The Queen stood up suddenly and said happily, "The Emperor sent you to pick me up? The Emperor has pardoned me?"
Eunuch Deshun cleared his throat and told the queen truthfully: "The emperor has spoken out that the queen Tan Tai colluded with foreign thieves in the past, plotted to murder the emperor, and harmed his descendants. This crime is unforgivable. I grant you a cup of poisoned wine and you must leave immediately."
The accompanying eunuch presented the poisoned wine.
The queen was stunned, thinking she had heard wrongly. She stepped back trembling and denied it flatly: "What collusion with foreign thieves? I didn't do that. It must be that bitch Shen who slandered me!"
Eunuch Deshun said, "When the emperor was in the palace, you colluded with Prince Heng and conspired with him to kill her. The evidence is irrefutable."
The queen was suddenly frightened.
Back then, she was deceived by the sweet words of Prince Heng Li Yuanli and attempted to kill Li Yuanjing and Shen Wei. Later, Li Yuanjing escaped death, and the queen was secretly frightened, fearing that the scandal would be discovered.
She lived in fear for several years, but nothing happened, so the queen thought no one noticed.
Who would have thought it would be dug up again today!
It also became the evidence for her death sentence!
The queen's knees weakened, and she staggered and sat on the ground, as if mocking herself: "The emperor knew it a long time ago, it turns out he knew it a long time ago, he is really good at hiding it..."
Eunuch Deshun said, "Your Majesty, please go on your way."
The queen was unwilling to give up. She got up like crazy and tried to rush out of the Kunning Palace, which was like a cage. The guards immediately stopped her, and the queen screamed and struggled: "I don't want to die! I can't die!"
She thought madly, her son had not yet become emperor and her enemies had not yet died, how could she be willing to accept this!
The poisonous wine poured down his throat, and a slow stinging pain began to spread through his blood vessels. The queen curled up on the ground in pain, tears streaming down her face.
The surrounding scene seemed to become frozen and the queen was in a trance. She saw the glorious scene of herself marrying into the palace, the scene of her urging her children to study day and night, the death of her two sons - and she also saw herself sitting arrogantly in the main seat with two beautiful young girls standing in front of her.
The queen heard herself say - [Chen Wei, Zhang Yue, are you willing to be the prince's concubines? 】
The girl named Chen Wei replied: [I am willing to serve you, Your Majesty. 】
From then on, the princess began to fall into hell step by step.
"Ahem...I shouldn't have made her a concubine back then." The queen felt severe pain in her internal organs. She collapsed in the yard full of wild chrysanthemums, feeling extremely regretful.
But in fact, the queen knew better than anyone that even without Chen Wei, she would end up with a divorce and her children separated...
Because that man is born heartless.
It seems that only Shen Wei can enter his heart.
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In late autumn, the queen "died of illness". Kunning Palace became a completely desolate and empty palace.
Li Yao asked his father for permission to send the queen's body out of the city for burial.
In the early spring of the following year, Li Yuanjing issued an imperial decree to enthrone Shen Wei as queen. Shen Wei didn't like the gloomy Kunning Palace and still lived in Yongning Palace.
Among all the princes, the other princes were too mediocre, and Li Chengtai and Li Chengyou were the most intelligent.
Li Yuanjing was still examining the abilities of his two sons, and was worried that appointing a crown prince too early would cause disputes among the previous dynasties, so he did not appoint a crown prince for the time being, and only trained his two children more carefully.
...
Southern Chu State, the palace inside.
Only slaves of criminals or palace slaves who had committed mistakes would be sent to the Ye Ting to do hard labor.
The servants in the palace were busy all day and only returned to their rooms to rest late at night. Lu Yun was dressed simply, lying quietly in the corner of the big bunk bed, staring at the moonlight coming in with her eyes open.
Recently, a female businessman who had committed a crime came to the palace. This female businessman has been selling goods in various countries for many years and is very knowledgeable. At night, everyone couldn't sleep, so they all gathered together to listen to the female businessman talk about everything.
Tonight, the female merchant recounted her experiences in Qing. She said, "Qing is now a powerful country, and the emperor is a wise ruler. Did you know that the new queen of Qing was a farmer's daughter?"
Everyone was surprised.
Some people were curious: "How could a little farm girl become a queen? She is so lucky."
The female merchant said unhappily, "Don't judge a hero by his birth! The new queen's elder brother is a general, her younger brother is a capable official in the court, and she is virtuous and dignified, so she is naturally worthy of the title of queen. The previous queen was jealous, and the concubine was implicated by her family and died of depression... Last year, I was selling gems in Qing State and happened to pass by Anguo Temple..."
The female merchant spoke eloquently, recounting the deeds of the Queen of Qing, and everyone listened with great interest.
Only Lu Yun, who was sleeping in a narrow corner, had a cold look in her eyes, full of resentment. After the downfall of the Lu family, Lu Yun seduced the jailers with money and beauty, escaped from the prison after a narrow escape, and defected to the Emperor of Southern Chu.
Being in a foreign country, Lu Yun was in torment. Lu Yun was extremely distressed when she recently learned of her sister's death.
After her sister left, she had no relatives left and became completely alone. Lu Yun thought of the prophecy in her dream. She closed her eyes and murmured to herself, "So what if Shen becomes the queen? Maybe she will follow my sister's old path..."
Lu Yun prayed silently in her heart, hoping that Chen Wei would die soon.
Lu Yun even often suspected that her sister Lu Xuan's death was closely related to Shen Wei.
The night in the Ye Ting was cold, and the pale moonlight shone on Lu Yun's face. Lu Yun stared at the half moon in the sky and prayed silently in her heart.
"God, please open your eyes and send Shen to hell."
...
...
Time flies. The leaves of the ginkgo tree planted in Chen Wei's yard turn yellow, then green, and then green and yellow.
In the blink of an eye, several years passed.
The children grew up very fast, as tall as bamboo shoots, and they grew taller and taller every year. Lee Seung-tae and Lee Seung-woo are already twelve years old and have grown into strong young boys.
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