Chapter 68 You are not the emperor!
"Oh? Fairy magic?"

Zheng Yi's expression changed as he looked up and down at the man in front of him.

However, the doubt in his expression became more and more serious.

Is this what immortal magic looks like?

Or maybe witchcraft?
Also, why does this person's name look so familiar?

Witchcraft?

Zheng Yi immediately said: "I am really interested in your magic, Master. If that is true, then I will forgive your crime of disrespect."

"Moreover, I can also grant you a life of wealth and glory!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhai Fang stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I am not good at the art of keeping fit and controlling spirit insects. Watch!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhai Fang slapped the gourd on his waist, and saw a small white-green insect crawling out, secreting a trace of mucus from its body, and a strange fragrance immediately appeared in the air.

"This is the Fragrant Gu, which can emit a faint fragrance and has medicinal effects. If you put it on your body, the area within three meters will be filled with the fragrance and it can also strengthen your body."

He shook again, and another black and red insect crawled out, like a shell.

"Your Majesty, please look, this is the violent Gu."

"Taking it can allow a warrior to burst out with three times the strength in a short period of time. It is effective for warriors below the first level."

The village chief said: "After taking this violent poison, a first-class warrior can deal with a master-level warrior in a short time!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zheng Yi's eyes finally moved.

Violent Gu?
Enhance the strength of a first-grade warrior by three times?
If this poison can spread among the Dayu army.

Another insect crawled out, shaped like a small snake and moving very fast.

"This is the longevity Gu. The so-called longevity Gu can increase a person's lifespan."

The village chief's tone suddenly changed to bewitching, "Take one longevity Gu, and you can add one year to your life. Ten longevity Gu will add ten years to your life!"

"Enhance lifespan?!"

Zheng Yi's eyes brightened now. Can it increase lifespan?

real or fake?

"Can this insect really increase your lifespan?"

The Queen Mother asked in a low voice, her eyes longing.

"Absolutely true!"

Zhai Fang continued, "I, the Immortal, accidentally obtained the secret method of the immortals and used special means to refine the longevity Gu, a total of thirteen."

"Gu is the essence of heaven and earth. Only those with the most precious status in this world are blessed to enjoy it."

"This insect was specially prepared by this Master for Your Majesty and the Queen Mother!"

"Longevity Gu?"

Zheng Yi asked: "How can I know whether your longevity insect is real or fake? If it is a poisonous insect that harms people..."

"How can your majesty doubt this real person?"

Instead, the village chief angrily said, "This Immortal Master possesses the Immortal Technique. This is destined by heaven. Your Majesty, please..."

Zheng Yi was too lazy to argue with him and immediately said, "Someone come!"

"exist!"

Four palace guards rushed in. These four were colleagues specially selected by Chen Hongxiu and Zhao Tieshan to protect His Majesty when they were not around.

They are all at the level of second-grade warriors.

"If the Immortal still doesn't want to show his magic, then don't blame me for being rude. Capture him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, four imperial guards drew their swords and surrounded the village.

"Hehehe... Your Majesty, a mere mortal dares to draw his sword against me?"

"Look at my Heavenly Fire Technique!"

But he retreated quickly, opened his mouth, and a small insect flew into his mouth.

Then he took a deep breath and exhaled fiercely in the direction where the four Jinyiwei were rushing towards him.

"call!"

In an instant, a stream of hot flame came out of his mouth, and the leading palace guard subconsciously dodged to the side.

With a loud bang, flames fell on the Eight Immortals Table in the center of the bedroom, and immediately knocked the table away.

"Your Majesty, what do you think? This is me..."

"What kind of Heavenly Fire Technique is this? It's nothing but the Blazing Fire Gu of Nanyue!"

The leading imperial guard shouted angrily and rushed forward again.

The village leader's expression changed slightly. There was actually someone who knew the value of the item. His eyes immediately turned cold.

"If you are stubborn and refuse to change, don't blame me for being cruel and ruthless!"

Just as he finished speaking, a small black snake suddenly poked its head out from his collar, opened its mouth sharply in the direction of the palace guards, and a hissing sound was heard.

"Hi~!"

The next moment, the four palace guards suddenly stopped and subconsciously covered their heads with their hands, trying hard to resist the dizziness and not fall to the ground.

"Scare the snake!"

The leading imperial guard bit his tongue hard, waking himself from the dizziness with the severe pain. He strode forward, shouted secretly, and slashed towards Zhai Fang with a knife.

"puff!"

Zhai Fang retreated quickly, but his loose clothes were cut open by the man's knife, revealing his skinny body, looking very embarrassed.

The little snake on the chest was also cut in half by the knife.

The few people who were originally panicked and dizzy woke up immediately.

The Queen Mother panicked: "Emperor, please stop it. Master Zhaifang came here to treat my illness."

