Involving the Queen Mother was something that Emperor Jing Ming couldn't bear.
An elder who has been reclusive after supporting him in power, will he target a granddaughter in Fuqing
This is completely unreasonable and unacceptable.
But for the Cining Palace, he had some doubts in his heart, so he became more and more annoyed at Concubine Xian's words.
Concubine Xian coughed, leaving bloodstains on the handkerchief, looking at Emperor Jing Ming earnestly and said, "It was the queen who spoke nonsense first, and the concubine had no choice but to ask."
Emperor Jing Ming glanced at the Empress and said coldly, "You still have to involve the Empress at this time, you just don't know how to repent!"
It was a habit for Emperor Jing Ming to maintain the dignity of the empress in front of the concubines, but he also felt that the empress's words were a bit extreme.
Looking at the blood on the handkerchief in Concubine Xian's hand, Emperor Jing Ming said with a sullen face: "Bai Ling and Poison Wine, you can choose the same. I have been with you for many years, and I will reward you with a whole corpse."
Concubine Xian was stunned, trembling on the ground, and said in a low voice, "Concubine... Thank you, the emperor."
She thought that she was terminally ill and her life would not last long. It was worth using this life to help her son take the road of the queen mother, but when death really came, she would still be afraid.
Seeing this, the queen said anxiously, "Your Majesty, no!"
"What?" Emperor Jing Ming looked blankly at the queen.
The Empress bowed her knees to Emperor Jingming and said, "Your Majesty, I still think that Concubine Xian caused Fuqing to have other secrets.
"Then what do you think is hidden?" Emperor Jing Ming asked rhetorically.
The queen was silent for a while.
With her knowledge of the emperor, openly raising her suspicions about the queen mother will definitely be annoyed.
The queen had no choice but to say: "What is the secret, you can only find out if you pry open Concubine Xian's mouth."
Concubine Xian crouched on the ground, staring at the jade brick and sneering.
The house was brightly lit, and the jade bricks reflected the blurry face of Concubine Xian and the corners of her mouth curved upwards.
Pry her mouth open? Queen forgot!
She knew that the queen did not dare to directly express her doubts about the queen mother, so the emperor would be furious.
"Your Majesty, since the old seventh and the concubine broke away from the mother-son relationship, the concubine was confused and hated the queen for a while, but the queen kept saying that there was another secret, saying that the concubine was bewitched by others, which made the concubine puzzled. A concubine is a mortal person. If someone is really bewitched, will I be willing to be a dead ghost and let that person stay out of the way?"
After listening to Concubine Xian's words, Emperor Jing Ming had to say something.
Concubine Xian continued: "The concubine is not a low-level concubine, and she has two princes. Apart from you, the empress and the empress dowager whom the concubine just mentioned, who can confuse me? The concubine has clearly explained the reasons, but the queen has I don't want to believe it... Your Majesty, people who are dying are also good at their words. Even if you hate your concubine and annoy your concubine, please think carefully about the purpose of the queen's words—"
"Enough, how come it's not your turn to be a sinner!" Emperor Jing Ming shouted.
When the queen heard what Concubine Xian said, she was angry and had to admit that the other party's tongue was eloquent.
It was already a disastrous situation, and there was no vitality, but it was still possible to provoke the relationship between the emperor and her, making the emperor resent her.
In this way, if she mentions the queen mother later, the emperor will be more attentive.
The queen was about to speak when Concubine Xian suddenly grabbed the collar of her clothes and coughed violently.
She coughed harder and harder, and big mouthfuls of blood spurted out of her mouth, looking extremely terrifying.
Emperor Jing Ming had never suffered such a shock, he was stunned for a moment and shouted in a hurry: "Emperor's Doctor—"
Concubine Xian deserves to be damned, but watching her cough to death, she still can't stand it.
The Empress was even more anxious than Emperor Jing Ming, and urged her confidant: "Hurry up and pass on the imperial physician!"
Concubine Xian looked at the empress's eagerness, her eyes filled with a smile, but her cough became even worse. Suddenly, a bloody arrow spewed out, and she fell straight down.
When her head hit the cold jade brick, Concubine Xian could no longer feel the pain. When darkness hit, a tear fell down the corner of her eye.
At that moment, many pictures flashed by the revolving lantern in front of her eyes.
There are her mother's expectations for her teaching when she was young, the heartbeat and long-term numbness of seeing the emperor for the first time in the palace, the joy of giving birth to the eldest son, and the struggles and forbearance in her long harem career.
And at this moment, as the blood left the body, everything dissipated, with her unwillingness and regret, as well as a little expectation of the weak spider silk.
Zhang'er, mother can't help you anymore...
When the imperial doctor arrived, he didn't dare to show any panic at what he saw. After examining Concubine Xian, he bowed his head and said, "Report to the emperor, Concubine Xian's nanny has gone."
Emperor Jing Ming stared at Concubine Xian's corpse for a while, and said calmly: "Just drag it on. Ji's murder of the two princesses is a serious crime, and he was demoted to the common people and cannot be buried in the imperial tomb..."
After that, the Empress was relatively speechless and remained silent for a long time.
The candles in the house flickered, and most of them were already lit.
Emperor Jing Ming was the first to break the silence: "If the queen mother asks, you can simply say a few words to save her old man's worries."
The queen lowered her eyes and asked, "Would you like to explain the inside story to the Duke of Anguo?"
"I will arrange this. Call the fourth child into the palace tomorrow, and let him see Ji's last face."
The Empress nodded slightly, looked coldly at Concubine Xian's body being dragged away by two palace servants, pursed her lips and asked Emperor Jing Ming, "The emperor really thinks Concubine Xian... The reason why Ji hurt Fuqing because he hated Lao Qi was recorded in my name. ?"
"Otherwise?" Emperor Jing Ming stared at the Empress, his eyes glowing, "Who is the Empress suspicious of?"
He paused and asked, "The Queen Mother?"
The queen's eyelashes trembled and she wanted to nod her head, but reason finally stopped her.
"Don't dare... But the few times in Fuqing have something to do with the Cining Palace, doesn't the emperor find it strange?"
Emperor Jing Ming's face was a little ugly: "I also think that the Cining Palace is hiding an adulterer, but before the matter is found out, the queen should not be suspicious, lest it will chill the queen mother's heart and make it difficult for me to deal with myself."
The queen endured it, and finally couldn't help but ask: "When does the emperor think it will be possible to find out? Fuqing was victimized again and again, and the fifteenth and fourteenth died in vain one after another. Could it be that the palace is allowed to continue to be haunted?"
"The queen still thinks that Ji's murder of Fuqing has something to do with the Cining Palace?"
The queen said lightly: "I only know that there must be a reason for the groundless wind."
"You—" Emperor Jing Ming was a little embarrassed.
The Empress and Emperor Jing Ming looked at each other without flinching.
"I'll let people keep an eye on them at the Cining Palace, and the Empress should stop thinking about it!" Emperor Jing Ming said, and walked away with a snort.
The queen sat down, slapped the table angrily, and scolded: "Silly filial! Obsessed! Old and confused!"
Just as he was scolding, he saw Emperor Jing Ming turning back.
The queen's voice fell silent.
Emperor Jing Ming listened to half of the Queen's scolding, and for the sake of his face, he said with a dark face, "This is the Hall of Mental Cultivation!"
Obviously it is his territory, why should he go, and the queen will go if he wants to go.
The queen stood up, bowed her knees to Emperor Jing Ming with a stern face, and flung her sleeves away.
Just leave, thinking she rarely stays here