Chapter 306 The Truth and Secret of Abortion

If Jiang Shishi and Concubine Su are only responsible for this matter, they can make the decision.

But this time the Queen's people also got involved. Even if the matter has been found out, it still depends on what the Queen means.

On the early morning of February [-]th, all the concubines of the Eastern Palace were doing morning meditation at Jiang Shishi.

Concubine Su was still in confinement, so she was not present, and the whole morning province was quite harmonious.

While everyone was chatting casually, Mother Qin who was beside the queen came over.

"My lord, Mother Qin begs to see you and Concubine Ruan." Chuntao came in to report.

Jiang Shishi: "Please come in."

After a while, Nanny Qin followed Chuntao in.

As soon as she entered the room, Nanny Qin bowed her body, "Concubine Ruan, Concubine Jiang, this old slave is entrusted by the queen, and I have important matters to discuss with the two concubines."

"." Hearing this, Jiang Shishi and Concubine Ruan looked at each other. She first gave Qin Nanny a seat, and then dismissed the Eastern Palace concubines.

Even the extra servants in the house were sent away by her.

For a while, there were only Jiang Shishi, Concubine Ruan and Nanny Qin in the hall.

After the hall was cleared, Mother Qin said: "You two concubines, I am here today because I was entrusted by the empress to discuss how to solve the problem of concubine Su's pregnancy."

Concubine Ruan: "Sister Jiang and I have been waiting for the queen's instructions for the past few days."

"The empress said that at this critical juncture, the Mu Royal Party has already taken control of the situation in the palace. Even if the Su family is pregnant with His Royal Highness's child, we will have to wait until His Highness returns."

Nanny Qin curled her lips contemptuously, "What's more, Su's belly is pregnant with a bastard. The Empress would like to give her to death, so why would she care about her life?"

"Don't care about her life or death?" Concubine Ruan tried to ask, "What does Mammy mean?"

Mother Qin lowered her voice and said in a low voice: "Mu Wang's party murdered the child in Su's womb. They obviously thought that Su's womb was the offspring of His Royal Highness, and regarded Su as the favorite concubine of the East Palace. In this case, we will treat it as a concubine." If you don't know anything, let Mrs. Su take good care of herself in the East Palace."

Jiang Shishi understood what Nanny Qin meant, it was to let the Su family continue to be a target in the East Palace.

Mu Wangdang did everything in order to seize the heir, even women and fetuses. Such despicable means reminded Jiang Shishi that when she accompanied the prince back to Beijing on inspection last year, Mu Wangdang wanted to capture her alive.

At the beginning, the Seventh Prince said that Mu Wangdang wanted to use her as a tool to threaten the prince. Fortunately, she did not fall into the hands of Mu Wangdang at that time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

No wonder the prince insisted on not wanting an heir before the situation stabilized.

Otherwise, the prince's true bloodline would be spoiled by Mu Wang's party.

Jiang Shishi initially investigated the matter in order to clear up her grievances.

Since the queen doesn't care about Concubine Su's life or death, she and Concubine Ruan won't care about people like Concubine Su.

In this regard, Jiang Shishi and Concubine Ruan agreed with one voice.

Qin Nanny: "The guard who had an affair with the Su family has already been secretly executed by the empress. As for the court lady in the Su family's courtyard who was bought by the Mu Wang party, you should also secretly solve it."

Concubine Ruan: "Okay, sister Jiang and I will handle this properly."

"Besides, if Mu Wang's party can buy this palace lady, it may not mean that they didn't buy other slaves in the East Palace. The two young masters should be cautious when they are in charge of the East Palace. Let's tide over the difficulties together." Speaking of this, Mother Qin looked to the west, worried Said: "I hope that His Royal Highness in the Xixia Kingdom will also get through this difficult time."

The emperor is about to die, as long as His Royal Highness survives this difficulty of seizing the heir, the future will be blessed!
After all the words were brought, Nanny Qin got up to leave and didn't stay in Shiyue Pavilion for long.

After all, this was a celebrity by the queen's side. Jiang Shishi and Concubine Ruan personally sent her to the gate of Shiyue Pavilion.

After Mother Qin left, Concubine Ruan also returned to her own bedroom.

After seeing off the guests, Jiang Shishi went back to the hall and sat down, resting her forehead and meditating.

Since Concubine Su's pregnancy was caused by Mu Wang's party, Mu Wang's party also bribed the maids around Concubine Su to slander Concubine Su who she killed.

