After all, he was injured. Shen Yuhu quickly caught up with him, threw the torch over and planted it firmly in the snow in front of him.
Wei Xuanyuan was shocked and stood still.
He raised his sword and pointed it directly at Shen Yuyu, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes, "Tell me, who are you? Why are you here to deal with me?" It is impossible for a young chamberlain to have such high kung fu.
Shen Yuyu hummed, "How can I tell others about my defeated general? You should tell me what evil deeds you did in the palace three years ago that were outrageous to both humans and gods.
"Hahaha~~ I almost forgot about that incident if you didn't mention it." Wei Xuanyuan laughed heartily, with an evil look on his face after laughing, "What happened to me? I didn't play with her, I violently destroyed her. It's just one blow, of course, if I hadn't meant to save her life, I would have split her head in half with a sword."
"You devil, you should die." Before he could finish his words, a sword suddenly stabbed him from behind. Wei Xuanyuan looked back and saw that it was Xuan Wang Wei Mi.
"Is it you?" Wei Xuanyuan spat out a mouthful of blood, "So it's you who is secretly investigating me?"
"It's not him, it's me." Shen Yuyu grabbed a handful of snow and wiped off the disguise cream on his face, revealing his true face.
She was afraid that Wei Xuanyuan had accomplices, so she couldn't let King Xuan handle this matter.
A flash of shock flashed in Wei Xuanyuan's eyes, "Ye~~Princess Ye? So it's you? Hey~~ I really underestimated you!" After saying that, he quickly slashed his sword towards the ice below him.
The night was shrouded in ice and snow, and neither Shen Yuyu nor King Xuan realized that the moat was beyond the tunnel.
Wei Xuanyuan struck down with his sword, and the ice instantly cracked into ice floes. Shen Yuyu and Xuan Wang were unsteady and almost fell into the water. Wei Xuanyuan took this opportunity to dive into the water and disappeared into the bottomless river.
"Don't let him escape." Shen Yuyu shouted urgently, "Since he has entered the water, he must find a way to break through the ice, otherwise he will definitely drown in it. Hurry and look for him separately.'
At this time, Commander Lei had also chased here with his guards. As soon as King Xuan hurriedly explained the situation, Commander Lei quickly asked the guards to use torches to search everywhere.
However, no one was found until dawn, and there was no hole in the ice.
I searched almost the entire moat and found nothing.
"Wei Xuanyuan was seriously injured and would have bled profusely. He should have died in the water." King Xuan analyzed.
A trace of doubt flashed in Shen Yuyu's heart. Just now, when Wei Xuanyuan struck his body with his sword, he was very decisive and did not look like he was seeking death.
But the facts are before our eyes. He did not come out of the water. Is there any other explanation other than that he died in the water?
Shen Yuyu thought for a moment and nodded.
"Then I will report to my father that Wei Xuanyuan has died at the bottom of the moat. Sister-in-law, please go back to the Night Palace first, and leave other matters to the emperor's younger brother to handle."
"Okay." Shen Yu'an showed his face. It was indeed inconvenient to enter the palace again. After all, he was pretending to be a eunuch and was in the same room as King Xuan. How could he hear the news?
Shen Yuyu returned to his mansion, and King Xuan found Commander Lei and entered the palace with him.
The imperial study, Zhou Chenxiang, Prince Rui, the Minister of War and several other important court officials have already received the news and arrived.
"Is it really Wei Xuanyuan?" the Minister of the Ministry of War asked in disbelief. The people sitting in the imperial study room at this moment were all those who had the merit of "Cong Long" among the "Five Sons". Naturally, they were also Wei Xuanyuan's "enemies". Everyone took this matter very seriously. of.
Zhou Chenxiang took out a fan and unfolded it, "Does everyone recognize this fan?"
After several old ministers took a look at it, they all fell into silence. It was indeed the fan that Wei Xuanyuan liked to carry when he went out.
Everyone was silent when Commander Lei and King Xuan came in.