"I see that my mother is in good health, so how can she be ill?"

Zheng Yi said coldly: "Besides, this person is just a liar who uses the South Vietnamese poisonous insect to deceive people. Why should we keep him?"

"This man must be killed without mercy!"

"promise!"

"You are seeking death!"

The village chief immediately became angry and clapped his hands. A black poisonous insect that looked like a watermelon worm flew out of his arms and fell into his hands.

"I didn't want to use this Gu, but since you are so rude, don't blame me!"

"Dragon Snake Gu, give it to me!"

"Squeak~!"

The poisonous insect in their hands let out a series of screams. Several people hurriedly stopped to observe carefully, but were afraid that something unexpected would happen.

But the strange thing is that there is no change in these people, and even the village has no change.

It was just that the so-called 'Dragon Snake Gu' in his hand suddenly started to spin, making a strange 'squeaking' sound.

"what?!"

"There is no snake poison here?"

"impossible!"

"Prime Minister Yang said before that Emperor Zhengyong had already eaten the dragon snake Gu that I specially made. As long as I activate the mother dragon Gu, Emperor Zhengyong will be under my control!"

"Unless, you are not Emperor Zhengyong!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards didn't react, but Zheng Yi's eyes changed slightly.

Zheng Yi sneered, "You are a charlatan, you will do anything to get what you want! I remember now, you are a remnant of Yang Ni's gang!"

"How dare you slander me? I will kill you on the spot!"

"promise!"

The leading palace guard shouted loudly, waking up his three colleagues, who immediately rushed towards the village with knives in hand.

"Bitter!"

Zhai Fang cursed inwardly and suddenly pointed to both sides with his hands.

"Stop them for me!"

"puff!"

"Pfft!"

Suddenly, the two little boys who had escaped to the edge of the room and hid suddenly screamed strangely, and everything turned pitch black. Black scales grew out of their skin, and they turned into half-human, half-insect poisonous creatures, and pounced towards the palace guards.

As for himself, he shook the gourds, leather bags, rattan cages and other things he was wearing.

In an instant, dozens of poisonous insects of different shapes fell to the ground and rushed towards Zheng Yi with a rustling sound.

Zheng Yi was cautious and took a step back.

Four young eunuchs also appeared from the outside and protected Zheng Yi.

Just as the group of poisonous insects were about to approach Zheng Yi, the clothes in front of him fluttered and a blood-red insect suddenly crawled out.

Blood Moon Gu!

"squeak!"

The Blood Moon Gu suddenly let out a series of sharp chirping sounds, and the bodies of the insects that were originally spreading suddenly shook violently and stopped.

Some of the weak poisonous insects actually fell over, making strange noises from their mouths, with liquid flowing out of their heads. They were actually frightened to death!

"The Gu King?!"

The village's face changed drastically, and he exclaimed: "How come you have a Gu King?"

"No! It's a spirit insect!"

"You actually have a spiritual Gu......!"

Zheng Yi frowned and immediately waved his hand: "Go!"

“Squeak…~!”

The Blood Moon Gu immediately shot out, transformed into a blood-red lightning, and rushed in front of Zhai Fang.

"Damn it!"

Zhai Fang retreated again, and as his body shook, several obviously stronger poisonous insects appeared on his body.

Unfortunately, they were all bitten to death by the Blood Moon Gu one by one.

"Squeak~!"

"puff!"

Suddenly, the Blood Moon Gu in the air opened its mouth and spit out a blood-red crescent moon light that flashed out and shot at Zhai Fang's forehead.

The moonlight penetrated through Zhai Fang's eyebrows, and on the wall behind him, a clear crescent-shaped hole appeared.

After suffering such a severe blow, Zhai Fang's body staggered, and finally he fell heavily to the ground, dead.

Instant kill!

The first time the Blood Moon Gu attacked, it instantly killed Zhai Fang, who was carrying the strange Gu inheritance!

Without the control of the village, the two poisoned people screamed and were killed one after another by the palace guards.

"Take the body out! Collect everything on it for me."

"promise!"

Several people quickly carried Zhai Fang's body out and cleaned the ground.

"Squeak~!"

The Blood Moon Gu also flew over and started to feast on the insects on the ground.

After all, it is a poisonous insect that likes to devour its own kind.

“Bugs, bugs…!”

"So many bugs!"

"There are so many bugs...!"

The Queen Mother suddenly screamed, raised her hand and pointed tremblingly at the Blood Moon Gu that was devouring its own kind, then her body swayed and she fainted.

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother?"

Zheng Yi quickly hugged the empress dowager, called someone in, and put her on the bed.

"Pass on the Imperial Physician!"

"promise!"

The imperial physician arrived soon and treated the empress dowager.

However, Zheng Yi frowned and came to the main hall of the Cining Palace.

"Call everyone in the Cining Palace!" "Yes!"