As for Qingdai's prescription, Mu Wangdang even knew exactly what ingredients were in it.

It can be seen from this that it is true that Mu Wang's party controls the situation in the palace!

Even, they gave Jiang Shishi the feeling that they had installed surveillance in the East Palace.

In addition, Mu Wang's party slandered her this time, just randomly finding someone to take the blame, or did they have other intentions?

On the same day, Concubine Ruan and the nurse next to the queen clarified that Concubine Su was born naturally and had nothing to do with Jiang Shishi.

The maid who made the medicine for Concubine Su was beaten because she didn't serve Concubine Su well. She couldn't stand it and died suddenly on the spot.

After this day, Concubine Su did not know if she was stimulated and became mentally disturbed.

At first it was just chattering in the morning, but gradually, he started talking to himself, and then he became crazy.

Because of her special situation, it was inevitable that she would lose the face of the royal family by talking nonsense, so Concubine Ruan and Jiang Shishi directly grounded Concubine Su in the bedroom, and she was not allowed to come out to embarrass her face.

**
The days passed day by day, and it was March in the blink of an eye.

Emperor Jianyuan's condition has reached the point where the lamp is exhausted.

The entire imperial hospital has said that the emperor still has a month to live at most.

In the early morning of March 29, Emperor Jianyuan, who had been in a coma for several days, suddenly woke up, and he looked more energetic than before.

Emperor Jianyuan, who had never had an appetite, got up early in the morning, and Xiang Changdong fed him a big bowl of porridge.

After the bowl of porridge was finished, Xiang Changdong asked with a smile, "Does the Emperor want some more?"

"No." Emperor Jianyuan sat on the bed and waved his hand.

Since the emperor stopped eating, Xiang Changdong put the bowl and spoon on the bedside cabinet, and sat by the bed to massage the emperor's legs and feet.

At the same time, he thought in his heart, taking advantage of no one in the room, how should he remind the emperor that the results of the investigation of the prince in the west came out.

These days, the emperor was so ill that he was confused, and if no one reminded him of many things, he would not remember them at all.

However, before Xiang Changdong could speak, he heard Emperor Jianyuan bring it up, "A while ago, I asked someone to investigate the prince's treason. Has there been any result?"

"This servant is about to talk to you about this." Xiang Changdong took out a letter from his cuff and handed it to Emperor Jianyuan, "This letter came from the flying pigeons in the west a while ago, when you were unconscious, servant I will always help you keep it safe."

Although the Mu Wang Party controlled the situation in the palace, their hand could not reach the emperor for the time being.

"." Emperor Jianyuan took the envelope, opened it and looked at it.

Immediately, the brown-yellow face, so thin that the bones protruded, immediately collapsed.

Then, he suddenly asked, "What day is it now?"

"If you go back to the emperor, today is March 29th."

"It's the end of March?" Emperor Jianyuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "I remember that Concubine An is due to give birth in the first month, right?"

"Yes, at the end of the first lunar month, Empress An concubine gave birth to a little princess."

Hearing that Concubine An gave birth to a daughter, Emperor Jianyuan raised his mouth slightly.

The man asked about Concubine An's situation, and then said: "I haven't seen that girl yet, let someone go to Changle Palace and ask Concubine An to come over with the baby and show me."

Xiang Changdong: "Yes, this servant will step down now and go to Changle Palace to ask Mrs. An."

"Okay, I'm a little tired and want to take a break." Emperor Jianyuan waved his hand, "No one is allowed to come in and disturb me without my order."

After Minister Dong agreed, he closed the door of the inner room.

After Xiang Changdong retreated, Emperor Jianyuan got out of bed slowly, went to the desk in the inner room, found a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and sat in front of the desk to write.

In less than a stick of incense, he wrote it and stamped it with a jade seal.

When the ink was dry, he folded it and put it in his sleeve pocket, put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table back to their original positions, and went back to bed to lie down.

As soon as he lay down, Emperor Jianyuan felt his head drowsy.

But he didn't dare to sleep, because he hadn't waited for Concubine An, and he was afraid that it would be a few days before he fell asleep.

I am even more afraid that this sleep will be a farewell to Yin and Yang, and I will never see Concubine An's mother and daughter again for the last time.

He held on so hard until there were a few figures swaying outside.

Through the carved paper window, he saw Xiang Changdong's shadow, as well as that familiar figure.

