The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 37

The carriage driven by three horses roared all the way, and finally arrived at the capital in the early morning of the second day.

The first thing the feudal king did when he returned to the capital was of course to enter the palace to face the saint. Besides, something happened to his mother and concubine right now. After returning to his palace to change clothes in a hurry, Song Chen brought Chu Xue into the palace.

Song Chen is the prince, even though he was worried about respecting the imperial concubine, he still had to go to see Emperor Jianhe first. Fortunately, Chu Xue didn't have to face the saint, so he went to Funing Palace first.

When Chu Xue came in, the imperial doctor had just left. After a day and a night of hard work by the five imperial doctors, Concubine Jing Gui was finally retained, but I heard that the poison in her was quite fierce, and it would take some time to clear it all up, so now people I haven't woken up yet.

Out of etiquette, Chu Xue did not go near, but stood at the door of the bedroom and glanced at the couch, only to see the pale imperial concubine with her eyes closed tiredly in the gorgeous curtain, without the usual closeness. Zhu Cui Ling Luo looks like a weak woman.

Chu Xue knew that there was no need to worry about her life, so she was slightly relieved. Although she had no blood relationship with Concubine Jing, she was her husband's mother after all. Seeing Song Chen's anxiety in the carriage last night, she was naturally worried.

Even the noble concubine, who is deeply loved by the king, is so fragile in this dark palace. She would be murdered by poison, so that she almost lost her life. Without children by her side, she must have felt extremely lonely when she was poisoned .

Thinking of her two victimizations in the palace, Chu Xue couldn't help but feel very sad. It turns out that even if she is as noble as a concubine, she still cannot avoid those dark and dirty methods. A smooth and uncontested back house may always be just a man's fantasy.

Without allowing her to feel any more emotion, the palace people had already brought up the decocted medicine, and Chu Xue hurriedly took it, instead of the female officer, she fed the noble concubine the medicine herself.

Qinzheng Hall.

Emperor Jianhe saw his third son Song Chen, and his face that had been gloomy for many days finally softened a little.

Although he was attacked twice and his concubine was framed, Song Chen calmly greeted Ann first, stood aside and did not say much.Too many things happened in the harem two days ago, his father must have been upset, and with his father's disposition, once he had an idea, he didn't need others to say anything.

The most important thing is that what he saw after entering the palace this morning was normal, then his mother and concubine must be safe, and he must keep his mind steady in front of his father.

Emperor Jianhe saw the wound on his hand, asked him about the circumstances of the assassination, and came to Funing Palace with him.

When the father and son came in, Chu Xue was carefully feeding medicine to Concubine Jing.

Because Concubine Jing was sleeping and it was not easy to feed, she could only use a spoon to dribble little by little into Concubine Jing's mouth, so it took a long time to feed one bowl of medicine, but she carefully divided the medicine into two bowls, During the first bowl, put the other bowl in warm water to keep warm, so that after one bowl is finished feeding, the other bowl will not be cold, and the medicinal effect can be brought into full play.Seeing that there was only a little left in the bowl of medicine, a communication sounded outside the palace gate, and the emperor came.She hastily put down the medicine bowl in her hand, got up and knelt down to meet him.

Although it has been a year since she married into the royal family, this is the second time for her to meet Sheng Jia.

When Emperor Jianhe saw her, he was slightly taken aback, and Song Chen explained: "This time I only brought Mrs. Chu back to the capital, so she was the only one here to serve my concubine this morning."

Emperor Jianhe nodded slightly, and said in a harmonious voice: "Get up, it's rare that you are filial, so there is no need to be polite."

She bowed her head and said yes, stood up and took a few steps back.

The father and son came to the bedside and looked at the woman on the couch. In the eyes of Emperor Jianhe, there was unbearable and guilt, and in Song Chen's eyes, there was distress and worry.

Although he is a mother and son, since he was crowned king, he has lived far and wide, gathering less and leaving more. Because of his own strength, the mother and concubine have to deal with the queen and the East Palace. How much will they worry about?

Although the concubine mother is not in danger of her life right now, no one can replace her for suffering. Besides, she was poisoned and comatose when the news of her second assassination first reached Beijing, and concubine concubine concubine concubine concubine Mu should be responsible for her. Worried, he felt that he was really unfilial.

Although he was not sure who did it, Song Chen was full of self-blame.

Seeing that there was still medicinal juice in the bowl, Emperor Jianhe motioned to Chu Xue, "You continue." Then he followed Song Chen to the outer hall.

