allonlinenovel Chapter 446 Yang Guifei's Death
Chapter 446 Yang Guifei's Death
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, there is only more than half a month left before the New Year. In order to let everyone have a happy and peaceful New Year, the prince and Li Chu, after careful consideration, resolutely decided to force the emperor to deal with Yang Guozhong as soon as possible.
At another morning court session, they changed their strategy. Instead of directly requesting punishment for Yang Guozhong as they had done in the past, they changed their target.
The Crown Prince respectfully stepped forward, bowed, and addressed the Emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, I have an important matter to report. As far as I know, Concubine Yang Guifei has secretly placed imperial items for sale in the teahouse opened by Yang Guozhong! Furthermore, she has also freely passed on confidential palace information to him. Even more outrageous, she actually adopted the traitor An Lushan and doted on him, effectively nurturing a tiger that has become a threat to him! I implore Your Majesty to investigate this matter and sentence Concubine Yang Guifei to death to uphold justice and appease the people!"
However, after hearing this, the emperor frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Although the imperial concubine has acted a little indulgently, she has never interfered in the affairs of state. She must have committed these mistakes because she was deceived by her traitorous brother Yang Guozhong." Obviously, the emperor still had a hint of favoritism towards the imperial concubine.
At this moment, Li Chu, who had been silent all this time, finally couldn't hold back any longer. He stepped forward and said earnestly, "Grandpa Emperor, please look at the court right now. Discipline is lax and chaos reigns. The root cause is all due to the evil deeds of the Yang family! If we continue to condone the Imperial Concubine, I'm afraid it will be difficult to quell the public anger, and the people will have difficulty finding peace of mind!"
Upon hearing this, the Emperor burst into tears, but was speechless. After a pause, he looked up to the sky and sighed, "Then I will follow the wishes of the Crown Prince and Chu'er and give the Imperial Concubine a cup of poisoned wine."
The Crown Prince and Li Chu exchanged a glance and said respectfully, "Father (Grandpa Emperor) is wise and enlightened!"
Seeing this, other court officials also said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Although everyone was sincerely convinced this time and said sincerely, "Your Majesty is wise," he did not feel very happy or satisfied this time. Instead, he felt very sad. After all, his beloved concubine was about to die.
After the court session, Gao Lishi took the poisoned wine to Lingxiao Palace to convey the imperial edict.
Yang Guifei didn't know what happened in the court today, so she didn't know what Gao Lishi was doing. She just thought that the emperor wanted to talk to her about something.
She then asked, "Eunuch Gao, why are you here at this time? Is the Emperor looking for me?"
Gao Lishi's face was full of righteousness this time. He said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I am here to announce the decree. Please accept it."
Yang Guifei was deeply puzzled upon hearing this, but she knelt to listen. Gao Lishi then said, "By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that Concubine Yang has secretly colluded with others, secretly placed imperial items for sale outside the palace, and trusted the traitor An Lushan, passing palace secrets to Yang Guozhong. Her crimes are unforgivable. I decree that you give her a cup of poisoned wine! This is my decree!"
When Yang Guifei heard the imperial edict, she felt dizzy and fell to the ground.
Gao Lishi said, "Your Majesty, please accept my order."
Yang Guifei finally came to her senses, but she did not act irrationally or make a scene. Instead, she straightened her appearance, knelt down again, and kowtowed respectfully, saying, "Your humble servant... accepts the order..."
After standing up, Gao Lishi felt a little reluctant, but still said, "Your Highness, please come in." He then called the eunuch behind him and brought up the tray with the poisoned wine.
Yang Guifei looked at the wine in front of her. Although she didn't believe that the emperor would be so cruel as to kill her, she believed that the emperor must have his reasons, so she didn't want to make things difficult for him.
He just smiled bitterly and said, "Eunuch Gao, please tell me something. I am willing to die, and I only ask that Your Majesty live the rest of his life in peace." After that, he drank the poisoned wine in one gulp, tears flowing from the corners of his eyes, and soon he vomited blood and fell to the ground.
Gao Lishi personally stepped forward to confirm that Yang Guifei was dead, and then ordered people to clean up the scene and return to report.