So he clapped his hands lightly, and Xiang Changdong pushed the door open and came in, "Your Majesty, Mrs. Concubine An is here with the little princess."

Emperor Jianyuan: "Show them to come in."

"Miss Concubine An, the emperor let you in." Xiang Changdong brought Concubine An and her daughter into the inner room.

He came to the bed, supported the emperor to sit on the head of the bed, and moved armchairs for the mother and daughter of Concubine An to the bed, then stepped back and closed the door.

At this moment, Emperor Jianyuan was sitting on the head of the bed, staring at the swaddling baby in An Bin's arms with his cloudy eyes, "I heard that you gave birth to this child a long time ago, but I just remembered your mother and daughter today." Two, you don't blame me, do you?"

"Where did the emperor say, you are so sick, and you can still remember our mother and daughter in your heart, I am already very touched." An Concubine heard that the emperor was in a coma for several days.

Even when you wake up, you may not remember many things.

But at this time, it was really not easy for him to remember her and the child.

"Since this child was born, I haven't seen her yet, please hold her closer and let me have a good look at her"

An Bin simply sat on the edge of the bed, holding the child in her arms for the man to see.

Emperor Jianyuan leaned forward slightly, his eyes rarely revealed the kindness of his old father.

I saw that little girl looked like a milk doll, white and fat, with a pair of big black eyes staring at Emperor Jianyuan and smiling at Emperor Jianyuan.

The shrewd and experienced Emperor Jianyuan also stared at the little girl with a fatherly smile, "This girl looks like you, and she will definitely be a beautiful little girl when she grows up."

It's a pity that he can't see what this girl looks like when she grows up.

Anpin: "They all said that her eyebrows and lips resemble yours, do you think so?"

Emperor Jianyuan took a closer look, nodded slightly, "Well, it does look like Zhen."

Speaking of this, the man laughed out loud.

It's just that because of his serious illness, he couldn't laugh heartily anymore, but let out a hoarse laughter from his throat panting.

"Is it possible to get a good name?" Emperor Jianyuan raised his hand and stroked the baby's delicate face very lightly, as if he was afraid that his old hand would hurt her.

An Pin's eyes fell on the man's skinny hands with bulging veins, and her eyes turned red.

She pursed her lips, and shook her head for a long time before responding: "I only gave her a nickname, Qingzao, because I loved to eat green dates when I gave birth to her, and I ate a big dish every day. Daming. You are her royal father, so I will leave it up to you to pick up your daimyo."

"." Emperor Jianyuan stared at the little milk baby in thought for a moment, and then said: "Then call it Luyue, okay?"

"As long as the emperor takes it, it's fine." An Pin nodded, her words choked with sobs.

Emperor Jianyuan: "What's the matter? But someone in the harem bullied you again?"

Concubine An shook her head, "No, since you were promoted to the status of concubine, concubine has always been fine in the harem."

"Then why are you crying?"

An Bin pursed her lips and did not speak, but her lips could not stop trembling, and tears could not stop flowing out.

She didn't know why, but when she saw the man's scrawny and sickly appearance, she felt sore nose.

A person with such a photographic memory can't remember many things.

Such a heroic and mighty person is so thin that he doesn't even have the strength to sit up.

A man with such a thick voice gasped in his throat when he spoke.
Emperor Jianyuan raised his hand and wiped away the tears from the woman's face, "Okay, don't cry, you haven't waited to see me all this time, you shouldn't be happy when I'm like this, why are you crying?"

"." Concubine An desperately shook her head, "The concubine was only annoyed when you didn't trust me, other than that, the concubine always wanted you to be well."

"I know." Seeing the woman crying into tears, Emperor Jianyuan felt uncomfortable.

That feeling was even worse than when he had a splitting headache.

Gently wiping away the woman's tears, Emperor Jianyuan took out the pre-written letter from his sleeve pocket and hid it in the baby's thick swaddle.

Both the capital and the palace are under the control of the boss, who lies in bed all day long, and those loyal ministers in the past don't know who else is worthy of trust.

Even if there are a few loyal ones, who knows if they will be coerced and lured by the Mu Wang Party.

This letter is very important, and it can only be handed over to someone who seems to have nothing to do with it.

Otherwise, if it is handed over to a minister, the Qimu royal party will directly kill that minister if it fails to win over.

Only the woman in front of me is the most suitable candidate!
Seeing this, An Pin's pupils trembled, she didn't say anything, didn't ask anything, just pretended not to see.

