Chapter 287: Death
The eldest prince is the only heir under the knee of the emperor today, the emperor has been on the throne for more than six years, but only the imperial concubine gave birth to the eldest prince, and the concubines in the palace have not been born for more than three years after the eldest prince. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although it was not explicitly stated, in fact, many ministers, including the emperor and the queen mother, had already tacitly agreed in their hearts that the eldest prince was the future crown prince, and the eldest prince already had a transcendent status and supreme favor in the palace.
Although there are also queens and a noble person in the palace who are pregnant with dragon heirs, compared to the dragon fetus in their wombs, who are not yet known to be male and female, the four-year-old and smart prince is naturally more valued and loved by the queen mother and the emperor.
The eldest prince took the palace maid to play in the imperial garden, but for no reason he fell off the rockery, hit his head on the rockery, unconscious, all the imperial doctors in the palace consulted, but no one dared to say when the eldest prince would wake up, only that the situation was not good.
The emperor was furious about this, and attacked a few imperial doctors, if there was still a trace of reason and needed to keep the imperial doctors for the treatment of the prince, he couldn't wait to retreat all these incompetent imperial doctors to the palace gate and cut off their heads.
The eldest prince's biological mother, the imperial concubine, stayed in front of the bed and cried into tears, expecting the eldest prince to open his eyes and call him a mother again.
The imperial concubine, who is arrogant in the palace on weekdays, does not look half arrogant at the moment, her eyes are swollen from crying, and the whole person is also haggard.
The queen mother has also been guarding by her side, she has been looking forward to the emperor being able to have more children and more blessings, but for so many years, there is only one child in the palace, the eldest prince has only one child, she looks like an eyeball on weekdays, and now she sees lying on the bed. A pale and angry baby grandson. The queen mother gritted all her silver teeth, and ordered to accompany the eldest prince to play. didn't take care of the palace maids of the eldest prince, and the attendants were all dragged out and killed.
For a while, the whole palace was panicked, and the palace people didn't even dare to take a breath when they went in and out, for fear that if they breathed heavily, the queen mother would be unhappy and would be dragged out and cut.
At this time, Sun Zhong returned to the palace to resume his life, and when he saw the situation in the palace, he knew that things were not good, out of instinctive choice and understanding of the queen mother's temper. She first concealed what happened in King An's Mansion.
Wait until the second day, when the queen mother's mood calmed down a little, he carefully told what happened in King An's mansion, the queen mother was angry at this time, Sun Zhong did not dare to directly say that King An refused to accept the decree, only said that Princess An was pregnant, and she vomited before she finished announcing the holy decree, and the decree was interrupted, and she had to redraft the decree again.
didn't dare to say that he accidentally let the holy decree fall into Princess An's vomit, but fortunately, the holy decree was dated. As long as the decree is re-proclaimed, it must be redrafted.
The Queen Mother was in a bad mood, and when she heard Sun Zhong say that things were not going well, she was naturally even more unhappy. reprimanded Sun Zhong a few words, but he didn't get angry, and was about to tell Sun Zhong to go to the emperor to draft an edict. Then a chamberlain came to report that the eldest prince's condition had worsened, and she suddenly forgot what had come to her lips. Got up and walked out quickly.
The eldest prince has been unconscious, and his breath is like a gossamer. Just now, even his breathing and pulse were a little weaker, if he hadn't poured ginseng soup in time, it would have been too bad.
The imperial concubine had already fainted from crying several times.
When the queen mother saw it, she ordered to find out the best medicinal materials and ginseng in the palace and give them to the eldest prince.
The imperial doctors looked at each other and sighed in their hearts.
Knowing the importance of the eldest prince, although they knew that the situation of the eldest prince was not good, none of them had the courage to say the words of preparing for the future.
can only come up with all the tricks to hang the life of the eldest prince first.
The eldest prince was in a coma for more than half a month, and in the blink of an eye, it was the middle of June, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the whole prince who was lying on the bed and relying on ginseng to hang himself quickly became thin and weak at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Even if the imperial doctors don't say it, the emperor and the queen mother are also prepared in their hearts, knowing that the eldest prince is estimated to be unable to wake up, although they are sad and sad, but the children in the wombs of the queen and Xin Guiren are still there, and they can only pin their hopes on the two of them.
Only the imperial concubine still refuses to give up, guarding in front of the eldest prince day by day, and the discerning people can see that the brilliance in her eyes is getting darker and darker day by day.
Finally one day, she knelt in front of the emperor and begged the emperor to make a thorough investigation of the accident of the eldest prince's fall that day," ....... The people around him are all serving around him, all of them are safe people personally selected by the concubines, no one will encourage him to go up the rockery, and if he goes up, the people who serve will also follow him, why did he fall down so carelessly? Someone must have deliberately murdered the eldest prince, please ask the emperor to be the emperor's master, don't ...... Let him.... Can't close your eyes. ”
The last sentence was uttered by the imperial concubine almost word by word, as if every word had exhausted the strength of her whole body, and after saying this, she shuddered and burst into tears.
