When the empress dowager and her men rushed to Yifang Pavilion, it was already too late. Everyone in the palace had basically known about it.
The people sitting at the banquet had no idea that Prince An in Yifang Pavilion had been blinded in one eye by General Yelu of the Northern Rong. He was beaten to the ground and couldn't get up, with many bleeding scars on his body.
After the Queen finished dealing with the matters at the palace banquet, Prince An was still receiving treatment from the Queen Mother in Yifang Pavilion. When she arrived and heard the imperial physician say that there was no hope of curing one of Prince An's eyes, she collapsed to the ground.
This was even more difficult for her to accept than hearing that Prince An and Concubine Min had an affair.
"Where is that bitch?" The queen was filled with anger. If Concubine Min had not seduced her son, her son would not have ended up in this situation.
The female official said tremblingly: "The Queen Mother has already given poisoned wine."
The Queen's eyes were red as she slapped the court lady in the face. She gnashed her teeth in hatred and said, "This is how you do things!"
The female official knelt down, her whole body trembling as she said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Today's game was specifically aimed at Your Highness."
Prince An, who had been unconscious, woke up at this moment and said, "Mother, mother, kill Yelu Qi, kill him for me!"
The person Prince An hated the most was Yelu Qi. One of his eyes was in great pain. While he was unconscious, he vaguely heard the words of the imperial physician that one of his eyes would become blind in the future.
A blind prince can never sit on the throne.
Yelu Qi had blocked his path, and he wanted Yelu Qi to die a miserable death! Prince An's other eye, as if poisoned, emitted a blood-red light amidst the darkness.
The Queen and Prince An hugged each other and cried bitterly, their voices filled with hatred, "The Queen Mother will kill him."
The queen was filled with hatred, and at this moment she blamed everything on Concubine Lai and Prince Rui.
If it weren't for the conspiracy of Lady Lai and Prince Rui, how could her son have lost his reputation and an eye?
From then on, her son would never be able to turn things around, and she didn't know whether her position as queen would be abolished. She had no face left in front of the emperor.
All the concubines in the palace who can sit in high positions are not fools.
In Yongfu Palace, Concubine Wan took off her hairpins and rings, washed off her makeup, and sat in front of the dressing mirror in a plain nightgown.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Yang has come to report that all the liquor has been disposed of."
Concubine Wan nodded calmly.
The wine that the Northern Rong envoy drank today was different from that of the other guests.
She was the one who did it.
Her original intention was to make the already rampant Northern Rong envoys even more rampant, and to arouse the anger of everyone from the emperor to the court officials.
Only when the relationship is harmonious can they talk about marriage. She will gradually wear down the emperor's patience with the envoys from the Northern Rong, and then wait for the opportunity to act.
Concubine Wan had not expected that today would be so smooth. Although her Anyang was ridiculed by the damned Beirong people, she would not be married off to a foreign prince.
"Suxin, bring some wine and have a drink with me."
The master and servant sat on the soft couch by the window. After drinking a glass of fruit wine, Concubine Wan's fair face turned slightly red.
Su Xin smiled and said, "Your Majesty is in a good mood today."
Concubine Wan said with a hint of sarcasm in her smile: "This time, I finally see him clearly."
It turned out that her daughter was only worth three thousand fine horses in his eyes.
All these years of pampering seem like a fleeting illusion.
Concubine Wan drank another glass and casually threw away the patterned wine glass in her hand.
"Suxin, find out for me who is plotting against Anyang and my niece."
Su Xin responded and said, "I suspect the person behind the promise is the one from Yufu Palace who is under the control of Prince Heshun."
Anyone who has been in the palace for a long time and is scheming can guess who is behind the current situation.
The queen was plotted against and personally revealed the fact that her own son was having an affair with Concubine Min. The person who plotted all this used the Beirong people to make the matter public, making it impossible for the palace to suppress the matter.
Concubine Wan dared to say that before noon tomorrow, the matter between Prince An and Concubine Min would be secretly spread to all the powerful families in Kyoto.
The Queen determined that the people involved in the conspiracy were Concubine Lai and Prince Rui's mother and son who set up the trap to frame Prince An today. Concubine Wan's first instinct was that Prince Shun and Concubine Chen Shu's mother and son were involved, but she still had some doubts in her heart about many things and needed to be verified.
"Your Majesty, will His Majesty depose the Queen?" This is Su Xin's question, and everyone who is awake tonight wants to know the answer.
Concubine Wan shook her head, lowered her eyelashes and said nothing.
To be honest, if she were the emperor, she would not depose the empress. The empress and Prince An had already been deposed, and the empress continued to sit on the throne in the future, which could also maintain the balance of the harem and save the emperor a lot of trouble.
At a palace banquet, some are happy and some are sad.
The next day, the palace's decree to punish Prince An spread throughout the court and the country.
Because he was drunk and immoral at the banquet, and hanged out with palace maids regardless of the occasion, disregarding royal etiquette, his prince title was revoked and he will soon be sent to guard the imperial mausoleum.
Although the queen was criticized for her poor parenting and dereliction of duty in managing the palace, the emperor, grateful for their years of marital love, did not depose her.
The situation in the court suddenly changed.
If we were to say who is the biggest beneficiary this time, it would be Xiao Minghuan.
Although Prince An has fallen, Wang Minghui is the future Princess Duan. The Wang family still has hope in the future.
Overnight, Wang Minghui could feel that the attitude of her clan members towards her had visibly improved.
The wind changed so quickly that Wang Minghui was caught off guard.
The imperial court promulgated a new salt policy, and Xiao Feng went to Yangzhou again half a month ago. Diandian was brought back to the mansion by Wan Jinlan and raised in his own courtyard.
The old man has nothing to do all day, and recently he learned how to play with dogs and became addicted to it.
After lunch, she took a short nap. When she woke up, Chuntao came to report that Ma Xing had arrived.
Wan Jinlan was shocked and said, "Call him to the courtyard."
"But what did you find out?"
Ma Xing drank a bowl of sour plum soup cooled with well water in one gulp, and said with a relaxed smile, "I've made a great discovery this time. Last night, after Chen Congbai finished his shift, he didn't return to the mansion, but went straight to Xinghua Lane in the south of the city. Tiezhu told me that in the morning, a young woman saw Chen Congbai out of the courtyard. The relationship between the two seems to be more than simple."
"Also, the young lady asked me to check for the mole on the man's face. Tiezhu and the others have been taking turns guarding the gate of Prince Duan's mansion recently. They saw that man entering and leaving through the back door of Prince Duan's mansion, but I don't know if he is the one the young lady is looking for."
Wan Jinlan took out some small change and handed it to Ma Xing, "Give this to Tiezhu and the others."
As she spoke, she took out two gold leaves from her purse and said, "This is for you."
Ma Xing took it quickly, smiling with his big white teeth, "Thank you, young lady."
Wan Jinlan said, "Have someone keep watching. Don't alert the enemy and don't let Chen Congbai notice."
After Ma Xing left happily, Wan Jinlan was thinking about how to get the news into the palace.
Anyang's feelings for Chen Congbai are obvious.
If Chen Congbai is really a person like Wu Shouren, she must tell the truth to her aunt, and Xiao Minghuan will also have no chance of getting off well with her aunt.
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