Chapter 204 Concubine Duan's Attack
But there was no poison.
However, the emperor summoned her many times after returning from the hunting grounds, and each time she used aphrodisiac drugs.
He is capable of burning only one stick of incense, but he makes people work for half an hour and burn two sticks of incense in one night. Isn't that going to cost him his life?
"If your majesty wishes to punish me, I will accept the punishment without complaint."
[Before doing this, why didn't you tell me in advance? 】
Nian Shilan didn't care about the emperor's early death. She was sure it was An Lingrong's doing, so she didn't worry that someone was secretly plotting against her.
She picked up the teacup and took a sip. "I didn't hear anything today. Once you leave this room, don't mention this matter again."
Such a serious crime, yet the Queen was willing to conceal it for her. An Lingrong raised her head, tears welling up in her eyes, "The Queen..."
"Why are you still kneeling?" Nian Shilan put down the teacup. "The ground is so cold. Do you want to accompany the emperor when he is sick?"
An Lingrong shook her head repeatedly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Remember to destroy all those shameful things when you return."
"Yes! Madam."
"Don't let others do it, and don't watch it destroyed with your own eyes." You really have to be extra careful at critical moments, Nian Shilan warned, "Otherwise, if something goes wrong, I won't protect you!"
After An Lingrong returned to the palace, she dissolved all the aphrodisiacs in water and poured it into the Jiuli Pond to feed the fish.
When the emperor regained consciousness, he felt that he did not have much time left. Considering Hongzhao's young age, he ordered Nian Gengyao to return to the capital to prevent the new emperor from ascending the throne and preventing others from submitting.
He also summoned Prince Yi, Zhang Tingyu, Ortai, Nian Xiyao and others, asking them to assist the new emperor.
The will has been prepared, this is a final request before death.
The emperor's last bit of value was gone, but the empress still ordered the Imperial Hospital to do everything they could to keep the emperor alive.
There is only one breath left.
The concubines in the harem took turns to take care of the emperor when he was ill. Nian Shilan went to the Yangxin Palace every day, not because she had deep affection for the emperor, but just to avoid being criticized by Hongzhao in the future.
Concubine Duan was in poor health and was afraid of passing her illness on to the Emperor, so she only visited him once after the New Year.
That time, it dealt a heavy blow to the emperor.
"Before her death, the Empress Dowager knew that the Fourteenth Master had contracted an illness and died, and she was certain that it was you, Your Majesty, who was responsible."
"What did you say? The Queen Mother knows?"
"The Empress?"
Concubine Duan coughed twice, "The Empress Dowager is so partial, but the Emperor is still so filial. It is really touching. I just hope that the Empress Dowager still has a little mercy on you and does not deliberately express her indebtedness to you at the end of her life."
The emperor frowned. "What do you mean by that?"
"Your Majesty is sick and confused. Can't he understand such a simple truth?"
Concubine Duan slowed down, stood up, took a half step back, and said, "The Queen Mother wanted to avenge her son, so she deliberately said some words of deep mother-son love to make you feel guilty for the rest of your life."
The emperor recalled the song that the empress dowager sang to her children before her death, and he never imagined that it was actually a conspiracy carefully planned by his own mother.
She actually loves and cares for Old Fourteen so much!
"You're lying! You evil woman!"
The emperor raised his hands and tried to grab Concubine Duan, but he was too sick to stand up. He could only grab the yellow curtain hanging beside the bed and cursed, "You vicious woman!"
"Anger can hurt one's body. Your Majesty, please don't be angry. I have already avenged you."
Concubine Duan thought the emperor didn't understand, so she explained thoughtfully: "The reason why the empress dowager died early was because she smelled the screen sent by the emperor every day."
"A folding screen? Is it the longevity painting you asked me to send? Did you tamper with the longevity painting?"
"Your Majesty has a good memory."
"How dare you! Ahem, ahem, you vicious woman! What are you up to?"
"I don't have any ulterior motives. I am just a person of limited talent and learning, and I just follow the example of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor." Concubine Duan looked at the Emperor coldly, "Wasn't it the Empress Dowager who gave you the drug and asked me to give Shilan a bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine?"
"Because of a little suspicion, you planned to kill your own flesh and blood. You watched Shilan force me to drink a pot of safflower and let her go to Yanqing Palace to humiliate me again and again, but you did nothing. You ruined my life, but you still want me to hate her. Your Majesty, what is your intention?"
"How dare you! I am the emperor! How dare you?"
The emperor grabbed the yellow curtain and said, "Someone come! Someone come!!"
"Are you here? The old men in front of us have been serving the emperor day and night and are exhausted. The queen has been so kind that she has allowed them to go back and rest."
"The Queen?"
Concubine Duan was already in poor health and could not say more. She was afraid of being infected by him, so she turned around and left.
Zhen Huan was waiting at the door. She saw Concubine Duan come out, bowed to her, and went in alone.
"Wanpin? You're here!"
The emperor seemed to have spotted a savior. "Go and tell me my order immediately. Kill that vicious woman Qi Yuebin!"