Chapter 114 Chapter 114 Concubine Chen's Eighth Day

The queen was taken back to Kunning Palace, and Qinggu was carried back to Chengqian Palace at Shen Qing's instruction.

The most crucial person, Concubine Li, finally appeared.

As usual, she came late, unhurriedly, with her chin slightly raised, and a cold look, not taking anyone seriously.

After not seeing each other for a long time, Shen Qing raised his eyes and looked at the person who came. He couldn't help but have resentment in his eyes, but when his eyes met Li Bin, he was stunned and didn't move his eyes for a long time.

The former Concubine Li was undoubtedly beautiful and had an aura that could intimidate people.

No one will ignore her.

But now, Concubine Li is extremely thin, looking like a dry skeleton, with wrinkled skin sticking to her bones, and the color is not pretty, having long lost her whiteness and luster.

Her face was unhealthily thin, pale without a trace of redness, and her eyes looked big and dark.

She wore gorgeous clothes, but people were worried that they would crush her in the next moment.

It's a sign of exhaustion, and I'm just holding on with my last bit of energy.

No one blames her for attacking the Queen without hesitation. After seeing Concubine Li, no one questioned why she went crazy and attacked the Queen.

The fact that she is standing here is the best evidence.

Lipin bowed to Ji Chen and said, "Your Majesty wants me here, what is the matter?"

Ji Chen frowned deeply.

He didn't care about Concubine Li. Faced with the evidence that Concubine Li had exposed to the public, showing that the Queen wanted to harm the Third Prince and her, he only divided the Queen's palace power and felt that Concubine Li deserved it.

Naturally, he hadn't seen Li Bin for a long time, and the only news he got was that Li Bin's illness had become more serious, Li Bin's health was worse, and Li Bin might not survive this winter.

However, thinking about the deaths of He Cairen and Lin Guipin, he let it go, knowing full well that he let the queen do what she did.

He never faced up to or resolved the conflict between her and the Queen, just like his father did to his mother and the concubines in the harem, he only protected the one he favored and allowed the rest to fight to the death, even his mother who was the Queen at the time was no exception.

Ji Chen's heart was very cold. He knew that he had contributed to all this, but he still did not feel the slightest bit of guilt.

Even now, there is calculation.

Ji Chen said in a deep voice: "Poisonous woman, it was you who caused the assassination of the queen!"

Li Concubine pushed away the hand of the palace maid who was supporting her and placed her hands in front of her: "I did it."

Lipin looked around at the expressions of everyone in the palace, sneered and accused: "I am no longer the original Defei, but the Queen wants to kill me for two whole years. Your Majesty, do you know what kind of life I have been living every day?"

"If you knew, you might hate the Queen even more than I do!"

"When I first moved out of Yongshou Palace, I was always sick. Imperial doctors came to treat me one after another. I took medicine on time every day, but my body was getting worse and worse. I could deeply feel the collapse of my body, but the idiots in the Imperial Hospital insisted that they couldn't find the cause. Is it because they couldn't find it, or were they told not to investigate?"

"It was the Queen who drugged me! She has connections in the harem and a reputation as a virtuous woman to cover up. No matter how many times she does it, no one will suspect her!"

Li Bin stretched out her hand and pointed at the concubines around her: "You are talking about my bad luck, that I am a sickly person and a medicine bottle, but do you understand my suffering? Every day, my bones ache, and I curl up in bed in pain, living a life worse than death. The sweat from the pain soaks the quilt. You will be disgusted and complain if you suffer from it for a day, but I just endure it."

"Because the Third Prince is still in the hands of that vicious Queen! If I die, the Queen will kill the Third Prince first!"

"If you don't believe me, then Concubine Zhang! Can you look me in the eye and tell me that the Queen never ordered the poisoning of the Third Prince?!"

Concubine Zhang's body froze, but she didn't dare to turn her head away. She could only slowly meet Concubine Li's eyes.

Lipin didn't give Zhang Guipin time to react. She looked at Ji Chen and said resolutely, "I don't have much time left now. My last bit of blood has been squeezed out. Naturally, I am not afraid of anything!"

