northernbook Chapter 379 Lawless Yonghuang 14
Chapter 379 Lawless Yonghuang 14
Yongshou Palace was the first to receive the news of the emperor's assassination.
When Concubine Xi heard the news, her body stiffened and her hand holding the account book suddenly tightened. After a while, after seeing that Concubine Xi had calmed down, Cui Jinxi told her another bad news.
The person who assassinated the emperor was Concubine Ning!
Imperial Concubine Xi's breathing stagnated, and she looked at Cui Jinxi in shock, asking, "How could Concubine Ning be so unable to bear it that she actually tried to assassinate the emperor?"
Cui Jinxi stepped forward to support the emotional Concubine Xi and said softly, "Don't be angry, Your Majesty. I think there is something else going on. You should go to Chunxi Palace first. I heard that the emperor fainted, and Eunuch Su couldn't carry the emperor back, so he placed the emperor in Chunxi Palace. Concubine Ning... has been taken to the Ministry of Punishment."
After hearing what Cui Jinxi said, Concubine Xi's curiosity about the matter reached its peak. She wondered if Ye Lan'yi had done something that was discovered by the emperor, so Ye Lan'yi took the radical approach and assassinated the emperor.
When they arrived at Chunxi Palace, the imperial physician was already treating the emperor.
After learning from the imperial physician that the emperor fainted due to shock, and that the external injuries were not serious and he would be fine after a few days of rest, Concubine Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
As for what the imperial physician said later, that the emperor could live a few more years if he took a good rest, he simply ignored it.
She just wanted to know that the emperor was still alive.
Now that the Fourth Prince's position as crown prince is set in stone, if something unexpected happens to the Emperor, the Fourth Prince's path to the throne will not be smooth.
As for what had upset the emperor, Concubine Xi looked at Cui Jinxi and Su Peisheng who were waiting at the door.
After Concubine Xi entered the palace, Cui Jinxi pulled Su Peisheng aside to find out what happened.
Su Peisheng knew that Concubine Ning secretly poisoned the emperor, and he also vaguely sensed that there was a transaction between Concubine Xi and Concubine Ning. He didn't know whether the emperor would trace the matter to Concubine Xi after Concubine Ning was exposed.
Now he is already on Concubine Xi's boat, and Cui Jinxi is still Concubine Xi's person, so he doesn't want anything to happen to Cui Jinxi.
In response to Cui Jinxi's question, Su Peisheng only said, "The emperor saw the cinnabar in Concubine Ning's room."
When Cui Jinxi heard the word "cinnabar", her heart skipped a beat and she knew something was wrong. She said a few words to Su Peisheng and then went into the palace and returned to Concubine Xi's side.
Because the imperial physician was still nearby, Cui Jinxi had no chance to speak to Concubine Xi. She waited until the imperial physician left. When she was the only one left in the palace, Cui Jinxi told Concubine Xi the news she had learned from Su Peisheng.
When Concubine Xi heard that the Emperor had discovered that Concubine Ning had poisoned the emperor, she immediately knew why Concubine Ning had attempted to assassinate the emperor.
Concubine Ning was afraid that she had reached her desperate situation and wanted to take the emperor with her before she died.
Unexpectedly, the emperor was lucky enough to escape the disaster, but Concubine Ning...
Concubine Xi sighed, Ye Lanyi, the useful dragon-slaying tool, was now useless.
She exchanged a glance with Cui Jinxi and said, "Some things still need to be carefully planned. As for Concubine Ning... let's make good arrangements for her."
"Yes." Cui Jinxi knew that Concubine Xi meant for her to arrange for someone to bury Concubine Ning's body privately.
After taking care of the emperor in Chunxi Palace for more than an hour, the emperor finally woke up slowly.
When the emperor woke up and saw that the person serving him by the bed was Concubine Xi, his heart warmed and he reached out and held Concubine Xi's hand.
He looked at Concubine Xi tenderly, and said in a weak voice, "I feel more at ease with you by my side."
In response, Concubine Xi simply smiled gently at the emperor and whispered to him to take care of his health.
The emperor was expecting Concubine Xi's perfunctory attitude, and he felt a little disappointed.
When the emperor woke up and felt better, he had people carry him back to the Yangxin Palace to rest.
Within a day, Ningpin was carried out of the Ministry of Punishment in a bloody mess. Ningpin confessed to poisoning the emperor. The emperor had Ningpin executed directly and her body was thrown into a mass grave.
At the same time, the emperor began to go back and forth to Yongshou Palace, and batches of rewards were sent to Yongshou Palace like water. For a time, everyone in the palace felt that Concubine Xi's favor had increased even more.
The Fourth Prince received even more attention in the previous dynasty.
Yonghuang also felt how "delicious" Prince Bao's Mansion was in the eyes of all the nobles.
The people who came one after another to curry favor with Prince Bao made Fucha Langya and Hongli both happy and tired.
Finally, at Fucha Langya's suggestion, Prince Bao's mansion closed its doors to visitors.
This allowed Fu Cha Langya to regain the energy to deal with the affairs in the backyard of the palace.
Her first concern was about the current situation of her two children and Yonghuang. When she saw the children getting along well with each other, Fucha Langya nodded with satisfaction, and then began to care about the daily lives of the women in the backyard.
Qingying, the concubine, was confined to her house, sitting by the window every day, feeling sad about the passing of time. Fucha Langya felt that Qingying did not look like she had any problems, so she quickly asked a few questions and then kept her eyes on Gao Xiyue.
Gao Xiyue is Fu Cha Langya's person. Whenever she is free, she will go to the main courtyard to chat with Fu Cha Langya to relieve her boredom. When Fu Cha Langya is busy, she will help take care of Yonghuang and the others.
Therefore, Fu Cha Langya knew everything about Gao Xiyue.
With the help of the puppet talisman, Yonghuang asked Fucha Langya to take out the Linglingxiang from the bracelets that Gao Xiyue and Qingying wore every day.
As long as Yonghuang is around, Qingying will never be able to have a child in her life.
Gao Xiyue is on Fucha Langya's side. Given Gao Xiyue's physical condition, it is hard to say whether she can have children. There is really no need to be on guard.
The next thing is to care about Su Gege and Su Lujun.
Su Lujun has been pregnant for more than two months. Su Lujun is also sensible. After knowing that she was pregnant, she told Fucha Langya as soon as possible. Fucha Langya and Hongli were both satisfied with Su Lujun's sensibleness, so they treated Su Lujun as a concubine.
Not long after, good news came from the previous dynasty about Gao Bin's effective flood control. After Fu Cha Lang Ya and Lao Hu had a long talk, Hong Li went to the palace to ask for the position of concubine for Gao Xi Yue.
After Gao Xiyue became a concubine, her momentum tended to surpass Qingying. Hongli felt that it was not a good thing that Qingying's maternal family was not helpful. In addition, Qingying, the concubine, was his "true love", and he did not want others to laugh at Qingying. When he went to court again, he asked Qingying's father Narbu for a job.
After Qingying knew about this, the depression she had been feeling for the past few days disappeared immediately. Her heart felt like it was filled with honey, and she was looking forward to Hongli coming to her yard.
Hongli only has that "wall-and-horse" friendship for Qingying now, and he doesn't really love Qingying. The reason he went to the emperor to ask for Qingying's hand in marriage was that he didn't want to give up the power of the harem in the hands of the Queen of Jingren Palace.
He was still wary of his adoptive mother, Concubine Xi. He was aware of Concubine Xi's ambition and did not want his harem to be controlled by Concubine Xi after he became emperor.