Chapter 288 Wei Yanwan 28
"This is the cruelty of this woman. It seems that even if the Queen's Eighth Prince is carefully raised, he will not be able to keep his position. Moreover, as long as the legitimate son survives, the illegitimate children will never have a chance to succeed."
"The most important thing is that she also has a son who is favored by the emperor, the fourth prince Yongcheng."
As soon as Bai Ruiji said this, Wei Yanwan understood.
She picked up a cup of red date and wolfberry tea, took a sip, and spoke slowly, "I'm afraid her wishful thinking is more than that. Isn't there the Third Prince, who was born to Concubine Chun, before the Fourth Prince?"
"...What on earth is wrong with your brain? It's scary."
Bai Ruiji was a little discouraged. This time, she had to work very hard to understand Concubine Jia's plan, relying on the enemy to act in the open and I to act in secret. She even used the Empress Dowager to plot against her. How could Yan Wan guess it just by listening to her?
"It's not hard to guess. Concubine Jia, burdened with the Yu family and two sons, couldn't completely gamble that the Emperor wouldn't find out about the serious crime of murdering his legitimate son. So, she had to find a scapegoat before she acted. Naturally, she'd found you, having lost a child, and wanted to use you to get rid of the Empress and throw all the dirty water on her."
"It's a pity you didn't fall for it this time. Since she can't find someone blinded by hatred, she'll naturally look for someone who's naturally more... gullible."
Wei Yanwan sighed and laughed somewhat sarcastically, "In this deep palace, a concubine's mother who holds a grudge against her legitimate son and plots to murder him for the crown prince's position is more believable than a Japanese devil killing a Buddhist son, even if neither of these claims are necessarily true."
"But now that the Emperor and Empress have someone to vent their anger on, the harem can regain peace. I'm afraid even if the Emperor finds something wrong, he will stop there."
Bai Ruiji, for some reason, was given goosebumps by her words. In the dim candlelight, Wei Yanwan seemed to be talking to herself, yet also seemed to be warning her: "In this palace, the truth is the least important thing; what matters is trouble."
"Don't cause trouble to the emperor, and don't let trouble get to you, lest the emperor find it troublesome."
The former include Gao Xiyue and Jin Yuyan, and the latter include Ruyi and Su Lujun.
Whether you caused trouble or were involved in trouble, after a while, you would become trouble itself in the eyes of an emperor like Hongli. And when it came to the harem, the emperor hated trouble the most.
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In Changchun Palace, the Eighth Prince survived intermittently until New Year's Eve. New Year was approaching, especially with the Ninth Prince, who was being raised outside the palace. Fu Cha Langya thought of the stories about Buddhas and ghosts, and a hope arose in her heart.
However, on New Year's Eve, the eighth prince Yongcong took away Fucha Langya's only remaining hope.
The queen, who had always been strong-willed and had made being virtuous her lifelong goal, lay dejected on the bed and decided to die.
"Mother, please don't be like this. You still have a daughter."
Jingse knelt in front of the queen's bed, looking at her always gentle and loving mother lying on the bed with a pale face. She felt a panic in her heart, and inexplicably felt a fear of losing her mother.
Fucha Langya didn't respond to her repeated calls until Jingse said this. She shook her head and sighed, "What's the use of a daughter? If you have a son, a daughter is the icing on the cake. If you only have a daughter, then it's no different from having no daughter at all..."
"Mother, is your daughter so useless in your eyes?"
Hearing Jingse's hurt tone, Fucha Langya raised her eyes with great effort, looked at her daughter kneeling on the ground, and smiled helplessly: "Mother is not talking about you, mother is talking about herself."
Jingse has always been a favored child of heaven. Now she still cannot understand all the sadness and helplessness of her mother. She only relies on her child's instinct to make her mother happy and hopes that her mother can pay more attention to her.
So Jingse just leaned against the Queen's bed and said softly, "Don't be sad, mother. The Emperor has already sent away the Ninth Prince who killed his brother. He has also locked up Concubine Jia and made her copy Buddhist scriptures every day to pray for my brother."
"What's the use! If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have..." Fu Cha Langya still didn't finish her words, but just waved to her daughter and asked her to go out.
Jingse was reluctant and quickly searched her mind for topics that could attract her mother's attention. Suddenly, she remembered a piece of news she had heard today and said quickly, "Today I went to the Imperial Garden to pick some flowers for her mother, but I heard two eunuchs talking behind the rockery."
"It's said that things have been burning a lot in the Yanxi Palace recently, and it seems that someone has also contracted smallpox."
Su Lian, who was standing aside, suddenly had a fierce look in her eyes. She took two steps forward and looked at the Queen. Fu Cha Langya also reacted and grabbed her daughter's hand.
"Where are the two eunuchs?"
"When my daughter ran over, the two men disappeared."
Su Lian quickly gave a wink, and the Queen understood. She ordered Lian Xin to take the princess out, then she grabbed Su Lian's hand and said, "Eighth Prince, is it true, is it true..."
"Your Majesty, please don't be anxious. This news comes with a strange tone. It's possible someone has indeed made some moves, but they are just hoping to sit back and watch the fight between the two tigers, leaving you and Concubine Xian to suffer losses. You must remain calm."
"I understand. Su Lian, you must send someone to investigate immediately. If it is really the Yanxi Palace, I will never let them go. If others want to kill someone with a borrowed knife, I will not let them succeed!"
Fu Cha Langya's eyes sparkled again. Su Lian did not dare to delay and immediately mobilized Fu Cha's secret plan in the palace. Following this line of investigation, she found that something had indeed been burned in the Yanx Palace, but it was hard to say whether it was related to smallpox.
At this time, Su Lian thought that the first person who had the smallpox in the palace was Mo Xin's mother, and she started to investigate this line with the mentality of rather killing the wrong person than letting the wrong person go.
She had to do it as soon as possible. Because of the Eighth Prince's illness, Changchun Palace had not paid attention to this aspect. If someone really wanted to murder her, they had to do it faster.
Soon, the Emperor will be on his eastern tour, and by then, I'm afraid we won't be able to find any clues. The Empress's health is also...
Su Lian prayed secretly to God in her heart, but she didn't know that a force of power was coming to her door.
"are you sure?"
"I'm sure that after Moxin fell ill, many people came to visit her, including Noble Consort Xian from Yikun Palace, Consort Yu from Yanxi Palace... and Noble Consort Chun from Zhongcui Palace."
"That's all?"
"Hmm... Oh, by the way, I saw someone that night, but it was pitch dark and I couldn't see his face clearly."
The palace servant finished speaking with a flattering smile, "We used to envy her. Although Mo Xin is just a servant, she has been able to attract so many nobles to visit her because she served the Imperial Concubine."
"But the previous visitors were all in broad daylight. It's even more strange to visit a patient at night. But we are just servants, so naturally we dare not say too much."
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