When the emperor was assassinated in Cui Mansion, Cai Xinghai was responsible for the external alert that day, which had nothing to do with the assassins who had already been infiltrated into the mansion. Even so, he was still under interrogation before he gained the trust of Empress Dowager Cining and his official position was to select five guards from the guard camp to send them to Cining Palace.

All five of them have practiced internal skills, and in name they want to protect the queen mother, but their real task is to heal the emperor.

The three imperial doctors were finally temporarily liberated, but they were not pardoned and were denounced by Empress Dowager Cining.

"Your Majesty's symptoms have been on for many days. Why haven't you explained the situation early?"

The three imperial doctors kowtowed and apologized, and the first imperial doctor was the most responsible, so he had to explain, "I, I am not an expert in treating such internal injuries, and I really didn't expect... Your Majesty... would have practiced internal skills."

Empress Dowager Cining didn't expect it, but she still attributed the responsibility to the imperial doctor, "Aren't you a miracle doctor who claims to cure all diseases? You can't even think of such a thing? If your Majesty is nothing, you will escape the disaster. If you make a mistake in diagnosis, even if there is a little problem, you will not be able to escape the death penalty."

The imperial doctor had no choice but to kowtow and dared not defend himself.

Five guards arrived one after another, each of whom had to go through three searches and met the queen mother alone. When they heard that they were going to treat the emperor's internal injuries, they were all shocked.

After seeing it, the five people had different attitudes, either affirmative, cautious, or hesitant, but the conclusions were similar, which coincided with the judgment of the imperial physician: the emperor was indeed ▼t, internal breathing was chaotic.

The Queen Mother finally believed it.

The three imperial doctors were called again and gathered with the five guards to discuss the safest and most effective way to heal.

Shortly after noon, the healing began. Two guards gently raised the emperor, one guard massaged the acupoints around the emperor to help him restore his internal breathing operation. Two guards were on standby and took turns to replace his companions.

Treating internal injuries is like sorting out a mess. The most important thing is to be impatient and confused. They can only do it little by little. They expect it to take a whole day to achieve initial results and at least three days to have obvious results.

The three imperial doctors prescribed health medicines to cooperate with the healing of injuries. They also had an important responsibility to explain the healing process to Queen Mother Cining clearly, so that she would not be anxious, especially to not be suspicious.

"During the healing period, or when there is danger, I hope the Empress Dowager should not worry, the eight of us work together..."

Empress Dowager Cining said coldly: "I only look at the final result."

With this sentence, the imperial doctor and the guards were satisfied.

Empress Dowager Cining personally supervised for a while, and a resting guard reminded carefully: "The Empress Dowager is so powerful that it is not conducive to healing."

Empress Dowager Cining snorted. Even if she didn't understand martial arts, she knew that this was nonsense. With her present, the guards were too nervous.

She sent two eunuchs from her confidants and a palace maid to stay, left herself, rested for a while, and decided to summon Meng E.

Meng E was tied up with her hands and brought in by four female guards. After kneeling down to Empress Dowager Cining, she was allowed to get up.

When I saw the real person, Empress Cining was a little surprised and a little disappointed. It turned out that Meng E was not a beautiful woman. She was only ordinary in terms of appearance, and she was obviously older than the emperor. Although she kowtowed to pay tribute according to the rules, her face looked lonely and arrogant, and she was not as humble and cautious as a palace servant.

The emperor actually favored such a woman. Queen Mother Cining couldn't think of a reason, so she looked Meng E up and down several times and asked directly: "Your Majesty has you been here?"

When ordinary women are asked about this kind of thing, they usually blush, but Meng E's face does not change and shakes her head: "No."

"If I find out that you are not a virgin..."

Meng E finally showed a hint of shyness on her face, "I am willing to be punished."

Queen Mother Cining would not do this, but she was becoming more and more curious, "Who is the emperor's internal strength?"

"I."

"Why did you do this?"

Meng E was silent for a while, "When His Majesty entered the palace and proclaimed himself emperor for the first time, he had nothing. I hope he could have a skill."

"Internal function?"

"Even if you can't save yourself, you won't be able to fight back."

Queen Mother Cining finally understood a little reason. She could imagine how lonely and fearful the child was during his time as a puppet in the palace. This woman took advantage of the situation and the needle given to the emperor at that time can now be worth a thousand gold.

She had a little more trust in Meng E, and waved her hand and signaled the palace maid to untie the rope.

Meng E rubbed her wrists without thanking her.

"Without internal strength, there will be no internal energy confusion. Your internal strength will harm Your Majesty." Empress Dowager Cining felt that everyone was responsible for the emperor's situation.

"Yunmengze Assassin is very skilled in martial arts. If His Majesty had not practiced his internal skills, he would have been killed at that time."

Empress Dowager Cining snorted in her heart. This woman is very brave, and the so-called observing the rules is just superficial skill.

"Where are you staying with His Majesty now?"

"Ordinary palace maid."

Empress Dowager Cining asked the female official who stood on the side, "Is her name in the palace booklet?"

The female official had already investigated Meng E and immediately replied: "Meng E used to belong to Jianqian Camp. She was removed from the list a few months ago and looked up the palace books, but she was not named."

"Your Majesty is so careless that he actually forgot to give the palace maids around him a name," said Empress Dowager Cining.