"I have sent someone to investigate the matter of your mother and concubine. Don't worry, I will give you an explanation."

Emperor Jianhe couldn't hide the tiredness on his face, but his words seemed to make up for it.

Seeing that his father had spoken like this, Song Chen didn't say much, but respectfully said: "Yes."

After staying for a short time, the emperor returned to Qinzheng Hall, while Song Chen stayed behind.

Chu Xue's medicine had been fed, and when Song Chen returned to the bed, she was gently wiping Concubine Jing's mouth with a silk handkerchief.

Seeing him come back, she gave up her seat again and let him sit in front of her mother.

"Ning Yuan." He called softly.

Concubine Jing's close female officer came to her.

"What did the imperial doctor say?" His gaze remained on the pale face of the concubine mother.

Ning Yuan replied: "Return to Your Highness, the imperial doctor said that as long as the mother takes the medicine on time, she will wake up in about three or four days."

He nodded and continued to ask, "Who did it?"

Ning Yuan plopped down on her knees, her face trembling like white paper, and said: "Your Highness, I don't know, the emperor had already interrogated all the palace servants in Funing Palace when the accident happened yesterday, the problem is not in Funing Palace!"

Song Chen frowned, and asked further: "How did the empress get poisoned?"

"Returning to Your Highness, yesterday morning, the empress began to feel unwell after taking the pearl and white fungus soup. Before the imperial doctor came, she passed out. After the imperial doctor came, it was discovered that the empress was poisoned. After the trial of Funing Palace yesterday, , The Inner Court Supervisor interrogated Shangshan Supervisor one after another, and there should be results later today, you know the methods of the Inner Court Supervisor."

Song Chen's voice was still very soft, as if he was afraid of disturbing his sleeping mother, but his expression was extremely cold, "Take good care of your mother these few days, if there is another mistake, this king will have the entire Funing Palace pay for his life."

The eunuch and maid in the palace fell to their knees with a plop.

Chu Xue knew that he was really angry, so she didn't dare to say anything.

At noon, Song Chen and Chu Xue returned to Prince Heng's Mansion.The bumpy road last night, and thinking about all the things in Beijing, both of them were exhausted, but Song Chen had a lot of important things to tell, and when he learned that there were many people who came to see him when he came back, so after a hasty lunch, Song Chen Chen went to the study, and Chu Xue went back to his yard.

At the end of the day, Qinzheng Hall.

The chief inspector of the inner court, Zhou Yu, came to the imperial study in a hurry. Today's Emperor Jianhe looked very serious. Zhou Yu paused, and said softly, "Your Majesty."

Emperor Jianhe glanced at the person who came, and continued to look at the memorial on the case, and said lightly, "Speak."

Zhou Yu sighed, bowed and said, "The matter of Funing Palace has come to an end."

Emperor Jianhe raised his eyes and looked at the person in front of him.

Zhou Yu lowered his head, but Emperor Jianhe still saw the panic in his eyes.

"Yesterday, the imperial concubine fell into a coma after eating the pearl and white fungus soup. Afterwards, the imperial doctor found out that the empress was poisoned by vines. The slaves checked the Shangshan Supervisor, and there was nothing suspicious. When the palace was cooking sweet soup, Dianchun, a palace maid of Yongle Palace, went to the dining room... other than that, the bowl of pearl and white fungus soup never passed through the hands of others."

Emperor Jianhe narrowed his eyes slightly, but he didn't seem to be surprised, he just stared at Zhou Yu in front of him, as cold as an iceberg.

"Go on."

"Yes." Zhou Yu continued, "I just went to Yongle Palace to check. There is a newly dug soil in the garden of Yongle Palace. According to the people in the palace, it was used for planting flowers, but after I ordered people to dig it, I found that there was Crushed vines..."

"Bastard!"

Emperor Jianhe roared in a low voice, thunderous.

The imperial study room suddenly collapsed again.

"Go to Yongle Palace!"

Before everyone could respond, the Dragon Robe Sovereign had strode out of the room.

In Yongle Palace, Empress Chen, the first wife of Emperor Jianhe, held on tightly to the corner of her husband's robe, crying, "Your Majesty, my concubine has been wronged, and my concubine really didn't know about the poisoning of Concubine Jing..."

Ever since Concubine Jing was poisoned, Empress Chen had vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but she believed that she was not afraid of the shadow, and the emperor didn't come to ask, if she was anxious to defend herself, wouldn't it be suspected that there was no silver 300 taels here? ?Therefore, Empress Chen, who has been the mother of the world for more than 30 years, has been sitting in Yongle Palace for two days, standing still.

