229 Death & Dethronement
Five days have passed since the emperor left, and Fengyuan Palace has become more and more cold and lonely. Empress Xin became ill with worries, and her condition not only did not improve, but became more and more serious. The palace maids were panicked and wanted to report to the emperor, but they couldn't even get out of Fengyuan Palace, and they were stopped by the guards with knives at the door.
On this day, Empress Xin leaned weakly on the cushion, and her face was almost transparent. In just a few days, she has lost a lot of weight. Queen Xin's body shape is already thin, but it looks good, but now that she has lost weight, she has a feeling of being in shape.
Her eyes were quite large, but there was already a faint dark shadow under her eyes. Perhaps it was because the crying that day had consumed too much of her mind, and her body became weaker and weaker, and she could barely even raise her hand.
The palace maids felt very ominous, but they were trapped in this Fengyuan Palace, and they couldn't deliver a message to the outside. Not only can't the news be delivered, but there is no news to come in, how can people be reassured?
The palace maid walked to the bed with the medicine bowl and carefully fed it into Queen Xin's mouth. Seeing that a bowl of medicine was quickly bottomed out, I didn't know who was shouting outside: "Oh no, Your Majesty is going to abolish the queen mother!" ”
When the palace maid heard this, her hand shook, and the medicine bowl slipped from her hand, and the remaining medicinal juice splashed on Queen Xin's snow-white undershirt, staining the brown marks. The palace maid subconsciously looked at Queen Xin, only to see that Queen Xin's originally pale face could no longer see even a trace of blood at this time.
Large tears rolled down, and Empress Xin said distractedly: "Impossible...... No way...... He promised me ...... He wouldn't do that to me...... ...... vomit"
The bitter medicine I had just drunk was spit out, and after the juice was vomited, it was sour and unpleasant stomach acid.
Empress Xin vomited violently. It's as if you have to vomit everything in your stomach before you stop. The palace maid looked at her worriedly, and suddenly saw her. She saw a dark red in her eyes.
Is that......
The palace maid's face was full of horror, and she didn't care about the sourness. Hurriedly rushed over to help Queen Xin, and after a closer look, sure enough, Queen Xin was vomiting blood! The blood was dark red and ominous.
While Empress Xin vomited blood, her body trembled violently, and her beautiful face gradually became distorted, as if she was suppressing the intense pain. The more the palace maid looked at it, the more worried she became, Queen Xin's appearance was ...... Even......
The palace maid hurriedly shouted outside: "Come on! The queen mother vomited blood! Her voice was very poignant. Pierced through the lonely and bleak Fengyuan Palace, and spread far away.
A palace maid and a palace attendant ran in to take a look, and ran out in horror. They ran to the palace gate of Fengyuan Palace, and said anxiously: "Hurry up and ask the imperial doctor and Your Majesty to come over, the queen mother vomited blood!" ”
The person in charge of guarding Fengyuan Palace was a young general, his face changed when he heard this, and he immediately said: "You go back and take care of Niangniang, I will send someone to ask for the imperial doctor, and personally invite Your Majesty to come over." ”
The palace attendant thanked him gratefully. Seeing that he really sent someone to ask for a doctor, and turned to leave, he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He didn't know that the young general's face had changed the moment he turned around. The panic on his face vanished, and instead a triumphant smile appeared on his lips.
By the time the imperial physician and the emperor came to Fengyuan Palace, Empress Xin was already curled up and out of breath. The whole room was sour with a fishy sweet smell. It smells weird and unpredictable.
The Emperor was clearly stunned, and he looked at Empress Xin curled up on the bed in disbelief. The bed was already a mess. Without any disgust, he walked over and hugged Empress Xin in his arms, holding Empress Xin's thin and thin body. Only then did he realize that Queen Xin was already so thin.
My heart seemed to be grasped by something, and it hurt uncomfortably. The emperor felt that his eyes were sour and his throat was a little uncomfortable, but as the emperor, he did not allow himself to lose his temper in front of the palace people.
He hugged for a while and then stood up, watching the palace people clean up this place with his own eyes, and then said expressionlessly: "Tell the world, just say that the queen is dead, and in addition, invite the prince." ”
At the same time, on the National Teacher's Mansion, Bai Yujing looked at the hourglass not far away, his eyes were blank and profound, but he became firm in the next moment.
At this moment, he didn't know if he could get everything he wanted, he only knew that the plan had already begun, and he couldn't hold back.
The Prince's East Palace was a different scene, An Donghua, who was practicing calligraphy, suddenly panicked, and his hand holding the pen shook slightly, leaving an ugly ink on the paper.
He stared at the ink blot, and his heart became more and more uneasy.
