Li Yao didn't stay in Yuxiu Palace for long before she was called back to Kunde Palace.
Yong Ruo and Feng Liao sat side by side on the Phoenix Seat. The number of guards in the hall has doubled again, and the imperial doctor Xu and the envoy of the imperial hospital are also in the hall.
When Li Yao knelt down to salute, Yong Ruo asked: "I forgot to ask you just now: Lulu has a birthmark on her body. Since you are her junior sister, you must know where this birthmark is?"
Li Yao froze slightly, thought for a while, and said calmly, "Your Majesty is joking. There is no birthmark on Luluo."
Yong Ruo smiled slightly: "It really is a counterfeit. Do you think I'm defrauding you by saying that Lulu has a birthmark on her body?"
Her face darkened, and she shouted: "Take this counterfeit to me!"
Before she finished speaking, Li Yao, who was kneeling in the hall, suddenly jumped up and rushed towards her and Feng Liao.
At the same time as she rushed over, Li Yao reached out and pulled out a pair of gilt hairpins on her head, turned around, and quickly avoided the two guards, and continued to rush towards Feng Liao and Yong Ruo.
Feng Liao stood up subconsciously and stood in front of Yong Ruo.
Su Mingjian dodged, blocked Feng Liao, drew out his sword, and stabbed at Li Yao.
Li Yao's skill is extremely flexible, she doesn't confront Su Mingjian head-on at all, she strides with a short body, just wants to dodge Su Mingjian's left side.
Su Mingjian had been prepared for a long time, and swept her leg directly, sweeping her to the ground. The guards at the side came up, stepped on or pressed her back and arms, captured her alive, and took away her hairpin.
Li Yao looked at Yong Ruo unwillingly: "How did you see through me? Is it because of the birthmark on Lulu's body?"
Yong Ruo smiled: "Why should I tell you? Anyway, if you don't know the birthmark on Luo Zuo, you must be a counterfeit."
Feng Liao told Su Mingjian coldly: "Accord with the plan."
With a wave of Su Mingjian, a guard stepped forward and gagged Li Yao's mouth, and took Li Yao out of the side hall with five flowers tied up.
Doctor Xu and others stepped forward, picked up the two hairpins and inspected them carefully, and found that there was a small hole in the head of the hairpin, and white liquid leaked out of the small hole.
They tested the toxicity of the hairpin with a rabbit and said: This white liquid is a kind of poison, and there is no way to detoxify it in the hospital. As long as the skin is punctured a little by the hairpin, it is basically the end of the poisonous death. The only difference is whether the wounded can be delayed for a day or two.
The people from the imperial prison carefully disassembled the hairpin, and found an extremely delicate mechanism in the hairpin. Zhao Mama did not find any problems with the hairpin when she checked it.
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Since Li Yao entered the palace, Cao Baigong has been paying close attention to the movements in the palace and other parties, and has been waiting anxiously.
At noon on the day when Li Yao entered the palace, the envoys, court judges and several imperial physicians of the imperial hospital were urgently called into the palace.
Since then, they have not returned to the Tai Hospital.
Soon, two eunuchs and a team of forbidden troops came to Chengenhou's mansion, and said: According to the Queen Mother's order, Mrs. Chengenhou's wife was called into the palace for questioning.
What is more strange is that not only Mrs. Cheng'en Hou Tai was brought into the palace, but her two sons were also brought into the palace together.
Immediately afterwards, Princess Longqing's family of three were also called into the palace.
After that, martial law began in the capital, and the gates of all the palaces were closed. Only those who held the Queen Mother's order could enter and exit through the Ninghua Gate. The number of defenders at the palace gate has more than doubled than usual.
In the evening, the palace sent several servants to deliver the Queen Mother's edict: Prince Ying Fengshi, clan relatives, clan officials, and important court officials from six ministries, five temples and two academies were called into the palace to stay as guards. Do not walk around in series.
Shuntian Mansion also received a decree: the emperor is not in good health, and this year's Lantern Festival will be cancelled.
Cao Baigong's heart was pounding: All these signs are the prelude to the death of the emperor and the change of the throne!
Could it be that Li Yao actually completed the task of the highest goal and succeeded in assassinating the emperor? !
