Chapter 237: Wedding (Part 2)
This was the wedding that Shi Yu had been looking forward to for a long time, and he had already made strict arrangements in various places early on.
The emperor, Du Xueyi and others also hoped that the marriage would go smoothly. With their support, Xiao Gui and Su Mao, who wanted to take the opportunity to cause trouble, were suppressed in time.
Shi Yu successfully brought the bride to Prince Rong's Mansion.
The Queen Mother is the mother of Prince Rong. Even though she is paralyzed in bed, when she learned that Shi Yu was going to get married, she insisted on going to Prince Rong's mansion to watch her son get married.
The emperor pretended to be embarrassed and did not agree at first.
Later, the Empress Dowager made a big fuss in the Cining Palace. She either beat the palace maids with sticks or smashed things, and there was quite a commotion inside.
Somehow this alarmed the censor, and the emperor finally agreed, but asked the empress dowager not to reveal the fact that her tongue had been cut off, otherwise she would not blame him for disregarding the relationship between mother and son.
The Queen Mother agreed outwardly, but in her heart she was thinking that when she arrived at Prince Rong's Mansion, she would let everyone know how cruel Shi Yu, the beast, was for daring to pull out her tongue.
But she didn't expect that as soon as she arrived at Prince Rong's Mansion, she was poisoned by Lan Shu. She couldn't open her mouth at all and could only be manipulated by them like a puppet.
In the name of taking care of the empress dowager, the emperor took Lan Shu to stand beside the empress dowager and accepted the newlyweds' kneeling homage.
Seeing his daughter being led by Shi Yu with a red silk scarf and kneeling before him, the emperor's eyes became awkward again. He originally wanted to let Qingyan marry as a princess, but his daughter refused on the grounds that she did not want to show off.
If she had grown up in the palace as a princess, there would be no need for her to show off, but now she is just a girl from the Anyuan Marquis's Mansion.
His daughter should have been married off from the palace as the eldest princess, and he and Lan Shu could have married their daughter off legitimately, instead of like today.
The more upset he felt, the more resentful he became towards his parents. However, this was not the time for him to feel resentful, as they had more important things to do.
After the ceremony, they were supposed to be escorted to the bridal chamber, but the Queen Mother raised her hand to stop them. The nanny beside her seemed to have received an order and hurriedly took out a pair of jade bracelets from her purse.
She walked up to the newlyweds and said with a smile, "Her Majesty said that the prince has been busy with official duties recently and rarely comes to the palace to visit her. Now that they are newly married, it is even more inappropriate for her to take up the prince and princess's time.
Tomorrow's visit to the Cining Palace will be cancelled. This pair of bracelets is a gift from the Empress to the Princess. I hope the Princess will wear them well and not let the Empress down."
When the Queen Mother heard this, her eyes seemed to be spitting fire. When did she let this dog slave give her the bracelet now?
She clearly instructed her to wait until Chang Qingnian was sent to the bridal chamber before giving her the bracelet to wear on her hand.
But the hand she had just raised uncontrollably could not move now, and she could only stare anxiously.
No one knew that the Queen Mother had lost her tongue, but everyone knew that the words of the nanny beside her conveyed the Queen Mother's intentions.
These words clearly condemn Prince Rong for being unfilial.
These days, everyone has heard some rumors that the real reason why Prince Rong has been suffering from illness all these years is because the Queen Mother thought he was disobedient and poisoned him.
Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Everyone is skeptical. What reason does the Queen Mother have to harm Prince Rong?
But within two days, news came out that the Queen Mother was also involved in the Second Prince's rebellion. It was also in that fight that the Queen Mother was accidentally injured and is now bedridden.
The emperor was kind and filial, so he kept the matter secret. However, it was said that the empress dowager often used filial piety to pressure the emperor, causing many troubles in the palace.
Hearing these words today and seeing the Queen Mother's unfriendly expression, it seems that the relationship between the Queen Mother and Prince Rong is indeed average. Otherwise, which good mother would say these words and make a murderous expression on her son's wedding day?
Looking at the emperor's forbearing expression, he stroked the empress dowager's back again and again, as if to comfort her, or even more as if to ask her to calm down and stop making trouble.
The Wei Dynasty was founded on filial piety. As expected, even the emperor was sometimes overwhelmed by filial piety and could not control his own behavior.
If Prince Rong disobeys, the Queen Mother will poison him. With such a strong desire for control, then is her involvement in the Second Prince's affairs also because the Emperor does not listen to her and she is planning to replace the Emperor?
Everyone had their own thoughts, but they were all smart people, so no one would say anything at this time.
