Xia Chu met the emperor's complicated look, thinking in her mind that she would have to blackmail him with something good later so that she would not suffer this injustice in vain.
The emperor saw that he was wearing a green robe and brocade robe. His thin and thin figure was straight and sharp, his expression was calm, his chin was slightly raised, his plump lips were less blood-colored than ordinary people, and a little more sickly, but the apricot-shaped eyes showed But it was clear, with a hint of resentment still in it.
He felt confident, as if he was looking forward to the moment of enlightenment.
The emperor's originally solemn face fell a little, and his expression seemed to soften, showing a little suspicion. He coughed lightly and called Yuan Guangyi forward. Without any nonsense, he handed the box to him for inspection. .
Yuan Guangyi saw that the emperor's instructions were very cautious, so he naturally did not dare to slack off, and he carefully opened the medicine box, scraped off a little bit, shook it in a porcelain bottle, smelled it, reached out to dip a little bit and tasted it briefly. After a moment, his expression changed drastically, he quickly rinsed his mouth, knelt down and kowtowed.
The emperor's expression changed when he saw this, and he yelled at him: "Speak!"
Yuan Guangyi trembled when the emperor yelled at him, and quickly replied: "Your Majesty, this elixir cannot be eaten, it is poisonous."
The emperor's face turned livid, and he turned to look at Xia Chu with an angry expression.
Xia Chu blinked his eyes twice and still didn't react. He stared at Yuan Guangyi carefully the whole time and didn't see him doing anything. Was he so brave that he told lies in front of the emperor
"Envoy of the Courtyard, did you make a mistake in your check?" Xia Chu would rather think that he made a mistake in his check, but could not believe that he dared to knowingly commit the crime of deceiving the emperor in the imperial study. If someone else checks this thing, it will be revealed. Yet
If you lie like this, you might as well bury it quickly...
After hearing Xia Chu's question, Yuan Guangyi kowtowed three more times: "Reporting to the young marquis, there is absolutely no way I can make a mistake. How dare I believe in this matter and bring a living creature here?" You’ll know once you try it.”
Listening to his righteous words, Xia Chu's head buzzed, "Impossible, there can't be anything wrong with this antidote..."
Seeing that he was silent, the emperor calmly called Eunuch Li in and asked him to go to the imperial kitchen to catch a living creature.
Seeing the emperor's livid face and bad tone, Eunuch Li responded, bowed his body and retreated quickly.
It was hard for Xia Chu to test the antidote in person at this moment. After all, he had always said it was refined by Lan Yuying. Even though he was anxious at this moment, he could only wait and wait.
Yuan Guangyi was even worse. The emperor didn't speak, so he could only keep kneeling on his knees, not even daring to raise his head.
Xia Chu had never felt that it was so uncomfortable to be in the imperial study room. Just when he felt that he could hardly stand, there was a sound of "clucking" outside, and Eunuch Li finally pinched a chicken and came in.
"Try!" The emperor only said one word.
Yuan Guangyi stood up quickly. He stumbled because he had been kneeling for too long, causing him to fall down. Then he stood up tremblingly again. He walked to the table and cut off a third of the pills, crushed them into powder, mixed them with water, and poured them into the pot. into the chicken's mouth.
At this time, the four people in the palace were all paying attention, focusing on the struggling chicken.
After a while, blood flowed from the chicken's mouth and eyes, its neck tilted and its legs kicked, its head drooped, and its body became limp.
Yuan Guangyi put his hand on the pulse at the chicken's throat, and with a 'plop' sound, he knelt down towards the emperor again: "Your Majesty, the breath is gone..."
The emperor was not as angry as Lei Lei as he imagined, but Xia Chu could tell his mood at the moment from his hands behind his back and his tightly clenched fists.
"You all stand down, please don't make any noise about this matter." The emperor glanced at Yuan Guangyi and Eunuch Li, showing his calmness, and frightened the two of them, who nodded frequently.
Eunuch Li bowed his body and exited anyway. Yuan Guangyi was so frightened that he even kneeled and crawled back.
The emperor glanced at Xia Chu, who was still standing upright, and sneered: "You can really stand?"
Xia Chu's heart was filled with turmoil, but his face was calm. He raised his head to meet the emperor's gaze. Instead of kneeling, he straightened his back: "Your Majesty, Chu'er is not here."
The emperor was furious and slapped the table: "Even if Miss Lan did it alone, you are still guilty of consecutive crimes. How can you have the nerve to say that you are not?"
A crack appeared on Xia Chu's face. How could he have forgotten this? From beginning to end, it was Lan Yuying who diagnosed and prescribed medicine for him. He was afraid that this matter would implicate Lan Yuying, so he quickly stepped forward. He opened his mouth to argue: "Your Majesty, it has nothing to do with Miss Lan. She prescribed the medicine, and Chu'er personally prepared the antidote for you."
The emperor laughed angrily and waved away the man who came forward: "Oh, you are rushing to put the name of poisoning on yourself. Do you really think that I don't dare to kill you?"
At this time, Xia Chu did not dare to use Qinggong in front of him to avoid him, and he was pushed by him. The emperor was so angry that the force was so strong that he hit the cabinet next to him with the bookcase. With a "crash", the contents in the cabinet were All the things tilted and fell, and they all hit him...
Xia Chu vomited out a mouthful of blood for the first time since his rebirth. He couldn't even tell whether it was caused by the emperor pushing with all his strength or by being knocked down by something on the cabinet.
He wiped the blood from the corner of his lips, stood up slowly from the broken porcelain, still straightening his back, raised his head and looked at the emperor and said: "Neither Lanlan nor I poisoned you! Your Majesty, my mother used her own Fate has just brought you back from the hands of the King of Hell. How could it be possible for Chu'er, how could he do it, and how dare he do such a treasonous thing!"
The emperor looked startled, then became furious, pointed at Xia Chu and cursed: "Don't have sex with me, Tilan, you are not worthy! If I hadn't thought that you were her only flesh and blood, do you think I would still be standing here, listening to your false love?" Pretend to argue?"
Xia Chu suddenly laughed, and the laughter was almost desolate. He frowned and looked at the emperor and asked: "Your Majesty, what reason did Lan Lan and I have to poison you? Who else could have done this to me?" Love you..."
"You also know that I love you very much? Then you are still so cruel?" The emperor sneered: "The reason? Do you think I don't know Lan Yuying's life experience? She is here to avenge her mother, and you are an accomplice Together with her, she is still pursuing the wolfish ambition of seeking power and usurping the throne for Xiao Zimu!"
Xia Chu was struck like five thunders by the emperor's words: "What revenge? What usurpation? What are you talking about, Your Majesty?"
The emperor gave him a very disgusted look: "I don't know how you knew about that incident, but do you dare to say that Lan Yuying is not a descendant of the Miao Family Incense Shop? You have no idea about this matter?"
Xia Chu was speechless and choked. An obvious fact emerged in his mind. Lan Yuying's mother was killed by the emperor...
(End of chapter)