Chapter 367 Assassination

"What do you think?" Xuanying's dagger suddenly stabbed towards Emperor Qingyuan's chest.

Suddenly, he felt his whole body go limp and the dagger in his hand fell.

Emperor Qingyuan's eyes suddenly turned cold. He stood up from his chair and sneered.

"Your plan is indeed perfect, but unfortunately, I only took half of the pill, and the edict was poisoned."

After Emperor Qingyuan discovered that he was impotent due to excessive indulgence, he realized that there was something wrong with the elixir.

So he immediately pretended to be critically ill to lure out the people who wanted to kill him.

Xuanying gritted his teeth and looked at Emperor Qingyuan.

Emperor Qingyuan laughed, "Your father died in my hands, but you, a little kid, can still turn the tables!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his body suddenly collapsed to the ground and he failed to get up several times.

Emperor Qingyuan's head buzzed and he looked at Xuanying.

Xuanying sneered, "The furry kid will definitely live longer than you."

He poisoned Emperor Qingyuan just after he finished writing the edict.

Emperor Qingyuan was completely unable to move or speak. Fortunately, when he sensed danger while lying on the dragon bed, he pressed the distress signal.

The royal guards will arrive soon.

The second prince, who had sent Eunuch Li away, came in from outside when he heard the noise. He saw Xuanying sitting on the ground, and then looked at his father who was leaning against the table motionlessly.

He slowly approached, wrapped a cloth strip around his hand, leaned over and took the imperial edict from Xuanying's hand.

"Thank you." The second prince looked at Xuanying.

It turned out that he was his cousin Chu Yi. He naively believed that Xuanying came to seek revenge on his father because his mother was insulted by his father and was forced to death by his father because she refused to obey.

I didn't expect he had this identity.

However, it doesn't matter anymore.

Emperor Qingyuan looked at the Second Prince with dark eyes. He was really like him. Anyone could be sacrificed to achieve his goal.

Even his biological father.

The second prince looked at Emperor Qingyuan with a smile. His father had been poisoned and would never be able to speak.

He squatted on the ground with a gloomy look, holding Xuanying's hand, and cut his shoulder with a dagger.

Xuanying's eyes darkened, the Second Prince was about to start acting.

There was a hint of surprise in Emperor Qingyuan's eyes. Why did the Second Prince commit self-mutilation?

The second prince gritted his teeth and endured the pain, grabbed Xuanying's hand, and suddenly stabbed the dagger in his hand into Emperor Qingyuan's heart.

Blood splattered on Xuanying's clothes and the second prince's hands.

Emperor Qingyuan's eyes were bloodshot, his brows were furrowed, and he groaned in severe pain.

Xuanying had a cold expression as he quietly admired Emperor Qingyuan's painful expression.

The second prince smiled gently, "Xuanying, I did not break my promise to you. Look, you killed him with your own hands."

He wiped the blood off his hands and picked up the poisoned edict through the cloth.

He was about to open the imperial edict when suddenly, a subordinate's voice came from outside the door, "The royal guards are here."

The second prince hid the imperial edict in the house, suppressed his smile, and shouted heartbreakingly: "Father!"

"Come here, there's an assassin!"

The second prince was in tears, and the imperial guards and royal secret guards came in at the same time.

Xuanying was not too surprised by the second prince's reaction. After all, he was very good at disguise and would do anything to achieve his goals.

Emperor Qingyuan gritted his teeth secretly, his second son was even better than he was when he was young.

Ever since he pretended to be sick, he realized that family ties were nothing in the face of supreme power.

"Go and call the imperial physician!" The second prince looked at the terrified eunuch Li.

Eunuch Li immediately asked the young eunuch to find someone, and then he stumbled and protected Emperor Qingyuan.

Emperor Qingyuan was unable to breathe due to the pain from the wound in his chest. He stared at Xuanying, motionless.

Du Nanzhou brought the imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital, but no one dared to pull the dagger out of Emperor Qingyuan's chest.

It would be better if you didn't pull it out. If you did, you might die.

No one dares to take this responsibility.

The second prince said anxiously: "It seems that father has been poisoned."

After feeling the pulse, Du Nanzhou turned over Emperor Qingyuan's eyelids and said, "Your Majesty has been poisoned deeply. Take the antidote pills first."

The imperial physician quickly took out the detoxification pill and gave it to Emperor Qingyuan.

The second prince thought to himself: It's useless. He had asked someone to try this poison before, but there is no antidote.

He calculated the time and it was almost time.

Several important ministers will arrive soon, and once Emperor Qingyuan dies, that will be the time for him to take out the imperial edict.

Soon, Prime Minister Jiang and others who had been prepared arrived.

Xuanying was taken out.

After a while, Chu Li, the third prince, the sixth prince, and ministers of the second rank and above in the court all arrived outside the palace.

The ministers speculated that Emperor Qingyuan was terminally ill and was about to pass on the throne.

Whether the crown prince will succeed to the throne smoothly or the second prince will succeed in winning the throne is related to the future and destiny of each of them.

Prime Minister Jiang went in first and saw Emperor and Empress Qingyuan. He knelt in front of the dragon bed in fear, tears streaming down his face.

"Your Majesty! Who stabbed Your Majesty?"

The second prince choked up and said, "It was the late crown prince's second son Chu Yi. He disguised himself as Master Tianchen and sneaked into the palace to assassinate my father."

Prime Minister Jiang's eyes darkened. "He's not dead? He dares to come for revenge. Your Majesty was deposed by the previous emperor. After the previous crown prince was deposed, he attempted to assassinate Your Majesty but failed and then committed suicide. What does Your Majesty have to do with it?"

He knew clearly in his mind how many shady tricks Your Majesty had used to win the favor of the late Emperor.

Later, after the previous emperor passed the throne to Emperor Qingyuan, he immediately killed the previous crown prince without caring about the brotherhood.

Now that Emperor Qingyuan is not dead yet, he has to continue to perform for Emperor Qingyuan.

Chu Li passed by Xuan Ying, and the two looked at each other. She listened to everything Prime Minister Jiang said.

All officials above the second rank entered the room and knelt on the ground waiting for the dying Emperor Qingyuan to give his last will.

The Empress Dowager came in, supported by a palace maid, with trembling hands. She quickly walked to the bed, tears streaming down her face.

The third prince staggered out of the Music Bureau, having rushed here at great speed, and looked at Emperor Qingyuan with a sly look. Is his father going to die?

It was so sudden that he was not prepared.

When the Sixth Prince entered the room and saw Emperor Qingyuan being assassinated, his eyes lit up.

Ahhh, Brother Li, hurry up and take the position.

He couldn't wait any longer.

Eunuch Li knelt on the ground and asked Emperor Qingyuan, "Your Majesty, please speak. The Empress Dowager, the princes and ministers have all arrived."

Emperor Qingyuan opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word.

He looked at the Second Prince with hatred in his eyes. The Second Prince lowered his eyes and thought to himself: Father is going to die anyway, and he was speechless.

The most important thing right now is the imperial edict.

The second prince glanced at Prime Minister Jiang and quickly looked away.

Prime Minister Jiang followed the prearranged explanation and said, "Empress Dowager, His Majesty came to me yesterday and told me that he had left an imperial edict in a secret box in the bedroom."