"Oh! Eunuch Wei, please tell me why you want to make the third prince king?"
Zhou Yi's move was not only to ask about the third prince's impressions of Wei Zhongxian, but also to check whether the information collected by Bai Sheng was accurate.
Seeing Zhou Yi testing himself, Wei Zhongxian said with a sinister smile: "Lord Zhou, to be honest, the third prince Li Rui and his father Li Xuanji are almost the same. They are both lustful and lustful people who enjoy great achievements."
Zhou Yi deliberately asked tentatively: "Oh? How can you see it? What if this person just deliberately hides his clumsiness and makes people think that he is incompetent and harmless, but in fact he is ambitious and has other agendas?"
Zhou Yi's question was really difficult for Wei Zhongxian.
Wei Zhongxian was silent for a moment, and then said firmly: "The third prince's mother was born from a palace maid, but she was just a dragon seed sown by His Majesty when he was drunk. He has no relatives, no backing, and he has no one to rely on after he ascends the throne. We still have you in our family!"
"As for whether the third prince is hiding his clumsiness as you said, I don't dare to vouch for it, but one thing I am sure of is that the third prince Li Rui is the same pervert as Li Xuanji."
"Why do you see it?"
Wei Zhongxian approached Zhou Yi and whispered in a low voice: "Before, the third prince Li Rui entered the palace on the pretext of paying greetings to the emperor. After paying his respects, the third prince Li Rui took advantage of the imperial concubine Li Wanji to accompany the emperor to play in the imperial garden, so he turned around and went secretly The palace of the imperial concubine Li Wanji.”
"He bribed those palace maids and eunuchs to enter the imperial concubine's palace. Sir, do you know why he went to the palace?" Wei Zhongxian asked deliberately giving the lie.
"What are you going for?"
Wei Zhongxian said with a lewd smile: "He actually went to the imperial concubine's palace, took Li Wanji's intimate clothes and committed suicide!"
Zhou Yi frowned, looked at Wei Zhongxian coldly, and asked, "Did you see this with your own eyes or hearsay?"
If it was the former, Zhou Yi would not hesitate to ask Lao Jiangtou to forge the imperial decree and pass the throne to the third prince Li Rui.
But if Wei Zhongxian heard it from hearsay, then Zhou Yi would immediately choose another prince to sit on the throne. Because he must be a person with ulterior motives who dares to spread the news like this. Then Zhou Yi may have found an emperor to cause trouble for himself.
Wei Zhongxian chuckled and said, "That day, I happened to be in Concubine Li's palace to deliver some Brahma oil to her and Your Majesty. I saw the third prince committing suicide while hiding under the bed with Li Wanji's personal clothes."
After listening to the whole story, Zhou Yi couldn't help but nodded, looked at each other with Wei Zhongxian, and said: "Okay, okay, in that case, as you wish, Eunuch Wei, we will make the virtuous and holy third prince the emperor."
"In addition, since the third prince is interested in the imperial concubine, then we will let the imperial concubine and the third prince form a couple."
After Wei Zhongxian heard this, he felt that something was wrong and quickly admonished him: "Master Zhou, is this inappropriate?"
"Although this noble concubine is younger than the third prince, she is also the third prince's mother-concubine in name. Isn't this against the ethical rules? When the time comes, the officials will..."
Zhou Yi hooked his hand and asked Wei Zhongxian to come over.
"At that time, just this... this... will be able to solve this problem, and then Concubine Li can naturally become the empress and empress, the mother of the world, and Eunuch Wei, you can continue to be the new emperor's sidekick. A famous person can accomplish many things with one stone, isn’t that beautiful!”
At this moment, there was no trace of panic on Wei Zhongxian's face that the emperor was dead. Instead, it was filled with joy.
"I will order people to get your Majesty's edict as soon as possible. As for how to frame the Queen and force the eldest prince to death, do you need me to teach you?"
Wei Zhongxian shook his head slightly and said: "We understand, we understand, how can such trivial matters bother you to think about it all the time? Our family will take care of the rest!"
"It's getting late. You should go back to the palace early. I will ask Bai Sheng to deliver the edict to the palace tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Wei Zhongxian immediately put on his black cloak and re-entered the palace in the night.
After Wei Zhongxian left, Zhou Yi handed Li Xuanji's handwriting to the handless old Jiangtou in Pingliang County.
Although Lao Jiangtou has no arms and legs, he is extremely talented in calligraphy. He can write with a pen in his mouth, and he can also imitate the calligraphy of various people. Zhou Yi had previously asked Lao Jiangtou to imitate Yan Song's handwriting to deceive the Ye family. The head of the family, Ye Wuhua.
This time there were so many handwritings of Li Xuanji, and Lao Jiangtou imitated Li Xuanji's handwriting without any sluggishness.
Although it was a forged imperial edict, Lao Jiangtou did not feel any psychological burden at all.
In Lao Jiangtou's view, he, a useless loser with no arms and legs, could still survive in troubled times. This was entirely due to Zhou Yi's kindness.
Not to mention that Zhou Yi just asked him to forge imperial edicts, but now he is willing to let Lao Jiangtou die.
As agreed by the Book of Changes, Bai Sheng entered the palace again dressed as a eunuch at dusk on the afternoon of the second day and delivered the fake edict to Wei Zhongxian.
Wei Zhongxian, who had obtained the fake imperial edict, knew that some things should be done sooner rather than later, so he immediately began to make arrangements.
That night, Wei Zhongxian deliberately dismissed the guards and eunuchs guarding the cold palace, and then secretly led the mad queen to Li Xuanji's palace.
The crazy queen's face was painted half red and half green by herself. It was a bit scary wandering around in the dense palace.
On the way to Li Xuanji's palace, the mad empress bumped into a little palace maid, who was so frightened that she screamed and fainted.
Although this was an accident, the effect was what Wei Zhongxian wanted.
In this way, with the incident of the frightened little palace maid, the ministers and officials will believe that Emperor Li Xuanji was frightened to death by the empress.
After the crazy empress was ushered into the emperor's palace, the imperial concubine Li Wanji followed the pre-discussed script and slowly walked into the palace with the two maids.
Li Wanji asked two maids in palace attire to open the door, and then shouted to the palace with a happy face: "Your Majesty, I am here to accompany you!"
When the door of the dormitory was pushed open, a gust of evil wind blew in, which immediately blew out half of the candles in the dormitory. Although the other half of the candles were still burning, it made the dormitory look particularly gloomy.
The moment Li Wanji saw the queen, she was really frightened by her face. Not only Li Wanji, but also the two palace ladies beside her were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
Suddenly the sharp shouts of the three women resounded throughout the palace.
Hearing this cry, countless Imperial Guards swarmed over.
Wei Zhongxian, who was hiding in the dark and leading all this, knew that the frame-up was done!
