The empress dowager, who received the news, hurried to Kunning Palace at this time. Her face was solemn and her heart was extremely complicated.
When the emperor ascended the throne, he vowed that after the empress gave birth to a son, he would hold a grand ceremony to crown her. However, who could have expected that the empress would die on the day of childbirth.
When the empress dowager walked into the delivery room, there was chaos everywhere. Not only were the imperial physicians and many palace maids kneeling on the ground, but several concubines were also kneeling with their heads bowed. Even the two pregnant concubines were kneeling on the ground trembling.
The emperor held the queen in his arms, his expression wooden, as if he had lost his soul.
The Queen Mother would not be sad because of the Queen's death, but she had never seen such a look of despair on her son's face, and at this moment her heart could not help but ache.
She walked up to Jun Zechen, her voice filled with pity and helplessness: "Emperor, the dead cannot be resurrected, please accept my condolences."
"The most important thing now is to find the murderer who poisoned the queen!"
The Queen Mother raised her voice a few notches, and her eyes swept across everyone present sharply.
The Su family's legitimate daughter was the empress dowager's favorite candidate for queen. In terms of family background, beauty, offspring, and even the emperor's love for her, she had all the advantages. Only such a queen was capable of suppressing the harem.
But now it has ended like this...
Hearing the Queen Mother say that she wanted to find the murderer, Jun Zechen finally came back to his senses. But at this moment, no matter who the murderer was, he wanted to kill all the women in the harem, and the violent emotions in his heart were stronger than ever before.
His eyes burned with rage, and his urge to kill was hard to suppress.
"My Queen Mother, please interrogate me first. I will not let anyone who harms the Queen go free!"
Jun Zechen's voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, and his eyes flashed with a sinister, fierce and captivating light.
Afterwards, he picked up Su Jingyao, took heavy steps, and personally took her back to the bedroom.
Nanny Lin, Miaoyun and others followed His Majesty with dull expressions, as if they had lost the ability to think.
After arriving at the bedroom, it was still Nanny Lin who suppressed the grief in her heart and spoke.
"Your Majesty, the master has loved beauty since childhood. Let me give you a bath."
Nanny Lin's voice was filled with deep sorrow, almost choking with sobs.
She felt sorry for Madam Su. It was her fault that she had not taken good care of the eldest daughter, whom she had watched grow up!
After Jun Zechen gently put the person on the bed, Nanny Lin took the heartbroken Miaoyun and others to carefully take care of Su Jingyao's body, carefully cleaning off the sweat stains caused by childbirth.
Finally, she was dressed in a gorgeous phoenix robe.
Jun Zechen's eyes never left her from beginning to end. She was lying there quietly, still so beautiful and charming.
He told himself in his heart that she was just asleep, just asleep...
After Nanny Lin had dressed Su Jingyao up carefully, Jun Zechen sat on the bed and hugged her tightly in his arms again.
His arms were so strong that he seemed to want to embed her into his body, and even wanted to use his body temperature to warm her ice-cold body.
Although Nanny Lin and the others wanted to accompany their master very much, seeing His Majesty's grief-stricken appearance, they knew that it was inconvenient to disturb him at this moment. They could only slowly retreat with hearts full of sadness, leaving this space to the Emperor and Empress.
"Jiaojiao, I will give you whatever you want. Why are you leaving me?"
Jun Zechen's voice was filled with sorrow and was as hoarse as if it had been rubbed repeatedly with sandpaper.
The only sound in the bedroom was Jun Zechen's painful voice. They had only known each other for a little over a year, but why did he feel such heart-wrenching pain?
Jun Zechen had been a cold and ruthless emperor in his previous life. During those long years, he never thought that he would truly fall in love with a woman.
Even after being reborn and meeting her, he initially thought that he just had a crush on her.
He had never imagined that there would be a day when he would lose her.
"How can you be so cruel? Xingxing has just been born, and you're leaving him. Do you really believe that I will protect him?"
Jun Zechen's eyes were red, as if only in a deserted place could he not wear the mask of the emperor's indifference.
Now he was talking incoherently, muttering to himself in the bedroom, saying whatever he thought of, even if no one responded to him.
As he spoke, he hugged her tightly, his mind in a mess, as if he had lost the ability to think.
In this way, he stayed in the bedroom for two hours, as if time had stopped, and he just wanted to accompany his queen for the last time.
Finally, he gently put the person down.
"I will make those who hurt you pay a hundredfold."
Jun Zechen's voice was deep, like a vow squeezed out from between his teeth, with a chilling ruthlessness.
After saying that, Jun Zechen walked out of the bedroom with a gloomy face, as if wrapped in the cold winter wind.
The chill emanating from him made everyone around him shiver.
At this time, the empress dowager had brought all the palace maids and concubines of Kunning Palace to the main hall and was interrogating them one by one with a serious expression.
As soon as Jun Zechen stepped into the hall, everyone saluted him tremblingly, but he acted as if he didn't hear them. He pursed his lips tightly, said nothing, and walked straight to the first seat and sat down.
"Mother, what did you find out?"
His voice was as cold as the water in a cold pond, without a trace of warmth.
The empress dowager glanced at the concubines who were still paying their respects. Although the emperor did not let them stand up, there were still two pregnant concubines among them.
"Everyone, get up." The Queen Mother said helplessly.
After saying that, she turned around and replied to Jun Zechen: "After the maid in Kunning Palace who poisoned the Queen brought the tea to the Queen, she took advantage of the gap when no one was paying attention and went straight back to her room."
My dear, there is more to this chapter. Please click on the next page to continue reading. It will be even more exciting later!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
