Chapter 84
Scheming
Does this mean that he is no longer planning to favor the two daughters of Imperial Physician Zhou?
If you dispose of it at will...then there are so many places it can go!
"Yes, I will take care of it."
Eunuch Chen agreed and turned around to go out and make the arrangements.
Empress Jiang was a little anxious, worried that the Emperor would suddenly be kind enough to go see Sheng Hanyuan. Although she had made all the necessary preparations, she was still afraid of being exposed.
She quickly wiped away her tears and bowed to the emperor with some apology.
"Your Majesty, it's a mess here. How about I wait for Your Majesty to go to the side hall to rest? Han Yuan likes to eat the meat patties I make. I want to make some. Maybe he'll want to eat them when he wakes up."
Speaking of this.
The emperor finally remembered.
Many years ago.
After she was selected into the palace, she was never favored because there were so many beauties, her family background was mediocre, and she had no means.
I don’t remember if it was the second or third month.
Once, when I passed by a palace, I smelled the aroma of fried meat patties.
So he followed the smell and found a little girl squatting in front of a charcoal fire, baking pancakes.
Although she was small in stature, her hands and feet were very nimble. She baked the pancakes to a golden brown color and they were very crispy when bitten. She shook her head in satisfaction and looked very contented.
That look immediately struck his heart.
At first, Empress Jiang thought he was a eunuch, and he thought Empress Jiang was a palace maid, and that's how the two got to know each other.
Empress Jiang felt sorry for him because he was such a handsome man but was a eunuch. Every time she saw him, she would give him food and drink, and even gave him half of her little money.
In the following six months, he ate pancakes many times and received a lot of help from her. During that time, the emperor was truly happy and comfortable.
…
Unexpectedly, more than ten years have passed in a flash, and the girl's face is still there, but with many more tears.
The emperor stepped forward, hugged Empress Jiang in his arms, and patted her on the back.
"Now that you mention it, I also miss it a little. If Yuan'er likes it, then do more. Let's go."
Thinking that this son was born because of the meat pie, the emperor really felt sorry for Sheng Hanyuan. He asked the imperial physician to take good care of him and report back to him immediately after he woke up. Then he took Empress Jiang's hand and left the palace together.
The palace servants along the way knelt down one after another, and when their heads hit the cold floor, there was a hint of joy in their eyes.
When you are about to step out of the main hall.
Empress Jiang turned around and looked at Jiang Zhaoying. Jiang Zhaoying pursed her lips at her. A hint of coldness flashed in Empress Jiang's eyes. She held the emperor's hand tightly and left.
Jiang Zhaoying hurriedly turned and entered the inner hall. Sheng Hanyuan heard her voice, opened his eyes, sat up and said softly.
"Have you left?"
"kindness."
Jiang Zhaoying walked forward and looked at his already bandaged forehead, which was still oozing blood.
"Doctor Chu is really amazing. It looks just like the real thing, and blood is oozing out."
Doctor Chu was sorting the medicine box. After listening to Jiang Zhaoying's words, he turned his head and glanced at Sheng Hanyuan's forehead with a smile, and said with a little pride.
"That's natural. Medical skills are one thing, and clever mediation is another."
If he wasn't smart and capable, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wouldn't have chosen him.
but.
From the very beginning, he had his eyes on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
His mother and the late queen were good friends. Before the late queen passed away, she wrote a letter to her mother, asking them to take good care of the Crown Prince.
Later at a palace banquet.
The prince was framed. A young man from a noble family wanted to push him into the water, but the prince grabbed the man and threw him overboard together.
He rushed over to save the prince.
As a result, the prince grabbed the man and pushed him into the water until he sank. Then he swam up as if nothing had happened.
From that moment on, he decided that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was the right person for the job.
so.
He was the first one to stand up and testify that it was the young master from the noble family who tried to push the prince, but he accidentally fell down as well.
He also said.
The prince wanted to rescue the person, but he failed to pull him up after several attempts.
The noble family naturally didn't believe it, but they could do nothing about it. On the surface, they pretended to be grateful to the prince, but secretly plotted against him. Later, the entire family was taken down by the prince.
"Cousin, Yilan Palace is temporarily secretly controlled by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. His people will serve you and will continue to secretly investigate the thief. You can't go anywhere now, so just lie down. I'll go see Ruogu."
"Well, cousin, go quickly."
Sheng Hanyuan nodded hurriedly, waved at Jiang Zhaoying, then turned around and gave instructions to the palace servants.
"Go get this king a bowl of food, a big one."
"yes."
The palace maid hurriedly bowed and turned to leave. Jiang Zhaoying couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled when she heard this. At the age of fourteen, it is the age when one can eat well, and she really needs to use a big bowl.
As soon as I left Yilan Palace, I saw a palace maid at the palace gate trying to break in aggressively.
