Chapter 141: Soul-chopping Rage

Shangguan Wan'er took the toughest stance, and Chunxiang could no longer stop her and could only watch her walk into the palace.

Zhao Ji looked at Chunxiang coldly from the side. Di Renjie turned around and looked at the emperor's personal female official, and felt that her behavior tonight was inappropriate.

Chunxiang was sweating profusely and felt guilty under the gazes of Zhao Ji and Di Renjie.

There were lightning and thunder in the sky, and it seemed that the lightning would strike the tall iron rod at any time.

Zhao Ji looked at the black iron hanging high in front of the palace gate and whispered a few words in Di Renjie's ear.

After waiting for a while, Shangguan Wan'er quietly walked out of the hall and reported softly: "Lord, His Majesty invites you in."

Di Renjie and Zhao Ji looked at each other, straightened their clothes, and stepped into the hall.

Inside the hall, Wu Zetian had already put on her clothes with the help of palace servants. She sat in front of the imperial desk somewhat listlessly, with the hood still on her head.

Wu Zetian yawned and asked, "Huaiying, what's the urgent matter that makes you so anxious to see the emperor?"

Di Renjie did not speak in a hurry, but glanced at the eunuchs, palace maids and Shangguan Wan'er around him and said, "Your Majesty, please dismiss the attendants before I dare to speak."

Wu Zetian couldn't help but frown, stared at Di Renjie, glanced at Zhao Ji, and was silent for a moment.

But out of trust in Di Renjie, she waved her hand and said, "You all go down first."

So Shangguan Wan'er, the eunuchs and the palace maids all retreated, but some of them couldn't help showing a bit of strangeness.

Wu Zetian said dignifiedly: "Huaiying, there are only two of us in the palace now, what do you have to say?"

Di Renjie stepped forward and answered, "Your Majesty, it is related to the Yongchang ghost case. After we solved the case, we found that someone was trying to murder Your Majesty! That is why I am in a hurry to see you."

Wu Zetian was horrified and asked, "What did you say?"

"Who? Who wants to murder me?" Wu Zetian said in shock and anger.

Di Renjie did not speak directly, but asked a question: "Your Majesty, may I ask if the magic weapon in front of the hall was presented by the national teacher Wang Zhiyuan?"

"Yeah, what's the problem?" Wu Zetian said a little confused.

Di Renjie replied in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, this is not a magic weapon, it is clearly a weapon to kill the king!"

"Huaiying, you need evidence when you speak! This magic weapon clearly drove away the evil spirit, how can you say it is a weapon for regicide?" Wu Zetian's tone became serious.

Faced with Wu Zetian's questioning, Di Renjie was not flustered, and calmly said: "Your Majesty, I went to Yongchang to catch ghosts, and found that the evil ghost was disguised as He Yun's men from the Internal Guard."

"The so-called bleeding eagle case was simply a trick used by He Yun to purge the inner guards. He used the ghost's revenge as an excuse to purge a large number of inner guards headed by Sun Dianchen."

"What? Purge of the internal guards? He Yun? Sun Dianchen? How do you know these things? What is going on?" Wu Zetian became more and more frightened the more she listened.

Di Renjie paused and said in a deep voice: "These are all what I discovered during the investigation. Your Majesty, please forgive me for exceeding my authority."

When Wu Zetian heard about the huge incident in the inner guards, she just wanted to know the truth as soon as possible: "I pardon you and you can speak freely tonight."

Di Renjie bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Then let me start from the beginning. Two years ago, Your Majesty secretly ordered the National Marshal Wang Zhiyuan and the Flying Dragon Envoy He Yun to lead the inner guards and form a secret organization in the Jianghu."

"Under the banner of anti-Wu, the purpose is actually to contact various anti-Wu forces hiding in the underworld, lure them out, and then catch them all in one fell swoop. I wonder if what I said is wrong?" Wu Zetian frowned and asked, "Did He Yun tell you this?"

Di Renjie shook his head and said, "It was the order given by the inner guards under the Imperial Master Wang Zhiyuan. But what Your Majesty did not expect was that Wang Zhiyuan did not carry out this order. They contacted various anti-military forces and not only did not catch them all in one fell swoop, but instead recruited them for their own use..."

Wu Zetian was stunned: "Use him for your own use?"

Di Renjie continued, "Yes. What's more, according to Wang Zhiyuan's teacher Xuguzi, Wang Zhiyuan forced him to make hallucinogenic drugs, but I don't know what they were used for."

"When I heard this, I suddenly understood what was going on in the so-called haunted palace. The evil ghost Your Majesty saw was clearly an illusion caused by taking this medicine."

Wu Zetian was stunned for a moment, then her expression suddenly turned ugly. She waved her hands and turned into a desk cleaning master, pushing the memorials, paper, pens, etc. everywhere.

"Wang Zhiyuan!"

Wu Zetian could hardly contain her anger, thinking of the mental and physical torture she had endured over the past month, and of the ugly appearance of herself when she had seen the ghost, which was seen by the palace servants and guards.

An uncontrollable sense of shame and anger rushed into Wu Zetian's brain.

"I will chop this beast into pieces, turning him into pulp!!! I will exterminate all three of his clans!!!"

Wu Zetian was trembling all over, veins popped out on her forehead, and she looked at Di Renjie with eyes that were like laser beams.

Even Di Renjie, who was used to big scenes, felt a chill in his heart: "Your Majesty, calm down and take care of yourself."

Wu Zetian took a few deep breaths and adjusted her emotions, but her face was still flushed.

"Go on, go on!!! Who drugged me? What's the matter with this magic weapon?" Wu Zetian said hysterically.

Di Renjie calmed himself down and continued, "Your Majesty is right. Wang Zhiyuan and his ilk must have bribed the palace eunuchs to drug Your Majesty. Your Majesty will then believe in all the ghost stories, and they are here to offer the so-called magic weapon."

"That tall iron rod can trigger the power of heavenly thunder, which will be led into the palace along the copper wire. Then, the eunuchs will be ordered to connect to the copper shield above His Majesty's head. The result is obvious."

Wu Zetian felt a chill when she heard this: "What a vicious trick!"

"You just said that Wang Zhiyuan bribed the eunuchs in my palace?" Wu Zetian suddenly thought of something.

Di Renjie replied, "That's right. Your Majesty, do you still remember the green toad that surprised you when Feng Chun came? That was the one the eunuch brought into your Majesty's bedroom."

Wu Zetian looked extremely unhappy. According to her personality, she should have killed all the eunuchs and palace maids in the bedroom.

But if you are too harsh on the palace maids, you will be strangled by them. Although this happened hundreds of years later, it did not prevent Wu Zetian from understanding this principle.

What's more, there might be some fish that slip through the net, so we have to find the person and interrogate him thoroughly and investigate it in detail.

Wu Zetian restrained her anger and murderous intent and asked, "Who are they? Who is the most suspicious? How can we completely eliminate them if they are hiding in the palace?"

Di Renjie understood what Wu Zetian meant and said seriously, "I have a plan. I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to carry it out?"

Wu Zetian's eyes lit up: "Tell me, I will approve everything."

(End of this chapter)