jdhmnovel Chapter 405 At the Golden Palace
Chapter 405 At the Golden Palace
Just at this time,
There were some noises outside the palace.
The eunuch hurried in and reported loudly,
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager and the Queen request an audience."
Emperor Kun, who had a calm expression on his face, felt a little overwhelmed when his expression changed slightly after hearing this!
But before he could say anything, the Queen Mother's voice came in.
"I want to go in. Who of you dares to stop me?"
Then there was the sound of guards kneeling outside the palace to stop them.
"Your Highness, Queen Mother, please stay."
"I insist on breaking in. What can you do to me?"
"Your Highness, Queen Mother, please stay."
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Listening to the noise outside the hall.
Emperor Kun made a gesture to Eunuch De, who understood it immediately.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Eunuch De responded and hurried outside the hall to deal with it.
quickly,
The Empress Dowager, who had learned the news, was supported by the Empress Dowager, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hurried in.
"Your Majesty, please be more discerning! The prince is a kind-hearted man, how could he do such a treasonous thing?"
As soon as Queen Qin came in, she knelt on the ground and burst into tears.
The Queen Mother glanced at her crying daughter-in-law and shook her head helplessly.
At this time, Emperor Kun stepped down from the dragon throne and came forward to support the Empress Dowager.
"Why did the Queen Mother come here when she was unwell?"
Hearing this, the Empress Dowager threw away the Emperor Kun's support, turned around tremblingly, faced the ministers and said loudly,
"I originally didn't want to meddle in the affairs of the court, but my dear ministers, please open your eyes and take a look.
Your Crown Prince was only punished to guard the imperial mausoleum, and he hasn't been deposed yet? And yet they are starting to make trouble one after another."
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After saying this, the Queen Mother turned around and rebuked Emperor Kun,
"Emperor, if this matter is not resolved thoroughly, there will be endless troubles!
I know my grandson well enough that he would never do such an unfilial and treasonous thing. The emperor must clear the prince's name."
"Queen Mother!"
Emperor Kun was not in a position to express his opinion, so he winked at Eunuch De.
Eunuch De understood and stepped forward to smooth things over.
"Your Highness, please take a seat and speak slowly.
The emperor just got the news, and he hasn't had time to ask questions about the dragon robe that was found in the East Palace yet!"
The Queen Mother went down the slope.
"Dezi, move the chair. I want to hear what went wrong. Who is playing the clown and causing trouble for the government?"
"Here."
Emperor Kun helped the Empress Dowager to sit down, and asked Queen Qin to stand up.
Only then did he sit back on the lofty dragon throne.
His whole body of majesty is displayed.
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"Dezi, pass the message to Li Liangdi of the Eastern Palace."
"Yes. Your Majesty."
Eunuch De quickly ordered someone to call Li Baoqi.
Her father, Li Nantong, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, was obviously uneasy. His body trembled a few times and his hands under his official uniform shook uncontrollably.
All these abnormalities were noticed by those who were interested.
At the request of the Empress Dowager, Eunuch De recounted the cause of the incident again. The Empress Dowager raised her somewhat cloudy eyes and scanned the faces of the ministers one by one with her sharp gaze.
Everyone looked serious under the Empress Dowager's intimidating gaze; no one wanted to be caught making a mistake.
There was silence in the Golden Palace.
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About an incense stick of time passed.
The captain of the guards came running over to report, sweating profusely!
But there was no Li Liangdi behind him. The chief guard bowed to Emperor Kun and said,
"Your Majesty, Li Liangdi is dead!"
"what?"
Everyone widened their eyes in surprise, thinking they had heard it wrong!
Even Emperor Kun, who was sitting on the dragon throne, sat up straight.
"died?"
The Queen Mother and the Empress had obviously not expected this either, and asked,
"Li Baoqi died? How did she die?"
Guard Captain Li bowed and said,
"Your Majesty, this is an accident. I dare not lie. It was the thunder and lightning outside the palace just now.
Who would have thought that the lightning would hit Li Liangdi and she died on the spot."
"Ah? He was struck by lightning when he was fine?"
"Is it just the thunder that sounded just now?"
The ministers looked at each other in uproar.
Even Prime Minister Xiao, who had been silent the whole time, was shocked. When he heard that Li Liangdi was struck by lightning, the word that popped into his mind was, "God's punishment." His heart couldn't help but tremble slightly.
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Emperor Kun asked,
"Are there any more casualties?"
"Reporting to the emperor, only Li Liangdi in the East Palace suffered an accident. Everyone else is intact."
After the chief guard finished speaking, not only Emperor Kun was surprised, but all the ministers were even more tense, feeling that the matter was strange and terrifying.
What the captain of the guards meant was that no one else was in any trouble, and only Li Liangdi, who had exposed the prince's rebellion, had an accident!
Everyone felt a little unbelievable as it was unexpected.
"impossible!"
Then a cry of pain was heard from the bottom of the hall. A figure suddenly rushed to the head guard, grabbed his collar and questioned him in a trembling voice,
"You? Are you saying that my daughter is dead? She was the only one among all the people who was killed by lightning?"
The chief guard took a closer look and saw that it was Li Liangdi's father, Li Nantong, the Minister of War. He did not care about his rudeness and stretched out his hand to pull the collar open.
"Master Li, please accept my condolences!"
Li Nantong looked at the serious expression on the face of Captain Li the Imperial Guard and finally became convinced that it was the truth.
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He staggered a few times, and suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Emperor Kun with tears in his eyes, and said,
"I beg Your Majesty to redress my daughter's injustice! At this critical moment, how could a healthy person just disappear like that? I don't believe it. I don't believe it!
Your Majesty, my daughter must have been murdered to silence her. I beg Your Majesty to seek justice for my daughter and punish the murderer severely. "
As he said this, he kowtowed twice, and his forehead was red and swollen. It was obvious that he loved his daughter so much that he couldn't accept it for a while!
Emperor Kun also felt that this was too bizarre, so he slowed down his voice and said,
"Lord Li, please stand up. I will investigate this matter thoroughly."
Upon hearing this, Guard Captain Li bowed and said,
"Your Majesty, I have completed my investigation and the fatal injury was indeed caused by lightning."
"Impossible! I don't believe it."
Minister Li shouted at the top of his lungs.
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At this time, a kind-hearted minister came forward to advise.
"Stand up, Lord Li. The Emperor will see everything clearly."
A few more people came forward and helped Minister Li up.
The chief guard saw that Minister Li was calmed down by the officials, so he bowed to Emperor Kun and said,
"Your Majesty, I have asked the Royal Doctor to come and examine the patient. The Royal Doctor is waiting outside the palace."
Emperor Kun nodded to Eunuch De.
Eunuch De shouted loudly,
"King Xuan's imperial physician is here."
Amid the shouts, Wang, the imperial physician, stepped forward with his medicine box on his back to greet him.
"Doctor Wang, please explain Li Liang Di's condition."
Emperor Kun said succinctly.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I have examined the cause of death of Li Liangdi, the Eastern Palace, and it is true that she was killed by lightning.
However, there were palm prints on her face and several scratches on her hands. After questioning, we learned that these were injuries from a fight with someone, but they were not fatal.
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