Chapter 306 Fake
Concubine Yu was stunned for a long while.
"She doesn't bother to harm my son? Who is that? Who is it!"
Duan Yu?
Impossible, he was sincere when he doted on her.
He said he liked her gentleness and obedience, her intelligence, and that if it wasn't for the Queen's face, he would definitely make her his principal wife.
Did he lie to her?
Concubine Yu called out, shaking the wooden fence with all her might, shouting at the top of her lungs: "My king, I want to see you! Someone come! I want to see you!"
The jailer rushed over impatiently and stepped on her hand that was holding the wooden fence. She screamed in pain and let go.
The jailer spat, "You want to see the king? I can't even see him. If you keep arguing, you'll die!"
Concubine Yu didn't care about the pain in her hand and rushed forward again: "Please, let me see the king. If I see the king, I will restore his favor. Then I will definitely reward you handsomely."
The jailer sneered, turned away, and soon brought a basin of cold water and poured it at her.
"ah!"
Concubine Yu screamed and curled up, but a basin of cold water fell all over her.
It was the dead of winter, the cell was damp and cold, and she was only wearing a single piece of clothing. Now she was soaked like a drowned rat and was frozen stiff in an instant.
The jailer sneered: "The princess said that if you don't obey, you will die here. If you want to live, tell the truth. You want to see the king? Dream on!"
Concubine Yu hugged her body tightly with her arms, but the biting cold made her gradually lose consciousness.
Before her eyes went dark, she had only a little consciousness left, and she didn't want to die.
She wanted to ask Duan Yu where her son had gone.
When she slowly opened her eyes, she found herself lying on the bed, covered with a quilt.
She sat up suddenly and found that she was still locked up, just in a different room.
The conditions were better than before. She was wearing a cotton robe, her bed had bedding, and there was a urine bucket.
When the jailer sitting outside saw that she had woken up, he immediately got up and went out.
After a while, Zhao Luoxuan appeared in the cell.
Concubine Yu looked at her in a daze.
The jailer carried the armchair, the maid spread the cushions on it, and Zhao Luoxuan sat down upright.
"You want to live?"
Concubine Yu nodded frantically, threw back the quilt, and crawled towards the prison door.
He kowtowed three times to Zhao Luoxuan.
I opened my mouth to speak, but found that no sound came out.
My throat is hoarse.
Zhao Luoxuan nodded and said expressionlessly, "It's not difficult to save your life. In exchange, you can use what you know. Write down the names of all your spies in the harem. Don't leave any of them out. Otherwise, if I find out one of them, I will die with you."
Concubine Yu nodded vigorously.
The maid handed the jailer pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the jailer took them in and spread them on the table.
Concubine Yu got up tremblingly, and wrote down one name after another with a pen in shaking hands.
Zhao Luoxuan took the list, glanced at it, and smiled faintly: "You can continue to think about it and see if there are any missing. I will interrogate these people first. If they bite new people, your life will be in danger."
She handed the list to the maid and turned to leave.
Concubine Yu hugged the wooden fence and shook it desperately.
The jailer was about to kick her, but Zhao Luoxuan raised her hand to stop him and turned to look at her.
"You don't believe that Duan Qi is not your son?"
Concubine Yu shook her head vigorously, staring at her with empty and desperate eyes.
Zhao Luoxuan was not soft-hearted. After all, she had seen what the cold palace was like, where many people were fighting to the death with her mother.
The Queen Mother told her that if she was not ruthless, it would be her who would go in.
"The wet nurse next to Duan Qi is not your son's wet nurse, because she is from the Yongguo Mansion. She has been with Duan Qi since he was born. It was also she who went to Juzhou with Duan Qi and then entered the palace."
Concubine Yu almost fainted.
But she still didn't believe it and continued to stare at Zhao Luoxuan.
Zhao Luoxuan smiled and said, "Do you know why the king wanted to take Duan Qi to Dali, and why he wanted to register him under my name?"
Concubine Yu nodded vigorously.
"Because Duan Qi's mother is Gu Huan's biological sister, and his father is the king's biological cousin. He is the only bloodline of the Queen Mother's nephew."
Concubine Yu widened her eyes in fear and slapped her chest hard with her hands.
"As for your son, you have to ask the king."
After Zhao Luoxuan finished speaking, she turned and left.
That night, all the servants in Concubine Yu's courtyard and more than ten people from various places in the palace were arrested at once. They were all thrown into prison and tortured severely. If they could reveal the identity of an accomplice, they could save their lives.
Zhao Luoxuan brewed some warm tea and talked to the maids.
