Chapter 385: Dying to Drag Someone Down with Him
The emperor waved his hand coldly: "Take him away."
Princess Liang trembled all over, and only then did she realize that a disaster was about to happen.
If I leave this time, I’m afraid I’ll never see the emperor again.
She fell to the ground with her forehead slamming heavily on the floor: "Your Majesty! I will accept whatever you want to do to me!"
She pointed to Murong Xiao who was standing beside her, trembling, "But Xiao'er is your own flesh and blood! Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs."
Murong Xiao struggled to stand up, blood seeping from the corners of his mouth: "Mother... Concubine..."
Concubine Liang knelt down a few steps, hugged her son, and cried: "Your Majesty, please understand! I planned everything myself. Xiao'er...he doesn't know anything!"
She suddenly looked up, a trace of viciousness flashing in her eyes: "Doesn't the emperor have any doubts? Is the prince really as loyal as he appears? Is he willing to wait for this position for so many years?"
The prince sneered, "Evil woman! You're trying to sow discord even when you're about to die!"
He turned to the emperor and said, "Father, you are wise, how could you be fooled by such a clumsy trick?"
"Someone!" the prince shouted, "Take them away!"
The guard was about to step forward, but saw the emperor raise his hand slightly, signaling to stop.
Seeing this, Concubine Liang's eyes lit up with hope: "Is it a provocation or the truth? Your Majesty, why don't you let me finish my words? If the prince doesn't have a clear conscience, why would he be afraid of me saying a few more words?"
The prince was so angry that he laughed: "The shameless man's crazy talk is not worth listening to!"
Concubine Liang stared at the emperor and asked, "Your Majesty, do you know that the Crown Prince already knew the truth about the death of the late Queen?"
Her voice became increasingly sharp. "He could even suppress his hatred for his mother's murder. Don't you find that scary?"
The emperor suddenly raised his eyes, his sharp gaze piercing the prince: "You, have known this for a long time?"
The prince looked painful and knelt heavily on the ground: "Father! If I had known this earlier, how could I have allowed this vicious woman to live until today?"
Tears welled up in his eyes. "I never thought that my father would doubt me just because of this vicious woman's unfounded words..."
The emperor's eyes flickered, "I am not doubting you, but I also want to hear what Concubine Liang has to say."
The prince lowered his eyes and clenched his fists.
The Emperor said to Concubine Liang, "Go on."
A sneer of triumph appeared on Concubine Liang's lips.
She knew that she could not escape death today, but even if she died, she would drag the prince and the Lu family down with her!
"The Crown Prince and the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's son Lu Jiangnian are just friends, but in fact, the two have been secretly colluding for many years. The death of the late Queen was revealed by Lu Jiangnian."
Concubine Liang's voice suddenly rose, sounding particularly harsh in the silence of the hall: "At this point, I have nothing to hide!"
There was a crazy light flashing in her eyes. "During the autumn hunt in the palace last year, my niece Liang Yusong used Lu Jiangnian's elder sister Lu Wei to give Lu Jiangnian the Lianzhi Gu."
She stared at the emperor's expression and continued, "Who would have thought that Lu Jiangnian would follow the clues and find out about us mother and son."
At this point, she suddenly turned to the prince, with a malicious smile on her lips, "At that time, the prince already knew that I had killed the late queen! But he had been keeping it to himself, and I don't know where he found this 'Tang Bo' to secretly add fuel to the flames!"
There was a dead silence in the hall; even the sound of breathing could be heard clearly.
The emperor slowly turned to the prince and asked, "Do you have anything to say?"
The prince pulled the corner of his mouth and revealed a bitter smile: "Nonsense, a lie."
He straightened his back and looked at the emperor with a firm gaze, "Father is the king and I am the minister. If you want to believe her, I have nothing to say."
The emperor narrowed his eyes, and his sharp gaze stabbed at the prince like a knife.
The prince did not dodge or evade, but looked into his eyes without a trace of guilt in his eyes.