Commander Lei and King Xuan reported together that Wei Xuanyuan was seriously injured and had been buried in the moat.
The emperor asked about the cause of the matter. How did he discover Wei Xuanyuan's traces?
King Xuan only said that he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and wandered out a few days ago. He accidentally followed the man into Cining Palace and discovered the secret room. Then he teamed up with Commander Lei to arrest the man. His explanation was very simple. Even Wei Xuanyuan's entry into the Prince's East Palace was just that.
Not mentioned.
How big of a scandal is that? If word spreads, the entire East Palace will be thrown into chaos. I don’t know how many people will be involved.
So as long as Wei Jinyan's revenge is taken, there won't be too much involvement in this matter. After all, Wei Xuanyuan is dead, what else is there to say?
For the sake of caution, the emperor took a group of ministers to the secret room of Cining Palace, and found calligraphy and paintings made by Wei Xuanyuan himself in the secret room.
With this, there was no longer any suspicion, and the Empress Dowager was controlled on the spot. Wei Xuanyuan was discovered in Cining Palace, how could she get away with it?
"Ahem, cough, cough~~ The Ai family wants to see the emperor." The Empress Dowager was dragged up from the bed by her arms. Her face was sallow and thin, and she kept coughing. She had been bedridden for more than half a month, and she looked at her face, which was running out of time.
Look.
None of the guards answered, and they dragged the Empress Dowager to the ground regardless of whether it was cold or not.
"The Ai family wants to see the Emperor." The Empress Dowager, with messy hair, repeated these words extremely weakly.
"Put the Queen Mother back on the bed." It was the voice of Emperor Qi Heng, who walked in with a solemn expression on his face.
"Yes." The guards then helped the Queen Mother, who had been dragged to the ground, to lie down on the bed.
"Everyone, please go out." The emperor waved his hand and sent all his servants away.
"How is your mother's health?" Emperor Qi Heng asked and sat down at the table.
The Empress Dowager coughed a few times and gasped, "Do you still need to ask? Doesn't the Emperor see everything?"
Emperor Qi Heng remained silent, with a flash of complicated emotions in his eyes.
Since he was a child, he did not please the Empress Changsun, who sent him to the palace of Concubine Yi to raise him for a period of time. Concubine Yi is now the Empress Dowager and the cousin of the Empress Changsun.
Because of this kind of kindness, although Wei Xuanyuan participated in the rebellion, Emperor Qi Heng did not punish the Empress Dowager after he ascended the throne.
"The Ai family is dying, and I have something to say to you." After coughing a few times, the Empress Dowager continued, "It is impossible for Xuanyuan to rebel. I know the son I taught."
After hearing this, Emperor Qi Heng took a long breath and said, "Mother, when you said this, I do believe it after thinking about it, but how can I believe it today?"
"The Seventh Emperor's brother has been hiding in the secret room in the east wing of Cining Palace for an unknown amount of time. Three years ago, the princess of Prince Rui's Mansion was murdered, and it was he who did it.'
"No, it's not him, it can't be him!" The Queen Mother shed tears and shook her head laboriously, "You watched him grow up. Is he such a vicious person?"
Emperor Qi Heng clenched his fists and threw a few things on the bed.
"If Mother doesn't believe it, just take a closer look. This is the fan he left in the secret room, and this is the painting hanging on the wall of the secret room~~ The painting skills of the Seventh Emperor's brother were taught by Mother herself. Mother can always recognize him, right?"
The Queen Mother glanced at those things and used her last strength to speak.
"The Ai family doesn't want to see this. The Ai family doesn't believe it. They don't believe that Xuan Yuan can do such a thing. They don't believe it." Before she finished speaking, the Empress Dowager turned her head weakly to one side, as if she had passed away.
Tears flashed across Emperor Qi Heng's eyes, and he stepped forward to caress the eyes that the Empress Dowager refused to close.
"Since the Queen Mother refuses to believe it, she will personally ask the Seventh Emperor's brother in the underworld why he does so many evil things and makes the world angry and resentful.