Xiao E smiled and said, "Don't worry. The guards at the Eastern Palace have long been replaced by us. We are keeping it tightly guarded inside and outside. The Crown Princess seems to be very concerned about this baby. She doesn't even leave her own courtyard, let alone the Eastern Palace."
Li heaved a sigh of relief: "Is there no problem with the military strength?"
Xiao E nodded: "The Fourth Prince has made all the arrangements, so you can rest assured."
She glanced at the sky again and said, "Should we notify the Fourth Prince to come to the palace now?"
Li said, "This is none of your business. Please go down first."
In a moment, everyone in the hall left.
Li looked at the unconscious emperor lying on the bed, leaned over and touched his face, and smiled foolishly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, look at you, wouldn't it have been better if you had given the throne to Xiao'er earlier? Why did you have to make such a fuss for me? I have to make some trouble, but you have to suffer, right?"
As Li spoke, she walked to the table, took out a blank imperial edict, picked up a pen to draft the edict, and then rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find the imperial seal.
But the jade seal was not found!
Li was going crazy. Without the imperial seal, could this imperial edict still be considered an imperial edict?
She yelled, "Someone, come! Go and interrogate Eunuch Zhang and ask him where the imperial seal is!"
The person who went there came back very quickly, and there was no need to ask, because he was in the Secretariat.
The Secretariat was responsible for drafting imperial edicts, so it was normal for the imperial seal to be kept there on a daily basis.
Li hurriedly asked someone to get it, but the news she received was that it was lost.
"How could the Imperial Seal be lost? Find it for me!" Li jumped up and down. She found the emperor's private seal and stamped it on the imperial edict, then handed it to someone to pass on the order: "Appoint me as Imperial Noble Consort, and let the Fourth Prince be Regent. The Crown Prince gave Your Majesty a chronic poison. Now that Your Majesty is unconscious, the Crown Prince is rebelling outside. Go to sea to capture the official and hunt down the Crown Prince. Kill him without mercy!"
Yes, it is a strangulation, not a confiscation.
Three things in one imperial edict, unprecedented.
The imperial edict had no imperial seal and did not go through the Secretariat, but was just read out.
Except for the Secretariat, which had some doubts, no one else had any questions. After all, the emperor had been ill for a long time and had not yet recovered, which made everyone worried.
The Minister of Revenue fell into deep thought after hearing the imperial edict at home.
Lord Meng, the Minister of Rites, ignored this and continued doing what he was doing.
Mrs. Meng was a little uneasy: "I always feel something is wrong."
Lord Meng pondered for a while and said, "Leave the city immediately and say you are going to the temple to worship Buddha. Stay there for a few days and wait for news from me before returning."
"Why?" Mrs. Meng didn't understand, but she still asked people to pack up quickly.
Lord Meng shook his head: "I always feel uneasy. His Majesty has great trust in the Crown Prince, but this imperial edict came down, saying that the Crown Prince poisoned me. I feel that it is impossible, so this day will change."
Madam Meng was shocked when she heard this. She grabbed Master Meng's hand and said, "Then I can't leave. I will live and die with you!"
"But we still have children. With you around, I can have no worries." Lord Meng put his arm around Madam Meng's shoulders and sent her out without any questions. He took the important house deeds, land deeds, seals, and children with him, and drove out of the city to the temple.
At the same time, invitations from Imperial Noble Consort Li were sent to every household, inviting everyone to the palace for a chat.
In the palace.
The people Consort Huimin sent to the Eastern Palace returned empty-handed. She was frantic and said, "What is the Crown Princess doing? The Crown Prince is in such a state, and she doesn't care?"
The palace servant said, "It's not that the Crown Princess doesn't care, but the Eastern Palace is surrounded by people, not even a fly can fly in, let alone hear any news."
Concubine Huimin looked at the sky outside, and an idea came to her mind: "Can I still leave the palace? Ask the eldest prince to come and talk."
The palace maid shook her head and said, "No, the Li family controls every part of the palace now. She has even sent invitations to the nobles and their wives to invite them into the palace to speak."
Concubine Huimin frowned and said, "Since they are inviting people into the palace, they will definitely prepare a banquet. You guys try to see if you can get out..."
"Where are you going, sister?" The voice of Imperial Noble Consort Li came from the door.
Concubine Huimin glanced at the palace maid, smiled and went to greet her, kneeling and bowing: "Greetings, Imperial Concubine, it's nothing, it's just that they didn't do their job carefully, and I was just about to punish them."
Imperial Noble Consort Li smiled and said, "Since you are not doing things carefully, then just replace them."
After she finished speaking, she looked at the people around Concubine Huimin, her face cold, and scolded: "How are you serving me! Since you can't even serve people well, go to the laundry department!"
At the order of Imperial Noble Consort Li, all the people around Concubine Huimin were replaced. Even the maids who accompanied her into the palace were sent to the laundry department.
Concubine Huimin was unhappy: "I will deal with my people myself. Sister, you are overreaching."
"There's nothing I can do about it. After all, my sister has never been in charge of palace affairs. Look at the chaos in this palace. Fortunately, I have a lot of staff and can take over quickly." Imperial Noble Consort Li left with a smile.
Not only the Imperial Concubine Huimin, but also the Third Prince's mother, Concubine Shu, had all the staff replaced.
The two wanted to meet and chat, but they found that they couldn't even take a step out of their palace.
The question is: "The Imperial Concubine said that the former Crown Prince has many eyes and ears in the palace. To prevent the remnants from causing trouble, and for the safety of all the masters, it is best not to go out for the time being and wait for the Imperial Concubine to thoroughly investigate the palace."
Not only the concubines with adult princes, but even the concubines without children were not allowed to move freely.
In the entire palace, the only concubine who could move freely was Lu Linglong. Now, she had also moved to Qingshuang Pavilion. As for Li Zhaoyi of Qingshuang Pavilion, she was moved to Yinghua Palace.
I don’t know whether Li Zhaoyi is happy or not, but Lu Linglong is very happy.
When Concubine Li was driven away, she was only allowed to take away some of her clothes and jewelry, but the furnishings of the entire Qingshuang Palace were still there.
Lu Linglong walked around the room proudly admiring the scene.
Xiao E continued to wait on her personally, flattering her: "A concubine should live here. Don't worry, when the Imperial Noble Concubine finishes her tasks, she will be promoted to a higher position."
"Then I want to be a concubine, superior to Consort Li." Lu Cainv remembered that Consort Li used her power to bully others.
Xiao E smiled and said, "Of course, the Imperial Concubine will not treat the concubines unfairly."
After Xiao'e finished speaking, she saw a palace maid carrying a food box into the room. She smiled and said to Lu Linglong, "It's time for the concubine to take medicine to His Majesty. You should take advantage of His Majesty's illness now and be more attentive. Who knows, once His Majesty recovers, you might immediately gain his favor, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Lu Linglong nodded repeatedly and walked towards the Palace of Heavenly Purity with the palace maids.
Lu Linglong has always been a brainless person, so Imperial Noble Consort Li was very confident in her, and no one followed her into the bedroom.
Lu Linglong looked at the unconscious emperor on the bed and tried to feed him medicine with a spoon. However, how could an unconscious person take medicine so easily?
After feeding him several times, the medicine spilled out. Lu Linglong was too impatient to wipe it off. She poured the medicine out and said, "Your Majesty, medicine is three parts poison. If you want to drink it, drink it. If you don't want to drink it, I will save my energy."
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