Chapter 199 The Riot Begins
Lin Qian and Wei Xiaoran returned to the Lin Mansion and gave the golden medicine to Lin Wu and the others.
"I'm going to do an experiment now. I'm going to put cold spring water into the well and see if it can detoxify our servants." Lin Qian handed over another bucket of cold spring water and said to Lin Wu.
Lin Qian had already put a bucket of water in the well at Wei Mansion, and now all she could do was wait for the result.
The results came out a day later. After three meals, Lin Qian took blood tests from both families and the result was that the poison had been eliminated.
Now, Lin Qian's spatial spiritual spring can truly cure all kinds of poisons.
What made Lin Qian even more delighted was that the golden liquid in the stone lotus was full again after one night. It seemed that the golden liquid in the stone lotus could be regenerated, which meant that the liquid was inexhaustible.
Lin Qian calculated yesterday that more than 20 bottles of golden medicine were not enough to send away, but now there are more, it is enough.
After telling Wei Xiaoran the accurate information, Wei Xiaoran immediately took the golden medicine into the palace and told the emperor the good news.
"Has the antidote been delivered to Junqi?" After seeing the antidote, the emperor's first question was to Chen Junqi.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. After preparing the antidote, Qianqian has already given it to the Empress and the little prince." Wei Xiaoran said.
The emperor nodded and said, "That's good. When you return later, I will send a team of secret guards to follow you. When the time comes, you will help the people detoxify first."
The emperor still cares about the people.
Wei Xiaoran naturally agreed, and then asked the emperor: "What should we do next? The time is almost up, and there should be movement from the eldest prince soon."
"Don't be afraid. The only thing that can control him is this poison. Once the poison is cured, we can let him do whatever he wants. We will just take it on." The emperor said with a cold smile.
After that, the two of them conspired again. Finally, when Wei Xiaoran left, the emperor gave Wei Xiaoran twenty secret guards to command so that they could secretly detoxify the people in the capital.
These twenty secret guards are all highly skilled in martial arts and are very good at hiding their bodies. They were sent here because we don't want the eldest prince and others in secret to notice anything unusual.
That night, Lin Qian and Wei Xiaoran's yard was filled with wooden barrels, all of which were filled with cold spring water. Twenty secret guards ran back and forth, delivering the water to the homes of the people in the capital.
After three consecutive nights, the work was finally completed. Not only were the secret guards exhausted, but even Lin Qian and Wei Xiaoran were exhausted.
To be on the safe side, Lin Qian had the secret guards pour all the remaining cold spring water in the yard into the moat, just in case it turned out to be poisonous there as well.
On the second day after the detoxification work was completed, public opinion in the capital finally reached a peak. Many people began to organize the people and challenged the outside of the palace.
As soon as Lin Qian and the others saw this, they knew that there must be someone behind this. After the emperor found out, not only did he ignore it, he also secretly fanned the flames and continued to build momentum for this matter.
On the surface, the Emperor and Wei Xiaoran were so busy with this matter that they had no time to rest. But in reality, they were eating, drinking, and sleeping as usual.
Not only did she not look haggard, but her skin became smooth and delicate due to taking the golden medicine. Her health was much better, her complexion was good, and her face was rosy.
Therefore, the emperor and Wei Xiaoran looked at themselves and felt a little worried. If they went out with such rosy faces, would others think that they were crazy?
The ranks of the people grew larger and larger, and gradually, even the officials were infected. Every day when they went to court, they began to force the emperor to abdicate through their words and deeds.
This went on for about seven or eight days. In early September, the people finally fought with the guards at the palace gate. The palace gate was breached and people broke in.
The commander of the Imperial Guards, Wang Youshan, did not dare to harm the lives of the people due to the emperor's order, so he was defeated one after another.
Just when the palace was in commotion, a group of soldiers rushed into the palace with the people and cooperated with the royal guards to drive away the people.
Wang Youshan thought that reinforcements had arrived, and was immediately overjoyed. He followed the army and drove the people out of the palace.
However, Wang Youshan's smile didn't last long. As soon as the palace gate was closed, he was overthrown. A group of people came up, beat him up, and then controlled him.
"What do you mean? Let me go! I am Wang Youshan, the commander of the Royal Guards! How dare you hit me!" Wang Youshan was shouting when suddenly a man from the opposite army rode out from the crowd on horseback.
Wang Youshan took a closer look and immediately turned pale: "Grand, Grand Prince!"
The eldest prince looked at Wang Youshan with a smile on his face, his face full of evil and murderous intent, and said, "Commander Wang, long time no see."
Wang Youshan suddenly didn't dare to speak. The eldest prince ignored him and took his men straight to the Golden Palace.
At this time, the emperor was still in court, and all the civil and military officials were there. Of course, the emperor and his men had also received the news that the people had broken into the palace, but since the emperor did not tell them to leave, they did not dare to leave, so they all stood upright in the Golden Throne Hall.
"Your Majesty, the people are restless, and the blood-transforming incident has not been thoroughly investigated yet. I think what Lord Zhou Shu said at the time is somewhat reasonable." A minister suddenly stood up, knelt on the ground and said to the emperor.
As soon as he opened his mouth, ministers immediately echoed him, and a group of them knelt down in the hall.
"Your Majesty, for the sake of the people and your own safety, why don't you abdicate?"
"Your Majesty, please abdicate!"
At this time, the emperor sitting on the golden throne had an ugly face, so gloomy that water could drip out of it, and looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground with murderous eyes.
At this moment, a eunuch rushed into the hall in a panic, shouting, "Your Majesty, something bad has happened! The Empress has passed away!"
The Empress that the eunuch was talking about was naturally the fake one. She pretended to be Shen Junqi and stayed in the palace without showing up. She didn't give birth on her due date, and the people below had been talking about it for a long time.
Seeing the eunuch shouting, the emperor snorted in his heart. The person pretending to be Shen Junqi was the emperor's personal guard, and he was wearing a human skin mask on his face, so it was impossible for him to be recognized.
Ever since the last incident with Zhou Shu, the emperor has sent people to strictly protect the queen, and Fengyi Palace is surrounded by guards like an iron barrel.
A riot broke out outside the palace. The guards had just evacuated from Fengyi Palace when the queen died immediately. There was no need to guess who was behind this.
When Shen Junqi's father heard the eunuch's words, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
And those ministers who asked the emperor to abdicate shouted even louder.
"If I abdicate, my younger brothers are still young. Who will inherit the throne?" After a long silence, the emperor finally spoke, his voice dry and hoarse.
The ministers who were shouting immediately fell silent. Before anyone could say anything, a voice came from outside the Golden Throne Hall: "Who will inherit the throne? Naturally, we don't need Second Prince, so you don't have to worry about it anymore."
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