The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Chapter 627: Force the palace to rebel

That night, Jiang Suining and Shen Yanxi arranged for people to secretly guard the Jiang family to prevent any accidents from happening.

At the same time, Shen Yanxi also sent some people to keep an eye on the prison to prevent Xiao Yi from taking the opportunity to do something. However, on the surface, Xiao Yi stayed in the prison honestly, and it seemed that there was no problem and everything was calm.

But anyone who has some understanding of the court situation can probably sense that beneath this calm lies a turbulent sea, perhaps just waiting for the opportunity to erupt.

Wandering, enduring, waiting... Two days passed very slowly amid everyone's speculation and anxiety.

In the palace, Emperor Xiao was still in a coma. Although New Year's Eve was just around the corner, no one dared to show the slightest joy about the coming of the new year.

The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

At nightfall, the moonlight was so dim that it was almost invisible to the naked eye. When I looked up at the night sky, it was pitch black with only a few stars scattered on the dark sky, emitting lonely dim and cold light.

It was already late at night when Empress Shi came out of Emperor Xiao's bedroom. She ordered the eunuchs and palace maids at the door to guard it well and still not allow anyone to visit, and then she returned to her own bedroom.

After washing up, Queen Shi lay down on the bed. Just as she was about to fall asleep in a trance, the palace door that had been closed was opened from the inside.

As the first exclamation sounded, increasingly loud noises broke the silence of the night.

The burning torches, along with the panic of the palace servants, illuminated the entire night, and the few scattered stars in the sky disappeared in the firelight.

The festive palace lanterns and red silks that were originally hung up for New Year's Eve now seemed to add a thrilling bloody color to the entire palace.

The eunuchs and palace maids who were on night duty had no idea what was happening, and they were all controlled and driven away by the imperial guards and locked up in one place.

The Royal Guards, who were already familiar with all the situations in the palace, took control of the entire palace at the fastest speed.

When Empress Shi was alarmed, the palace was already in chaos.

She hurried to the outside of Emperor Xiao's bedroom, but before she entered, she heard footsteps behind her.

Turning her head and looking back, Empress Shi saw Concubine Cheng standing in front of everyone, and standing next to her was Lou Zhen, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guards who was in charge of guarding the palace.

Queen Shi's heart trembled violently. On the one hand, she was surprised at how fast they moved, and on the other hand, she looked at Lou Zhen in disbelief.

Suppressing her surprise, Empress Shi reprimanded with a cold face: "Commander Lou, do you know what you are doing!"

"Your Majesty, as the commander of the Imperial Guards, I am responsible for the safety of the entire palace. I am here to save you."

Lou Zhen was about 40 years old, with a scar extending from his left cheek to his nose bone, and a pair of sharp eyes. He had fought in the battlefield in his early years and made many contributions. Two years ago, he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guards, responsible for guarding the entire palace.

"What a joke! What do you mean by saving the emperor? It seems to me that you are here to force the emperor to abdicate and commit rebellion!" Queen Shi frowned and looked at Lou Zhen.

She really didn't expect that Lou Zhen would be in cahoots with Concubine Cheng and the others.

Lou Zhen's younger brother Lou Ming had died before at the hands of Concubine Cheng's mother's family, so there should be no mutual incompatibility between them.

"Lou Zhen, have you forgotten how your brother died? You actually stood with the Cheng family."

Lou Zhen's expression was reflected in the firelight, a mixture of light and dark, serious and cold, but without the slightest guilt.

"Empress, it doesn't matter how my brother died. What matters is that you wanted to murder the emperor. As the commander of the imperial guards, I must protect him."

The nanny beside Empress Shi's face suddenly changed when she heard this. "This is simply nonsense. It is obvious that you are trying to force the palace to rebel, and you even dare to throw dirty water on the Empress!"

Concubine Cheng stood beside Lou Zhen. From the moment she saw Empress Shi, her eyes had been fixed on her, filled with contempt, amusement and excitement that was difficult to conceal.

Hearing what the nanny said, Concubine Cheng laughed. Amid the flickering firelight and the blood-red palace lanterns, her laughter was faintly creepy.

She had delicate makeup, her eyebrows slanting into her temples were slightly raised, and there was pride in her eyes.

"Empress, now that things have come to this, you should just admit everything. The emperor's sudden coma was clearly caused by you. You poisoned the emperor, and you didn't allow anyone to visit the emperor because you were worried that the truth would be discovered."

Queen Shi's eyebrows twitched, a dark color flashed across her eyes quickly, and then anger rose again.

"Cheng Qingshuang, it is a fact that you colluded with the commander of the Imperial Guards to force the emperor to abdicate and rebel. Do you think you can cover up the truth by putting the blame on me?"

"Why not?" Concubine Cheng asked slowly, her eyes swept around everyone around her, and she spoke without hesitation, "Queen, everything is under my control now, even your life and the lives of the slaves around you are in my hands. As long as you die, who will know the truth?"

The historian's pen has always been in the hands of the victor.

Empress Shi poisoned the emperor, and was discovered by himself, so he joined forces with the Imperial Guards to capture the empress. Unfortunately, the emperor was too deeply poisoned, and before his death, he left a verbal order to appoint Yi'er as the crown prince, and then passed away...

This will be the truth recorded in history books and the truth heard by all the people.

"You are dreaming! Even if you really kill me and the emperor tonight, those court officials will never easily believe the lies you made up. And you, Lou Zhen!"

Queen Shi shifted her gaze to Lou Zhen and continued speaking in a raised voice.

"As the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, you have the emperor's trust and originally had a bright future. I really don't understand why you would associate with traitors and do such disloyal and unjust things that anger heaven and man!"

Empress Shi's words were full of condemnation, but Lou Zheng, who had come this far, was naturally unmoved. As for Concubine Cheng, she laughed out loud once again.

"Are you trying to stall for time by saying this nonsense now, Queen? Do you think there are still some variables, or are you hoping that someone among the court officials will show up to save you?"

Concubine Cheng raised her eyebrows, deliberately showing a thoughtful look.

"Let me think about it. If there is anyone among the court officials who can show up, it would probably be Prime Minister Shen. But..."

Concubine Cheng stretched out her voice, and her tone suddenly changed. Her slightly narrowed eyes revealed the pride and mockery of a winner, and she continued word by word.

"It's just a pity that even if Shen Yanxi and the others got the news, they probably wouldn't be able to enter the palace alive!"

After all, Yier was already waiting for them on the road!