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Chapter 372 Concubine Dong is Poisoned

At this time, a guard whispered something in Prince Xiaoyao's ear, talking about what Emperor Qiyuan had told Concubine Dong in the morning.

King Xiaoyao frowned, wondering what the purpose of Emperor Qiyuan letting Concubine Dong come to him was!

Then the guard said, "Your Majesty, Prince Rui is ready. When the time comes, we can start!"

"Go tell King Rui to start at 15:30!"

King Xiaoyao narrowed his eyes and gave the order in a deep voice. No matter what Emperor Qiyuan wants to do, it's useless!

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After the guards retreated, they headed towards the palace.

The food was already on the table. King Xiaoyao glanced at the wedding banquet filled with distinguished guests and turned to walk towards the room where Concubine Dong was.

Arriving at the door of the room, King Xiaoyao knocked gently before speaking: "Yuehe, are you in there? I am coming in!"

As soon as the voice fell, the door opened from the inside, and Concubine Dong's personal maid came out, bowed to Prince Xiaoyao, and said, "Your Majesty, please come in. The Queen asked this servant to guard the door."

King Xiaoyao nodded and strode in.

When Concubine Dong saw him, she quickly came up to him and asked, "Why did you come in at this time? There are so many people outside, aren't you afraid of being seen?"

King Xiaoyao held her hand and said nonchalantly, "Yuehe, what are you afraid of? Maybe after today, the world will be ours, and then our relationship will be announced to the world!"

Hearing this, Concubine Dong took a deep breath, looked into Prince Xiaoyao's eyes and asked, "Is this operation really foolproof? Prince Rui won't be in danger, right?"

King Xiaoyao said confidently: "Don't worry, Yuehe, my people have already sneaked into the capital in batches, and King Rui has also arranged enough manpower in the palace. We will work together inside and outside, and we will definitely be able to seize the palace in one fell swoop!"

Concubine Dong felt inexplicably uneasy. She held Prince Xiaoyao's hand and said, "I don't know why, but I always feel a little flustered."

King Xiaoyao patted her back gently and consoled her, "You don't have to think too much. Look outside. We have invited most of the court officials here, and Luo Xiang has also invited most of the generals in the military camp.

There are only so many guards in the palace, and Zhao Yichen is not in the capital. Emperor Qiyuan may not be able to find anyone when he wants to call for help! We will definitely succeed this time!"

After hearing what King Xiaoyao said, Concubine Dong felt a little relieved.

King Xiaoyao said again: "Well, it's getting late, you should go out and have something to eat! Maybe we can expect good news from King Rui soon."

The two walked out of the house one after the other. Supported by her maid, Concubine Dong walked slowly into the wedding banquet hall and sat down on the side with the female guests.

King Xiaoyao went to the side for the male guests.

The Xiaoyao Palace was packed with distinguished guests. The Xiaoyao King raised his glass and chatted with the guests, who also kept congratulating him.

Just as everyone was toasting each other, suddenly, Concubine Dong spat out a mouthful of blood and fell backwards limply.

The maidservant serving her was horrified and quickly supported her, preventing her from falling to the ground.

"My Lady, what's wrong with you? My Lady, my Lady, please don't scare me!"

The women around were all terrified when they saw this. Some screamed, while others immediately stood up from their chairs and ran out.

The female guests were in chaos. There were only a few screens between the male and female guests, and the noise was so loud that many men walked around the screens and came over here.

King Xiaoyao was the first to run over. When he saw Concubine Dong Guifei with blood oozing from the corners of her mouth and her eyes tightly closed, his heart suddenly rose to his throat and his eyes turned red.

"Yuehe, what's wrong with you?"

He took Concubine Dong from the maid's arms and shouted in a hoarse voice.

As Concubine Dong moved, another large amount of blood gushed out of her mouth.

"House doctor, go get the house doctor!"

Prince Xiaoyao's hand, which was holding Concubine Dong, was trembling slightly, and he yelled at a guard beside him.

Everyone was frightened by his roar, and several servants ran to find the palace doctor.

The guests who gathered around were all trembling with fear. Looking at Concubine Dong's appearance, it was obvious that she had been poisoned.

Some people couldn't help but feel the changes in their bodies, fearing that they had been poisoned; some people were filled with shock and wondered who would dare to poison the imperial concubine!

At the same time, the sound of weapons clashing suddenly occurred at the gate of the palace.

Emperor Qiyuan was pacing back and forth in the imperial study, occasionally looking up at the hourglass on the table.

At this time, a guard hurriedly ran into the imperial study and reported: "Your Majesty, it's bad, there are thieves trying to break into the palace, and they are fighting with the imperial guards at the palace gate!"

Emperor Qiyuan paused, frowned and asked, "Who dares to cause trouble at the palace gate?"

The guard said solemnly, "Your Majesty, it's not a disturbance. It's just that a group of thieves came out of nowhere. They seem to be well prepared. Deputy Commander Han is leading people to resist them."

"what?"

As the ruler of a country, Emperor Qiyuan immediately realized that things were not that simple. His expression changed and he asked, "How many people are there in total? Do you know who the other party is?"

The guard said, "Your Majesty, there are several thousand of them. I am in a hurry to report back, but I don't know who they are yet."

Emperor Qiyuan's face was cold, and he ordered: "Go and inform Deputy Commander Han to repel the thieves and never let them break into the palace!"

Han Qingshan led more than 10,000 imperial guards, and Han Qingshan himself was a good commander in battle. Emperor Qiyuan felt that he should be able to repel the bandits.

The guards had just left when shouts and screams were heard around the imperial study.

Eunuch Xia rushed in again, "Your Majesty, it's bad, Prince Rui and his gang are fighting with the palace guards!"

"Prince Rui?"

What else did Emperor Qiyuan not understand? Prince Rui was planning a rebellion! He asked grimly, "How many people did Prince Rui bring?"

Eunuch Xia said, "It looks like there are at least a thousand people."

Thousands of people?

Emperor Qiyuan was shocked. To be able to hide thousands of people in the palace, Prince Rui must have planned this for a long time!

There were also many guards in the palace, but they were scattered around. Some of the concubines had more than a dozen guards around them, and some had more than twenty guards around them.

Emperor Qiyuan has more than a hundred guards in public and fifty secret guards. If Prince Rui leads a sudden attack with thousands of people, I'm afraid the guards will find it difficult to resist!"

Under normal circumstances, the prince would have four to five hundred elite soldiers under his command, but today the prince took his men to encircle Xiaoyao Palace, and they might not be able to get back in time.

The story is so interesting. Emperor Qiyuan wanted to use the day of Zhao Xing'er's wedding to kill Concubine Dong and capture King Xiaoyao at the same time.

King Xiaoyao also wanted to use the day of Zhao Xinger's wedding to capture the palace. Even Zhao Xinger's sudden marriage was arranged by King Xiaoyao for his rebellion!