NFBE Chapter 418 The Little Doctor Girl Knows How to Pamper and Flirt (Part 13)
Chapter 418 The Little Doctor Girl Knows How to Pamper and Flirt (Part 13)
Emperor Si laughed: "Prime Minister Liu, you have quite the airs, daring to act on behalf of the Emperor in front of His Majesty?"
Only then did Prime Minister Liu realize his lapse in decorum, and hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty, please understand, I was worried about the fate of the nation..."
Seeing the tense scene, the emperor suddenly coughed violently: "All...all of you, step back..."
"Your Majesty!" Prime Minister Liu exclaimed urgently, "The evidence of Emperor Si's rebellion is irrefutable. If we do not eliminate him today, the consequences will be dire!"
"Oh?" Si Di raised an eyebrow. "I wonder what evidence Prime Minister Liu is referring to..."
Liu Xiang clapped his hands three times, and a man was immediately brought in from outside the hall. It turned out to be Captain Wang from the military camp!
He, who should have been beheaded by the Emperor, was now standing alive in the hall.
"Captain Wang, tell me everything you saw!" Prime Minister Liu ordered.
Commandant Wang knelt down and cried out, "Your Majesty! The Emperor is secretly making dragon robes and training assassins at the border, intending to rebel!"
There was an uproar in the hall.
Emperor Si suddenly burst into laughter: "Interesting. The man whose head I personally severed has actually come back to life?"
He abruptly pulled open Captain Wang's collar, revealing a clear stitched mark on his neck. "Prime Minister Liu, in order to frame me, has even resorted to the legendary puppetry?"
Liu Xiang's expression changed drastically: "Nonsense! Your Majesty, immediately order the execution of this traitor!"
The emperor glanced at Prime Minister Liu, then at the Imperial Censor, and suddenly slammed his fist on the table, shouting, "All of you, shut up!"
His hand trembled as he pointed at Captain Wang: "This man... has he truly come back from the dead?"
Puppetry!
That legendary puppetry technique that can make the dead obey!
The emperor originally thought that such evil magic only appeared in books, but he never expected that the prime minister would actually use it.
The Emperor knelt on one knee: "I swear on my life that I personally beheaded this traitor three days ago. Prime Minister Liu's actions are clearly an act of collusion with evil magic, deceiving the Emperor!"
"Your Majesty, don't listen to his sophistry!" Prime Minister Liu said urgently, "The Emperor is clearly..."
"Report...!" A guard rushed into the hall in a panic. "Your Majesty! A large army has appeared outside the city!"
"What?!" The emperor exclaimed in shock, rising from his throne. "Where did this massive army come from?"
The guard knelt on the ground, trembling: "The banner is... it's the character 'Si'..."
Liu Xiang immediately shouted, "Your Majesty! The Emperor has indeed rebelled!"
Emperor Si sneered, "Prime Minister Liu is quite the schemer. First, he sent someone to impersonate my subordinate, thus solidifying the charge of treason?"
He turned to the emperor and said, “If Your Majesty does not believe me, you may go up to the city wall and see for yourself. My personal guards number only twenty, and they are all in the palace at the moment. That ‘large army’ outside the city is probably just a show arranged by Prime Minister Liu.”
The emperor looked at Prime Minister Liu suspiciously: "My dear minister... this matter..."
Cold sweat beaded on Liu Xiang's forehead: "Your Majesty is wise, I..."
"Report—!" Another guard rushed in, "The commander-in-chief of the army outside the city requests an audience! He claims to be... claims to be Zhou Yi, the deputy general of the Zhenbei Army!"
Emperor Si's pupils contracted sharply. Zhou Yi was his trusted confidant left on the border. How could he have led his troops here without authorization?
"Send it here!" the emperor commanded sternly.
A moment later, a general covered in blood strode into the hall and knelt down with a thud: "Your Majesty! The Southern Rong army of 100,000 has launched a surprise attack on the border, and our army... our army has suffered heavy losses!"
"What?!" Si Di grabbed Zhou Yi by the collar. "How's the border? What about the drought-stricken wheat fields?"
Zhou Yi was in tears: "The wheat field... most of the wheat field was destroyed... thankfully, Miss Ji's barrier saved part of it..."