Soon, eunuchs, palace maids, and aunts of all sizes in the Cining Palace knelt on the ground.

Zheng Yi asked coldly, "That group of people are the remnants of Yang Ni's gang. Who brought them into the palace?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know."

"This slave doesn't even know!"

"Yes, it seems to be Aunt Huazhi. Someone saw her quietly leaving the palace and brought a man in black with her."

"Yes, it was Aunt Huazhi. I saw her too!"

"Aunt Huazhi?" Zheng Yi frowned and asked, "Where is she?"

"No, I don't know."

“You were just here!”

"try to find!"

"promise!"

The palace guards and eunuchs began to search in the huge Cining Palace, and after a long time they found something.

"Your Majesty, I found it!"

Soon, a guard walked in quickly and said, "Your Majesty, we found Aunt Huazhi's body in the lake in the backyard of the Cining Palace."

"Judging from his body, he died about an hour ago, which is exactly when we killed the rebels!"

"The clue ends here?"

Zheng Yi's expression turned extremely ugly, and he immediately asked, "Any more information?"

"No, Your Majesty."

Zheng Yi took a deep breath, looked at the guard in front of him and asked, "What's your name?"

This person was the first to recognize the poisonous insects in the camp's subordinates and killed the camp's imperial guards with his own hands.

The guard suppressed his excitement and said quickly: "Your Majesty, I am Tang Cheng!"

"Tangcheng?"

"How do you recognize the Gu worm?"

"Your Majesty, I was born in Shuzhong and traveled to Nanyue County for three years, so I am very familiar with some common poisonous insects."

Zheng Yi nodded and said, "Very good, from now on you will be a first-rank imperial guard, commanding all imperial guards!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Tang Cheng said immediately, "I will do my best to protect Your Majesty!"

At this moment, the imperial physician came out cautiously, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has woken up."

"Oh? How is the Queen Mother doing?"

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is too worried. She has had many nightmares, palpitations and shortness of breath, which has made her upset and irritable, and her internal organs are burning. Now she has suffered a serious injury, I am afraid..."

"I'm afraid what?"

"I'm afraid you need to rest all year round and not overwork or worry."

Zheng Yi asked, "Has the Queen Mother been poisoned?"

"Poisoned?"

The imperial physician was surprised and asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with the Queen Mother?"

Seeing Zheng Yi's cold eyes, the doctor finally reacted and quickly changed his words:
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty!"

"The Queen Mother was assassinated today. She was poisoned and is now in a coma."

"I, your humble servant will prepare the medicine for the Queen Mother right away."

"very good."

Zheng Yi nodded and said, "The Queen Mother was murdered by an assassin. All the people in the Cining Palace are guilty!"

"Cheng En."

"The slave is here!"

Liu Chengen, who came hurriedly, asked: "Your Majesty, how do you want to deal with these palace servants?"

"The Queen Mother was assassinated. All the people in the Cining Palace are not responsible."

"Although the mastermind, Aunt Huazhi, is dead, I suspect there are accomplices among the servants of the Cining Palace."

"Send him to the Internal Punishment Department for severe interrogation. Do not release him without my order! No one is allowed to visit him!"

"promise!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the eunuchs and palace maids present started crying.

"Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me!"

"Your Majesty! I am reporting you! I am your servant!"

"Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, help me!"

Waves of screams were heard, and all the palace maids and eunuchs cried and shouted that they did not want to go to the Internal Punishment Department.

Unfortunately, the guards outside the door had been waiting for a long time and pulled all the eunuchs and palace maids away.

Internal Criminal Department.

It is the institution in charge of the criminal laws of palace maids and eunuchs in the harem. The number of criminal laws and torture instruments is appalling. No palace maid or eunuch can walk out of there intact.

It can be said that the Internal Punishment Department is a prison for eunuchs and palace maids!
Soon, all the eunuchs and palace maids in the Cining Palace were cleared out.

Zheng Yi added: "Cheng'en, have the Ministry of Internal Affairs send another group of palace maids to the Cining Palace to take good care of the Queen Mother."

"promise!"

In the harem, only the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace was controlled by her like a bucket.

Normally, he had no way to insert the Shadow Guard.

And this time, with the help of the village party, they can clean up the Cining Palace and replace all the palace servants with their own people.

Then insert the Shadow Guards, and the entire harem will be under Zheng Yi's control.

Zheng Yi re-entered the bedroom and saw the Queen Mother drinking water being served by an aunt.

"I've met my mother."

Zheng Yi bowed and asked, "How do you feel, mother?"

The Queen Mother still looked a little depressed, but she still struggled to sit up.

"My dear, what happened to that assassin?"

"Don't worry, mother. The assassin has been killed. Mother is not feeling well, so you need to rest more."