"I am from the Chaoxia Palace. Our queen wants to see Queen Jiang. If she doesn't go, she will suffer."
Jiang Zhaoying slowly walked down the stairs, raised her hand and slapped the palace maid on the face with a cold voice.
"Tell the emperor exactly what she just said."
The palace maid was so frightened that her face turned pale; she didn't know the emperor was inside.
Jiang Zhaoying looked at her arrogant appearance, who was obviously afraid but unconvinced, and handed a lucky bag to the guard.
"If she knows what's happening, then let her go. If she insists on barging in and disturbing Your Highness's rest, then she will be beaten to death. I will bear all the responsibility."
The palace maid had sweat on her forehead and she knelt down in front of Jiang Zhaoying with a plop, her lips trembling and she dared not move.
Jiang Zhaoying snorted coldly.
Then he quickly walked towards the Chaoxia Palace.
The gate of Chaoxia Palace was wide open, and there was a young eunuch who had been knocked unconscious at the door.
Haven't gone in yet.
A surge of hostility surged up from within.
Far away.
Jiang Zhaoying saw Eunuch Chen's figure flash by, so she also found a place to hide.
Zhou Ruogu was alone, holding a long sword used by guards, standing in the center of the hall with murderous intent.
Opposite her.
Empress Song was both shocked and angry, and was supported by Rongyan and Yirong. The palace maids formed a circle around them and protected them tightly.
Everyone stared at Zhou Ruogu in shock and anger.
Eunuch Chen gasped, stunned by Zhou Ruogu's ferocious appearance, thinking that the emperor had brought back a little wild cat from outside.
but.
Empress Zhou is quite capable. The Emperor had a headache last night and was worried about a recurrence of it. Empress Zhou gave him acupuncture and massaged him, and he actually fell asleep. He slept for two hours before waking up. Then the Emperor favored Empress Zhou and added water to him twice in the middle of the night.
It's almost dawn.
Eunuch Chen deliberately asked the emperor to get up a quarter of an hour later, fearing that his body could not bear it. Unexpectedly, the emperor got up refreshed.
so.
Eunuch Chen also expected that the emperor would definitely treat Empress Zhou as a treasure.
"Zhou Ruogu, you are a half-and-half-woman. You dared to break into my palace with a knife just because you were brought into the palace by the emperor. You don't even know what my position is. If you kneel down and beg for mercy now, I can still leave you with an intact body. Otherwise, I will tear you into pieces."
She was really pissed off.
Everything was clearly planned out, and he killed two birds with one stone without anyone noticing.
Who knew that the King of Youzhou was not dead, and Jiang Muqing and Zhou Ruogu did not fall out with each other.
These two bitches, one bullies the emperor, and the other breaks in with a knife, and dares to say she wants to kill her!
"Then you'd better kill me, otherwise I will kill you, you bitch."
As Zhou Ruogu spoke, he raised his sword and slashed fiercely in the direction of Empress Song.
The palace maids crowded around Empress Song and tried to dodge desperately. When she couldn't avoid it, Empress Song pushed the nearest one out and fell under Zhou Ruogu's knife.
For a while.
There were constant screams in the yard.
Zhou Ruogu was gasping for breath and dripping with blood, but he was not afraid. Instead, he raised his scarlet eyes and smiled arrogantly.
"How despicable! They risked their lives to protect you, but you wanted to kill them."
These words fell heavily into the ears of the palace servants, and they couldn't help feeling chilled.
Empress Song really didn't think there was anything wrong, she said angrily.
"It is their blessing to be able to die for me."
After saying that, he pointed at Zhou Ruogu.
"Whoever kills her will be rewarded with 1,000 taels and sent out of the palace next year."
Upon hearing that they could leave the palace, the palace maids looked eager and rushed towards Zhou Ruogu regardless of everything.
But Zhou Ruogu was already blood-thirsty, and figures fell one after another. The fear in Empress Song's eyes finally rose, and Zhou Ruogu sneered.
"What? Are you scared? Why aren't you afraid when you are being framed? Do you think everyone is a soft persimmon that you can squeeze whenever you want?"
"Someone come...someone come...where have they all gone?"
When King Yunzhong and Princess Le'an rushed to Chaoxia Palace, they saw a strange scene with constant screaming, blood flowing, and Empress Song being chased and hiding everywhere.
They were really shocked!
Such a bizarre thing has never happened in the palace since I was a child. Someone actually dared to kill people openly in the palace with a knife.
Princess Le'an screamed in fear and rushed towards Empress Song. King Yunzhong turned around, took his weapon and slashed at Zhou Ruogu, and the two men started fighting.
Jiang Zhaoying watched quietly. Although Zhou Ruogu did not know martial arts, she was familiar with the acupuncture points on the human body. She knew which points would hurt the most and which points would make the person fall.
