The mistress of the Hou family went crazy after doting on concubines and killing their wives.

Chapter 235 Regicide
The court was busy discussing the Crown Prince Li Haoning, and the streets were also busy with the story of the Queen's affair with her childhood sweetheart, the Prince of Qin, before she entered the palace.

But no matter how much trouble there was, His Majesty did not order a strict investigation, and the Queen still did not return to the palace, and the Prince still did not enter the palace on the grounds of being seriously injured, and both of them lived in the Eldest Princess's Mansion.

The Grand Princess's Mansion was heavily guarded, and no news leaked out. Instead, the people outside became anxious and angry.

There was a happy event in the harem. The previously unknown Concubine Yi was directly promoted to Concubine Yi, and the fifth prince was inexplicably named Prince Chun.

Concubine Lu was so angry that her mouth got ulcers.

As long as Feng Wenjun is not removed, she will always be a concubine.

But before the queen could be deposed, the little bitch jumped out.

"What on earth is your Majesty doing?" Concubine Lu was like an ant on hot pot.

Xiuyi replied, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has been very busy these days. Isn't the Dragon Boat Festival coming soon? The winter disasters have had a huge impact. The victims of the disaster in Bianjing have just left. The disaster relief in various places is checking the accounts and resettling the victims who have returned home. But the crown prince was reported, and he didn't hand in the account book for the disaster relief. Your Majesty can't do anything about it. The Ministry of Revenue has been dispatched to various places to investigate."

"He is the emperor, why can't he order the prince to return to the palace? Isn't the prince his son? Even his son dares to disobey his father, not to mention the court officials reporting him, and he just pretends nothing happened? He is simply rebellious! And that bastard Old Five, why did he get the title of king, but my son is the eldest son of the emperor and he hasn't been crowned yet! What does Duke Sun want to do!"

Xiu Yi comforted him, "It is said that the prince was seriously injured, and that someone sent assassins to kill him. It is also said that the assassins were sent by our Lu family, so the Marquis asked you to be patient. At this time, any rash actions will arouse suspicion."

Concubine Lu jumped up and down: "He can find excuses, but won't those who reported him find excuses to force him out? No, I will go to see His Majesty in person. I want to see how long His Majesty will protect the queen and her son."

Xiuyi hurriedly stopped him: "The Marquis told you not to interfere. Everything is under the Marquis's control."

"What the hell is he worth! The Sun family is almost riding on the heads of our Lu family. Why should the fifth brother, who has no achievements, be crowned a king? I, Haochuan, am still a bald prince, what right does he have! The little bitch became Concubine Yi, and her son became the first prince under the crown prince. My son, the eldest son, has been surpassed. I can't wait!" Concubine Lu pushed Xiuyi away and walked out angrily.

Xiuyi became anxious, and hurried to catch up while winking at the eunuch beside her.

Concubine Lu rushed directly to Yanhe Palace. As soon as she reached the door, she heard Emperor Heng losing his temper inside. Things in the room were smashed to the ground, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the hall were so scared that they knelt on the ground and trembled.

Concubine Lu was also shocked, but she immediately calmed down, put on a charming smile and walked in.

"Your Majesty, who are you angry with?"

Emperor Heng had a face full of anger and was holding a teacup in his hand. He smashed it on the face of Concubine Lu who came in holding up her skirt.

"Ah!" Concubine Lu was so frightened that her face turned pale. She quickly lay down and held her head in her hands.

Bah!
The teacup hit the door frame, the porcelain shattered and flew everywhere, and a piece of the fragment just slipped across Concubine Lu's bare arm as she held her head.

The maids screamed: "The imperial concubine's hand is bleeding, bleeding."

Concubine Lu was at a loss. When she heard the scream, she quickly looked up at her arm.

Blood oozed from the two-inch long wound, standing out prominently on the white jade-like arm.

Every inch of a concubine's skin is carefully maintained, and if it is hurt in the slightest, she may be discarded by His Majesty forever.

"Ahhhhhh!" Concubine Lu screamed in panic.

The palace maids were in a mess. They hurriedly called the imperial physician and held up the crazy Concubine Lu to comfort her.

Emperor Heng’s face became increasingly darker.

Xiuyi suddenly realized something was wrong and looked up to meet His Majesty's murderous eyes.