Seeing this, Concubine Liang suddenly burst into a sharp laugh: "Your Majesty! Don't be fooled by the prince's appearance!"
She struggled to crawl forward a few steps, "Lu Jiangnian's wife, Yuan, is an expert in using poison and witchcraft! We have fallen into her trap many times, Xiao'er..."
Her voice suddenly choked up, "Xiao'er was poisoned by her, and till now... till now he is inhumane!"
The emperor was not aware of this matter before, but during this period of investigation into Murong Xiao, he has already learned about the situation.
"Is this poison really administered by Yuan Shi?"
Concubine Liang was heartbroken: "She admitted it herself. If she had been concerned about asking her to help Xiao'er detoxify, Yu Shuang would not have died in vain."
Thinking of this, hatred in her heart grew wildly.
"Can you trust this kind of person? If the prince becomes disloyal in the future, Yuan Shi can just take out any poison..."
She deliberately didn't finish her words, leaving room for imagination.
When the prince heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes.
He knew too well the weight of these words - each one touched the emperor's most sensitive nerves.
"Father!" The prince kowtowed heavily. "Whatever doubts you may have, please make a decision after careful consideration."
He raised his head, tears in his eyes, "Concubine Liang is treacherous. She killed my mother, but she still pretended to be a loving mother and stayed by my side for more than ten years. She is shameless and extremely vicious."
The prince's voice trembled slightly: "I beg you, father, not to believe this vicious woman's one-sided words."
The emperor's eyes moved back and forth between the crown prince and Concubine Liang, his expression unfathomable.
Tang Bo, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up: "I, your humble servant, have one thing I don't understand."
He slowly raised his head, a look of confusion on his face, "Since Concubine Liang said that Madam Lu was so good at using poison and witchcraft, I wonder how old this lady is?"
The prince's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, but his face did not show any trace of it: "Lu Jiangnian, my companion,
He paused deliberately, "Doctor Tang should still remember, right? His wife is a few years younger than him."
Hearing this, Tang Bo suddenly laughed out loud, his laughter full of sarcasm: "Ridiculous! Really ridiculous!"
He turned to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, please be advised. This vicious woman didn't even write a draft when she made up a lie!"
The emperor frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"
Tang Bo stood up straight, his eyes gleaming with the perseverance of a doctor: "In the field of medicine, the most important thing is to accumulate knowledge over time. Let alone advanced skills such as using poisons and witchcraft, even ordinary medical skills cannot be mastered without twenty to thirty years of hard work."
"How can a teenage girl achieve such accomplishments? This is totally against common sense!"
Concubine Liang screamed, “Just because you, a quack doctor, can’t do it, doesn’t mean others can’t do it!”
Tang Bo didn't even look at her, and continued to tell the emperor: "Back then, I followed my master to learn medicine, and practiced hard for ten years before I was allowed to see patients alone."
A look of reminiscence flashed in his eyes, "Even so, my master often praised me for my talent that surpassed Gao Peng's."
At this point, he deliberately showed an expression of disbelief: "I wonder which hidden master this Yuan learned from? At such a young age, he is proficient in poison and poison?"
He kowtowed heavily, "I beg Your Majesty to look into this absurd statement. It is clearly Concubine Liang's malicious accusation before her death!"
The emperor fell into deep thought.
Tang Bo took the opportunity to say, "If your majesty doesn't believe me, you can summon the doctors from the Imperial Hospital to question them. Medical practice is no joke. It's impossible for a teenage girl to learn medicine even if she has been studying medicine since her mother's womb."
"That's enough!"
Concubine Liang suddenly interrupted, her face grim, "Your Majesty! This Tang Bo is clearly in collusion with the Crown Prince! Yuan Wanru herself admitted that she used poison! The poison in Xiao'er's body is irrefutable evidence!"
Tang Bo sneered: "Since you insist, why don't you ask His Majesty to send a royal doctor to treat the second prince immediately? If it is really a strange poison, the royal doctors in the Imperial Hospital will definitely be able to see the clues."
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