Chapter 118 I regret it so much!
[Wow, Lord Xie has led his men to the Zhu Mansion following the clues on the stone tablet. Miss Zhu is performing "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" in the courtyard, trying to confirm her identity as the Phoenix Girl. Tsk tsk, it's freezing cold, and it's not easy for her to get all these birds with just two new fish.]
Chu Liuzheng ate the medicinal food while opening the system to eat melons in real time.
Closer! Master Xie saw it! Master Xie was shocked! Master Xie… poof—he got hit by bird shit!! Three hits in a row! Hahahaha!!!
Chu Liuzheng was so happy that she almost choked on the food in her mouth. Moxiang patted her back and said gently, "Eat slowly."
"Hmm." Chu Liuzheng nodded, eating something, and turned his attention back to the system's text live broadcast.
[As expected, none of Hai Wang Xiao Bai Lian's equipment is useless. I thought that umbrella was just for looks, but it turns out it's really for blocking bird droppings. Hahaha! The Jin Yiwei are so pitiful, they've really become Xiang Rui!]
[Wow, we're riding in a carriage to the palace. How is Miss Zhu going to trick the tyrant?]
Seeing that the gossip had not been refreshed, Chu Liuzheng didn't want to just sit there and wait, so he shifted his attention to other gossips.
With both the Empress and Consort Yun pregnant, Consort Chun, worried about her precarious position, asks her family to help her find a secret recipe for childbearing. Tsk, isn't that a bit far-fetched? What secret recipe? Asking the tyrant to go there a few more times is more effective than anything else.
Concubine Xiao has recently become obsessed with making incense, and has purchased a lot of spices at her own expense... Wow! Just these few items cost one hundred and thirty taels, which is less than the size of my fist. Making incense is really expensive.
[Eh? There's new progress in Xiao Xuanzi's case. Let me take a look... The Empress found the pair of red agate earrings in the Imperial Household Department's catalog and confirmed they were indeed Concubine Wen's. She ordered Concubine Wen to be brought to Changchun Palace for questioning...]
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Changchun Palace.
Qiu Sui led Lady Wen and the palace maid Bizhu into the palace, "Your Majesty, Lady Wen is here."
Queen Zhong leaned back in the main seat with a cushion behind her waist. She looked graceful and elegant in her purple palace dress.
Lady Wen only took one look before lowering her eyelashes and bowing, "Greetings to the Empress."
Bizhu followed suit and saluted.
Queen Zhong hummed softly.
Just as Lady Wen was about to stand up, Empress Zhong suddenly slammed the table beside her and said, "Kneel down!"
Concubine Wen bent her knees and knelt on the ground, very obediently: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I wonder what crime this concubine has committed?"
Seeing her bewildered look, Empress Zhong suddenly recalled the time when she was the emperor's favorite. She looked like this every time she made a mistake, but His Majesty still protected her tightly. Seeing her again now, she couldn't help but feel disgusted.
She was too lazy to talk to her and ordered, "Bring the food up."
Qiu Sui turned around, took out a tray from behind the screen, and walked to Lady Wen.
Empress Zhong held the hand warmer, looked down at her, and asked in a calm tone, "Do you recognize this thing?"
Lady Wen looked up and saw a pair of red agate earrings on the tray. Against the background of the white silk handkerchief, their color looked even more vivid, almost the same as the day His Majesty had just awarded them to her.
It turned out to be Concubine Gao!
A dark hue flashed across her eyes, and her face became even more bewildered. She turned to look at Empress Zhong and said, "These are just ordinary agate earrings. I'm sure all the ladies in the palace have them. Why did Your Majesty let me see them?"
"Lady Wen, please look carefully. Do all the concubines in the palace really have them?" Qiu Sui signaled the little palace maid to lift up the earrings and turn the small golden leaf on the red agate over to face Lady Wen.
Lady Wen took a closer look and saw an ant-sized word "Wen" on the back of the golden leaf. If you didn't look carefully, you would think it was just a small dot.
