Chapter 402 The Sixth Prince commits murder, and Consort De loses control!

Li Qingluo's words prevented Consort De's expression from continuing to spiral out of control.

She covered her face and quickly ordered someone to take the sixth prince away.

"Tie up everyone around Xiao Liu!"

"Put him in solitary confinement!"

The palace maid stammered, "Yes...yes."

These people are likely to meet a terrible end today.

Consort De personally accepted the brocade box from Li Qingluo's hands.

However, they didn't rush to open it to see what was inside.

Instead, she maintained her aloof demeanor and invited the concubines to come in and take their seats.

"You're too kind, ladies."

"I am not good at socializing, and I have never attended the special occasions of my sisters in the palace."

"Today, however, Xiao Liu's naughtiness disturbed the sisters."

"But since you're here, I'll be hosting today, so please don't stand on ceremony, sisters, and make yourselves at ease."

"Someone come here—"

“Bring out all the things that the palace usually uses for amusement, so that the ladies can have some fun.”

After saying that, she hurriedly whispered to the head palace maid beside her: "Go to the imperial kitchen immediately and tell them to set up a few more tables of food, and say that it is my birthday today."

"Wait, let's put all the fruits and pastries up first."

After the palace servants of Jinying Palace carried all the items out and placed them in the courtyard, the ladies of the various palaces were welcomed into the palace.

They didn't entertain themselves, but instead had their maids and servants go out into the courtyard to play with the toys, and they just watched the spectacle.

There is a game called Pitch-pot.

There are backgammon and liubo.

There are also puppet shows.

The eunuchs and maids in each palace rolled up their sleeves to save face for their masters, and soon they were working enthusiastically.

The ladies of the palace laughed heartily, holding their fans.

Some couldn't resist trying it out themselves, tinkering with tangrams to solve Luban locks and nine-linked rings.

Before long, the palace servants in the courtyard started arguing.

Li Qingluo looked around with his hands behind his back.

It's like strolling through a market, enjoying the lively atmosphere.

When pushed or shoved, she skillfully dodged away.

When she encountered someone cheating, she secretly shook her head and sighed.

Before long, all the concubines and empresses noticed her.

"Are those Taoist priests from Guifu Palace?"

"I heard he's Master Qingyangzi's junior brother."

"Isn't that the young disciple of Grand Preceptor Yunhe?"

National Preceptor Yunhe: How could I not know about this matter?

When a concubine who had only entered the palace in recent years heard about Guifu Palace, she immediately leaned over and said, "Isn't Guifu Palace a forbidden area in the palace? In the past, when I tried to inquire about this matter, I was scolded by the nannies for fear of angering His Majesty."

Consort Rong: "I advise you not to inquire any further. It was indeed a forbidden area before. Although Prince Su has moved in now, we are still not allowed to approach, are we?"

"Even the Consort De, who was once closest to me, was not allowed to get any closer."

"Who knows what kind of vengeful ghosts are inside?"

Consort Rong casually waved her fan and spoke these words, but they startled many of the concubines nearby, making them look extremely uncomfortable.

Consort De sat at the head of the table, looking at the chaos in her palace, feeling extremely disgusted.

Her gaze also fell on the young Taoist priest.

It was as cold and venomous as a poisonous snake, devoid of any warmth.

Suddenly, a scream came from the side hall.

A palace maid, covered in blood, rushed out.

The person who came out with her was holding a dagger and had a foolish smile on his face.

"It's so much fun! It's so much fun!"

"Hehe, don't run away—"

"This prince wants to do it again, don't run away—"

This person was none other than the Sixth Prince, Duan Rongye.

His body and face were covered in blood, and he was laughing like a living demon.

The palace maid ran away in a panic, shouting, "Help—save me—"

"Your Majesty—"

Duan Rongye chased after her, and the two quickly rushed into the crowd.

However, when Rong Ye chased after the palace maid and saw that she did not stop, his expression instantly turned ferocious.

Why don't you listen to me!?

"Disobedience deserves death—"

"I, the prince, will kill you!"

He raised his knife and stabbed into the crowd.

When everyone saw that the scene was genuine, they realized it was real and exclaimed in surprise.

The eldest princess acted swiftly, slamming her hand on the table and rising to her feet: "Quick! Seize him!"

Chaos broke out among the crowd.

The concubines all paled.

"Grab him!"

"Quickly notify the Imperial Guards to come and seize the Sixth Prince!"

"Murder! The Sixth Prince, Duan Rongye, has murdered someone!"

"Little Six has truly gone mad—"

Only Consort De rushed out anxiously, supported by palace servants.

"Ye'er!"

"What are you doing?"

"Stop right now!"

"Guards! Protect the Sixth Prince at once!"

In an instant, people rushed forward to grab people and protect their masters.

The entire Hibiscus Palace was thrown into complete chaos.

Consort De desperately wanted to rush out: "No, don't hurt him—"

"He is the dignified Sixth Prince, who among you dares to touch him?!"

However, under the princess's reprimand, the palace servants could only hold her tightly.

Consort De struggled frantically, completely losing any semblance of her usual aloof and ethereal demeanor.

She screamed shrilly as she watched the eunuchs and palace maids pin Duan Rongye down and take his knife away.

Duan Rongye cried out in pain, "Mother!"

"Mother, please save your son! I'm in so much pain, I can't breathe!"