Meng E thought this was not a problem, so she didn't answer.

"Since you have nothing to do with the assassin, who is helping the assassin?"

"Han Chou." Meng E has no hidden secrets of Jing Yao.

"Many people say bad things about him, but they can't come up with evidence. Do you have any evidence?"

"If evidence is needed, why should the Empress Dowager detain all the people in both palaces?"

Empress Dowager Cining was furious. She was no longer the little maid of the past, nor the beauty Wang who was hiding. She was the biological mother of the current empress dowager, the emperor's biological mother. This woman who didn't even have the name in the palace book dared to question her decision.

"What are the benefits of assassinating the emperor to Han Chou? For so long, he has been pleased with me. Is it just to cover up the assassination?"

Meng E shook her head, "Han Chou really pleased the queen mother at the beginning, hoping to use this to please the emperor and stay in Luoyang forever. The queen mother was deceived, but His Majesty did not. She secretly arranged to punish Han Chou. For Yunmengze's qi lookout, Han Chou was dissatisfied. This was a ready-made 'going with the flow', so she came to her door and the two sides hit it off."

Empress Dowager Cining became more and more angry and forced herself to hold it back, "But Han Chou handed over the qi-seeker named Saint Military Advisor."

"That's because the whereabouts of the Holy Military Advisor have been exposed. Han Chou must do this. The Holy Military Advisor voluntarily sacrificed, but even in prison, he was helping Han Chou get rid of the suspicion."

"These are all your guesses."

"The Holy Military Advisor is from the Jianghu, so do I. I have seen him and know his character, and His Majesty will believe me."

Empress Dowager Cining couldn't bear it anymore, "Take it down."

Meng E was taken back to her original place, and no rope was tied to her hands.

Queen Mother Cining didn't like Meng E at all, but after being angry, she still thought about Meng E's words carefully.

The eunuch who was guarding the emperor's room would come to report the situation every once in a while. At dusk, he brought good news. The emperor's face was not so red, and he closed his eyes and slept for a while. Five guards were resting.

Empress Dowager Cining felt a little relieved, and gradually calmed down and began to reflect on her behavior in the past few days. If she hadn't had her reaction too fiercely and forced all parties too hard, Meng E would have healed the emperor, and even the imperial doctor would not have had any guesses but would not have dared to say it out.

As for Han Chou, it is still difficult for Empress Dowager Cining to accept the conclusion that he is a treacherous minister. Han Chou must have been greedy for many bribes, otherwise he would not have been able to give so many valuable gifts to the Wang family, but he was both stupid and timid, and no matter how he looked, he didn't look like someone who dared to participate in the assassination.

After nightfall, Empress Dowager Cining was unable to rest and sent someone to summon Jingyao.

Jing Yao was locked in the prison in the palace and was soon taken in. He had experienced ups and downs these days. Even people like him who were experiencing wind and rain felt dizzy and weak all over. As soon as he entered the house, he collapsed on the ground.

"Tell me everything you know about Han Chou." Empress Dowager Cining ordered.

Jing Yao was unclear, but he dared not hide it anymore, and told all the situations he found. These things still cannot prove that Han Chou is directly related to the sect. However, everything he did, causing the merchant to destroy the IOU, hand over the Holy Military Advisor, etc., was reducing the emperor's vigilance.

Empress Dowager Cining was speechless. At this time, she had to admit that Han Chou was indeed suspicious. Everyone else saw it, but she was the only one who was confused.

She did not want to admit her mistake in front of the eunuch, so she ordered someone to take Jing Yao away, but was still imprisoned. She called a female official and drafted a decree. She would summon Han Chou tomorrow morning and ask in person.

It was getting late and it was inconvenient to leave the palace. I ordered me to stay on the table and send it out tomorrow morning.

For Han Chou, it was a sleepless night. During the day, the interrogation of Meng E was over and over. He felt that the direction of the wind was changing, so he used all the relationships in the palace to inquire about Empress Dowager Cining's every move.

Five guards, Meng E and Jing Yao were summoned to Cining Palace one after another, and Han Chou all received the news. What made him most frightened was that the rumor was that the emperor might wake up.

All his plans were based on the fact that the emperor would never wake up again. Once the emperor could speak, the first thing was probably to arrest him.

Han Chou thought about it and felt that he could not just sit there and wait for death. He immediately left the mansion and went to see the prime minister first to express his ambition. After being turned away, the prime minister had already rested and did not accept outsiders.

He went to find the merchants again, and the merchants were very willing to see him. They opened their mouths and asked when they could compensate for the losses. They had the conditions to burn the IOU, and they all stammered when talking about other things.

Han Chou made an excuse to leave the guild hall and wanted to inquire about the movements in the palace again, but he could no longer find anyone to pass the message. Those people either stayed behind closed doors or claimed that they could not enter the palace too late.

Han Chou finally realized that he was desperate, and he had to leave the capital, return to Luoyang, return to his territory, where his family was his power, and there was also the opportunity to fight back.

The next morning, the emperor finally woke up, still weak, but could speak. The first person he was looking for was not Empress Dowager Cining, Han Chou, the queen, or many confidants.

"Call Cui Tenglai."

(To be continued today.) (To be continued.)
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