The Emperor hadn't woken up yet, and now something had happened to the Empress.
Everyone in the Empress's palace was poisoned and fell into a coma. The Empress and Caiqiu were the most seriously poisoned. Almost half of the imperial physicians were dispatched to the palace, but it was too late. The Empress had already died from the poisoning.
The crown prince was killed, the emperor fainted, and the empress suddenly died of poisoning, throwing the palace into chaos.
A sharp-eyed person quickly brought the Prince of Nanqing over.
He Liufeng had just received news that the Crown Prince had been killed and the Emperor had fainted when he arrived at the palace gate, only to hear that the Empress had also died.
He Liufeng stopped in his tracks, hardly believing what he had just heard.
Qu Qingxi was originally in the mansion, waiting for Ren Nuanyun to use the system to wreak havoc and fight the Empress to the death, but who knew that they would all really die.
Upon hearing this news, Qu Qingxi nearly spat out all the tea she had just drunk. "What did you say?"
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince was killed by Xu Xingzhou, the Emperor fainted from the shock, and the Empress's palace was poisoned. The Empress and almost all of her palace servants are dead," Qingdai repeated.
Qu Qingxi froze on the spot. The Empress was poisoned?
Last night, she did hear Ren Nuanyun's conversation with the system. Ren Nuanyun asked the system to give her a colorless and odorless poison that could dissipate in the air.
She originally thought Ren Nuanyun would use this to threaten the Empress or the Crown Prince, but who would have thought that she would actually go into the palace and kill the Empress?
At this moment, another guard ran in from the side, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince was led there by Ren Nuanyun. Ren Nuanyun met Xu Xingzhou on her way back to the manor, so she took Xu Xingzhou directly to see the Crown Prince, which is why the Crown Prince was kidnapped and killed by Xu Xingzhou."
Qu Qingxi's pupils contracted slightly. What? Ren Nuanyun was also involved in the Crown Prince's affair?
Damn it, is Ren Nuanyun out of her mind? She actually went on a killing spree, killing both the Empress and the Crown Prince?
But wait, isn't the Crown Prince the main character? How could he be killed so easily?
Before Qu Qingxi could recover, she heard another voice in her mind.
[Host, why did you kill the male protagonist He Qi'an? Your actions violated your mission and duty, disrupted the current world's plot, and threw the whole rhythm into disarray. Moreover, given that you failed to complete your previous missions, you are now being punished.]
Three seconds later, it will directly extract the host's soul and send the host back to their original world.
Ren Nuanyun closed her eyes, awaiting the punishment.
Upon hearing this voice, Qu Qingxi hurried towards the Marquis of Dingguo's residence, but by the time Qu Qingxi arrived, Ren Nuanyun's soul had already been extracted.
Qu Qingxi only saw a dazed person sitting in the room, lost in thought.
Qu Qingxi moved her lips, unsure how to react.
The person with the system just left like that?
She caused so much trouble, and she just left unscathed?
Damn it, sending the host back is a punishment? Isn't it a reward?
With the Emperor falling ill, He Liufeng, as the Prince of Nanqing, temporarily took over all affairs on the Emperor's behalf, while everything in the harem was managed by Consort Ye.
The imperial physician said that the emperor's health was not good, and it was unknown when he would regain consciousness.
Finally, three days later, the emperor slowly woke up.
Looking at the bright yellow decorations, the emperor slowly came back to his senses. Everything that had happened before flooded his mind, and a tear rolled down his cheek.
He Liufeng arrived quickly, "Royal brother? Royal brother?"
After the emperor learned of the empress's death by poisoning, he remained silent for a long time.
"Liufeng, who do you think I should make the crown prince?" After three days of rest, the emperor's spirits had improved somewhat, but he clearly looked like he was only having a brief moment of lucidity before his death.
"Your Majesty, I think the Sixth Prince is quite good. He is decisive, wise, and resourceful," He Liufeng replied respectfully.
"You've joined forces with the Sixth Prince, haven't you?" the Emperor asked in a hoarse voice.
"Your Majesty is joking."
"I'll ask you again, were you involved in the kidnapping of the Crown Prince?"
"Your Majesty, I did not. After all, the Crown Prince is my nephew. Even if I don't like him, I wouldn't take his life." He Liufeng shook his head. He only learned about this matter afterward.
"Bring me paper and pen, I wish to re-establish the Crown Prince."
The emperor's favorite person had died, and in the end, the emperor made the sixth prince He Qinan the crown prince and Xu Yingying, the daughter of Grand Tutor Xu, the crown princess.
When Qu Qingxi received this news, she was not too surprised. The emperor was already dying, and the crown prince he valued was dead. It didn't matter who would be appointed next, as long as the He family's rule was preserved.
He Liufeng brought up Yang Wei's matter, and Yang Wei's daughter, Yang Qianqian, was granted the title of county princess.
Zhou Wenli ultimately won; the third prince was executed, and he became the crown prince of Zhou.
Xu Yanyan's son, Zhou Chenguang, was also secretly sent back by He Liufeng.
Having avenged his great grudge, Shen Shuyan handed over all the power of Qinglan Pavilion to Qu Qingxi and then went off to travel the world.
He Qinan became the Crown Prince and then the Emperor, while He Liufeng remained only the Prince of Nanqing, enjoying the privileges of a prince.
Qu Qingxi finally realized her wish: to lay down and live a life of ease, possessing wealth that rivals that of a nation.
The End.
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