imperial concubine

Chapter 221
Hearing this news, all the people above the main hall were stunned, and no one dared to vent their anger.If the crown prince died because of the poison, how many ministers and harem concubines would be killed because of this.

The empress, who was above the main seat, didn't care about her demeanor at night, got up from the chair, and then walked directly into the inner hall, and said as she walked, "Is Doctor Li and the others in there now? What did they say?" ?”

Before the empress summoned all the imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital into the palace, now all the imperial physicians who are proficient in pharmacology are in the inner hall of the East Palace.If even they are helpless about the prince's situation, then it can only be said that the prince is hopeless.

Before waiting for an answer, the queen had already walked into the inner hall.Concubine Shu glanced at Fang Yuanli, and then followed the queen into the inner hall.He continued to say: "Sister, don't worry, the prince is auspicious, and he will definitely get better."

In fact, among the people in the palace, the one who least expects the crown prince to get better is Concubine Shu.As long as the prince dies, the second prince is almost certain to become the new prince. At that time, the queen's power will only be weakened day by day.

The rest of the people didn't say anything, even Fang Yuanli just followed the queen into the inner hall without saying a word.At this time, the inner hall was obstructed by curtains, the doors and windows were closed tightly, and a strong smell of incense spread in the air.

Su Wan's nose twitched slightly, and she clearly smelled the smell of blood hidden under the incense.Su Wan was taken aback. With such a strong smell of incense, he could smell the prince coughing up blood. How much blood should the prince vomit?

In the blink of an eye, Su Wan saw the prince who was lying on the bed. His complexion was pale, and his eyes had no energy to speak of, and his spirit was like gossamer. Even a person like Su Wan who is not good at medicine would It can be seen that the prince's time is numbered.

The queen walked a few steps to the window, and asked in a cold voice: "Prince doctor, how is the prince's condition?" Looking at the prince and queen on the bed, she was really distressed, but she was helpless, so she could only see if the doctor had anything to do. Method.

The imperial physicians at the scene looked at each other, but no one dared to speak to them.Now the prince's life is hanging by a thread, and he may be killed at any time. No imperial doctor dares to boast that he will be able to save the prince.That is undoubtedly the promise of one's own wealth and life.

Seeing that no one spoke to her, the queen snorted coldly, then sat on the bedside and asked softly: "My lord, how do you feel now?" Can't tell!
Seeing her younger brother in this shape, Yun Jingya felt as if her heart had been pricked by a needle.Just looking at the cowering looks of those imperial doctors on the ground, it is clear that there is absolutely no way for them to save their younger brother from the gate of hell.

At this moment, the prince on the bed twitched a few times, then coughed loudly, tilted his head and spit out a few mouthfuls of black blood. The blood was so foul and smelly that everyone couldn't help covering their noses, and then the prince closed his eyes, There was no more action.

The queen by the bed was stunned for a moment, then gently pushed the prince a few times, then turned her head and said to the imperial doctor kneeling on the ground: "You trash, hurry up and see how the prince is doing! What's the use of raising you!"

Even though they were scolded by the queen, several imperial physicians immediately stepped forward to give the prince a pulse.In fact, they have seen it just now, the prince's veins are already poisonous to the bone marrow, Xianza seems to be in danger, and now he is just putting on a show.

Seeing several imperial doctors taking the pulse, the queen said from the side: "How is it? How is the prince doing now?" The concern was beyond words.Although the queen was extremely calm before, she finally showed her emotions when she saw the prince fainting in front of her.

The imperial physician who took the pulse was silent, but put his fingers firmly on the prince's wrist.The stench of coughing up blood was spreading in the air just now. Although Su Wan wanted to leave, she knew that leaving now would be tantamount to seeking death.

Not long after the silence in the inner hall, the imperial doctor who took the initiative to take the pulse knelt in front of the queen and said, "The queen's concubine is mourning, His Royal Highness the crown prince has been poisoned to the marrow, and he is dead!" As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the inner hall!
The crown prince died like this. To the queen and Yun Jingya, this was nothing less than a thunderous news.Originally, the biggest hole card they relied on disappeared like this, and the queen's eyes turned black for a while, and she almost fell to the ground!
Concubine Shu also heard clearly what the imperial physician said just now. Seeing that the queen was almost fainted, she frowned and said, "Emperor physician, don't talk nonsense, otherwise, be careful that the empress will cut off your head!"

Such a matter of life and death, the imperial doctor will talk nonsense when he diagnoses the pulse?If he hadn't been sure that the crown prince was dead, how could he have said such outrageous things as the crown prince's death?Is it because I think I have lived too long?
However, the imperial physician naturally knew that he should not talk back to Concubine Shu about this matter, so he quickly said: "Concubine Shu is very enlightened. How can I talk nonsense about this kind of thing? I have confirmed just now that His Royal Highness is indeed dead."

At this moment, the queen didn't react when she heard the news, she was obviously caught off guard and didn't know what to do.On the other side, Yun Jingya's eyes turned red, and she was already in tears.Yun Jingya's heart ached when her younger brother left like this.

