All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Chapter 330 Life is worse than death (two in one)

As a courtier, Li Xiangyang would never know about the birthmark on the imperial concubine.

But not only did he know, he also made it clear about Concubine Qi's life experience.

In addition, the prison in Beiya also contains Liu's orphan Danzhu, who was involved in the case of Emperor Xiaode and was sentenced to death but has not yet been executed.

Concubine Qi's identity as a daughter of the Sui family was confirmed to death.

In addition, Li Xiangyang brought out the death of the eighth prince...

The emperor had previously allowed Concubine Qi to "exchange her life for a life" regarding today's matter. The reason for sparing King Wei's life was because of the father-son relationship between him and King Wei.

But now it involves the death of the eighth prince.

That little love between father and son was not enough to kill King Wei.

There is no need for Shen Lingxi to say another word or provide more powerful evidence.

As long as the emperor believes what Li Xiangyang says, that will be enough.

Concubine Qi has been with the emperor for so many years, so she naturally understands that even if she refuses to admit it, it will be difficult for her to be kind this time.

King Wei also knew it well.

Mother and son looked at each other tacitly.

King Wei asked in disbelief, "Concubine, eighth brother... you were actually responsible for the death of eighth brother?"

This means giving up the car to keep the handsome man.

It seemed that because of her biological son's questioning, Concubine Qi finally had a look of panic on her face.

"Dang..."

She threw away the feather arrow in her hand, because she had grabbed the feather arrow too hard, her palms were bruised and bloody, and blood dripped from her palms.

"Your Majesty..." Concubine Qi knelt down in front of the emperor and grabbed the emperor's hand with her bloody palm.

"At the beginning, I thought that Da Lang was dead. I was jealous of Concubine Wen because of your favor. Once she gained power, I would kill the Eighth Prince... I confessed my guilt. I confessed to all of them. All this is my fault. You kill my concubine."

The emperor snorted coldly and shook off her hand.

Shen Lingxi's gaze fell on the emperor's blood-stained hand, as if he thought of something, his face changed slightly.

At the same time, Concubine Qi was unable to hold back her strength and was thrown to the ground.

But soon, she straightened up again, and kneeled down in front of Chu Yan as if in a panic.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince..." She followed the law and stretched out her bloody palm to Chu Yan.

However, Chu Yan took a step back to avoid even touching a corner of Chu Yan's clothes.

Concubine Qi missed the opportunity.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince..." She raised her head, with a provocation in her eyes that was completely different from her panicked tone, "Your Highness, I know that I have sinned deeply. Emperor Xiaode has a noble character and a gentleman's demeanor, but I did it for myself. His selfish desires made Li Xiangyang poison him. When the poison of the blazing sun takes effect, he is extremely painful, and his internal organs seem to be cooking on a raging fire..."

When Chu Yan heard this, he thought of how he saw his father's tragic death when he returned to the East Palace, and the hatred he had suppressed for many years began to boil in his chest.

His originally calm and stern face was unknowingly tainted with a touch of violence, and his whole body was immediately filled with cold murderous intent.

Concubine Qi seemed unaware and was still whispering regretfully, "I still remember when they came to report to me, they said that before Emperor Xiaode's death, his seven orifices were bleeding and he was rolling on the ground in pain. Life was worse than death. He kept shouting "Let's go" If someone kills him, give him a good time..."

Her voice was extremely low, and the way she knelt and bowed looked like she was repenting, but every word she spoke was cutting into Chu Yan's heart.

Where no one could see her, she grinned provocatively at Chu Yan and said, "Your Highness, I really regret it and make him suffer so much. If I could do it again, I would definitely..." Do it again.

The four words that Concubine Qi said silently made Chu Yan's phoenix eyes full of murderous intent. His finger bones moved slightly, and he was about to reach out——

A soft hand gently covered the back of his cold hand.

The warmth in the palm of his hand miraculously soothed the overwhelming hatred in Chu Yan's heart.