He was startled and grabbed Concubine Lu tightly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Concubine Lu came back to her senses and suddenly remembered that this was Yanhe Palace.

She quickly stopped crying, tears welling in her beautiful eyes, and knelt down with a wronged look on her face: "I have behaved inappropriately in front of the palace, please punish me, Your Majesty." Emperor Heng snorted coldly: "Does Concubine Lu still have Your Majesty in her eyes?"

The hat was too big. Concubine Lu's face changed drastically, her tears were pulled back, and she quickly crawled on the ground.

"Your Majesty is in my eyes and heart, I..."

"Really?" Emperor Heng glanced at the soup that had just been delivered from the imperial kitchen.

This was a secret recipe that Concubine Lu asked the Lu family to find out from a miracle doctor. She had the imperial kitchen give it to him every day. At first, he felt very energetic and could have sex for more than ten times each time. But recently he found that his health was getting worse.

It just so happened that the Queen had been in a bad mood and had been ill, so Yan Yunhe recommended a famous doctor, Doctor Bu, to her.

Emperor Heng happened to go to the Queen's place that day and saw a female doctor, which made him curious.

She asked Doctor Bu to take his pulse, and found that his body was hollowed out due to improper conditioning. From then on, Doctor Bu prescribed medicine for him and secretly came to the palace every once in a while to give him a series of therapies such as acupuncture and cupping.

After the Queen left the palace, Doctor Bu still entered the palace on time, but this matter was secretly arranged by the most trusted eunuch around Emperor Heng, and no one inside or outside the palace knew about it.

Yan Yunhe died suddenly some time ago, and the most useful knife was lost. The prince returned to Beijing seriously injured and refused to enter the palace. Court officials frequently impeached the queen and the prince, and Emperor Heng suddenly vomited blood in a hurry.

Fearing that the news would get out and might inspire someone with ulterior motives to rebel, the eunuch hurried out of the palace and brought Doctor Bu back into the palace.

This investigation was incredible; they found something in the soup that was incompatible with the incense that Emperor Heng usually burned. People would not die immediately, but would become mentally weak and distracted, and even have hallucinations in the end.

Emperor Heng was horrified. No wonder he had been sleeping so poorly recently and always had nightmares, which made him feel groggy during the day and cause hallucinations.

It turns out that someone harmed him!
Plotting to murder the emperor is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of the family.

He still didn't quite believe that Lu would attack him. After all, the prince was in danger now, and Lu shouldn't take such a big risk.

He ordered Doctor Bu to secretly treat him for a few days and secretly replaced the soup served by Concubine Lu. His spirits immediately returned.

Emperor Heng now believed that Concubine Lu had tampered with his food.

During this period, court officials were impeaching the Crown Prince and the Empress, so Emperor Heng was busy cleaning up the people around him. He quietly executed no less than thirty eunuchs, palace maids, and people from the imperial kitchen.

Just as I had recovered from the shock today, someone presented evidence that Imperial City Secretary Yan Yunhe had colluded with the Lu family, secretly eliminated dissidents by abusing the emperor's reputation, accepted bribes, and helped corrupt officials of the Sun Guogong and the Lu family to cover up their crimes.

There are also witnesses who testified that after Xie Zhiyan's death, Yan Yunhe was afraid of being purged, so he gradually distanced himself from Duke Sun and the Lu family and no longer associated with them. That's when the Lu family killed him.

In order to divert the trouble away, he designed a plan to have the eldest prince Li Haochuan tease Qin Wan, and personally assassinated Yan Yunhe.

This trick of killing someone with a borrowed knife has even been used on the royal family!

He attached great importance to the nobles because they could help him eliminate some of the mercenaries' close associates and consolidate his throne.

But if someone was eyeing his throne or even trying to kill the king, how could he tolerate it any longer!
Especially Lu Chongshan, who increasingly disregarded him as the emperor, and sometimes even performed etiquette in a perfunctory manner during court sessions.

All the problems piled up, and he also wanted to get rid of Duke Sun and the Lu family.

However, the aristocratic families were powerful and had extensive roots in Bianliang. He could not act rashly without an immediate solution.

Emperor Heng endured it and suppressed his anger.

"Your Highness is injured. Hurry up and let the imperial physician treat your wound."

Concubine Lu's back was already soaked, and the silk against her skin was cold and uncomfortable.

I felt so wronged when I heard that that I couldn't hold back my tears.