Si Di's mind went blank.
Tune the tiger away from the mountain!
Liu Xiang's real target was the wheat fields on which the border people depended for their livelihood!
"Liu! Cheng! En!" He turned around abruptly, his eyes flashing with golden light. "For your own selfish desires, you actually colluded with foreign enemies to harm the people?!"
Liu Xiang staggered backward: "You're spouting nonsense! Your Majesty, he..."
"Enough!" The emperor suddenly grabbed a teacup from the table and smashed it on the ground. "Where is the commander of the Imperial Guards?"
"Chen is here!"
"Close the city gates immediately and launch a city-wide manhunt for any Southern Rong spies! Prime Minister Liu... is temporarily under house arrest in his residence!"
Liu Xiang's face was ashen: "Your Majesty! You cannot..."
"Step down!" The emperor, unusually angry, looked wearily at the Emperor after Prime Minister Liu was taken away. "My dear minister... the border..."
The Emperor clasped his hands in a fist salute: "Your subject will immediately lead the army back to provide reinforcements."
The emperor hesitated, then finally waved his hand and said, "Go... I... I will give you an explanation."
Outside the palace gates, Emperor Si mounted his horse, and Zhao Yan rushed over: "General, I just received news that Miss Ji left the camp yesterday and is heading towards the capital!"
Si Di tightened his grip on the reins: "Her injuries haven't healed yet, this is ridiculous!"
“There’s one more thing…” Zhao Yan lowered his voice, “Our people found this at the Liu Prime Minister’s residence…”
He handed over a blood-stained strip of cloth with a few words scrawled on it: "Take Song's head immediately."
Emperor Si's expression changed drastically: "Order the entire army to return to the border immediately! Also, send a team to find Ji Xiaosong and ensure her safety!"
The sound of horses' hooves thundered as the Emperor rode out of the city gate.
*
At the crossroads of the official road, Ji Xiaosong suddenly reined in his horse and looked towards the capital.
Feeling uneasy, she released her divine sense and began searching for Si Di.
After a long while, it was finally possible to "see" where he was located.
Only after "hearing" his conversation with the person next to him did I realize what had happened.
No, the wheat fields on the border are protected by her barrier, making it impossible for them to be damaged.
In addition, why did Zhou Yi leave?
*
Inside the Zichen Palace, after the Emperor Si's footsteps had completely disappeared, the young emperor suddenly stopped coughing.
He slowly straightened his back, and his pale face regained color at a visible speed. The cloudiness in his eyes was also swept away, replaced by a sharp, eagle-like gaze.
"Your Majesty is wise." Prime Minister Liu flattered him, his earlier panic completely gone. "Then Emperor Si has indeed fallen for the trap."
The emperor gave him a cold look: "Fool."
Liu Xiang's smile froze on his face: "Your Majesty?"
"I asked you to find a pretext to send the Emperor away, not to act so clumsily!"
The emperor grabbed a teacup from the table and smashed it at the feet of Prime Minister Liu. "Puppetry? Resurrection? Are you trying to arouse the Emperor's suspicion sooner than expected?"
Liu Xiang knelt down abruptly, cold sweat beading on his forehead: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty had no choice... That Emperor Si is too cunning..."
"Shut up." The emperor rose and paced back and forth, his dragon robe gleaming coldly in the candlelight. "Fortunately, Zhou Yi arrived in time, otherwise today's events would have been difficult to resolve."
From the shadows at the corner of the hall, a figure quietly emerged—it was Zhou Yi, who should have been covered in blood.
He had changed into a clean robe and wore a fawning smile: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I have carried out your orders and ensured that the news of the 'border emergency' is spread without any leaks."
The Emperor nodded in satisfaction: "Has the Emperor become suspicious?"
“No,” Zhou Yi said confidently. “When he saw his subordinates looking ‘injured,’ he immediately believed it to be true.”
The emperor walked to the window, gazing in the direction where the Grand Commander had left, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes: "Grand Commander, oh Grand Commander... if you were willing to obediently relinquish your military power, why would I have gone to such great lengths?"
Liu Xiang cautiously approached: "Your Majesty, about the drought-resistant wheat fields..."