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Chapter 284

His head was buzzing and in complete chaos. He didn't know how to get rid of Empress Chu. If she left on her own, she would inevitably leave a long trail of footprints on the ground in front of the Temple of Heaven...

Such a beautiful scene appearing at the sacrificial ceremony to Heaven made the emperor feel that all the ancestors of the Northern Yi Dynasty should break out of the imperial tomb and kick him to death.

There's no need for the heaven-worship ceremony anymore; heaven will just strike down a bolt of lightning, causing the Northern Yi nation to disappear from the world forever.

Finally, it was the Duke of Changguo who was the first to recover from his stunned silence and hurriedly ran outside to call for Empress Chu's palanquin to come in.

The imperial palanquin was not normally allowed to enter the Temple of Heaven, but the current situation is special, so we can't worry about that anymore.

The Duke of Changguo helped Empress Chu onto the palanquin and then left without a word.

Several servants rushed over and quickly cleaned the ground where Empress Chu had stood.

But the stench that permeated the air was not so easy to dissipate, still lingering around everyone present, just like the extremely awkward atmosphere.

This most memorable sacrificial ceremony in history was hastily completed its final procedures.

The Northern Yi royal family had never before suffered such a humiliating defeat before the powerful officials and dignitaries. Not to mention their disrespect for their ancestors and their blasphemy against Heaven.

Even after the sacrificial ceremony to Heaven ended, the emperor still felt dizzy and his vision blurred.

Once he caught his breath, he immediately returned to the palace, his murderous aura palpable, to find Empress Chu.

Empress Chu had already returned to her palace, bathed and changed her clothes. Now she had finally calmed down and was crying her heart out because of extreme fear and despair.

The Duke of Changguo shouted angrily from the side, "Stop crying! What's the use of crying! Explain yourself clearly, how did you make such a big mistake!"

Empress Chu has been in the palace for over a decade, and she's not the kind of person who's unreliable. Logically speaking, she shouldn't have caused such a huge mess.

Empress Chu cried, "I...I don't know...I did the same as before, I started fasting three days before the sacrificial ceremony, I didn't eat anything strange...I don't know why I suddenly got such a stomachache..."

Her expression suddenly changed, she realized what was happening, and she shouted:

"Someone must be trying to harm me! Someone has poisoned my sacrificial meat or wine!"

Empress Chu had done this kind of thing countless times; she herself had just tried to add medicine to Consort Jing's food, but had failed. Therefore, figuring this out wasn't difficult at all.

At this moment, the emperor came in.

Empress Chu turned around abruptly, as if grasping at a lifeline, and knelt down to the emperor.

She pleaded urgently, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, you must investigate this thoroughly and do justice for me! Someone is trying to harm me! There must be something wrong with my sacrificial offerings or wine! Someone wants to kill me, and is even willing to disrupt the sacrificial ceremony. Their methods are vicious, and their intentions are despicable, Your Majesty!"

But the emperor was completely deaf to reason at this point. His anger toward Empress Chu had clouded his judgment. After all, it was Empress Chu who had brought him the greatest humiliation in his more than ten years on the throne.

The emperor, enraged, laughed coldly: "You say someone is trying to harm you, do you have any evidence?"

"evidence......"

Empress Chu was momentarily stunned, but Duke Changguo reacted faster and stepped forward to report, "I beg Your Majesty to order the imperial physicians to examine all of Her Majesty's food and drink over the past two days, as well as the sacrificial meat and wine used in the sacrificial ceremony. They will surely be able to find something amiss."

The emperor sneered: "Very well, since you have voiced your grievances, then investigate thoroughly!"

The emperor immediately summoned a group of imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital to examine Empress Chu's diet over the past few days.

No problems were found. The food in Empress Chu's palace has always been strictly controlled by her, and even a powerful figure like Mo Chonggui couldn't interfere. Otherwise, she would have been dead long ago.

As for the sacrificial meat and wine, since there was only a sip or two to be had, and it was stipulated that absolutely nothing could be left over, Empress Chu had already eaten and drunk it all during the sacrificial ceremony. There were only two containers left, so nothing could be found.