Chapter 152: Su Meixian's Tragic Death

The hunt was coming to an end. On the day of returning to the capital, Yun Li was woken up by the loud gongs and drums outside in the early morning.

Everyone had already packed up, and the carriages were ready to go. She hurried up, and Yingtao helped her dress and comb her hair. When she came out, the emperor and all the civil and military officials were ready to return to the palace.

The people in the capital heard that the autumn hunt was over and the emperor was going back to the palace today, so they waited on both sides of the street early.

During the hunting season, the Emperor granted the marriage and the Crown Princess was chosen. She was Yun Wei, the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. The news spread throughout the streets and alleys.

From the vegetable vendors to the civil and military officials and the royal family, everyone talked about the prince's wedding after dinner. It was a national event. When the four countries came to congratulate, the lively and grand scene would be unprecedented.

Everyone is looking forward to this grand wedding banquet.

The procession returning to the palace slowly entered the capital. The emperor sat majestically in the ceremonial procession, and the prince rode a horse in the front. The people knelt down and kowtowed as the emperor's convoy passed by.

"Long live the emperor!"

Helian Tian opened the curtain, smiled, and waved to the people, signaling them to stand up.

Yun Li got up late, and her carriage was at the end of the team. When they were about to reach the fork in the road leading to Prince Yu's Palace, Helian Chi ordered the carriage to leave the team and go directly back to the palace.

After packing up and changing clothes, she handed the two children to Cherry and Strawberry to take care of them. She went to see Zhao Momo again, and then went to Yunxuan Building with Helian Chi. She had to do some research on the location of the hot pot restaurant.

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A few days passed like this. One day at noon, Yunli was taking a nap when Shopkeeper Qi came to the palace to deliver a letter to her.

She opened it and saw that it was a letter from Feng Zhu from the Prime Minister's Mansion. The letter said that Yun Wei had been very strange these days and had to cook for herself every day and then give it to Su Meixian.

And it was tacitly approved by the Prime Minister. After returning from hunting, Prime Minister Yun dismissed the guards in charge of Su Meixian's courtyard and allowed Yun Wei to accompany her mother.

So Yun Wei has to stay in Su Meixian's yard for a while almost every day these days.

Every time she went to see Su Meixian, her condition became more serious. She was now mentally unstable and had been bedridden for a long time. She ate, drank, defecated, urinated, and slept in bed. Before this, Yun Wei had not seen Su Meixian for a long time and had not even brought her anything.

So Feng Zhu felt that Yun Wei's recent behavior was a bit suspicious.

Yun Li sneered at the contents of the letter. In fact, she had already guessed what Yun Qingshan and Yun Wei were planning.

It was nothing more than Yun Wei getting what she wanted and becoming the Crown Princess. Having such a mother would be a stain on her life and she would be ridiculed in the future. Rather than letting others talk about her, it would be better to end Su Meixian as soon as possible. Anyway, she is just struggling to survive in her current state.

Yun Wei successfully became the Crown Princess, and Yun Qingshan's revenge on Su Meixian has come to an end, so Su Meixian's life will be resolved sooner or later.

Unexpectedly, Su Meixian died at the hands of her own daughter and husband.

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At night, Helian Chi was handling military affairs in the study. Yun Li felt bored and wanted to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

So he changed into a black nightgown, put on a black mask, and asked the Shadow Guard to take him to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Qinggong is so fast, the wind is blowing in my ears, and I am at the wall of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the blink of an eye.

"Wait for me here, I'll go in by myself."

"Princess, I will accompany you inside. If we are discovered, I can still take you away..."

The corners of Yun Li's mouth twitched slightly. It seemed like she couldn't even run away, right?

"Oh~ No need for that! Don't worry, I won't be caught!"

After she finished speaking, she jumped over the wall with her hands and feet, and came to the vicinity of Su Meixian's courtyard. She slipped in when the patrolling guards were not paying attention.

There was still candlelight in the bedroom, and she could hear voices. She put her head close to the crack in the door and listened carefully. Yun Wei's voice came from inside:

"Mother, don't blame me for being cruel. Blame me for not being a good wife and bringing shame to father and the Prime Minister's Mansion. I am now the Crown Princess appointed by the Emperor himself, and will become the Empress in the future. If someone uses my affairs to mock me behind my back, and the world points fingers at me, and the ministers put pressure on me to impeach me, how can I still hold on to the position of Empress?

