PFC Chapter 464 Siege
Chapter 464 Siege
Why is Eunuch Wei here?
Seeing Hua Yi's panicked face, Granny Shi snorted coldly.
"You really don't know?"
"Let me ask you, why did you refuse when Eunuch Wei sent someone to deliver a letter to the princess?"
Upon hearing this, Hua Yi muttered softly, "This servant doesn't know that young eunuch. I only thought he was impersonating Eunuch Wei, that's why..."
"Hmph! What a sharp tongue you have!"
Aunt Huayi, do you still remember me?
Then, Eunuch Wei walked out from behind the Princess.
"Wei, you are Eunuch Wei!"
"Hehe, so Auntie still remembers this old servant."
Princess, on that day the Emperor ordered Eunuch Huai to intercept the Princess in Mei Lane.
I sent Xiaosongzi to Huaixin Garden to deliver a message, but Xiaosongzi waited outside for three whole hours and still couldn't see you, Aunt.
If the princess hadn't been clever enough to escape beforehand, you probably wouldn't be able to bear the consequences!
"Your Highness, I didn't know. If I had known it was such an important matter, I would never have refused to see that young eunuch..."
"Hmph! I think you're not unaware of the situation, but rather you're just taking advantage of the princess's power to enjoy yourself in the capital!"
Granny Shi's words terrified Hua Yi, making her pale with fright.
"Your Highness, this servant has none."
The reason I accepted the invitations from the ladies of the court was simply so that I could establish good relations with the Princess when she returned to the Princess's residence in the future. That's really all..."
"To help the princess build connections?"
Hearing Hua Yi's words, the eldest princess, who had been listening silently, finally spoke up.
Her stern gaze swept over Hua Yi, who was cowering in fear.
"Hua Yi, Hua Yi, I originally thought you were just a bit playful, but I never expected you to be so ambitious!"
My daughter has never been noble, and I need a lowly maid like you to pull strings for me.
That's a joke! That's the biggest joke I've ever heard!
"Your Highness, this servant..."
Seeing the princess laughing maniacally, Hua Yi felt more than just fear.
"Guards! Drag this vile woman away and beat her to death with sticks!"
"Your Highness, please spare me! This servant will never dare to do it again..."
No matter how hysterically Hua Yi cried out, no one pleaded for her.
After dealing with this matter, the eldest princess looked at Eunuch Wei.
How are things going on your end?
"Your Highness, when this old servant came out, the Emperor had already retired for the night..."
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
"Enter!"
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened! The Emperor... has passed away!"
royal palace.
Wang Zhi led a group of people to guard the entrance of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
"You, Seventh Prince! The Emperor dotes on you the most, yet you dare to poison him..."
"Mother, it wasn't me who did it, it wasn't me..."
The seventh prince, blushing, kept shaking his head as the Queen Mother pressed him with questions.
"Who else could it be but you? You were the only one who came tonight. The imperial physician also examined him. His Majesty's illness was caused by the medicinal food that was sent to him..."
Medicinal food?
I didn't bring the medicinal food myself; Xiao Liu asked me to bring it.
Looking at Emperor Mingcheng sleeping peacefully with his eyes closed on the bed, the Seventh Prince anxiously searched for Xiao Liuzi's figure in the crowd.
"Little Liu, Little Liu, where are you?"
When he couldn't find Xiao Liuzi, the Seventh Prince panicked.
"Mother, Crown Prince, the medicinal meal wasn't brought by me. It was Xiao Liu who asked me to bring it. You must believe me..."
"Is that so? You said it was someone named Xiao Liuzi who asked you to deliver it. Well, I'd like to see if you're telling the truth."
The Empress looked at Eunuch Wei, who remained silent to the side.
"Eunuch Wei, as the chief eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, have you ever heard of this eunuch named Xiao Liuzi?"
"Your Majesty, I have not heard of such a thing!"
"You, you're lying!"
The Seventh Prince glared angrily at Eunuch Wei. He was the one who had asked Xiao Liu to wake him up so he could feed his father the medicine, but now he was denying it.
"If the Seventh Prince does not believe me, he can have the Empress summon Eunuch Lin, who is in charge of palace affairs, and then he will know whether this old servant is lying or not!"
"No, I don't believe you. You must be in cahoots..."
The seventh prince ran to the bedside and shook the person on the bed vigorously.
"Father, wake up! Tell Mother I didn't kill you! Your son didn't kill you!"
"Enough! You poisoned the Emperor, do you want your father to suffer even in death?"
The Empress looked at Wang Zhi.
"Commander Wang, what is the punishment for the Seventh Prince's plot to assassinate the Emperor?"
"Your Majesty, the crime of regicide is punishable by death!"
"Very well, if that's how it is, guards, take the Seventh Prince to prison first, and execute him after the Emperor's funeral is over!"
Upon hearing that the Empress wanted to execute him, the Seventh Prince was so frightened that he fled immediately.
"Crown Prince, Crown Prince, please save me! I really didn't poison Father..."
Hearing the Seventh Prince's pitiful pleas for help, the Crown Prince couldn't bear it and said, "Mother, my seventh brother has been dull-witted since childhood. Perhaps it really wasn't him who poisoned him..."
"Your Highness, you're foolish!"
Now all the evidence points to your seventh brother. Do you want your mother to absolve him of his faults?
"If you really let him go, your father's spirit in heaven will probably not rest in peace!"
Seeing that the Crown Prince could not save him, the Seventh Prince turned to Eunuch Wei.
"Eunuch Wei, please tell Commander Wang to release me! You know I didn't poison the medicinal food..."
Seeing the Seventh Prince being captured by Wang Zhi's men, Eunuch Wei sighed and said, "Seventh Prince, the evidence is now irrefutable, and this old servant can do nothing to plead for you. You should just accept it!"
The only thing to blame is the seventh prince's bad luck.
Even if he manages to escape the first day of the month, he probably won't escape the fifteenth.
After all, even without the empress, she would be the eldest princess today.
That's right, the Seventh Prince was just an unlucky tool being used by others.
Now that the Emperor is dead, the Seventh Prince can only go to be buried with him!
"No, I didn't do it! I don't want to die! Waaah..."
Seeing the pitiful scene of the Seventh Prince being dragged away by the guards, everyone present was still shaken.
But how could the Empress care about other people's feelings? She looked at Eunuch Wei standing to the side.
"Eunuch Wei, I presume you know what to do next without me having to explain it to you?"
Eunuch Wei stepped forward two steps and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, this old servant understands..."
"Very well, since you know, then the Crown Prince and I will wait!"
As the Empress and the Crown Prince walked out of the main hall, Eunuch Wei led a group of people to bid them a loud send-off.
"Respectfully seeing off Her Majesty the Empress, respectfully seeing off the Crown Prince!"
child time.
Just as the Empress finished washing up and was about to rest, she heard horns sounding outside the city, followed by deafening booms all around the capital.
"Granny Chang, what's that sound?"
The old woman serving outside was so startled that she jumped up.
"Your Majesty, this sounds like the sounds of a siege!"
Upon hearing about the attack on the city, the empress rubbed her aching forehead.
With the emperor having just died and the crown prince about to ascend the throne, who would attack the city at this time?
"Oh no, it's Lu Hanting!"
outside the city.
When news of the emperor's death spread, Lu Hanting, who had been hesitant, immediately issued the order to attack the city.
These people emerged from all directions, surging towards the capital.