In order to ensure that everything went smoothly, Concubine Dowager spent a huge amount of money this time and sent out all her assassins.
The death squads under King Nan Huai's command were all trained by her. A group of them were sent to the Southern Kingdom, but she still has more than 300 of them on hand. These people are fearless and will do anything to complete the mission.
The action was scheduled for tomorrow night. After she had arranged everything, she returned to the palace and summoned Concubine Yi and the Seventh Prince.
"I feel bored these two days. Please leave the Seventh Prince here to keep me company." The noble concubine said lightly.
Imperial Concubine Yi smiled and said, "If you feel bored, I and Xiao Qi will stay here with you."
"You?" The Imperial Concubine raised her head and said with a fake smile, "The Imperial Concubine has to deal with the affairs of the harem and is very busy. You don't have to stay here to accompany me. Qi'er can stay here."
"That won't do." Imperial Concubine Yi's smile continued to grow, but her fists slightly moved closer. "No matter how busy I am, Imperial Concubine Dowager is still an elder, a mother, and as a daughter-in-law, I should accompany her and take good care of her."
The noble concubine sneered, "Okay, you don't have to stay. I don't want to see you either. I heard that the Night King went to look for you, is that right?"
Concubine Yi nodded, "Yes, the fight started."
"Really?" The Imperial Concubine raised her eyes calmly and stared at her. "Is it a fight or a big show? Only the Imperial Concubine herself can understand this. I only know that since the Night King went to your Yilan Palace, the Imperial Concubine has been very quiet these past two days."
"You are not allowed to doubt my mother!" The Seventh Prince suddenly stood up and glared at the Dowager Concubine coldly.
The noble concubine smiled and waved, "Xiao Qi, come here and tell me, do you want to be the emperor?"
The Seventh Prince said proudly: "Of course I do."
"You have ambition. I tell you, your chance to become emperor is coming soon. As long as you stay by my side, I promise that I will definitely let you ascend the throne and become the emperor."
The Seventh Prince looked up at Concubine Yi, "Mother?"
The noble concubine smiled nonchalantly, "Your mother doesn't have the ability, but I can fulfill your wish."
The Seventh Prince walked over step by step. Imperial Concubine Yi stood up and said coldly, "I cannot leave him here, Imperial Concubine."
The noble concubine took the seventh prince's hand and whispered, "Tell your mother, do you want to stay with me? Do you want to be the emperor?"
Concubine Yi looked at her half-smiling face and felt goosebumps all over her body. Others might not understand, but she knew very well what kind of person Concubine Dowager Gui was. In order to achieve her goal, she would even sacrifice her own son. It was too dangerous for Xiaoqi to stay with her. Moreover, she would definitely take action this time. As long as she succeeded and helped Xiaoqi ascend the throne, then she, as the mother, would be useless and would definitely be eliminated by her.
She pulled the Seventh Prince over and said angrily, "You can't keep him around. I won't let you do that."
The noble concubine patted the seventh prince's hand and said, "You go out first. I have said a few words to your mother. We can't let her ruin our plan, right?"
The Seventh Prince turned around and looked at Concubine Yi angrily, "Mother, what's wrong with you? Don't you want me to be the emperor?"
Concubine Yi was stunned for a moment and subconsciously looked at Concubine Dowager Gui, who was looking at her with a smug look on her face.
Concubine Yi gritted her teeth and said, "Xiao Qi, you go out first."
Seeing his mother’s gloomy face, the Seventh Prince had no choice but to walk out.
Concubine Yi clenched her fists and said to Concubine Tai in a stern voice, "I know what you are up to. This time you want to hold Xiao Qi hostage to threaten me and the emperor. Don't even think about it."
The noble concubine said calmly, "Noble Concubine, why do you have to be so pessimistic? Can't I succeed this time?"
"So what if you succeed? If you help Xiao Qi up, you will definitely kill me." Concubine Yi sneered, "Don't think I don't know what you are up to. You are going all out this time. If you win, I won't get any benefit. If you lose, you will hold the Seventh Prince in your hands. To save your life, I will not allow you to do this."
The sky gradually darkened, and the residual light coming in through the windows could not dispel the darkness in the hall.
The noble concubine took out a flint and lit the candle in the hall. The wind blew in, and the candlelight flickered, illuminating the noble concubine's profile, which was still gloomy.
"Chu Xiaoqiao!" The Imperial Concubine spoke slowly, "I chose you in the beginning, brought you from Xianbei to the Great Zhou, and transformed you from a Qinlou girl into the Imperial Concubine of today's noble rank. Do you think I didn't leave a way out for myself in case you betrayed me?"
Concubine Yi was shocked. "What did you do to me? Did you poison me?"
"No," the noble concubine chuckled, "Don't you think that your prince is more vicious than anyone else?"
Concubine Yi was horrified, "What did you do to him?"
The noble concubine waved her hand, "He is not the emperor's son, he is the son of a bloodthirsty demon. He has his father's cruelty in his bones."
Concubine Yi jumped up in shock, "You're talking nonsense!"
"Nonsense? Do you remember that I went to Ciyun Temple with you two months before you got pregnant? Did you feel groggy during those nights? It was because I drugged you. At night, the Seventh Prince's biological father would come to meet you. Not long after you returned, you became pregnant."
It was true that Concubine Yi was sweating profusely. During those days in Ciyu Temple, she always felt drowsy and went to sleep after eating vegetarian meals. However, no matter how much she slept, she was never enough. During the day, she was so tired that her waist and bones ached. At that time, Concubine Yi said that she was too tired from going up the mountain and caught a cold.
"Why did you do this?" Concubine Yi screamed hysterically. A murderer? Her child was actually the child of a murderer? She thought she was of low birth, but her child had an excellent birth, a prince, a royal family.
"Not only that, since the Seventh Prince was three years old, I have secretly ordered Sun Fang'er to put a curse on him and control his mind. As for why I did this, can't you figure it out? You know that I have too many things to do. If you rebel, won't I be unprotected? Your son is my weapon to deal with you. If you don't obey, I can even control him to kill you." The tone of the Gui Concubine's voice was very light, but to the ears of the Yi Concubine, it sounded like thunder, which frightened her to death.
She prided herself on being smart, and thought that although the noble concubine was vicious and scheming, she had followed her all the way and felt that she had seen through her tricks. However, she did not expect that she had already tied herself up with ropes a long time ago, and she could not escape.
She fell into a chair and shook her head, "You lied to me, you lied to me."
"I lied to you," the noble concubine took off her hairpin and picked up the candle wick. The flame suddenly jumped up, illuminating every fine line on her face. It was extremely clear. Every fine line seemed to contain a sinister chill. "So, you can cooperate with the Night King. The biological father of the Seventh Prince is the training coach of my death warriors. As long as he stands in front of the emperor, the emperor will know whose child the Seventh Prince is."
(End of this chapter)