CH 45.1

On the second day, Shengjing Street was full of grasshoppers jumping around, and there were still grasshoppers piled up and formed the words "Incapable Ruler".

On the third day, it was replaced by worms. There were large pieces of soft and boneless worms, and the people who watched it felt terrified and shivered. On this day, there were so many worms that not only formed the words "Incapable Ruler ", but also added the word "Death" next to it at the gate of the palace.

The first day could be said to be a trick played by some people pretending to be gods and ghosts, but on the second day when the grasshoppers appeared, many people believed that they really offended the heaven and the heaven issued a warning.

On the third day, there was an additional word of death, implying the ruin of the king and the country. Now the people were afraid, and the courtiers were even more afraid. They all knelt at the gate of the palace and begged the emperor to take back the imperial decree and stop choosing concubines.

The imperial doctor had checked that there was no medicinal powder on the ground, it was not poisonous, and there was no other thing that could attract insects. Even if there was, someone must come out to sprinkle medicinal powder or pour honey syrup or other things that could attract ants and insects. But in the next two days, the imperial guards were on duty all night, and there were hidden guards watching in the dark, not to mention people, not even ghosts showed up.

The grasshoppers seemed to appear out of nowhere, slowly wriggling and piled up and formed the words, wasn't this a warning from heaven?

In the past few days, the imperial guards had arrested a lot of people and put them in the prison. Almost anyone who had a woman of the right age in the family and had official position was arrested. Even Wei Yunzhao, who was handicapped, had been taken away.

But it still couldn't stop these things from appearing.

Emperor Changde heard a lot of news from the dark guards in the past two days. Like the empress, he was most suspicious of Wei Yunzhao's hands and feet, so he asked the dark guards to watch every move of the Wei family, and then learned that Wei Yunzhao and Jiang Lin only pretended to be affectionate in front of others, but Jiang Lin actually was extremely disdainful of Wei Yunzhao, and only wanted Wei Yunzhao's body.

Wei Yunzhao was taken away by the Imperial guards, and Jiang Lin almost got into a fight with them in front of the Imperial guards. But Wei Yunzhao was taken away on the front foot, and he went out to play with the money on the back foot, not caring what would happen to Wei Yunzhao.

Except for Jiang Lin, the rest of the Wei family had never even been out of the mansion, so it was impossible for them to have the opportunity to do anything.

Emperor Changde didn't believe in the Wei family, but he believed in the news from his hidden guards. When he learned that those grasshoppers were not the work of the Wei family, Emperor Changde's heart sank.

The idea of ​​heaven's punishment lingered in his mind, but it was quickly denied by Emperor Changde, who firmly denied that he had done nothing wrong.

Emperor Changde only coldly ordered the hidden guards, "Investigate, continue to investigate, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must find the person behind this scene, and I will tear him into pieces!"

After Emperor Changde sent the order, he still felt restless, urgently needed someone to play with him to relieve, so the Su meiren and Li Meiren entered the emperor's bedroom again, and they didn’t leave until it was almost dark.

The emperor, who hadn’t been in the court for three days, played with the beauties everyday, and there were still warnings from the heavens that the emperor would perish.

The beauty helped him to vent his anger during the day, and Emperor Changde was in a good mood. He didn't get angry when he saw the ministers kneeling on the ground, but after hearing their intentions, Emperor Changde turned cold almost instantly, "Presumptuous! You guys are so brave, you dare to curse me to destroy the country, I think you are tired of living "

"Your Majesty, that is a warning from the heaven, let the majesty know when he goes astray so he doesn't disappoint the heaven, otherwise it will be too late," said the minister with gray beard, who was pale and shaky on his knees.

The others echoed, "Please your majesty to get back on the right path!"

Then someone said: "Your majesty, first of all, this year’s crops have been destroyed, and the emperor has become obsessed with the two women and has no intention of governing the country. Dayue is in danger."

These words were an admonition, but at the same time they were a reminder that Emperor Chang De was annoyed at his courtiers saying that he was wrong and that they cursed Dayue to perish, but other ministers heard other meanings in these words.

In the past few days, there were rumors that offering the two young women to the emperor was the idea given to the empress by Jiang Jinyue, the eldest lady of Anyang Hou.

The empress suggested to the emperor to choose the concubine, the crown prince destroyed the grain, and the empress was the one who offered the women. The mother and son had ulterior motives and wanted to rebel.

There were also quite a few people present who were on the side of the crown prince. Thinking about these words, they were covered in cold sweat. They quietly glanced at the still angry Emperor Changde. If this person came back to his sense, the empress and the crown prince would...

They didn’t dare to think whether the emperor would abolish the empress or the crown prince, but either way it would be a huge blow to the crown prince's ascension to the throne.

But no one stood up to refute this, because they were afraid that they would wake up Emperor Changde on the spot.

Emperor Changde felt that these ministers were not good people, and he didn't want to listen to their nonsense, so he left angrily. And the courtiers also had their own thoughts, and they lost the unity they had when they came.

It seems that it had become the situation where everyone was in danger. The people were afraid that the prophecy would come true, and if the country was really subjugated, there would be wars. The courtiers were also afraid of subjugation and losing everything they had now.