The charming empress is too good at fishing, and the ruthless emperor has fallen

This crazy, white, fat old man is named Pan Yunqi, Xiao Ye's sub-father, and an old eunuch left over from the previous dynasty.

It was this old man who told Xiao Ye that he was the posthumous son of the former prince who escaped from the palace and lived among the people. He was a descendant of the previous royal family and wanted Xiao Ye to restore the former dynasty.

The original person had met Pan Yunqi before when he was adopted by Xiao Ye.

But he wasn't crazy yet.

Looking at it now, he has become crazy. I don’t know if he has Alzheimer’s disease or some other reason.

"How could it be? Since he is an old member of the palace, he should be taken care of. King Zhongshan is so benevolent and righteous, which is really touching. Why don't we call him over and celebrate your birthday together." At this time, Jing Shu said.

"This... the imperial concubine, it's not that the minister is unwilling, but because he is so delirious, it is easy for him to bump into the emperor and the imperial concubine." Xiao Qian frowned slightly, but did not agree.

"Well, if that's the case, well, after all, I can't force anyone to do anything."

Jing Shu said in a regretful tone and stopped mentioning the matter.

Xiao Qian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, it was already approaching noon.

To congratulate Xiao Qian on his birthday today, it was natural that the palace would invite musicians from the teaching department to come and play and sing for fun.

The guests who came to the palace have all taken their seats.

With Lu Zan and Jing Shu present, Xiao Qian, as the birthday boy, naturally could no longer take the main seat, so he sat down below Lu Zan.

When dishes are passed down from the palace, this first dish is naturally served to Lu Zan and Jing Shu first.

The emperor always had eunuchs to taste the dishes.

After each dish was tasted by the food-testing eunuch and confirmed to be correct, Wang Zhong served it to Lu Zan.

Lu Zan came to Zhongshan Prince's Mansion today, and naturally he also brought the food-tasting eunuch.

At this time, the food-testing eunuch took the lead in taking out a silver needle to check whether it was poisonous.

Xiao Qian looked relaxed.

However, the next moment, the tip of the silver needle suddenly turned black!

"Poisonous! Escort!"

When Wang Zhong saw this, his expression changed and he shouted loudly!

With just one word, the imperial guards quickly protected Lu Zan and Jing Shu in the middle.

Other officials and family members who came to attend the birthday banquet were also frightened.

"King of Zhongshan, what's going on? You actually poisoned my food? Could it be that you want to sit in my seat?" Lu Zan looked at Xiao Qian with a cold face and said.

Xiao Qian looked a little disbelieving, as if he didn't know anything about it.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen is wronged! Wei Chen didn't know that the Emperor was coming today, so how could he poison the food? If Wei Chen really wanted to murder the Emperor, how could he have prepared such a careless plan?" He came to his senses and hurriedly argued.

"You didn't know the emperor was coming, so you wouldn't have poisoned the food in advance. But then the emperor came, and it was difficult to make a complete plan in a hurry. If the emperor trusted you and didn't ask anyone to test the poison, then your conspiracy would not be possible. Did you succeed?" Jing Shu said with a sneer from the side.

Xiao Qian looked at her and frowned, momentarily doubting whether today was her plan at all.

Especially when she bumped into Pan Yunqi.

Xiao Qian knew in his heart that Jingshu had met Pan Yunqi when he was young and would most likely recognize him and then find out his identity.

At this time, the palace steward said in a panic: "Your Majesty, it's not good! The palace is surrounded by many officers and soldiers!"

"what?"

When Xiao Qian heard this, he looked at Lu Zan and Jing Shu. Is there anything he didn't understand?

What poison?

It’s just themselves!

"It turns out that today was planned by the emperor and the imperial concubine! You already know everything..."

Xiao Qian, also known as Xiao Ye, already understood that his identity was exposed.

"Since returning to the capital, I have never done anything harmful to the country or the people. Why are you unwilling to let me go?"

At this time, Xiao Ye said with an almost collapsed expression.

When Jing Shu heard what he said, a look of surprise appeared on her face.

But soon, she understood.

"It's not that I and the Emperor are unwilling to let you go, but that someone is unwilling to let you go."

As she said that, she winked at Zitang beside her.

Zitang immediately handed a note to Xiao Ye.

Xiao Ye glanced at Jing Shu, his expression still a bit sad and angry.

However, when he took the note and read it, the expression on his face changed instantly.

"The emperor and I have known your identity for a long time. The emperor has not touched you for so long, and he also likes your talent. However, it is obvious that someone does not want you to continue to be the King of Zhongshan. The writing on it , do you recognize it? Even if you don’t recognize it, you should be able to guess who around you can plan such a big thing behind your back, right?"

Jing Shu said.

This note was a secret report she had received from Jin Yiwei before.

It says that on the day of the King of Zhongshan's birthday banquet, he poisoned the officials' food and took control of all officials, and then used these officials to overthrow Lu Zan's notice.

Jing Shu had received this secret report before and felt a little unbelievable when she saw the plan written on it.

It's not that Xiao Ye doesn't have the guts, but that this plan is a bit childish.

Even if officials from all over the dynasty came to Zhongshan Palace today and were controlled by Xiao Ye, the operation of the entire Great Xia Dynasty would only cause some trouble at most, but it would not stagnate to the point where the emperor Lu Zan would step down.

After all, there are many officials down there who want to climb up, and there are countless officials from all over the country.

After meeting Pan Yunqi today, Jingshu finally figured it out.

Although it is incredible, looking at Xiao Ye's reaction of being completely kept in the dark, we can also confirm that what was said in the secret report was Pan Yunqi's idea.

Xiao Ye pretended to be Xiao Qian and was almost too happy to miss Shu.

But Pan Yunqi was an eunuch from the previous dynasty, and he cared about the previous dynasty. How could he allow Xiao Ye, who had high hopes for him, to stagnate and really be the King of Zhongshan for the rest of his life?

That's why Pan Yunqi ran out deliberately, ran up to her, and said crazy things like giving the Queen Mother a hairpin, hoping to attract her and Lu Zan's attention, and to force Xiao Ye to take action.

At this time, Xiao Ye obviously wanted to understand this.

A wry smile appeared on his face.

"My whole life, I have been harmed by Pan Yunqi..."

After saying this, he knelt directly in front of Lu Zan and lowered his head, "Can't the emperor pretend that he doesn't know anything? Since Wei Chen returned to the capital, everything he did was for the country of Daxia. For the sake of the country, I have never done anything harmful to the country... Your Majesty, I really want to be loyal to you for the rest of my life... I have never thought of anything else!"

"You don't do it now just because no matter how much you do, it won't help."

However, Lu Zan was unmoved by his words, "You haven't thought about it just because you have thought about it enough before, but nothing has been accomplished.

"You know in your heart that you cannot shake my throne, and it is impossible for Daxia to return to the previous dynasty.

"Your ambition cannot be realized, so you want to settle for the second best and be a favorite by my side...

"But don't you think about it, which of those things you have done before is not a serious crime of decapitation?"