He sent Li Yao into the palace with the most important goal of assassinating the emperor. If you can't do it, try to trick the queen out of the palace. If that still doesn't work, assassinate the queen.
Now, things really have the ideal progress? !
Once again, he felt sorry for Feng Baoquan and the others—what a good internal response!
If Feng Baoquan's relationship network is still there, he can get the most accurate news from the palace, so why can he only judge indirectly through various signs like now
"Order, follow the plan!" Cao Baigong forced his composure, and ordered his subordinates solemnly.
After he married the princess of Xing'an, he was transferred from the frontier army to the Beijing camp.
In the past three years, he has tried his best to trap more than a thousand people under his command, and he finally has a little bit of his own military strength in the capital.
In addition to this forbidden army, he also has a group of killers from Kurong Pavilion that he can call.
Of course, it is not easy to train killers, and it is also very expensive, so he only has more than forty killers. These people can only engage in assassination, not of much use.
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After the envoy who summoned Fengshi to stay in the palace as a guard hastily left Prince Ying's mansion to deliver an edict to another family, Feng Shi planned to stay in the palace as a guard.
Princess Xing'an who came to look for him at noon tried to persuade him not to enter the palace alone.
Princess Xing'an blushed slightly, and said quickly: "I heard some news from the Imperial Hospital that the emperor was assassinated and his life was dying. Now that the empress dowager has issued so many orders, it is likely that the emperor is no longer here. up!
"Who would assassinate the emperor? Would you? Of course I know you won't! It must be that bastard Feng Kuan who sent someone to do it!
"Do you still remember the last time he framed you to murder your third brother? He was doing the bad things, but in the end he wanted you to take the blame.
"If he is allowed to control the situation this time, he will definitely push the charge of assassinating the emperor on you. By then, Prince Ying's Palace will cease to exist. Our brothers and sisters, my nephews and nieces will all end well. …”
Feng Shi's face turned blue and red, and his hands trembled slightly.
"It's true that we need to make plans early. But the most important thing now is to enter the palace to see how the emperor is doing. What if it's just a false alarm?"
Princess Xing'an spat: "Don't dream! The capital is under martial law, the palace gates are closed, and the garrison has increased, and now the clan, relatives, and important officials are called to the palace to stay in the palace, and even the lantern festival for the Lantern Festival has been cancelled...
"This is clearly the prelude to the national funeral! Something must have happened to the emperor!
"Feng Kuan was able to successfully assassinate in the Forbidden Palace, but I don't know how many of his spies are in that palace city! Maybe the Queen Mother has already been hijacked by him! You will die if you enter the palace alone, do you know?"
Feng Shi gritted his teeth and roared angrily: "If you don't enter the palace to die, are you waiting to die outside the palace? At that time, I don't need to be accused of crimes on my head, just 'resisting the order and not obeying' is enough for me !"
Princess Xing'an took a deep breath: "Of course I don't want you to wait outside the palace to die! I have already persuaded Cao Baigong to escort you into the palace with his imperial guards. In this way, no matter what monsters Feng Kuan makes, you will Don't be afraid!"
Feng Shi took a deep breath, and his face immediately turned pale: "Leading troops into the palace is equivalent to conspiracy! You are crazy to come up with such a bad idea!"
Princess Xing'an looked at him coldly: "Do you know why you lost to the third brother? It's because of your indecision!
"The third younger brother was in southern Lunan back then. He dared to risk his life, relying on more than 200 guards to put down bandits. He silently quelled a civil disturbance and destroyed a bandit den. What kind of courage is this? What kind of spirit? What kind of feat
"And what about you? Right now, I'm just asking you to bring Cao Baigong's forbidden army into the palace to see the situation.
"If it was just a false alarm, with the emperor's temperament, he would never kill you. If something happened to the emperor and the empress dowager was kidnapped, you can make great achievements by bringing troops into the palace. The chair is yours!
"Aren't you even willing to take any risk that doesn't involve your life?"
Feng Shi gritted her teeth tightly and kept panting heavily, it took a while to suppress the bit of greed in her heart.
"You don't need to say any more! I don't believe that Feng Kuan has the ability to kidnap the Queen Mother after assassinating the Emperor, so no matter what, he will not lead his troops into the palace, lest he bring harm to his family. Sister Yi, don't be so smart."
