After his inner voice was read, the little cannon fodder became the darling of the world

Royal study room.

This afternoon.

Emperor Dongling, Nangong Honglie and his son, Liu Hao, and the commander of the imperial guards Zhang Jianye quietly gathered in the imperial study.

Several people gathered around the jade table and looked at the defense map of the imperial palace.

After replacing people little by little over the past few days, the guards in the palace underwent a major reshuffle quietly.

If one was not familiar with the palace guards, no one would notice anything unusual.

Zhang Jianye pointed to the defense map and said, "Your Majesty, all the guards have been replaced."

Emperor Dong Ling hummed softly.

"If it were you, where would you attack from?"

Nangong Honglie pinched his chin, took a look at the overall situation, and pointed at two places on the defense map with his index finger: "I think they will attack from these two points.

When the Imperial Guards took action, the Emperor and the Empress must have already been caught, so they had nothing to fear.

These two places are closest to their base, and since they have bribed some guards, they will not go far away."

"General Nangong is right." Zhang Jianye agreed.

Emperor Dong Ling took out a tiger talisman and handed it to Liu Hao: "Hao'er, if your father and your mother meet with any misfortune, you will have to shoulder the heavy responsibility.

Wang Peng from the Jingjiying Camp in the suburbs of Beijing is my father's confidant.

There are only 20,000 Imperial Guards. If you send someone you can trust to the Imperial Camp, you will be able to preserve the foundation built by Liu's ancestors."

After saying this, he took out the edict of succession from the drawer of the jade table.

"Father, you can't..."

Emperor Dong Ling raised his hand to interrupt Liu Hao: "Father is doing this just in case.

You have been entrusted with this task in a time of crisis. I hope you will not disappoint your father!"

Liu Hao refused to accept the edict of succession.

"Don't worry, Father. I will never let them succeed!"

The leader of the secret guards, Ajie, stepped out and said, "Master, the people who were monitoring Xue Huaian and Liu Heng sent news that they met again.

Judging from all the signs, they should take action in the next day or two, and our people are ready to arrest people at any time."

The atmosphere in the imperial study became more solemn.

Dismiss the court the next day.

Nangong Honglie and his son swaggered out of the palace as usual, while Emperor Dongling returned to the imperial study to deal with memorials.

Then news came out that Emperor Dongling had a slight cough and was suspected of having caught a cold, and that Empress Chen had entered the imperial study to take care of him.

At the end of Chen time.

Upon hearing the news, Concubine Xue gloated: "What a loving couple! Let's go down and become a pair of ghost mandarin ducks!

We can solve it all at once so we don't have to make another trip to Kunning Palace.

Aunt An, is the porridge ready?"

"Okay, it's guaranteed to be soft, sticky and sweet! Isn't the emperor coughing? He gave the Empress and His Highness another excuse."

"Well, Heng'er should be here soon."

In less than an incense stick of time, Liu Heng hurried in.

"Mother, are you ready?"

"Okay, let's go, let's go directly to the imperial study.

It is said that the emperor has a slight cough, and that bitch Chen Muyan is taking care of him in the imperial study. Even God is helping us."

The mother and son walked side by side, and Nanny An followed closely behind with a food box.

In front of the imperial study room.

Eunuch Wei and the young eunuchs waiting to be assigned tasks stood at the door as usual.

Seeing several people approaching from afar, Eunuch Wei took half a step forward and coughed lightly towards the door.

Soon, several people approached.

Concubine Xue smiled and said, "Laifu, I heard that the emperor is ill. How is he?"

"Your Majesty, the imperial physician has examined him and it's nothing serious. Your Majesty, Your Highness, what are you doing?"

"We heard that the emperor was ill, so we came to see him."

Eunuch Wei made way.

Several people stepped into the imperial study.

The first thing he saw was Empress Chen, serving tea and water to Emperor Dongling.

