The emperor couldn't care less about rest now. He waved his sleeves and sat back down again.
Then he raised his voice and said, "Bring people in."
"Yes." Commander Wei's voice was respectful and clear. As soon as Miao Qianqiu's door opened, he walked in holding a shrinking figure and knelt down with him.
"Your Majesty, this man was sneaking around at the gate of Yixing Palace, with a dagger and poison hidden on his body. Seeing that he was acting suspiciously, I immediately captured him. Unexpectedly, this slave not only resisted violently, but also stabbed the guard with a dagger, preparing to He grabbed the door and ran away, but was caught on the spot by the minister."
The emperor couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that these people were not Nan Nan and Ye Lansheng. Immediately after hearing Commander Wei's words, his expression turned serious and cold, "Who are you? How dare you commit murder inside Yixing Palace."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I don't have any slaves, I don't have any slaves." The eunuch's hands were tied, and his whole body was suppressed by Commander Wei, unable to move. His voice was aggrieved and defensive, "I was just passing by Yixing Palace. I just heard someone shouting assassin, slave. When I was nervous, I saw someone coming to arrest the slave, slave, the slave panicked and stabbed the guard. Your Majesty, the slave is really not an assassin."
Miao Qianqiu was stunned for a moment, feeling that the voice sounded familiar. After thinking about it, she couldn't remember where she had heard it.
"No? Then how do you explain the dagger and poison on your body?" The emperor snorted coldly, raised his foot and kicked the person over.
The eunuch suddenly fell back, revealing his whole face.
Miao Qianqiu was startled when he saw it. He hurriedly approached the emperor's ear and said, "Your Majesty, this is Eunuch Ke who was serving in the courtyard of Prince Sheng earlier."
Eunuch Ke? The emperor frowned and his expression became even colder.
"It seems that you really have bad intentions. You had ulterior motives when you served Lan Sheng before. Now you show up at Yixing Palace with poison and a dagger. I see that you are really impatient. Commander Wei, take him down and kill him with a stick. .”
"Yes." Commander Wei lifted Eunuch Ke who was kneeling on the ground.
Unexpectedly, Eunuch Ke suddenly got the strength from nowhere and knocked Commander Wei away as soon as he got up. Then he knelt down in front of Concubine Meng with a 'pop' and cried out with tears in his eyes, "Concubine, please save me. Concubine, please save me." Oh my, this slave doesn’t want to die yet, my dear, for the sake of my slave doing his best to help you, please help me to intercede.”
Concubine Meng was stunned for a moment. She was just watching with cold eyes. She never expected that this slave would suddenly rush in front of her, and she was so shocked that she took two steps back.
But the next moment, I heard his miserable cry, and my anger surged up, and I shouted with a sullen face, "What are you talking about? I don't know you at all. When will you come and serve me with all your heart? You carry something with you." The dagger and poison appeared in my Yixing Palace. It is the greatest kindness of my palace not to ask you about your crime, but you still dare to speak openly."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, how can you say that? This slave has silently helped you with so many things. There is no credit but hard work. For the sake of my loyalty for many years, please spare my life." Eunuch Ke leaned over. At her feet, the voice spoke firmly and clearly.
The emperor frowned slightly and looked at Concubine Meng in confusion.
Commander Wei was shocked and immediately said, "This subordinate deserves to die. I will drag him out now."
After that, he stepped forward and pushed Eunuch Ke out.
However, Eunuch Ke still yelled unwillingly, knocked on the ground hard, and hooked his feet on the pillar beside him, refusing to leave, "My dear concubine, you can't be so ruthless to this slave. You didn't give this dagger to this slave." Is that true? You gave me the poison too. You hated the Queen for going against you, so you asked your servant to poison Prince Sheng's food. The servant knew that what he was doing was unfavorable and aroused the Emperor's suspicion, so he wanted to take away the merit. You said that the emperor began to investigate the poisoning of Prince Sheng. In order to prevent the emperor from finding out about the emperor, he simply poisoned the seventh prince. This could also divert the emperor's attention. Isn't it that you asked your servants to do these things? ?"
Sweat broke out on Commander Wei's forehead. He did not expect that this slave would use such great force and shout so loudly that everyone outside could hear him. Feeling anxious, she hurriedly covered his mouth and dragged him out of the door with a strong force.
Concubine Meng was so angry that she was trembling. Seeing the emperor's silence, she immediately knelt on the ground. Almost at the same time, tears filled his eyes, "Your Majesty, I am not concubine, that slave is framing me. Haoting is my concubine's son. Which mother would poison her son?" Your Majesty, no matter how cruel I am, I will never let my son lie in bed like this, unable to move."
The emperor pursed his lips, then stretched out his hand to help her up, "Okay, how can I not believe you? I will not listen to the one-sided words of that slave. Get up."
However, although he said this, his tone was much calmer than before.
That slave's words were indeed full of flaws, and the traces of frame-up were too obvious. But the words in between have to be thought-provoking.
son? Yes, Haoting is the son of Concubine Meng, but why not Xiu'er? Concubine Meng was very cold towards Xiu'er.
Moreover, yesterday's assassination incident was settled in the end. It seemed that no assassins had entered the palace at all, and everything was just a conspiracy by the imperial concubine.
Concubine Meng was so angry that her teeth itched. She knew that she was being killed by surprise. Someone took advantage of the seventh prince being poisoned and slapped her hard while she was not thinking about anything else.
Very good, this woman in the harem is starting to get excited again.
The sound of Eunuch Ke being dragged out, his mouth covered, and beaten with a cane soon came from outside. However, many people outside still heard what he was yelling about just now.
Naturally, this also included Nan Nan and Ye Lan Sheng who were hiding under the steps.
After all, Eunuch Ke had served Ye Lansheng for many days. In the past two years, he had been alone in that small courtyard, and only Eunuch Ke would occasionally talk to him.
Now that it was truly proven that he was the murderer who poisoned him, Ye Lansheng felt sad.
"Xiao Shengsheng, don't be sad. Don't worry, I will be good to you in the future." Nan Nan patted his shoulder and comforted him in a low voice, then sneered, "But this Eunuch Ke is really, At the end of the day, we still want to frame Concubine Meng."
"Framed?" Ye Lansheng was stunned.
Nannan glanced at him, "You don't think what he said is true, do you? How can a person who is loyal to his master still betray his master before his death? You don't understand such a simple truth?"
The corner of Ye Lansheng's mouth twitched, yes, but his thoughts were complicated.
"Okay, don't worry about Eunuch Ke. Now, while everyone's attention is not here, let's quickly find the seventh prince. Just go to the house on the left."
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