Chapter 5 Taking advantage of the situation to seize power
After a few dozen minutes, Empress Dowager Yang Shufei, Su Liuyi, and others arrived one after another.
Seeing the scattered corpses in Zhao Dongting's bedroom, everyone's faces changed a little.
Su Liuyi was in charge of the front office of the palace and the guards. Looking at the corpses of the guards on the ground, he thought someone was assassinating. He pretended to be frightened and bowed to Zhao Dongting, "Master, is there any thief assassination?"
"yes!"
Amid the doubts of the people in the room, Zhao Dongting sneered coldly, "But the ones who assassinated me are these my guards!"
When Su Liuyi heard this, he was really frightened and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, "I am not in good supervision and I deserve to die. Please ask the Empress Dowager to give me the crime."
He was a smart man and immediately admitted his mistakes.
Zhang Shijie, deputy envoy of Privy Councillor, said: "Even the guards' personal army have become rebels. Where is the safety of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor?"
Zhang Shijie was also a celebrity in the late Southern Song Dynasty and held a high position, but this person liked to flatter.
Su Liuyi was afraid that he would hate him to death, but he was not easy to argue at this time. He just kowtowed, "I will die!"
Then, several generals knelt down.
These generals are undoubtedly commanders of the Palace Front Office or the guards' personal army.
Concubine Yang's face was calm and she just asked, "Zhier, what's going on?"
Zhao Dongting slowly told the story in front of all the ministers, including two little eunuchs who wanted to poison him with roasted chicken.
After saying that, he glanced at everyone and said, "I wonder who is Mr. Yang Wanli, the deputy chief of the guards and infantry,?"
Among the kneeling generals, a stout man with dark face raised his head, "I will be here!"
He didn't look very flustered on his face.
Zhao Dongting was secretly surprised by the calmness of the man, and then said, "Yang Wanli, don't you want to explain something to me?"
Everyone present noticed some signs and looked at Yang Wanli one after another.
Yang Wanli lowered his head and his voice was muffled, "I don't understand what the emperor means, so please make it clear."
"Oh!"
Zhao Dongting looked at Doctor An and the little eunuch, "Doctor An, and you, now Lord Yang says he doesn't know what you two want to say?"
The little eunuch had already looked as if he was dead and could not speak at this time.
Doctor An sighed and said, "Mr. Yang, things have come to this point, so let's confess! You asked me to do things in the sages and medicines, and I have reported to the sages."
"You slander!"
Yang Wanli suddenly raised his head, staring at him like a copper bell, "I have no grudges and you, why do you harm me?"
Zhao Dongting was not in a hurry. He walked to the eunuch, patted his shoulder, and asked, "Did Yang Wanli ask you to poison me in the roast chicken?"
The little eunuch's psychological defense line had long collapsed, and he just nodded, "Yes!"
With two testimony, everyone could naturally see that Yang Wanli must have nothing to do with this matter.
Su Liuyi was furious in an instant and suddenly stood up and kicked Yang Wanli to the ground, "You unfaithful and unfilial thief, I will kill you now!"
Although his voice was sharp, his appearance was not very scary.
Most of the senior officials in charge of the army in the Southern Song Dynasty were civil officials, and Su Liuyi was one of them. He wore two long-winged official hats on his head, and he looked more like an old master.
"slow!"
Zhao Dongting naturally would not let Su Liu Yi kill Yang Wanli.
Maybe there are big fish behind. If Yang Wanli dies, how can he catch the big fish behind?
He stopped Su Liuyi and shouted sternly: "Yang Wanli, I ask you, what other party do you have?"
At this moment, a general kneeling on the ground suddenly spoke.
He is tall and handsome, and he is a rare handsome man.
"Yang Wanli, with Doctor An and this eunuch testifying, do you still want to deny it? If you confess, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor will be considering your past protection and follow the emperor to this end, which is also a contribution, and may even spare your family. If you resist stubbornly, it will definitely be the end of the nine tribes!"
Yang Wanli's face finally changed, and it was sunny and sunny.
Then he turned his head and looked at the general who had just spoken, and slowly said, "The general has no accomplices."
After saying that, he jumped up like a cheetah, picked up a goose feather knife on the ground, and wiped his neck directly.
Those present did not expect that he would commit suicide, and no one had time to stop him.
Even Zhao Dongting was stunned.
It was not until Yang Wanli's body fell to the ground and the armor hit the ground and made a crisp sound that Zhao Dongting came to his senses and cursed in his heart, "Fuck!"
I just heard the handsome general talking, but I didn't think there was anything wrong. Now I think it's a bit strange.
He was exposing Yang Wanli to confess, but now it seems that his real intention is to warn Yang Wanli.
What he meant was that if Yang Wanli dared to confess the person behind the scenes, would he kill his whole family?
Zhao Dongting always felt strange when he saw this handsome general.
But now Yang Wanli is dead, so it is obviously useless to say anything. I suddenly asked him, but I was afraid that he would be a warning to the enemy.
But it is also a delusion to just end things like this.
Zhao Dongting sneered in his heart and said, "Who are there any generals of the Palace Front Office and the guards' personal army?"
When several people heard this, their eyes showed a slight joy. Everyone could see that the little emperor was going to attack these imperial guards.
Zhao Dongting felt a little sad when he saw this scene. The Southern Song courts had fallen to this point, and they still had the heart to fight each other.
Just thinking about it carefully, factional disputes in the court are inevitable.
Chapter completed!