Chapter 112 Accusation Failed (1/2)

”Chu Tiankuo was drugged?”

Tang Xia was quite shocked to hear this news from Zui Linglong. ”Who drugged Chu Tiankuo?”

Tang Xia dared not believe the news and asked, ”Who drugged Chu Tiankuo?”

Tang Xia thought, ”Zui Linglong came to tell me the news, then she must know who did it.” So she looked at Zui Linglong, desperate to know the answer.

However, Zui Linglong just glanced at her, not intending to tell her the truth.

Tang Xia felt quite uncomfortable as she did not get the answer she wanted. She clenched her fists unwillingly. Later, after unclenching her fists, Tang Xia forced Zui Linglong to answer her question, ”Are you going to tell me or not?”

Zui Linglong did not give her a direct answer. She gave Tang Xia's flat stomach a mysterious look and said, ”You cannot keep this baby, or you and Chu Tiankuo will die because of him.”

”Are you kidding?”

Tang Xia did not believe Zui Linglong's words, ”How could Chu Tiankuo and I die because of our baby?” Tang Xia stared at Zui Linglong suspiciously. The moment she noticed that Zui Linglong had a superior look on her face, as if she was enjoying a good show, Tang Xia became quite angry.

”Are you jealous of my good life? How could Chu Tiankuo and I die because of our baby? That is impossible!”

Tang Xia believed what Zui Linglong had just said was nonsense and would never happen. So she would not let herself get annoyed by Zui Linglong's hocus pocus.

Tang Xia touched her stomach subconsciously, feeling the little life in her body.

As Tang Xia was waiting for Zui Linglong's refutation, Zui Linglong gave her an obscure smile and left with these words, ”I know you won't believe me, just wait to see!”

Tang Xia did not take Zui Linglong's words seriously, as she hated it most when people purposely made a mystery out of simple things.

Soon after, people from the Country of Nanmen heard of Tang Xia's evildoings from unknown sources and wrote a joint letter to Chu Tiankuo to ask him to abolish Tang Xia's title as the empress.

When Chu Tiankuo received this denouncement, he did not have a good attitude towards anyone during morning court.

”Your Majesty, please abolish Tang Xia's title as the empress!”

One minister walked out of the queue and knelt on the ground in front of Chu Tiankuo. Then he held up a letter jointly written by the common people, ”This represents the wish of the people from the Country of Nanmen. They think Tang Xia is not capable of being the empress!”

The minister said this with certainty as if he was truly doing this for the nation's good. And he thought Tang Xia was a woman with no abilities or virtues and had poor skills in treating others and handling affairs.

After Chu Tiankuo's personal eunuch took a look at Chu Tiankuo and found Chu Tiankuo did not object to seeing the letter, he trotted towards the minister and presented the joint letter to Chu Tiankuo.

”Is that right?” Chu Tiankuo unfolded the joint letter, and sneered at the minister who was kneeling on the ground, ”Do you think so?”

”Of course I do!” The minister answered with certainty.

Chu Tiankuo had a smile on his face as he looked at the ministers who were standing, and asked the same question, ”Do you think so, too?”

Most ministers dared not answer the question although some of them did regard Tang Xia as not being capable to be the empress. So they all knelt on the ground in fear, ”Your Majesty, please curb your anger!!” Once the emperor got angry, many people would die. These ministers did not want to risk their lives.

Chu Tiankuo snorted and let them rise. Then he took a look at the joint letter and read what it said.

The more he read, the uglier Chu Tiankuo's look became. The first part of the joint letter listed Tang Xia's evildoings, while the latter part of the letter had the handprints of the common people.

Chu Tiankuo became quite vexed after reading the letter. So he closed his eyes and massaged them tiredly. When he opened his eyes again, he pointed at the minister who brought the joint letter to him.

”Why do you think that Tang Xia is not capable of being the empress? If she cannot be the empress, can you be the empress?”

”Your Majesty, I dare not.” The minister knelt on the ground in panic and explained, ”It is not only I who think Tang Xia is not capable of being the empress, but the common people, together with the imperial concubines, also hold the same view.”

What the minister meant was that His Majesty should not blame him only, as there were so many people who were unsatisfied with Tang Xia. The minister thought that Chu Tiankuo would blame him solely, as Chu Tiankuo did not know exactly who to blame.

The law could not be enforced when everyone was the offender.

”Is that so? Even though you are able to gather so many pieces of information from my ministers and people...” As he said so, Chu Tiankuo's tone became quite cold while the atmosphere around him cooled down immediately.

”Tell me, how did you get the information from my imperial concubines?”