bookrandom Chapter 1189 Your Majesty, Alas!
Chapter 1189 Your Majesty, Alas!
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty..." Seeing her heartbroken appearance, Imperial Physician Zhang couldn't bear it and quickly tried to comfort her, "Your Majesty, please...please accept my condolences...oh no, please don't be so hasty."
"His Highness... he has only fallen into a coma temporarily because his mental energy has been overexerted, causing his blood and qi to flow in reverse."
"As long as... as long as he can rest properly for a while, he should... he should be fine."
Although Physician Zhang's words were somewhat hesitant, they were like a shot in the arm, instantly giving Murong Yan, who had been plunged into endless darkness, a glimmer of hope!
"Really...really?" She suddenly raised her head, her phoenix eyes, already blurred with tears, staring intently at Physician Zhang. "You're not lying to me? My husband...he really can wake up?"
"This old minister...this old minister dares not deceive Your Majesty," Physician Zhang hurriedly said, "However...this time, the prince has suffered a fundamental injury. Even if he can wake up, I'm afraid...I'm afraid he will need a long period of recuperation. Moreover, during this period, he must not use his internal energy again, nor can he overwork himself."
"I don't care!" Murong Yan's voice was resolute. "As long as he wakes up! I'd rather not let him worry about anything! I'd give my life for him!"
She turned her head and looked again at the man on the bed, who was still unconscious.
A glint of unprecedented determination and resolve flashed in his eyes!
"Husband, don't worry."
"From today onwards, it's my turn to protect you."
"Before you wake up, I will bear all the storms and hardships of this country alone!"
"Whether it's that 'East India Company' or that 'Nihilist Party'!"
"As long as I, Murong Yanyan, am here!"
"Don't even think about harming a single hair on your head!"
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Lin Zhen's sudden coma was like a massive earthquake, instantly creating a huge uproar in the entire Daqian court.
No one expected that their regent, who was like a god and invincible, would fall.
In an instant, all sorts of speculations and rumors began to quietly spread over Chang'an.
Some say that the prince exhausted himself trying to break the curse on that Western Region demoness.
Some say that the prince was seriously injured in a battle of wits with the "nihilists" from afar.
Some even said that the prince's achievements overshadowed the emperor's, and he had been punished by heaven.
Some discordant voices began to emerge in the imperial court.
Some remnants of powerful clans and aristocratic families, who had been forcibly suppressed by Lin Zhen and Murong Yan with ruthless methods, and those ambitious individuals with ulterior motives, began to stir.
They thought that with Lin Zhen down, their opportunity had arrived.
However, they all misjudged one person.
That's Murong Yan.
All they saw was her in Lin Zhen's arms, a delicate and fragile little woman.
But they forgot that she was also a ruthless empress with decisive and powerful methods!
The day after Lin Zhen fell into a coma.
Murong Yan appeared at the morning court session of Taiji Hall with a thunderous force that no one had expected.
She was still wearing the same phoenix-adorned dress, but now she wore a black and gold shawl that was more solemn and austere than ever before.
She sat upright on that high phoenix chair, her exquisitely beautiful face as cold as ice that had never melted, without the slightest expression.
Those beautiful phoenix eyes were filled with a chilling killing intent that made people afraid to look directly at them!
She looked at the officials below the prince, each with their own hidden agendas, and her voice was as cold as a judgment from the deepest hell.
"I know what some of you are thinking."
"You think that your chance has come now that the prince has fallen?"
"Do you think that without the prince, I am just a weak woman who can be manipulated at your will?"
"Today, I will show you clearly."
"Who, in the end, is the true master of this country?"
She slammed her hand on the armrest of the dragon throne and shouted sharply!
"Somebody come!"
"Bring Zhang Heng, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Li Mao, the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Wang Chong, the Junior Prefect of the Capital Prefecture, here!"
With Murong Yan's icy shout.
The entire Taiji Hall fell into a deathly silence.
All the civil and military officials looked at the three officials whose names had been called with disbelief.
They never expected that His Majesty's first strike would be aimed at them!
These three people, though not holding high official positions, were all important pawns planted in key departments by established families in the court.
They often acted hypocritically and formed cliques for personal gain, relying on the backing of others.
However, they did it very discreetly, making it impossible for anyone to find any substantial evidence against them.
But now, His Majesty has actually named them directly in front of the entire court!
Is it...
A terrifying thought instantly flooded everyone's minds.
The three officials whose names were called were terrified; their faces turned ashen, and they trembled like leaves.
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty...I'm...I've been wronged!"
Zhang Heng, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was the first to react. He knelt down with a thud and cried out that he was innocent.
"Your Majesty, I am utterly loyal to the Great Qian Dynasty, and even more so to Your Majesty! I do not know... I do not know what crime I have committed?"
"Yes, Your Majesty! You...you mustn't listen to slander and wrong an innocent person!"
Li Mao, the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Wang Chong, the Junior Magistrate of the Capital Prefecture, also hurriedly knelt down, each putting on an aggrieved expression, even more wronged than Dou E.
However, Murong Yan remained completely unmoved by their clumsy performance.
She simply looked at them with a cold, lifeless gaze, as if they were already dead.
Then he picked up a file from the imperial desk, which had been presented overnight by Zhao Wuji, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
“Zhang Heng,” she began slowly, her voice icy and devoid of any emotion, “In the sixth year of Yong’an, you accepted 30,000 taels of silver from salt merchants in Jiangnan to seek personal gain for them in the selection of officials in the Ministry of Personnel.”
"In the seventh year of Yong'an, you secretly colluded with the northern tribes and leaked the military secrets of our Great Qian Dynasty, causing thousands of our soldiers in the northern frontier to die tragically on the battlefield."
"In the eighth year of Yong'an, which is not long ago, you exchanged letters with that Jiangnan rebel Kong Zhiqian, intending to cooperate from within and without to overthrow my Great Qian Dynasty!"
"Every single case is irrefutable evidence!"
"You dare to say you're innocent?!"
Every word Murong Yan said was like a heavy hammer blow, striking Zhang Heng's heart hard!
He knelt on the ground, his once handsome face now completely drained of color, deathly pale.
He can't understand!
He did all of these things flawlessly!
Even his master didn't know!
How...how did Her Majesty know?!