Shen Lingxi walked up to Chu Yan, with her back to him, her slender figure blocking his tall body behind her.

She knelt down and looked into Concubine Qi's provocative eyes, "Concubine Qi is worthy of being a member of the Sui clan. Even if she dies, she still has to support a few people. Do you think your blood can really poison people? If it can poison Dead man, why is His Highness the Prince still alive today despite staying in the house where Mr. Chunshan died?"

The smile on Concubine Qi's lips froze instantly because of Shen Lingxi's words.

"I don't understand what you are talking about." She turned her head to avoid Shen Lingxi's gaze.

Shen Lingxi reached out directly, grabbed her wrist, and with a click, broke her joints neatly and mercilessly.

"what……"

Concubine Qi let out a scream, and her bloody palms spread out weakly, half hanging down.

Shen Lingxi looked at the wound on her palm, which had turned dark brown, and said:
"Concubine Qi is a good strategist. She takes all the blame for her crimes. Before she dies, she drags the emperor and the prince to die together. As long as the king of Wei can survive for five days and the tenth prince is still in his infancy, the country will belong to the king of Wei. Yes, right?"

As soon as Concubine Qi heard this, she ignored the severe pain in her wrist and hurriedly retorted: "I am responsible for all my work. Da Lang knows nothing... Princess, I have confessed my crime. If you want to kill me, I will kill you." Why do you need to add unfounded charges to this palace? Da Lang is the blood of the emperor, and the princess is so impatient to kill them all? "

"If I didn't stop the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine would probably kill the emperor." Shen Lingxi said softly.

"Fierce Yang medicinal powder can turn into a highly poisonous substance when it comes into contact with blood. If it is stained with poisonous blood, the poison will penetrate deep into the lungs in as little as three days or as long as five days, and people will die without medical treatment."

"You killed Chunshan earlier and bled him in his room. You had the idea of ​​using incense and poisonous blood to kill people. Now you are doing the same thing again. Do you really think I can't see it?"

As soon as Shen Lingxi said these words, the emperor's expression changed drastically.

He looked down at his hands——

In just a moment, the blood on the back of his hand that was rubbed by Concubine Qi had turned into a dark brown color as thick as Concubine Qi's palm.

He didn't feel it just now, but now because of Shen Lingxi's reminder, the emperor felt a strange numbness spreading down his arms and throughout his body.

"You poisonous woman, you have no repentance at all, and to this extent, you still want to kill me!"

The emperor pulled out the sword from his waist with a "swish" sound, and strode towards Concubine Qi with an angry look on his face.

"Your Majesty, please wait." Shen Lingxi hurriedly stopped him.

Even Chu Yan quickly walked up to the emperor and stopped him with his hand.

"Rokuro, what does this mean?" he asked in a deep voice.

Shen Lingxi: "The blood on her body has been contaminated with poison. If the emperor cuts her down now, any blood splashing on her hair and skin will be equivalent to being contaminated with blood poison again."

When the emperor heard this, his face turned livid.

He finally understood why Concubine Qi went to Chu Yan just now and made provocations.

This is motivating Chu Yan to kill her and get her poisonous blood.

Seeing that the emperor already understood, Shen Lingxi stopped talking and calmly took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, poured out a pill, and forcefully stuffed it into Concubine Qi's mouth.

Concubine Qi pursed her lips tightly, but she couldn't resist Shen Lingxi's "click" to remove her jaw.

The pill melted in her mouth, and the cool medicinal smell instantly cooled down the boiling blood in her body.

Even if Concubine Qi no longer wanted to believe it, she had to admit that what Shen Lingxi gave her was indeed the antidote.

"Your Majesty, I don't know. I watched the preparation of Lieyang's prescription with my own eyes back then." Shen Lingxi came close to her ear and said slowly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, before Emperor Xiaode died, he prepared the recipe with my own eyes. I will pay him back thousands of times for the pain he suffered. Isn’t it just a tormenting poison? I know many more prescriptions than the ones my queen knows. I will definitely be able to marry your favorite son. Let’s enjoy this life together for a long time, a feeling that is worse than death.”

