I was a little worried at first, but when I saw that Jiang Mengli was fine after drinking so much, I drank it in one gulp without hesitation.
The wine she just drank was just like any other drink. Just when she thought everything would be fine, she suddenly looked in pain.
She curled up on the ground, holding her stomach, "Ah...my stomach..."
The scene before them shocked everyone.
Why was Jiang Mengli fine after drinking it, but she got hurt after drinking it!?
Blood gushed out of Nanny Jing's mouth, her face turned blue and purple, and her body twitched continuously on the ground.
"Someone, come quickly!" The Queen Mother's fingers trembled anxiously. "Please ask the imperial physician to come here quickly!"
At this moment, a eunuch's sharp voice came, "The Emperor has arrived..."
The Queen and others who were sitting there immediately stood up and went out to greet them.
The emperor was in front, and Wen Mohan was on the side. After asking everyone to stand up, the two of them entered the room one after the other.
"What's going on?" the emperor asked, frowning as he looked at the corpse on the ground.
The Queen explained: "It's...I just drank a glass of wine and that's what happened."
The emperor said in a deep voice: "Isn't that poisoned wine?"
The air was quiet for a few breaths, everyone looked evasive, and no one responded.
At this moment, Wen Mohan noticed Jiang Mengli kneeling, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you still kneeling?"
The Queen Mother said coldly, "She is of low status and only fit to kneel. I know you married her out of spite. Now that you've made enough of a fuss, don't bring her back home anytime soon."
"Your Majesty, be careful with your words." Wen Mohan said calmly, "She is now the Princess of Yu, not a lowly woman. She was also quite tired last night, so it's not appropriate for her to kneel for a long time."
The implication of these words was to tell everyone that they had slept together last night.
The Queen Mother and others were very surprised. They didn't expect that he could still have sex even though his lower body was paralyzed.
Wen Mohan helped Jiang Mengli stand up: "Get up, I will feel bad if you hurt yourself kneeling."
With someone to support her, she didn't act pretentiously and slowly stood up as the man said.
After kneeling for a while, my knees really hurt.
I knelt in front of a grave in my previous life, but I never expected that one day I would come to this haunted place where both the living and the dead have to kneel.
The emperor smiled and said in a deep voice: "Ninth brother, I have told you so much before. The Cheng family is also an important figure in the court. If Jiang Mengli is the princess, what should Miss Cheng do?"
The bride chosen this time was the daughter of the Minister of Works, but whether she was his biological daughter remained to be verified.
After all, Wen Mohan would not think that Minister Cheng would be willing to marry his daughter to a disabled man like him.
Jiang Mengli said softly at this time: "Your Majesty, I am a magnanimous person. Why don't you let Miss Cheng be a concubine? Although she is a concubine, she will definitely be treated the same as the main wife."
"It depends on whether she is willing or not. If she is not willing, then we can only give up. Your body cannot withstand the stimulation, so you can't force it."
If she doesn't make any concessions, I'm afraid the Empress Dowager and the Emperor will find ways to continue targeting her.
When this suggestion was made, Wen Mohan's face looked a little ugly.
The emperor was silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement. "Alright, I'll talk to Minister Cheng about this. However, your status as the Princess of Yu will be very controversial. Although you've been married, you haven't yet entered the Imperial Jade Butterfly Clan."
As long as the person is stuffed in, nothing else matters. There is not much difference between a concubine and a principal wife.
Cough cough... cough cough...
Wen Mohan suddenly coughed and spoke weakly, "In that case, I'd like to trouble my royal brother to carve her name into the Royal Jade Butterfly. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first. My health isn't holding up well."
The emperor did not try to keep him, but said a lot of caring words and watched him leave.
Just as Jiang Mengli followed him out of the room, the Queen Mother suddenly called out, "Jiang Mengli, aren't you going to tell me what's going on with the wine?!"
Nanny Jing had been with her for decades, and ended up dying in this way. How could she not feel hatred in her heart?
Jiang Mengli paused and turned around, "The wine was prepared by the Queen Mother, and it was Nanny Jing who brought it to me herself. The glass she drank did not pass through my hands."
"Actually, I'm curious why the Queen Mother suddenly asked me to drink. Madam Jing's symptoms suggest she's been poisoned by Hedinghong. Could it be that the Queen Mother actually wants me dead?"
The air seemed to freeze in an instant, and everyone present looked at the Queen Mother.
Just when everyone thought the Queen Mother would refute her, she directly admitted, "Yes, I wanted you to die. I put Crane's Beak Red in the wine jug, so why didn't you get hurt after drinking it?"
Jiang Mengli smiled faintly in response, "Since the Queen Mother admitted it, then I will tell the truth. I know that none of you like me, so I made every possible preparation before entering the palace and took the antidote in advance."
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After hearing this, Wen Mohan turned around and looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Mother, I don't want this to happen again. She is my princess, and no one is allowed to hurt her in the slightest."
Although the voice was soft, it was cold and thin, and a chilling chill penetrated the bones.
The Queen Mother's face suddenly turned cold. "Are you threatening me? Parents have always made the final decision on their children's marriages. If she insists on becoming a princess, I can give her a chance."
Jiang Mengli became interested when she heard this. It is better to have an opportunity than no opportunity. She doesn't want to be targeted all the time, and she doesn't want to go to the wilderness.
"Please tell me, Queen Mother, what will it take for you to acknowledge my relationship with Prince Yu?"
The others also looked at the Queen Mother, waiting for her answer.
The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes and smiled, "A royal daughter-in-law can't just be a vase. You are from a military family, so you must be both civil and military."
"If you can reach Lion Head Ridge and rescue Princess Jinping safely, I will acknowledge you as Prince Yu's Consort. If not, you can simply go back to the wilderness."
Lion Head Ridge!
That is a place where people are eaten without leaving any bones. I heard that the people there eat human flesh and drink human blood, and many people have never returned.
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