Chapter 408 Nightmare
Changchun Palace.
Concubine Ye leaned on the small rosewood couch, looking haggard.
I don’t know what’s wrong with me lately. I can’t muster the energy to do anything, I have no appetite, and I sleep even worse. I have dreams one after another at night. I clearly sleep a whole night, but when I wake up I feel less energetic than if I hadn’t slept at all.
I saw a doctor and took some medicine, but there was no effect.
Concubine Ye raised her hand and rubbed her brow. The palace maid came in and said, "Your Highness, Zhao Yuanzheng is here."
As he spoke, Zhao Yuanzheng came up carrying a medicine box.
Concubine Ye sat up straight, "Thank you, Director Zhao."
The palace maid brought a stool and Zhao Yuanzheng sat down. The palace maid placed the embroidered handkerchief on Concubine Ye's wrist and Zhao Yuanzheng felt Concubine Ye's pulse.
After a while, Zhao Yuanzheng stopped, and Concubine Ye asked, "What disease do I have?"
Zhao Yuanzheng said, "The Imperial Concubine is too worried and needs to be taken care of."
Worry...
It's not worry.
In the past, the King of Qi was not only superior to the King of Yu, but he was also able to share power with the King of Yu. Now, he is being forced to the point of being unable to breathe. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. They have no choice but to go all the way. There is no way to stop and no way to retreat.
She tried to find a way out for the King of Qi, but it turned out to be a joke. Concubine Ye felt dizzy whenever she thought about it.
Zhao Yuanzheng said that Concubine Ye had a heart disease, and taking medicine could only provide temporary relief. She would never be cured unless the root cause was removed.
Concubine Ye was in an even worse mood.
In order to cure the root of her illness, the only way would be for Prince Yu to die suddenly, or for the Emperor to suddenly issue an edict to appoint Prince Qi as the Crown Prince. Both of these are unlikely.
She sent people to kill Prince Yu several times but failed, and instead saved Prince Jingyang's life twice. If Prince Yu were to sit in that position, it would be enough to ensure that Prince Jingyang's Palace would be prosperous and wealthy for decades!
She is not willing to give in!
Yuanzheng Zhao said everything he needed to say and wrote a prescription. The Imperial Hospital cooked the medicine and sent it to Changchun Palace.
After taking the medicine, Concubine Ye went to bed early at night, but she could not sleep until dawn. She slept soundly in the first half of the night, but woke up from a nightmare in the second half.
She lay on the bed, looking at the gauze curtain, not knowing what to think. Just at this moment, a strong wind blew outside the house, making a window that was open far away rattle, which scared the already uneasy Concubine Ye.
"Chunzhi."
Concubine Ye called out, but the palace maid on guard did not respond.
You're really itching for trouble. You dare to sleep soundly while on night duty. Don't you want to lose your head? !
Concubine Ye was not a person with a good temper, especially when she was angry. She pulled aside the gauze curtain and saw a shadow standing far away in the bedroom, with disheveled hair and wet body.
Almost the moment she saw the figure, Concubine Ye was frightened out of her wits.
In addition, the candles in the bedroom were swaying in the wind, adding a bit of horror.
"You, who are you?!"
The disheveled figure floated over and stopped a few steps away from the bed, staring at Concubine Ye with his eyes open.
"Give me back my life..."
"Give me back my life!"
The figure with hanging hair suddenly raised his head, revealing half of his face.
Concubine Ye was so frightened that her face turned pale, and her voice trembled like a sieve, "You, you are Ye Qingli?!"
If there was someone in the bedroom, he would be surprised to hear this. Ye Qingli was none other than Concubine Ye's maiden name.
The figure stared at Concubine Ye, "Why do you want to kill me? Why do you want to kill me?!"
Concubine Ye grabbed the veil and said, "You deserve to die! I'm not afraid of you even if you're alive, let alone if you're dead!"
The figure approached so quickly that it was almost face to face with Concubine Ye.
It was so close that Concubine Ye could feel the chill coming from the ghost and penetrating into her bones.
real.
Concubine Ye was so frightened that she lost two of her three souls and her face was pale.
"You killed me! You also used poison to kill my uncle and two cousins!"
"You have such a cruel heart, give me your life!"
The figure tried to grab Concubine Ye and demand her life. Concubine Ye was so scared that she rolled off the bed. Who could have thought that Concubine Ye, who had enjoyed great glory for twenty years, would crawl on the ground like a stray dog.
The figure stared at her intently, "Why did you want to kill me and my uncle?!"
Concubine Ye leaned against the bed, curled up into a ball, and covered her ears tightly. "I didn't mean to kill you. I just pushed you, and you didn't stand firmly and fell into the water and drowned..."
"Don't blame me, it's not my fault!"
Her face was filled with fear and she kept denying it.
The figure asked, "Then why did you kill your uncle and two cousins?!"
Even though Concubine Ye covered her ears, she still heard the figure's question. She said, "They deserve to die!"
"They refused to help me fight for the throne with the King of Qi, and they also wanted me to control the Marquis of Changping's Mansion! They are courting death, and I can't be blamed!"
Concubine Ye covered her ears, and she probably didn't even know what she said.
She shouted outside the bedroom, "Chunzhi! Chunzhi!"
After shouting a few times, she heard a rustling noise, and then a few lotus lanterns were lit in the dimness over there. Concubine Ye saw a figure that looked familiar.
She took one more look.
It’s Xie Guimo!
The fear on Concubine Ye's face froze. She quickly looked at the ghost beside her. The ghost shivered and was wet all over. It was really cold.
Concubine Ye realized that she had been tricked by Xie Guimo. She supported herself on the bed and stood up. But when she saw the bright yellow dragon robe coming out from behind the screen, her already pale face suddenly turned even paler. "Your Majesty..."
The emperor's face turned pale.
Concubine Ye pointed at Xie Guimo and said, "Prince Jingbei is trying to scare me with his tricks. Your Majesty, please help me!"
The emperor was so angry that he was shaking all over, "I am not deaf!"
"You are not the real Ye Qingli, who are you?!"
Concubine Ye crawled up to the emperor and grabbed his robe, "Your Majesty, I am Qingli."
The emperor kicked her down.
Concubine Ye fell to the ground, unable to believe that the emperor would kick her.
It has been twenty years since she entered the palace, and the emperor has doted on her for twenty years. Concubine Ye looked at the emperor, "Does it matter whether I am the real Ye Qingli?!"
Xie Guimo laughed when he heard this, "Is it possible that Concubine Ye has been favored by the emperor for twenty years, but she doesn't even know where her favor comes from?"
Concubine Ye stared at Xie Guimo intently.
Xie Guimo told her generously, "Because the jade pendant you carry with you is really Ye Qingli's. It belongs to the emperor. When the emperor was assassinated, he was saved by Ye Qingli and gave the jade pendant to her. The emperor thought you were her savior, so he indulged you for twenty years."
It turned out that not only was she not the real Ye Qingli, she was even the murderer of Ye Qingli.
Concubine Ye knew that Ye Qingli once saved a person and got a jade pendant, which was very precious, so she brought the jade pendant with her when she went to Beijing, but she really didn't know that person was the emperor.
If she had known, it would never have come to this.
Concubine Ye was really panicked now. She didn't know that her favor was based on saving her life. She thought the emperor liked her as a person and her face.
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