Chapter 860: The Death-Free Gold Medal Disappears
"Who are you? How dare you hold me hostage!"
Concubine Ji looked at Mei Lan, who had forcibly taken her to the side hall of the Cining Palace, in shock and anger: "Do you know who I am? I am Concubine Ji, who was personally appointed by the Emperor."
"Empress Ji, please be patient."
Rice flower walked in.
Seeing the rice flowers, Jipin's pupils suddenly contracted: "Prince Yang's Concubine, what do you mean by this? Have I offended you?"
Daohua smiled and said, "Your Majesty, it's serious. I just saw that you didn't look very good, so I wanted to come over and ask if you were feeling unwell."
Jipin snorted and glanced at Meilan: "The way the Yang Crown Prince's wife greets people is really unacceptable."
Daohua smiled and carefully observed Jipin's expression: "Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. The Queen Mother is seriously ill now. If you, Jipin, are not feeling well, it is best not to enter the palace. The Emperor's uncle will be unhappy if you see it."
Concubine Ji's eyes flickered and she struggled a little, but she quickly regained her composure: "Prince Yang's wife is really nosy. I'm not feeling unwell. Now all the concubines in the palace have gone to see the Queen Mother, how can I be absent?" As she said that, she was about to step out of the side hall.
Daohua looked at Meilan and signaled her to stop the man.
Just now, she noticed a flash of guilt and hesitation in Jipin's eyes. Something must be wrong with her.
"How dare you! Who the hell are you? How dare you pull me?"
Being stopped again, Jipin, who was already anxious, became furious and raised her hand to slap Meilan.
At this moment, there was a "clang" sound, and a golden token fell from Jipin's body.
Jipin's face changed drastically and she immediately bent down to pick it up.
Unfortunately, Mei Lan was one step faster than her.
"Princess, look."
Meilan handed the quick golden token to Daohua.
When Daohua saw the four big words "Golden Medal of Immunity from Death" engraved on the gold medal, she was shocked. A light bulb went off in her head, and she instantly understood why the Queen Mother had falsely issued an imperial decree to ask clan members and ministers to enter the palace.
Using her master and Granny Gu to threaten the emperor was just a pretext to make him let his guard down. Her real purpose was to use this 'golden medal of immunity from death' to save the Jiang family.
Daohua turned to look at Concubine Ji, whose lips began to tremble: "Madam Concubine Ji, I'm afraid you can't leave the side hall now."
Then he looked at Mei Lan and said, "Keep an eye on him."
At the same time, in the main hall, another concubine knelt before the emperor in front of all the clan members and ministers, begging him to spare the Jiang family for the sake of the empress dowager's limited time.
The emperor looked coldly at Concubine Xiang, who was kneeling on the ground. "Are you asking me to disregard the laws of Daxia?"
Xiangpin's face turned pale and she shook her head: "No, that's not what I meant."
The Emperor: "What do you mean? According to the laws of Daxia, how can the crimes committed by the Jiang family be leniently dealt with?"
Concubine Xiang: "I have a golden medal of immunity from death. Emperor Gaozu once said that as long as you show the golden medal of immunity from death, no matter what crime you have committed, you will be pardoned."
When these words were spoken, the expressions of the clan members and ministers changed.
If the Queen Mother really took out the golden medal of immunity from death, the Jiang family would not be able to kill him.
The emperor's face darkened immediately, and he stared at Xiangpin without warmth: "Golden medal of immunity from death? Where is it? Take it out and let us all see it."
Under the emperor's powerful gaze, Xiangpin said with a stiff upper lip, "The golden medal of immunity from death is with Jipin. I just saw her being taken away by the Yangshizi Consort."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone saw Daohua walking in.
Daohua looked at everyone with a confused expression, then walked over to Xiao Yeyang and stood beside him in an orderly manner.
Seeing that everyone was looking at this side, Xiao Yeyang said to Daohua: "Xiangpin said that you just took Jipin away?"
Daohua nodded and said, "Just now I saw Concubine Ji looked very pale, and I thought she was not feeling well, so I asked someone to take her to the side hall to rest."
Xiao Yeyang stared at the rice flowers: "Xiangpin said Jipin has a golden medal of immunity from death."
