"Child, don't be sad, understand? From now on, the crown prince will be handed over to you... You know his health best. With you here, I don't have to worry about it anymore. But the palace has always been a dangerous place. It takes a skill to protect yourself. You must remember to be careful with everyone. Many things are not what they seem..."
In fact, how could An Qingran not understand this truth?
She felt as if she was choking up, unable to speak a word. She just nodded at whatever she said, and her tears fell drop by drop on the back of Queen Yun's hand. Queen Yun leaned over to try to test her tears, but she coughed violently. An Qingran quickly pulled out the silver needles and inserted them into several of her acupoints. Although this did not cure the disease, it could at least relieve her pain. Sure enough, Queen Yun breathed a sigh of relief: "Good child, your mother is really happy to be with you, and your mother is unwilling to leave you so early..."
She raised her hand and gently and kindly brushed the hair on An Qingran's forehead behind her ears: "Okay, this is the end of our fate. Mother hopes that you will be strong and take good care of the prince for her, okay?"
An Qingran was in tears. Through her tearful eyes, she only felt that Queen Yun was so beautiful and great. Her face was frozen in her mind. Finally, Queen Yun told her that she wanted to see the emperor.
An Qingran retreated. When Emperor Yunqi saw her, his heart broke. He staggered as he entered the room. He sat at the head of the bed and held Empress Yun in his arms. Empress Yun smiled brightly. At this moment, her cheeks were rosy like peach blossoms, and she even had the shyness of a young girl, as if she had just entered the palace. Emperor Yunqi felt even more distressed when he saw her: "Yun'er..."
I could only shout her name and couldn't say anything else.
Yun'er smiled: "Your Majesty, don't be sad, I'm leaving, you have to take good care of yourself..."
"Don't talk nonsense."
"Let me talk nonsense for a while... Your Majesty, don't blame Concubine Shu, don't vent your anger on anyone else. This is my fate. Concubine Shu will have to take care of you for me in the future. Besides, there is no conclusive evidence, right?"
As soon as Emperor Yunqi heard Concubine Shu's name, his face suddenly darkened.
"Will you promise me?" Queen Yun's voice was gentle as water, her eyes calm. She was very smart and knew that this time she couldn't make it true. She left poison powder on the teacups in her palace, but they must have washed it off after she left. Besides, she had the Queen Mother's protection, so even if there was evidence, she would probably find a scapegoat to take the blame. It would be better for her to buy it herself now and not let the Emperor investigate, otherwise the Emperor would always remember this thorn in his heart.
Finally, under her gaze, Emperor Yunqi nodded, reluctantly agreeing.
Queen Yun smiled: "Do you remember when I first entered the palace?"
"Of course I remember?" When Emperor Yunqi finished speaking, there was a hint of tenderness in his eyes. When she first entered the palace, she was as beautiful and pure as a lily.
"We agreed that we would grow old together... Now, I have broken my promise. Will you blame me?" Queen Yun looked at Emperor Yun Qi with a smile on her face. She reached out and gently stroked the light beard on his chin. She liked to stroke his face the most. When he was young, he had green stubble that would prick her hands, but now it doesn't prick her hands anymore.
Emperor Yunqi was so distressed that he could hardly speak. After a while, he nodded and shook his head: "Who will accompany me to go boating on the lake in the future? I'm afraid the palace is still cold in Guanghan. What should I do?"
Queen Yun smiled: "If I still have a spirit after I leave, I will stay there... But Your Majesty, I am most worried about our child after I leave. Jin'er has been poisoned since birth, and his body is weak. I hope Your Majesty will treat him well and have enough patience with him. This child is a little naughty, but he is smart and filial..."
Emperor Yun Qi just kept nodding, tears glistening in his eyes. He was shaking with pain all over: "Yun'er, stop talking..."
He knew she was leaving her last words, but he avoided it and didn't want to face it.
Queen Yun smiled, "How come you are like a child now? The happiest time in my life is when I am by your side. The happiest thing is to be with you. Now we have Jin'er. I owe you this life... this life. I cannot accompany you until old age. In the next life, I will take care of Jin'er..."
Her voice became weaker and weaker. After she finished saying "Jin'er", her throat rang and a smile appeared on her face. This smart and wise woman passed away with her attachment to the world and her reluctance to leave her husband and children...
“No…” The grief-stricken voice of Emperor Yunqi spread out of the Phoenix Palace. The sky, which had been clear just a moment ago, was suddenly covered with dark clouds, blocking the sun. The princes and ministers who had received the news early knelt on the ground outside the Phoenix Palace. The people from the Ministry of Rites were waiting for the emperor to order the funeral, but Emperor Yunqi refused to give a word and just held Empress Yun tightly. An Qingran was heartbroken and cried so hard that she collapsed on Rendong’s shoulder…
The death knell sounded and the whole country was in mourning.
The Dongze Palace was filled with mourning, and the whole palace was in mourning, as if it was snowing heavily in October. Emperor Yunqi was so heartbroken that he fell ill, with a high fever and delirium. The funeral arrangements for Empress Yun were sad but orderly...