She was shocked. There were words on the leaf. How come she didn't know it before?
Seeing her stunned, Empress Zhong ordered, "Show her the Imperial Household Department's account books."
Gao Yongfu stepped forward holding the open account book.
Lady Wen turned around and saw that it clearly recorded the style of the earrings, the time of manufacture, the time of award, to whom they were awarded, etc. There was also a special comment.
But that one line of small words made her heartbeat slowly speed up.
——In accordance with the imperial edict, engrave the words in detail.
She glanced to the side and found that this page was full of gifts given to her, and all of them had the same line of small notes.
She thought of something and reached out to flip back quickly.
Concubine Rong, Concubine Yun, Concubine Gao, Concubine Chun... No, none of them. There was no such annotation on the things given to others, only she had it.
She held the paper tightly, staring blankly at the small words.
It turns out that it started from this time.
The love at first sight was fake, the true feelings were fake, the love and pity were fake, and even the rewards were fake. These were all part of the man's scheme against her and His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince.
In vain, she still thought that the high and mighty man had at least some genuine feelings for her. In vain, she thought... Hahaha! How ridiculous! She actually wanted to wait for the man to change his mind, forgive her, and reconcile with her.
It turns out that it was all a conspiracy from the beginning to the end, and she had been deceived from the beginning to the end!
The haggard beauty stared at the pair of red agate earrings infatuatedly, and suddenly laughed out loud, tears sliding down the corners of her eyes, leaving two transparent traces of water on her pale face.
She tilted her head back, her laughter growing louder and hoarser, "So you've never been sincere for even a moment. How ridiculous that I'm still waiting for you, yearning for you, Xiao Jingfan! I regret it so much!!"
If she had known this, she would have killed him with a knife! !
"Empress!"
"Empress!"
Everyone in the hall screamed and rushed forward to catch the woman who suddenly pulled out a dagger from her sleeve and stabbed it into the queen's abdomen.
Lady Wen looked mad, and all she could see was the pale-faced woman sitting in the main seat and the sharp dagger in her hand.
Just an inch.
She pushed hard with her feet and thrust her elbow forward neatly, watching the sharp tip of the knife cut through her luxurious outer garment.
Suddenly, the dagger broke in the middle with a ding. Before she could be surprised, she felt a strong kick on her body. Her whole body flew out uncontrollably, shattering the screen and falling to the ground.
The broken dagger pierced into the chest, and a bright flower of blood bloomed on the blue cloth.
Lady Wen stared upwards, the severe pain causing her to make a hoarse sound in her throat. Her bloodstained lips moved, but she died unwillingly without uttering a single word.
Everyone in the palace stared at this scene in shock, forgetting to scream until Qiu Sui shouted, "Empress!"
She rushed forward to support the limp queen and screamed, "Call the imperial physician!"
Gao Yongfu almost crawled towards the Imperial Hospital.
Everyone also rushed forward to help support the queen.
Xiao Qi ignored the panic in the hall, stepped forward, picked up Lady Wen's body, and disappeared in the hall in a flash.
Soon, the news of Empress Zhong being assassinated in Changchun Palace spread.
Some were shocked, some sighed, and some felt sorry that the queen was fine.
Xiao Qi knelt in the Wenhua Hall and reported what had happened, with Concubine Wen's already cold body lying beside him.
Xiao Jingfan glanced at the female corpse on the ground, leaned on the desk and was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Cremate the body and place it in the imperial mausoleum, next to that person."
"Yes!" Xiao Qi carried the corpse away.
Xiao Jingfan sat down, resting his elbows on the armrests of the dragon throne. Countless emotions flashed through his eyes, but he finally calmed down.
He said, "Grand Master Xuanyan and the six ministers of state are here to see you."
Zhou Yuande was about to do it when Xiao Anzi hurried in and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Xie and Ms. Feng are waiting outside the palace for an audience."
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