Chapter 132: Female Supremacy: One Little Husband a Day 1
Chapter 132: Female Supremacy: One Little Husband a Day 1
Chu Yuan held everyone down and told them not to say anything, while he pretended to be poisoned.
She had just checked the toxicity of this drug. It would not be fatal in the short term, but it would only make people gradually weaker and eventually become seriously ill.
In order to find out the mastermind behind the incident, she chose to play along with the enemy and said that she had been poisoned and sent someone to invite the imperial physician.
She used this time to make a pill with similar toxicity and took it herself.
If you want to put on a show, of course you have to do it in full, so only Zhengjun, Yunchuan and Yunfeng knew about this. The few palace servants who were serving the food at that time were handed over to trusted subordinates for supervision.
The others thought that His Highness felt something was wrong after drinking the soup, so he ordered people to inform all the hospitals that there was something wrong with the fish soup.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the mansion was very heavy.
The imperial physician arrived very quickly, and when the empress heard that Chu Yuan was poisoned, she sent all the imperial physicians on duty at the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Unfortunately, the composition of this toxin is very complex, and after several imperial doctors discussed it, they were still not sure they could detoxify it.
The only thing they could do was to post an imperial edict and search for famous doctors across the country.
At the same time, the empress was so angry that she fainted in the imperial study. All the imperial doctors rushed back to the palace to treat the empress.
Fortunately, Her Majesty the Queen is not seriously ill and only needs to rest in bed for a few days.
In the next few days, the Empress claimed to be ill, the Crown Princess was poisoned, and everyone in the court and the harem was in a panic, as if something big was about to happen.
Chu Yuan has sent out several groups of people these days to investigate the ministers who have made unusual moves in the court, trying to find out the mastermind behind the scenes.
However, before she could sort out all the clues, she heard someone come to report that the Fourth Princess was leading an army of 30 to attack from the west gate.
30, the west gate, is the Dingxi Army!
Chu Yuan didn't care about anything else now, and quickly got up and went outside the city to ask for help.
The closest reinforcements to the capital are the Zhennan Army. She has friendships with many soldiers in the Zhennan Army. As long as she can get the military token, they will arrive to reinforce within two days.
I believe that the 20 guards outside the palace can hold out for two days.
However, Chu Yuan was a little confused. It was clearly a battle that was bound to be lost, so why did the Fourth Princess choose to hastily launch an uprising at this time?
She sprinkled some white powder on her face, pretending to be very weak, but had to force herself to get up. Just as she was about to go out, she received a message from Zhou Li.
The four princesses joined forces with the commander of the imperial guards and wanted to transfer most of the guards in the imperial palace.
Chu Yuan now understood why she dared to choose to launch an uprising at this time. It turned out that it was because she didn't need a day to attack the palace.
By the time the Zhennan Army arrived to help, she had already ascended the throne.
At this time, her most favorable competitor, the Crown Princess Chu Yuan, was still busy detoxifying.
Fortunately, Chu Yuan has a backup plan. No one in this world would have thought that Zhou Li is hers.
As early as when the commander gave the order, Zhou Li realized that something was wrong and immediately asked her for instructions.
Chu Yuan would certainly not let them succeed, and ordered Zhou Li to quickly take over the imperial guards and guard the palace tightly without letting in a single soldier.
One is the old commander who will retire in a few months, and the other is the strongest in the Royal Guards and the recognized next successor. The balance in the soldiers' hearts has already tilted.
Almost everyone chose to follow Zhou Li and defend the palace to the death.
At this time Chu Yuan also rushed to the outside of the palace wall, and under the escort of the Royal Guards, she successfully met the Queen.
The Queen was still concerned about her health, so Chu Yuan had to explain that he had pretended to be poisoned just to find out who had poisoned him.
"The situation is critical now. Please, Queen Mother, grant me the military order so that I can mobilize the Zhennan Army to come to our aid."
The Queen handed the military token to her without saying anything else: "Yuan'er, the Queen's safety is now in your hands."
"Don't worry, Queen Mother. I will definitely return with reinforcements within two days. I hope you and Father take care of yourselves."
After saying this, he rode away.
Before leaving, he left Yunchuan and Yunfeng behind to protect the safety of his father and younger brother in Qingyu Palace.
This rebellion was led by the Fourth Princess, and the Queen is likely to be aware of it. If they attack Qingyu Palace, the consequences will be disastrous.
However, she has an important mission to accomplish at this time, so she can only rely on Yunchuan and Yunfeng to protect the safety of them, father and son.
After Chu Yuan left the palace, he first went to the General's Mansion. If people from the General's Mansion came together to ask for help this time, it should be smoother.
When the gatekeeper saw that it was Chu Yuan, he immediately conveyed the general's words, saying that the eldest lady had already left the city and would be back within two days, and asked His Highness to wait for news at home with peace of mind.
Hearing this, she turned her horse around and prepared to return to the mansion: "Thank the old general for his righteous help on my behalf. After this matter is over, I will definitely ask for credit for the general's mansion."
The intention to go back home was fake, and the real intention was to confuse the people following her. At this moment of life and death, she would never put all her hopes on others.
Chu Yuan returned to the East Palace. Qi Yunzhen was waiting for news in the front hall at this time: "Why is Your Highness back? Didn't you say you were going to ask for reinforcements?"
"Yun Zhen, someone outside is monitoring my whereabouts. Now I need you to help me hide it from everyone. Just say that my condition has worsened since I came back today and I am in a coma. From now on, I will close the door to visitors."
"Yes, Your Highness, rest assured. Yun Zhen will definitely guard the gate tightly and not let anyone in."
Chu Yuan left two assassins, Yunhu and Yunhai, to guard the mansion, and took the remaining four people out of the city in disguise.
The South Gate had not been captured at this time, so Chu Yuan and his group took advantage of the chaos to slip out of the city gate and rode all the way south.
Three hours later, they were able to see the camp of the Zhennan Army, but according to Chu Yuan's observation, they did not assemble the army.
As they rode forward, they realized that there was a trap ahead. It seemed that someone was deliberately blocking the city's requests for help.
Chu Yuan leaped on his horse, avoiding the deep pit on the ground covered by leaves, and came under a tree.
"Come out, you are no hero if you hide your head and show your tail."
"Haha, you are worthy of being the princess chosen by Her Majesty the Queen. It's a pity that Your Highness can't go back today."
"Liu Chunyi, it is you. Why did you betray Her Majesty the Queen?"
"Your Highness actually guessed it was me a long time ago?"
"In fact, I only discovered this when I went to the General's Mansion today. The servant at the door obviously didn't want me to go in. I'm afraid General Liu is not aware of this matter."
"Whether she knows or not, what difference does it make? I am the one in charge of the Liu family now."
"There's no point in talking any more. Let's see if you can stop me here today!"
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