The old emperor asked Xia Wenxian to meet you all present. Xia Wen's face seemed to have a hint of impatientness. The things in his hand were probably not that convenient. However, Xia Wen did not hesitate much, but turned around and came to see them one by one. He did not speak, but nodded slightly with the things in his hand.

He even nodded and signaled to Xu Jie. Xu Jie looked at Xia Wen and bowed, but his eyes were all above the things that Xia Wen was holding.

The old emperor in front of him seemed very satisfied, and nodded with a smile. This son, the old emperor, has always been a well-behaved, intelligent and studious person. In comparison, the other sons are far behind the old emperor's heart.

In the past, the father and son were really intimate. Why did they become such a relationship now have too many reasons. After growing up, they communicate too little. This is the pattern of father and son relationship since ancient times. It can also be said to be a common problem. It has been difficult for Chinese father and son to become friends since ancient times, but a strict relationship between elders and young people, or even an affiliation. This can also be said to be the strictness of heaven, earth, king, parents and teachers.

Xia Wen, in fact, perhaps she is not really a cruel and ruthless villain at heart. Li Qiming's words that can truly convince Xia Wen may be the position of prince as Xia Wen and Empress Li talked about.

Xia Wen has never doubted the old emperor's preference for him since he was a child. Now, he has to think about it. Everything can be explained and everything can be understood. Even if it is the position of the crown prince, Xia Wen can't understand it.

How can people understand this? Throughout the dynasty, from ancient times to the present, there is such an emperor? Where can I die, the crown prince still not established? Does this emperor think he can live forever? Does this emperor want to be in chaos after death?

So in Xia Wen's opinion, the old emperor must have had other ideas, which is the key to completely defeating Xia Wen's confidence, and this is the reason why Xia Wen went from panic to truly not believing in the old emperor.

After signaling to everyone, Xia Wen seemed to be hesitant and perhaps a little scared. He stood under the dragon throne and did not speak quickly.

"Wen'er, what's in your hand?" The old emperor asked, probably helping Xia Wen.

"Father, my son went to see my mother. My mother made a soup and said that my father had eaten less food recently and slept less. This soup can help sleep and fill my stomach, so I asked my son to bring it, saying that he wanted his son to eat with his father and asked his son to eat more. My mother also said that my son and my father rarely had food at the same table recently, so I repeatedly told my son to eat more." Xia Wen's words were a little less organized, and it was obvious that the soup was not that simple. But the meaning was clearly expressed, that the queen made soup and let the father and son eat together.

Why did Xia Wen say he wanted to eat together?

Because the old emperor had just heard that it was the soup made by Empress Li, his expression was wrong. He heard that it was the soup eaten by father and son, and his expression calmed down. How could Empress Li care about this son? How could the old emperor not know about the past few decades? That little doubt was gone. No matter how cautious he needed, Lao Huang Diu didn't believe that the queen could still poison his beloved son to death.

There is a sentence in Xia Wen's words that really touched the old emperor, that is, the father and son rarely have dinner together recently, and the old emperor is busy trying to deal with Li Qiming. Seeing that Xia Wen is mostly teaching and criticizing, when his son grows up, the father and son are no longer as related as before.

At this critical moment, it is the time when father and son are required to be united, and when sons understand. This is how people are. The older they get, the softer they feel. The old emperor waved his hand with a smile: "Please it up and you will get a share of the pie with all your dear friends here!"

When Xia Wen heard this, he subconsciously looked back at everyone present, with a strange expression, and then he lowered his head and walked up the steps.

Xu Jie was perhaps the only person in the Chuigong Hall who was truly wary of Xia Wen at this time, so he paid great attention to any subtle movements of Xia Wen and always felt that something was wrong.

Xia Wen had already reached the stairs and placed the soup in his hand on the desk. The eunuchs on both sides were also busy and went to get a small bowl.

Xia Wen personally served the soup for the old emperor, and respectfully brought it to the old emperor and put it in his hand. He also served a bowl of it and held it in his hand, making a gesture to drink it.

The old emperor said, "Wen'er, wait, should you eat with your beloved ministers, how can you eat alone?"

Xia Wen shook his hand slightly, slowly put the soup down and placed it on the desk. Then he turned to look at the side door, which opened the small hall of Chuigong Hall. Perhaps at this time Xia Wen felt that time was passing very slowly, and the eunuchs were even slower.

It took a long time to get the small bowl and spoon, and then start to divide the soup and deliver it to the stairs one by one. Each bowl is not many, maybe only one bite, but it is also divided like this.