Turn your head.
Seeing the emperor approaching from afar, Jiang Zhaoying hurriedly put her fingers into her mouth and blew gently.
Zhou Ruogu raised his eyes.
Is this the emperor?
A flash of cruelty flashed across her face, and she looked at King Yunzhong and challenged him.
"I thought you were so powerful, but you're just this good. If you have the guts, just kill me."
King Yunzhong was furious and chopped down fiercely. Zhou Ruogu raised his hand to block it, but it seemed that he injured his wrist and the sword fell to the ground. King Yunzhong forced Zhou Ruogu back, picked up the sword and stabbed it fiercely towards Zhou Ruogu's shoulder.
Eunuch Chen was so frightened by the scene before him that his face changed drastically and he rushed over subconsciously.
"Your Highness, stop, stop."
Prince Yunzhong didn't expect Eunuch Chen to appear here, and was so shocked that he loosened his grip. Then Empress Song and Princess Le'an both turned pale. If Eunuch Chen is here, then doesn't that mean the Emperor is here too?
When the emperor heard Eunuch Chen's voice, he quickly quickened his pace. When Empress Song saw the emperor, she quickly suppressed her murderous intent, softened her body, and weakly went forward to greet him.
"emperor……"
However.
What shocked Empress Song was that the emperor no longer held her in his arms as he did before, but ran straight towards Zhou Ruogu without even looking at her.
now.
It hit the emperor's eyes.
It was the petite and beautiful figure of Zhou Ruogu lying in a pool of blood. Her right shoulder was soaked in blood, and even her fair neck was covered in blood.
It looked like a tragic scene of someone slashing his neck with a knife and dying in the blood.
The emperor's heart suddenly tightened.
Empress Song was terrified and stepped forward to grab the emperor's sleeve. The emperor looked at her fiercely and slapped Empress Song so hard that she was thrown far away.
Then he kicked King Yunzhong out again.
"Zhaoyi? Zhaoyi?"
The emperor squatted down, holding Zhou Ruogu's shoulders, his heart tightened. Eunuch Chen stepped forward to check Zhou Ruogu's breath and said hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Zhaoyi is still alive. We must summon the imperial physician immediately."
The emperor hugged Zhou Ruogu in his arms with a cold face, then stood up and left.
Seeing how concerned the emperor was, Empress Song almost bared her teeth and cried out.
"Your Majesty, she is the one who wants to kill me."
The emperor stopped and looked at Empress Song with a fierce look.
"If you don't harm her, will she come to you? Song Qingwan, I really misjudged you."
The vicious and disgusting look frightened Empress Song so much that her heart was blocked. Her legs went limp and she fell to the ground, fear surging in her heart.
However.
What made her even more terrified was that before she could react, the guards had surrounded the Chaoxia Palace.
"What is he going to do? What is he going to do?"
Empress Song pointed at the guards at the palace gate, watched them slam the palace gate shut, and screamed in anger.
"He clearly said that all the women in the palace were just for show, and I was the only one in his heart. I gave birth to his children and stayed with him wholeheartedly, but in the end, he treated me like this?"
King Yunzhong half-knelt down, holding his aching chest, and looked towards the palace gate with his sword-like brows deeply furrowed.
When he heard his mother's words, a hint of sneer flashed in his eyes. He stood up and walked to Empress Song, leaned over and hugged her in his arms. Empress Song burst into tears out of grievance.
It was just killing one or two people. He knew it before, but he had never been so angry.
"Mother, Mother."
Princess Le'an rushed over and helped her up together with King Yunzhong.
"We haven't lost. I heard that even if the King of Youzhou wakes up, he might be a fool and won't get better. If we really talk about this matter, there is no direct evidence to prove that we did it."
The bad thing was that Zhou Zhaoyi actually rushed in and started killing with a knife in hand, shouting and yelling that it was the Chaoxia Palace that did it.
In this way, even if there is no evidence, it will not affect others from thinking that they are the murderer.
“Ahhh.”
Empress Song was so angry that she screamed hysterically.
This damn Zhou Ruogu, damn Zhou Ruogu, he ruined her good deeds.
In Yuehui Palace.
Another round of thrilling busyness.
The emperor looked at Zhou Ruogu, who was pale and had fallen asleep, and at her youthful appearance, he reached out and gently stroked her hair.
"With this personality, she is not suitable to stay in the palace."
The Emperor and Eunuch Chen spoke in deep voices, and Eunuch Chen nodded slightly.
"Maybe... apart from the Emperor, she can't find anywhere else to go."
The emperor was stunned.
Then, looking at her pale little face, a wave of heartache overflowed from his heart. Being with such a young person, he felt like he was younger too. The emperor liked it very much.
"What should we do with the King of the Clouds?"
