Yan smiled faintly, as if chatting casually, and continued, "Your Highness, please be patient and listen to me. I will not harm you. After all, who can help me if I harm you? This medicine is priceless. Its magic lies in its stealth. Even if someone takes it, it will take three days for the poison to take effect and kill them. As long as Your Highness stays away for the next three days, there will be no suspicion."
"If it's handled properly, I can even trick the Queen and put the blame on her."
Mi Guifei's heart moved, and she was actually a little moved.
In fact, she hated the queen even more. She believed that the queen had taken away everything from her!
If the queen could be charged with regicide, the son would naturally be hers alone. The queen would be disgraced and become a criminal, with no hope of redemption in the afterlife.
Just thinking about such a day made Concubine Mi so excited that she felt a little dizzy.
More importantly, she believed that what the sinner Yan said was mostly true, and she thought that she would not dare to harm herself. After all, if she harmed herself, she would not benefit at all.
But, but that is regicide.
Imagine the evil consequences of regicide being inflicted on someone else, which is of course satisfying and satisfying. But if it happens to you, then it will be all over!
What if?
Concubine Mi didn't dare to think about it too much, as her heart would tremble if she thought about it too much!
Yan cursed him inwardly as a good-for-nothing and a loser, but her expression had softened, and she even had a faint smile on her face.
"What are you afraid of, Your Majesty? As the saying goes, wealth and honor are sought in danger. Unless Your Majesty is willing to keep enduring like this, and endure until you lose everything completely. Alas, all of this should have belonged to you in the first place."
Concubine Mi squeezed her hands at her side, overflowing with resentment.
Of course she was unwilling!
She also knew that what Yan said was not alarmist.
I'm afraid that when the eldest prince grows up, he will become more and more distant from me.
When he succeeds to the throne in the future, how will he even remember me? That bitch Queen won't allow it!
That bitch has been cheating me and guarding against me all the time. If that day really comes, she probably won't even let me live.
But, but.
Concubine Mi's heartbeat was getting faster and faster, and she almost couldn't stand.
Seeing this, Yan knew that the matter was almost settled. This foolish woman was obviously very tempted. She just didn't have the courage to do so.
A timid, cowardly fool.
Yan did not hesitate to add the straw that broke the camel's back.
"By the way, Your Majesty, perhaps you don't know yet? Your nephew who went missing from your mother's family is not actually missing at all. He is already dead."
Concubine Mi's mind was buzzing with excitement. She stared blankly at Yan Shi for a long time before angrily saying, "Don't tell me nonsense! This is impossible! That child is an honest man. Who would kill him for no reason? Impossible!"
Yan said calmly, "If your Majesty doesn't believe it, you might as well wait and see if the person can be found in the end. How dare a guilty woman lie about something like this? The Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court, and even that prince of the Duke of Li, who is said to be extremely capable and intelligent, are personally searching for the person. Your Majesty, what do you think the consequences will be if the person is not found in the end?"
Concubine Mi sneered: "How could it be impossible not to find it? What do you mean?"
What do you mean by "can't find it"? Even if you're dead, you can't say you can't find it.
Yan knew very well in her mind that the person was dead, but the emperor and Zhou Hansheng claimed that he was missing. It was obvious that they did not want to make it public because of the special identity of the eldest son of the Mi family. So she was sure that the boy would continue to be "missing" and his body would never be found.
"What this means is that the Emperor and the Prince of the Duke of Liguo's Mansion are actually colluding to deceive Your Majesty and the Mi family! The person is already dead, and they are deliberately saying he is missing. Your Majesty, how do you think they can find him?"
"W-why."
"Because your nephew from your mother's family was killed by the prince of the Duke of Liguo's mansion—"
"ah!"
"The two families were not on good terms. They ran into each other in Beiyuan and had an argument, and the prince accidentally beat him to death. This prince is truly courageous and has a clear conscience. Even after beating someone to death, he remained calm and even dared to report the truth to the emperor."
"He, they are from the Duke of Liguo Mansion, but they have done the Emperor a great favor. Naturally, the Emperor wouldn't do anything to him just for a mere life, but would cover up for him instead. After all, human life is at stake, and it would be ugly if a fuss were made. Besides, there's the eldest prince. If he knew about this, there's no guarantee that he wouldn't be unhappy. After all, he also has the blood of the Mi family!"
"So, the king and his ministers came up with this brilliant idea: just saying someone's missing would be enough to explain it. After all, if someone's missing, they can just slowly search for them. It doesn't have to do with anyone else, right? After a year or two—perhaps, even less than a year or two—who else would remember your nephew from your mother's family, besides the queen and your Mi family?"
He was originally just an ordinary, insignificant and unimportant citizen!
Concubine Mi shook her head and murmured tremblingly: "Impossible, this is impossible."
She actually believed it in her heart, but she was still struggling with the last glimmer of hope.
How could a healthy adult just disappear like that? Especially in a place like Beiyuan, on a day filled with so many people coming and going, so bustling with activity?
Just thinking about it, I feel something is wrong.
Yan didn't say anything more. She was very good at observing people's expressions and words. At this point, the fire had burned enough.
"It's not surprising that the Imperial Concubine doesn't believe it. After all, this matter is too unbelievable. There's no need to worry, Imperial Concubine. Just wait and see! Wait a moment, and you'll understand."
The person can't be found, Zhou Hansheng insists that he is missing, isn't that it?
"Your Highness, I'm deeply sorry for your loss."
Yan took one last look at Concubine Mi, gently placed a small, finger-sized, simple white porcelain bottle on the ground in front of Concubine Mi, and turned to leave.
Concubine Mi stood there in a daze. Yan had disappeared for a long time, but she was still standing there.
She didn't come back to her senses until her legs and feet felt a little sore and uncomfortable from standing.
She slowly moved her eyes and stared at the plain, small white porcelain vase on the ground.
Finally, she slowly bent down, stretched out her hand, firmly grasped the small porcelain bottle, and slowly put it into her arms.
She wouldn't trust that sinner Yan so easily. Who knew if she was lying? She had always been so insidious and cunning.
She is patient and will wait patiently. Maybe tomorrow, the person will be found and returned home.
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