Chapter 608: Poison
The Feng family must have known something in advance and deliberately took action against the prince at this time. On the one hand, it was for revenge, and on the other hand, it was to curry favor with the Qin family.
It’s a pity that the people they hired were too weak. Even with their numerical advantage, they were still no match for the Yu Lin Army.
Luo Qinghan casually threw the banknote aside and uttered a word expressionlessly.
"Walk."
Zhao Xian commanded the Yulin Army to drag away the corpses and discard them, clearing a flat path.
The wheels rolled over the blood-stained road, making a slight sound.
Xiao Xixi asked: "Where are we going?"
"Shili Pavilion."
…
It's hot now, and even if there are ice basins in the four corners of the bedroom, it is still not enough for so many people to squeeze into one room.
Soon, the Queen Mother began to sweat from the heat.
Others weren't feeling well either.
The Queen Mother simply asked everyone to go back, leaving only Queen Qin, Concubine Ning and Concubine Xian.
Queen Qin suddenly called out Concubine Rou's name.
"Roupin is the biological mother of Prince You. Now that Prince You is not in the capital, Roupin will stay by the emperor's side on his behalf. This can be regarded as a measure of Prince You's filial piety."
It was just a small matter, the Queen Mother agreed casually.
Everyone respectfully saw the Queen Mother off.
The others also left one after another.
Queen Qin sat beside the bed, holding a spoon and feeding the emperor medicine.
The others stood by and watched.
After the emperor finished drinking the medicine, Queen Qin casually placed the empty bowl on the low table next to him.
She glanced at Concubine Ning, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Rou. All three of them had their brows lowered and looked very respectful.
Queen Qin: "All of you please leave. I have something to say to the Emperor alone."
Concubine Ning and Concubine Xian did not move. They looked at the emperor at the same time, wanting to know what his attitude was.
Concubine Rou originally wanted to leave, but when she saw that the other two did not move, she did not want to be the first to do so, so she stood still.
After the emperor drank the medicine, he seemed to be a little better.
He said in a hoarse voice: "Is there anything you can't say in front of other people?"
This question was very impolite, almost like pointing at the Queen's nose and asking her what her intentions were.
If it were any other time, Queen Qin would definitely stab back.
But tonight she was in an exceptionally good temper.
"I entered the palace at the age of seventeen, and nineteen years have passed since then.
Maybe you don't think a woman's youth is that important.
But for me, these are the best years of my life.
Now I have nothing left, and I only have a few words I want to say to you alone.
I hope you will give me this opportunity for the sake of our marriage."
If it were someone else, they might be moved when hearing this.
But the emperor is the coldest-hearted creature in the world.
No matter how sincerely Queen Qin spoke, the emperor remained calm.
"Just say whatever you want to say. There's no need to act like you've been let down.
When you entered the palace and married me, it was a matter of mutual consent. I never forced you.
Moreover, you have been sitting firmly on the throne of Queen for all these years, and you have received every bit of the honor you deserve.
What else are you dissatisfied with?"
Queen Qin smiled.
From the day she entered the palace, she reminded herself again and again that she must be careful in her words and actions, always maintain the demeanor of a queen, and not bring shame to the Qin family.
So she always has a stern face and rarely shows her emotions directly on her face.
Because of this, the emperor almost forgot what she looked like when she smiled.
When the emperor saw her smile at this moment, he was stunned for a moment.
"why are you laughing?"
The smile on Queen Qin's face gradually faded.
“I entered the palace voluntarily.
After all, at that time, the Qin family only had me, the only legitimate daughter waiting to get married.
I have no choice.
For the future of the Qin family and for your majesty's throne, I have no choice but to enter the palace.
Now your majesty has everything you wanted.
But what about me and the Qin family?
What are you going to do with us next?
Are we going to kill them all like we did with the Shen family and Shen Zhaoyi?
The emperor's face suddenly darkened.
Concubine Ning, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Rou all changed their expressions.
They never expected that Queen Qin would actually mention the matter of Shen Zhaoyi.
Although the emperor announced to the public that Zhaoyi Shen died of illness, Concubine Ning, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Rou were all old people in the palace. They knew the rules of the palace very well. All those who were inconvenient to explain the cause of death to the public would be uniformly declared to have died of illness.
They could vaguely guess that there must be something strange about Shen Zhaoyi's death.
It was not until they heard what Queen Qin said that they realized that Shen Zhaoyi was actually killed by the emperor.
However, they did not feel excited at all about finding out the inside scoop on the gossip. Instead, they felt an indescribable panic.
The emperor certainly doesn't want others to know secrets like this.
What if the emperor wants to silence us?
Concubine Ning and Concubine Xian began to regret that they should not have stayed.
The emperor's eyes were filled with anger, and his chest, which had felt a little better after taking the medicine, now felt burning again.
He asked in a hoarse voice, pressing one hand on his chest.
“Is it interesting for you to say this now?”
Queen Qin smiled again: "It's actually quite boring, but some words have been suppressed in my heart for too long. If I don't say it now, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to say it again in the future."
The emperor frowned even deeper: "What do you mean by that? What do you want to do?"
Queen Qin said slowly.
"I just want to have a good chat with you. When we are done, the things outside will be almost settled."
The emperor seemed to be thinking of something, his expression suddenly changed, and he shouted loudly while enduring the pain.
"Ganfu!"
Gan Fu, who was standing at the door, ran in quickly and asked, "What do you want, Your Majesty?"
"Go call Xiao Lingfeng over here, hurry up, I have something urgent to see him about."
“Here!”
Gan Fu turned around and ran out again.
When the emperor looked at Queen Qin again, his eyes had become wary.
His right hand quietly reached towards the wall inside the bed.
He has always been suspicious and never trusts anyone. The places he often stays in are all equipped with mechanisms and secret compartments.
There is a mechanism inside the bed. Once it is activated, poisonous arrows will be shot out.
Queen Qin noticed his actions, but her expression remained calm.
"That mechanism of yours has long been broken."
The emperor paused.
Then, as if to verify whether what Queen Qin said was true or not, he quickly touched a secret compartment on the wall and pressed it hard.
The place where the poison arrow should have been fired did not move at all.
There was silence in the bedroom for a moment.
The emperor was incredulous: "Why did the mechanism break down? Did you do this?"
Queen Qin frankly admitted: "It was indeed I who had the mechanism broken."
The emperor's chest was filled with anger, his breathing became rapid, and his expression became increasingly uglier.
"Did you cause my illness?"
Queen Qin smiled.
“This is an injustice to me.
If I had this ability, I would have had someone poison you to death long ago, and you wouldn't have lived in such misery until now.
The reason you became like this is because King Xiling had someone poison your medicine.
Just a little bit every day, very small dose.
It won't kill you, but it will make you feel weak in your limbs, dizzy and sleepy.
But over time, the toxins gradually accumulate in your body and can kill you.
Calculating the time, today is the day when the poison attacks you."
(End of this chapter)
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