Zheng Yi said, "Just now the imperial physician said that the queen mother was poisoned by the assassin, which is why she has been feeling overly worried, palpitating, and having nightmares in the past few days. The queen mother must be more careful in the future and must not be harmed by those with ulterior motives."

"Ugh……"

The Queen Mother smiled bitterly and said, "I know."

"I have been suffering from insomnia and dreaminess these past few days. Huazhi said she knows a strange person who can cure diseases with magic water and medicine. I saw that the medicine prescribed by the Imperial Hospital was ineffective, so I asked Huazhi to bring this person into the palace."

"I didn't expect it to be an assassin!"

Zheng Yi comforted her, "Your Majesty, you are blessed with great fortune. That poison is just an ordinary poison. The imperial physician can cure it."

"The Queen Mother should rest in the Cining Palace for the next few days. Concubine Duan will handle all matters in the harem. You can rest assured, Mother."

"And Huazhi has committed suicide out of fear of punishment."

"What? Huazhi committed suicide?"

"Ugh."

The Queen Mother shook her head and suddenly asked, "By the way, Emperor, why did you suddenly come to the Cining Palace today?"

"Mother, Concubine Duan has completed the selection of concubines, and only the final stage of the selection remains."

Zheng Yi said, "I came to the Cining Palace to ask my mother to help. After the Lantern Festival, the imperial garden will hold a ceremony to select concubines for me."

Speaking of this, the Queen Mother's eyes lit up slightly.

"It is my mother's duty to take care of this matter. I will go there when the time comes."

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

Zheng Yi said, "Mother, please take a rest. When the imperial physician brings the medicine, I will order someone to feed you personally."

"Ah."

The Queen Mother nodded and Zheng Yi walked out.

Soon, the entire bedroom fell silent.

"Help me up."

After a cup of tea, the Queen Mother spoke, and the aunt beside her hurriedly helped the Queen Mother up.

"Queen, how are you?"

The Queen Mother shook her head and said, "Help me up!"

"promise!"

The Queen Mother came to the desk tremblingly, closed her eyes and thought, and said, "Grind the ink."

"promise!"

The aunt ground the ink, and the queen mother pondered for a few breaths before picking up the pen and writing: "My dear brother, my country of Dayu has been established for 358 years. Our ancestors are above us, and the country and the people are even more important."

"Your Majesty is wise and virtuous, a young emperor who has punished treason and shocked the world. He is truly the ruler of the restoration of the country."

"However, there have been rumors recently that there is something wrong with the emperor's health."

When she reached the end, the Queen Mother suddenly paused, but finally gritted her teeth and continued writing.

"I hope you can investigate more outside to protect our Great Yu Kingdom and prevent it from falling into the hands of those with ulterior motives!"

After finishing writing, the Queen Mother panted heavily, and finally folded it up and handed it to her aunt with great care.

"Hua Cao, take my handwritten letter, leave the palace at night, and hand it over to the virtuous prince. Do you understand?"

Hua Cao paused. She didn't see clearly what the Queen Mother wrote, but she nodded and said, "Yes!"

"Remember, you must hand it over to the virtuous prince in person. No one else is allowed to read the letter!"

"promise!"

Several hours later, in the early morning, Hua Cao took the Queen Mother's handwritten letter and quietly left the palace.

As soon as I walked out of the Cining Palace, I was suddenly stopped by a figure.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the emperor's trusted imperial guards!

Huacao raised her eyebrows and scolded them sternly, "Who are you? How dare you block my way?"

"Do you know who I am?"

Tang Cheng sneered, "Of course I know who you are, but His Majesty has ordered that all the people in the Cining Palace are related to the assassination of the Queen Mother."

"For the Queen Mother's safety, all the servants in the Cining Palace will be dealt with by the Internal Criminal Department!"

"What? Daring!"

"Take it!"

"How dare you! I belong to the Queen Mother. Ah! Someone come quickly!"

"Cover her mouth! Take her down! Take her down now!"

Two palace guards rushed forward, took down the flowers and plants in two or three moves, and pressed them to the ground.

Tang Cheng even took out a letter from his waist, which was sealed with wax.

He didn't dare to make a decision on his own, so he quickly went to the Qiankun Hall and handed it over.

"Your Majesty, it's just as you expected. A palace maid from the Cining Palace sneaked out of the palace in the early morning. It was none other than the eunuch Huacao who served the Queen Mother personally."

Tang Cheng said respectfully: "Also, I found a secret letter from him!"

Taking the secret letter and looking at the wax seal on it, Zheng Yi nodded and opened it.

He read the secret letter in one glance.

"Want to find the virtuous prince?"

"What a pity, there is no chance."

As he spoke, he placed the secret letter in his hand on the candle and lit it. The flame flickered and soon turned into ashes.

"Tang Cheng, you did a good job. I will reward you."

"Take good care of the Cining Palace!"

"Yes! I obey your command!"

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