Chapter 32: The Opposition of the Two Houses
Unlike the calm before the storm in the border city, the harem of Nanchu was completely chaotic.
On this day, the king of Southern Chu was accompanying Mrs. Tong, who was recovering from a serious illness, in Jinyang Palace, when someone from the temple suddenly came to report in a panic, saying that Princess Hanzhu suddenly fell into a coma, and when she was found, she had lost her breath.
Mrs. Tong accompanied the king of Southern Chu to Hewei Palace in a hurry, as soon as they entered the palace gate, they heard Mrs. Qi's hysterical cry, the usually arrogant woman, at the moment like crazy, holding the lifeless child, only the cry of collapse.
The little daughter, who was still jumping in front of him yesterday, was lying there coldly at the moment, and the king of Nanchu covered his heart and almost fell to the ground. "What's going on?" He coldly questioned the temple man who was trembling on his knees.
"Kai, King Qiyu, the slave doesn't know what's wrong, the princess was fine just now, suddenly, suddenly that's it"
When the king of Nanchu heard this, he raised his foot and kicked him to the ground: "Waste, what use do you want!" โ
The people of the temple were so frightened that they didn't dare to cry out for pain, so they crawled back on their knees, and desperately kowtowed and begged for mercy.
How could the king of Nanchu care about him at this moment, and asked, "What about the imperial doctor?" Where is the Imperial Doctor? โ
As soon as the words fell, someone immediately crawled out on his knees: "King, the minister is here." โ
"Can you find out the cause of the princess's death?" The king of Nanchu asked.
The imperial doctor was also trembling, kowtowing to the ground: "The minister is useless"
"Rubbish, it's all rubbish!" The king of Nanchu said angrily, raising his foot and kicking people again, but he was so angry that he coughed violently, and the person who coughed straight bowed up.
Seeing this, Mrs. Tong hurriedly helped him smooth his back, looked at the imperial doctor with a pair of soft eyes, frowned and asked, "How can the cause of the princess's death not be found?" โ
The imperial doctor was the one who had diagnosed and treated her before, and when he saw her, his head flashed, and he was frightened and excited: "Wang, the minister knows!" The princess was poisoned by the same poison as Mrs. Tong, but she was too young to bear the poison! โ
Mrs. Tong was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Are you sure?" โ
The king of Nanchu also eased his cough, and his eyes were sharp: "What is the basis for this?" โ
The imperial doctor kowtowed heavily, and did not dare to have a trace of slackness: "The temple person who took care of the princess said that the princess coughed violently, but her whole body trembled and died, but her pulse was normal, only like a cold, and the minister didn't understand it until he just met Mrs. Tong."
In order to verify the statement of the imperial doctor, the king of Nanchu summoned a miracle doctor who healed Mrs. Tong, and he confirmed that the princess really died of the same kind of poison.
"King, you have to be the master of Zhu'er, my poor child" Mrs. Qi cried so much that her eyes were swollen, and she held her daughter and refused to let go.
The king of Nanchu was also sour when he saw it, avoiding his gaze, and he couldn't bear it.
"Wang, it must have been the queen's doing, she didn't hurt her sister enough, she also hurt Zhu'er." Mrs. Qi cried again, looking extremely pitiful.
The King of Nanchu frowned fiercely, and said in a cold voice: "Come on, bring the queen over!" โ
Soon, the queen was brought up, and even if the noble woman was imprisoned, she still had that dignified appearance, but her face was hard to hide pale.
Mrs. Qi is young and beautiful, in the harem, except for Mrs. Tong, she is the most favored by the king of Nanchu, on weekdays, she does not put the queen in her eyes, and at the moment she is regarded as the murderer of her own child, and she hates it even more, and she pounces on her daughter to beat people when she puts her daughter down.
A slap landed on the queen's face, leaving her cheeks swollen high.
Everyone was frightened, and when they saw Mrs. Qi raising her hand to fight, they hurriedly stopped it.
"Let go of me, you dog minions!" Mrs. Qi scolded unabashedly, without the slightest loss of her usual delicate appearance, like a shrew.
The King of Nanchu frowned even tighter, his eyes fell on the proud queen with a swollen face, and he said to Mrs. Qi in a cold voice: "Shut up!" โ
Mrs. Qi was stupid when he drank this, and then she fell down, knelt on the ground and hid her face and cried.
The king of Nanchu had a headache, so he heard Mrs. Tong beside him say softly: "King, your body is important." Turning his head to look, although the people around him were persuading him, his eyes were red, which was more distressing than the person who was crying.
"Alone." The king of Nanchu pulled out a smile at her, touched her face distressedly, and walked up to the queen, and instantly chilled his voice: "But you did it!" โ
The queen looked up at him without fear: "No. โ
"Quibble, this โกโก is exactly the same as you poisoned Mrs. Tong, who else but you!" Mrs. Qi heard her denial and roared fiercely.
In the face of her questioning, the queen raised her chin without changing her color: "Believe it or not." As she spoke, she said to the king of Nanchu: "Also, I have never poisoned Mrs. Tong." โ
The king of Nanchu sneered and asked rhetorically, "โกโก was turned out of your palace, how do you explain it?" โ
"I've never seen that vial." The queen said word by word, and her face was calm.
The King of Nanchu sneered even deeper: "You are still quibbling at this time!" If it weren't for the face of Hai'er and your brother, the widow would have disposed of you a long time ago! โ
The queen shook her head helplessly: "If you don't believe me, it's useless for me to say too much." After speaking, she closed her eyes and looked at the disposal of you.
When the king of Nanchu saw her like this, he gradually hesitated. Just as he was suspicious, a panicked voice came from outside the palace gate.
