Chapter 257 Infernal Affairs
After dealing with Yuntao in the Zichen Palace, the emperor and a group of ministers hurried to the Imperial Hospital to check on the second prince.
"Concubine Shu, how is Yun Di's condition?"
As soon as she entered the door of Taiyuan Hospital, she saw Concubine Shu sitting by the bed and secretly wiping her tears.
"Concubine, I come to see the emperor!" Hearing the emperor's voice, Concubine Shu quickly stood up and said hello without even bothering to adjust her makeup.
"My beloved concubine is exempt from the ceremony." The emperor stepped forward quickly, helped the concubine Shu who was saluting, and asked with concern, "How is Yun Di's condition? Has she regained consciousness?"
"Your Majesty." Thinking of the second prince's situation at this time, Concubine Shu couldn't help but shed tears again, with a thick nasal sound in her voice, "The imperial doctor Yun Di was dying. Fortunately, Eunuch Gui used his internal power to protect his heart. , so that the breath in Yun Di's mouth did not escape. Now he can only be suspended with medicine, and he can only wait and see when he wakes up. "
"Hey!" The emperor sighed heavily, not knowing what his sigh meant.
"Don't be anxious, my dear concubine." The emperor comforted her with kind words, "Yun Di has great martial arts skills and has suffered countless serious injuries. I believe that Yun Di is a good person! He will definitely get better."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Concubine Shu used a silk handkerchief to wipe away the tears that were still rolling in her eyes, and with a plop, she knelt down in front of the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, Bi Yuntao and Yun Di are siblings, but they are vicious. They did not care about their brotherhood and beat Yun Di seriously and almost killed him. Yun Di is still unconscious. Please punish Bi Yuntao severely and make the decision for me!"
"Concubine Shu, get up quickly!" The emperor quickly supported Concubine Shu and said solemnly: "Concubine Shu, don't worry, I will definitely punish him severely."
"I have understood the whole story. Both of them were at fault, but Bi Yuntao's fault was more serious. He committed the same crime as the common people, so I have stripped Bi Yuntao of his title as King of Qi and expelled him from the capital."
"I am thinking that New Year's Eve is coming soon, so I have given him permission to say goodbye to the imperial concubine. I have ordered that he must leave the capital no later than tonight."
"Yun Di is so miserable, why didn't you put Bi Yuntao in prison and execute him instead of expelling him from the capital? Your Majesty, this punishment is too frivolous! Are you worthy of Yun Di going through life and death for you?"
"Are you questioning me?" The emperor's face changed, his eyes were cold, and his whole body was exuding a terrifying chill.
"I don't dare!" Concubine Shu realized later and realized that she had spoken a little uncontrollably. She quickly knelt down and admitted her mistake, "I was just too worried about Yun Di, so I panicked and spoke indiscriminately for a while. I have offended the emperor."
After hearing Concubine Shu's explanation, the cold air around the emperor quietly dissipated, and he once again helped Concubine Shu up from the ground with a look of shame on his face.
"My beloved concubine, it's not that I don't want to arrest Bi Yuntao, but he is also my son, and the palms and backs of his hands are all flesh. If Yun Di is not revived by the imperial doctor, then I will execute Bi Yuntao again. In an instant, I will kill him at the same time. Lost two sons.”
"My dear concubine, you are also considerate of me. I also have my own difficulties. I really can't bear to have a white-haired person give a black-haired person away."
"However!" The emperor changed the topic, "Bi Yuntao's behavior is really too vicious, so I hereby order him to be demoted to a commoner."
The listener has no intention, but the listener has intention.
This sentence of being demoted to a common people made Concubine Shu feel a little moved. Without imperial status, Bi Yuntao is nothing. Without the protection of the emperor, what kind of trouble could he, Bi Yuntao, make?
For a while, Concubine Shu's thoughts spread and she was making her own considerations.
"I have other things to be busy with. I'll come to visit Yun Di tomorrow. Concubine Lao Shu will be here to take care of me."
As if he didn't notice Concubine Shu's heart, the Emperor sat in the Imperial Hospital for a while, then stood up and left.
"Concubine, I respectfully send you off to your Majesty!" Concubine Shu stood up to see her off.
As the emperor and others left, the Imperial Hospital fell into silence.
"Come in!" After confirming that the emperor would not leave and come back, the sad expression on Concubine Shu's face disappeared and turned into a sinister one.
"Squeak!"
Hearing Concubine Shu's voice, the door of Taiyuan Hospital was quietly pushed open from the outside, and a tall man wearing armor appeared in the room with sharp steps.
"Empress!" The man's voice was calm, neither humble nor overbearing.
"General Liu, did you hear what the emperor just said?"
"My subordinates heard it clearly!"
"Then there is no need for me. The second prince was seriously injured by him. Now he has been demoted to a commoner by the emperor and expelled from the capital. This is a good opportunity for us to take action. Don't let the second prince feel cold."
"My subordinate understands." General Liu nodded, "My Majesty, you can rest assured. A lion will fight a rabbit with all her strength. My Majesty has a favor for her subordinates, so she will use her full strength."
"That's good. I'll leave the detailed arrangements to General Liu. I'm deep in the palace and it's not appropriate to get too involved. Now that Yun Di is in a coma, I can't move even half a step away."
"My Majesty, please take good care of Your Highness the Second Prince. I, Liu, do things that no one else knows about. Don't you know, My Majesty?"
