Tragic death and rebirth, the daughter of a general poisoned the government and the country

For five consecutive days, the unrest in the capital intensified, but the palace fell into an eerie calm, like the calm before the storm.

Early in the morning of that day, half of the court officials knelt in front of the main gate of the Qianqing Palace and demanded to see Emperor Ming.

Emperor Ming had not appeared in public for many days, the court was in turmoil, unrest broke out everywhere in the capital, and the people were suffering.

Half of these court officials sincerely hoped that Emperor Ming would come forward to take charge of the situation. They were worried that if Emperor Ming did not come forward, not only the capital, but the entire Great Zhou would be in danger.

Northern Liao and the Western Regions are eyeing the Great Zhou with eager eyes. If they suddenly send troops to attack at this time and the Great Zhou is without a leader, how should it respond?

The other half of the court officials were supporters of Nan Huaishuo. They received news that Emperor Ming was seriously ill. As long as they forced Emperor Ming to come forward and confirm that he was too ill to attend court, they would support Nan Huaishuo to become the regent prince.

The two groups of people, with different purposes, all knelt in front of the Qianqing Palace and asked to see Emperor Ming.

The Queen Mother and Lady Pingyang were guarding Emperor Ming's bedside at this moment. Lady Pingyang fed Emperor Ming medicine with red eyes, but she couldn't get even a drop in. She was so anxious that she was about to cry.

Hearing the voices of the ministers outside forcing the emperor to abdicate, he felt anxious and angry.

"Mother, what should I do?"

The Queen Mother's hair had turned mostly white in a few days, her face was tired, but her eyes were still bright.

"Make them kneel until they are half dead, you won't be able to persuade these stubborn old men to leave."

The Queen Mother looked at Emperor Ming's pale and blue face and was filled with hatred. She had never imagined that someone would be so bold as to poison Emperor Ming!

"Did the Yulin Guards find any clues?"

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, we have found some clues. We have found out that the poison comes from the East Wu Kingdom. There is a detoxification pill sold by Baibai Caotang in the capital that can temporarily suppress the poison. The Imperial Hospital is researching the detoxification pill. After confirming that there is no problem, it will be given to Your Majesty to take."

The old nanny beside the Queen Mother replied in a low voice.

East Witch Country!

Well, this tiny country has been behaving well for so many years and finally its true colors are revealed!

"Mother, there is no one in charge of the court right now. Even if we persuade these court officials to leave, the capital will still be in turmoil..."

Miss Pingyang looked at the Queen Mother hesitantly, and the Queen Mother understood what she meant.

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs. Not to mention that I don't have this intention, even the court officials will not accept it."

"What should I do?"

"The fifth prince is in prison, and the seventh prince has just come of age. The lack of a prince capable of taking on important responsibilities is the root cause of the unrest."

The Queen Mother pondered for a moment, thinking about who should go out to calm the court officials and stabilize the government.

Just then, a eunuch came to report.

"Your Highness, the guards at the South Gate have sent word that Prince Jin has returned to the capital!"

"Why is he back?!"

Princess Pingyang stood up in shock and looked at the Queen Mother in disbelief.

"Did the Queen Mother call him back?"

The Queen Mother shook her head with a stern face. She didn't dare to think about what the purpose of Prince Jin's return was at this time, but she had to deal with it immediately.

"Send it to the Prince of Jin."

Half an hour later, Nan Rongjing came out of the palace and rode his horse all the way towards the south gate of the capital.

In the south of the capital, the city gates were closed early at this moment, and the guards on the gates were watching the man and horse outside the city with vigilance as if they were facing a great enemy.

"Open the door and let me out."

Seeing who was coming, the guards were a little wary, "Your Highness, the Prince of Jin, it is a serious crime for the prince to return to the capital without being recalled. Even if you come, we cannot open the door."

"I am going to meet my father on the orders of the Queen Mother. Do you dare to stop me?"

Upon hearing that it was the Queen Mother's order, the guards had no choice but to open the door.

