12dz Chapter 169 Leng Xiaoran Passes Away
Chapter 169 Leng Xiaoran Passes Away
Ye Qingyan teleported to the palace gate and entered the space. She came to the emperor's bedroom.
Leng Xiaoran was lying on the bed, looking much more haggard than in the past few days, with no blood on his face.
He asked the eunuch next to him, "Xiao Xiangzi, find the Poison Saint's elixir of immortality. I want to eat one."
The young eunuch quickly replied, "Yes, I will bring the medicine to you right away."
He opened a cabinet and took out a box of pills.
There were six pills in the box. He put the box on the table and went to close the cabinet.
Ye Qingyan took the opportunity to take away the six immortality pills and replaced them with six poison pills.
The young eunuch came to the emperor with the box and said coldly: "Take out one and I will take it."
"Yes."
The young eunuch opened the medicine box, took out some powder, and brought a glass of water.
He came before the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the medicine and water are ready for you."
Leng Xiaoran took the medicine, put it in his mouth, and drank a few sips of water, "This medicine is so bitter!"
After Leng Xiaoran finished drinking the medicine, he lay down on the bed.
He felt a little sleepy and whispered, "I'm tired. I'll rest for a while. Don't disturb me."
"Yes!"
Leng Xiaoran fell asleep like this and never woke up again.
In the afternoon, Xiao Xiangzi saw that the emperor had no sign of waking up yet, and thought that he should wake up after sleeping for so long.
The room was very quiet at this time. He could not hear the emperor's breathing, nor did the emperor's chest rise and fall.
He had a bad premonition and touched the emperor's breath with his hand, then quickly pulled his hand back in fright.
"Someone, something's wrong with the Emperor!"
When the people outside heard the shouting, some came in, some went to ask for the imperial physician, and some went to find the empress dowager.
By the time the imperial physician arrived, the empress dowager had already arrived.
Doctor Liu came to the emperor and took his pulse, but found that there was no pulse at all.
The emperor stopped breathing and his pupils were dilated.
"Empress Dowager, the Emperor has passed away!"
Chu Linlang's tears immediately flowed out and her body shook.
Yu Ma helped her to the bedside, "Xiao Ran, how could you leave me? You were fine yesterday, why did you pass away so suddenly, leaving me with nothing to see you go.
Imperial Physician, please take the emperor's pulse carefully and find out the cause of his death."
Doctor Liu was alert and put his hand on the emperor's wrist again.
He suddenly frowned: "The emperor died of poisoning."
"Poisoned?" the Queen Mother questioned, "Who has the guts to kill the ruler of a country?"
"Empress Dowager, the poison the Emperor has been poisoned with can cause death in one's sleep."
"What did the emperor eat today?" asked the empress dowager.
Xiao Xiangzi knelt down hurriedly. "The Emperor didn't have much of an appetite today. He only drank some porridge. Oh, and he took the elixir that the Poison Saint sent."
The Queen Mother was furious: "What kind of elixir did you take? Show it to me."
The young eunuch opened the cabinet, took out the box of pills, and said, "The emperor took one pill, and there are still these left."
Doctor Liu picked up a pill, smelled it, broke it open and looked at it, then put the pill back where it belonged.
He said respectfully, "Queen Mother, this pill is poisonous."
The Queen Mother slammed the table and stood up, "Who sent this medicine?"
Little Xiangzi was so frightened that he didn't know what to do. His voice trembled a little, "Empress Dowager, this medicine was sent by the Poison Saint himself."
"How dare you, Poison Saint, to murder the Emperor! Come, take some men to capture the Poison Saint!"
Xiao Xiangzi couldn't help but continue, "The Poison Saint came to the capital this time on the orders of the Emperor to kill the Prince Regent and the Princess.
He also brought the elixir of immortality, and if the assassination was successful, the emperor would appoint him as the "imperial master."
Hearing these words, the Queen Mother's tears stopped.
The emperor deserves to die. He sent outsiders to kill his brothers from the same mother, but ended up killing himself.
The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the dragon throne must be given to the ninth one to sit on.
“Order the head of the Imperial Household Department to come and send someone to see if the Ninth Prince has returned, and have him come to handle the emperor’s funeral.
Go and notify the royal family and ministers to stand vigil."
For a time, the palace was in a mess. The most frightened were Leng Xiaoran's concubines. Some of the nobles had just entered the palace, and the emperor had not had time to favor them.
According to ancestral rules, when the emperor passed away, all concubines without children had to go to the royal temple to become nuns, and the same was true for Concubine Ning.
Among these concubines, their fathers were all officials. If anyone dared to escape privately, their entire family would be executed.
Concubine Ning's maidservant was alert and said, "Your Majesty, please disguise yourself as a palace maid and leave the city as far away as possible. I will set fire to this place."
"Then what are you going to do?" asked Concubine Ning.
The maid smiled and said, "Your Highness, don't worry about this. If you escape, you won't have to stay in the temple forever.
She began to pack up the gold, silver and valuables for Concubine Ning...
Leng Jiuyuan was playing chess with the Seventh Prince when a eunuch hurried over and said, "This servant greets the two princes. The emperor has passed away, and the Empress Dowager has ordered the Regent to rush to the palace to arrange the funeral."
"How did the emperor die?" The Seventh Prince was a little surprised.
The young eunuch lowered his voice and said, "I heard that he ate the elixir of immortality that the Poison Sage brought into the palace. Now the Imperial Guards have gone to capture the Poison Sage."
Leng Jiuyuan's face was solemn. Although he was very angry with his royal brother, he still felt a little sad when he learned that Leng Xiaoran was really dead. After all, they had been brothers for many years.
"Seventh brother, let's go to the palace together."
The Seventh Prince nodded, and the two of them got in the carriage and headed towards the palace together.
Ye Qingyan calculated the time. After taking the pill, she would be dead soon. Why didn't she hear any news?
At this moment, Fengjiu ran in and said, "Princess, good news! The emperor has passed away.
The sound of funeral bells rang out in the palace, ding ding ding...
"It looks like he's really dead!"
Ye Qingyan was very happy, believing that the Empress Dowager would definitely let her son become emperor.
It seems that Leng Jiuyuan will soon become emperor.
Ye Qingyan said to Feng Yi, "Order one hundred secret guards to stand by in the courtyard."
"Yes!" Feng Yi walked out.
Ye Qingyan used her points to exchange for some submachine guns, bombs and backpacks.
The time was almost up, and with a wave of her hand, all the guns in the house appeared in the yard.
Her voice was cold: "Each person will have a submachine gun, and each person will have three bombs in their backpack to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the opportunity to attack the city.
The prince is too busy to handle everything, so you must obey the orders of this princess.
From Anwu to Anshifteen, you are responsible for guarding the imperial city. No one is allowed to bring troops into the city. You must say that it is the prince's order.
If they force their way in, we'll drop bombs."
"Yes!"
Ten more people will guard the palace and stand outside the palace gate. No one can lead troops into the palace.
Anyone who disobeys will be killed directly. If anything goes wrong, your prince will be held responsible.
The rest of the people are responsible for protecting the prince.
An Yi and An Er, take the prince's warrant and bring them into the palace. The new emperor must be your prince. Anyone who opposes this will be shot to death."
"Yes!"
Having said that, those secret guards are not fools. They knew that the prince was going to become emperor, and the princess sent them to escort him...