That evening, Princess Ningtai died of poison after drinking the nourishing decoction served by Princess Yang herself.
Everyone in the Xihe Palace knew that Princess Yang had many biological daughters. Princess Ningtai was happily getting married, and it was impossible for her to commit suicide.
What's more, the dozens of servants present at the time could all swear on their lives that Princess Ningtai was talking and laughing with Princess Yang just a moment ago, and she definitely didn't want to take a narrow path!
Therefore, of course the princess was murdered.
The person who planned the murder, Princess Yang, ordered the healthy woman to hold her still warm daughter, take almost all the dowry in the backyard, rush into Concubine Bian's yard, drag the unsuspecting Concubine Bian from the couch to the court, and personally Kicked to the heart: "Vicious woman! You instigated the prince to hurt my son. Jin Zhu feels sorry for his brother and comes to you to argue. Even if it is not polite, it is human nature after all! You actually attacked her directly - I must take it today." You sacrifice your life for my poor daughter!”
Princess Yang plotted to take action. When she entered the hospital, she assigned people to guard the door and did not allow Concubine Bian's people to report Qiu Mengmin. She also secretly warned Concubine Bian about the dowry, but did not listen to Concubine Bian's defense at all. The sticks swarmed up, crackling and beating her unconsciously - although the concubine Bian was not of high birth, she had been pampered in the past two years as a concubine. How could she withstand such a violent storm? After a while, the crying and crying subsided!
"Save a breath and don't kill me!" Princess Yang stood in the corridor, looking coldly at Concubine Bian's blood staining the bricks of the courtyard - the servants who knew it had long understood the meaning of her words: as long as you save a breath, then Even if you break your legs and feet, it won't hinder you
Following Concubine Bian's two shrill shouts, a childish cry came from the inner room behind Princess Yang: "Mother! Mother..."
The second half of the sound suddenly stopped!
"Princess Princess! Princess Princess! I know I was wrong! Please let Mao go..." Concubine Bian was already on the verge of death. When she heard the sound, she was so shocked that she almost lost her soul. She struggled frantically to try to get a chance for her son to survive, but the answer she received was It was a woman with a ferocious face who struck her in the head: "You bitch! You mother and son will be reunited soon!"
... When Qiu Mengmin was invited by Aunt Tian, what she saw was Concubine Bian lying in a pool of blood, and his wife sitting in the corridor, caressing Qiu Jinzhu's body without saying a word.
With just one glance, Qiu Mengmin understood, and his body trembled violently: "You... you actually?!"
Princess Yang didn't even look at him, and said quietly: "Your Majesty, this poisonous woman harmed our daughter, our only legitimate daughter! Are you planning to come and give me an explanation?"
Aunt Tian's legs felt weak when she saw her cousin's appearance. She stumbled over and picked up Concubine Bian and touched her. She was still breathing. She couldn't help but be overjoyed. She knelt down with a plop. She was about to burst into tears when she felt her cousin tugging at her sleeves. - With tears in her eyes, she put her lips to Concubine Bian's ear: "The prince is here, hold on! The prince will definitely give you justice!"
"Mao... Maozhi!" Concubine Bian was already on her deathbed. She almost tried her best to say these two words, then tilted her head and breathed quickly and weakly!
"Your Majesty!" Aunt Tian was startled. When she felt her pulse, it was almost undetectable. She was frightened and angry. Only then did she scream. Two women ran down from behind Princess Yang, and their palms like cattails scraped off at the same time. : "Noisy!"
"Drag him out!" Princess Yang ordered calmly.
Aunt Tian looked at her in disbelief—since her cousin became the concubine, Princess Yang had never dared to treat her cousins like this, let alone in front of Qiu Mengmin!
Thinking of Qiu Mengmin, she was finally shocked to realize that the prince, who had become more and more impatient with the princess in the past two years and even attacked her in public, had never said anything.
At this moment, Qiu Mengmin has no time to care about the two concubines, even though he really likes Concubine Bian - he even has no time to care about the life and death of his youngest son Qiu Maozhi!
Let Princess Yang's men drag away Aunt Tian and sternly scold all the servants. Step by step, stepping on Concubine Bian's blood, he walked to the bottom of the steps and stared at his daughter who was held in his wife's arms. For a long time, Then he smiled miserably and said: "You... you are so... you are so cruel!"
"You forced me to do this!" Princess Yang still didn't look at him, just stared at the daughter in her arms - Qiu Jinzhu was not as beautiful as her cousin Qiu Yilan, but she was also pretty and cute, she quietly Although the body lying in her mother's arms was gradually stiffening and her fair skin began to change color, she still couldn't hide the childish look between her brows.
This was her only daughter. She was pregnant for ten months and once she gave birth, the golden pearl in her infancy seemed to be still vivid in her mind, but in the blink of an eye, she was separated forever.
The body in her arms became colder little by little, just like Princess Yang's heart. She said indifferently, "The whole world can say that I am cruel, but you can't... You have no such qualifications!!!"
One sentence made Qiu Mengmin feel like he was struck by lightning!
Princess Yang didn't know that these words made her husband mistakenly think that she knew the truth about Lu's death, but what she was thinking was: "If you hadn't been a dutiful son to your mother earlier and sat back and watched that bitch of the Kang Qiu family fight for power with me, , and later pampered bitches like Bian and Liu, making it difficult for me, a dignified princess, in the backyard, and my children were also criticized. Why should I teach my daughter to be shrewd and daring? How could she dare to do anything arrogant? If you are a good person and we live a harmonious life, why would I not teach my daughter to be gentle and virtuous? How could this happen!"
"How can I send someone with white hair to someone with black hair?! And it's me myself!!!"
it was all your fault! ! !
