"Cousin/Royal brother..." Zhou Qiongyue and Prince Rong were both panicked. Yuan Bohua quickly pulled them apart and pushed the imperial physician in.
The imperial physician first felt for the pulse but couldn't find it. He then felt the carotid artery and slumped to the ground in despair. "The emperor has passed away!"
The whole hall was filled with earth-shaking cries.
Of all those kneeling here, the ones crying the most heartbroken were the imperial physicians. The emperor had died from organ failure caused by food incompatibility and poisoning, and they were likely to be buried with him, and their entire clans would also be implicated.
At this time, the two imperial concubines and the fourth concubine who had knelt here and fought, all breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. Some of them wanted the emperor to favor her more, so they did some small tricks.
Some wanted to make the emperor weaker so that he would be more wary of the crown prince. Only when the crown prince's position was unstable would their sons have a chance.
Some of them did this to get the emperor to come to their palace more often and to let their children see their father more often.
Perhaps in their minds, the emperor had already passed away and there was no way to investigate related matters.
The prince had just ascended the throne, so it was impossible for him to get angry with his brothers.
It was just that their intentions were good, but they never understood the Emperor's true character. Even the late Empress Dowager was afraid of him when he got ruthless, yet these people dared to act without knowing anything.
When the emperor realized that he was not capable of doing anything, the first person he summoned was the commander of the secret guards and gave him a secret order.
Let the commander of the secret guards take people to investigate this matter thoroughly, and let those who took part in the fight go down to accompany him, including the prince and his concubines, not to mention the prince's in-laws.
The emperor passed away at this time, and everyone's attention was on the emperor's funeral and the prince's ascension to the throne.
When the queen asked the prince about the secret guards, the prince only said, "No one has come to pay homage to the new master so far."
The queen had a vague feeling that something big was bound to happen, so she could only order the people in the palace to be more vigilant.
Although Zhou Qiongyue, Yuan Bohua and Prince Rong were sad, they also helped the Crown Prince and the Queen to stabilize the situation. No matter what, the court could not be in chaos, otherwise the people would suffer.
The current commander of the secret guards is named Shen. After receiving the secret order from the emperor, Commander Shen took his men to investigate.
That night, Commander Shen investigated everything and showed the results to the Crown Prince. Crown Prince Li Chengyan did not dare to make a decision on the results of Commander Shen's investigation, so he could only call Prince Rong and Prince Fu'an to discuss it first.
In fact, for Crown Prince Li Chengyan, he would rather call Prince Yi to discuss the matter.
Unfortunately, as soon as Prince Yi arrived at the palace, he acted like a playboy, so he really had no reason to find this person.
Although Prince Rong and Prince Fu'an were angry after reading it, they were subjects and could not make the decision.
The main thing is that there are five princes involved, and the emperor has just left. Could it be that the two of them proposed to kill all the princes?
Prince Rong and Yuan Bohua could only play Tai Chi together and suggested that the prince wait until he ascended the throne, then summon all the ministers and clan members to discuss what to do next.
The Crown Prince, Prince Rong, and Yuan Bohua thought that the matter was temporarily shelved, but that night the entire Yuan'an was flooded with blood.
The concubines, princes, and the princes' in-laws involved in this matter disappeared overnight.
The Emperor: I have been murdered, why should I care whether the court is in chaos or not? Those who should come down to accompany me should come down to accompany me.
This incident alleviated a lot of the sadness of Prince Rong and Zhou Qiongyue. It turned out that the royal brother/cousin was not someone who could suffer any loss. He could still take care of his son after his death.
Prince Rong and Zhou Qiongyue admire their royal brother/cousin so much that if it were them, they might not be able to do it. It has nothing to do with anything else, after all, he is their biological son.
As soon as Commander Shen made a move, the Queen and the Crown Prince could only be thankful that they had kept their composure and not done anything tricky.
Otherwise, the emperor would have left an imperial decree before his death to take you away, and no one could escape.
The late emperor's action instantly stunned the court and the princes and concubines in the harem, who dared not move a muscle.
The prince's coronation ceremony went incredibly smoothly. In fact, neither the prince nor his maternal family uttered a word.
After all, no one knows whether the late emperor has left any other decrees, and everyone is worried that the whole family will fall asleep at night and never wake up again.
The late emperor's funeral was held after the crown prince ascended the throne. Fortunately, the queen mother had experience in such events, and there were no mistakes throughout the whole process.
However, after the late emperor's grand funeral, Duan Jianing moved out of the palace belonging to the Empress and moved directly to the palace belonging to the Empress Dowager. She still felt a little lost.
After holding the power in the harem for so many years, she was about to hand it over, and she felt a sense of emptiness in her heart.
All power is the same; once you have it, you become addicted. However, Duan Jianing was a smart person. She was afraid that she would be unable to control herself too much, so she planned to wait until her daughter-in-law had taken control of the harem and then, like the late Empress Dowager, she would move into the Royal Court.
She ignored them and just lived her own life. Thinking this way, Duan Jianing no longer felt the fear of losing her rights.
Although the late emperor had some tricks up his sleeve, Zhou Qiongyue was indeed very sad when he passed away. As the people around her began to pass away one by one, she also began to realize very clearly that she might not have many years left to live until this day.
Yuan Bohua accompanied Zhou Qiongyue throughout the whole process, and even when Zhou Qiongyue went to the toilet, he wanted to follow her.
However, Zhou Qiongyue was in better health this time and did not get sick. However, Yuan Chaokang still made Zhou Qiongyue pretend to be sick in the palace for half a month before announcing her recovery.
After Zhou Qiongyue recovered from her illness, she no longer cared about Yuan An's affairs and took her eldest granddaughter to live on the farm.
This time, not only Yuan Chaokang went with him, but Prince Rong also went.
Zhou Qiongyue and Yuan Bohua felt helpless looking at the two light bulbs following them every day.
Zhou Qiongyue couldn't help but persuade him, "Kang'er, you should go back to Yuan'an and spend more time with your wife! Don't show up in front of me and your father."
Yuan Chaokang was dissatisfied that his mother only chased him away and not Prince Rong, "Don't you think that my fifth cousin should go back to accompany my fifth cousin's mother?"
Zhou Qiongyue turned her gaze to Prince Rong again, "Why are you doing this?"
Prince Rong was in no mood to argue with Yuan Chaokang. He looked listless and said, "Cousin, my mother is gone, my brother is gone, and you are my only relative. I feel sad."
Prince Rong didn't respond to Zhou Qiongyue's nausea, but rather rolled his eyes. "What are you talking about? What do you mean I'm your only relative? You can't let Ze'er and the others hear this, or they'll be so sad."
It wasn't that Zhou Qiongyue was necessarily against this cousin; it was mainly because his sons were quite filial. They were the kind who would say a deer is a horse without hesitation if their father said so.
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