Princess Xing'an was furious, and gritted her teeth: "You are such a wimp! Don't you understand? As long as you lead the troops into the palace, even if the emperor has no 'accident', you can make him 'accident'!"
Feng Shi was shocked and furious: "You...you...you dare to say such outrageous words?! He is not only the emperor, he is also your own brother!"
The master of Xing'an County had blue veins popping out of his forehead, and he growled, "If he treats me as his own sister, why would he only pamper that bitch of the Yong family, and ignore me as his own sister without any courtesy? Since he If there is no brotherhood, why should I worry about him
"And you, don't you feel aggrieved? Don't you want to bow your knees to him for the rest of your life, and do you want your children and grandchildren to bow their knees to his children and grandchildren?"
Feng Shi shook his head and looked at her with disappointment on his face: "Whoever can sit on the dragon chair and whoever bends the knee to whom is the destiny of heaven. There can be no competition."
The owner of Xing'an County immediately blew up: "Don't mention destiny to me! I don't believe in any nonsense that destiny is not destiny!"
She will never forget those things about Yongchang Hou Yang's family.
If there hadn't been that stinky Taoist who said that the Yong family's fate is precious, how could the Yang family find that humble guy from the Yong family to please Yang Qichong
If there was no such thing as rejoicing, how could he have left such a big handle on others to quarrel with Yang Jingyue to the end
She once swore that she would fight against the Yong family and make Yong's death miserable.
She once made a bet with Yong Shi that Yong Shi would not survive a year.
But the world is hard to go as one wishes.
As soon as she recovered from her injuries, she was watched closely by the four nuns sent by the palace, and she couldn't do anything. She could only watch helplessly as the Yong clan entered the palace and became Liangdi of the Eastern Palace.
She secretly cursed Yongshi countless times.
But Yong just fell ill and lived in seclusion for three years, but now he is getting more and more proud. She became a queen, she dominated the harem, she was pregnant...
The more prosperous and proud Yong's life is, the more it proves that she made a mistake and made a big mistake at the beginning, and the more painful and tormented she will be in her heart.
Now, she can no longer bear this suffering.
Cao Baigong was right - only when Yong was pulled down from the throne of empress, and Yong's end was extremely miserable, could she feel a little better in her heart.
But that good brother of hers is like a ghost obsessed, and he only dotes on Yong Shi wholeheartedly. She can only pull her good brother off that throne together.
If she fails, she will die!
Rather than living in this world, living a dull and hopeless life day after day, and enduring the pain and suffering that never subsides in the heart, it is better to die to be clean.
Princess Xing'an fell into her own thoughts, tears streaming down her face.
Feng Shi looked at her and sighed: "Sister Yi, you should let yourself go! Now that the situation outside is chaotic, you just stay in this mansion and don't go anywhere. Think of it as going back to your mother's house for two days."
He turned around and walked out, ordering the eunuchs waiting outside: "Send Princess Xing'an back to the courtyard where she used to live, and don't allow her to step out of the house."
Feng Shi briefly explained to Princess Ying, left half of the guards to guard the mansion, and rushed to the palace with the rest of the guards.
When they reached Xingren Avenue, a sharp and powerful arrow shot through the curtain and shot into the carriage, and pierced deeply on the board wall. His heart was pounding, and he subconsciously threw himself on the seat.
The guards outside the car shouted: "There are assassins!"
Then there was a rapid clash of weapons and screams one after another. The battle was clearly intense.
Soon, the leader of the guard raised the curtain covered in blood, and said eagerly, "My lord, there are too many assassins, the attack is too fierce, and the brothers have suffered heavy casualties. What should we do?"
Feng Shi tried his best to keep calm, and got out of the car with a bow, but he couldn't control the trembling of his body: "Can you send someone to break out of the encirclement for help?"
Just as the leader of the guard was about to speak, a big knife had already struck him in the head. He quickly raised his knife to parry, but he didn't dare to retreat, so he had to stand where he was and struggle to parry.
The guards fell one by one, and when Feng Shi was about to lose his life, there was a chaotic sound of horseshoes coming from the end of the west side of the street.
Seeing this situation, those black-clothed and masked assassins immediately said, "Get out!"
