Jiang Changning rested for half an hour, pretended to drink pregnancy-preserving medicine, and then came out to see the concubine.
Although Yan Yinyao tried her best to comfort the concubine, her eyes were still red and swollen from crying.
Jiang Changning once again confirmed that Prince Jin was an unfilial son.
"Mother, the prince is blessed by heaven and will return safely. Don't cry and hurt yourself." Jiang Changning couldn't tell the truth, so he advised vaguely.
Yan Yinyao also helped to persuade the concubine, and finally managed to stop her tears.
Xiulan then told Jiang Changning, "Princess, that servant had ulterior motives and has been arrested and imprisoned. Chunlai and the others are interrogating him."
"There's no need to interrogate him. He won't say anything. Lock him up and wait for the prince to come back before making your decision." Jiang Changning said hurriedly.
The King of Jin asked the servant to handle this matter. He must be a useful person, and we cannot let Chunlai and the others interrogate him to death.
Seeing that Jiang Changning was so confident that Prince Jin would return safely, the Concubine Dowager was greatly comforted, "Brother Yu, daughter-in-law, you are a good person."
Jiang Changning was stunned for a moment. What did this mean
The current situation of Prince Jin's Mansion seems extremely bad to outsiders. If Prince Jin dies, no matter whether the baby in Jiang Changning's belly is a boy or a girl, Prince Jin's Mansion will no longer exist.
The emperor was happy to see this happen. "Mother, once Prince Jin dies, I won't have to be controlled by others anymore!"
"Are you sure you can kill Prince Jin?" asked the Queen Mother.
"Even if the assassination fails to kill him, the imperial physician will wait for an opportunity to poison his medicine, and the imperial guards will also take action. With these three approaches working together, I don't believe that he won't be killed." The emperor said viciously.
"It seems that he is doomed to die." The Queen Mother laughed.
Once Prince Jin died, Jiang Changning lost his support, and she could repay Jiang Changning for all the grievances she had suffered at his hands.
There was no news from Prince Jin for the next two days, so the Emperor sent a team of soldiers to guard outside Prince Jin's mansion, under the pretext of protecting the women in the mansion.
The concubine was a little flustered, "Brother Yu, my daughter-in-law, His Majesty is going to deal with Prince Jin's Mansion!"
"Don't worry, mother. I have made arrangements for her. Nothing will happen to her." Jiang Changning, who knew the inside story, was very calm. She believed that Prince Jin definitely had a plan to deal with it.
After appeasing the concubine, Jiang Changning said disdainfully about the emperor's actions: "It's too early to show your fangs."
At least he should have waited until the confirmed news of Prince Jin's death came before taking action against the women in Prince Jin's mansion. He was so impatient. Wasn't he afraid that people would suspect that he was the one who assassinated Prince Jin
Jiang Changning did not do anything extra. He asked the people in the mansion to stay in the mansion honestly and peacefully, and did not allow them to go out at will.
That evening, the emperor was reviewing memorials in the Qinzheng Hall as usual.
Eunuch Yu was originally guarding the palace, but suddenly he felt a stomachache, so he came out, holding his stomach, and said, "You guys take good care of His Majesty, I'll be back soon."
Not long after he left, another eunuch came over and said, "You guys, go over there and bring the potted plants over here, and replace these."
The young eunuchs moved the potted plants as instructed. Although they didn't understand why they had to change the pots so late at night, they dared not disobey the order.
As they walked away, a dozen men in black came out from the darkness and stood at the entrance of the palace. The chief eunuch turned around and said, "Your Highness, all the irrelevant people have been cleared out.
"Okay." Prince Jin came out wearing a black cloak and walked into the hall.
The emperor was reviewing memorials and thought it was Eunuch Yu who came in. He said without even looking up, "The light in the palace is too dim."
"Your Majesty is really diligent in his work."
The emperor looked up suddenly and saw the Prince of Jin standing nearby. He was shocked and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Your Majesty, why are you so surprised to see me?" Prince Jin asked with a smile.
"You, you were not assassinated, and you were not seriously injured!" The emperor was not stupid, and he immediately realized that the previous news was false information released by Prince Jin.
"I was assassinated, but I was not the one seriously injured. I had already returned to Beijing secretly." Prince Jin told the truth.
The emperor's eyes widened, "You are using my trick against you!"
"You want to get rid of me, and I don't want to tolerate you anymore." Prince Jin said bluntly.
The emperor was terrified. "You, you want to kill the king? You want to rebel! Someone, someone, come."
"Even if you kill me, you can never sit on this position." The emperor said firmly.
"Whether I can sit here or not is none of your concern." Prince Jin reached out and took the jade seal from the dragon table. "Your Majesty, please write a decree to pass on the throne."
The emperor snorted coldly, "I can't write it."
"You only have one son left now, so it doesn't matter whether you write the imperial edict or not. Since you don't want to write it, then don't write it." Prince Jin said very understandingly.
"Why bother with this?" the emperor sneered.
"My pleasure."
The emperor shut his mouth in frustration. Prince Jin put down the imperial seal and said, "Your Majesty, have a cup of tea."
"I don't want to drink." The emperor swept the teacup off the dragon table.
There was a thick carpet on the floor, and the water and tea leaves in the teacup spilled, but the cup did not break.
Prince Jin laughed, "Your Majesty, are you afraid that I'll poison the tea?"
The emperor suddenly thought of the cup of tea, of which he had already taken a few sips. "You have already poisoned the tea!"
"Tea is a medicine." King Jin said with a smile.
"Where is the poison?" The emperor grabbed his neck with both hands and found that he could not make a sound.
Seeing that he had been poisoned, the King of Jin smiled and said, "Your Majesty, take care. I will take my leave."
The emperor's eyes widened and he was having difficulty breathing. Was he going to die
He is still so young and has only been on the throne for a few years. He doesn't want to die!
Prince Jin walked out of the Qinzheng Hall. After a while, Eunuch Yu came back. He didn't realize that the people guarding outside the hall had been replaced by a new group.
When Eunuch Yu entered the palace, he found the emperor slumped on the dragon throne. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what happened to you?"
The emperor wanted to speak, but he couldn't. He wanted to write, but he felt weak all over.
"Someone, call the imperial physician, call the imperial physician."
The director of the Imperial Medical Bureau and others were all sent out by the emperor who was pretending to be kind. Doctor Xue took leave and stayed in Prince Jin's Mansion. The two doctors on duty today had good medical skills, but they were not the emperor's attending doctors.
They were summoned and after checking the emperor's pulse, they looked at each other in confusion. They could not diagnose what illness the emperor had.
Eunuch Yu urged, "My Lords, please write the prescription quickly."
"We still need to think about the prescription." One of the imperial doctors said with a wry smile.
How can I prescribe medicine when I don’t even know what disease the emperor has
Eunuch Yu stared at them with a fierce look in his eyes, and the two imperial doctors had no choice but to prescribe a prescription for nourishing the body, which would not do any harm but would not cure the disease.
After taking the medicine, the emperor's condition worsened and his breath was getting weaker and weaker.
When Eunuch Yu saw this, he knew that the matter could not be concealed, so he quickly sent someone to inform the Empress Dowager and the Queen.
The Queen arrived first, followed by the Queen Mother. Seeing the Emperor lying on the bed, the Queen Mother couldn't believe it. "My son, what's wrong with you?"
The two imperial doctors didn't know how to answer. The emperor wanted to say that he was not sick, but poisoned, and it was Prince Jin who poisoned him.
But he couldn't utter a word, and his eyes were full of despair.
(End of this chapter)