dognovel Chapter 253 The Old Emperor's Home Was Robbed
Chapter 253 The Old Emperor's Home Was Robbed
The Empress Dowager bent down and whispered a few words in her personal maid's ear.
next second.
In order to atone for her sins, Xin'er revealed that the Marquis of Pingyang was not the biological son of the old emperor's seventh brother.
Marquis Pingyang roared in despair, "Liar! You are slandering me!"
"No, Your Majesty. If Xin'er has uttered even half a lie, may she be struck by lightning and die a horrible death."
As Shen Zhiyi was enjoying the gossip, she realized she was losing track of what was happening.
Finally, a summary is drawn.
Tonight was truly a chaotic mess.
The old emperor nodded in empathy.
Not really.
He didn't know how things had gotten to this point. He was old and not as energetic as his mother.
The Empress Dowager was still arguing about whether the Marquis of Pingyang was her biological grandson.
"Whether he is your biological grandson or not, a blood test can be done to find out."
It's bullshit.
This thing is completely useless.
The Empress Dowager, who had undermined him for who knows how many times, was furious.
He pointed sharply at Shen Zhiyi.
"You, get over here right now."
Shen Zhiyi, who was silently repeating to herself, realized that the Empress Dowager was actually calling her.
She pointed to herself in the opposite direction with her finger.
"I?"
"Yes, just you."
The Empress Dowager gritted her teeth and decided to ignore it.
"I've long heard His Majesty say you're incredibly intelligent. Do you have a way to confirm that Marquis Pingyang is indeed my grandson?"
[Oh my god, this is a life-or-death problem.]
[But the old emperor actually told the empress dowager that I'm incredibly clever!]
Zhang Sheren and Chen Decai closed their eyes.
Oh dear, my little darling, this is the important part!
The key point is that you are now being deliberately made difficult by the Empress Dowager.
"Shen Lang?"
"Huh?" Shen Zhiyi came back to her senses and calmly replied, "Your Majesty, we will naturally use the blood test to determine kinship."
Everyone:...
The Empress Dowager wanted to get angry, but the old emperor's gaze forcefully suppressed her anger.
The head of the Imperial Medical Academy even took out his notebook to see what Shen Zhiyi was going to say, but in the end, it still came down to the blood test for kinship.
I was just thinking to myself that blood tests are useless!
Tell me how it's useless.
[This Empress Dowager is really something. There's such a senior imperial physician right next to her. Although I am indeed exceptionally intelligent, everyone has their own area of expertise. In this world, DNA testing isn't an option, and the best way to confirm kinship is through DNA testing.]
At most, blood-drop kinship testing can only confirm whether people have the same blood type.
The head of the Imperial Medical Academy quickly took notes, as he seemed to understand why the last blood transfusion had failed.
Could it be because of the "blood type" that Shen Lang mentioned?
Does this mean that the blood in each person's body is different?
The head of the Imperial Medical Academy felt as if a new door had been opened for him, and he had seen a new world.
The Empress Dowager let out a frustrated sigh.
"Enough, Your Majesty. You may do as you please with the Marquis of Pingyang. I will not say a word more."
The sky has fallen for the Marquis of Pingyang.
He wanted to do something to salvage the situation.
But everything he has now is due to the Empress Dowager's favor.
Without the Empress Dowager, he is nothing.
"Grandmother, I really am your grandson. You can't listen to the slander of some villains."
[These are just the honest truths, how can they be considered slander?]
Everyone: He's talking about you!
The Marquis of Pingyang has been taken away, and the governor of Luozhou has been replaced. The new governor of Luozhou is now in office.
The newly appointed governor of Luozhou will be arriving in Luozhou some time from now, so for now, it is the chief administrator of Luozhou who is in charge of all the dog farms within the territory.
The Empress Dowager also requested to be confined to her quarters and began to recite scriptures every day, just like the Empress.
The old emperor put his hands behind his back and sighed deeply.
He came here to see his mother, but it turned out like this.
"Power is a terrible thing."
Chen Decai and Zhang Sheren, who were standing to the side, did not dare to speak.
Yes, it's terrifying. The old emperor himself is no different. Look at what he's done these past few years—abolishing the prime minister, changing local planning, and so on—it's all just to strengthen his own power.
"Cough cough cough."
Why are those two, the talented scholar and Zhang Sheren, coughing? Could they both have caught the flu?
Shen Zhiyi silently moved a step to the side, distancing herself from the two of them.
It seems like it's the change of seasons or something, there are so many people with colds lately, especially in Dajing, quite a few people seem to be sick.
This looks pretty serious. It seems like they didn't even make it through; they died from a cold?
[Host, this cold seems a bit off!]
Shen Zhiyi let her thoughts wander and made a bold guess.
Could it be a plague?
The old emperor's eyebrows twitched, and the tea in his mouth suddenly tasted bitter.
No way, he's so unlucky, even as an emperor he encountered a plague that's rare to see in hundreds of years?
[Host, it seems so. Why don't you find a reason not to go back to Dajing with the old emperor and just stay in Luozhou for now?]
Alas, my fate is not in my own hands.
Shen Zhiyi sighed deeply. Was Dajing a place she could simply return to whenever she wanted? Or a place she could simply choose not to return to?
They still have to listen to the old emperor.
After receiving some information from Shen Zhiyi, the old emperor immediately summoned his ministers to discuss the matter while Shen Zhiyi was at home sleeping.
The head of the Imperial Medical Academy stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, we must immediately identify the source of infection and then isolate the infected person to prevent further spread."
"Send a message to the Crown Prince, telling him to make preparations immediately and nip this thing in the bud before it spreads."
[Holy crap, this thing was actually man-made???]
The old emperor, who was in the middle of a discussion, twitched his eyelids upon hearing this "woc".
Shen Zhiyi lived not far from him, within the range where his thoughts could be conveyed.
"It was man-made?"
The Minister of War was astonished, then burst into a tirade: "Which bastard would do something so immoral?"
【Wow, wow!】
The system couldn't hold back any longer.
[Host, please use polite language!]
[Forget about using polite language! I spent over an hour finally pinpointing the source of this infection, and can you believe it? It's in the Imperial Palace!!!]
One or two of the old emperors were getting restless, especially the old emperor himself.
The old emperor went out for a short trip, and his home was raided.
"Your Majesty?"
"Don't speak. Has the messenger sent to deliver the message to the Crown Prince set off yet?"
"Already set off."
Let me see which guy has a death wish to pull this stunt.
The old emperor fell into complete silence.
We're just waiting for Shen Zhiyi to find the culprit.
After a while.
【this?】
【real or fake? 】
[System, are you malfunctioning? You have so many bugs.]
The system generates turbulent electrical noises.
[Slander! This is slander! I'm going to find my lawyer and sue you!]
You still have a lawyer.
"You're slandering me, which is slandering the professor. The professor can certainly hire a lawyer."
Shen Zhiyi sneered.
Come on, take a look at what I just saw. Are you sure you're not mistaken? It couldn't possibly be him.