Chapter 459 The Queen Mother Dies

Jiang Wenjing took a sip with doubt, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

After that, the two of them showed off without saying a word.

After eating, Jiang Wenjing roasted the remaining small fish and gave it to Erzhu Huaji and Tudola.

Of course, it was the kind without seasoning.

The two of them leaned against the tree to take a nap. The closer they were to Nanlong, the hotter and more humid the weather became.

The snakes, insects, rats and ants that would never be seen in Shengjing were now everywhere.

For example, there were several black snakes coiled on the big tree they were leaning against.

However, neither of them took action to drive them away, and they kept their main goal of not moving unless the enemy moved.

After delivering the fish to Erzhu Huaji, Jiang Wenjing did not close the door, so Erzhu Huaji could clearly see at least four black snakes coming down from the tree and crawling towards them.

It would be great if they could be poisoned to death.

Although he did not hold out hope for this possibility, Erzhu Huaji still paused and held his breath.

The black snake crawled all the way to them and stood up.

Erzhu Huaji, who had been dealing with snakes since he was a child, knew that this was a sign before the snake attacked, and he could not help but become nervous.

The snake had opened its mouth wide, and its fangs seemed to be shining. When it was about to bite, Jiang Wenjing and Jiang Zhiyu attacked at the same time, pinching two each.

Erzhu Huaji looked away in disappointment.

Waste.

Jiang Wenjing threw the two snakes away casually, and turned around to see that Jiang Zhiyu not only did not throw them away, but also coiled them around his body.

Jiang Wenjing: "???"

Jiang Zhiyu squinted comfortably: "Second brother, why did you throw it away? They are still slippery and icy now. It's just right to cool down. It won't be too late to cool them down for a while before throwing them away."

You are worthy of using snakes as ice cubes!

Jiang Wenjing chuckled: "Don't worry, sleep, I'll watch over you."

Jiang Zhiyu closed his eyes again.

...

In the Sixth Prince's Mansion, Song Shiwei just opened her eyes and saw Xiao Yanli sitting by the bed.

Xiao Yanli's eyes were gentle. Seeing that she woke up, he half-helped her up, picked up the teacup in his hand and put it to her mouth to feed a few sips: "Have you applied the medicine today?"

Song Shiwei looked at him in surprise, with a blush on her face: "Not yet."

Xiao Yanli took the medicine from the maid again and applied it to her gently.

Song Shiwei pursed her lips.

"Jiang Zhaorong has been in Jinzhou for such a long time, she must be on her way back."

Song Shiwei's face suddenly turned cold.

She looked at Xiao Yanli who was still carefully applying medicine to her, and her heart was cold all over.

"Your Highness wants me to go back?"

Xiao Yanli paused: "Why do you think so? Since I have rescued you, how can I push you back with my own hands?"

Song Shiwei was relieved and looked at him aggrieved.

Xiao Yanli put the medicine in his hand on the table and suddenly said: "What is the most important thing to you?"

He originally thought it was the face, but Song Shiwei had not shown anything except the time when Tongjing lost her temper. She had never even asked the court doctor in person or sent someone to ask. Obviously, the scar on her face was not that important to her.

Song Shiwei didn't know why he asked this, but the answer in her heart obviously couldn't be told to Xiao Yanli. She coughed lightly and said shyly: "Of course it's Your Highness."

Xiao Yanli: "..."

He looked Song Shiwei up and down, and couldn't tell whether what she said was true or false.

Just as he was thinking about how to reply, a servant came in from outside the door, knelt down and reported: "Your Highness, the Queen Mother has passed away."

...

The Queen Mother passed away, and all the ministers should have been summoned to the palace to read the will, but the ministers waited at home for a long time, and no one came to announce it.

Xiao Yanli was silent in the study for a long time, and then he said: "Please ask the Minister of Rites and others to come."

Not long after, several ministers entered the palace first. After hearing what they said, the emperor looked even more confused than them.

"The will, there is no will, no need to announce it."

The emperor said casually: "Don't think about the posthumous title, don't enter the imperial mausoleum, and all matters can be cancelled."

The ministers all widened their eyes, suspecting that they had heard it wrong.

After a long while, the Minister of Rites hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, this, this is not right! If it gets out, won't the world accuse Your Majesty of being unfilial..."

He lowered his voice for the last two words.

"Not only them, you are also secretly blaming me in your hearts," the emperor looked at them with a smile, and then sighed: "Now that things have come to this, I will not hide it from you."

"Follow me."

Several ministers followed the emperor to Cining Palace in confusion. As soon as they stepped into the palace, someone couldn't help but screamed.

The empress dowager's hanging corpse had wide eyes, and there was hardly a piece of good meat on her face and body, and even the white bones could be vaguely seen deep inside!

Her figure was already very thin, and her hands seemed to have no flesh, with only a thin layer of skin draped over the skeleton!

Others raised their sleeves to cover their eyes, not daring to look anymore.

However, the emperor seemed not to see it, walked past her and went straight to the bed.

He lifted the bed board, and the things inside were exposed to everyone without any cover -

most of them were human skeletons, and there were countless eyeballs.

Some were already rotten, and some seemed to be relatively fresh, and the red bloodshot in the eyeballs was clearly visible.

Everyone's mouth twitched, their stomachs churned, and they hurried to the side and vomited.

The emperor leaned against the bed and waited for them.

Of course, these things were not placed under the bed by the Queen Mother, but by him.

After the ministers finished vomiting and came over with a gloomy look, the Emperor spoke: "How can such a person be worthy of entering the imperial mausoleum, and how can we, the people of Tianqi, mourn for her!"

The ministers nodded in agreement without entering the palace.

Yes, now whatever the emperor says is right, let them go quickly!

I really don’t know what’s wrong with them, the emperor hasn’t even announced the decree, why are they running here!

It’s all Xiao Yanli’s fault, he had to let them come to test the waters!

Several ministers already had some complaints about Xiao Yanli.

Seeing that they were all eager to return home, the emperor became interested and said a few words here and there, but he just wouldn’t let them go.

The ministers’ faces were already pale, and the emperor had seen enough before he sneered: "Why, didn’t you come here to test the waters? I’ve put the truth in front of you, why are you in a hurry to leave?"

The ministers’ faces suddenly turned from pale to gray-green, and they all knelt on the ground, shouting: "Unfair."

The emperor said in a loud voice: "Unfair? You are not wronged! The Empress Dowager has caused chaos in the palace, and your sons and aunts have been her guests many times!"

As soon as he said this, everyone was silent, not even daring to speak.

The Empress Dowager likes married men, especially handsome ones. Except for a few who were forced, most of them were willing, and some even offered themselves up.

Because of this, they have received a lot of favors from the Empress Dowager.