The emperor spoke in a cold voice. In fact, Zhou Zhaoyi was his concubine mother, but he ignored it and killed her.
"Be beaten with thirty sticks and sent to the torture chamber."
"emperor."
Eunuch Chen was shocked when he heard this. The torture chamber was the darkest place in the entire palace. People living there were worse off than dogs.
Zhou Zhaoyi on the bed let out a slight cry of pain, tears immediately flowed out, and her whole body trembled with fear.
The emperor held her hand tightly, then his face darkened and he stopped talking.
Eunuch Chen bowed and hurried out to give instructions...
at this time.
Jiang Zhaoying and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were standing in a secluded place. After listening to Shen Liuguang's report, the Crown Prince looked at Jiang Zhaoying.
"Leave the palace first. I have something to show you."
Jiang Zhaoying nodded.
"I want to go to the dungeon first."
"kindness."
The prince responded solemnly, then left the palace and ordered the carriage to the Ministry of Justice prison.
"Go ahead."
The prince lifted the curtain, and Jiang Zhaoying got out of the car beside him. Looking at her back, the prince's eyes were as gloomy as if it was windy and rainy.
Shen Liuguang looked up at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, blinked, and stepped forward.
"Your Highness, let's go take a look together?"
The prince threw the curtain heavily, and Shen Liuguang smiled helplessly and had to bow.
"Then I will go and take a look."
The prince didn't say anything, so Shen Liuguang followed Jiang Zhaoying in.
Jiang Zhaoying took out the prince's jade ring. The jailer was so frightened that his face turned pale and he hurriedly went in to greet them.
As he walked in, the prison boss spoke cautiously.
"A young lady has already gone in to see Prince Song. Do you want me to kick her out?"
"It's all right."
Jiang Zhaoying could guess who it was.
Song Chengyu was locked up in the middle cell, where the view was relatively dim and the smell of blood was very strong. The warden was originally very nervous, but when he saw that she was smiling and easy to talk to, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Zhaoying took out a silver note from her bosom and stuffed it into his hand, smiling and whispering.
"Thank you."
The jailer took the banknote with trembling hands, and was shocked to see the words "one thousand taels". Tremblingly, he pointed at Song Chengyu.
"Madam, are you satisfied or dissatisfied?"
It would be troublesome if the lady blamed them for beating too hard.
Jiang Zhaoying glanced at Song Chengyu, then glanced at Shen Yuefu who was crying beside him with red eyes, then leaned forward slightly and spoke to the prison boss.
"He forced my father to sign a pledge to seize all of my Jiang family's property. How could I not be satisfied with the jailer helping me like this?"
The jailer's eyes flickered.
He immediately understood what the words meant, took the banknote, kicked open the prison door, and straightened his chest.
"Then please do as you please, Madam. If you need anything, just call me."
Song Chengyu lay on the straw motionless. The wounds on his back had not yet healed, but he had new wounds. There was no healthy flesh left on his back.
When Shen Yuefu saw her come in, she immediately rushed in front of her and cursed her.
"Jiang Zhaoying, how can you be so vicious? It's just a small thing. Is it that important? Is it worth it for you to care so much about it?"
"Look at what they've done to your husband. You and your cousin can't get divorced. If he dies, you'll be a widow for the rest of your life. Is that good for you?"
Jiang Zhaoying ignored Shen Yuefu and walked in front of Song Chengyu.
"Where's the paperwork?"
Song Chengyu wanted to move, but the severe pain in his body made him very painful. He took a deep breath, looked at Jiang Zhaoying and sneered.
"No."
In one night, he moved countless things from the Jiang family and was now sending them over there. The problem that had been weighing on his mind was finally solved.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he couldn't have imagined that the Jiang family was so rich.
Song Chengyu thought.
If the Jiang family had been powerless, their wealth would have been enough to buy dozens of cities. He knew that marrying Jiang Zhaoying was the right choice.
The emperor doesn't dare to kill him, so a little suffering is nothing. When he gets out, he will continue to empty the Jiang family's things. By then, he will be the one who is rich enough to rival a country.
He would not give this document no matter what!
Jiang Zhaoying looked at Song Chengyu as if he were a fool. Could it be that he thought that everything in the Jiang family could be taken away with just a document?
Everything was smeared with scented powder, and the fragrance lasted for a month.
The Jiang family's hunting dogs were following those things.
at the moment.
With just one letter sent by carrier pigeon, she would know where the item was and who it ended up in.
"Song Chengyu, I know you have a bigger conspiracy behind you, but... aren't you afraid that I will kill you before you succeed?"
Song Chengyu trembled violently after listening to this, clutching the moldy straw tightly in nervousness, but soon he raised his bloodshot eyes and looked at Jiang Zhaoying arrogantly.
"No, you don't dare. The emperor cannot live without me. I am his medicine. Even if you want to kill me, you dare not do it."
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