bookrandom Chapter 111 Forced into the Palace
Chapter 111 Forced into the Palace
The next day, Yan Zinuo was waiting outside the gate of Shengling Palace early, intending to go to court with Baili Haoxuan. Not long after Yan Zinuo arrived, Baili Haoxuan appeared in a bright yellow dragon robe, looking heroic, with cold eyebrows and handsome eyes, and the fierce aura of a generation of emperors. It seemed that the tired him in the darkness yesterday was like an illusion...
Yan Zinuo smiled gently, stepped forward, and said, "Your Majesty."
Baili Haoxuan nodded and said "Hmm" with a nasal sound, then walked forward with big strides towards the direction of the Council Hall...
(The State Council Hall)
Baili Haoxuan's personal eunuch entered the hall first. When he saw the people below, he couldn't help but feel a little shocked, but he quickly returned to normal. This matter was none of his business, so he decided to stop interfering.
As soon as Yan Zinuo entered the hall, he was a little surprised in his heart, but his face remained calm as before.
"The Emperor has arrived." He said loudly in a shrill voice. Following the eunuch's voice, Baili Haoxuan walked into the Council Hall majestically.
"Long live the emperor." Everyone below said in unison, and the voices did not echo through the council hall as loudly as before.
"My dear ministers, please stand up." Baili Haoxuan said in a low and majestic voice. However, the answer he received was not the usual "Thank you, Your Majesty." Then, he stood up and knelt.
Baili Haoxuan raised his eyebrows and looked at the ministers below, all of whom were kneeling with their heads lowered and bodies straight, not moving a muscle.
Baili Haoxuan lifted up his robe, sat upright on the dragon throne, and looked at the ministers below with a gloomy face.
The entire empty council hall was completely silent, with nothing but silence...
Baili Haoxuan curled his lips with a wicked smile, and said in a cold voice: "Does this mean to force the emperor to abdicate?" As soon as these words came out, all the ministers felt a chill down their spines, their whole bodies were cold, and cold sweat was running down their backs.
Force the emperor to abdicate. This is a crime of plotting to usurp the throne, punishing the entire clan. When they thought of how their emperor treated the royal family of Cangming three years ago, including slow slicing, dismemberment, and trampling by horses, they felt chilled to the bone.
Prime Minister Zhao was the first to stand up. He knelt and crawled forward a few steps, and said with a flattering smile: "Your Majesty, we have absolutely no such intention, but, it's just that the Queen's miscarriage is a serious matter and cannot be ignored."
In fact, Prime Minister Zhao knelt here not because he really wanted to ask for an explanation for Leng Ruoning, but on the contrary, he thought that this would give his daughter Zhao Mengdie a chance to give birth to a prince. He knelt here because he had his own little plan...
"I, didn't I say that we should discuss this matter later? How can you make a rash judgment when the matter has not been investigated clearly yet?" Baili Haoxuan said sternly.
"Your Majesty, then hand over the relevant suspects to the Ministry of Personnel for interrogation, and investigate thoroughly the people who framed the Empress." Leng Yan stepped forward and wailed in grief.
"General Leng, are you telling me what to do?" Baili Haoxuan stared at Leng Yan coldly.
"I dare not."
"You dare not, you keep saying you dare not, but what have you done? Hmm?" Baili Haoxuan said sternly. "It seems that until the real culprit is found, national affairs cannot be put on the agenda. Since you, my dear ministers, like to kneel so much, then kneel. Dismiss."
Baili Haoxuan narrowed his blue eyes, spoke in a sinister and cold tone, threw down his sleeves, and strode away.
Leng Yan was stunned. The emperor was so reckless and ignored the wishes of all the court officials. Who was this concubine...
However, Leng Yan had no way out and could only kneel down and hope...
(Fengsheng Palace)
It had been more than three days since the miscarriage. Apart from muttering, "My child... is he really gone?", Leng Ruoning had done nothing else, and did not eat or drink. Her body became increasingly thin and pale.
Zui Lu tried every possible method, from begging to threatening, and exhausting all means, but he still couldn't coax Leng Ruoning to eat anything or drink any water. If this continues, I'm afraid...
And the emperor has never set foot in Fengsheng Palace since that night, as if he had let Leng Ruoning fend for herself...
"Your Majesty, I beg you to eat something. What's going on with you?" She burst into tears after just a few words. Her eyes had been red and swollen for the past three days.
"My child... is he really gone?" In the past three days, no matter what Zui Lu said, this was always the only answer she got.
"My queen, I have already told the master, and he will make the decision for you. You can get up and eat something." Zui Lu told Leng Yan the news of the queen's miscarriage the day before. The emperor wanted to block the news, but she didn't. The young lady was so miserable, and she knew who the murderer was, but...
She couldn't help the young lady, so she just begged the master to help...
He was so drunk and green, but he didn't know that he had been used by someone with ulterior motives. There was always a force behind the scenes secretly manipulating everything...