They reluctantly left Feng Shi and the few remaining guards behind, quickly retreated into the dark alley next to them, and quickly disappeared into the darkness.
The leader of the guard said pleasantly: "My lord, it's the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp on patrol! It's great that we were saved!"
Feng Shi calmed down his mood and straightened his clothes.
He was about to come out to meet the team leader, and let them escort him to the palace gate by the way.
He heard a familiar voice say from outside the car curtain: "My lord is frightened!"
Feng Shi was taken aback: "Cao Baigong?" He lifted the curtain of the car with a swipe, and saw Cao Baigong's bearded face.
Cao Baigong smiled and said, "It's my brother-in-law. My lord, your guards are all dead, so let me escort you into the palace!"
Because of the words of Princess Xing'an, Feng Shi is now deeply wary of Cao Baigong, fearing that he has some bad ideas.
He shook his head and refused: "No need! You have a duty, it's better not to leave your post without authorization, just pick a few people to send me off at will."
Cao Baigong said with a smile: "That's impossible! If you meet a bad person again and something happens, how can I explain to the princess?"
Before Feng Shi agreed, Cao Baigong ordered people to lead horses and drive chariots.
Feng Shi became more vigilant, and said loudly: "Cao Baigong, I don't need you to send me!"
Cao Baigong approached him with some sarcasm, and said in a low voice, "This is beyond your control!"
He reached into the carriage with one hand, pinched Feng Shi's neck, and slammed the back of his head against the carriage wall twice.
Feng Shi immediately rolled his eyes and collapsed in the carriage.
The few remaining guards were also attacked by Cao Baigong's men, and they were either killed or injured.
"Driving in the car and carrying two more people is still alive. Let's go to Ninghuamen to report the news: On the way to the palace, Prince Ying Fengshi was assassinated by an assassin. He was seriously injured and unconscious.
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Qianyuan Palace is brightly lit.
Rob took thousands of guards and surrounded the entire palace.
Feng Liao was neatly dressed and sat behind the imperial case in the main hall, reviewing papers.
Empress Dowager Wei and Yong Ruo were sitting in the inner room, one was chanting scriptures silently while twisting the beads in his hand, the other was reading with a book. Princess Longqing's family and members of the Yong family's natal family were all in a quiet room.
Among those who received the order to enter the palace to stay in the palace, the chief assistant Qiao Jianian and Zuodu censor Fang Yu were the first to enter the palace.
They originally had all kinds of guesses, but when they came in anxiously, they couldn't recover when they saw that Feng Liao was safe and sound.
"My lords, please sit down! It is true that I was assassinated today, but I was prepared for it. She was captured by the guards as soon as she showed her intention to assassinate."
Feng Liao smiled slightly at them: "I want to know, who is plotting to assassinate me behind my back? If something happens to me, who will jump out and make trouble? Therefore, without discussing with you adults, I set up this situation to lure the snake out of the hole. .It surprised you."
Qiao Jianian and Fang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "It's good that the emperor is safe. It's okay for the veterans to be a little frightened."
The two of them exchanged glances, and Qiao Jianian asked, "I just don't know...how did this assassin get into the palace? This omission must be plugged."
Feng Liao smiled and said: "The assassin was called into the palace by me. There are no omissions in this that need to be plugged, the two adults don't need to worry about it. Let's discuss the government affairs!"
He talked about state affairs with the two important ministers.
Before he could say a few words, a guard hurried in and reported: "Uncle Anyuan, Cao Baigong, sneaked into Ninghua Gate under the pretext that Prince Ying was seriously injured and needed urgent treatment in the palace, and then attacked Ninghua Gate while the defenders were caught off guard. Now, they Has rushed into Miyagi, Master Su is leading people to resist..."
Feng Liao's first reaction was: "Prince Ying is seriously injured?"
Then his expression became extremely surprised: "It turned out to be Cao Baigong? What is he thinking?"
He calmly ordered: "Decree: tell Su Mingjian to close the net, rescue Prince Ying as soon as possible, and don't let those people run around in the palace."
"Yes!" The guard hurried away.
Feng Liao has no intention of dealing with political affairs. He never imagined that the "snake" drawn out would be Cao Baigong!
