Chapter 421: The Traitor
Before daybreak, the Queen sent palace maids to the Prince's residence to dress up Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan.
At dawn, she took the two of them and the court officials to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices to heaven, earth and ancestors, and officially announced to the world the identity of Prince Shi Yufengzhao.
Rarely, the Queen did not hesitate or make things difficult, and also announced Wei Qingyan Fengzhao's identity as the Crown Princess.
Two pieces of news were announced at the same time.
First, the Imperial Astronomical Observatory selected an auspicious day for the new emperor to ascend the throne, and a month later, the Ministry of Rites and other relevant government offices began intensive preparations.
The other is that the Crown Princess is pregnant, and the Fengzhao royal family has a successor.
Although many people had heard these two pieces of news before, they still caused a huge uproar when they were officially announced by the Queen.
In the eyes of many people, after this incident, Shi Yu's ascension to the throne was a foregone conclusion, so the ministers who had originally held a neutral attitude or followed the queen also changed their attitudes.
The queen saw all this and smiled happily.
It was as if I saw the scene after the incident, when Shi Yu was trampled and spitted upon by thousands of people. As many people praise him now as there will be as many people who will crush him in the future.
Only by climbing to the clouds can one truly understand the pain of falling into hell. Such pain will be unforgettable even after several lifetimes. She has experienced it, and her enemies must also experience it. Only then will she feel relieved.
She smiled the whole time, and to outsiders it looked like the queen was truly happy for Shi Yu, which made the ministers more determined to support Shi Yu.
Because there was a palace banquet in the evening to congratulate the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess on their return to the court, after the sacrifice was over, everyone returned to the imperial city. After a short rest, they packed up and went to the palace for the banquet.
"My Lady."
On the way back to the palace, Leng Jian, dressed as a guard, flashed onto the queen's carriage.
The queen, who was dozing with her head propped up by her hands due to fatigue from getting up early and running around, asked calmly, "What's the matter?"
Leng Jian listened intently around him, then knelt before the Queen and whispered, "News has come in that the Crown Prince may be making a move tonight."
"What's going on?" The queen sat up straight, her brows gloomy.
"He didn't find anything specific, he just said he noticed something unusual in the Crown Prince's residence. The Crown Prince and his wife have always been cunning, and he's worried they're going after you tonight.
Therefore, it is recommended that you cancel or miss tonight's palace banquet. It is best to be cautious."
"Targeting me?"
The Queen frowned and murmured, "How do they intend to target me? Could it be that Qingyin has really betrayed me?"
Leng Jian said, "I have also checked and found nothing strange. Princess Qingyin has not contacted anyone else since returning to the palace that day, but they would not risk sending any information without reason."
The Queen waved her hand, signaling the cold arrow to retreat, "I understand, you should be more vigilant."
This palace banquet held for Shi Yu had to be held for the whole world to see, not because she was willing to do it. Since there was a problem, let's just give up.
The day of Shi Yu's ascension to the throne has not yet arrived, and she does not want to make plans in advance, because pulling Shi Yu down now would not be enough to hurt him.
Chi Lie's actions haven't started yet, she hasn't managed to kidnap Wei Qingyan yet, and her preparations are not sufficient.
But she would rather believe it. If Shi Yu and the others really took any action, the cancellation of the palace banquet would catch them off guard.
Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan really didn't expect that the queen would suddenly faint.
The imperial physician said that the remaining poison from last time had not been completely cleared out, and that after being tired today, his body could not bear it and he collapsed.
The mother was exhausted, so Shi Yu, as her son, naturally could not hold a palace banquet to celebrate, so Shi Yu stepped in to temporarily cancel the palace banquet.
"Isn't that just a coincidence?"
After returning to the Prince's Mansion, Wei Qingyan asked.
They all knew that the queen had poisoned herself last time, so how could she allow the remaining poison to remain in her body?
"It can't be that this happened because she didn't want to hold a palace banquet for you?"
