Chapter 547 Deal with Her
Prince Yu did not believe that Concubine Ling would keep him in the capital for the Ling family. It was just that Concubine Ling was worried that Madam Ling would do something desperate, so she said those words to stabilize Madam Ling.
After all, Concubine Ling once said: "Jing'er, you are a piece of flesh that grew from my belly. We are one mother and son. No one can surpass your position in my heart."
Therefore, even though Concubine Ling usually protects the Ling family and often asks him to clean up the mess for the Ling family, when it comes to his safety, Concubine Ling will inevitably abandon the Ling family.
But the foolish Madam Ling had taken it upon herself to poison Concubine Ling, and the matter had even reached the Emperor Jing'an. Given the Emperor's suspicion of them, he would surely have believed that they had conspired with the Ling family to stage this drama.
I'm afraid Emperor Jing'an is becoming more and more disgusted with them, mother and son?
"In time?" Prince Yu leaned over to pick up the porcelain bottle, his tone piercing with coldness. "If it's not in time, what will happen to Mother?"
"We'll…we'll make it in time." Madam Ling looked at Prince Yu's outstretched hand, a delicate little porcelain vase resting in it. She was terrified, fearing he'd grab her by the neck again. She shuffled back, stammering, "There's…still two and a half hours. You…you can enter the palace now, and you'll definitely make it in time."
Prince Yu heard the hidden meaning in Madam Ling's words. If the antidote was not delivered in time, Concubine Ling's life would be in danger.
"Du Yin." Prince Yu summoned the secret guards and said indifferently, "Deal with her."
These words made Madam Ling feel terrified. She knelt down and crawled to Prince Yu's side, trying to grab his robe and beg him.
The next moment, she fell to the ground with her eyes wide open, and a piece of spotless white clothes floated through her fingertips.
As Prince Yu stepped out of the study, he saw the Chancellor walking towards him in a hurry.
The secretary handed him a letter: "Your Highness, this is a letter from the palace."
Prince Yu opened the letter and quickly read its contents.
In the letter, Concubine Ling told him about the Ling family's affairs, and said that she was fine, and asked him not to listen to Madam Ling's words and enter the palace, but to put the overall situation first.
Prince Yu clenched his ten fingers together, crumpled the plain paper into a ball with one hand, and the palm of his other hand was hurt by the porcelain bottle.
Mrs. Ling was afraid of death and didn't have the courage to lie to him.
If they are not rescued, the mother and child will most likely not have a good ending, but there is still a glimmer of hope.
If he didn't save her, he couldn't bear to watch his mother die.
Prince Yu handed the porcelain bottle to the Chancellor, "This is Mother's life-saving gift. You must personally deliver it to her." He then handed the token representing his identity to the Chancellor, "If you are unable to enter the palace with your status, please give this token to the Imperial Household Department and have them inform Father."
Emperor Jing'an had no eldest son, so he assigned a chancellor to each of the three princes. The chancellor was responsible for each prince's internal affairs, study, life and other matters, and he had to come to the palace regularly to report to him.
Therefore, the Chancellor had the opportunity to enter the palace to meet the emperor, so Prince Yu handed the matter over to the Chancellor.
The Chancellor accepted the two gifts and said solemnly, "I will certainly live up to your trust."
Leaving this sentence, Zhan Shi left in a hurry.
An hour later, Zhanshi returned to the palace anxiously, only to see Prince Yu changed into his regular clothes and sitting in the front hall waiting for him to come back and report.
The Chancellor knelt on the ground and handed the small porcelain bottle in his hand to Prince Yu. "Your Highness, I have asked the Imperial Clerk to report to the Emperor. The Emperor said that you will be getting married tomorrow and asked me to focus on handling the internal affairs of the Prince's Palace. As for other matters of the Prince's Palace, there is no need to report to him for the time being."
"I will hand your token to the eunuchs of the Imperial Household Department again, and ask you to tell the Emperor that there is an important matter for the palace."
At this point, the Chancellor glanced cautiously at Prince Yu and continued, "The Imperial Household Department's personnel caught sight of the token and told me not to waste my time. Not only will I not be able to see the Emperor today, but even if Your Highness went in person, he might not be able to see the Emperor."
"This thing is for the Majesty to save her life. I dare not ask the palace servants to pass it on to the Majesty, so I have to come back to you to find another way."
Every word and every sentence of the Chancellor revealed Emperor Jing'an's vigilance and disgust towards Concubine Ling and Prince Yu, so Emperor Jing'an was unwilling to see anyone in the palace.
Before receiving the letter from the palace, Prince Yu could guess his mother's concerns from the information he got from Madam Ling: they and their son could no longer incur the dislike of Emperor Jing'an.
When he received the letter from the palace, his mother's concerns became even more serious. In order to dispel Emperor Jing'an's suspicion of them, his mother even risked her own life.
Although he had long known that their situation was dire and that they were walking on thin ice, he had never imagined that his path to a high position would be stained with his mother's blood.
No matter how benevolent and tolerant Emperor Jing'an was, he was still an emperor after all.
When an emperor is trying to consolidate his imperial power, what do his wife and children matter?
Even if his mother died, Emperor Jing'an would only think that his mother committed suicide by taking poison in order to keep him in the capital.
Sure enough, Zhan Shi’s words completely confirmed his guess.
Prince Yu clenched his hands tightly into fists on the armchair, with the veins on the back of his hands bulging. He stood up suddenly, took the small porcelain bottle from the Chancellor's hand, strode out of the house, and rode his horse to the palace.
The reason they fought for the throne was to survive. If they ignored their mother's life and death for the sake of the throne, what would be the point even if they won the position in the future?
His mother was willing to sacrifice her life for him.
Then how could he remain indifferent to the death of his mother?
Zhan Shi wanted to chase after him, but he caught a glimpse of several letters and a piece of rice paper folded in half on the table, and immediately stopped.
He picked up several letters, and just looking at the names on each envelope made his heart churn. When he finished reading the folded rice paper, his heart was even more shaken.
Zhan Shi had no time to calm down and hurried out of the house.
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