Chapter 22: The Cause of Death
On April 30 of the seventh year of Tianping, the third princess Qihua died of illness.
When Liling arrived at Lianhua Palace, the emperor was already in Lianhua Palace, in addition to Concubine Li, Concubine Ning, Concubine Xin and Wu Cairen were also there.
Wu Cai's mouths kept accusing Concubine Li of harming the third princess, because Concubine Li felt that the third princess was not her own, and she had a holiday with Wu Cairen, the mother of the third princess, so she simply killed the third princess directly.
Concubine Xin was on the side to help, although she did not directly point out that it was Concubine Li who killed the third princess like Wu Cairen, but she also turned around and said that she was not her own mother, so she was not dedicated, which led to the death of the third princess.
Concubine Ning was naturally calming the emperor's anger, lest the emperor directly send Concubine Li down in anger.
And Concubine Li, the main master, knelt on the ground without saying a word, her expression was very indifferent, but the sadness in her eyes could not be concealed.
Compared with Wu Cairen's crying and fussing, Concubine Li is more like a mother's pain of losing her child.
"Your Majesty! You have to make decisions for your concubine's miserable child! Concubine Li, no matter how dissatisfied you are with your concubines, you can't spill your anger on a child! Wu Cairen was still crying and howling.
"Sister Wu, don't worry, the emperor will definitely give the third princess justice, and will never let those who have a black conscience continue to be at ease!" Concubine Xin was on the side to help.
Li Ling is not surprised that Wu Cairen and Concubine Ning are here, after all, Wu Cairen is the biological mother of the third princess, and Concubine Ning assists in managing palace affairs, which is also the right thing to do, but what is this Concubine Xin doing? Add insult to injury?
Yes, Concubine Li has been assisting in the management of palace affairs, and she has a lot of rights in her hands, if she can pull Concubine Li off the horse this time, this matter of assisting in the management of palace affairs will fall into the hands of Concubine Xin.
No wonder Concubine Xin wants to join in the fun.
"The concubine first thanked the emperor for the unfortunate third princess of the concubine, the emperor, ......" Wu Cairen then staged a bitter scene.
"The concubine is late, please ask the emperor to atone for her sins!" Li Ling went in and interrupted Wu Cairen's words.
"Concubine Xian is here! Excuse me! Dong Qilin rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, originally the third princess died, and his mood was already very bad, but this Wu Cairen still had to cry endlessly!
Li Ling naturally understands Dong Qilin's feelings, after all, the third princess is his daughter, although it is not as important as the prince, but the third princess is also a lively child on weekdays, and she has been able to speak recently.
"Your Majesty, please mourn!" Pear Ling walked up to Dong Qilin and gently held Dong Qilin's hand.
Dong Qilin pinched the hand of the pear lady, signaling that he was fine, the third princess had died for so long, the pear girl was the first to tell him to mourn, so concerned about his feelings, and compared to Wu Cairen and Concubine Xin, Dong Qilin only felt that the pear girl was worthy of his favor over the years.
The people in the room watched the movements of these two people, but Concubine Ning didn't see it; comforted Concubine Li carefully on the side, Concubine Li's attention was not here at all; And Concubine Xin was full of jealousy, and the handkerchief in her hand was deformed, but now that the emperor was angry, she didn't dare to open her mouth to interrupt the two; Wu Cairen wanted to open his mouth to interrupt the affectionate relationship between the two, but after thinking about it, Concubine Xixian and Concubine Li have always been at odds, and Concubine Xixian must also wish that Concubine Li was unlucky, maybe Concubine Xian would stand on her side, and she couldn't offend Concubine Xian at this time.
So for a while, no one spoke.
"The concubine is very tired when she sees the emperor, why don't the emperor hand it over to the concubine to deal with, Concubine Ning's sister is also here, and the concubine can handle it!" At the end of the words, Li Ling also smiled slightly at Dong Qilin, reassuring Dong Qilin.
Dong Qilin originally didn't know how to deal with these harem matters, Wu Cairen was the daughter of the Ministry of Officials, and Concubine Li's father was the Secretary of the Ministry of War, and her brother was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.
That's it, the affairs of the harem should be handed over to Concubine Xian, he believes that she can handle it, as for him, it is better to deal with Wu Cairen's father and Concubine Li's father!
"I'll leave it to you! If there's something you can't decide, let me deal with it! Dong Qi said that he also patted the pear hand.
"Congratulations to the emperor!" They all saluted together.
After Dong Qilin left, Li Ling sat on the upper seat and looked coldly at Concubine Li and Wu Cairen who were kneeling below.
"Concubine Xian, you have to be the master of your concubine! You also love the third princess on weekdays, and now she is ......" Wu Cairen hurriedly branded himself as a bitter master.
"That's it!" Li Ling interrupted Wu Cairen's crying, but when she saw Concubine Li's lost soul, she definitely couldn't ask anything from her, so she had to ask Concubine Li's personal palace maid Ruyue: "Ruyue, tell me, what's going on today!" ”
"Hui Xian Concubine Niangniang, the three princesses' illnesses have improved this morning, after the doctor came to see, and prescribed some medicine, the slave maid went to boil it in person, after feeding the three princesses to eat, the three princesses fell asleep, about another hour later, the three princesses woke up and kept crying, how to coax can't be coaxed, and then Wu Xiaozhu came, I had to hug the three princesses in person, what mother and daughter are connected, only she can coax the three princesses, the slave and maid can't resist Wu Xiaozhu, so I had to let Wu Xiaozhu hug the three princesses, and after a while, Wu Xiaozhu coaxed the three princesses, put the third princess on the bed and fell asleep, and then ......" Speaking of this, Ruyue cried: "Then the third princess never woke up again!" ”
After Ruyue said that the third princess never woke up again, Concubine Li's tears also fell.
"The doctor has checked, what's going on?" Li Ling will naturally grasp the point, the third princess died too suddenly, and her illness was better this morning, so she took medicine and went after sleeping......
"No," Ruyue shook her head, "After discovering that the third princess died, the master kept holding the third princess and didn't let go, and the slave maid had to invite Concubine Ning to come, and then sent someone to tell the emperor and Niangniang, and then Wu Cairen and Concubine Xin came to the house, and they never invited the imperial doctor......"
"Zhihe, go and invite Imperial Doctor Ye over!" Although this matter has nothing to do with Liling, she is in charge of Houyin after all, and she can't escape the blame for such a big thing, not to mention Concubine Li......
Ay!
"Ruyue, help your master to get up! Wu Cairen, you should get up too! ”
The next thing is to ask the imperial doctor, and let the imperial doctor Ye check the reason for the death of the third princess, and he was busy for a while.
However, Imperial Physician Ye did not find out any other reason for the third princess to die, so Li Ling invited Concubine Ning's father, that is, Zhao Yuan sentenced Zhao Tongde to come.
Similarly, the judgment of the Zhao court only said that the third princess died because of the typhoid fever, and she looked better this morning, maybe it was a return to the light, and the third princess woke up later and kept crying, just because she was uncomfortable, so she kept coaxing and coaxing.
Is that really the case? Li Ling always felt that it was unreasonable, but the two imperial doctors said so, Li Ling had to believe it if she didn't believe it, not to mention that in this palace, no one had a deep hatred with Concubine Li so much that she had to kill the third princess.