After hearing Physician Yang's words, the maid cried even harder. Lanqin didn't know what to say, so she had no choice but to leave Yikun Palace and return to Changchun Palace.
On the way back to the palace, Lanqin was filled with emotion. She recalled the first half of Nian's life, how she was willful, arrogant and domineering, and had done many heinous things. She never expected that she would end up like this.
Although she was a bit willful, Lanqin knew that she was one of the few people in the palace who truly loved the Fourth Prince. It was because of love that she was unwilling to share with others. In the end, she was also a pitiful woman burdened by love.
"Sigh!" Lanqin sighed.
Baoqin, who was supporting her hand, noticed that she was in a bad mood and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't understand why you are not happy but sad when Consort Nian has done so many bad things to us in the past and is about to die."
Lanqin said, "What's the point of arguing when people are about to die? We met when I entered the Prince's mansion. Although Consort Nian has been at odds with me all these years, we've been together for so long and have developed some feelings for each other."
After a pause, Lanqin continued, "Back when Consort Nian was at the height of her power, even the Empress had to give her some respect. But who could have imagined that she would end up being poisoned?"
“She deserved it herself,” Baoqin said indignantly. “Who told her to commit so many evil deeds and offend everyone in the harem? That’s why someone couldn’t stand it and poisoned her.”
"I sighed just now not only because I felt sorry for her, but also because of this matter," Lanqin said.
"The whole palace knows about the poisoning of the Imperial Concubine this year. The Emperor has entrusted the harem to me, Dali, but the poisoner is too cunning. To this day, I still don't know who poisoned her. How am I supposed to explain this to the Emperor?"
Baoqin said, "Your Majesty, didn't that palace maid say that the poisoning was related to Lady Fucha?"
Lanqin said, "That's just speculation. Without accurate evidence, I can't tell the Emperor. I might be accused by Lady Fucha of framing her."
Baoqin said, "It seems that Consort Nian will not be able to rest in peace even in death."
"Sigh! Now let's see if the spies arranged by Eunuch Duo can bring me anything useful," Lanqin said.
Meanwhile, the number of impeachment notices against Nian Gengyao in the imperial court had become so great that even the Fourth Prince couldn't read them all.
The Fourth Prince was throwing a tantrum in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. "What are they trying to do! Does Nian Gengyao not respect me at all?!"
The eunuch standing nearby advised, "Your Majesty, please calm down. Be careful not to ruin your health."
"Calm down! How can I calm down! Look at all the things written in these memorials, Nian Gengyao is simply lawless!"
In a fit of anger, the Fourth Prince threw all the memorials on the table onto the ground, and the eunuchs hurriedly went to pick them up.
The eunuch said, "Your Majesty, the General is just too hasty and speaks too quickly, but he still respects Your Majesty."
The Fourth Prince said, "Over the years, I have spoiled the Nian family too much. I have always taken good care of the Nian family because of Nian Gengyao's assistance to me. But the brother and sister have gone too far. The brother is so arrogant and domineering in the court and the sister is so arrogant and domineering in the harem! It seems that we must teach them a lesson."
The Emperor instructed the eunuchs, "Summon the thirteenth and seventeenth princes to the palace."
Su Peisheng dared not say anything more and hurriedly sent someone to deliver a message. Now, Thirteen and Seventeen were the Fourth Master's most trusted people.
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