A maid came in and said, "Princess, the king went to Concubine Bai's place tonight."
Zhao Luoxuan showed no emotion: "Okay."
She slowly touched her belly, her thoughts in a mess, but she gradually understood her mother.
While helping Duan Yu change his clothes, Concubine Bai said that some people in the harem were talking about the princess being too cold-blooded.
"After all, Concubine Yu was sent by Queen Daliang. Isn't this a clear slap in the face of Queen Daliang? People in the palace say that the princess did this on purpose for her mother to see."
Duan Yu couldn't help but smile when he heard that Zhao Luoxuan had such an iron-blooded hand: "I was right about her, she is a person with courage."
Concubine Bai observed that the smile on his face was not fake.
"I also think that the princess is very capable. She has uprooted all the foundation that Concubine Yu has worked hard to build for more than a year. In the past, people in the harem thought that the princess was a weak and delicate princess."
Duan Yu changed into a white nightgown and sat cross-legged on the bed. "For Qi Jun, she gave up her princess title and married a widow from Juzhou. She also independently built her fiefdom into a large farm with tung oil trees and crops. Later, she helped Gu Huan build a school. Tell me, how could she be a weak woman?"
Concubine Bai looked more cautious.
It turns out that in Duan Yu's mind, Zhao Luoxuan's status is so high.
But……
Zhao Luoxuan told her that if she gave birth to a legitimate prince, she would ask the king to allow her to leave Dali.
She was very surprised when she heard it.
Zhao Luoxuan also said that if she gave up the position of princess, she was the only one who could take over, so Zhao Luoxuan let Duan Yu favor her.
During the two months of her pregnancy, many things in the harem were assigned to her on the pretext of taking care of the baby.
But she couldn't quite understand why Zhao Luoxuan was like this.
Isn’t she worried that the legitimate prince she gives birth to won’t be able to inherit the throne?
Duan Yu held Concubine Bai's hand and said, "You should learn from her. After all, the princesses taught by the Queen of Daliang are better than you in vision and knowledge."
Concubine Bai nodded respectfully: "Yes, I will definitely learn from you."
But she grumbled in her heart.
Does the king also know that the princess wants to leave the palace?
What a strange couple.
No matter what, if Zhao Luoxuan really leaves the palace and Concubine Yu is eliminated, she will be the only one who can take on the position of princess, which will be a good thing for her.
Three days later, more than fifty spies planted by Concubine Yu were uncovered.
Concubine Yu was taken to the main hall where the princess handled affairs. In addition to Zhao Luoxuan, Duan Yu was also there.
She was barely able to speak and kowtowed to Duan Yu excitedly.
She begged with a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, I am loyal to you. I have never harmed the princess..."
Zhao Luoxuan interrupted her: "Yuqing. I have already made it very clear to you in prison. If you spit out one less person, your death will come. I asked you to come here today not to let you cry out for your injustice, but because you have always wanted to see the king. Before you die, I will fulfill your wish."
After saying that, she stood up and bowed to Duan Yu: "Your Majesty, I will take my leave."
Duan Yu held her back and said, "You don't have to leave. Everyone else, please leave."
All the maids and servants withdrew and closed the door gently.
Duan Yu pressed Zhao Luoxuan down on the chair, then turned around and looked at Yuqing coldly.
"You want to ask about your son, right? He is indeed dead. He was strangled to death at birth."
Yuqing looked ashen: "Your Majesty, he is your blood! He did nothing wrong, why should he die?"
"Because he is not my son."
Duan Yu’s words stunned Yuqing and Zhao Luoxuan.
Yuqing couldn't believe it at all and shook her head desperately: "Your Majesty, I have done nothing wrong to you, who is slandering me!"
She looked at Zhao Luoxuan fiercely, her eyes gleaming with ferocity: "It's you, it must be you! Your mother and brother don't trust you, so you take it out on me!"
Zhao Luoxuan was speechless: "It has nothing to do with me."
Duan Yu said calmly, "It really has nothing to do with the princess. I didn't want to touch you. The one who had sex with you was just a guard. And this guard was also your spy."
Zhao Luoxuan was speechless.
Yuqing lost all strength and sat on the ground dejectedly, muttering, "Impossible, my son is a prince, a prince!"
After watching Yuqing, who looked pale and silent, being dragged out, Zhao Luoxuan turned and looked at Duan Yu.
"Is what the king said true?"
Duan Yu pulled up her hands and held them with his big palms: "Really. You are my first woman. Concubine Bai is my favorite, so she is my second."
Zhao Luoxuan's heart was shocked.
But why?
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