An Qingran cried so hard that she fainted several times. She felt sad for Dongfang Jin and distressed that the mother and son did not see each other for the last time. In fact, she did not know that Queen Yun had a deep meaning in arranging this matter when the prince was out of the palace. She knew the prince's temper. If he knew that Shu Guifei was a suspect, he would investigate everything regardless of the consequences. At that time, it would give Shu Guifei a chance to clarify.
In fact, at the moment the queen passed away, Dongfang Jin was in Teng County, 800 miles away from Beijing. He was talking about something with several people when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart. He looked at those people and was dazed for a moment, but he couldn't recover for a long time. After finishing his business, he didn't wait for a moment and immediately rushed back day and night.
The next morning at dawn, he entered the imperial city, but saw the whole city in mourning. He was shocked, but did not ask anything. He did not dare to ask.
When he saw the coffin of Queen Yun, he stood there frozen for a stick of incense without moving. An Qingran saw the frosted face of the prince and his lost soul. She didn't know how to persuade him, so she just walked to his side. She accompanied him quietly, but she couldn't stop crying. This silent crying was the most heartbreaking...
The crying in front of the coffin was deafening, but there was not a single tear in the prince's eyes. Finally, as if he had calmed down, the prince slowly knelt in front of the coffin, and his knees knocked heavily on the ground and on everyone's bodies. When he entered the mourning hall, some ministers came up and put on mourning clothes and mourning belts for the prince, and even whispered to him to stop grieving, but Dongfang Jin pretended not to hear them and let everyone do as they pleased. His eyes were only on the coffin, without saying a word.
An Qingran really wanted to tell him that he could cry if he wanted to, but at this moment, no words could comfort Dongfang Jin. She knew it better than anyone else.
The prince knelt all the time, and An Qingran also knelt beside him. After an unknown amount of time, the prince's voice seemed to come from the clouds: "How could the queen mother..."
An Qingran whispered: "The edict issued to the public is that the queen has contracted an acute illness..."
She didn't say the following words.
She thought Dongfang Jin would ask some further questions because there was something else behind her words.
But Dongfang Jin, who was in a state of panic, was already in a trance. After hearing this, he returned to his original state, kneeling straight down like a stone statue...
The night was chilly, and An Qingran was still by Dongfang Jin's side. Dongfang Jin hadn't drunk a drop of water since he came back from waking up early. He still had no tears, but his eyes were already red, as if they were about to bleed...
For three days in a row, the prince had neither eaten nor rested, and still did not cry. All the palace servants and ministers knew that the prince was in extreme pain. No one felt that he was unfilial for not crying. Instead, they were afraid that he would suffer from the pain in his heart and become sick.
The emperor was sometimes lucid and sometimes confused. When he was lucid, he knew that Queen Yun was gone, and he felt extremely heartbroken. When he was heartbroken, he became confused again.
An Qingran stayed with Dongfang Jin for a day and a night. Finally, Dongfang Jin ordered someone to send her back to the East Palace and force her to rest. An Qingran was anxious, tired, and heartbroken for Dongfang Jin during these two days. After she returned, she fainted before she even had time to eat.
Concubine Shu was also kneeling in front of the queen's spirit at this moment, feeling wronged and helpless, but also happy and worried. Once the queen died, no one in the palace would be able to compete with her, and she had the best chance. But somehow, she was poisoned, and all the suspicions were directed at her.
I heard that before Queen Yun died, she kept begging the Emperor not to pursue the matter and not to blame herself!
What the hell is there to blame? What does this have to do with her?
She did nothing.
There must be a conspiracy.
She poisoned herself to frame herself? This is impossible. She didn't need to spend so much money. She was not a fool. If she did this, she would die, but nothing would happen to her. But what was going on? Was there someone else in the palace who framed her?
Although Concubine Ren Shu was extremely smart, she couldn't figure out the relationship here.
Because no one really knows the inside story.
Whenever Shu Guifei walks in the palace now, she feels that countless people are pointing fingers at her from behind. She still remembers going to her aunt, hoping that she could help her, but the empress dowager said that as long as the emperor doesn't investigate, you are safe for the time being, so why bother to provoke trouble? Besides, the emperor is furious now, and he won't listen to anything you say. If I plead for you, I would be guilty, so it's better not to do anything.
This would cause great harm to Concubine Shu, who would be miserable.
After Dongfang Ye learned that his mother was framed and suspected, he was even more passionate and impulsive and wanted to find out the truth, but during the national mourning period, he did not dare to act rashly.
Finally, after seven days of mourning, the coffin of Queen Yun was placed in the imperial mausoleum.
After returning from the funeral, the prince, who had lost a lot of weight, fell headfirst onto the bed and fainted. An Qingran suppressed her grief, prepared and boiled the medicine herself, and served Dongfang Jin without taking off her clothes.
The emperor finally regained his consciousness and began to attend court to handle state affairs, suppressing his grief.
Of course, someone had already told the emperor about the prince's tragic condition. The emperor felt even more distressed about his and Queen Yun's son, so he sent someone to deliver supplements and also told him to protect himself and not let his mother rest in peace.
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