Contentment with modest wealth

Chapter 421 The Time Has Come!

"Your Highness!"

The Crown Princess threw away the cinnabar, cried out in grief, and threw herself onto the Crown Prince.

He Ping was horrified: "Eunuch Li!"

Li Quan stepped in and, seeing the scene, his legs went weak. He went forward to check the patient's breathing, then dipped his finger in the blood to examine it. He then shouted, "Quickly, summon the imperial physician! Summon the imperial physician!"

Everyone surrounded the crown prince.

The emperor staggered back a few steps, then rushed forward, pushing through the crowd to look at the motionless crown prince lying on the ground.

This prince, whom he had never liked, became even more repulsive to him after being forced into the position of crown prince, but that did not mean he deserved to die in vain!

The unjust death of the crown prince is a trampling of imperial power!
It was a provocation against him, the emperor!
But now the crown prince has fallen right in front of him in such a blatant way!
He suddenly rushed over and grabbed the pill that He Ping had previously pried out of his mouth, his ten fingers trembling!

Having been in power for over forty years, he was a master strategist who could win battles from afar. He considered himself the wisest man in the world. Even though he never attended court, all the people around him were his confidants. Despite the many changes in the Grand Secretary, the court remained in order.

He never imagined that something like poisoning or murdering a regicide would happen to him!
He was just one step away from losing his life!

The terror of being murdered in the harem more than ten years ago crawled out of hell again. It turned out that not only did those vile women in the harem want him dead, but there were also people in the court who wanted him dead!

Anger and fear mingled in his eyes like snakes, and he screamed, "Protect me! Protect me!"

To comply with his wishes, all the palace servants had already been ordered to leave, and his shouts echoed in the empty hall.

He lowered his head, the pill in his hand was still the cinnabar pill he had taken countless times, but now the bright red color had turned into the color of the blood at the corner of the prince's mouth!
It was just a hair's breadth away from becoming the blood it vomited!

Li Quan got up and rushed to his side: "Your Majesty, rest assured, Lord He has brought several people from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, so we are safe for the time being!"

The emperor clenched his fist and crushed the elixir: "He Ping!"

He looked at his most loyal subordinate with a look of panic, "Did you all know all along that someone wanted to harm me? You are all my trusted ministers, do you have anything to do with this elixir?!"

He Ping and Lu Jie exchanged a glance, and after finding a "just as I thought" look in each other's eyes, they stood up: "Your Majesty! This pill was dug out for you by your subject."

The emperor was shocked.

The intense suspicion in his eyes lessened by three points.

"We have only just learned of the enemy's plot. The Imperial Guards on duty today have been captured, and the Director of the Imperial Medical Academy is dead! The eunuch who was sent to guard the Emperor has also committed suicide by poison!"

"They brought the Crown Prince and his pregnant wife to the Emperor's side and gave them pills. They clearly wanted to catch them all in one fell swoop!"
"Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with us, but there are indeed people who want to rebel!"

A metallic taste rose in the emperor's throat, and he trembled as he looked at the side hall: "Then why don't you take them down quickly!"

It's those Taoist priests!
They said they would help him achieve immortality and that cultivating immortality would grant him eternal bliss!

The Dragon-Slaying Saber is now being held up right in front of him!

Anyone who dares to threaten his empire or take the life of this true dragon emperor will be torn to pieces!

They must be reduced to ashes!

"Your Majesty!" Lu Jie also stood up, "What are the Taoist priests plotting to assassinate the emperor?"

The emperor's facial muscles twitched, and he shuddered.

"If their plot succeeds today, who will ultimately benefit?"

The emperor clutched his chest, his face turning deathly pale.

“The one who truly intends to assassinate the emperor and rebel is someone else!” Lu Jie approached him. “If Your Majesty still does not believe me, then please keep the palace gates closed from now on, and we will observe the situation.”

……

Li Quan's cries for the imperial physician echoed from the main hall, leaping over the palace walls to the side hall. Lin Chi, who was sipping his tea with his head down, suddenly tensed. "What's going on?"

The second disciple, Changfeng, stood at the threshold: "This disciple will go and take a look."

He turned and stepped out the door.

Reaching the palace wall separating the two halls, he saw the imperial physician rush into the hall, then look behind him before heading towards the other end of the passageway.

At the end of the passageway is the Xihua Gate.

He took out the token and handed it to the garrison soldier, then swaggered out and boarded the carriage that was already waiting there.

"I have succeeded. Please inform the Grand Secretary!"

The man in the carriage flashed a wicked glint in his eyes: "Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"I personally witnessed the Emperor and the Crown Prince taking the elixir! He Ping appeared suddenly, and although he didn't have time to feed it to the Crown Princess, when I came out, the Qianqing Palace was already in chaos, and the gates were tightly closed! He Ping led the Embroidered Uniform Guard to guard the palace gates, while Li Quan and the Crown Princess were both crying loudly inside the palace gates!"

"I guarantee that within an hour at most, the death knell will sound in the palace!"

The person in the carriage said "Alright." Then he added, "In that case, wait until the death knell tolls before you leave the city."

Changfeng's face showed hesitation.

But he quickly nodded confidently: "I have followed my master for more than ten years and have been to the Qianqing Palace hundreds of times, if not thousands. I can say that I have a sure thing about today's matter."

"Since I said it would be successful, there will be no mistakes! Since you are not at ease, I will wait until you are at ease!"
"However, it would be best if you kept your promise, sir. I have also left myself a way out. If you are unrighteous, I will naturally be unrighteous as well."

After speaking, he got off the carriage and was guided to another carriage next to it.

The person in the carriage glared at him, then looked away, conveniently ignoring the fact that at that very moment, the departing carriage was met by a group of people as it turned into the alley.

"Let's go see Grandfather. The time for rebellion has come!"

Yan Qu finished the cup of wine in his hand and ordered the carriage to be turned around.

The attendant asked, "Is it alright that He Ping suddenly appeared?"

"He's just a lamb entering a tiger's den. He has at most a hundred or so men with him. The palace gates on all four sides are already guarded. What can he do with a hundred or so men?"

"Besides, now that the deed is done and the throne is about to change hands, if he continues to oppose us, isn't he afraid of being accused of regicide and treason?"
"Let's seize him now and avenge the day he personally led men to beat my father to death!"

The attendant thought it made sense. He then asked, "But the Crown Princess did not take poison. She is pregnant, and the imperial physicians are saying in private that this child is very likely to be the Emperor's grandson."

Yan Qu's face showed disgust. "Even if that weak and powerless woman isn't dead, kicking out the baby in her belly is just as good as eliminating the root of the problem!"

The Third Young Master hated all young women in the world equally, and his attendants, knowing this, kept their mouths shut.

……

The Grand Commandant's guards held their swords to Changfeng's neck.

The servant driving the carriage fell to the ground.

Shen Qingzhou said, "Kill them!"

Upon seeing this, Changfeng's lips moved slightly, and before he could make his next move, his jawbone had already been dislocated.

I mean him.

Shen Qingzhou glanced at the servant whose throat bone had been shattered into pieces as he spoke.

Shen Qingzhou picked up Changfeng with one hand and walked towards the small palace gate on the west side.