After reading the whole family's minds, the eldest daughter awakened

Chapter 243: Concubine De becomes the murderer of the eldest prince

Concubine De's sleep has not been good recently. Not long after she fell asleep, she was woken up by Xiang Rui's voice. She was in a very bad mood and almost smashed the jade pillow out of her anger.

"Xiangrui, you are becoming more and more unruly. What is the ghost's name?"

Xiang Rui knelt on the ground, her body trembling uncontrollably, "Go back to your Majesty, something happened to the eldest prince, and the Dragon Guard has been ordered to take you to Concubine Shu's Palace."

Concubine De originally thought that if Xiangrui couldn't tell the reason, she would punish her severely today, but now she was shocked by her words.

"Xiangrui, if the eldest prince is in trouble, why don't you go to the imperial doctor to arrest me?"

Xiangrui was anxious and scared, her face was covered with tears and snot, "Mother, Long Wei said that you harmed the eldest prince."

Concubine De's face immediately turned pale, and she shook her head vigorously, "No, I did not harm the eldest prince, I was wronged."

"Empress De Fei, we are acting under orders, please cooperate." Long Wei's voice came from outside the door. If it weren't for the identity of Concubine De Fei, he would have come in to arrest the person.

"No, you are mistaken. I was wronged. Yes, I know it. It must be Concubine Shu who framed me on purpose. She is so vicious. I just went to see the eldest prince today, but she was like this late at night. I started directing and acting on my own.”

"Empress De Fei, please come with us. No matter what grievances you have, please speak to His Majesty."

Long Wei's voice came in again.

Xiang Rui hurriedly got up and said, "Mother, please change your clothes."

Concubine De was in chaos. Now it seemed that His Majesty had given her an order and she couldn't resist at all.

Long Wei was still waiting outside. Xiangrui could only help Concubine De change her clothes as quickly as possible. As for makeup and hair, it was too late.

Concubine De didn't want to appear in front of Huangfu Chenyang with this face, but she couldn't help it.

The entire De Fei Palace was brightly lit, and there were dragon guards outside and in the courtyard. In the main hall, Huangfu Chenyang was holding the eldest prince in his arms, the imperial doctors were kneeling on the ground, and Concubine Shu's eyes were red and swollen, and her face was pale.

The palace was filled with a chilling atmosphere, and Concubine De finally realized that she was afraid.

"I see you, Your Majesty." Concubine De knelt down and saluted.

"Kneel down."

Huangfu Chenyang shouted angrily, and Concubine De's knees softened and she knelt on the ground with a thud.

Since entering the palace, this is the first time that Concubine De has seen Huangfu Chenyang in such an angry state. It seems that today's event is not a big deal.

Concubine Shu went to pick up the eldest prince in Huangfu Chenyang's arms with trembling hands, "Your Majesty, please give me the prince first."

"it is good."

Huangfu Chenyang carefully put the eldest prince into Concubine Shu's arms, with worry in his eyes.

Concubine Shu took the eldest prince into the inner room, and Huangfu Chenyang ordered the leader of the Long Guard, "Go and invite General Li into the palace."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Huangfu Chenyang turned his attention to Imperial Physician Wang again, "No matter what the cost, you must cure the eldest prince, otherwise you will be buried with him."

It is very suitable for a foolish emperor to say such words as "burying someone with him". Huangfu Chenyang has never said such domineering and unreasonable words since he succeeded to the throne, which shows that the eldest prince is really his darling.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Doctor Wang agreed bravely. In fact, he felt very miserable. It was smallpox. Princes and princesses who contracted smallpox throughout the dynasties almost always had one final end, and that was death.

The imperial doctors got together to think of a solution, and then Huangfu Chenyang turned his attention to Concubine De. "Concubine De, do you know that murdering Long Si is a serious crime against the nine clans?"

Huangfu Chenyang approached Concubine De step by step and grabbed her by the neck in front of her horrified eyes.

Even if Concubine De's grandfather was his mentor, Huangfu Chenyang was not going to give him face anymore. If he dared to touch his prince, he would have to bear his anger.

"Ahem, Your Majesty, please calm down. I am innocent. What is going on?"

Out of the instinct to survive, Concubine De grabbed Huangfu Chenyang's hand with both hands, trying to gain a chance for herself.

Huangfu Chenyang seemed to dislike being touched by her, so he pushed her back hard and let go of her neck.

While Concubine De was coughing violently, she saw Huangfu Chenyang wiping his hands with a handkerchief. Her heart couldn't help but feel even more painful. His Majesty disliked her for being dirty.

It was clear that she was even dirtier when she gave birth, so why could he go into the delivery room to help her give birth to the baby despite his ancestors' instructions, but now he was so ruthless to her? What on earth did she do that was not good enough to make him dislike her?

Huangfu Chenyang sat down on the chair brought by Long Wei and looked at Concubine De with cold eyes.

"Tell me, why did you want to harm the eldest prince?"

"Your Majesty, I don't have this concubine. It's too late for me to like the eldest prince. How could I harm him?"

"Oh, I heard that you have always been jealous that Concubine Shu gave birth to a prince, so you held a grudge and caused the eldest prince to contract smallpox."

Concubine De kowtowed to show her innocence, "Your Majesty, I just hugged the eldest prince for a while, how could I infect him with smallpox? There should be someone else who wants to harm the eldest prince."

"Someone, go get the clothes that Concubine De wore when she came to meet the eldest prince."

Because it was already too late when she came back from Concubine Shu's palace, and the clothes that Concubine De changed from had not had time to be washed. If there was evidence on the clothes, it would not have been time to eliminate it.

Soon, a lake-blue skirt was presented, which was exactly the one that Concubine De wore when she held the eldest prince in her arms.

Concubine De was even more puzzled when she looked at the dress. Could it be that smallpox was transmitted to the eldest prince through this dress? How could that be possible? She had never been in contact with anyone who had smallpox, so there was nothing wrong with the design of her dress.

Thinking of this, Concubine De felt relieved. As long as His Majesty found out the truth, he would like her again. She really couldn't bear the look of disgust and hatred just now.

Several imperial doctors examined Concubine De's dress for a long time, and finally concluded that the eldest prince's smallpox was contracted from this dress.

Because a child who is just one month old is weak, even a little stain on his clothes is enough to kill him.

After hearing the doctor's conclusion, Concubine De was dumbfounded. This was impossible.

Concubine Shu came out of the room at this time, her tears falling uncontrollably, "Concubine De, I have always regarded you as a good sister. I heard that you have been in a bad mood recently, and I tried my best to comfort you. When you came last night, you were very I felt something was wrong when I wanted to hug the eldest prince. It turned out that it wasn't that I was overthinking, but that you wanted to harm my prince.

If you are jealous and hate me, you can come at me, but don't harm my prince. He is still so young. If he can't survive this time, I will not let you go even if I turn into a fierce ghost. "

Concubine Shu was really angry at this moment. Her child was everything to her. If she dared to attack her child, she would never let the murderer go.

"Sister Concubine Shu, listen to me. I really didn't do it. I have a child myself. How could I let my clothes be contaminated with smallpox poison? Besides, I can't come into contact with this kind of poison."

Although De Fei didn't know what was going on, she still tried her best to defend herself.

Xiang Rui, who was kneeling aside, suddenly thought of something. She kowtowed a few times tremblingly, "Returning to Your Majesty, the Concubine De came to see my concubine yesterday before she came to the Concubine Shu Palace to see the eldest prince."

After hearing Xiang Rui's words, Concubine De seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. Her eyes lit up and she spoke hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, I understand what's going on."