At this moment, he saw an acquaintance, who was the emperor's personal eunuch named Li Lingyu. As soon as Li Lingyu came in, he looked at him with a look of pity. An Donghua's heart jumped, and he asked in a dry voice: "Gonggong Li came here in person, but my father is willing to see me." ”
Li Lingyu said quietly: "Just now, the queen died, and Her Royal Highness changed her clothes, so go with the slave." ”
"What...... What's ......" An Donghua's voice was extremely dry, he looked at Li Lingyu in disbelief, and his eyes were panic and uneasiness that he hadn't noticed himself, "You...... What did you say? ”
Li Lingyu said what he just said again, and added: "Niangniang has already left, Your Highness must take care of your body, and mourn and change." ”
Antonhua shook his body, his sleeve brushed the pen holder on the bookcase, and accidentally knocked over the vase next to him, making a messy crisp sound.
Then he seemed to suddenly come back to his senses, and looked at Li Lingyu fixedly, trying to determine whether Li Lingyu was lying. Li Lingyu's gaze did not dodge, An Donghua saw a kind of determination and pity in his gaze, and his heart instantly became empty.
The uneasiness in my heart because of the accident in the Xin family turned into deep sadness at this time. His eyes were instantly red, and his eyes were covered with mist. The next moment, he blew up and blinked to suppress his tears, then quickly changed into plain clothes and followed Li Lingyu to Fengyuan Palace.
Empress Xin died too suddenly, and the filial piety clothes began to be made, and An Donghua could only wear plain clothes.
Along the way, Antonhua thought a lot. The last time in the Wutu Mountain Iron Mine, he noticed the emperor's wariness of him, and later acted more cautiously, for fear of attracting the emperor's taboo. It was also after that time that he grew up rapidly.
However, in less than two years, although he has grown a lot, it is far from enough. He was afraid of the opportunity to recruit the emperor and did not dare to develop his own power. After the Xin family's accident, he was powerless, and even if he wanted to find out some news, his ability was limited.
He regretted it so much that he went to intercede with the emperor but refused to even look at him, and even put him under house arrest in the East Palace! It was only at this time that he completely understood how ruthless this father, whom he had always loved, was to deal with his son!
What made him even more unbearable was that Empress Xin was sick, but the emperor did not allow him to see Empress Xin. The anger in his heart had become manic, and he was afraid that he would cause trouble, so he had to meditate by practicing calligraphy.
Unexpectedly, in just a few days, his queen mother died!
This time it was clear that someone was targeting the Xin family, and Queen Xin died so suddenly, if you want to say that there is no cat in it, he won't believe it!
Antonhua was angry, what the hell was the emperor doing? He didn't believe that someone could quietly poison Empress Xin under the emperor's nose, so could it be that the emperor deliberately connived?
Seeing that the majestic Fengyuan Palace was in front of him, An Donghua didn't dare to think about it anymore, but his heart couldn't help but get colder and colder. Entering Fengyuan Palace like a puppet, he looked at the man sitting on the edge of the bed, and couldn't help but think in his heart - is this man really the father who loves him?
Otherwise, how could he watch Empress Xin being killed?
At this moment, the emperor turned his head, glanced at him lightly, and then said, "Since you are here, come and see your queen mother." ”
Antonhua replied respectfully, his fist hidden in his sleeve robe already clenched, and his well-trimmed nails clenched his palms tightly. Only in this way can he suppress the anger and resentment in his heart and not show it in front of the emperor.
He knew that he couldn't offend the emperor anymore, otherwise it would have a very bad impact on the Xin family and Empress Xin. And himself, he has to work hard to survive, find out who is behind the scenes, and take revenge one by one!
Antonhua walked over quickly, kneeling heavily on the ground. He looked at Queen Xin's pale and restless sleeping face on the bed, and his tears could no longer be suppressed, and tears poured out.
The emperor sat on a plate, faintly watching him lying on the edge of the bed choking, his heart softened, and he couldn't help but sigh - he was still a child after all.
Because of Empress Xin's death, the trial of the Xin family was temporarily delayed. Although it was buried with the queen's ceremony, the funeral was not grand. After all, at this time, such a big thing happened to the Xin family, and the emperor had to give an explanation to the people of the world. Even if he doesn't want to, he can only try to keep a low profile.
Not long after the queen was buried, the verdict of the Xin family came down. Xin Zhan, whose whereabouts are unknown, is wanted by the whole country, the remaining Xin family, and men over the age of 16 are all executed, and the remaining old and weak women and children are exiled to Yazhou.
Not long after the verdict came down, it was rumored that the crown prince Anton Hua was drunk and beat people, and it was not someone else, but the second prince Anton Li. The matter was impeached by the officials, who demanded that Prince Anton-hwa be deposed.
After a night of meditation in the Empress's Palace, the Emperor finally allowed the play. Anton Hua has only been the eldest prince since then.
The matter was obviously not over, and it didn't take long for another minister to ask for the throne, but the emperor was furious and directly killed the cane. He recommended a very favored palace concubine in the harem, and this palace concubine did not end well, and was directly imprisoned in the cold palace, and even her family was implicated.
Only then did the civil and military officials understand that the emperor was holding back the fire in his belly, and for a long time after that, no one dared to mention the matter of the future and touch the emperor's mold.
With the mournful roar of the souls, the masterminds behind the scenes are celebrating each other. (To be continued......)