Chapter 1118: Dog Eats Dog (Part I)
The scene was very chaotic, and everyone's performance was also flustered, but Yang Huairen secretly found that Yelu Bawotai was actually not so flustered.
Since Yeluhongji's poisoning, he has been very calm, and did not show concern for Yeluhongji's situation, but calmly ordered his men to protect the princess and the concubine, and then gathered several friendly ministers of the court and China to discuss how to deal with such an emergency.
Several old ministers of the court also began to come forward to calm the panicked crowd, and people gradually calmed down from the panic and began to wonder who poisoned His Majesty's wine.
The first reaction was to think of the new princess and the couple who toasted Yelu Hongji, but after thinking about it again, although the wine was toasted by the hands of the two of them, they had been on the scene, in full view of everyone, and it seemed that there was no chance to poison the wine, not to mention that the two of them had no motive to poison His Majesty the Emperor at all.
And thinking from the direction of the motive, there are a few suspects, the most suspicious is Xiao Sabi, everyone knows that he and Yelu Yanxi are not compatible, and rumors were spreading outside a few days ago.
After listening to those rumors, you will naturally not take them seriously, but through the content of the rumors, you will also have doubts about some things, and then guess some clues from these things.
For example, if the rumors attack Yelu Yanxi, saying that he is not Yelu Hongji's biological grandson, it is for the inheritance of the throne.
And there are only a few people who have the opportunity to replace Yelu Yanxi as the heir to the throne, and Xiao Sabi is one of the people with the most chance.
Thinking about it, it seems that if Yelu Hongji is poisoned and dies, Xiao Sabi will be the biggest beneficiary, if someone can really poison Yelu Hongji's wine, Xiao Sabi does have such an opportunity and ability.
Yelu Yanxi quickly figured this out, and the guards stopped him from the encirclement and prevented him from entering Yelu Hongji's Golden Horde, and he was very angry, but he didn't dare to make a mistake with Yelu Hongji's personal guards.
If someone seizes this handle and attacks him afterwards, he will be at a loss for words.
So Yelu Yanxi turned around and began to settle accounts with Xiao Sabi, he pushed away the crowd, rushed to Xiao Sabi, raised his hand and punched him.
Xiao Sabi is not stupid, he naturally knows how to dodge, and Yelu Yanxi is just an eighteen or nineteen-year-old young man, and he is used to being pampered, and he doesn't have much experience in fighting.
Xiao Sabi just flashed sideways, and secretly made a stumbling block under his feet, so that Yelu Yanxi fell out.
Yelu Yanxi gritted his teeth and glared, and immediately got up, pointed at Xiao Sabi's nose and scolded, "If you dare to poison His Majesty's wine, I will punish your nine clans!" β
"Fuck your shit!"
Xiao Sabi saw that the important ministers and envoys of various countries were looking at them, and immediately retorted, "Yelu Yanxi, what nonsense are you talking about? What does this king call poisoning His Majesty's wine? Thou shalt not accuse this king. β
"It's you, not you, who else? Wait for Lao Tzu to ascend the throne, and be the first to kill your whole family! β
Yelu Yanxi is young after all, and he has lost his mind a little under the anger, and every word he says is vicious, but he can be caught by someone at every word.
Xiao Sabi smiled and said, "You are really good at spewing blood, don't think that you are the emperor's grandson, you can slander this king at will!"
You keep saying that this king was poisoned, what evidence do you have? If so, you can show it to the princes and ministers, and if you can prove that it is the poison of the king, the king will be willing to judge it himself! β
Xiao Sabi's words were sonorous, reasonable, and seemed to be very convincing, and it also convinced everyone, after all, poisoning the emperor is not as simple as ordinary murder, this crime is too big, even if Xiao Sabi has the intention of killing the emperor and seizing the throne, he does not dare to admit it arrogantly in this situation.
Yelu Yanxi gritted his teeth, "Xiao Sabi, you don't pretend to be innocent in front of Lao Tzu, you see that Your Majesty's body is getting old, and you have long harbored a heart of rebellion. β
Everyone exclaimed "hmm" and looked at Xiao Sabi again.
Xiao Sabi was still not in a hurry, and actually took a step closer in front of Yelu Yanxi with a gloomy face, and retorted, "Yelu Yanxi, you are really naΓ―ve and ridiculous, where did you hear that the rumors were spread by this king?"
The day before yesterday, you pretended not to care at all in the court, but today it seems that you don't care about those rumors, it's just that you have a weak heart, so you just force yourself to perform as if you don't care.
I ask you, if those rumors are not true, what are you nervous about?! β
Yelu Yanxi was shocked, and at this time he also knew that what he said impulsively just now seemed to expose his weakness, he turned his head and saw the surprised appearance of the ministers, and immediately calmed down and went back.
"Xiao Sabi, you don't say anything useless, rumors are rumors, they can't become facts, what is the purpose of you making up those rumors, you know it well, and the ministers present will definitely be able to distinguish right from wrong, so you don't need to incite everyone to be suspicious of me.
The person who poisoned His Majesty must be you, since you dare to do such a rebellious thing, you will definitely not leave evidence for me to catch, that's why you are so unscrupulous and fearless! β
Xiao Sabi laughed dryly, "Ha! Ha! Yelu Yanxi, you are really interesting, you can't produce evidence, but you still keep pushing this basin on the king's head, don't you think it's ridiculous?
What you say is what it is? Do you really think you are His Majesty the Emperor? Oh, by the way, just now you said that the nine clans who want to punish the king of this are already the emperors of the Great Liao, right?
Your Majesty is poisoned now, but no one says that Your Majesty will definitely have a worry about his life, you are good, you rushed to stand up and kill this and that, what? Can't wait to replace him as emperor?
Looking at it this way, this king suddenly felt that the person who poisoned His Majesty was you! β
Yelu Yanxi listened to Xiao Sabi's theory, and his heart was about to explode, regardless of the persuasion of several old ministers in the court, he was desperate to rush up and fight with Xiao Sabi.
Xiao Sabi didn't dare to show weakness, and provoked without fear, "Why, this king has exposed your trick and is angry?"
Yelu Yanxi, it's your poison, you think that others will never suspect you about your identity, right?
You are too special a thief, but everyone is not stupid, those rumors a few days ago, must be true, you know that your true identity has been revealed, you are not Your Majesty's own grandson at all, so I am worried that Your Majesty will not pass on the throne to you, so you are in a hurry to strike first.
If you poison Your Majesty, and then frame the charge on the head of this king, you can hide from the world and usurp the Khitan throne of my Daliao, you kid is so calculating!
But you don't take us seriously, do you think your tricks can't be seen by others? Come on, this king will be afraid of you stinky boy who has not dried up?! β