"King, this maid wants to escape from the palace." The Praetorian Army, who had captured someone, came in.
When the king of Nanchu saw it, he found that it was Cai Wei, the maid beside Mrs. Qi, and his doubts were even heavier.
When Cai Wei saw him, her face turned pale with fright, and she fell to her knees on the ground, as if she was stupid.
Mrs. Qi pounced, grabbed her by the collar and said fiercely, "Run, where are you going to escape?" Didn't I make you look at the princess? How so! โ
Cai Wei also cried, stared blankly at the princess's corpse, and suddenly raised her hand and slapped her face: "Is it a slave, is it a slave who didn't protect the princess, is a slave who didn't take care of โกโก, slave should die!" As he spoke, he pushed Mrs. Qi away and was about to hit the wall.
Fortunately, the people on the side quickly grabbed her and pressed her to the ground, not allowing her to move.
Unable to resist, Cai Wei just cried in pain, constantly shouting that she was useless and that she should die.
Mrs. Qi only cared about sadness and anger, and didn't hear her words clearly, but the king of Southern Chu could hear it clearly. Walking up to Cai Wei step by step, the King of Nanchu looked down at her, his eyes became ice: "You just said that you didn't take care of โกโก?" Who told you to manage โกโก? โ
When Cai Wei heard this, her eyes widened, and she obviously looked like she regretted what she had said, which greatly deepened the suspicion in the heart of the king of Southern Chu.
"Come on, grab Cai Wei and beat her hard until she tells the truth!" The king of Nanchu said fiercely, and soon, the people on both sides pulled Cai Wei down, and the screams and begging for mercy resounded throughout the harem.
"King, dispose of the queen, and make the decision for the concubine!" Mrs. Qi pointed to the queen and said, poor her, she didn't know that she had gone from a victim to a manipulator.
The queen looked at her as if she were a joke, and smiled contemptuously, not wanting to look at her again. retracted his gaze, but his gaze fell into Mrs. Tong's eyes, the person who was as gentle as water, even his eyes were made of water, so clear and clean. However, the queen turned her eyes away, and her mind was pulled away from the loss.
Mrs. Tong retracted her gaze as usual, and stretched out her hand to support the arm of the King of Southern Chu: "King, the child is innocent after all." โ
The heartstrings of the king of Nanchu moved, he reached out to hold Mrs. Tong's hand, smiled gratefully at her thoughtfulness, and ordered left and right: "Good life to bury the princess." After that, he swept Mrs. Qi coldly: "Take care of Mrs. Qi, don't go anywhere!" โ
When Mrs. Qi heard this, she felt that something was wrong, and looked at him blankly: "Wang"
"King, you are also tired, go back to the palace to rest." Mrs. Tong said softly, interrupting Mrs. Qi's words at the right time.
The king of Nanchu nodded, his eyes fell on the queen inadvertently, paused, his brows furrowed, and said coldly: "Send the queen back to the palace." โ
Mrs. Qi still wanted to speak, but the king of Nanchu had already hugged Mrs. Tong out of the palace without looking back.
In less than a day, Cai Wei, who was tortured to confess, finally 'recruited', she admitted that Mrs. Tong's poison was ordered by Mrs. Qi, and the โกโก in the queen's palace was also ordered by Mrs. Qi to secretly release it, just to frame her, killing two birds with one stone. And Princess Hanzhu, according to Cai Wei, she just accidentally ate the โกโก that Cai Wei didn't have time to put away.
Cai Wei entered the palace with her marriage, and she has been by Mrs. Qi's side since she was a child, and her words were irrefutable felonies, which fell heavily on Mrs. Qi, so that she didn't even have the slightest chance to appeal.
As soon as the incident came out, Zhong Honghai and Yu Chenghai immediately activated the connections of the forces around them to put pressure on the king of Southern Chu in the court.
The next day, the queen was wronged, and Qianhua Palace lifted the palace ban. And Mrs. Qi was given poisoned wine on the same day.
Qianhua Palace, as soon as the ban was lifted, Yu Chenghai hurried to visit the queen. "The queen mother, the sons are not filial, and you have been wronged." Yu Chenghai said, his eyes staring directly at the high swelling of her left cheek, eager to cut off the hand of the dead person to deflat. "It's a pity that Mrs. Tong's slut is cheaper!" Yu Chenghai gritted his teeth, thinking of Mrs. Tong, full of hatred.
The queen lowered her eyes and sneered: "She put me to death like this, and she really didn't leave any friendship at all. โ
"Mother, we must not be merciful anymore!" Yu Chenghai said strictly.
The queen raised her eyes, without a trace of emotion in her eyes: "Don't worry, I know what to do." โ
"The queen mother has finally figured it out!"
The queen sighed, pulled him to sit down at the table, and said gently, "Thanks to you." โ
Yu Chenghai hung his head in shame: "It's my cousin's idea." โ
The queen was stunned: "Ziyan, that kid, there is such a city"
"My cousin is smart." Yu Chenghai praised without hesitation.
The queen frowned, knowing in her heart that he and Zhong Ziyan were in love, but she didn't want her to marry such a thoughtful woman, even if the other party was her own niece.
"How did Ziyan make Cai Wei betray Mrs. Qi?" The queen asked, partly out of curiosity and partly deliberately diverting the subject.
Yu Chenghai laughed proudly: "Cai Wei has long been dead. โ
The queen was stunned: "Then put that one to death this morning"
"Our people."
The queen poured him a cup of tea, and poured a cup for herself, and at the end, she said to Yu Chenghai: "She and Mrs. Qi are buried alive." โ