Chapter 272 Poisoning

"Do you want to be used by those remnants of the previous dynasty and hand over the kingdom you fought so hard to conquer to someone else?"

This one sentence silenced Emperor Rongcheng.

He looked at Prime Minister Wang and was silent for a moment.

Finally he stood up and spoke with a cold face.

"We'll discuss this matter tomorrow."

Having said that, he stood up and walked out of the hall first.

Behind him, Prime Minister Wang slowly stood up and exchanged glances with another veteran minister. They both saw determination in each other's eyes.

After Prime Minister Wang left, several more people gathered around Old Tutor Wang, looking worried.

"This is clearly a conspiracy by His Royal Highness Prince Rui, but the Crown Prince is not in Tiandu right now. What should we do?"

"Hold steady!"

Old Master Wang spoke firmly to comfort her, his tone firm.

"Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not here, we, his subjects, must help him protect all of this."

"With us here, no one can shake the Crown Prince's position."

As Old Master Wang spoke, he sighed again.

"It would be great if we could find a way to see the Queen."

As Old Master Wang said this, he walked out of the hall.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out, a young eunuch suddenly bumped into him.

The young eunuch immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

Old Master Wang was not the type to make things difficult for others, so he immediately waved his hand and let him leave.

After he left, Old Master Wang quietly opened the note in his hand.

Half an hour later, Old Master Wang met Jingtan, the head maidservant beside the Queen.

"Grandmaster."

Jingtan bowed and saluted.

"The Queen should come to see you in person today.

However, after the Queen Mother came out of Concubine Hui's palace, she vomited blood and fell into a coma, and has not woken up yet.

I was afraid you would have to wait too long, so I hurried over on behalf of the Empress. I hope you can forgive me!"

When Old Master Wang heard that Jiang Xianhao was unconscious, he was shocked.

"Have you asked the imperial physician to check on the Empress? What happened?"

Jingtan nodded.

"I've checked. The Queen has been poisoned."

Old Master Wang immediately shook his sleeves in anger.

"First, they sent people to spread rumors in Tiandu, then forced the emperor to abolish the crown prince, and then poisoned the queen to prevent future troubles.

"Prince Rui and Concubine Hui are truly vicious. If Prince Rui were to become the Crown Prince, and he ascended the throne, with a vicious woman like Concubine Hui controlling the government, it would be a disaster for the people of Dacheng!"

Old Master Wang sighed, his heart filled with worry.

However, thinking of Emperor Rongcheng's attitude today, he felt vaguely uneasy.

Jingtan also understood what Old Tutor Wang was thinking, and immediately handed another booklet to Old Tutor Wang.

"Grandmaster, our queen has lived in the palace for a long time and can't help with matters at court. Now that the crown prince is not in Tiandu, we can only rely on you, Grandmaster, for everything."

"Even though the Empress was framed, the Crown Prince's status was also affected."

"However, the Empress can assure you that there will be no mistakes in the bloodline of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

“Unfortunately, rumors are rampant in Tiandu, and I’m afraid that no matter how much the Queen says, they won’t believe it.

Therefore, in order to prove her innocence, the Empress has recorded all the events that happened between her and the previous Crown Prince and His Majesty. She also requested that the Grand Tutor compile these events and spread them among the people. Perhaps this will help to salvage the situation."

When Old Master Wang took the booklet, he felt relieved.

"Well, with the Queen's words, I will go through fire and water to fulfill your wishes."

After he came out of the palace, he read the contents of the booklet and was shocked.

Afterwards, he immediately ordered people to copy the contents of the booklet into several copies, and ordered people to compile them into stories, and ordered them to spread them quickly.

However, the previous rumors were too explosive, and all the people were curious. They spread those rumors and thought they knew the secrets of the palace.

On the contrary, he was not interested in the romantic stories made up by Old Master Wang and they did not cause any reaction.

In the palace.

Emperor Rongcheng rushed to Jingyu Palace and saw Jiang Xianhao lying on the bed with a pale face.

With a cold face, he turned around and asked Xiang Yunshu.

"What's going on?"

"Why would you vomit blood for no reason?"

Yun Shu immediately knelt on the ground, sobbing softly:

"Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on!"

"Early this morning, the Empress said that Concubine Hui had been in the cold palace for many days and she didn't know how she was doing, so she kindly went to see her.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the empress entered and before she could say a few words, Concubine Hui started to speak harshly to her.

The Empress didn't want to pay attention at the time and immediately turned around to leave, but the Imperial Concubine actually...actually..."

Yun Shu sobbed and was unable to continue.

Emperor Rongcheng frowned anxiously and immediately asked, "Tell me, what did she do?"

Yun Shu hesitated.

"This servant... this servant dare not say."

"Speak, I promise not to punish you."

Yun Shu then gritted his teeth and blurted out.

"Noble Concubine Hui told the Empress about the details of your lovemaking with Noble Concubine Hui on the Empress' birthday."

Emperor Rongcheng was shocked and became quite flustered in an instant.

But Yun Shu continued:

"Noble Consort Hui also said that you deliberately refused to allow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to consult a doctor, causing His Royal Highness to die of illness."

"After hearing this, the queen couldn't bear it for a moment and vomited blood and fainted."

Yunshu was born well-behaved and spoke in a soft voice, but now with a crying tone, her voice was particularly convincing.

Just a few words made Emperor Rongcheng shocked, panicked and angry.

His face had turned pale. Yun Shu looked at his expression before saying the last sentence.

"Also, the imperial physician just said that the queen... has been poisoned."

This time, Emperor Rongcheng could no longer stand and took a step back. Fortunately, Dexi supported him in time.

Seeing that Emperor Rongcheng's whole body began to tremble, Dexi did not hesitate and immediately took out a pill and put it in Emperor Rongcheng's mouth.

After Emperor Rongcheng ate it, he felt much better.

He looked at Jiang Xianhao's pale face and suddenly felt ashamed.

Fortunately, the imperial physician said that the poison in her body was not life-threatening and she would wake up soon.

Emperor Rongcheng was a little afraid to face Jiang Xianhao, so he turned around and headed towards the cold palace.

On the other hand, these rumors in Tiandu quickly reached Gu Jingchun and Shen Hechuan.

The two received the news almost at the same time.

However, the difference is that Shen Hechuan's secret report also included the actions in the court.

Gu Jingchun's secret report also included a booklet.

The content of the story is the story that was written by Old Master Wang.

Gu Jingchun flipped through the booklet from beginning to end and quickly finished reading the contents.

After reading it, Gu Jingchun didn't know why, but he became interested in the former crown prince and the extraordinary woman named Fu Shiyu.

She thought of the rumors in Tiandu that were unfavorable to Shen Hechuan, looked at the booklet again, and suddenly had an idea.