Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 302 Princess Nanxing
Princess Nanxing is just over one year old, the youngest child of the emperor.

The emperor lacked interest in concubines, so the number of heirs was particularly thin.

After the death of Empress Gu, her heart was still like water, and she hardly ever visited the harem.In the past ten years or so, Concubine Shu has been the only one who has become pregnant twice and gave birth to two princesses.

Zhao Xiwei hurriedly boarded the sedan chair to enter the palace, deliberately chatting with the servant for a few days on the way, in order to extract some useful information.

Concubine Shu is good at regulating people, and this inner servant is panicked and almost collapsed, but her thinking is still very quick. Although she can't answer fluently, she can still give the key content she wants most.

In short, early this morning, the imperial concubine came to Concubine Shu's Palace, played with the little princess in her arms, and then fed the little princess half a bowl of milk soup.

Concubine Gui and Concubine Shu don't have a deep friendship.This sudden visit is already abnormal, and teasing the little princess is even more abnormal.

But the normal in the abnormal is - as everyone worried, after the imperial concubine left, the little princess suddenly vomited.

After this passage, almost every word and every word pointed to Concubine Pei.

The emperor was furious, and immediately called the imperial concubine over and asked her what she had given the little princess.

The imperial concubine burst into tears, but she refused to plead guilty, claiming that she had not poisoned her, so how did she know what the little princess ate?
Moreover, Concubine Shu is a cautious person. The princess’s drinks and meals are all made in the small kitchen of Concubine Shu’s palace without the hands of the imperial dining room. When the concubine comes, the milk soup has already been prepared. It was just feeding the princess two mouthfuls on a whim, so how could he become a poisoner?

Concubine Shu and the maid then also confirmed what the concubine said, that the bowl of milk soup was indeed freshly made in Concubine Shu's palace.

In this way, everyone in Concubine Shu's Palace may be the murderer...

But everyone insisted that they had never done such a thing. There was even a court lady who tasted the remaining half bowl of milk soup, and was verified by the doctor of the Imperial Medical Office and the official of the Tingwei Mansion. There is really nothing wrong with this bowl of milk soup.

No problem can be found anywhere, but the little princess's illness is real. Who is this manipulator?

This side is in a hurry to interrogate the palace servants, but the situation of the princess over there can no longer hold on.

Vomiting is very painful. Zhao Xiwei has experienced it personally. She can't bear the feeling of crushing her internal organs, let alone a one-year-old child?
There are hundreds of doctors in the imperial medical office, circling around like ants on a hot pot in a hurry, performing eighteen kinds of martial arts in turn, but they can't diagnose the disease no matter what.

In this way, it means that two important things are in front of us: the poisoner cannot be found, and the princess's condition cannot be cured.

This scene was already heart-wrenching enough, but at this moment Concubine Ming stepped forward.

With tears in his eyes, frowning, twisting his handkerchief, he hesitated to say: "Your Majesty, do you remember the case of Princess Anyang?"

The voice was neither soft nor heavy, but it happened to hit everyone's ears.

Princess Anyang was the late emperor's daughter, and her biological mother was the most favored concubine Liu Gui. She was one year old when she died.

At that time, Concubine Liu Gui and Empress Guo had been at odds for a long time, and rumors even spread in the court that the first emperor wanted to abolish Empress Guo and establish Concubine Liu Gui.

But Empress Naihe has always been cautious, and she has a good reputation, so she really can't find a reason to abolish her.

It happened to be the princess's first birthday banquet. Empress Guo went to visit Concubine Liu Guifei's palace, and held the princess for a while. At this time, the servant came to report that the emperor was coming. Empress Guo was angry with the emperor, so she pretended to be unwell, got up and left.

When the emperor stepped into the imperial concubine's palace, the first thing he wanted to do was to see the little princess, but when he lifted the quilt, he saw that the little princess had died of anger.

Concubine Liu Gui wept bitterly and reported to the emperor: "Only Empress Guo came here just now!"

The emperor was furious, and interrogated all the maids overnight, and all the answers he got were: "Only the queen has been here!"

Queen Guo refused to plead guilty to death, crying and saying that she was framed, but how could the furious emperor listen to her rebuttal?
A glass of poisoned wine, three feet of white silk, let the queen choose one of the two.

In the end, the desperate queen would rather die than obey the law, but committed suicide with a pair of scissors.

Before he died, he still shouted the name of the emperor, and his tragic appearance made all the palace people cry.

Concubine Liu Gui lost her beloved daughter, and the emperor made her the new empress in order to compensate her.

But things didn't end here.

A year later, Wang Zhaoyi, who used to live in the same palace as the new empress, stepped forward.

Wang Zhaoyi produced evidence to prove that the person who poisoned the little princess at that time was not the dead Queen Guo, but the princess's biological mother, who was the newly named Queen Liu!
With conclusive evidence, Empress Liu pleaded guilty and was executed, and the entire Liu family was exiled.

And this Wang Zhaoyi made meritorious deeds because of this, and was canonized as a queen.

This king and empress is very outstanding, good at strategy and political affairs, and soon won the trust of the emperor, and even allowed her to participate in the government affairs.

Later, the first emperor passed away, and the young emperor succeeded to the throne. In the will, the important task of assisting the new emperor was handed over to the queen and queen.

This young emperor is the current emperor.

And Queen Wang, who is now the Queen Mother.

……

When Concubine Ming brought up this old incident, it was like a thousand catties, and instantly stepped on the two most vulnerable pain points of the emperor.

Therefore, Concubine Shu, like everyone else, faced the desperate situation of "how to prove her innocence".

Poor her child is still suffering from illness, but here she has to face everyone's suspicion.

Concubine Shu has always been docile in temperament, but she is very stubborn in her bones. She couldn't stand this kind of humiliation. In addition, the princess's illness became more and more serious. In a moment of desperation, she bumped her head against the wall and almost lost her life.

……

Zhao Xi frowned slightly, and carefully sorted out the complicated information.

From an emotional point of view, she certainly didn't believe that a mother would kill her child.

But from a power point of view, bloodshed is not uncommon.

Those who want to achieve great things can kill their close relatives.

For some people, as long as they can climb to the top of power, they will not blink their eyes when there are corpses everywhere. What is it to sacrifice a young child?
And the most terrible thing is, because of what happened last time, Li Xuanye let the emperor seize the power of the concubine Xian, the minds of the concubines in the harem became active, and they were a little ready to move.

In the past, Concubine Shu, as the only favored concubine, really had no need to compete for favor.

But now, if it is said that she has the intention of fighting for power, no one will deny it.

Let alone the emperor, even Zhao Xiwei dare not say that he has no doubts...

The more I think about it, the more depressed I feel. A child is dying, but the child's biological mother cannot prove her innocence.Everyone even felt that she had the motive to mutilate her own flesh and blood...

The cold wind blew in violently through the car curtain.

Zhao Xiwei couldn't help shivering.

The servant outside the car was very vigilant, and immediately asked cautiously: "Is the princess afraid of the cold?"

"It's okay!" Zhao Xi moved his frozen fingers lightly, and ordered outside the curtain, "Hurry up!"

The East Palace is as warm as spring, and Li Xuanye is also gentle and considerate.

It made her even forget that she was in this turbulent palace.

Whether Concubine Shu was in charge of this matter, she was not sure.

But there is one thing she can be sure of, that is——

Most likely it was aimed at her!
(End of this chapter)