After the old nanny finished speaking, she used a handkerchief to pick up the bracelet and put it on Wei Qingyan's hand.
The reward from the Empress Dowager must be something extraordinary. It was normal for the old nanny to use a handkerchief to keep the things of her master from being soiled, so no one suspected anything.
But someone was born and stopped them, "Wait."
Yang Yang, the doctor from Prince Rong's mansion, strode up to Shi Yu and said, "Your Highness, I think there's something wrong with this bracelet. Could you please let me take a look?"
The outside world thought that Prince Rong's illness was cured by Jingyang.
After this incident, Jing Yang became famous in the capital, and many powerful people came to him for medical treatment, so many people knew him.
Shi Yu saw his serious expression and his face changed as well. He nodded and said, "Okay."
Seeing that Jing Yang had extended his hand, the old nanny quickly stepped back, looking a little flustered. "How dare you! This is a gift from the Queen Mother to the Princess. How can you, a mere doctor, touch it so carelessly?"
"Doctor Jing is a miracle doctor. If he feels something is wrong, there must be something wrong." Jingzhe also stepped forward, snatched the bracelet from the nanny's hand, and imitated the nanny, wrapping it in a handkerchief and handing it to Jingyang.
"This... Your Majesty..." The old nanny looked at the Queen Mother with a pale face.
The Queen Mother could do nothing but look at the old nanny with resentment in her eyes. It was in vain that she trusted this dog slave, who dared to betray her master.
He glared at Jingyang again, "What a nosy pariah, what a nosy pariah! He really deserves to be dragged out and chopped off."
She received news from her father that Shi Yu was not his son, but a bastard brought from outside by the late emperor.
He had been deceived so badly by their father and son. If she had known that Shi Yu was not her son, why would she have pleaded for him and only given him bone-splitting poison when her father asked her to kill Shi Yu for the first time?
She should have just killed him.
If Shi Yu had died at that time, how could she have ended up being tortured by him and even having her tongue pulled out? She hated it.
She wanted to cut him into pieces, so she had someone poison Shi Yu's wedding wine, but she was also worried that her plan would fail.
So she prepared this bracelet, and after the wedding wine, the nanny gave the bracelet out, and the bracelet was also poisoned.
On their wedding night, when Shi Yu and Chang Qingnian were intimate with each other, they would definitely touch the bracelet. Once they were contaminated by the poison, they would both die.
After the man died, she would tell the emperor that Shi Yu was not a royal son, and that the emperor could not make things difficult for her as a mother for the sake of a bastard.
But things did not go as she planned. The old slave took out the bracelet in public and ruined her plan.
The old nanny was an old lady in the Empress Dowager's palace. As soon as she arrived at Prince Rong's mansion, Lan Shu pointed out her secret. It was not difficult for the Empress Dowager to guess that the old nanny was instructed by the Emperor.
The emperor didn't know Shi Yu's true identity, so he was bewitched by him and helped him. The empress dowager wanted to convey this secret to the emperor, but she couldn't move at all. She was so anxious that her blood rushed to her head and her eyes were red.
At this moment, Jingyang's expression changed drastically, "Your Highness, this bracelet is extremely poisonous. Once it touches you, no medicine can cure it."
The whole room was in uproar.
On this happy occasion, the Queen Mother gave her daughter-in-law a poisonous bracelet?
But Shi Yu didn't believe it and kicked the old nanny over. "How could the Queen Mother use such a crude method to harm my princess? It must be you, an old servant, who is causing trouble. Come, take her away and interrogate her."
"Your Highness, I didn't explain it clearly. This poison won't take effect immediately. Within two hours, the poisoned person will be no different from an ordinary person. The symptoms will only take effect after two hours."
He paused, as if he found it difficult to speak. "Especially when the poisoned person is emotionally excited, the poison will enter the internal organs faster."
If the poison is administered now, two hours later, when the newlyweds are performing their ceremonial rituals and on their wedding night, they will naturally be in high spirits. If the poison takes effect in the middle of the act, they will die in an undignified manner.
Someone said, "What a vicious heart."
"Interrogation." Shi Yu said angrily again.
Dong Zang pulled the nanny out with all his strength. The nanny seemed to know that she would die if she was taken away, so she struggled to break free from Dong Zang and hugged the empress dowager's legs.
"My lady, please tell me something. You didn't tell me that the bracelet was poisonous. I only followed your instructions.
My Lady, I am loyal to you, you cannot treat me like this, My Lady..."
Seeing that the Queen Mother was unmoved, she suddenly gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, Your Majesty, if you are unkind to me, don't blame me for being unjust."
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