At the Princess's signal, Consort De was suddenly released from her restraints and rushed forward.

She frantically pushed and shoved the palace servants, yelling, "Get out! All of you, get out of my way! Get out of my way!"

"Ye'er, your mother is here—"

The Imperial Guards came running at the sound.

They were still a little stunned when they saw this.

Consort De went berserk like a bull, knocking a group of palace servants to the ground.

The mother and child were hugging each other, looking so pitiful.

However, at that moment, two Taoist priests, one standing at the side of the side hall entrance, exclaimed in alarm, "Oh dear, so many dead people!"

When the Imperial Guards rushed over, they found several corpses lying haphazardly in the side hall.

They were all eunuchs and palace maids.

Consort De's face turned deathly pale instantly: "No..."

She stumbled and rushed over.

Li Qingluo and Sha Qi quickly jumped away.

Consort De leaned against the door frame and looked into the palace.

Upon seeing the blood everywhere and the corpses strewn about, I almost fainted on the spot.

"No...this isn't real..."

As Consort De swayed precariously, the Eldest Princess gave a cold laugh: "How could it not be true?"

"Your Highness, today all the concubines and consorts in the palace witnessed how Xiao Liu charged out with a knife."

"You wouldn't still want to exonerate Xiao Liu for murder, would you?"

Consort De screamed in anguish, "This wasn't done by Ye'er! It definitely wasn't Ye'er who did it!"

"Ye'er is as innocent as a child. He's sick, how could he possibly kill someone?!"

Consort Rong tidied her slightly disheveled appearance: "Child?"

“Sister Consort De, you didn’t say that a while ago.”

"You say the Sixth Prince is just simple-minded, and you won't allow anyone in the palace to say that the Sixth Prince is a fool."

"If you find out that any palace servants are gossiping in private, you will find a reason to punish them."

"Some of those who were flogged died from their serious injuries."

"Now, how come you're talking about your son's unusual behavior?"

"What about those palace servants you deliberately punished?"

Upon hearing this, Consort De turned her head and looked at everyone with bloodshot eyes.

"They gossiped about their master in private; they all deserve to die!"

"Besides, my Ye'er is incredibly kind and innocent; he would never kill innocent people indiscriminately."

Li Qingluo: "And what about you, Consort De?"

"I have a hunch that you may have deliberately harmed others, which is why you are suffering this retribution today?"

She finished speaking.

The entire Hibiscus Cherry Blossom Palace was completely silent.

Everyone stared at Consort De with extremely complex expressions.

Sha Qi spoke up indifferently, "When the Sixth Prince was killing people with his knife, I was right outside the window and saw it all clearly."

“If necessary, I am willing to go to the Dali Temple to testify in person.”

Before the words had even finished, a strong voice came from outside the hall: "Consort De, when did Ye'er become a fool who kills with a knife!"

"How will you explain this to me?!"

The visitor turned out to be Emperor Yan.

He had no idea how long he had been listening outside the Hibiscus Palace.

At this moment, he stared at Consort De with icy hatred in his eyes, like an invisible knife, which frightened Consort De so much that she collapsed to the ground.

"No...it's all a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding, Your Majesty!"

“My son and I were framed.”

"How could Ye'er hurt someone for no reason?!"

The sixth prince sat on the ground, rubbing his eyes and crying like a child: "Mother, I'm scared, boohoo..."

"Your subject wants to kill them all! Your subject wants to wipe them all out!"

Consort De, her face deathly pale, rushed over.

"Ye'er!"

"Shut up..."

She frantically covered the sixth prince's mouth, but he bit her hard.

Then, crying, she tried to rush towards the people again.

The Imperial Guards acted immediately and captured the Sixth Prince.

Despite the blood still flowing from her hands, Consort De rushed forward again.

This time, however, there was no way to save Duan Rongye, who was struggling wildly.

Consort De's eyes instantly filled with resentment and madness: "I know that you came here today on purpose to harm my Ye'er!"

"This is all a conspiracy."

"What good intentions do you have to come and celebrate my birthday?"

"You all just can't stand the fact that I have a son!"

"You are all murderers—"

Who is it?

"It's you—the Princess!"

"You were favored by Consort Yue when you were young, and you have always been grateful to her."

"It's still you—? Consort Rong!?"

"All these years, you've tried everything but couldn't have a child. It must be because you're jealous that I have Ye'er!"

"It's still you—"

"you--?"

"And you two stinking Taoist priests! You're from Guifu Palace, and you're here to deliver congratulatory gifts on behalf of Duan Rongshi..."

"A gift, a gift!"

Consort De rushed back into the palace and rummaged through a pile of gifts to find the brocade box.

She hurriedly opened the box, and a heavy, red-gold osmanthus hairpin clattered to the ground.

Many of the concubines, the eldest princess, and Emperor Yan all changed their expressions instantly upon seeing the hairpin.

Consort De picked up the hairpin and began to laugh wildly.

"I knew it was Consort Yue, it was Consort Yue—"

"I wanted to harm her child, so she became a ghost and that's why she harmed my Ye'er!"

"She's back for revenge..."

It's her—

Emperor Yan: "Consort De has gone mad!"

"He's spouting nonsense and behaving inappropriately!"

"Where are the Imperial Guards? Arrest her and throw her into the Cold Palace immediately!"