When the imperial edict of promotion arrived, Lin was not moved at all.
After seeing off the people from Jiuchen Palace, all the servants in the room were sent out before they could even say a few words of congratulations.
Lin Xiuyi sat alone in the room, staring at the imperial edict in her hand in a daze.
Past events emerged in my mind like a kaleidoscope.
From waiting to be married to entering the palace for selection, she thought she would have to serve the late emperor who was old enough to be her father, but she unexpectedly was chosen by Concubine Chen and was assigned to be the concubine of the third prince Ning Chen.
She came from a small place and had never seen the third prince.
But they are young people after all, and the emperor and Concubine Chen are both good-looking, so they should not be bad.
Later, when he entered the palace, she found the third prince to be indeed handsome and she liked him very much.
The third prince praised her for being as transparent as jade, which was considered a sign of his love for her.
At that time, the palace was harmonious. Although the prince's wife was childless, she was generous and virtuous. The only one who liked to bully others was Concubine Yan, who is now Concubine Shu.
But Yan was not very smart, but she could handle it.
Later, she became pregnant. This was her first child and she was very happy.
But she was also afraid, because Song, who was also a concubine and now Princess Jing, had also been pregnant, but had a miscarriage.
But the Third Prince said he would protect her, and the Princess also said she would take good care of her and visit her often.
When she was six months pregnant, the imperial physician came to take her pulse and told her cryptically that there was an 80% chance that she was carrying a boy.
There are no children in the house yet, let alone boys.
But she didn't tell anyone the news because she was afraid of being assassinated.
But despite all her precautions, she suddenly began to have severe abdominal pain after dinner one night, and within a cup of tea she started bleeding.
That day happened to be the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Third Prince, the Princess, and Concubine Yan all went to the palace for a banquet. There was no one in the palace who could make the decision.
The court doctor came to see her, but still couldn't save the baby. She had a miscarriage at six months old, and the baby was already fully formed. She tried desperately to take a look.
A blood-red mass, that was her child.
By the time the person in charge comes back and investigates further, there will be nothing to find.
However, the imperial physician told her that she had taken abortion drugs.
This must be a frame-up.
It was finally discovered that it was Li, a concubine who lived in the same courtyard with her, who did it out of jealousy.
The princess was furious and wanted to beat Li to death immediately. The third prince was also angry and agreed with the princess's action.
On the day of execution, it was four days after her miscarriage and it was raining heavily outside. She insisted on going to see the execution, but the princess would not let her go out.
The first time she disobeyed, she dressed up as a maid and went to the execution ground.
To this day, she still remembers that Li, who was beaten to death, recognized her and said sorry in a low voice, and the silent lip shape that followed was exactly that of Prince Xiaoxin's wife.
There are so many thoughts in my mind, and at this point they all converge into endless resentment.
Suddenly, the back of my hand felt cold.
Lin Xiuyi lowered her head and realized that she was crying.
Looking at the imperial edict in my hand again, I suddenly wanted to laugh.
It turned out that everyone knew that she was dying.
But she couldn't die in vain, she had to do something.
So, a maid was called in.
"Go to Fengqi Palace and invite the Queen to come. Tell her that I am too ill to get out of bed. I have a few things to tell her about Yang."
The young palace maid was stunned and thought, Yang, isn’t that the biological mother of the deceased second prince
Although I always felt something was strange in my heart, I still went to pass on the message honestly.
In less than half an hour, the queen arrived.
The phoenix carriage stopped outside the palace, but Lin Xiuyi did not come out to greet her. Only her personal maid came to pass on the message that she was too ill to get up.
The queen didn't care about this and went straight into the house.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty. I cannot get up to receive you. Please forgive me."
Lin Xiuyi had her hair disheveled, her face was pale, there were dark circles under her eyes, her lips were bloodless, and her cheeks were slightly sunken due to her thinness.
At this moment, he tried to prop himself up, but failed.
This is indeed the appearance of a dying person.
"You are weak, just lie down. You don't have to worry about these empty formalities." said the queen.
There was a look of great concern on his face, without a single flaw.
Nanny Ding, who came with her, moved the embroidered stool beside her and helped the queen sit down beside the bed.
Lin Xiuyi looked at Ding, seeming to want to say something but hesitated.
The queen understood and said in a gentle voice, "Madame Ding is my wet nurse. She is not an outsider. There is no need to be shy. Just say whatever you want to say."
"Since your majesty has said so, I shouldn't have been so cautious. But this matter is not a trivial matter, and I dare not let too many people know about it." Lin Xiuyi insisted.
Seeing how weak she looked, it was not expected that there would be any big problem. Moreover, the queen thought that the dying person's words were good, so she nodded and agreed.
Let Nanny Ding also retreat to the outer room.
Lin Xiuyi waved her hand, motioning the queen to come closer.
When the two of them got close, Lin Xiuyi's hand, which had been hidden in the quilt, suddenly stabbed at the queen.
In her hand was a pair of scissors.
Lin Xiuyi seemed to be crazy, grabbing the queen's clothes on her chest with one hand and stabbing hard with the other hand.
Unexpectedly, the queen was unable to dodge and was severely stabbed, screaming in pain.
Fortunately, Lin Xiuyi was so sick that she had no strength left, and the stab was not very deep, so the Queen broke free in no time.
When Nanny Ding rushed in after hearing the noise, she saw Lin Xiuyi struggling to get up from the bed, holding a pair of blood-stained scissors like a ghost.
The queen retreated far away, holding the table with one hand and covering the wound on her abdomen with the other, her face pale.
"Ms. Xie, give me back my child's life! I've been disgusted by your hypocritical attitude over the years. You caused me to have a miscarriage, and you didn't even save your child, right? Hahahaha!"
"Do you know why you didn't keep the child? It was because of Zhao. I bribed Zhao's personal maid to add musk to the spices she used every day. You summoned her to Fengqi Palace to check the account books every day. Of course, she had a miscarriage because of the musk she smelled every day."
"Oh, and I also asked that palace maid to instigate Zhao to murder Yang. But if you weren't so stingy and refused to promote Zhao, and if Concubine Su hadn't provoked her with words, how could Zhao be so easily instigated?"
"In the final analysis, it's all your fault. It's you, Xie Huan, who did all this evil! You killed your own child and left yourself isolated and helpless. It's all your fault!"
"Even if I die, you can't live well!"
Lin Xiuyi had obviously gone mad, stabbing everywhere with a pair of scissors in her hand.
Nanny Ding was a middle-aged woman after all, and she didn't dare to move forward when facing the desperate Lin. She could only protect the queen and retreat while calling for help.
But this was Lin Xiuyi's courtyard. Her personal maids, Dongqing and Biyun, had already sent everyone out, so when they came in they were not willing to help.
It was the eunuchs who were carrying the sedan chair brought by the queen who heard the noise and came in, and together they held Lin Xiuyi down.
The queen was injured, and everyone was in a mess. They called the imperial physician and carried the body back to Fengqi Palace.
Nanny Ding ordered people to tie up Lin Xiuyi and take her back together.
Assassinating the queen is a capital crime.