Seeing the empress standing in the hall dumbfounded, Concubine Shu added emphatically to the side and said: "I would like to express my condolences to the empress! Now that your majesty is not in Beijing, the affairs of the Six Palaces have to be handled by the empress. The empress must not be too tired because of this matter!"

Although Concubine Shu's words were right, she was extremely unflattering.The prince is dead, but the queen is told not to overwork her mind, isn't it as difficult as climbing to the sky?You must know that the prince is the queen's own son, the flesh that fell from her body!
Surprisingly, when the queen heard Concubine Shu's words, a smile appeared on her face!She looked at Concubine Shu and said, "Thank you, sister, for your concern. What my sister said is that now that the emperor has gone, I will naturally have to do what I should do!"

Su Wan on the side looked at the murderous aura emanating from the queen, and knew that the queen was about to start attacking!Otherwise, she would never let go of the prince's affairs so quickly.No, the queen didn't let go at all, she was going to avenge the prince!

Just when Su Wan was surprised, the queen said coldly: "I will pass on the order of my palace to bring all Liu Banxia and others here. I invite them to be tried again. I want to have a look. The culprit has hidden How deep can it be!"

There was an eunuch next to him to take the order.The empress had already interrogated Liu Banxia twice before, the first time she put Su Wan in the undecided prison, and the second time she released Su Wan, but no one could have imagined what could be found in the third trial.

Just when everyone was worried, the queen continued to say: "From today onwards in the harem, everything in the harem has been hung with blanks. Everyone in the harem walks around without the order of the palace, directly entering the treasury of Xin Zhe, and they will be slaves forever." slave girl!"

Hearing this sentence, Concubine Shu's heart trembled.Obviously this ban was aimed at them, but the empress came to her face with the pain of losing her son at this time, concubine Shu didn't know how to fight back, so she could only comply silently!
After saying this, the queen continued: "Immediately announce the meeting with Wang Feiyun, the commander of the imperial guards in the palace, the meeting with the senior high school building of Xuanjiumen and Shangguan Dingjie, the inspector of the five cities, and Su Huaiyuan, the left camp of Xuanjingshi!"

After calling three times in a row, the queen directly held all the soldiers and horses in the capital at this moment in her own hands.From the imperial palace to the capital, and even the Zuo Daying of the capital guarding the capital, all were summoned into the palace by the queen's will.

After saying this, the queen said to Fang Yuanli: "As for the court, I ask Mr. Fang to take care of you. Now that the crown prince is dead and His Majesty is not in Beijing, I can only ask Mr. Prime Minister to take care of you."

Now that all the generals are in their hands, the civil officials above the court naturally cannot let them make trouble.Looking at it now, there is no Fang Yuanli who can suppress all the problems with the strength of one person. Apart from him, there is no second person to think about.

Fang Yuanli responded in a low voice, and then said: "Please rest assured, empress, I will definitely do my best and will not cause chaos in the court. However, your majesty is far away in the frontier now, should you inform your majesty of this matter?" "

If Emperor Chongwen is notified, then the queen can only wait for Emperor Chongwen to return to Beijing to deal with Concubine Shu, but that is very likely to eliminate the evil; but if Emperor Chongwen is not notified, I am afraid that the queen will become an unknown teacher, and in the end it will be This made Emperor Chongwen unhappy.

The queen closed her eyes and took a deep breath. After being silent for a quarter of an hour, she slowly said: "Your Majesty is currently on the battlefield, so it is not easy to notify. We should wait until the situation on the retreat battlefield stabilizes before we tell His Majesty about this matter." Bar!"

Fang Yuanli knew what the queen was thinking, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he nodded slowly and said, "I know." In the current situation, even Fang Yuanli didn't know what to do, so he could only put Doubt in the bottom of my heart.

After issuing several orders in a row, the queen seemed calmer than before.She said indifferently: "This is not suitable for talking about things. Let's go to the main hall with me! Maid of the East Palace, clean up this place."

Now there is a smell of blood in the inner hall. This smell not only appears in front of everyone's eyes, but also in their hearts. Speaking here will greatly help the queen's aura. At least, no one dared to disobey the queen just now. Order.

However, the queen wants to leave here now.She couldn't bear to see her son's miserable condition, and she couldn't bear to smell her son's breath when she closed her eyes, so she had to leave temporarily, otherwise, maybe she would do something crazy.

When everyone heard what the queen said, no one dared to say no.Following the queen, they all came to the main hall.At this time, Liu Banxia and the others had also arrived, and were kneeling in front of the hall, waiting for the queen to ask.

At this time, Liu Banxia had already lost her original prestige, kneeling in front of the hall and trembling constantly.The queen looked at Liu Banxia, ​​and then said: "I only ask once today, who did you get the poison from?"

Kneeling on the ground, Liu Banxia trembled and said: "Report to the empress, the villain did indeed take the pill from the hands of the fourth concubine.

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes immediately focused on Su Wan's face. Su Wan didn't seem to realize it, but just took a sip of tea lightly, as if she didn't know that she had been involved in a huge crisis. incident.

(End of this chapter)