Seeing that Daohua remained motionless, showing no signs of surprise or panic, Xiao Yeyang felt relieved. He nodded towards the emperor and said with a smile, "Although you have good intentions, you should still bring Concubine Ji here."
Daohua did not object and casually pointed at a palace maid and asked her to go to the side hall to invite someone.
Soon, Concubine Ji was brought up.
The emperor looked at Concubine Ji and then at Concubine Xiang, feeling very upset. He was quite fond of these two women, but he never expected that they were both the empress dowager's people.
"Princess Ji, I heard you have a golden medal of immunity from death?"
Jipin instinctively glanced at Daohua, who was standing calmly in the hall. She was already timid and retreating in her heart. But when she thought of what the Queen Mother had told them, that if the Jiang family died, their families would be killed immediately, she gritted her teeth and said, "The golden medal of immunity from death was taken away by the Yang prince's wife."
Daohua looked at Jipin in astonishment: "Madam Jipin, I'm helping you out of kindness, why are you slandering me?"
Jipin looked at Daohua and said, "We have no grudges against each other, why would I slander you? The golden medal of immunity from death is on you."
Daohua said anxiously, "You're talking nonsense." Then she knelt in the hall and said, "Uncle Emperor, Concubine Ji is slandering me. I don't have any golden medal of immunity from death. I beg Your Majesty to investigate."
Seeing Daohua's assurance, Jipin immediately said, "It's not on you, so you must have hidden it."
Xiangpin knew that she was definitely not going to survive, so she gave up and looked at the ministers and clan members present: "My lords, the golden medal of immunity from death was made by Emperor Gaozu himself, but it represents Emperor Gaozu. Please understand clearly."
Seeing that Concubine Xiang dragged them into the water, the faces of the clan members and ministers were not very good.
The emperor looked at Xiangpin and Jipin coldly, regretting his carelessness and underestimating the empress dowager. He really didn't expect that she had a golden medal of immunity from death in her hand.
After Concubine Ji and Concubine Xiang entered the palace, they never had any interaction with the Queen Mother. He checked all the maids and eunuchs in the palace, and released all those who were suspicious, but ignored the concubines.
So much so that the Queen Mother kept this trick!
The emperor frowned and remained silent, knowing that he must give an explanation to his relatives and ministers this time, otherwise, the censors present would not know how to write about him in the history books when they returned.
Thinking of this, the emperor looked at Daohua and saw that her back was straight and she looked not afraid of anyone searching her, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Speaking of which, this niece-in-law has helped him several times.
"Wife Yeyang, to prove what you said, I will send the Imperial Concubine and the Virtuous Concubine to search you. Is that okay with you?"
Daohua shook her head. "I have no objection." She looked at Jipin and said, "I don't know why Jipin wants to slander me, but I haven't left since entering the Cining Palace. If you gentlemen suspect that I have hidden the death-free gold medal somewhere, please feel free to search for it."
Seeing Daohua's confident look, everyone present became confused.
Xiangpin looked at Jipin, and Jipin also began to feel unsure, but she still insisted that the golden medal of immunity from death was on Daohua.
The Imperial Concubine and the Virtuous Concubine took Daohua to the side hall, and soon the three of them came back.
Imperial Concubine: "Your Majesty, the Princess of Yang does not have a golden medal of immunity from death."
Xian Fei smiled and continued, "Forget about the gold medal, the Crown Prince's Consort doesn't even have a single gold melon seed on her."
The emperor looked at his relatives and ministers and said, "Do you all believe what the Imperial Concubine and the Virtuous Concubine said?"
Everyone quickly stood up to express their belief.
"As for searching the Cining Palace," the Emperor looked at the Minister of Justice and said, "Please bear the burden for me, my dear minister."
The Minister of Justice smiled bitterly in his heart and stood up to agree.
The search of the Cining Palace took a long time. Except for the Empress Dowager's bedroom, the Minister of Justice searched the Cining Palace inside and out, but he did not find the legendary golden medal of immunity from death.
Upon hearing the Minister of Justice's reply, Concubine Ji fell to the ground, muttering to herself, "Impossible! How could there be no golden medal of immunity from death?"
(End of this chapter)
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