Children of Loulan

Chapter 493 Who?

Doctor Zhengyi was also looking at him at this time. When their eyes met, he saw Doctor Zhengyi shook his head slightly, as if to hint him not to continue. At that moment, he seemed to understand what Doctor Zhengyi meant, so he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue, although he still felt a little unwilling in his heart.

Seeing him suddenly fall silent, Xilin couldn't help but smile. She raised her voice again and shouted, "My Lords, do you have any objections?"

Before he finished speaking, another minister stepped out from the crowd. He walked steadily to the center of the hall, bowed respectfully, and then said in a deep voice: "I have no doubts. The prince first poisoned the king, which is a crime of treason; then he tried to murder his brother, which is even more unforgivable. Such evil deeds should be punished! As the mother of the prince, the queen has no way of educating her son and condoned the prince to commit such a serious crime. She is not worthy of being the queen mother of Loulan!"

The minister's words were sonorous and powerful, echoing throughout the altar, causing an uproar. Everyone was talking and discussing.

However, at this moment, more than a dozen ministers walked out from the crowd one after another. They stood in a neat row and said in unison: "We second the motion!" The sound was deafening.

Seeing this, Xilin chuckled and said, "Keremu, did you see that? You wanted to sow discord and make me and my son take the blame for you. Unfortunately, you made a wrong calculation!"

Just as he finished speaking, the blade moved forward a little more, and the gleaming blade was tightly against the queen's neck. With a little more force, the queen's throat could be easily cut. At this critical moment, when the blade touched the queen's skin, a thin blood mark appeared on the queen's white neck, and blood slowly seeped out.

However, facing this scene, Xilin showed no mercy, her eyes were still as cold as ice, as if this was just a trivial matter.

She looked at Keremu on the altar expressionlessly, and said in a cold and resolute tone: "Keremu, I will give you one last chance. Release the Sixth Prince and come down obediently. Otherwise, the knife in my hand will not show any mercy to the queen!"

Just when the two sides were deadlocked and the atmosphere was extremely tense, suddenly, there was a commotion outside the altar. Everyone looked in astonishment and saw a group of soldiers wearing armor and holding spears rushing in like a tide. Their steps were uniform, and their movements were swift and decisive. In the blink of an eye, they surrounded everyone in the altar.

When the officials saw this sudden change, they were immediately panicked and began to discuss among themselves: "What on earth is going on? Where did these soldiers come from?"

At this time, Xilin saw through the identities of these soldiers in the chaos. Her face instantly became extremely gloomy, and she shouted angrily: "Ankar, get out of here!"

At the same time, after seeing so many soldiers suddenly appear, the imperial guards in the altar all drew their swords quickly, and then quickly protected Xilin and others behind them, as if facing a powerful enemy, forming a tense and explosive confrontation with those aggressive soldiers.

Ankar was wearing a general's armor, looking majestic. He held a sword in his hand and stood at the forefront of the soldiers. Facing Xilin, his attitude was extremely respectful. He bowed slightly and said in a steady tone: "Your Majesty, I am here. I wonder what your Majesty wants me to do?"

However, Xilin was very angry about his appearance. She shouted angrily: "Didn't I clearly order you to guard the palace gate? Why are you here? And when did you bring these soldiers into the palace?"

Facing Xilin's questioning, Ankar did not hesitate at all. He answered without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I am here to rescue you. Since I want to rescue you, I must bring more soldiers with me!"

Hearing Ankar's answer, Xilin couldn't help but sneer and said sarcastically: "Save the prince? The prince is so rebellious, and you still want to save him? Didn't you always say that you have never sided with any party and are only loyal to Loulan? Then why did you take the family oath today to help the prince?"

Facing Xilin's questioning, Ankar's attitude was still very submissive. He explained slowly and calmly: "Your Majesty, I did not side with the Crown Prince. From beginning to end, I only obeyed the orders of one person!"

Xilin asked suspiciously, "Who?" She thought to herself that General An's family had always been loyal to the king and obeyed his orders, and had never been involved in any party disputes. However, now that the king was poisoned and unconscious, whose orders would he obey?

Just as Xilin was anxiously waiting for Ankar's answer, suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind the soldiers: "Of course it's me!"

Although the voice was not loud, it resounded in the air like a huge bell, and it was deafening. Moreover, this voice was very familiar to everyone present, especially the officials, who were so excited that they almost jumped up and shouted, "This is the king's voice, this is the king's voice!"

Although the king himself had not yet appeared, just this voice alone had already made all the officials present ecstatic and cheering. However, Xilin was struck by lightning.

Because she knew very well that she was the one who poisoned the king herself, and her people also witnessed the king drinking bowls of poison.

More importantly, after careful examination of the king's pulse, the imperial physician confirmed that the king was severely poisoned and would not survive for more than a few days. So, how could the king appear here at this time?

So she shouted without hesitation: "This is definitely not the king! Although the voice sounds very similar, voices can be imitated! And the imperial physician had already examined the king's pulse at the time and clearly said that the king was deeply poisoned and there was no way to save him. You were all there at the time! What? Did you forget so quickly?"

Her words were like a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, and all the officials present could not help but look at each other in bewilderment. Because what Xilin said was indeed the truth. They had witnessed the king's unconsciousness with their own eyes, and had also heard with their own ears what the imperial physician said that the king was beyond help and could not wake up!

For a moment, everyone began to feel suspicious, wondering if that voice was really someone impersonating the king.

However, just when they were still hesitating and guessing, they saw the man walk out from behind the soldiers without hesitation.

He walked steadily, and every step seemed so confident and calm, as if he didn't care about everyone's doubts at all.

As he walked, the man said leisurely, "Why? I am not poisoned and unconscious. I am disappointed with my beloved concubine and the ministers, right?"

His voice was not loud, but it was particularly clear in the silent altar, as if the entire space was echoing only with his words.