Zhenniang looked like a kind-hearted bodhisattva, but her hands and feet were swift and ruthless. She picked up a bottle of poisoned wine and drank it directly.
"Empress Yun, the Crown Prince told me to make sure that what happened to the Queen happens to you again."
After Concubine Yun was fed the poisoned wine, she struggled to spit it out, but she found that it was her husband who had taken the poison, and the poison had already gone down her throat into her stomach.
She yelled, "It was clearly Concubine Dun who poisoned the Queen. I didn't do anything! If Xiang Chengting wants to take revenge, he can just dig up Concubine Dun's grave! Why did you want to kill me?" She felt a sharp pain in her abdomen and finally couldn't help crying.
She climbed up by stepping on the efforts of so many people, and stayed by Concubine Ton's side, being her dog. Now it was not easy for her to get to this point, but she died in such a sloppy way.
Zhen Niang whispered in her ear: "Don't we have a military advisor like you? You give advice to Concubine Tong and even prepare poison for her." She chuckled and said, "You don't have to deny it. You told me that you learned some pharmacology from your uncle. His Majesty has already found out that during that period, you frequently let your personal maids leave the palace."
Blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, and the disheartened Yun Fei smiled foolishly.
"You are wrong. Do you think I am that big? Some drugs are forbidden. The queen is in solitary confinement and is surrounded by guards like an iron barrel, but the imperial concubine came in so easily. Do you think the emperor really doesn't know?"
Zhenniang's face changed.
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The East Palace
After Zhenniang left the East Palace, Xiaohua saw that Xiang Chengting had been silent all the time, and she didn't care about the child she was halfway entertaining. She walked up to him with the child in her arms and asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"
"I thought that my mother was virtuous and kind, and she was the woman that the emperor had fought so hard for. No matter how many women there were in the harem, my mother was different. But now I realize that the emperor may have never loved anyone."
Xiaohua held his cold hand and felt it trembling slightly.
In the twenty-eighth year of Shunhong, Tu Yufan was transferred back to Beijing to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. The health of the Emperor was getting worse and worse.
This was inseparable from the help of the emperor's new favorite, Yu Zhaoyi. She pestered him all day long and made love with him, and the emperor endured the discomfort and catered to her.
The emperor even recruited a group of alchemists for this purpose, hoping that the pills would prolong one's life and strengthen one's body. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince begged the emperor to revoke his order and not to trust these quacks, but was rebuked and driven away by the emperor.
Later, during a morning court session, the emperor suddenly felt unwell. He ordered the crown prince to leave the palace to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony, but Xiang Chengting refused in every possible way and stayed in the palace on the pretext of taking care of the emperor's health. He also went in and out of the palace many times and did not allow other princes to come in.
Outside the Yong'an Palace, the prince said to an old man in armor, "Excuse me, but please don't let anyone in from now on."
The old man smiled and shook his head: "What trouble? It's good enough that my old bones can still shine and give off heat."
The old man was once the Left General Xia Bangzheng of the current dynasty. He had the real power to command the army and had led troops to quell rebellions. After he returned the military power, he was named Marquis Dingsheng.
His only daughter was Queen Xia. After Queen Xia's death, he retired to his home. It was not until the crown prince returned to the capital that he began to make plans and contact his former subordinates.
"Rebellious son, are you planning to rebel?!" The emperor lay on the bed, helpless and furious, his eyes turning red.
"Your Majesty, you killed our mother." Xiang Chengting lowered his head and whispered softly. Later, his voice became louder and louder, and finally he said sternly: "You didn't protect her, you even wanted her to die!!"
The emperor opened his mouth to defend himself, but found that his throat was blocked and no sound came out.
It was as if the thing he feared most in years was suddenly spoken out, and the fear and uneasiness in his eyes were revealed first, without any way to hide.
"I would rather my mother had married Uncle Zhu. I believe my mother would have lived a carefree life and would never regret it."
"You deserve to die! Get out! Get out!"
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