"Second Prince?"
It would not be surprising if someone else took the token from Yao Dengxian. Only the second prince would be surprising.
As we all know, Empress Wu regarded the concubine as a thorn in her side.
As the second prince is Empress Wu's biological son, how could the token in his hand end up in the hands of the palace concubine?
The emperor immediately ordered the second prince to be summoned, and not long after, they arrived in a hurry.
"Father." As soon as he entered the palace, he felt the oppressive atmosphere inside, and his heart immediately froze.
"You want to leave with the token of Dragon Prison?" the emperor asked bluntly.
"My son did borrow money from Yao Lishi the day before yesterday." The second prince immediately replied, "At that time, I went to the Dragon Pond to ask for help, but to no avail. I wanted to go there more times, but I didn't want to bother Yao Lishi every time. He just then Just lend me the token and let me return it in a few days. I went there several times and still had no results, so I asked the palace servants to return it."
"But the token was not returned to the Dragon Prison, but ended up in the hands of the palace concubine." The emperor said solemnly: "The Golden Dragon escaped yesterday because of this incident."
"Ah?" When the second prince heard this, he immediately fell to his knees in shock, "My son has no idea about this matter. I will call the palace servant for questioning."
The emperor glanced at Rolex, who immediately understood and ordered someone to summon the palace servant who was running errands for the second prince.
Of course, the second prince would not just hand over such a key thing as the token to a young man. That person was the eunuch in charge of the second prince's palace, and he had a high status.
The old god Chu Liang stood aside, thinking that there would probably be no results.
For powerful practitioners, many things they do will leave no trace. It is precisely because of this that it is particularly difficult to solve the case of the palace concubine.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the news to come back.
"Your Majesty, the palace servant who sent the token back for the second prince has disappeared." Rolex whispered.
"When did it happen?" The emperor's face became increasingly gloomy.
"It must have been last night. I just went to look for him and found out that this person didn't show up all day today." Rolex said.
"These people are so powerful, they can kill whoever they want in this harem!" The emperor muttered, "Whose subordinate is that? Summon his superior!"
"He is Cheng Hu's godson." Rolex said.
Cheng Hu was one of the Four Strong Men and a confidant of Empress Wu. He had had a small conflict with Chu Liang before - he was beaten by the Emperor Feng.
The emperor waved his sleeves and summoned them all.
As it turned out, it was not just Cheng Hu who came this time, but a large group of Hu Lala people. The first one was wearing a palace dress, she was graceful and luxurious, she was the current empress!
"Mei'er, why are you here?" When the emperor saw her, his tense face softened slightly.
From the Queen to the Crown Princess, the couple has been hand in hand for decades, and their relationship is unusually deep. No matter how many favorite concubines the emperor has, it is impossible to shake the status of the queen.
"Such a big thing happened in the palace, how could I not come over and take a look?" Queen Wu said.
As soon as she arrived, someone from the palace immediately added a chair next to the emperor. The emperor and empress sat side by side, facing the people in front.
"Cheng Hu, the supervisor of the second emperor's palace is your godson." She asked first, "Do you know his whereabouts?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Queen." Cheng Hu was domineering outside, but he was extremely submissive in the Night Dragon Palace, "Although Cheng Lu is my godson, since he has been in charge of the first palace, I have no relationship with him. Too many contacts and I don’t know what he does on a daily basis.”
The emperor looked at him like this, Qingzhi couldn't ask any more questions, and looked at Chu Liang again: "There is still more than an hour, where else do you want to check?"
Now that the clues are all gone, where else can I look...
Chu Liang's mind was racing. Although he still had plenty of time, all the exposed threads were broken and there was no way to start.
He secretly gritted his teeth. If it didn't work out, he would have no choice but to take risks!
…
Facing the emperor's question, Chu Liang took out the handwriting and asked: "Your Majesty said that within three hours, this handwriting will be seen inside and outside the imperial city as if you were here in person. Is it still valid?"
"Of course it works." The emperor responded strangely, not guessing what he meant by asking this.
"That means that except for your Majesty, everyone here must obey my orders, right?" Chu Liang asked again.
"Yes." The emperor said again.
Chu Liang nodded, then glanced at the queen, and suddenly said: "Then please stand up, queen!"
"Huh?" Everyone present was shocked.
Even the emperor himself did not often speak to the empress like this in the tone of this command.
Not only the queen was stunned for a moment, but even the emperor next to her was stunned, and said quickly: "If I come in person, it means that the authority is the same as mine when investigating the case. Things that have nothing to do with this case are not allowed."
What's more, it's in front of me.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, this is definitely an inquiry related to this case. But the Queen is sitting next to you. I don't dare to be disrespectful, so I ask the Queen to come down the stairs." Chu Liang said.
"Ha." Empress Wu smiled slightly, stood up according to her words, and walked slowly to Chu Liang, while asking: "Your Majesty, do you suspect me of being suspicious?"
Do you still need to be suspicious? As soon as this case comes out, the whole palace will know that you are the most suspicious person.
After finding out the cause of death and identity of the palace concubine, it became a little more confusing, but Chu Liang also had a bold guess in his mind.
"Excuse me, Queen, where are you at dawn today?" Chu Liang asked.
"Of course I slept in the palace, and everyone in the palace can testify." Queen Wu replied.
"Them?" Chu Liang pointed behind Queen Wu.
