The three wet nurses felt a little uncomfortable, but seeing the Crown Princess, who always had a kind face and had never said harsh words to them, now had a gloomy face, they couldn't help but feel nervous. Finally, the eldest wet nurse Rong winked at the other two and withdrew.
"Madame Rong, what happened to the Crown Princess today? Why didn't you let us take the child downstairs to rest?"
The youngest Madam Quan asked in a low voice.
"Perhaps the Crown Princess wants to be closer to her child. We are just servants. We can do whatever the master wants. After all, we cannot be blamed if something goes wrong."
Rong Mama was still very confident in herself. The baby was also dependent. Besides, before bringing the child to the Eastern Palace, the Queen Mother had hinted that they would not stay in the Eastern Palace for too long.
As for the reason, Rong Mama had no idea, and it was not something a servant like her should know. As long as she took good care of the little grandson and did her job well, she would be fine in the future.
The three of them could only return to their own residences to rest. No one said much. Nanny Quan wanted to find a eunuch to pass a message to the Empress and to appease the Crown Princess, but the eunuch returned shortly after leaving and said that the gate of the East Palace had been locked and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
At this time, the three of them realized that something was wrong, because it was not yet time to lock the palace, but an hour and a half earlier than usual. The three of them immediately lost their sleepiness.
At this time, the palace was in chaos. The second prince and the third prince's men rushed into the palace from the north gate and the south gate respectively. The two first rushed to the emperor's bedroom and took control of the imperial guards in the bedroom. Then they took out the edict to depose the crown prince and the edict of abdication that had been drafted long ago and asked the old emperor to sign and seal it.
The old emperor was wearing a bright yellow nightgown. He looked at his two sons with a flash of disdain in his eyes:
"You guys can't even dream of the throne if you're not worthy of the title!"
"Father, you are wrong. We are all your sons. Why can't the throne be passed on to us?"
The second prince said calmly.
The third prince did not say anything, but just looked at his elderly father coldly.
"I have already appointed a crown prince. Even if I die, you will not be able to take this position."
"Father, you don't have to worry about these. All you need to do is issue an edict to abolish the crown prince's position and pass the throne to me."
The second prince said slowly.
"The prince has done nothing wrong, why should I depose him?"
“Is it wrong to kill your father?”
The second prince said coldly.
"Humph, my throne will be his sooner or later, why is he doing this?"
"Haha! My dear father, you are already old and senile, and my eldest brother even has a child, but you still refuse to give up the power in your hands. Do you think he is willing to wait?
Among the three of us, he is the one who is most anxious to take the throne, after all, the throne is only one step away from him. "
The old emperor did not respond, but just narrowed his eyes. Although he knew very well that these were provocative words from his second son, he couldn't help but think too much.
At this moment, the sound of swords clashing and shouting were heard outside the bedroom door.
The second prince and the third prince looked at each other and didn't care about anything else. They rushed to the old emperor and asked him to sign the edict to depose the crown prince first, otherwise everything else would be off the table.
The emperor took two steps back, and the old eunuch beside him stood in front of him. The next moment, seven or eight men in black jumped down from the beams of the palace and protected the old emperor in the middle. They were the royal Dark Dragon Guards, who only obeyed the current emperor and would only transfer their protection objects after the throne was handed over.
"superior!"
The second prince and the third prince were now in a difficult situation. Their success depended on this one chance. The two of them took the lead and rushed forward with swords in hand.
The emperor's bedroom was in chaos, with corpses everywhere, low-ranking palace maids and eunuchs running around screaming, and even fires. It was obvious that a coup had occurred.
At this time, Fengqi Palace was also in chaos. The queen thought that if she sent her grandson away, she would not become a target of attack. Unfortunately, she forgot about the Defei and Liangfei who hated her to the core.
The two had already received the news that their son had entered the palace, so they pestered the Queen Mother at the Hundred Days Banquet. After the palace banquet, they still pretended to be flattering and followed her to Fengqi Palace.
The Queen Mother didn't want to pay any attention at first, but then she thought that if she could control these two people, it would be a great help to the Prince, so she didn't rush to drive them away.
Anyway, these two people only brought two personal maids with them, and she had the royal guards arranged by the prince in advance, so she accompanied them and continued to act out this drama.
But this time the queen miscalculated. When shouts and screams were heard outside the door, the four personal maids around Concubine De and Concubine Liang took action. It turned out that the four were no longer the same people as before, but masters wearing human skin masks.
For a moment, the Royal Guards and the four men were in a fight, and Concubine De and Concubine Liang also found the opportunity and pounced on the pampered Queen.
Although the queen was well maintained and looked only thirty years old, she was fifty years old after all. She was slow to react and was knocked down by the two concubines.
A melee ensued, and Concubine Liang pulled out the hairpin from her bun, vowing to kill the old woman.
Duoduo, who had been ready for a long time, ejected a poison needle and pierced the wound when Concubine Liang cut the Queen's arm. Then she quickly left the Queen's bedroom and successfully returned to Lianyi with the help of the plants outside.
At this time, Lianyi was holding a soft sword in her hand and guarding her bed. There were three sleeping children on the bed, and at the foot of the bed was the vigilant Tornado.
"Master, I have completed the task you assigned to me."
Duoduo jumped onto Lianyi's wrist and asked for credit.
"Don't leave any loopholes."
"Don't worry, Concubine Liang did it. Her hairpin will definitely contain a colorless and odorless poison. I guarantee there will be no future troubles."
Duoduo said immediately.
After Lianyi learned of the conspiracy between the prince and the queen, she decided to kill with a borrowed knife and get rid of the annoying queen.
She didn't like having a mother-in-law suppressing her, especially when she was trying to kill her and was planning to replace her son's wife, and she didn't even care about her grandson's life. So she decided to let the prince lose his mother.
And with Concubine Liang and Concubine De as her scapegoats, why not do it? So she let Duoduo hide in Fengqi Palace and wait for an opportunity. Obviously, the effect has been achieved now. She is very confident in the poison she put in Duoduo, and even gods cannot save her.
"You don't have to participate in the battle, just protect the three children."
Ripple ordered immediately.
"Yes, Master."
After Duoduo landed on the ground, it instantly grew bigger and opened its petals, allowing Lianyi to place the three children on its flower disc. Then the petals gathered together, shrank instantly, and were reinserted into Lianyi's bun. Now it was foolproof.
Lianyi took three more pillows and placed them inside the quilt to prepare for the situation of dealing with those who rushed in. Just as she was ready, someone broke through the eunuch in charge and entered the inner room.
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