"Assassinating the queen is only a small part of the plan. I want to make sure that the queen is in endless pain even if she survives!"

There was joy and madness in Lipin's eyes, and she looked into Ji Chenhan's deep eyes without avoiding or yielding.

Let her guess, if the queen was not dead, how much regret would the emperor feel in his heart?

She didn't believe that the emperor would miss such a great opportunity to help Concubine Chen ascend to the throne of empress. Xiao Shangyue was just more suitable for the position of empress than her.

If it were to start all over again, when Shen Qing was appointed as a concubine, the throne of empress was still vacant. Even if the emperor suppressed her and Xiao Shangyue, he would probably do his best to support the less suitable Shen Qing to ascend to the throne.

Ji Chen is so cold-blooded and only follows his own will. He doesn't care about the life and death of others at all!

Now Ji Chen kept her here and said these words, wasn't it just to ruin the Queen's reputation?

He also never thought of covering up for the queen he had personally chosen.

Really... they don't care about the relationship between husband and wife at all.

Li Bin raised an extremely sarcastic smile on her lips.

It is a satire on both the emperor and the empress, as well as on herself.

She hated the emperor and knew everything, but she could not blame Ji Chen directly because the third prince was still alive and there was still a trace of Li family blood in the world, so she could not do whatever she wanted.

Ji Chen withdrew his gaze coldly.

Shen Qing frowned tightly beside him. Ji Chen's heart was terribly silent at this moment. He did not comment on Li Bin's words and deeds, as if Li Bin's words did not touch his heart.

But Shen Qing didn't have the energy to think about these things at the moment, but was thinking about what Li Bin had just said.

Suddenly, she raised her eyes and said, "Grand Prince! Go protect the Grand Prince!"

Without Ji Can, the Queen will truly feel that life is worse than death.

But why does Concubine Li think she can decide Ji Can’s life?

The hall, which had been silent because of Li Fei's accusation, seemed to be suddenly awakened, and Concubine Xian and Concubine Lan began to move.

Ji Chen held Shen Qing's shoulders and said, "I have already had Ji Can taken to the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Don't worry."

"The Second Prince and Xiaoman are also here."

Concubine Xian sighed secretly, and Concubine Lan breathed a sigh of relief after surviving the disaster. There were not many children in the harem, and the loss of one would make people sad for a long time.

Shen Qingsun frowned: "When did it happen?"

Ji Chen: "Just when you asked the palace maid to go to me."

Everyone else thought that Ji Chen had noticed that someone would do something bad to the princes, so he took precautions in advance. But only Shen Qing knew that just because of her suspicion, he protected all those she valued.

It freed her from all worries.

Even if she had a prince in the future, Shen Qing would never take action against the eldest prince. The third prince could surpass the eldest prince just by his intelligence. If she gave birth to a prince who was not as good as the eldest prince, it would be better for her to give up the idea of ​​competing for the throne as soon as possible and become a rich and idle king, so as not to get involved in a fight and lose his life.

Moreover, Ji Chen is very long-lived. In the original book, he is an emperor with a life expectancy of 40 or 50 years. Now that he is not injured, he can live to at least 50 years old. If he lives longer, it will be easy for him to protect his children.

Apart from parents, there are very few people in the world who treat others unconditionally and without expecting anything in return.

Upon hearing this, Concubine Li was greatly disappointed and looked at Ji Chen with a gloomy gaze.

She didn't understand why Ji Chen wanted to protect the Queen and her son. Didn't he want to pave the way for Concubine Chen?

It was obvious that everything she did was in line with his wishes as the emperor. If he made just one or two mistakes, the queen and the eldest prince would not be able to survive!

Ji Chen didn't even look at Li Bin, and he didn't know how to answer her question.

At the critical moment just now, everyone was shouting to protect the emperor, but Shen Qing was the only one talking about protecting the queen, which was enough for him to save the queen.

Ji Chen said coldly: "Catch the criminal Li and beat him to death with sticks."

Shen Qing held Ji Chen's hand: "Today is Xiaoman's birthday."

