Chapter 317 Bai Xiang shows off his power
"So the emperor isn't awake yet?" Li Mumu opened her eyes wide, "I thought he was awake."
Concubine Rong smiled faintly, "The Emperor just woke up suddenly and asked me to handle it on his behalf. So, no matter what evidence you have, please bring it out. I also want to know what kind of injustice the eldest prince has suffered."
"But don't worry, let Mumu go see the emperor."
Li Mumu nodded, "Okay, Mumu will definitely be able to cure the emperor."
Concubine Rong raised her eyebrows and signaled the eunuch to take Li Mumu in first.
Li Mumu looked at Emperor Xuande with his eyes closed, and confirmed that he still had a pulse and was breathing, so he was definitely not dead. She pretended to take his pulse, guessing that Emperor Xuande must be very anxious at this time and wanted her to wake him up.
"Oh, the emperor is poisoned. No wonder ordinary prescriptions are ineffective." Li Mumu spoke deliberately without knowing the consequences.
However, she glanced at the palace servants who seemed indifferent.
Not to mention the emperor, even if the master of an ordinary family was poisoned, it would be a big deal, but these people were as calm as if they had just drunk water or eaten a meal.
It can be seen that these are all Rong Fei's people.
After hearing this, Concubine Rong not only didn't get angry, but she smiled and praised, "Young Princess, your medical skills are indeed excellent. All the doctors in the Imperial Hospital couldn't diagnose this, and you concluded that the Emperor was poisoned. How is that possible? Who would dare to poison the Emperor?"
Concubine Rong looked at Gu Jian and Mr. Bai opposite her.
"Rong Fei, you actually dared to poison the Emperor!" Bai Xiang glared at her. "What is your intention in plotting to murder the Emperor?"
Concubine Rong burst into laughter. "Prince Bai, please speak louder so that everyone in the palace will know."
"But so what?" Rong Fei's face suddenly turned cold. "Do you think anyone would believe it?"
"Fei Rong, you are a traitor and are plotting to murder the emperor."
"So?" Concubine Rong sneered, "Gu Jian, are you really a loyal minister? Back then, the Emperor ordered you to confiscate his property, but you secretly spared his life. I don't believe he's a concubine's son, and the Emperor doesn't believe it either. I bet you've been raising him all these years, right?"
Gu Jian smiled faintly, "I did disobey the imperial order, but that was because I knew that the Crown Prince was wrongly accused by you. The privately embroidered dragon robe and the witchcraft were clearly framed by you."
"Where's the evidence? Oh, right, you hid the evidence so well that I couldn't find it these past few days. But even if you had evidence, what would it matter? Who would care? Who would listen?"
Concubine Rong said proudly, "General Gu, Prime Minister Bai, you two are both powerful figures, wholeheartedly following the Crown Prince, but have you ever considered that if it weren't for your loyalty, he might not have died? With all that evidence, everyone knows there's probably a misunderstanding, but as long as the Emperor is willing to believe it, who can deny it?"
Gu Jian and Old Master Bai both looked a little gloomy.
How could they not understand this truth?
"A wise bird chooses its tree to roost in. Gu Jian, it's not that I haven't given you a chance before, time and again, but it's a pity that you are shameless."
Concubine Rong looked at Li Mumu and said, "What a wonderful child! You cherish her like a treasure. She could have been a queen, but you chose to let her die young."
Li Mumu shook her head, "My Lady, the fortune teller said that Mumu will live to be a hundred years old."
"What fortune teller? They're all lying to you. If I say you'll have a short life, then you will have a short life."
"Really? But Mumu doesn't think so." Li Mumu said with a smile.
"Even if you knew the emperor was poisoned, so what? Even if you could decipher it, so what?" Rong Fei said confidently, "Your good grandfather will be the sinner who disobeyed the emperor's order and, after being discovered, killed the emperor and seized the throne. After tonight, you will be the sinners of Dongyao."
"What a vicious woman." Xie Xun looked at her with hatred, "What on earth did my parents do to offend you?"
"It's nothing serious, but the position of crown prince must belong to my son."
"You..." Xie Xun wished he could kill her with a sword.
"You want to say I'm cruel and ruthless? But that's how the royal family is. You paid the price, and so did I."
Concubine Rong snorted coldly, "I have had to be separated from my biological son for ten years. Every day I have to face a child who is not my own and give her all my love, while my child has to live outside, without a father or mother, like an orphan."
"But isn't this your own choice?" Li Mumu asked back, "No one asked you to send the Eighth Prince away."
She thought secretly that the more she said, the more the old emperor knew, the better.
In fact, even if she didn't know all this, Concubine Rong would definitely die this time.
But she still thought she could win, which shows she still has a trick up her sleeve.
"Yes, but my prince is by my side. How could he allow me to climb to such a high position? He can't even tolerate his own son, how could he tolerate me?"
Concubine Rong sneered, "What's more, there are so many hidden attacks in this palace. Qingyang is a princess and cannot compete for the throne. The emperor can rest assured, and those concubines who are eyeing me can rest assured. Even so, Qingyang was almost killed several times. If it were my son, wouldn't it be even more? I have to guard against them, so how can I devote my mind to deploying my own plans?"
"Your plan?" Bai Xiang snorted coldly, "Is it to seize power and usurp the throne?"
"I never thought of this. You forced me to do this," Concubine Rong said sternly. "My son is intelligent, hardworking, and has good character. The Emperor took a liking to him the moment he entered the palace. He's more outstanding than all the other princes combined. If it weren't for your relentless pressure, the Emperor would have felt guilty about doting on him, and would have made him the Crown Prince because he was indeed more capable than the other princes."
No, I won’t.
However, no one could hear the cry in Emperor Xuande's heart.
"If you hadn't insisted on investigating what happened back then, we could have just let it go. You wouldn't have to die, and the Emperor wouldn't have to die so early. Wouldn't that be nice?"
Concubine Rong looked at the two coldly, "You're already dead, but for a dead person, you're willing to risk the annihilation of your clan to find out the truth of that year. You two are courting death."
"Princess Rong, no matter how good the Eighth Prince is, with a mother like you who has evil intentions, he is not worthy of being a king, nor is he worthy of being compared with the late Crown Prince. You are right. I am willing to die to restore the late Crown Prince's innocence, and Gu Jian is even more willing to die to protect the late Crown Prince's bloodline. The late Crown Prince is no longer with us, but we are still loyal to him. What about you?"
Old Master Bai looked at her sarcastically, "You keep saying that the Eighth Prince is good, but he's willing to have his mother murder her brother, slay the king, and kill her husband. If he feels comfortable with this exchange of positions, then he's not worthy of being a human being. How can he even be considered a man of high moral character?"
Mr. Bai, worthy of being the strongest king, pressed on, "If he is really as you say, he wouldn't sit in this sinful position. Then, Concubine Rong, what is the point of all the hard work you've put in?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