Therefore, mother should end her life for the sake of her daughter's future. Father gave me this medicine and asked me to put it in mother's food, but I could never bring myself to do it. After all, mother gave me life. We are not destined to be mother and daughter in this life. Let's be mother and daughter in the next life.

The daughter has been making all the meals for her mother these past few days. She comes to bring meals to her every day, and she wants to spend more time with her in her final days. So, please give your daughter a chance, and give yourself a chance too."

Su Meixian's face was already blurred with tears. She burst into tears after hearing these words. She couldn't believe that it was her daughter who personally handed the poison to her mouth and asked her to end her life.

This is her daughter! She has been looking forward to this, thinking about this, her eldest daughter for many years.

Her youngest daughter had committed suicide in the prison. She had thought that she would have a chance to succeed when her eldest daughter, whom she was proud of, returned. However, she did not expect such a result.

“Hahaha…hahaha…hahahaha…I hope you don’t regret it!”

Suddenly, Su Meixian laughed like crazy, and then used all her strength to push Yun Wei away, and the bowl of black medicine was knocked over on the ground.

Then she stumbled out of bed and bumped into the opposite wall.

Blood kept flowing down her forehead, Su Meixian fell to the ground, her eyes wide open, and soon the blood was all over the ground.

Yun Wei watched Su Meixian die in front of her in this way. She panicked, her face full of shock and fear. Her steps were weak, and she stepped back one after another, holding onto the edge of the bed.

I covered my mouth and dared not to scream, tears flowed down and blurred my eyes.

After a long time, she crawled to Su Meixian and stroked her face with trembling hands.

"Mother, please don't blame your daughter! May you be well in the other world!"

Yun Li witnessed all this outside the door. She hated Su Meixian and felt that her death was not unjust. However, she felt sad for her death, forced to death by her own daughter.

Yun Wei had truly confirmed her suspicions. Which category was this? Others would kill their loved ones before landing, but she was killing her mother first?

Yun Wei's cruelty was beyond her expectation. She was much more powerful than Yun Ran in both brain and means.

As for how she became the Crown Princess, the idea of ​​mutual love is bullshit. She must have used some shameful means, and the stupid Crown Prince was kept in the dark.

However, can she keep her position as the Crown Princess?

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There was one thing Yun Li couldn't figure out. What good would it do to Yun Qingshan and Yun Wei to let Su Meixian die at this time?

Didn't she want to marry the prince as soon as possible to avoid more trouble? According to Yueqi Kingdom's laws, she had to observe a three-year mourning period after her mother died. Could she wait for three years?

If someone dies suddenly, it is impossible to conceal it. You can't confine him to the backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion forever. After all, he is a member of the Prime Minister's Mansion in name only.

If that were the case, she wouldn't be so anxious to hook up with the prince, right? This seems very contradictory, right?

Yunli always feels that there is something else going on here

After a few days, the news of Su Meixian's death disappeared. The Prime Minister's Mansion did not hold a grand funeral. Yun Qingshan claimed that it was to respect the deceased's wishes.

The white silk hanging in the Prime Minister's Mansion was taken down after only three days, and the people in the capital were discussing it privately.

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Yun Li has been busy these days preparing for the Mankouxiang Hot Pot Restaurant, running back and forth every day from morning till night.

On this day, when I was guiding everyone in the Yueyanfang about the display and promotion of new products, a beautiful lady came into the store. She was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had heavy makeup on. She looked to be about 30 years old, with a nice figure, charming and delicate appearance, especially her fox eyes, which seemed to be able to seduce people with just one look.

There was a younger girl beside him, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a beautiful face, wearing a dress that looked cute and naive, with a pair of big round eyes looking around.

What attracted her attention was not the beauty of the woman, but the way they dressed. It was hard not to notice! Her hair was covered with golden beads and jade hairpins! Her whole body felt sparkling, and she had eight bracelets on her wrists.

You say they have poor aesthetic taste, right? They are all wearing the latest clothes from Caizhi Pavilion, and the things on their heads and wrists are all top-notch. The two sapphires inlaid on the hairpins alone are worth a lot of money, and the shoes on their feet are inlaid with a string of pearls.

They both look good, and they look good when they are alone, but when they are put together, they look like a nouveau riche.

Madam Mei stepped into the store, looked around and exclaimed: "Finally, I'm here! I didn't expect the legendary Yueyanfang to be like this!"