What is Cao Baigong trying to do? What will happen to his sister in the future
After more than an hour, Su Mingjian, covered in blood, came in and reported in person: "All the traitors inside and outside the palace have been wiped out. Your Majesty, Feng Kuan, the Duke of Fuguo, sneaked back to the capital in secret, and the Imperial Army who mingled with Cao Baigong among."
Feng Liao suddenly realized: So, Cao Baigong wanted to push Feng Kuan to the top? !
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By March, the Fengkuan and Cao Baigong conspiracy case that happened in the first month has been settled, and all the truth has been revealed to the world.
Uncle Anyuan, Cao Baigong, turned out to be the owner of the Kurong Pavilion who harmed countless heirs of the princes and nobles in the capital.
Of course, Cao Baigong is not old An Yuanbo's biological son.
Mrs. Uncle An Yuan was mediocre in appearance, she was not favored by her husband, and she had no heirs, so she was often forced to give in by concubines who were favored and had children.
The resentment accumulated in her heart.
In order to avoid being angered by concubines and concubines for the rest of her life, Mrs. An Yuanbo, under the instigation of Kurong Pavilion, used a fake pregnancy drug to fake pregnancy. During childbirth, she took a baby from outside and came back to pretend to be her son. .
The son who was brought in was Cao Baigong.
Later, Mrs. Uncle Anyuan pretended to be virtuous, but secretly used the medicine from Kurong Pavilion to get rid of the concubine's children and relieve the hatred in her heart.
When Cao Baigong was fifteen years old, she even laid hands on her husband, because he had made her more and more unbearable. After her husband's death, Ku Rong Ge's spy also laid hands on her.
Cao Baigong thus inherited the title of Uncle An Yuan.
Feng Kuan's regular wife, Youshi, is Cao Baigong's biological sister. Kurong Pavilion used a similar method to allow her to have a relatively noble background so that she could marry Feng Kuan.
Feng Kuan knew Youshi's true identity.
But in order to avenge Concubine Shen, three half-siblings, and ascend to the throne, he voluntarily became a puppet of Kurong Pavilion.
He married You Shi, and personally sterilized all his concubines.
He also took a very special kind of medicine from Kurong Pavilion, and he needed to take the antidote from Kurong Pavilion once a month, otherwise he would be in unbearable pain and life would be worse than death.
In this way, he closely linked his own interests with those of Kurong Pavilion.
He just wants to ascend the throne and take revenge on those who have hurt their mother and child as he pleases.
As for what will happen to the country, the country, and the people in the world, he doesn't care at all.
He doesn't even care what happens to his children and grandchildren. Because his children are all born to Youshi, he thinks they are all evil, so there is no need to cherish them.
Cao Baigong's plan this time is: After breaking into the palace, no matter whether Feng Liao is dead or not, let him die.
Then put the blame on Feng Shi, and took the blood of the queen, Princess Longqing and other hostages to threaten the queen mother to support Feng Kuan's ascension to the throne.
"With a sharp weapon in your body, you will kill yourself." After reading the dossier of Cao Baigong's case, Yong Ruo suddenly remembered this sentence.
"With a sharp weapon in your body, you will kill yourself?" Feng Liao repeated this sentence in a murmur, and praised, "Ruo Ruo's words are very incisive."
Yong Ruo thought: This is not what I said. But I should take this as a warning.
"How do you plan to judge these people?" She asked Feng Liao.
Feng Liao thought for a long time, and finally settled on the ink pen:
Cao Baigong and other Kurong Pavilion rebels were all executed;
Feng Kuanci committed suicide, and his children were demoted to common people, who would not be pardoned;
The owner of Xing'an County went to Puhui nunnery to become a monk to cultivate his character.
Finally, he added:
The list of "customers" retrieved from Kurong Pavilion, those who can be verified, will all be deprived of their imperial status; their sons are not allowed to inherit titles and favors, their daughters are not allowed to enter the palace for draft, and they are not allowed to be granted imperial orders after they get married.
He said to Yong Ruo: "Sterilization drugs are too harmful. Of course, those who sell the drugs must be severely punished, and those who buy the drugs must not be lightly forgiven, otherwise this evil trend will not be suppressed."
Yong Ruo sighed softly and did not speak.
She thought: As long as men are still taking concubines, the competition between wives and concubines will not stop, and things like sterilization drugs will not disappear.
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