Concubine Qi opened her eyes wide, and her eyes, which had always been calm and unruffled, showed fear for the first time.

She shook her head and wanted to beg for mercy, but her jaw was removed and she could only make a vague sound.

Shen Lingxi smiled at her, and that smile made the hairs on Concubine Qi's body stand on end.

Shen Lingxi stood up, walked to the emperor, and presented the porcelain bottle, "Your Majesty, this is the antidote. Please take it as soon as possible."

The emperor looked at the porcelain bottle, a trace of hesitation flashing in his eyes.

At this moment, King Wei from behind hurriedly spoke: "Father, no! Father, you must not listen to this poisonous woman. There is no way that the mother-in-law will harm my father. Father, look, my child The wound on the leg and the blood on the arrow have changed color."

When everyone heard this, they all looked towards King Wei - at some point, the feather arrow that was thrown away by Concubine Qi was caught in his hand.

The blood on the feather arrow and King Wei's wound also changed color.

"Father," King Wei said anxiously: "This feathered arrow was shot at the son through the hands of the prince. It is not that the blood of the mother and concubine is poisonous, but that the arrow is poisonous. The concubine was killed by the couple. Framed! Maybe what’s in that porcelain bottle isn’t an antidote at all, but poison!”

Shen Lingxi raised her eyebrows.

I have to say that Chu Hong is really a bit quick-witted, and his ability to confuse right and wrong is truly amazing.

No wonder he could hide in the gutter and accomplish so many great things quietly.

Shen Lingxi actually didn't care at all whether the emperor would take the antidote or not.

Therefore, there is no intention to defend myself at all.

On the contrary, Chu Yan reached out directly, took the porcelain bottle from her hand, and strode up to King Wei.

"Since it's poison, I have to let you taste it first. It's best to poison you to death."

After Chu Yan said that, he directly stuffed the pill into King Wei's mouth.

King Wei looked horrified.

As soon as the medicine entered his mouth, he immediately turned his head to the side, quickly covered his lips in "panic", and coughed violently, trying to cough the pill out of his throat.

But the pill seemed to "melt in his mouth", so he could only hold his throat and show a painful expression.

"Sixth Brother... You and I are fighting each other, but you are so eager to kill me..." He squeezed the words out of his throat with all his strength, his face turned red, as if he was poisoned.

Concubine Qi on the other side was also enlightened when she saw this. She imitated his behavior and acted like she was poisoned.

When the emperor saw the appearance of the two people, he felt a little suspicious in his heart, and his face became gloomy again.

Chu Yan glanced at the mother and son with a half-smile, then quickly reached out and touched King Wei's acupuncture point.

King Wei opened his mouth instantly and could not move.

In full view of everyone, Chu Yan opened King Wei's slightly bent fingers, revealing the pill he had hidden between his fingers.

"Isn't it poison? Why is it still hidden in the palm of your hand?"

King Wei's eyes froze.

Chu Yan looked at him mockingly and threw the pill back into his open mouth.

This time, I really ate it, and I couldn’t even vomit.

Chu Yan took the feather arrow from his hand, stood up, and walked to the emperor.

He completely ignored the poisonous blood that had turned black on the feather arrow, and made a bloody gash in his palm with an expressionless face.

Then, he poured a pill from the porcelain bottle again and stuffed it into his mouth.

Then he presented the porcelain bottle to the emperor again, "I have already tested the medicine for the emperor. If the emperor is still not at ease, you can ask the imperial doctor to check it again."

The emperor had a clear view of his series of actions.

The face that was originally full of anger turned a bit shy because of the suspicion of Chu Yan just now.

At this point, the emperor finally saw clearly who was acting and who was sincere.

He took the porcelain bottle from Chu Yan's hand, poured out the pills, and drank them.

