. The favored prince is no longer the Ninth Prince, but your younger brother, the Eighth Prince. The Emperor favors Concubine Yuan Shu and the Eighth Prince even more than he favored Concubine Yun and the Ninth Prince. Therefore, even if what happened tonight gets out, we will not be punished. Your aunt Concubine Yuan Shu will help us. She wants her son to ascend the throne, but she hopes that I will curse the Ninth Prince to death. Of course, this is not the ultimate goal, Feng'er, your mother is looking forward to you sitting on the highest seat!"
"Mother!" Xuan Tianfeng almost collapsed. What kind of messed up idea was this? He had to emphasize to Concubine Li again, "I don't want the throne, and I don't want it. Also, don't think that Concubine Yuan Shu and Old Eight will speak for us. Even if they are relatives, they are definitely not relatives who stand on the same line." He was very puzzled, "Why is mother helping them like this? Since you want me to ascend the throne, there is no reason for you to help them harm my ninth brother now?"
"Feng'er." Concubine Li took a few steps forward and tried to instill her views into Xuan Tianfeng. "Feng'er, your mother knows your feelings, so your mother is helping you! This is all for you!"
"For me?" Xuan Tianfeng felt a chill in his heart, and a bad premonition came over him. He asked Concubine Li, "For what?"
"So that you can get your sweetheart and be with Princess Ji'an!" Concubine Li said this happily, and was quite proud of her own idea. "Don't worry, mother is not a person with a dark heart. It doesn't matter if she has been married. She is a good child with ability. My Feng'er has a very good eye. Mother believes that as long as you are together, with the ability of that girl, you will definitely get the throne."
The news he least wanted to hear finally came to his ears. Xuan Tianfeng's scalp was numb. He stared at Concubine Li in a daze. This biological mother now seemed like a lunatic in his eyes. Could it be that the purpose of holding a funeral for Xuan Tianming today was to kill him and let him marry Feng Yuheng?
Concubine Li's answer came immediately: "Feng'er, listen to me, this method of sending Yang mourning is very effective. As long as I send Yang mourning for seven consecutive days, the Ninth Prince's Yang energy will be completely dissipated. When he dies, you and Princess Ji'an can be together."
"Nonsense!" Xuan Tianfeng was almost going crazy. He pointed at Concubine Li and said, "Put away your foolish thoughts! Put away your terrible thoughts! I'll keep what happened tonight a secret for you because I think you're my mother. But if it happens again, don't blame your son for turning against me!"
After saying that, he grabbed the clothes in the coffin and threw them directly into the brazier to burn. He also threw the little man next to the brazier into the fire. Then he said to Zuo'er, "No one is allowed to tell anyone that I have returned to the capital. You stay in the palace and watch over your mistress. If she does this again, I will beat you to death!"
After he finished speaking, he was about to walk out of the palace. Concubine Li pulled him from behind and asked, "Are you going to leave the palace?"
Xuan Tianfeng stopped but did not look back. His anger made his chest rise and fall, and his emotions were very unstable. He said to Concubine Li: "If you want your son to live well, don't do such foolish things. You are not helping me, but hurting me. As for me and Princess Ji'an, she is just my sister-in-law. In my heart... there is no her." After saying that, he swayed and quickly left Changning Palace under the moonlight.
Concubine Li looked at the empty hand and couldn't help feeling dazed. "Feng'er doesn't like that girl? No, no, he still likes her, but he's afraid of the Ninth Prince, so he doesn't dare to admit it. That must be it." As she spoke, she turned around, looked at the mess on the ground, and began to urge Zuo'er: "Quick, clean up here and rearrange it. Don't we have a spare set of purple clothes? Take that set out and put it in the coffin, and replace the tablet and candles with new ones, quickly."
Zuo'er knelt on the ground and begged, "My queen, please stop! We can't go on like this! The Sixth Prince said that if you persist, he will disown us! My queen, I beg you, please don't do this again!"
"Are you afraid of death?" Concubine Li glared at Zuo'er and said, "Because Feng'er said he wanted to kill you, you don't dare to do things for me? Then do you believe that I will execute you before he does?"
"I am not afraid of death! Your Majesty can kill me if she wants, but as long as I am alive, I will never let you do such a thing again." Zuo'er also made up his mind and would rather die than help Concubine Li.
But Concubine Li was determined. If Zuo'er didn't do it, she would do it herself. She went to the bedroom to look for things by herself, and she actually made her redecorate the mourning hall. Zuo'er was so angry that she simply opened all the doors and windows, and then shouted: "If the queen insists on doing this, then no one should hide this from each other, and do it openly. I will go and open the big door of Changning Palace."
"You dare!" Concubine Li trembled with anger.
Zuo'er asked her back: "Since Your Majesty thinks this is right, why don't you dare to do it openly? Why do you have to do it secretly? Your Majesty, please be more sober! If you really want the Sixth Prince to fight for the throne, then fight for it openly. Using such means is not what a gentleman does. The Sixth Prince has lived an upright life. Why does Your Majesty add such a stain to him?" Zuo'er said as she stepped forward to dismantle the mourning hall again, regardless of Concubine Li's obstruction. She made up her mind that even if she risked her life, she would not let Concubine Li do such a thing that would damage her morality. What's more, this thing is useless. Concubine Li only heard it from hearsay. How could she really have a witchcraft curse?
Here, the master and servant of Changning Palace started a big fight, and Feng Yuheng, who left Changning Palace, went straight to Cunshan Palace, trying to go in and check if Concubine Yuan Shu had done something similar, or if the person who practiced witchcraft was hiding in Cunshan Palace.
But she had only walked halfway when she saw two young eunuchs walking towards her from one direction. One of them was wiping his tears as he walked, while the other advised him, "Don't cry. We have done our best, but the Imperial Hospital is unwilling to help. What else can we do? I cannot use the 'medicine' without the master's permission, not to mention that the one who ordered him to be beaten was the emperor."
The tearful eunuch heard this and said unwillingly, "Are we going to watch Master die like this? Master treats us well on weekdays. He always shares the delicious food given by the emperor with us. Last year, when your mother was seriously ill, Master gave her money and invited the imperial physician to treat her. How can you say such things now?"
The eunuch beside him was also angry: "What did I say? I said the truth. We have already gone to the Imperial Hospital and knelt down and begged the night doctor. What else can we do? Are you asking me to tie up the doctor? I don't have that ability. Or go out of the palace to buy medicine and invite a doctor? Who of us can leave the palace? Who can bring a doctor in?" He stamped his feet as he spoke, "Forget it, if it really doesn't work, let's go and beg the Queen! You are right, Master saved my mother's life last year, and I must repay this favor."
The two young eunuchs discussed it and decided to change direction and head to Jingci Palace, but they were stopped by a team of imperial guards. They were taken away without saying a word, and from a distance they could only hear the two men's explanations and pleas for mercy...
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