Chapter 214 Bloody Storm
As she spoke, she presented the so-called "suicide note" and knelt on the ground with a thump.
"Queen, what else do you have to say?"
The fluttering paper was thrown into the Queen's arms, on which it was written that the Queen forced Ning Feixiu to poison the Third Prince and framed Concubine Zhenxian.
Every word was tearful.
Ning Feixiu said that she was sorry for the Third Prince and Concubine De, and could only come to Yikun Palace to beg the Queen to let the Third Prince go, and she was willing to die to atone for her sins.
Now, she was poisoned with the same poison as the Third Prince, and died miserably in Yikun Palace.
The Queen didn't even know that the Third Prince was poisoned. Yesterday, Concubine De sent someone to Hexi Palace to invite the Emperor and Jiang Xinyue, and then blocked the news.
After the emperor dismissed most of the Yikun Palace servants, it was convenient not only for Jiang Xinyue, but also for Concubine De who took the opportunity to stir up trouble.
Even in matters such as gathering information, Yikun Palace fell behind.
The Queen's hands were shaking as she held the suicide note, and she closed her eyes tightly to avoid fainting from the headache: "I can only say one thing about something I didn't do. If you want to accuse me, you can always find excuses."
Everyone's eyes were on the utility room, and no one noticed that a short figure suddenly slipped into the Queen's bedroom and put an empty porcelain bottle in Fenyun's closet.
The Queen's bedroom was always guarded by someone under any circumstances, otherwise this small medicine bottle would not have appeared in Fenyun's closet, but under the Queen's bed.
The third prince was mute, and such a big thing spread not only throughout the harem, but also the previous dynasty.
Duke Cheng brought his wife and the old lady into the palace to seek justice for the third prince.
The old lady was the wife of the previous old duke, and she had a tiger-headed cane given by the previous emperor in her hand, which she used to beat the tyrant and the treacherous ministers.
Jiang Xinyue did not participate in this bloody fight. She only knew that day that the old lady of the Duke Cheng’s mansion scolded the Zhu family for their wolfish ambitions and the queen for her vicious heart, and suspected that the death of the harem’s offspring was all caused by the queen’s murderous hands.
Later, it seemed that there was a fight, and someone saw blood.
The person who did it was the old lady of the Duke Cheng’s mansion. The old lady was originally a daughter of a general. When she was excited, she hit the queen on the head with a cane, and the queen, who was already suffering from a headache, was beaten to death.
Just because the Zhu family was far away in Chang'an, there was not even one person who spoke for the empress.
The tiger-headed cane in the old lady's hand was the imperial sword, and she used the excuse that the empress had harmed the heir to beat him. Who dared to say she was wrong?
At first, the Zhu family refused to move to the capital and held on to Chang'an, just to be a local snake in Chang'an.
They felt that Chang'an was the lifeline of Dayan. If they became local emperors in Chang'an, they would have the lifeline of the emperor in their hands. The emperor dared not do anything to them, let alone treat the Zhu family's daughter badly.
But they forgot that the original young emperor would grow up.
He would grow stronger and stronger, and more and more strategic.
It can only be said that those people have been comfortable for too long and have been paralyzed by the emperor. Even when the prime minister Song family fell, they failed to alert them that the emperor was no longer the Wuxia Amon of the day.
Their slowness led to the Empress being beaten today, but she was isolated and helpless.
By the time they received the news and rushed from Chang'an, it would be too late.
Another thing, Jiang Xinyue felt that Zhu Jianshen would never be able to reach the capital
in his lifetime. Defei's people set out for Chang'an two or three days after the assassins arranged by her stepfather set out.
From the beginning, Jiang Xinyue had no intention of doing it herself, let alone dragging the Jiang family into it.
She deliberately said that Defei was taking so much trouble just to prepare wedding clothes for the Empress, hinting to her that she could only control the harem permanently by getting rid of the Empress.
Defei's long-cherished wish was about to be fulfilled, and she was a little eager for quick success. After being provoked by her, she really sent someone to send a letter to the Chengguo Mansion.
Jiang Xinyue didn't have to guess much. She only asked her adoptive father to send people to keep an eye on the movements of Duke Cheng's Mansion, and she already knew Concubine De's plan.
To be honest, it is very difficult to send a killer to assassinate Zhu Jianshen.
Even when his daughter was crowned as the empress and the emperor proposed that the Zhu family move to the capital, Zhu Jianshen disagreed. It can be seen that he is a very greedy person for power.
And greedy people often value their lives the most.
The number of secret guards and bodyguards around him is probably no less than fifty.
But with Concubine De's means, she should have investigated Zhu Jianshen's hobbies, and might start from this aspect. What
Jiang Xinyue wanted to use was the investigation ability of Duke Cheng's Mansion.
It was because the Jiang family’s power in the court was too weak, and the Jiang family was just a merchant before, and was not respected. If she wanted to investigate Zhu Jianshen, before she could find out anything, the Zhu family would find out.
It was different with the Chengguo Mansion, their people would definitely have the opportunity to get close to Zhu Jianshen.
It didn’t matter whether Defei’s people could kill Zhu Jianshen or not, as long as he was slightly injured and left with a little bloody wound, the people arranged by Jiang Xinyue would take action and take his life without anyone noticing.
At that time, the queen would really be helpless.
Defei should be very satisfied with her plan and felt that the queen had no chance of making a comeback, so she blamed the queen for the third prince’s loss of voice.
Although the queen was not a good person either, she was much better than Defei.
Jiang Xinyue would kill Zhu Jianshen and make him pay the price for forcing the palace people to kill the Sixth Prince. But the Queen, she hoped that she would not die so soon.
Outside the Hexi Palace -
Concubine Yu narrowed her eyes: "Let's go in and see our Concubine Zhenxian! She doesn't know that I have got the golden seal of the Empress!"
"Concubine Xian, Concubine Yu is outside asking for an audience."
This person ran out and jumped again.
Jiang Xinyue half leaned on the soft couch, looking drowsy.
"Your servant... pays respects to Concubine Xian."
There was an ice basin under the couch in the hall. The Hexi Palace was extraordinarily magnificent, with amber wine, jade plates, jadeite Guanyin and red coral, all of which were top-quality items that could not be seen anywhere else.
Jiang Xinyue was like a snow-white, lazy and noble cat, half-closed her eyes, with palace maids fanning her on both sides and peeling icy lychees, looking very comfortable.
She didn't wake up, and Concubine Yu couldn't help swallowing her saliva when she saw the scene.
Wanting to find trouble with Jiang Xinyue, he found that her behavior and dressing style were completely different from before. She was even more arrogant and domineering than when Concubine Li was the most favored.
Concubine Li's arrogance was like a paper tiger, which would be exposed if poked, while Jiang Xinyue's arrogance radiated from the inside out.
The way she looked at people was as if she was looking at some garbage, making people feel that they were not worthy of breathing the same air with her.
"Please stand up, Concubine Yu."
After eating a lychee, Jiang Xinyue sat up straight: "What business do you have in coming to Hexi Palace to see me?"
She looked so businesslike that Concubine Yu was a little scared.