After hiding the letter, Emperor Jianyuan closed his eyes and sat on the head of the bed, waving his hand at the woman, "I'm tired, just step back."

"Yes." An Bin hugged the child in her arms tightly and went out like this.

Soon after Concubine An left, Emperor Jianyuan issued an imperial decree to promote Concubine An to concubine, and her newly born daughter was named "Princess Changle".

In the royal family of Dongliang Kingdom, the daughters of the concubines were born as princesses, but they were not given titles until they became adults.

Princess Changle was the first to have a title like this from birth.

Presumably Emperor Jianyuan knew that he couldn't wait for An Concubine's daughter to grow up, so he had to seal the title early.

Since Concubine An left, Emperor Jianyuan's mental state has not been very good. Xiang Changdong waited for him to lie down on the bed.

"What did Xiangchang Dongtai physician say... How long can I live?" On the bed, Emperor Jianyuan asked panting.

Hearing this, Prime Minister Dong Deng knelt by the bed and kowtowed to the ground, "Your Majesty, as an emperor, you will live forever."

"Heh, you are the same as Jiang Chongjin. Back then when I asked Jiang Chongjin to calculate my life expectancy, that's what he answered. You all refused to tell me the truth."

"Outsiders always say that I am arbitrary and suppress all forces. Even when I am sick, I am still greedy for power and still want to hold power. Do you think so?"

"I don't think so." Xiang Changdong shook his head and denied, "In the eyes of the servant, the emperor is sick, but he is still sharing the worries of the people, eating and clothing."

"You still don't tell the truth." Emperor Jianyuan sighed, "Those ministers, as long as they have some fame and status, they will start to collude with party members, look at others, use power for personal gain, seek the people's fat and anointing, and there are even those ambitious people who want to sit down. the throne!"

"And the princes, before I fell ill, they did everything they could to fight for the crown. Since I fell ill, they didn't show their filial piety, but intensified it. What they did really chilled me. How can I trust them?!"

Because he spoke too excitedly, Emperor Jianyuan lay on the bed and gasped for breath, so frightened Xiang Changdong immediately cheered for Emperor Jianyuan.

"Your majesty, calm down, don't let your anger break your body."

"My body is just as good or bad as it is." Emperor Jianyuan took a few breaths and eased his breath. After his breathing gradually stabilized, he lay on the bed with dull eyes and muttered, "a benevolent man is not necessarily a benevolent king. But a benevolent gentleman is not necessarily a benevolent person.”

After saying this, Emperor Jianyuan closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

That afternoon, the capital was covered with dark clouds.

At night, thunder and lightning, wind and rain, and the storm swept across the entire capital.

In the early morning, the bell of the national funeral was heard in the palace.

The heavy and melodious sound of the bell echoed throughout the palace and even the entire capital city, making all listeners worry.

In the 30th year of Jianyuan, on March [-], Emperor Jianyuan died.

The prince was not in the palace. As the eldest son of the emperor, King Mu immediately announced the death of the emperor to the world and neighboring countries, and summoned the princes and ministers to organize the funeral of Emperor Jianyuan.

In the next few days, the entire palace was filled with the sound of chanting and condolences.

Even the temples and palaces in various places in central Beijing are ringing the national mourning bells one after another.

The mourning hall of Emperor Jianyuan was set up in Longyuan Hall. On the night of the fourth day of April, King Mu and King Huai wore beige mourning clothes and knelt in front of Emperor Jianyuan's mourning hall.

Tonight it was the turn of the two brothers to watch the night. At this moment, there were only two of them in the mourning hall, and they knelt on the futon and whispered.

"Brother, I have searched the Longyuan Hall and the Hall of Preserving Harmony in the past few days, but I couldn't find the imperial edict made by my father." Even though the voices of the monks chanting sutras were louder and louder, King Huai still He lowered his voice and said, "Most likely, the emperor didn't know that his life span had come to an end, so he didn't have time to make a will."

"." King Mu held a handful of yellow paper money in his hand. He disassembled the paper money, folded them into arches, and threw them into the brazier bit by bit. "Did you see any suspicious people before your father died?"

"I've found out everything. When my father woke up on the day when my father died, I didn't see any other ministers except for summoning Concubine An in a hurry." Speaking of this, King Huai said contemptuously: "My father is also, This is about to die, and I am still thinking about my beloved woman."

(End of this chapter)

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