April of the second year of the reign of the Emperor (675 years of the park). The battle in the forest has just ended, and something is wrong in the palace again.

It has been half a month since Ming Chongyan left Chang'an to find Tang Ying, Wu Mei waited more and more anxiously day by day, and did not go to the study every day after going to the court, but just took the most important piece back to the dormitory. If he didn't come back, he would have slept alone.

Before dawn, she put on her court clothes and prepared to go to the court, when she heard a eunuch shouting and breaking in. Frowning and about to reprimand him for not following the rules, he saw the eunuch kneeling on the ground with a thud and shouting in a voice similar to wailing: "Hey, the queen of heaven!" Too, the prince is seriously ill! I'm afraid ......"

She was stunned for a moment, then grabbed his collar and asked, "What did you say?" Prince? ”

If the emperor was critically ill, she might not be too alarmed, but the prince was only twenty-five years old, and he came to ask for peace the day before, so why can't he do it today?

She hurried to the East Palace in a chariot, and saw that Li Xian, the king of Yong, also arrived in a hurry, he had been assisting the prince recently, and usually arrived at the East Palace very early.

"The child sees the queen mother!" He eagerly followed the car.

"Excuse me. Xian'er, why did your brother get sick all of a sudden? Wu Mei didn't like him very much in the past, and the two of them didn't have anything to say. Today is different from the past, for the sake of their common relatives, the estrangement has naturally dissolved.

Her eyes were full of worry, her voice was also not as calm as her own, and Li Xian was even more anxious and sweating, "Erchen doesn't understand either." It was fine at dinner last night. My brother personally sent me out of the palace gate! ”

The two said that they had arrived at the gate of the East Palace, Li Xian hurriedly stepped forward to help Wu Mei and took a step, and as soon as the two stepped through the door, they saw the head of the imperial doctor running out of it in a hurry, and saw Wu Mei also kneeling on the ground in a panic.

When Wu Mei saw this mourning face, she pushed him away, and stumbled inside with Li Xian's support. As soon as I entered, I saw the imperial doctors kneeling down one after another, and Wu Mei's tears had already begun to roll.

On the bed lay the black-faced Prince Hong, his young and handsome face no longer had a trace of life.

Wu Mei burst into tears, she leaned on the head of the bed and called softly, "Hong'er, it's my mother who is here." You, you open your eyes and look at me. ”

Although Li Hong's eyelids couldn't be opened, his eyeballs still moved faintly, his black and purple lips opened a slit, and he said for a long, long time: "Queen Mother...... The child has let you down. This sentence of self-reproach is his last sentence in the world.

Wu Mei was stunned, she never expected her son to open his mouth to apologize, if it is normal to say an ordinary "it hurts" or "miss you", right?

"Hong'er, Hong'er!" Wu Mei couldn't help crying, but the young prince left the world forever. He was polite, deferential and gentle, and although he was not a man of statecraft, he was always her favorite son. But his last sentence pierced her heart like a sharp knife, as if to blame her for not giving him a little freedom, and he lived to satisfy her. Although, as it is.

Raising his teary eyes, Li Zhi had already arrived, standing two steps away from the bed, shaking his lips and silently dripping tears, his fists clenched tightly.

"Father!" Li Xian knelt at his feet and hugged his legs, his hands trembling and stroking his head, so gentle and regretful, why did he look at her with resentment? It's as if her son was killed by her.

Although everyone was immersed in grief, she couldn't just ignore it! The grievances and anger in her heart broke out intertwined, and she shouted, "Imperial Doctor, what the hell is going on? ”

A leader ran over and knelt down, and said in a trembling voice: "Queen of heaven, the prince...... It's like being poisoned. ”

"Poisonous?" Wu Mei stood up in shock, "How is this possible!" Who's in charge of the imperial dining room, call me! And ......"

"That's it!" Li Zhi suddenly roared angrily, startling everyone. Wu Mei's eyes widened and she looked at him puzzled, "Your Majesty? ”

Li Zhi slowly walked to the edge of the bed and sat down. While stroking Li Hong's face, he waved his hand weakly, "You go out and ask questions." Let me and Hong'er wait for a while......"

Wu Mei felt very aggrieved and wanted to say something, but saw his cold glance, "Mei Niang." It's not the first time that the palace has been poisoned...... Check it up, is it useful? ”

Although this sentence was soft, it was like five thunderbolts to Wu Mei. Helan Minyue was talking about Helan Minyue being poisoned! She immediately understood what he meant. Why did he say this at this time? Is it suspected that she poisoned her favorite son?

But she didn't have the words to refute, so she could only hide her hands in her sleeves and clench them tightly, trying her best to pretend to be calm, and led the room full of eunuchs and eunuchs out of the house.

The moment she stepped out of the door, she turned around and saw Li Zhi sitting at the head of the bed, holding Li Hong's head in her arms. Li Xian knelt at the foot of the bed and took his hand. Although it is such a bleak picture, it is full of affection. And as a mother, she should have been the most sad character in the center of the picture, but at this moment, she was expelled from the door by them.

She closed her eyes for a moment and told herself that she was not a woman, not a mother, but the queen of the world. The son's death in vain is up to her to catch the real culprit!

However, Rich's prophecy was not wrong.

From food to poison, from eunuchs to palace maids, there are too many opportunities and reasons to be poisoned. In total, hundreds of people were involved, and it was impossible to determine which kind of poison belonged to them, so it was impossible to easily cure anyone's sin.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, due to Li Zhi's great love for this son, he posthumously sealed the title of filial piety to the emperor, and the burial specifications were naturally different from those of ordinary princes. But in Wu Mei's opinion, any posthumous honor is useless, and she will lose him forever.

A few days later, Ming Chongyan came back, dusty and haggard. As soon as he came back, Wu Mei couldn't hold back, as if the grievances and fragility could only be let go in front of him, crying and talking for most of the night.

Ming Chongyan pretended to comfort Wu Mei with some self-blame. He thinks that if he is around, the poison should not be incurable. But it's too late to say anything now.

When the mood was comfortable, Wu Mei asked him to discuss the establishment of a new prince, and the old ministers in the court wrote every day to urge him. Ming Chongyan listened and said unhurriedly: "Among these princes, it seems that only Li Xian, the king of Yong, is the most suitable. ”

Wu Mei agreed, "Indeed, Xian'er's virtue and ability are much stronger than others. ”

"The ability is there for all to see. But virtue ......" Ming Chongyan glanced at Wu Mei meaningfully and stopped talking.

Wu Mei was puzzled, "What?" What are the concerns? ”

He shook his head and deliberately made Wu Mei anxious, so he seemed to mention it inadvertently, "It's nothing, it's just that I remembered the matter of Prince Zihong again." I don't know who he saw the last thing before he was poisoned......"

Wu Mei heard his voice, but didn't speak for a while. Ming Chongyan turned around silently, and the whole person fell into the shadows, looking extremely ruthless.

Get rid of two princes at once, why not? Hum......