There were more than twenty officials invited by Qi Wushuang, all of whom were important officials in the court.

When General Qi and his men arrived at the first gate of the imperial palace, they found that the gate had been completely destroyed, and Qi Wushuang and the commander of the imperial guards were in a stalemate.

What's the situation?

Chu Fuchi was the first to speak:

"Your Highness heard tonight that someone was plotting to assassinate the Emperor, so he led his troops to come to His Majesty's aid. However, upon arrival, he learned that the Emperor had passed away.

We don't know what's going on in the palace, so we invited you all here."

Although everyone knew that it was Qi Wushuang who initiated the war tonight, since Chu Fuchi said so, they had to treat it with caution.

General Qi is the current head of the Qi family, the Duke of Zhenguo and the Grand Marshal. He asked questions on behalf of all the officials.

He asked the commander of the Royal Guards: "What's going on?"

The commander of the Imperial Guards pondered for a moment and said:

“We heard the sounds of fighting in Qamdo City tonight and rushed here, just in time to meet Prince Qi.

But Prince Qi said he had heard of a rebellion and had come to the king's aid, adding that the emperor had been assassinated.

General Qi was horrified when he heard this: "Where is the emperor?"

The commander of the Imperial Guard glanced at Qi Wushuang and said nothing.

Qi Wushuang spoke at the right time: "Why don't we go and see how the emperor is doing?"

At this point, General Qi and others had no choice but to follow Qi Wushuang's wishes and go to see the emperor's condition first.

When they arrived in front of the Taiji Hall, they saw a group of frightened eunuchs and guards surrounding the hall.

When they saw Qi Wushuang, everyone looked extremely alert, but when they saw Qi Taiwei and other important officials who were with Qi Wushuang, they felt confused again.

The commander of the imperial guards waved his hand, and the eunuchs and imperial guards surrounding the Taiji Hall dispersed and made way.

When everyone reached the gate of Taiji Hall, Qi Wushuang said to General Qi, Master Zhuang, and Prime Minister Yuwen:

"Please follow me into the Tai Chi Hall."

General Qi, Grand Tutor Zhuang, and Prime Minister Yuwen exchanged a glance, and the three of them followed Qi Wushuang into the Taiji Hall.

Ye Wuwei and Chu Fuchi ignored the other officials and followed Qi Wushuang into the Taiji Hall. The other ministers also followed them into the hall.

As soon as everyone stepped into the hall, they saw seven people lying on the ground and the emperor still "sitting up" on the dragon throne.

General Qi and his two companions ignored the seven people lying on the ground and hurried forward, stopping three meters away from the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

no respond.

Qi Wushuang walked up to General Qi and the other two and said, "Why don't you go over and take a look."

General Qi and the other two looked at each other again and stepped forward together.

The emperor's eyes were wide open, and he was already dead.

General Qi and his two companions knelt down on the ground in a hurry, and the other officials in the hall followed suit and knelt down as well.

Qi Wushuang deliberately asked: "How is the emperor?"

General Qi: "The Emperor has passed away."

"Wu Wei, please go forward and take a look for me."

Ye Wuwei stepped forward with his back to General Qi and the other two, and removed the iron nail that was stuck in the emperor's head.

Ye Wuwei's actions did not escape Qi Wushuang's notice.

Qi Wushuang thought:

Ye Wuwei clearly had no martial arts skills, but he was able to insert an iron nail into a person's Baihui acupoint so accurately. He must have practiced countless times.

But who would practice this for no reason?

Killer?

What on earth had Ye Wuwei experienced before?

Ye Wuwei didn't know what Qi Wushuang was thinking. After he took out the nail, he said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor is indeed dead."

Qi Wushuang said to General Qi, "Call the imperial physician."

General Qi quickly summoned the imperial physician.

The director and judge of the Imperial Medical Bureau were all there, as well as three highly prestigious imperial physicians.

The six people took turns feeling the emperor's pulse and examining him, and finally said in unison: "Your Majesty died of convulsions."

General Qi: "Your Majesty was really not killed by someone?"

"If the commander-in-chief does not trust our medical skills, he can send someone else to treat us."

The envoy of the court had a very good relationship with the Zhuang family, and Master Zhuang continued:

"We naturally trust the medical skills of the envoy, but your Majesty's passing was so sudden that we are having a hard time accepting it."

Ye Wuwei nudged Chu Fuchi, who feigned surprise and asked, "So, Your Majesty was frightened to death by an assassin?"

Ye Wuwei naturally took over Chu Fuchi's words:

“Although this is indeed the imperial physician’s diagnosis, you cannot be so blunt in saying it, Your Highness.

You know, it would be too shameful to tell anyone that an emperor was frightened to death by an assassin."

Prime Minister Yuwen glared at Ye Wuyi and said, "How can you have a say here?"

Ye Wuwei shrugged his shoulders:

"I didn't say he died of convulsions; that was diagnosed by the imperial physicians.

It is a fact that the emperor was frightened to death.

Look at the situation in the palace. It is obvious that an assassin has been here. If the emperor hadn't been scared to death by the assassin, would he have?

If the emperor was not dead, why didn't the assassin kill him?

Could it be that the assassin sneaked into the Taiji Hall just to kill a few guards?"

Qi Wushuang took over Ye Wuwei's words at the right time: "It is indeed shameful that the emperor was frightened to death by an assassin."

This is the final conclusion on the cause of the emperor's death.

Prime Minister Yuwen looked at Qi Wushuang and asked, "How could you know that the assassin wasn't sent by you?"

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