Chapter 215 Bewitched by witchcraft

The Imperial Palace in Beijing, in the Imperial Garden.

Duke Shen followed closely behind Emperor Yongde, looking for a chance to speak.

For some reason, Emperor Yongde has been in a state of despair over the past few days, muttering about unknown things all day long, as if he has been bewitched by a witchcraft.

All the ministers in the court thought that Emperor Yongde was under the influence of witchcraft. They secretly asked the eunuchs to turn the entire palace upside down, searching all the beds and all the beams. In short, no traces were found. Evidence related to witchcraft. Seeing that Emperor Yongde still looked like that, everyone discussed asking a well-known mage in the capital to exorcise Emperor Yongde.

Seeing the profit, the mage entered the palace excitedly. Before he could open his mouth to speak, he was stabbed to the core by Emperor Yongde's sword.

Everyone was shocked. Emperor Yongde was deeply involved in evil. This mage obviously had low magic power and was not worthy of his name. He could not suppress the evil spirits in the emperor. They discussed hiring another mage.

When the other mages heard that the first one had died without even opening his mouth, they refused to come back alive or dead, and they all packed up and fled the capital.

The ministers had no choice but to entrust Duke Shen to follow Emperor Yongde to find out what kind of evil he had been possessed by, so as to prescribe the right medicine. Now the world is in chaos, and King Qi is leading his army towards the capital. At this critical moment, these ministers But he couldn't make the decision, so Emperor Yongde needed to make the decision.

No, it was just dawn, and Emperor Yongde did not go to court, nor did he invite generals and ministers to discuss with him. He was alone in pajamas, with disheveled hair and carrying a sword, wandering around in the imperial garden next to Jingyang Palace like a lonely ghost. .

Duke Shen followed behind, carefully approached behind Emperor Yongde, and listened carefully.

He guessed that Emperor Yongde might have become like this a few days after he imprisoned the concubine Mei Dai in Jingyang Palace because of his concubine Xian. Now he is wandering around Jingyang Palace again, which further confirms his idea.

I could only hear Emperor Yongde muttering in a low voice: "...They all know it, they...all know it..."

This is the same sentence over and over again, without even mentioning the Concubine Xian.

Shen Guogong was thinking about the meaning of this sentence. Emperor Yongde suddenly turned around, like a beast that chooses people to devour, staring at him with bloodshot eyes:

"When did you come? What are you going to do?"

When Duke Shen saw Emperor Yongde's expression, he was so frightened that he took a step back and said tremblingly:

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, now... the military situation is urgent. General Jianwei and General Xuanwei have been defeated by King Qi successively. King Qi's army has entered Zhongzhou and is only a few days away from the capital. Your Majesty..."

He wanted to persuade Emperor Yongde to quickly consider how to fight.

If Emperor Yongde is deposed by King Qi, these veterans of Emperor Yongde still don't know what fate they will face. Even if it is out of selfish considerations, they must help Emperor Yongde resist King Qi.

"He's here... He already knows. He's really here to find me." Emperor Yongde stiffened his upper body and turned around like a log. His eyes wandered again, not knowing where he was looking. "Zhuo'er is still here." He won't help me in Xiliang. He must have known it too."

Duke Shen heard this in confusion, and became more and more convinced that Emperor Yongde had been bewitched. Otherwise, he couldn't understand a word he said. He always said, "I know, I know." What did he mean?

"You...you also know?" Emperor Yongde walked towards him unsteadily.

Duke Shen did not dare to retreat any further and quickly knelt down on the spot and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I don't know! I have no idea what your Majesty is talking about."

Emperor Yongde knew everything, but he had no idea what Emperor Yongde was referring to.

"Yes, you don't know," Emperor Yongde put his hand on his shoulder and softened his tone, "I know you don't know... My dear, don't panic."

This was the first sentence Shen Guogong understood since the morning.

He felt that Emperor Yongde spoke more normally. He secretly checked Emperor Yongde's expression and saw that his eyes were focused. Then he raised his sleeves and dipped the sweat on his forehead and said, "I thank you."

Speaking of which, the job recommended to him by the ministers was too scary. As the saying goes, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, but now he was not accompanying a tiger, but an evil spirit. He was old and could not bear the fright.

"My dear, please get up," Emperor Yongde took his hand back, "You just said... that King Qi's army has entered the territory of Zhongzhou?"

When Shen Guogong was about to answer, a eunuch hurriedly led an imperial doctor who was nearly sixty years old into the imperial garden. Emperor Yongde looked up and saw him, immediately left him and stepped forward to greet the imperial doctor.

"How's it going? What's the result? Tell me quickly!" Emperor Yongde grabbed the imperial doctor's wrist and asked hurriedly.

The imperial doctor was so gripped by him that he almost screamed, but he did not dare to shout, so he could only grit his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, Wei... Weichen has checked Concubine Xian's pulse. She..."

"Hurry up and tell me the result!" Emperor Yongde raised his voice, frightening the eunuch and taking two steps back.

The imperial doctor was so frightened by Emperor Yongde that he knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The diagnosis of the first two imperial doctors was correct. Concubine Xian was born with a weak constitution and was unable to treat His Majesty..."

"Ah!" Emperor Yongde shouted and thrust his sword into the doctor's chest.

The eunuch's face turned pale, he fell to the ground, rolled on the ground and ran towards the outside of the imperial garden, shouting:

"Your Majesty is crazy, Your Majesty is crazy, please come quickly!"

"She lied to me, she knew it clearly, but she lied to me," Emperor Yongde pulled out the sword from the body of the imperial doctor, "The queen lied to me, and the concubine Xian also lied to me!"

He turned around and slowly walked towards Duke Shen.

Duke Shen was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground. When he saw Emperor Yongde walking over with a bloody sword, he lost his mind and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me."

"You are also lying to me. You must also know that Zhuo'er is not my son, but you deliberately say you don't know. You just secretly laugh at me in your heart..."

As Emperor Yongde spoke, he walked up to Shen Guogong and raised his sword.

After a scream, the Royal Garden returned to calm.

Hearing the eunuch's cry for help, the palace guards rushed over and happened to meet Emperor Yongde who was walking out of the door. They quickly knelt down to say hello.

Emperor Yongde was shaking as if he was drunk. He held the door with one hand and poked his sword on the ground with the other. He said to the guard commander:

"Go to Jingyang Palace quickly, give the virtuous concubine poisonous wine, white silk silk, and death for the crime of deceiving the emperor..."

The guard commander took the order and was about to leave. A palace maid ran from a distance and shouted in panic: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty. Someone broke into Jingyang Palace and took away the concubine Xian."

"What?" Emperor Yongde said, "How is it possible...how many people are there?"

"Your Majesty, it's true!" the palace maid knelt in front of Emperor Yongde and shouted in panic, "There was only one person, a man in black with only his right hand. He killed the guards guarding Concubine Xian and jumped from the wall with Concubine Xian. Out. The Imperial Guard are chasing you."

"Only one person?" the guard commander asked in disbelief.

Emperor Yongde raised his sword and pointed it at the commander of the guards, shouting: "What are you still staring at here? This is Dayan Palace, this is my palace! Can everyone come and go freely?"

The commander of the guards knelt down quickly and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I will go and arrest the assassin and bring the concubine back."

"No need to bring them back, kill them all." Emperor Yongde swung his sword and slashed at the stone lion next to him, causing sparks to fly. "Kill them all. Everyone is lying to me, everyone is watching my joke."

He chopped randomly until the sword fell from his hand, waved it twice with his bare hands, then covered his face with his hands and knelt down in the dust.
Chapter completed!