"Huh?" Queen Wu looked back.
Chu Liang suddenly raised his hand, fired three stars, and hit Empress Wu at close range.
In the midst of the lightning and flint, Queen Wu dodges as if teleporting, narrowly avoiding the attack.
laugh.
Three points of starlight hit the wall, making a scorching roar. It did not cause any damage, but seemed to be some kind of blood.
"Bold!" Cheng Hu suddenly shouted and slapped him.
Rolex protects the emperor, and Yao Dengxian also needs to take action. His sudden assassination of the queen shocked everyone present.
Seeing that he was about to be captured, Chu Liang immediately shouted loudly: "As we all know, the Queen is not talented enough and has low cultivation, so how can she be so good at it?!"
His loud shout also woke up everyone present. Just now, Queen Wu avoided the blood drops thrown by Chu Liang at close range, which was really impressive.
Yao Dengxian snorted coldly, but before taking action, Cheng Hu, who was attacking Chu Liang, was shaken and took three steps back. His energy and blood surged and he could no longer move.
With the Eighth Realm taking control here, it is indeed difficult to cause chaos.
"What does this mean?" the emperor asked: "Burning down the Yuhua Palace is already a big joke. In order to investigate the case, I won't argue with you. If you are so wanton in the Yelong Palace, you have to give a reason."
"Just now I have an item that I didn't actually submit. I just wanted to find an opportunity to use it." Chu Liang said: "There is a bottle of spirit fox blood among the palace concubine's relics. This blood can break the secret method of the spirit fox's transformation. Just now, the queen seemed to be interested in it. Is this thing extremely scary?”
"You suddenly resorted to means, and I was naturally panicked." Empress Wu looked at Chu Liang with deep eyes, "Do you suspect that I am a fake?"
"This is absolutely impossible." The emperor shook his head and denied, "The queen and I have supported each other for decades. I can tell at a glance whether it is true or false. No matter how similar you are in disguise, you can't hide it from me."
"Your Majesty..." Chu Liang said suddenly: "What if I had already disguised myself before you two got acquainted? What if I have supported each other with you for so many years, but it was fake from the beginning?"
"This..." The emperor was suddenly speechless.
At the beginning, he was not very popular among the princes, and the daughter of the Wu family had already married him. Later, when he was established as the prince, she became the princess; when he ascended the throne as the emperor, she became the queen.
If that was the case, he really couldn't tell the difference yet, but such a layout for decades would be too deliberate. Moreover, the queen has never done anything inconsistent with her status in all these years.
If it was normal, Chu Liang shouldn't have doubted it so much. But just now he remembered the rumors about Empress Wu the day before, Huanluo Juexixiang's murderous methods, and the magical power of Linghu Blood...
Threads weave into a big net in my mind, all of which seem to point to the figure in the middle of the net.
Time is tight, and it will be difficult to do anything without using extraordinary means to test it.
"Your Majesty is also doubting my concubine?" Seeing him like this, Empress Wu smiled instead of being angry, "Okay, let him try this fox blood to see if my concubine is real or fake!"
As the situation has evolved so far, no one present could have expected it. But if we don't put it to the test, it will be hard to end today.
The emperor glanced at the Rolex.
Rolex then left the stage, took the spirit fox's blood from Chu Liang's hand, turned around and said: "Queen, I'm offended."
After that, he stretched out his finger and tapped out a drop of spirit fox blood. The blood beads condensed on his fingertips, and he tapped it towards the queen's forehead.
call out.
The drop of blood quickly fell on the queen's forehead, as if giving her a little cinnabar. But her face did not change at all.
"Huh..." The emperor seemed to be relieved, "That is to say, how could the queen be fake?"
Only Chu Liang was slightly disappointed.
"Hmph." Empress Wu snorted coldly and said: "Since I am no longer suspected, I don't want to stay here and be humiliated anymore. Your Majesty, can you agree?"
Although it was a question, her tone was obviously angry, and she walked directly out of the palace without waiting for a reply.
But when passing Yao Dengxian, the old eunuch suddenly said: "Queen, please stay."
"Huh?" Queen Wu looked at him, "Is something wrong with Yao Lishi?"
"I dare not offend the queen, but I would like to ask the queen to remove a little bit of the true spirit from her forehead first, and then see if it is genuine." Yao Dengxian's old eyes were filled with fire.
Empress Wu's methods can be concealed from the emperor and Rolex, because their cultivation levels are almost the same. But in front of Yao Dengxian, these little tricks are really ridiculous.
The drop of spirit fox blood on her forehead didn't really fall on her forehead at all! Instead, she used her true energy to block it and surrounded it with some magic, so that no one could see anything strange.
After hearing his words, Queen Wu first smiled, and then suddenly flew outwards, as fast as the wind and as fast as teleportation! In the blink of an eye, it was already in the air!
Whoosh——
But Yao Dengxian stretched out his hand to grab it, and suddenly he heard the rumble of thunder in the air and the changing wind and clouds. The figure in the air was caught by his palm and fell back into the hall!
Plop.
Empress Wu's body fell to the ground and returned to the main hall again, but now Yao Dengxian's thunder method spread all over her body, already breaking her magical power, and the little spirit fox blood really touched her skin.
In an instant, a completely unfamiliar face appeared in the hall!
good evening.
(End of chapter)