Xu Jie held the bowl in his hand and looked at the soup in the bottom of the bowl. He was not as moved as Ouyang Zheng, but moved the old emperor to do this. Instead, he smelled it first, and did not smell any strange smell. He was also trying to taste it first.

As soon as the idea of ​​tasting it, Xu Jie couldn't help it. He dipped his fingers into the bottom of the bowl, and just wet his fingers and placed them on his tongue and dipped them gently.

Xu Jie dared to do this because he knew that the poisons of this era were no more than those of later generations. There was no chemical preparation that could immediately poison people with a slight dose of potassium cyanide. Poisons of this era, such as arsenic, can also be eaten in small quantities. If you don’t drink them in large quantities, you won’t die.

The same is true for other biological poisons, and dosage is the key. Plant poisons require doses. Many animal poisons are not toxic even through the digestive system of food. For example, most snake venoms act on the blood but cannot act on the digestive system. In other words, the snake venom that is sealed with blood will not kill people if eaten.

Xu Jie really tasted a little like this and then waited. To be honest, the highly toxic substances that were passed through the digestive system in this era were strong arsenic. The best prepared and the best craftsmanship were also above 0.1 grams.

After tasting a little, Xu Jie did not feel anything strange, which made Xu Jie a little worried. He also hesitated, not knowing whether he should speak to stop the old emperor from drinking the soup.

If it is poisonous, it would be fine to stop it. If it is non-toxic, Xu Jie would have blocked his retreat. He immediately resigned from his post and returned home to his hometown. Perhaps he could save his life.

Xu Jie was still hesitating, and the eunuchs who had divided the soup were already done.

The old emperor slowly picked up the bowl, signaled to everyone, and smiled and said, "My dear friends, please!"

Xia Wen immediately picked up the bowl, looked at the old emperor, then looked at everyone present, and then looked at his own bowl.

"Your Majesty, I suddenly remembered something important and forgot to report it." Xu Jie suddenly spoke.

The old emperor, who was about to drink soup, was stunned when he heard this and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, Li Deming said something to the minister in prison, saying... say..." Xu Jie was writing it out for a while, because Xu Jie dipped his finger a little and tasted it. Xu Jie just wanted to wait and drag it, so that the poison could react at the starting point in his body. Xu Jie also had Xu Jie's reliance, one was his understanding of the poison in this era, and the other was that Xu Jie was already innate, and all poisons were not invasive, but a little poison could still withstand it.

"Whatever you say, just say it, what kind of stammering is it?" The old emperor was a little impatient.

"Li Deming said that there is a person from the Li family's confidant in the Jinwu Guard." Xu Jie was really writing about it. How could Li Deming say such words to him? But Xu Jie's more reasonable guess was that the Li family could even penetrate the Jindian Guard. The Jinwu Guard was originally an army, so it was easier to penetrate. There was a Li family's confidant in the Jinwu Guard, and this was a very good thing.

When the old emperor heard this, he put the bowl on his face and looked furious: "Investigate, check it for me, find out, the whole family will be killed, and the whole family will be killed."

The old emperor actually had more thoughts about the management of the Jinwu Guard than the Jindian Guard, because the Jindian Guard itself is a secret organization, and most people cannot contact the Jindian Guard. Even the family situation of the Jindian Guard is only known by the old emperor and Wei Twenty-san, so he has always been more at ease.

However, the Jinwu Guard was the place where the old emperor always cared about. Whether it was the background investigation of the promotion of military generals, or the benefits, salary and military supplies, the old emperor was very concerned about it, just to ensure that the Jinwu Guard could always be in control. The Jinwu Guard was also the security of the old emperor. At this time, I heard Xu Jie say that there were two-minded people in the Jinwu Guard, how could they not be angry?

Xu Jie bowed and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will investigate strictly."

"Twenty-three, you can check it quickly, too." The old emperor said another word.

Wei Twenty-san, who was beside him, hurried forward and received orders.

Seeing that the old emperor put down the bowl again, Xia Wen seemed a little anxious, and said, "Father, this matter must be investigated strictly, and the father does not have to be too angry. I think the Golden Palace Guard will definitely find out about this matter. The father's holy body is important. Let's eat soup first. After a while, the soup will be cold."

After hearing a few words of advice, the old emperor looked at his son with a loyal and filial face. He felt a little relieved. While holding the bowl, he taught: "Wen'er, some things are light and some things are heavy. The Jinwu Guard is the royal guard. It is related to the stability of the country and the country must be controlled firmly and there must be no mistakes. Therefore, this matter is extremely serious. If you investigate it repeatedly and strictly, you must find it out."

As he spoke, the old emperor had already delivered the bowl to his mouth.

Then he heard a shout: "Your Majesty!"

