reasoned through the entire process, looking for clues. If he ultimately found that the logic didn't make sense, then Imperial Physician Lin would be guilty. "Why did Imperial Physician Lin bring the medicinal soup to the imperial concubine? Who gave the order?"
"I asked the Imperial Physician Lin the same question at the time," said the old nanny beside the imperial concubine. "The Imperial Physician Lin replied that the chief steward of internal affairs had asked him to send it over!"
"Hurry up and call the chief steward!" Wang Xiaohai said to the guards around him.
The guards glanced at each other.
"Do as he says!" said Zhong Gongsheng sternly.
The guards took orders and left.
Three minutes later, the chief steward and guards who had been following Emperor Gan came over.
"Your servant greets Your Majesty and the Lord!" The chief steward kowtowed three times to Emperor Gan and Lord Zhong.
"Please stand up. This gentleman has something to ask you." Emperor Gan said to the chief steward of internal affairs.
The housekeeper stood up and turned to Wang Xiaohai.
"You are the chief steward of internal affairs. Why did you ask Imperial Physician Lin to give the medicine to the imperial concubine?" Wang Xiaohai asked.
"This..." The housekeeper hesitated to speak.
"Speak!" Wang Xiaohai placed the red sword next to the steward's neck.
"Sir, please spare me. It was... the Queen who asked me to do this!" The head steward knelt on the ground, scared out of his wits.
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