The mother and son took a few quick steps and saluted: "I pay my respects to the Emperor and the Empress!"

"Your son pays respects to Father and Mother!"

Emperor Dong Ling glanced at the mother and son and said, "Get up! What are you doing here together?"

“Your Majesty, I heard that you were ill and was about to come to see me. Heng’er happened to come to the palace and said that he had taken a fancy to the daughter of Minister Lin of the Ministry of Works and wanted to ask you to grant him marriage, so we came together.

This morning, I personally cooked red dates, lotus seeds, and bird's nest porridge. It tastes delicious. I brought it here for Your Majesty and Your Majesty the Empress to taste."

As he spoke, he gestured to Nanny An, who walked forward obediently, filled two bowls of porridge, and brought them to Emperor Dongling and Empress Chen respectively.

Liu Heng took the opportunity to kneel down and said, "My son and Miss Lin are in love with each other, please grant us your blessing, father!"

Emperor Dongling remained calm and looked at the mother and son again.

"So, you are using the porridge to bribe me and the Queen, hoping that I will agree to grant you marriage?"

Concubine Xue's heart tightened, her chest pounding, and she said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, please fulfill Heng'er's wish. His position as a principal wife has always been vacant, and it's time for him to have one."

Liu Heng had a layer of sweat on his forehead, so he had to kowtow to hide his abnormality: "Please grant me your blessing, father!"

"Okay, I agree!"

Then he smiled at Queen Chen and said, "Drink. There is a wedding in the palace and you will have to work hard again."

As he spoke, he reached out to pick up the bowl of porridge, stirred it gently with a spoon, scooped up a spoonful and prepared to put it into his mouth.

Queen Chen also smiled and picked up the bowl, stirred it and brought it to her mouth.

The hearts of Concubine Xue and the others were in their throats.

drink!

Drink it quickly!

Even just a small sip will do!

But things went against their wishes. The next moment, Eunuch Wei called out in a hurry, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please wait a moment. Let this old servant take a look before you drink."

They both nodded and put down their bowls.

Eunuch Wei took out a box from his bosom, took out a silver needle from the box, and inserted it into the porridge.

Several people were secretly proud of themselves.

Go ahead and check it out. You won't be able to find the problem.

Unfortunately, just after a few breaths of pride, Eunuch Wei screamed: "Your Majesty, the porridge is poisonous!"

Eunuch Wei raised the blackened silver needle in his hand.

Concubine Xue and the others were dumbfounded.

"Someone come here!" Emperor Dongling growled.

In an instant, several secret guards appeared from the darkness and surrounded Concubine Xue and her companions.

A secret guard on the roof blew the whistle around his neck a few times.

Emperor Dongling had a dark face. He grabbed the memorial on the table and threw it at Concubine Xue and her son.

"Good, very good! Fortunately, the Queen and I didn't drink it!

Come, call Dr. Qian who is good at poisons."

Not long after, Doctor Qian, who had been waiting, came hurriedly.

After checking, he said with lingering fear: "Your Majesty, there are two kinds of poison in the porridge.

One is the common dove poison, and the other is the purple poison that is only found in the Western Yue Kingdom. This poison is colorless and odorless, and cannot be detected by ordinary silver needles.

Both of these poisons are deadly, and even a small sip can kill a person."

Concubine Xue screamed in panic: "Your Majesty, it's unfair, it's not us, we didn't do it!"

Liu Heng's face was pale and his body was shaking slightly.

Emperor Dong Ling waved his hand and said, "Whether it is unjust or not, someone will investigate it clearly.

Take action, send them to jail and interrogate them strictly."

The secret guards escorted several people out of the imperial study.

Only then did Empress Chen pat her chest.

"It really is red dates, lotus seeds and bird's nest porridge! It was a close call. Fortunately, we were prepared. Otherwise, we would have been doomed!"

Emperor Dong Ling looked at A Jie: "What are the situations in those two places?"