The huge and wide city gate slowly opened from the middle like a stone wall. Two people standing inside and outside the gate looked at each other from a distance on horseback.

After a moment, Nan Rongjing squeezed the horse's belly and the horse slowly ran towards King Jin.

The appearance of the Prince of Jin has not changed much in more than ten years, except that he has some white hair on his temples and wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. At first glance, he still looks as handsome as before.

"Father, why did you come back so suddenly?"

Nan Rongjing asked with a frown, if the Prince of Jin had not returned to the capital alone, everyone would have believed that he was a traitor who came to attack the capital.

The Queen Mother was extremely wise. The reason why she asked Nan Rongjing to come in person to inquire was because she was sure that the Prince of Jin had no intention of rebelling.

The Prince of Jin had been traveling for days and his face was tired, but his tone was excited.

"Jing'er, I found clues about your mother!"

Nan Rongjing was very surprised, "What clue?"

"Your mother, she may not be dead!"

!!!

Nan Rongjing stood there in a daze, shocked and angry, the veins on his neck bulging instantly.

"What the hell are you talking about?! My mother is dead. She died twenty years ago!"

"No! I didn't lie to you. I found a secret guard sent by the king of Dongwu Kingdom to assassinate your mother. He said that they found her trace near the capital. When they were fighting with the guards around your mother, a group of people in black brocade clothes fell from the sky and killed them all. That man pretended to be dead and saved his life. It took him many years to escape all the way from Da Zhou back to Dongwu Kingdom..."

It was the survival of this secret guard that made the king and high priest of the East Witch Kingdom know that Xuan Yue might be in the capital of the Great Zhou.

Nan Rongjing's eyes were red. He didn't believe that his mother was not dead, nor did he want to believe it.

His mother is not dead but she hasn't shown up for twenty years. For Nan Rongjing, he would rather she had died long ago!

"So what? Mother's rescue at that time does not mean that those people would come to rescue her when she was assassinated in the mansion later!"

"They can! Do you know what is embroidered on their black brocade clothes? Golden pythons!"

Nan Rongjing was suddenly speechless, his hands tightly gripping the reins and shaking constantly.

The black robe is embroidered with a golden python. This is the service of the inner guards!

Emperor Ming, it is Emperor Ming...

On the day when his mother died, the second force that appeared in Prince Jin's Mansion was actually Emperor Ming's inner guards!

This was the first time that Nan Rongjing lost his composure. He wanted to cover his ears and stop listening to what Prince Jin said, but he couldn't do it.

"No, that's not possible. It can't be like this. You closed the coffin and sent mother to Huangling with your own hands. How could she still be alive?"

Prince Jin was also very sad when he saw Nan Rongjing who was on the verge of collapse.

"The secret guard who survived that year said that they had two plans..."

If they can capture Xuan Yue and take back the Gold-Eating Gu and the Holy Spirit Talisman, it won't matter whether Xuan Yue lives or dies in the end.

But if a special situation arises and they cannot kill Xuan Yue easily, they will secretly use a fake death drug to abduct her, and then find a way to find the whereabouts of the two holy objects.

Obviously, if they killed Xuan Yue, who had become the Princess of Junjin by then, it would not be something that a few secret guards could handle, so they disguised themselves as horse bandits and robbed Xuan Yue's convoy, intending to kidnap her if they could, or take the opportunity to give her a drug that made her appear dead if they couldn't.

If they later used fake death drugs to make everyone mistakenly believe that Princess Jin was dead, then Xuan Yue might still be alive now!

"If you hadn't come to see me this time and lent me a few shadow guards, I might have had to search for a few more years before I could find the secret guard from that year."

King Jin shook his head helplessly.

"I didn't want to believe it either, so I went back to Beijing in person just to get to the bottom of it!"

Prince Jin looked firmly towards the direction of the imperial palace with a complicated expression.

"I want to personally ask my respected brother whether he has ever taken my brother's wife away from me!"

If Xuan Yue was still alive, he would ask her if she still remembered the oath she made with him, and why she had never seen him once in all these years...

A tear fell from the corner of King Jin's eye.