The sound was so loud that the tiles on the roof seemed to tremble. The old emperor was also startled, and the bowl in his hand shook and almost couldn't hold it.

Wei Ersan, who was beside him, had already drawn his sword and protected the old emperor. The sword pointed at Xu Jie who was shouting and shouting, "Xu Wenyuan, do you want to die?"

The old emperor was so angry that he put the bowl on his back and scolded: "Xu Wenyuan, you are so arrogant!"

Why did Xu Jie shout? Because Xu Jie finally felt the nausea in his stomach. This soup was really poisonous. It was really difficult for him to accompany him. It was so difficult that Xu Jie had to try the poison himself before he dared to speak.

After the trial was made, Xu Jie was a little happy, but he couldn't help but feel sad. Even the poison helped the emperor try, but he still had to be scolded by the emperor. Xu Jie was actually not happy.

But it is impossible. This old emperor cannot die at this critical moment. Once the old emperor dies, he loses everything, and Xu Jie dies without a place to die.

These things are no longer something that a few innate masters can solve. The old emperor is dead. Xia Wen, the emperor's son, dares to move? Ouyang Zheng, Jinwu Guard, Wei Twenty-three?

Even Wei 23, the leader of the Golden Palace Guard, had to stop others from touching Xia Wen. How could Wei 23, let someone kill the prince?

All these are second. Li Qiming outside, with a 20,000 or 30,000 troops entering the palace immediately, who can stop it? How can Xu Jie stop it? If the old emperor was really dead, Li Qiming might have more than 20,000 troops to 30,000 troops in the capital, and more than 100,000 troops in the capital should enter the city. Li Qiming really used legitimate words.

As for the truth, who is right and who is wrong? What is the meaning?

Whoever can control the palace is right, and whoever says is true. In the end, the one who controls the palace must be Xu Jie, who has less than a thousand soldiers. What else can the people who have no masters in the Jinwu Guard and the Jindian Guard do? Apart from standing still, what else can they do? Kill people? For whom? Listen to whom? Maybe... Maybe... Maybe you should listen to the new emperor.

"Your Majesty, the soup is poisonous!" Xu Jie shouted again.

The old emperor was stunned when he heard this and looked down at the soup in the bowl.

Everyone was stunned, looking at the soup in their hands.

Only Xia Wen spoke first: "Xu Wenyuan, you are talking nonsense, how dare you frame me like this!"

Xia Wen's words made Xu Jie more confident that Xu Jie, who was wary, could naturally see Xia Wen's guilt at this time.

The old emperor also continued: "Xu Wenyuan, are you crazy? Who is poisoning? Who is going to poison whom? I will poison me? I will poison King Guangyang? I will poison all of you?"

"Your Majesty, the person who poisons will naturally poison His Majesty to death. I dare to say this, not to be crazy, but to be loyal. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you will know it just by trying it. I dare to use the head of the Xiang family to guarantee it!" Xu Jie said, but he was not anxious, but uncomfortable.

"The head on the neck? Humph... OK, come here, try the poison!" The old emperor spoke, full of anger.

When the emperor tried to test the poison, it was not a cat or a dog, but a eunuch who came up. When the emperor tried to test the poison, it was human life.

The eunuch was trembling, but had to do it. Under the attention of everyone, after the old emperor waved his hand in anger, he went up to pick up the bowl in front of the old emperor and drank it all in one go.

Then the whole audience was silent.

Then Xia Wen's arms kept trembling!

Xu Jie saw Xia Wen's trembling arms, and became more confident, and he was relieved of the last bit of worry.

The old emperor seemed to have noticed Xia Wen's constantly trembling arms, frowned, and looked up at Xia Wen's face, with a pale face and his eyes even more daring to look at him.

The old emperor suddenly trembled.

The eunuch beside him did not react at all, but the old emperor stood up from the dragon throne and looked at Xia Wen, gasping for breath, his hands and feet began to tremble.

Ouyang Zheng turned to look at Xu Jie, with a worried face on his face. He looked up at the emperor, and was also worried face on his face.

Xu Jie looked at the bowl in his hand and had a harsh smile. He stretched out his finger, dripped it a little more, and licked it slightly with his tongue.

At this time, Xu Jie was mixed with all kinds of emotions and had no joy of victory or success.

A sound of vomiting came from the beginning, and everyone looked up, but Xu Jie did not look up.

Then there is vomiting, coughing, howling, twitching, foaming at the mouth, and the stench coming from incontinence.

Several eunuchs went up to carry the person away.

The trembling old emperor trembled and said, "Why? Why? This is! Why!"
Chapter completed!