The emperor closed his eyes tightly, barely suppressed the sourness and pain brought out by the last sentence of the imperial concubine, and helped the imperial concubine up, but did not speak immediately.
Examine? He is not a fool, he has been immersed in the palace for many years, and he has the experience of winning the heir in his previous life, so he naturally keenly feels that the eldest prince's fall and injury is not an accident.
But how do you check it? A hint of complexity flashed in the emperor's eyes, if you dare to murder the eldest prince, you have to have a motive, the eldest prince is his only heir, and those who dare to make a move are naturally people with chips in their hands.
The ones who have bargaining chips in the palace now are none other than the queen and Xin Guiren, the two women who are now pregnant with the dragon heir.
The emperor sighed silently in his heart, no matter who these two people were, he couldn't move now, because they might have the future heir of Da Liang in their stomachs.
He clenched the imperial concubine's hand, "Ai Concubine, I will definitely make the decision for our children, and I will definitely find out if I find out, but the people who served with the eldest prince that day were all killed with a cane, and now I am afraid that I will not be able to ask any clues for a while." ”
"Then go and ask the people in the entire palace, the imperial garden is so big, there must be other palace people that day, I don't believe that no one saw it." The imperial concubine's eyes widened, and she excitedly took the emperor's hand and blurted out.
The emperor keenly noticed that the queen sitting opposite raised her eyebrows, and there was no expression, but a trace of panic quickly flashed in Xin Guiren's eyes, and she moved her body in the chair uneasily.
She was pregnant more than a month earlier than the queen, and now it has been almost five months, her stomach is buckled on her belly like a watermelon, Xin Guiren subconsciously touched her belly, and the throbbing in her stomach made her heart feel a lot more stable.
The doctor said that her baby must be a boy.
Xin Guiren thought about it, and his confidence was two points higher.
The emperor retracted his gaze and continued to comfort the imperial concubine, "Ai concubine, don't worry, just do as you say, and let the queen personally investigate this matter." ”
The queen has always listened to him, as long as he hints a little, he can naturally understand what she means, no matter who it is, if he harms the eldest prince, he will always have to pay the price, even if he can't move now, he will be punished in the future.
A cluster of sparks flashed in the imperial concubine's eyes, and then quickly annihilated, and she staggered to the front of the eldest prince's bed, looking at her already thin son, her eyes flashed with hatred.
No matter who harmed her son, she wouldn't let her have a good time.
After all, the eldest prince still couldn't get through, and at the end of June, he lost his breath, and the imperial concubine was stupid, holding the eldest prince without eating or drinking, and in the end the emperor couldn't stand it, and forcibly knocked the imperial concubine unconscious, and the eldest prince was restrained.
The imperial concubine who woke up again was very silent, not crying or making trouble, her face was expressionless, but every time she saw the queen's Xinguiren's bulging belly, her eyes changed slightly, and the light in her eyes was unclear.
In the end, the eldest prince is the candidate for the prince that everyone once recognized in their hearts, he died at a young age, and the ministers sighed in their hearts, and at the same time they were worried about the emperor's lack of children, and some ministers were even planning to let the emperor hold a draft as soon as possible, enrich the harem, and spread out for the royal family.
The entire court, including the palace, was very heavy because of the death of the prince, because the emperor personally instructed the queen to investigate the matter, and the queen always had to take action, and everyone in the harem was in danger, and the action became more and more cautious, and in the previous dynasty, the emperor was not in a good mood, and he also showed a lack of interest in the court and politics, and he couldn't lift his spirits.
The hottest time in July, this year's capital is particularly hot, since the ambush, there have not been a few rains, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and people's mood is even more boring.
It has been almost a month since the death of the eldest prince, and the mood of the people in the palace has gradually calmed down a lot, except for the imperial concubine.
The Queen Mother remembered the matter of giving Qi Chenjing a side concubine, and when she asked, she learned that the Cheng family had already set a family affair for Cheng Siya, and she was immediately furious and smashed a set of fine porcelain and tea sets.
"Hmph, do you think there is no way to marry the mourning family?" After smashing it, the Queen Mother was still angry, patted the table hatefully, her eyes narrowed slightly, "Speaking of which, it is cheap to marry him, why should the mourning family lose their precious grandson, and the two of them can hide at home and raise the baby with peace of mind, hum." ”
The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, feeling that she had been taking a detour before, and every time she wanted to dispose of Qi Chenjing and cover up in front of her ministers, in this way, she would inevitably be constrained.
"The mourning family is really confused, why do you have to cover your face to deal with him, the mourning family is the upright queen mother, the emperor is now on a stable throne, the mourning family is to do one or two foolish things, and the courtiers must be able to understand." The Queen Mother said with a sneer in her mouth.
After thinking about it in her heart, the Queen Mother called Sun Zhong over and instructed, "You will take the Praetorian Guards to King An's Mansion tomorrow, and say that King An deliberately murdered the eldest prince, the evidence is conclusive, and King An and his wife will be arrested and imprisoned first." (To be continued.) )
ps: I came back late from work today, but fortunately, I rushed out, good night, dear!