"Mom, I'm going to buy as much as I can this time! I heard that Yueyanfang has released new products. We're not in the capital, so we can't use the new products first. It's so annoying..."

"Aren't we here now? We can buy it right away. Buy, buy, buy! I want to buy enough too! My skincare bottles are all empty, but I can't bear to throw them away. I'm going to buy some more today and use up as much as I want!"

Yun Li listened to the conversation between the mother and daughter calmly. It turned out that they were not from the capital, but from other places. The clothes they were wearing were probably bought by someone else from Caizhige. It seemed that they were also loyal fans of her Yueyanfang.

I didn't expect her Yueyanfang business to be so good, it has become popular all over the country.

It's obvious that this mother and daughter are not short of money. She likes customers like this! Hehehe

The maid in the store immediately came forward to greet him.

"Hello, my dear guests! Do you need me to introduce our products to you?"

The beautiful lady smiled brightly and walked to the shelf, pointing at the products on it: "These, this, and that...pack them all for me! I want three sets of each. Oh, no! Five sets!"

The maid was shocked. Since Yueyanfang opened, no customer had ever bought more than a dozen sets of skincare products at once. After all, their skincare products were not cheap...

"Madam, the skin care products you requested are all targeted at different age groups. Have you used our skin care products before? Would you like me to try them out and recommend them to you?"

The skin beautifier shook his head and said, "I don't need to apply it on my face. I use the most expensive one in your store. I use the rest on my body..."

Her words shocked the maids in the store again. The skin care products in their store were priceless, but this lady actually used them to apply on her body... It was so luxurious, so extravagant!

Yun Li raised her eyebrows. It seemed like he was really a nouveau riche! So rich! She liked it!

So she signaled to the maid to go down and get busy, and she would personally serve these two nouveau riche!

"Madam, I'll have my maid pack the products you requested. Would you like to try out the new products we just added to our store?"

The girl next to him said hurriedly: "New product? What new product? I want to try it!"

Madam Mei also nodded and said, "Okay, please introduce me to any new products you have!"

Yun Li nodded and began to introduce them one by one: "This is nail polish, used to paint nails, there are hundreds of colors!

This is a newly upgraded hand cream. Apply it on your hands to make them white and tender!

This is a shower gel for bathing. It not only has a cleansing effect, but most importantly, it smells delicious and makes people happy. We have more than a dozen scents!

This is shampoo. Use it to wash your hair and it will make your hair soft, smooth and fragrant!

This is perfume. Spray it on your body and the scent will stay all day long... The fragrance is natural, just like a woman's own body odor! This is a limited edition in our store! There are only 100 bottles! Once they sell out, they will be gone for the time being!

"Yes! All of them! Pack them all for me!"

The beautiful lady's eyes sparkled with excitement, especially when she saw the exquisite perfume bottle, she stared at it without blinking.

"Mom, this perfume bottle is so beautiful! It looks like colorful glass! Can I try this perfume?"

Yun Li smiled and nodded, "Of course!" Then she took a trial perfume from the shelf and sprayed it on the two of them a few times.

"Wow, it smells so good! Such a wonderful scent! Mommy, I want it!"

The skin beautifier pointed at the perfumes on the shelf and said, "Buy! I want all 100 bottles of perfume!"

Yun Li was shocked and secretly smacked her lips in surprise. Was he just bragging or was he serious? Although her perfume was only put on the shelf today, the price tag was already on the shelf.

Ten thousand taels of gold for a bottle! It's gold! Not silver! She even suspected that the mother and daughter had misread the price!

So she couldn't help but remind him: "Ahem, our perfume is priced at 12,000 gold!"

"Yeah! I saw it! Wrap it all up for me!"

After Madam Mei finished speaking, she pulled out a stack of banknotes from her sleeve and handed them to Yun Li: "This is 20 million taels! Give me a deposit first, and I'll have someone send the rest over later. You can pay the rest directly in gold ingots, okay?"

I'm not lying, I'm really rich... Gold ingots, of course, that's fine, it's too fine!

"Our shopkeeper has a rule that each customer can only buy one bottle of this perfume. No more, so..."

"Hey, tell your shopkeeper that I'm a loyal fan of Yueyanfang and I love your products! Tell him I'm willing to pay a higher price and ask him to sell them all to me!"