"Thank you, General!"
"Your Majesty, I'm resigning!" Seeing that Concubine Shu didn't mean to say anything, General Liu withdrew knowingly.
Liu Jianzhong walked out of Taiyuan Hospital and couldn't help but spat, "What are you using me as a knife for? It's okay if nothing happens. If something happens, I will be the first one to betray you."
"However, things still need to be done. If you are passive and slow down, you will be silenced."
Liu Jianzhong touched his chin, rolled his eyes, and thought of a way to deal with it.
After coming out of the Taiyuan Hospital, Liu Jianzhong did not go back home. Instead, he turned around and walked around to the imperial study room.
"Liu Jianzhong has met His Majesty!"
"Get up, what's happening over there, Concubine Shu?"
When the emperor saw Liu Jianzhong, he quickly came to Liu Jianzhong and helped him up from the ground, regardless of the difference between the emperor and his ministers.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu Jianzhong cupped his hands and expressed his thanks, "As expected, Concubine Shu is just as you said, and she is ready to take action against King Qi tonight."
"Hahaha, not bad!" The emperor was very satisfied with the result and couldn't help laughing.
"Please tell me how to arrange it in detail, my concubine Shu."
"Your Majesty, Concubine Shu handed over all matters to the ministers and did not make any explanation." Liu Jianzhong replied.
"Oh?" The emperor gave Liu Jianzhong a strange look and looked him up and down. "Concubine Shu really trusts you! She actually leaves all the matters to you alone."
"Your Majesty, please stop teasing Weichen." Liu Jianzhong smiled bitterly, "Weichen is in Cao Ying and his heart is in Han. Weichen cannot stand what the second prince has done in recent years."
"He abducted women and children, secretly trained his dead bodyguards, and when he got tired of chatting, the women were either sent to be military prostitutes or sent to the brothels he ran. In the name of textile suppression, he plundered money, and there were even many bandits who were his I personally supported him."
"Why!"
All the emperor's words turned into a sigh.
"Nai He knows that he is doing evil, but there is no evidence. The mouse hiding in the dark has never missed any clues. There are really not many people I can trust. At present, there are only the left prime minister and you."
"Your Majesty, could it be that both General Xia and the Right Prime Minister..." Liu Jianzhong did not dare to say the next words. If it were true, then the whole of China would really be in danger.
"I don't know either!" The emperor shook his head, "Bi Yundi has been in the army since he was a child and has always been with Xia Jie in the army. Now his great military achievements are inseparable from Xia Jie's help. No one can only know who is among them. Without Xia Jie’s participation and support.”
"As for the Right Prime Minister, I had some faith in him at first, but after Bi Yuntao slaughtered the entire Han family, I no longer trust him."
"Why is this? What does the King of Qi's massacre of the entire Han family have to do with the right prime minister?" Liu Jianzhong was confused, "Is it just because Mr. Han is his teacher? But the left prime minister is also Mr. Han's student!"
"Hey! Have you forgotten the relationship between the Right Prime Minister and the Han family?" The emperor did not directly answer Liu Jianzhong's question, but asked another question.
"Relationship?" Liu Jianzhong thought for a while, and involuntarily thought of the woman who made Bi Yuntao lose his temper at today's ceremony. Suddenly a look of shock appeared in his eyes.
"That's right! It's what you think!" The emperor saw the expression on Liu Jianzhong's face and knew that he had understood what was going on, so he affirmed.
"Wei Chen is so stupid. He almost forgot that the Liu family and the Han family are in-laws. But it's a pity that the daughter of the right prime minister, Liu Shiying, got married early. Just after the wedding, without even seeing each other, her husband was He was sent to guard the border. News of him finally came, but what came was the sad news of his death. A good woman became a widow like this!"
Thinking of Liu Shiying's tragic life experience, Liu Jianzhong couldn't help but sigh.
"But shouldn't the right minister be grateful to King Qi? King Qi wiped out the entire Han family, but rescued Liu Shiying from dire straits. Why do you think, your majesty, that the right minister is involved with the second prince?"
"Hmph! Rescued?" The emperor snorted disdainfully, "If Liu Shiying hadn't gone to celebrate Meng Ruoxi's birthday and stayed at the Meng Mansion, I'm afraid she would have gone down there to find her husband she had never met before."
"Although it was a fluke to stay in Meng Mansion, the right minister is still a little dissatisfied. You also know how Liu Shiying came here these years. She has been criticized by others. There are also rumors outside that she was a traitor and killed his husband. Now the Han family is full After being destroyed, there was no one left alive, and she was the only one who survived. What do you think outsiders would do to her? So this is why I no longer trust the Right Prime Minister."
"I haven't confided my feelings to anyone for a long time. This time I did, my heart was no longer filled with gloom as before, but I felt a lot more relaxed. This time I have to thank Jianzhong a lot more."
"Your Majesty, thank you very much. It is the duty of a humble minister to solve your Majesty's problems."
The emperor patted Liu Jianzhong on the shoulder happily, "Okay, go down! You know what to do next! As long as it doesn't hurt Bi Yuntao's life, he will let you do whatever you want. And everything that I told you today, Only you and I know, if it dares to reach the ears of a third person, you know what I will do."
"Wei Chen understands!" Liu Jianzhong looked stern and quickly assured, "Wei Chen is not a reckless person and knows the seriousness of the matter."
