novelhk Chapter 311 Slapping the Face of the Treacherous Regent 6
Chapter 311 Slapping the Face of the Treacherous Regent 6
“His Majesty is unwell, and I have come to deliver medicine to him. What, do you dare to stop me?” Xuanming’s voice clearly entered the hall, and Leng Yuexing’s face instantly turned cold.
He silently stood up, then walked to the side and stood there, his eyes sharply fixed on the entrance of the palace.
"Good thing," Leng Yuexing thought. He wanted to see Xuanming's expression after he learned that he had become the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. It would be very interesting, and it would be even better if there was some fear and apprehension.
Leng Yuexing put her hands behind her back, twirling her fingers as she tried to suppress the murderous intent in her heart.
He kept telling himself that the outsider could not die yet, and that he could only kill him after he had taken back all the fortune of the Son of Heaven.
However... interest will still be charged.
Just as Leng Yuexing's murderous intent surged, Xuan Ming swaggered in from outside the hall.
"Your Majesty, knowing that you have been unwell recently, I have brought you some precious medicinal herbs from outside the palace." Xuanming looked up at Shangguan Jingzhi with unbridled confidence, without a trace of fear of imperial power in his eyes.
Relying on his father being the Left Chancellor and himself being the Regent, he completely disregarded Shangguan Jingzhi.
Now he only harbors malice towards Shangguan Jingzhi. He will never forget the slap Shangguan Jingzhi gave him before, and he will always hold a grudge.
The medicinal herbs he collected for Shangguan Jingzhi were not rare treasures. He had already mixed them with poison. If Shangguan Jingzhi drank them, he would surely die. However, he knew in his heart that Shangguan Jingzhi would not drink them easily.
Shangguan Jingzhi's gaze at Xuanming was extremely cold, as if it contained ice shards, making one shiver.
Xuanming felt a chill in his heart, but he managed to maintain the facade.
He walked to the center of the hall and gave a perfunctory bow.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a eunuch standing next to him. He didn't see what he looked like, but assumed he was a eunuch serving in the palace. He then handed the box in his hand to the side.
He held it up for a long time, but the eunuch still didn't reach out to take the box. Xuanming looked to the side in surprise.
Upon seeing Leng Yuexing, he frowned deeply. "How did you serve me? Didn't you see that I've been holding the box for ages?"
Leng Yuexing looked at him coldly, "Prince Xuan seems to have given it to the wrong person. I am the newly appointed commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and I have no obligation to give you anything."
"Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard?" Xuan Ming was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing. "That's utterly ridiculous! What kind of commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard are you?"
He turned to look at Chen Guangfan, the Vice Minister of War, who was standing to the side, and asked, "Lord Chen, have you ever heard of a commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard?"
Chen Guangfan chuckled awkwardly, "Your Highness, Lord Leng is the newly appointed commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard by the Emperor. It's best not to be too presumptuous in front of the Emperor."
As soon as Chen Guangfan finished speaking, Xuan Ming looked at Shangguan Jingzhi in surprise, "Your Majesty? What Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard? Your Majesty and the Left Prime Minister are unaware of this matter. How could you have made such a decision on your own?"
Shangguan Jingzhi's already icy eyes now seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, exuding a chilling aura.
An invisible pressure seemed to be slowly emanating from his jet-black pupils, and the surrounding air seemed to become heavy because of this powerful aura.
Although Xuanming was terrified, he forced himself to remain calm and met Shangguan Jingzhi's gaze.
A cold light flashed in Leng Yuexing's beautiful eyes as she saw that he dared to be so disrespectful to Shangguan Jingzhi!
In an instant, the anger in his heart seemed to be ignited and burned fiercely.
He jumped up instantly and then kicked Xuanming hard in the groin.
"Ah!" Xuanming screamed in agony the next moment.
He was kicked to the ground by Leng Yuexing, and the pain between his legs made him break out in a cold sweat. The sharp pain felt as if his soul had left his body.
“Your Highness, this is a lesson I’m giving you. Please remember this, and never speak to the Emperor like that again.” Leng Yuexing’s icy voice was filled with murderous intent.
Xuanming covered his crotch and couldn't say a word.
Seeing this, Chen Guangfan couldn't help but squeeze his legs together.
Xuanming screamed incessantly, his cries carrying outside the palace.
Upon learning that Xuanming had entered the palace to meet the emperor, the Left Chancellor hurriedly put down his affairs and rushed over.
When he arrived outside the palace, he happened to hear Xuanming's screams.
Rushing in from outside the palace, he saw Xuanming lying on the ground and raised his head to shout at Shangguan Jingzhi, "Your Majesty, what has my son done to offend you? Why are you punishing him like this?"
Just as Leng Yuexing was about to speak, Shangguan Jingzhi's cold voice rang out, "Is the Left Prime Minister questioning me?"
"Your Majesty, I dare not." The Left Chancellor's tone was equally devoid of respect. "Please allow me to summon the imperial physician for my son."
Shangguan Jingzhi looked at Leng Yuexing, and seeing Leng Yuexing nod at him, he said coldly, "Send it."
At Shangguan Jingzhi's command, the eunuchs outside the palace quickly ran to the Imperial Hospital to fetch the imperial physicians.
When the imperial physician arrived, only Xuanming was still wailing in the hall. He knelt down to examine Xuanming, and after a while, he stood up in confusion and respectfully said to Shangguan Jingzhi, "Your Majesty, Prince Xuan is in good health and seems to be... perfectly fine."
Leng Yuexing smiled faintly. As a member of the fox clan, simply kicking someone to death would be too unskilled.
No matter how the imperial physicians examined him, they could not find the cause of his kick. Only Xuanming himself knew how painful the nerve pain was.
It seems that eunuchs initially had to lie in their rooms for a week before they could get out of bed, and some even died in bed.
If Xuanming is not made to experience the same pain, how can the hatred in the hearts of Leng Yuexing and the Child of Heaven be relieved?
The Left Chancellor, unaware of the secrets involved, looked at Xuanming's seemingly genuine wailing and said coldly to the imperial physician, "Imperial Physician Jiang, didn't you see how much pain the child is in? How could you possibly not be able to find any cause of the illness?"
Physician Jiang was already a top doctor in the Imperial Medical Academy. When he heard the Left Prime Minister questioning him like this, he felt both fearful and angry.
Out of fear of the Left Chancellor's status, he hesitated for a long time before replying cautiously, "If there is no physical cause, then it may be a psychological illness, which is something I am powerless to help with."
Upon hearing this, the Left Chancellor stared at Xuanming in disbelief.
Vice Minister of War Chen Guangfan couldn't help but chuckle. "Prime Minister, Prince Xuan... is he faking it?"
Seeing the Left Prime Minister turn around and stare at him angrily, Chen Guangfan realized he had misspoke and said with an embarrassed smile, "I misspoke, please don't take it to heart, Prime Minister."
Before the Left Chancellor could say anything more, Shangguan Jingzhi's cold voice rang out from above.
"Xuanming has deceived the emperor and is now confined to his quarters to reflect on his mistakes. He is not to leave without an imperial edict."