The family dinner was disrupted, but she didn't want anything to go wrong on this special day.

Ji Chen then said, "Take Concubine Li away and deal with her on a later date."

Li Bin was not at all happy about the change in punishment. Instead, she closed her eyes. When she opened her eyes again, she spat out a mouthful of blood. However, this blood was not as bright as normal blood, but had an ominous dark color.

Lipin wiped the blood off her lips and looked at Shen Qing with a smile: "I'm afraid that I can't do what Concubine Chen wishes. My body can fall down at any time."

If I can disgust Concubine Chen before I die, it will be worth it.

From then on, every time the princess that Concubine Chen loved celebrated her birthday, Concubine Chen would remember how she died today. Although she was dead, she was engraved in the heart of the emperor and concubine.

Shen Qing had a cold face and said to her silently: The Third Prince.

If Li Concubine wanted to make her life miserable, she wouldn't mind threatening her openly.

If Concubine Li could survive two years, she can surely survive too.

Shen Qing ordered: "Send the imperial physician to treat Li Fei, don't delay."

Ji Chen nodded in tacit agreement.

Concubine Li was asked to go to a side hall with her body stiff. From the moment she started to be cautious, it meant that she had weaknesses. Imperial Concubine Chen was not stupid and would naturally discover them from her actions.

She handed over the weakness herself.

The rest of the banquet was taken care of by Concubine Xian and Concubine Lan, while Shen Qing and Ji Chen went to the Qianqing Palace.

In the Qianqing Palace, Ji Can was taking care of Xiaoman like a little adult.

When Shen Qing saw him, he thought of the queen lying down, and his nose felt sore.

Ji Can’s eyes lit up: “Empress Shen, Father!”

Ji Chen picked up Ji Can and said, "Stay with your father for the next few days. Your mother was assassinated and injured. She needs to rest."

Ji Chen had no intention of hiding the truth from the child at all. Ji Can was a prince, not an ordinary child.

Ji Can's eyes turned red, and he said firmly: "I want to go see my mother, I want to stay with her."

Ji Chen frowned. He didn't want to go to Kunning Palace to see the queen.

Concubine Li appeared in front of him despite her illness, which eventually made him feel disgusted with the Queen.

Shen Qing said: "Why don't you let Madam Shen take Can'er with her? Madam Shen also wants to see the Queen."

Ji Can said hello with tears in his eyes, got down from Ji Chen's arms, and took Shen Qing's hand.

Shen Qing glanced at Xiaoman. Xiaoman opened her arms and wanted her to hug her, but when she was not satisfied, she began to pout in grievance.

She said, "Your Majesty, Xiaoman will stay in the Palace of Heavenly Purity for now. The nanny will coax her to sleep at night. I am too busy these days to take care of Xiaoman."

Ji Chen nodded, picked up Xiaoman, patted her back and comforted her.

"As long as I am here, I will take good care of Xiaoman."

Shen Qing lowered his head and took Ji Can to Kunning Palace.

She entered Kunning Palace unimpeded. The queen was sleeping at the moment, so she and Ji Can quietly guarded the queen's bedside.

And he said to Ji Can: "The Queen will feel pain when she wakes up, so let's not wake her up."

Ji Can nodded solemnly.

It was late at night when Shen Qing waited. Ji Can had been taken to bed, while she waited by the Queen's bed with her head propped up.

"Water..." The queen opened her lips slightly, her voice barely audible.

Shen Qing reacted immediately, fetched some water, and fed a small amount into the queen's mouth with a spoon.

The queen slowly opened her eyes, and Shen Qing helped her up and handed her the cup of water.

When Cai He saw this, she wanted to step forward, but was waved away by Shen Qing's eyes.

The queen woke up, saw that it was Shen Qing, silently took the water and started drinking.

She no longer knew what to say to Shen Qing.

Shen Qing lowered his head and said, "Princess Li has been taken into custody. The eldest prince is safe and sound and has fallen asleep. Qing Gu is also out of danger and has not lost his life."

The queen opened her lips and wanted to say something, but saw the brocade quilt was soaked by the tears falling drop by drop.

Really... it's still the same as before.