But she never expected that the inner court supervisor would find that vine from the garden!Although she hated Concubine Jing very much, and even though she wanted that bitch to die a long time ago, she would never take the opportunity of King Heng being assassinated just now! The queen of more than 30 years, could she be so stupid?
But her husband obviously no longer believed her, but no matter what, she had to prove her innocence, because once she was suspected, it would definitely affect her son, the prince of the East Palace!
This is the most important.

Although Empress Chen was already in the rain, Emperor Jianhe remained unmoved at all, clamped her chin viciously, and said sharply: "You have already become a queen, and your son has already been a prince. I have already given you the last Okay, what are you still dissatisfied with? Why do you have to put her to death!"

"Your majesty! You believe in concubines, you really are not concubines!" Although Emperor Jianhe's words pierced into her heart like a sharp sword, Empress Chen did not let go of the last hope, and still choked up and pleaded, "Your majesty, would you like to see me again?" Thinking, if the concubine really wanted to harm the concubine Jing, why did she keep the poison in her own palace for people to investigate, and put it in such an obvious place, the concubine is not a fool!"

"Yeah, I'm also wondering, back then you were able to snatch the fetus in her womb so silently, why are you so stupid now?"

Emperor Jianhe stared coldly at the pleading woman in front of him, no trust had long been lost in his eyes.

The crying stopped abruptly. Empress Chen looked at the man in front of her in horror. After a while, Fang hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, what did you say..."

Emperor Jianhe sneered, "Do you want me to say something else?"

The hands that were still clenched on the dragon robe just now were suddenly released, and Empress Chen was stunned for a moment.

It turns out...he knew.

He knows everything!

What else could be said at this time to make him believe that he was indeed innocent this time?

What more can I say?
He has decided that he is the murderer.

I'm afraid he has blamed himself for everything that happened in the harem over the years!

He is so ruthless!He refused to even give himself a chance to defend himself...

Seeing the woman who didn't say a word, Emperor Jianhe let out a cold snort, and left with a flick of his sleeves, leaving only the despair of the glorious Yongle Palace.

Yes, he knows it all.

The reason why he pretended not to know it back then was because he was still afraid of the power of Empress Chen's natal family. As a king who had just enthroned, he still relied on mutiny to rise to power, so of course he needed the support of those aristocratic families.

So he can only watch the woman he loves being wronged.

But now everything is different.

An hour later, Emperor Jianhe issued an imperial decree that Empress Chen was narrow-minded and misbehaving, she will be deprived of the right to control the Six Palaces from now on, and banned from Yongle Palace forever.

When the news from the palace arrived, Song Chen was having dinner with Chu Xue. Since it was not a secret, the housekeeper who came to report the news did not shy away, and reported the news directly in front of Chu Xue.

As soon as the news came to her ears, Chu Xue paused, but seeing that Song Chen didn't react much, she just said lightly: "Understood, let's go down."

The butler bowed his head and exited.

Chu Xue glanced at Song Chen silently, and seeing that he didn't say anything, she couldn't speak out, but she understood in her heart.

Concubine Jing was poisoned yesterday, and today the empress was seized and grounded. It seems that this murderer really belonged to Yongle Palace.

Although the emperor didn't express anything, this step is no different from the abolition of the empress. Once the empress fell, the prince...

Song Chen will definitely be busier next time, but Concubine Jing Gui is still awake at Funing Palace... She thought about it and came up with some ideas.

At night after taking a bath and going to bed, she said to Song Chen, "My lord, I have an idea..."

"Well," Song Chen looked down at her in his arms, "What do you think, let's talk."

She sat up straight and looked seriously at the man in front of her, "Recently, so many things have happened in the palace, people must be in panic. There must be people around the concubine, and there is nothing wrong in the mansion right now. If the prince agrees, I am willing Entering the palace to serve the empress, you can feel at ease with your own people around."

As soon as these words came out, Song Chen looked sideways at her, and saw that the beauty had long hair and shawls, her skin was as snowy as snow, and her eyes were like autumn water. Before, he only thought that she was charming like this, but today he felt her tenderness.

He stretched out his hand with a smile, and she knew that he agreed, and she also smiled and lay down in his arms.

He kissed her on the forehead and said, "What more can a husband ask for if you have a beauty like you?"

(End of this chapter)