TPITWOHEF 2

Chapter 232

The Yuan King lay paralyzed in bed, unable to speak. To make matters worse, his right hand was also immobilized due to a stroke.

Suddenly rendered mute and unable to write, he could only make "ah" sounds in impotent rage.

The King of Shu, who was temporarily in charge of the Yuan dynasty's affairs, moved directly into the palace. To show respect for his royal brother, he took up residence in a secluded palace.

However, during daily court sessions, the King of Shu was far from modest, already behaving like the new emperor!

Soon, the coffins of three empresses were opened.

The Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Punishment carefully examined them, and a terrifying silence fell.

All three had died from poisoning!

Especially the third empress, who had been fatally poisoned.

Her body hadn't fully decomposed, with poison accumulated deep in her internal organs.

When silver chopsticks were inserted into the empress's throat and hot vinegar was used to fumigate her abdomen, within moments, a third of the chopsticks turned black!

Everyone fell silent.

Anyone with even a little experience in examining corpses could confirm - the former empress had been poisoned and died an unnatural death!

"Thoroughly investigate the empress's poisoning case!" the King of Shu ordered sternly.

Soon after the Yuan King's "stroke", the truth gradually unraveled. All the imperial physicians who had treated the three empresses confessed.

The commander of the imperial guard, hoping to curry favor with the new emperor, also revealed all of the Yuan King's secrets.

The entire Yuan dynasty court, both civil and military officials, felt as if they were in a dream.

Everything was just as the celestial child had said!

The Yuan King had deceived them all!

"Thank you, celestial child, for appearing and warning us."

"Thank you, celestial child, for enlightening us in our dreams!"

"Thank you, celestial child, for bringing justice for my daughter!"

All those who had dreamed chanted devoutly!

[Oh, no need to thank me, I'm just a legend.]

Xiao Chuchu smiled contentedly in the palace of Jing Country.

[The Marquis of Zhenguo brought out the Empress Dowager and several royal uncles to reprimand the Yuan King on behalf of the ancestors.]

[They wrote a self-accusation edict for the Yuan King, and he abdicated to the King of Shu. The Yuan King will spend the rest of his life in the royal temple, copying sutras and chanting Buddhist scriptures.]

[That's basically house arrest, right?]

Xiao Yunzhou nodded silently to himself.

The others in Yuan seemed to still be clear-headed, not covering up the Yuan King's evil deeds, and knew to replace him with a good emperor.

[The Yuan King can't speak and is frantically patting the bed, haha, he deserves it.]

[The current empress and concubines in the Yuan King's harem who are still alive have been granted mercy by the new emperor and sent home to remarry.]

With this, the dramatic scandal finally came to an end.

Xiao Yunzhou listened with lingering interest, taking a sip of tea from his cup, feeling a bit reluctant to let go.