"With Mrs. Bian's look like this, Mao Zhi is dead, right?" After Qiu Mengmin's expression fluctuated violently, he looked at her bitterly, "Do you still want to drag Hongzhi with you?! Are you crazy! Making such a big fuss? When something happens, our palace—"
"This is your palace!" Princess Yang finally raised her head and looked at him expressionlessly - the couple looked at each other with emotionless eyes, "I have been the nominal mistress of this palace from the day I entered. But in reality, how long have I been a family member? First, those two bitches, the Lu family and the Kang Qiu family! What did these bitches do for you? What about my brothers? I betrayed Xue Xiang because of you! If this were not the case, even if Yoshi and Yifu failed to live up to their expectations, they would have been demoted for so many years. How could Xue Xiang not get them back?"
Qiu Mengmin sneered and said: "Aren't you forcing me to face other people? If you are more generous and virtuous, do you think I am happy to take care of the affairs of the backyard?! Baozhu is the daughter of my first wife, a girl will treat you What's the threat? Her mother died because she wanted to make way for you! Why do you think I can't help your enemies if you try to torture her
"Then Mrs. Li's death was caused by your mother and son. It happened before I came in. How dare you accuse me?!" Princess Yang laughed angrily, "Besides - you just paid for it, but even Qiu Baozhu... Don’t hide it, I want to be your eldest son and eldest daughter’s mother from the moment we get married. She looks at me with extremely hateful eyes every day, why shouldn’t I punish her?”
"It's meaningless for you and me to talk about this now!" Qiu Mengmin took a breath, took a few steps closer, lowered her voice and shouted, "Tell me honestly, what do you want?!"
Princess Yang glanced at him contemptuously: "How is it? My daughter was murdered, so of course we have to track down the murderer! Not only is she the princess of the palace, but she is also the prospective daughter-in-law of Zhang Guogong! Can we just let it go so easily?!"
"You—" Qiu Mengmin looked at her with a serious look, "Pursuing? Isn't it enough now?!"
At this time, he finally looked at the place where Concubine Bian was lying. It was already dusk, and a few wind lanterns in the corridor could not illuminate clearly. Although the exquisite curves that he loved so much were lying in a pool of blood, they were still there. It was obvious that she was crawling towards the house - but Qiu Mengmin only looked silently for a while, then turned back and asked Princess Yang, "Who else do you want to track down? Me? Do you want to be the concubine directly?"
"Toffee? I can't do it." Princess Yang said calmly, "Do you think I'm stupid? Although the Queen Mother hopes that Jin Zhu's death will make a bigger fuss, the better, so that the whole world will know that she died in a dispute in the backyard of the palace. Kuang Qingwu has nothing to do with it at all! But if the matter is too big—it was just two days ago that Princess Qi forced King Qi to hang on, and the Queen was so busy with it, I would be so happy for her. A chance to muddy the waters?"
She said in an indifferent tone, "So, Jin Zhu's death is only related to the backyard, and the matter must be handled quickly, simply and neatly!"
"What do you think?"
Qiu Mengmin looked at her intently for a moment, then waved his sleeves and said, "People are already dying. Who cares whether they are guilty or not?"
He said these words almost calmly and walked out the door. His calm face a moment ago suddenly distorted: "Vicious woman! I have already done the killing of women with my own hands, so why is it so difficult to kill a husband?! This time If I don’t get rid of my wife, whoever kills me will definitely kill me!”
At the same moment, Princess Yang gently stroked her daughter's cold cheek, squinted at the half-closed courtyard door, and said with a serious expression: "No matter who sent the Wei family, one thing she said is right: Yin Zhi has done it. The prince will definitely inherit this palace? Remember how much you loved Bian? Just a few hours ago, you almost beat Yin Zhi to death because of her crying with Qiu Maozhi, and you didn't even go to see her in person! You are so cruel and heartless, the Yang family was just blind before they promised me to you!"
"So, besides Bian, what use are they? You are still in your prime, pampered and free from illness and disaster. Who knows how long you will live - only being a concubine is the most reliable!"
She lowered her head, rubbed her daughter's face with her cheek, and whispered: "Jinzhu, I'm sorry for you... But compared to your father who is worse than a beast, my mother has devoted all her energy to you. If you There are spirits in heaven who will protect your brother from taking over the palace safely - this is what your father owes you!"
The news that Prince Xihe and his wife had completely broken up and had entered a life-or-death situation could not be concealed from the eyes of those who listened to the news day and night.
"... Qiu Mengmin is the prince after all. Even if he has made mistakes and needs to be investigated, the process cannot be completed in a day or two. The nights are long and there are many dreams, so there is no need to take this risk." In the study, Jiang Yashuang listened to the report. , said politely, "Qiu Yin is young and ignorant, and the Yang family is now in decline..."
The subordinates understood: "This humble position will definitely stop King Xihe from killing Princess Yang and her son!"
"The eldest daughter-in-law is the legitimate daughter of the Ding family. Ding Yiming is a decent person and has great compassion for his own flesh and blood." Jiang Yashuang nodded and then warned, "There is no need to take care of Qiu Ding's husband and son, but if Qiu Ding herself needs to Save, just save me.”
This subordinate didn't know about Xue Chang's alliance with the Jiang family, but he still followed the order.
Jiang Yashuang's move was based on the fact that the Neutral Party would find out some clues afterwards. If they were still needed, unnecessary gaps would be created.
Of course, if you want to keep your favor to the end, Qiu Feng should also protect him. However, considering his brother-in-law's life experience, Jiang Yashuang felt that it was better not to leave a male heir to the Xihe Palace. Otherwise, if Qiu Jinglan restored her identity in the future, it would be easy to be suspected because the Jiang family supported her relatives to seize the title...
This does not need to be smeared by the Queen Mother Party, because there are relatives in the Jiang family who have done this!