bookcurios Chapter 611: Murder? The late emperor was poisoned
Chapter 611: Murder? The late emperor was poisoned
"Nonsense, my father died of illness, the imperial physician has already made a diagnosis. There were so many people present at the time, how could I poison him? I see that you have always been dissatisfied with my father, and you stayed in the capital under the pretext of mourning your father, unwilling to go back. Finally, out of consideration for our uncle-nephew relationship, I forced you to go back and did not pursue the mistake you made. Yet you, at your own doorstep, brought your troops to fight!" The new emperor's face was gloomy.
"What? How is this possible! Prince Hong, you can't say such things!"
"Slandering the current emperor is a capital crime!"
The court officials were in disbelief for a moment and began to discuss the matter.
"What Prince Hong meant by this is that the new emperor killed the emperor?! That's impossible, right? Why would he do that? He's already the crown prince! Sooner or later, the throne will be his!"
"This is no small matter! Prince Hong, what evidence do you have to prove that what you said is true! And it is not to cover up your rebellion!"
"Bring me the evidence!"
All the court officials stood up and the hall was in an uproar. No one believed what Prince Hong said and thought he was making it up.
"You little brat! It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. I will convince you later! Go and bring the person up."
After a while, Prince Hong's men brought up the current Queen Mother Pan, the new emperor's biological mother.
"Let her go! Mother, are you okay?" The new emperor wanted to step forward to support her, but was stopped by Prince Hong!
"My son, I'm fine, don't worry." Queen Mother Pan consoled him, then glared at Prince Hong and shouted, "Prince Hong! You are so bold that you actually planned a rebellion. Now the foreign kings in your fiefdom are rushing to the capital with a hundred thousand troops. If you know what's good for you, just surrender. Considering that you didn't cause an unmanageable situation, I will ask the emperor to give you a lighter sentence."
"Your Majesty's sister-in-law said this beautifully. But how do you explain the fact that you colluded with the crown prince to poison my brother?" Prince Hong watched them quietly from the side.
"After the emperor passed away, my son was the crown prince, so it was natural for him to inherit the throne! How did you say that he was plotting to murder the emperor?"
"Is it really that simple? Then why didn't the new emperor show his will when he ascended the throne?"
"The emperor died suddenly when he was in his prime. The emperor has no right to make an imperial decree, but the emperor's son is the crown prince, and he is legitimate!"
"Really? Someone, come! Bring the imperial physician up!" Soon, the imperial physician who had treated the emperor was brought up.
"Doctor Feng, why are you here? Didn't you retire and return home?" asked a court official who knew the situation.
"I am not retiring to my hometown." Imperial Doctor Feng came to the hall, still seeming a little scared.
Prince Hong continued to ask: "Tell me, what was the cause of the emperor's death? Originally, there was more than one imperial physician, but this prince's good nephew dealt with them all in order to prevent future troubles."
"The late emperor, the late emperor died of poisoning." Imperial Doctor Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead and said tremblingly.
"What! Poisoned!" Everyone was a little surprised for a moment. Could it be that what Prince Hong said was true? !
"Yes, the late emperor was indeed poisoned and died. On the New Year's Day, which was supposed to be a day for family reunion, I was suddenly called to the emperor's bedroom. I was told that the emperor had suddenly fallen ill. When I went there, many doctors had already arrived. They looked at each other, obviously having already checked the emperor's pulse.
I was a little confused. At the Queen's order, I went forward to check the Emperor's pulse and found that the Emperor was bleeding from all seven orifices and had no pulse. However, based on the pulse, the Emperor did not have a sudden illness, but was... poisoned...
After I was sure that the emperor died of poisoning, I looked at the other imperial doctors. They all made eye gestures to me, so I didn't dare say much and only said that the emperor had passed away.
Then, the Crown Prince and the Queen ordered people to ring the bell, and then threatened us, saying that what happened that day must not be made public, otherwise, there would be no good results in the future.
We, the ministers, had no choice but to agree and help disguise the emperor's death as a sudden illness.
But we thought that as long as we kept our mouths shut, we could escape the disaster. However, the Queen ordered people to deal with all the doctors present that day without anyone noticing. I had a bad feeling in my heart, so I took the initiative to ask for retirement in advance. At that time, the new emperor had just ascended the throne and had many things to deal with, so he ignored me. That's how I was lucky enough to escape the disaster.
But the Queen had no intention of letting me go and killed all my family members. I was not at home at that time, so I was lucky to survive. I hid from place to place and returned to the capital just so that one day I could expose the crimes of the Emperor and the Prince.
"Every word I say is true. If I tell even a single lie, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death." Doctor Feng knelt down and swore.
"What a joke! How could I do such a thing? The emperor is already the crown prince, why would he do this? Prince Hong! You must have bribed Doctor Feng to frame the emperor!" Empress Dowager Pan stepped forward and questioned.
"Even now, the Empress's sister-in-law is still making excuses!" Prince Hong sneered, "Why are you doing this? It's because you know that the Emperor's chosen heir is not the Crown Prince, but someone else, so you have to take the initiative!"
When Prince Hong said this, the crowd below went into an uproar.
"If the emperor's favorite person is not the crown prince, then who could it be? Prince Rui? The emperor loves this son the most!"
"In this case, the Crown Prince and the Queen have a motive to attack the Emperor!"
The new emperor and Queen Mother Pan were panicked for a while. How did he know this? Queen Mother Pan also accidentally learned that the heir the emperor wanted was not the crown prince, but someone else. As for who it was, she didn't know. So after the emperor ascended the throne, they tried to get rid of them one by one except Prince Rui. Prince Rui was her biological son. Even if the emperor liked Prince Rui, it didn't matter. The two brothers had been good friends since childhood, and they knew that Prince Rui was not interested in that position and had no ability to do so.
"We didn't. Prince Hong is slandering us! Doctor Feng must have been bribed by him!"
No matter what, they could not admit to this crime. If they did, they would be branded as traitors for eternity.
"Then I wonder if what I said can be considered as evidence."
Han Junze walked in from outside the hall.
"Dr. Han!"
Yes, if the emperor had died, shouldn't Han Divine Doctor have been invited to come over first? Why didn't he call him this time? The emperor always valued Han Divine Doctor and wanted to keep him in the palace, but Han Divine Doctor didn't like being bound by others and refused the emperor's request. The emperor even gave him a gold medal of immunity from death, allowing him to enter and leave the palace freely.