Chapter 192 Chaos in the Palace

The emperor's expression changed, and he slowly turned to look at the queen who walked in. A cold light flashed across his eyes: "The queen came just in time."

"I am here to pay my respects to the Emperor." The Queen saluted him solemnly and respectfully, then slowly raised her eyes and asked, "Is the Emperor's dragon body safe today?"

The emperor looked at her expressionlessly: "Besides saying hello, is there anything else you can do?"

"I would like to know what edict the emperor wants to draft?"

The emperor's expression was cold and his eyes were calm and powerful: "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. The queen probably forgot the rules."

The personal eunuch looked uneasy and stood motionless beside the emperor, fearing that the queen would do something unfavorable.

The atmosphere in the hall was somewhat depressing.

"Your Majesty, forgive me." The Queen respectfully apologized, then looked at the Emperor for a moment, and said with a slight smile, "I really shouldn't interfere, but if the Emperor wants to pass on the throne that belongs to the Crown Prince to someone else, I will not agree to it. Yes, I have to think about my son, right?"

The emperor was furious: "How outrageous!"

"Your Majesty." The Queen walked to the bed and looked at him condescendingly, "The country of Liang belongs to Yu'er. The Emperor will die sooner or later. What's the difference if it's one day earlier or one day later?"

"You...you are presumptuous!" The emperor turned livid with anger and roared, "Come here!"

It was quiet outside the hall, no one came in.

The emperor's face turned pale, and then gradually became gloomy, and the hands hanging by his sides clenched the quilt unconsciously.

The queen obviously no longer wanted to pretend, and smiled lightly: "Your Majesty, there is no need to waste your efforts. Who will listen to the imperial army? Your Majesty should have known in your heart long ago——"

"Your Majesty, the Queen!" A eunuch hurried in and fell to his knees on the ground, "It's not good! Something bad is going to happen!"

The emperor's heart skipped a beat and his face turned pale: "What happened? Is it possible that someone rebelled?"

The queen turned her head slowly and looked at the eunuch shivering for a while, then said in a trembling voice: "No, no, it's His Royal Highness... His Highness suddenly vomited blood and fainted!"

The air seemed to freeze for a moment.

The queen's condescending expression froze on her face, her face turned pale, and she stared at the eunuch, as if she suspected that she had heard something wrong.

"What did you say?"

"His Royal Highness suddenly vomited blood and fainted..." The eunuch's voice trembled, "The East Palace has become a mess, and all the doctors have rushed over! Please go and have a look, the Queen!"

He looked anxious and frightened, and it really didn't look like he was lying.

The queen didn't care about anything else and hurried out.

The emperor slowly exhaled, and his stiff expression relaxed. Looking at the eunuch who was still kneeling on the ground, his face was gloomy and his tone could not tell whether he was happy or angry: "The prince really fainted?"

"Yes, I don't dare to deceive the emperor."

"Do you know why?"

"I don't know."

The emperor leaned on the bedside, gently closed his eyes and thought, and loosened his grip on the quilt little by little.

The palace was in chaos.

No one knows what the emperor is thinking at this time, not even his personal eunuch Du Anhai can guess.

It stands to reason that at this juncture, the emperor should quickly summon the officials, or summon the second prince into the palace, to ensure that the queen and her son would not do anything to him.

But the emperor has been silent.

"Your Majesty." An Hai said cautiously, "Just in case, should we summon the second prince and the general into the palace and let them stay by the Emperor's side?"

The emperor opened his eyes: "Send someone to Prince Duan's Mansion to ask. I want to see Miss Yuan."

"yes."

An Hai turned around and walked out.

However, the imperial guards were heavily guarded outside, and the emperor's palace was already surrounded and airtight. When An Hai wanted to send people out of the palace, he found that it was difficult to reach the sky.

He could have people go to the imperial kitchen to deliver food, and he could order people to fetch water and deliver tea, but it was impossible to send people out of the palace to report the news.

The entire palace seemed calm, but in fact, after Yuan Ziying recovered from the illness that night, the palace's defense fell completely under the control of the queen and her son.

However, although Lu Mingxuan was not smart, Yuan Ziying took precautions early. As early as the day she treated the emperor, she poisoned both the queen and the prince.

That vicious woman wants her to enter the palace to serve the emperor?

Her son deserved the torment of the poisonous insects.

Anyway, it doesn't matter whether the emperor dies or not. Even if he dies, the prince who is tortured by poisonous insects will not be able to succeed to the throne.

But the prince is not dead, and it is equally impossible for Lu Mingxuan to succeed.

So it doesn't matter whether the emperor dies or not.

All we know is that after the Prince of the Eastern Palace vomited blood and fell into coma, he woke up in severe pain. His painful screams almost made the Queen faint. Almost all the doctors from the Imperial Hospital went there, but to no avail.

In desperation, the queen finally remembered Yuan Ziying, and quickly sent someone to Prince Duan's Mansion to invite Yuan Ziying into the palace.

However, when Lu Mingxuan faced the people sent by the queen, he only replied: "Miss Yuan was assassinated and injured the night before yesterday. She is still in a coma and cannot enter the palace to treat the prince."

The eunuch who was responsible for delivering the message returned to the palace and reported the second prince's words to the queen truthfully. The queen turned black with anger on the spot and almost fainted.

However, I saw that the prince was rolling on the bed in pain, his face was pale, and he was sweating. Moreover, the imperial doctor said that he didn't know how long the pain would last. As long as the poison was not detoxified, the pain might continue in the future.

The queen could only restrain her anger and scolded the imperial doctors as trash before sending someone to tell the second prince and Yuan Ziying to enter the palace.

Lu Mingxuan knew that the palace was tightly defended and that the imperial army had fallen into the control of the queen. Entering the palace would be a trap.

How could he obey the queen's call and enter the palace obediently?

In fact, things have developed to this point, and he also doesn't care about the emperor's life or death. If the prince can die of poisoning, his father will naturally die with the prince.

This idea flashed through his mind, and the more Lu Mingxuan thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

He immediately found Yuan Ziying: "Is the poison in the prince fatal?"

Yuan Ziying was studying the second detoxification method for Gong Liancheng, and she didn't even raise her head when she heard it: "It's not fatal for the time being."

Lu Mingxuan lowered his eyes, and his eyes were cold: "If the poison is not detoxified, how many days can he live?"

Yuan Ziying raised her head and looked at him: "I'm here to save people, not to kill people. If the queen hadn't sent someone to kill me, I wouldn't have killed his son."

This was certainly not what she really meant.

Her purpose in coming to Beiliang was to turn the imperial city upside down and let the various factions fight to the death. How could she let the prince die so easily?

If the emperor died, there were still a few princes to fight.

But if the prince died.

Then Lu Mingxuan has the support of Gong Liancheng, wouldn't it be very easy for him to ascend the throne?

This won't work.

"Ziying." Lu Mingxuan said in a low voice, "I suggested that you be my concubine before, what do you think about it?"

Yuan Ziying's eyes flashed with contempt, but her face showed a bit of shyness: "Why is your Highness asking this again? I haven't thought about it yet."

Lu Mingxuan's voice was low and gentle: "If the prince dies, I have the support of the general, and the possibility of succession is the greatest. Then I will make you a concubine, okay?"