Shi Yu had been thinking about this question on the way here. "It shouldn't be that serious. She's already gone to the ancestral worship ceremony. It's just a palace banquet. She has been in power for many years. Even if she doesn't want to do something, she still has to pretend to do it for the sake of face.
I think she might have noticed something, but we plan to expose her affairs, and those who know about it are those who have a blood feud with her, so they are not likely to tell on her."
Their yard is guarded by their own people like an iron barrel, and they act very cautiously in their daily lives.
The fact that they were able to trick Prince Consort Song and his men into giving them heads with over a hundred secret guards showed that their defense was successful and the Queen's men could not find out anything in the Prince's Mansion.
Otherwise, the Queen would know that Xiao Pei was dead and his body was burned.
Given her obsession and possessiveness towards Xiao Pei, if she knew this, she would definitely not be as calm as she is today.
So, what exactly is the problem?
Wei Qingyan couldn't remember for a moment, "If that's the case, then let's just give up for now and look for a suitable opportunity later."
"It's okay, it's not just the palace banquet that can reveal her true face." Shi Yu comforted.
Thinking of something, he added, "Only Zhian knows about Abu's visit right now, so this matter will be kept secret for now.
By the way, ask him to help find out if there are any traitors in the mansion."
Perhaps at the critical moment, Abramovich can become their trump card.
Wei Qingyan nodded, "Okay."
Abu can hide in plain sight, so it is indeed easier for him to investigate something than for them.
Shi Yu was reluctant to let Wei Qingyan run away, so after placing Abu in the room next to them, he told him about this.
Abu readily agreed and patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, brother-in-law, I'll take care of this matter.
My elder sister is pregnant now, and I need my brother-in-law to take good care of her. Since the palace banquet has been cancelled, that witch doesn't want you to take care of her anymore, so you can rest early."
Ever since Wei Qingyan found out she was pregnant, Shi Yu hadn't really been there for her. He patted his brother-in-law on the shoulder and said, "Brother-in-law, listen to Abu."
I sighed in my heart, what a sensible brother-in-law, it was not in vain that I fed him all that blood.
But I didn’t get any sleep at all, Qingwu came in the middle of the night.
She rushed directly into Wei Qingyan and Shi Yu's room, looking a little flustered, but said nothing. She just curled up on the low couch with a soft pillow in her arms.
"Aunt, what happened?"
When she came, Shi Yu was helping Wei Qingyan with his hair. Seeing someone rushing in, Wei Qingyan hurriedly sat down next to her with his long hair draped over his shoulders.
Qing Wu didn't even look at her. "I'm fine. You guys can do whatever you need to do."
Shi Yu, “…”
He was just about to take his wife to bed, but his aunt was there. How could he sleep?
But Qing Wu was not a person without sense of propriety. She came here so late at night, and she was afraid that something really happened, so she stepped forward and asked, "Aunt, what happened? What can I do for you?"
Qing Wu moved her lips and looked at the two of them again, but in the end she said nothing. She just waved her hand, signaling them not to mind their business. However, her body became smaller and smaller, and she looked like she was worried and distressed.
How can they feel at ease with her like this?
Wei Qingyan was just about to ask Shi Yu to leave first so that she could have some private conversation with Qingwu, when she heard another noise outside the door.
Rongyu also came.
He scanned the room, his eyes accurately located on the small ball behind the soft pillow, and said helplessly, "You ran out in the middle of the night, what if something happened?"
"What could possibly happen?" Qing Wu retorted subconsciously, but her face was still buried behind the soft pillow.
Rong Yu sat down beside her and tugged at the soft pillow, but couldn't move it, so he gave up and said helplessly, "Although you are a princess, when your child is born in the future, he will naturally be of noble status because he has a mother like you.
But the child's growth also requires the participation of his father. It would not be good to let him know in the future that his father is just your lover, and a lover without any official status.
Or is it that Ah Wu is unwilling to marry me because of my status as a concubine and she looks down on me?"
"Why do you have to keep calling me 'concubine' to deliberately annoy me? Haven't you secretly bought a house and put the words 'Xie Mansion' on it?"
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