Shen Lingxi saw the emperor's indecision, repeated suspicions, and partiality for his own direct bloodline.

This was the first time that she felt so truly what Chu Yan had endured in the past five years.

Five years ago, his father was supposed to ascend the throne and become the ninth emperor.

Because of Concubine Qi and King Wei, he could only die in pain.

The current emperor of Xianyun Yehe was ordered to take charge of the country in the face of danger.

In the name of the curse, the mother and son pretended to die and hid in the dark, hunting down one emperor after another in order to become the emperor's only bloodline. It is logical that they "resurrected from the dead" like a miracle like today. Inherit the country and the country.

But at the same time, Chu Yan continued to bear the doubts, suspicions, slanders and frame-ups brought about by the curse and hunting.

Although the emperor was not the perpetrator, he was indeed the biggest beneficiary so far.

Just because of his goodwill towards Chu Yan.

Therefore, Chu Yan would not hesitate to test the medicine on his own body at this moment, just to let the emperor take the antidote as soon as possible to avoid serious harm to the body.

This is probably because Shen Lingxi protects his shortcomings the most.From the bottom of my heart, I felt unfair for everything Chu Yan had experienced.

Although it is said that every injustice has its owner, every debt has its owner.

Shen Lingxi selfishly felt that there was nothing wrong with "a son repaying his debt to his father".

In her opinion, the emperor was in his position, all he had to do was not be greedy and not take action.

Although he is not a murderer, his identity, status, and unclear temperament are a breeding ground for evil thoughts.

Only with a master like him would there be such a nest of snakes and rats.

Shen Lingxi has never been afraid of evil people, because evil people can retaliate with fists and kicks, fight with swords, and kill to stop killing.

But she is afraid of people like the emperor - he is not good, but not bad.

The best policy is to keep a respectful distance from such people.

However, with Chu Yan and Shen Lingxi now in the East Palace, they could not stay away from him.

Ultimately, it's because they have a bottom line.

He is unwilling to seek power and usurp the throne for his own selfish desires, causing turmoil in the world and ruining all lives.

After all, the emperor was confused and his political affairs were relatively clear.

Emperor Xu Shi also realized that today in front of all the officials, he was repeatedly led by the Queen of Wei and his son, which was against the way of a king.

He solemnly said to Chu Yan, "Liu Lang, I will hand over the mother and son to Beiya. You don't have to look at anyone's face. Investigate this case thoroughly and let everything be revealed to the world."

Chu Yan took the order.

"There is one more person, and the emperor has to hand it over to Bei Ya." Shen Lingxi was standing beside him and bowed.

The emperor looked at her doubtfully, "Who is it?"

"Zhu Lianxi."

Shen Lingxi stretched out her hand and pointed at Zhu Lianxi, who was huddled in the corner with a pale face.

"The Queen of Wei, mother and son, can turn their hands into clouds and rain in the palace, send spices into the palace, poison whoever they want, and make the emperor believe such nonsense as curses and embroidered pictures. Thanks to Eunuch Zhu, the eunuch in charge."

"My wife-in-law feels that if the emperor is not the biological father of King Wei, Eunuch Zhu might also poison the emperor. It is unknown."

Saying these words in public is simply pushing Zhu Lianxi to death.

Knowing that the situation was over, Zhu Lianxi was so frightened that his legs weakened and he knelt down on the ground, "Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Wei forced this servant to do all this... I am willing to tell the truth, and please forgive me for serving you for many years." , please give me a happy life."

"I hate being betrayed most in my life. I want to die happily. You are not qualified."

The emperor looked at him with a cold look and waved his hand towards Chu Yan, "Liu Lang, take him away too. It's up to you to decide how to deal with him."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Lianxi's face instantly turned gray.

It's over, it's over now...

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Half a month later, Beiya General Wei Wang and Qi Guifei conspired to hunt down the emperor's heirs under the pretext of the curse of the cruel emperor, and told the world...

(End of this chapter)