"Alright, calm down. This time I have something very important to tell you."

Upon hearing this, Ji Yechen put away his playful smile and became serious.

"Your Majesty, please speak."

The two had a secret conversation in the tent for two hours. After coming out, Ji Yechen and An Ba led their men south.

No one knew what the two of them were doing. Outsiders only knew that Ji Yechen had displeased the emperor and was punished by the emperor to go home and reflect on his mistakes.

After all, many people saw Ji Yechen teasing the emperor's new mount.

The autumn morning brings a hint of coolness, which makes people who have just woken up a little more awake.

Today is the last day of the autumn hunt, and it is also the day when the poison will definitely take effect.

Early in the morning, Leng Wuqin brought people to count the total number of prey of everyone and found them to verify, and then handed the list of everyone's hunting quantity to Leng Qingyi.

There was a summary banquet at noon to reward the top hunters and summarize the autumn hunt. In the afternoon, we set off for Beijing.

Those who ranked at the top were all young men from prominent families.

The banquet was filled with cheers and the young people who came in the top few places were even more excited after receiving rewards from the emperor.

When the banquet was halfway through, Ling Xuan and several guards behind him suddenly vomited blood, convulsed and fell to the ground.

The imperial physician at the banquet rushed forward to check and was shocked when he felt the pulse.

"Your Majesty, General Ling has been poisoned by the Heartbreak Powder."

"How could that be? Who planned this banquet?"

"Your Majesty, this is what I prepared. I have no grudge against General Ling and would never poison him. I swear to heaven."

"See what's going on with those people?"

Doctor Wen went forward to check as instructed.

"Your Majesty, these people, like General Ling, were all poisoned by the Broken Heart Powder."

"What have they eaten? Check for me. They dare to murder important officials in front of me and deserve to die."

Duanchangsan is a highly toxic drug that will cause death instantly and there is no chance of rescue.

At this time, the few people lying on the ground were still motionless. Looking closely, their chests were no longer rising and falling, and they were actually dead on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, Leng Wuqin also fell to the ground and began to twitch. Doctor Wen immediately stepped forward to check on him.

He looked up in horror at Leng Qingyi who was sitting in a high seat.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister was also poisoned by the Heartbreak Powder!"

"What? Show it to others."

Doctor Wen followed the instructions and took the pulse of the Minister of War, who was closest to Leng Wuqin.

As soon as his hand touched the wrist of the Minister of War, the Minister of War, like the previous few people, convulsed all over, vomited blood, and fell on Doctor Wen.

He knew the result without taking the pulse. Leng Qingyi slammed the table angrily, breaking it into pieces and spilling the delicacies on the table all over the floor.

Before she could speak, Su Shen, who was sitting far away, also showed the same symptoms.

For a moment, everyone at the banquet was in panic.

Yan Ruju, who was closest to Leng Qingyi, also had blood oozing from the corner of her mouth and looked at Leng Qingyi affectionately.

"Your Majesty, it's not me..."

Then he twitched twice and fell on the table without moving.

"My beloved, my beloved, please investigate for me. Who is so audacious as to murder so many people at once? Who is responsible for the poison test?"

A young eunuch was brought over by Nie Yueming in a timid manner.

He was even more uneasy after such a big incident. Even if this eunuch worked under the imperial concubine, he was the chief eunuch and he was certainly not free from responsibility.

Nie Yueming looked at the young eunuch with a vicious look and kicked the young eunuch in the knee.

The young eunuch knelt on the ground, trembling with fear and unable to speak.

Nie Yueming was so anxious at this time that he slapped the young eunuch in the face.

"Your Majesty...your servant..."

Before the young eunuch could explain anything, Leng Qing, who was sitting on a high seat, covered his chest with his hands and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

He looked at the blood on his hands in disbelief, which was red to black.

"How is it possible? How could someone poison me without anyone noticing?"

Seeing this, Wu Ma Luoxue rushed forward with a look of horror and supported the emperor who was about to fall, and felt Leng Qingyi's wrist pulse.

He sensed a slight abnormality in his pulse and was about to speak when Leng Qing tugged at his sleeve.

The panic in Wu Ma Luoxue's eyes had not yet faded when she looked up at Leng Qingyi's calm and indifferent eyes, and immediately understood what he meant.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Hold on, I will return to the palace to get the Tianshan Snow Lotus to save you."

When Leng Qing saw that he understood what he meant, he tilted his head and fell on Wu Ma Luoxue's shoulder.

Seeing this, Wu Ma Luoxue hardened her heart and bit her tongue, imitating the others, twitching twice and falling to the ground with blood oozing from the corners of her mouth.

For a moment, the scene was in chaos. The emperor, the imperial concubine, the Snow Concubine, the prime minister, and many important officials in the court were poisoned and fell to the ground, not breathing.

Nie Yueming collapsed to the ground in fear. The young eunuch in charge of testing the poison had turned pale and an unpleasant, foul smell was emanating from his crotch.

Just when everyone was leaderless, Ye Gucheng, an old acquaintance of the group, walked in from outside, escorting a middle-aged man.

"General Ye?"

"Prince Xin?"

"Zhongli Yuan is tyrannical, cruel, and brutal, causing chaos in the government and the people's livelihood to suffer. Today, I, the king, will enforce justice on behalf of Heaven and eliminate this tyrannical and tyrannical ruler."

"Prince Xin, even if the Emperor did something excessive, it's not as serious as you claim. What you did is regicide, not to mention that you harmed so many important officials."

Although Yan Zhentian didn't want the emperor to have an easy time, Prince Xin was an even more difficult person to deal with than the emperor.

If Prince Xin were to gain power today, the entire Zhenguo Mansion would be wiped out before tomorrow.

Compared with the emperor, he is the tyrant who is arbitrary, cruel, brutal and tyrannical.

Prince Xin, who was the brother of the late emperor, was the most ruthless in the fight for the throne. He killed three of his brothers, disabled five of his brothers, and harmed two princesses.

The late emperor's father, Emperor Hongde, could not bear to see him suffer any more and banished him to a remote fiefdom with thunderous means. Before his death, he passed the throne to the late emperor who was the most filial but mediocre in ability.

Unexpectedly, Prince Xin, who was ordered by Emperor Hongde to never enter the capital, did not cause any trouble during the reign of the previous emperor, but now comes out to seize the throne.

Leng Qing, who was pretending to faint at that time, was a little confused when he heard the name.

She didn't remember such a person in the court, nor did she remember Zhongli Yuan mentioning this person.

As a cold-eyed Zhongli Yuan diligently observed the expressions of every official present.

He grew up in the cold palace. Since he could remember, the only person he had contact with was the eunuch who brought him food. He had no idea about this Prince Xin who suddenly appeared.

But it seems that he should be a brother of his father's generation.

"Duke Zhenguo, this is my Zhongli family's business, it's not your turn as a Zhongli family dog ​​to bark here."

Yan Zhentian's face suddenly turned red with anger.

Even when the late emperor was alive, he had never been humiliated like this.

No matter what, we cannot let Prince Xin succeed today, otherwise his Yan family will be in danger.

"Ye Gucheng, when did you get involved with him?"

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