The lights in Ruyi Palace were on all night. Of course, the night belonging to the Queen and Concubine Jin was too short. They had just started talking about Murong Kai's babbling when it was already dawn.
Like Ruyi Palace, the other palace that did not sleep all night was the Dragon Palace. However, in the Dragon Palace, the days felt like years. Just a few hours seemed like a century of agony.
At this time in the Dragon Palace, Concubine Dong was lying on the bed waiting to faint. Murong Jie looked at Concubine Dong eagerly, fearing that if he missed her, Concubine Dong would lose her life. Murong Zheng looked at the person lying on the bed with a tired expression, and there was a lot of mystery in his eyes.
"You should have a good rest first. I have to go to court." When Murong Zheng saw the eunuch bringing him the robes for court, he realized that it was already late. He turned around to prepare to wash up, but heard the charming voice of Concubine Dong behind him: "Your Majesty, please accompany me. I don't want to die without seeing you."
"Don't worry, you won't die." Murong Zheng couldn't help but turn his head and look at Concubine Dong to remind her.
In fact, he had suspected it a long time ago. The incidents of poisoning Murong Kai and Concubine Dong were almost the same, but Murong Kai had been in a coma, while Concubine Dong was awake all night, not to mention that she has no symptoms of poisoning until now.
He was almost certain that both he and Concubine Dong had been fooled by Princess Jiaoyang of Bei'an.
When he thought about the choice he made last night, his heart was filled with deep guilt. The son whom he had tried so hard to ignore now dominated his mind.
"Your Majesty, are you saying that I am fine? Can I really survive? Jie'er, mother is fine, mother is really fine, Your Majesty, Jie'er..."
Concubine Dong was so happy that she danced with joy, but after Murong Zheng turned around, there was no joy on his face.
He himself was a little confused. The woman he loved was unharmed, so he should be happy.
But I just can't be happy.
He didn't know that after he went to court, his beloved concubine, who had been assured countless times by the imperial physician that she was in good health, went to Ruyi Palace again, even ignoring the burns on her face.
When Concubine Dong arrived at Ruyi Palace, the Queen and Concubine Jin had just finished breakfast and Murong Kai was still sleeping. They called him several times but failed to wake him up. His body was still very weak.
Concubine Dong walked into Ruyi Palace with a haughty look. She dressed up specially today to show off her power. A gauze scarf as thin as a cicada's wing covered the burned half of her face, and the other half was finely painted with rouge and powder, as beautiful as a flower blooming on a branch. The jewelry on her head and hands was all exquisite and gorgeous, shining in the morning light, like a moving jewelry rack.
"The Queen and Concubine Jin must be very disappointed to see me. I'm sorry that I didn't die as you wished. It was the Emperor who saved me, and he paid a heavy price for it."
Of course Concubine Dong knew that she was not poisoned, but that did not stop her from lying to provoke her love rival. Although she was not very smart, she understood that the emperor's deep love for her was something that the queen could never ask for.
"The emperor said that after experiencing a life-and-death situation, he understood who was the most important person in his heart. So, please be polite to me in the future, Queen Sister. Otherwise, the emperor will feel distressed, and then it will be you, Queen Sister, who will feel distressed, right?"
Concubine Dong spoke with a smile and looked understanding, but in fact she was taking advantage of the Queen's weaknesses and stepping on them bit by bit.
The queen looked very bad. She tried to calm herself down and looked at Concubine Dong with a smile. Just as she was about to speak, she heard a familiar female voice: "Queen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, your harem really needs to be cleaned up. There are dogs barking so early in the morning. You are the mother of a country. It is not good for you to be bitten."
She clearly said the words that mocked Concubine Dong Guifei. After she finished speaking, she looked at Concubine Dong Guifei as if to seek her opinion and asked her, "Concubine Dong Guifei, am I right?"
(End of this chapter)