Long Song Fenghua: The Demon Queen Confused the King's Heart

Chapter 266 The Plague in the Palace

into the night.

The night in the palace was the quietest time, except for the orderly footsteps of the patrolling guards, hardly any sound could be heard.

However, in the dead of night, a commotion appeared in the Queen Mother's bedroom...

About half an hour later, the sound of noisy footsteps, accompanied by the sound of slamming on the door, woke up Mu Changge's master and servant from their dreams.

"Suyu, go and see what's wrong." Mu Changge stood up and ordered calmly.

Suyu's hands and feet were nimble, she changed her clothes in the blink of an eye, and rushed out in one stride.

Bizhu also hurriedly changed her clothes, and brought Mu Changge's outer shirt before Suyu opened the door.

He only heard the sound of the door being opened from outside, Suyu seemed to be about to ask a question, but the people outside came in very forcefully.

For a moment, the dazzling light of the torch rushed in, and the head guard waved his hand, "Take Jinggui and the two sisters to the empress dowager's bedroom!"

"What are you going to do!?" Bizhu panicked, and quickly stopped in front of Mu Changge, "It's all right, where do you want to take Miss?"

"Don't be rude." Mu Changge's voice darkened, and he lightly raised his plain hand, signaling Bizhu to back down, "They are under the orders of the Empress Dowager, so they must not be so presumptuous."

Bi Zhu bit her lip, unwilling to do so, but still had to quietly retreat to the side.

Just when Bizhu retreated to Mu Changge's side, Mu Baozheng had already been brought out by another group of people, perhaps because he had slept soundly, looked a little sleepy, and his clothes were loose and covered his body.

"Let's go!" The head guard didn't say a word, with a serious face, he took the lead and walked in front.

The guards on the side wanted to come up to arrest Mu Changge, but saw that she had followed her forward calmly.

On the way to the Empress Dowager's bedroom, Mu Baozheng's face was very ugly, and he still didn't take these guards seriously.As long as the emperor's blood is still in her belly, it is the best gold medal for avoiding death, and she naturally has nothing to fear.

Suyu and Bizhu could not let go of their tightly knit brows, and their expressions were full of apprehension and uneasiness.

"Miss, you said...it's so late, what exactly do you want Miss to do?"

"Wait to go and have a look, don't you know."

Under the night, Mu Changge said lightly, and under the cover of the moonlight, he slowly looked at Mu Baozheng. There seemed to be a faint flash of light in his eyes, and it was quietly hidden in those black pupils.

When it was close to the Empress Dowager's bedroom, it should be the most peaceful place at this time in the past, but now it was brightly lit, and there was a sense of extreme tension inside and out.

It seemed that something serious must have happened. Mu Changge's brows sank, and he looked around. Everyone's faces showed the same panic.

If it hadn't been for the empress dowager, people wouldn't be so panicked, but... if something really happened to the empress dowager, why isn't the emperor, who has always been filial to the empress dowager, here?
Looking at the queen's appearance, Mu Changge knew that she also came here in a hurry, her makeup and hair were always meticulous, but now she was a little messy.

The strange thing is that although the Empress Dowager's bedroom is brightly lit inside and out, the doors and windows are tightly closed. Judging from the few imperial doctors guarding outside, they should be anxiously waiting for something.

The queen was the same, she just stood in the courtyard with a heavy heart, never stepped into the door.

The head of the guards brought the two of them in, respectfully, "I would like to report to the empress, the noble lady Jing has already arrived."

Hearing that the two of them had arrived, the queen's face froze, she turned around vigorously, and said sharply: "The poisonous woman—kneel down to me!"

Mu Baozheng frowned when he heard the words, "Empress, this concubine really doesn't understand what your empress means. I think I have never done anything vicious, so how did I become this vicious woman?"

"You still dare to make unreasonable words!" The empress's expression at the moment can no longer be described as cold and stern. "After eating the cakes sent by your sisters today, the empress dowager has a strange illness! It's not you, but also Who!?"

Mu Chang thought faintly, "The strange disease the Empress mentioned is..."

"What kind of strange disease it is, I don't know for now, but I can be sure, if something really happens to the Queen Mother and her old man...you two sisters, don't even try to escape!"

Just after the queen said a few words sharply, the door opened with a creak, and a man who looked like an imperial doctor came out quickly, with a white scarf tightly wrapped around his mouth and nose.

As soon as the imperial doctor came out, he didn't rush towards the queen, but stood where he was, and let the maidservant beside him take a torch with billowing smoke, and smoked him up and down first.

After all this was done, he stepped forward quickly, and was about to salute, when he was interrupted by the queen's deep voice, "What time is it now, why are you still making such an empty salute! How is the queen mother, her old man!?"

"Going back to Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager's complexion is red, she is sweating constantly, she has coughed up blood twice just now, and redness and swelling are constantly spreading on her body...it should be, it should be..."

The imperial doctor's voice became less and less clear, and his face lowered.

Mu Changge's brows tightened. This symptom, isn't it...

Immediately afterwards, the queen's face darkened again, "It's so vague, you're trying to fool me!"

"I don't dare, how dare I fool the Empress Dowager!" The imperial physician broke out in cold sweat, "The empress dowager's current symptoms seem to be..."

"Like what!?"

"It's like... infected with the plague that is raging outside the palace!"

The empress gasped, her face was livid, "How could this be? How could she be infected with the plague!? The empress dowager has never left the palace during this period of time. How could she be infected with the plague!?"

"I... I don't know, but I can be sure that if you want to contract the plague, you must have face-to-face contact with the person who was infected with the plague, or you have accidentally used the medicine used by the plague person. utensils, drinking water."

The imperial doctor pretended to be brave and said: "A person like the empress dowager who has lived in the palace for a long time, logically speaking, should never be infected with this plague!"

At this point, Mu Changge understood what the imperial physician hadn't said yet.

The queen was shocked, "Don't hesitate! If you know something, tell it. No matter what you say, I will forgive you for your innocence!"

"Back to the empress dowager, sir..." The imperial physician settled down, "The empress dowager has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and all the expenses for food and clothing have passed through the hands of the palace people. She has been selected out of thousands of choices. plague."

"Thus, I believe that the reason why the empress dowager and the eldest princess were infected with this plague must have come from outside the palace. In all likelihood... there is no one who deliberately murdered the empress dowager. You know!"

Mu Changge was shocked, and his dark eyes looked at the imperial doctor in disbelief, the eldest princess...why did the eldest princess also contract the plague! ?

"The evidence is convincing, there is no need to quibble!" The queen was furious, and with a forceful wave of her hand, she pointed at Mu Changge and the two, "Drag these two out for me, and kill them with sticks!"

"Empress, my concubine—"

Mu Baozheng frowned, and deliberately pressed his palms on his lower abdomen. The moment he was about to speak, he called out a very strenuous "mother queen", and drew the queen's attention away.

The closed door opened again, but this time it was not an imperial doctor who appeared behind the door.

"Mother—mother—" Su Qingrou staggered and fell to the ground, staring stubbornly at the queen with eyes filled with dense scarlet blood due to the plague.

Behind him, a servant girl panicked and wanted to help her up, but she pushed her away.

On Su Qingrou's slender neck, swelling had already spread, and her face seemed to be scalded by a fire. She struggled to support her wrists on the ground, but she couldn't see any blood.

"Princess!" Mu Changge's heart trembled.

Su Qingrou gasped for breath with difficulty, but after calling out her mother a few times, she spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Rou'er!" The queen's heart tightened, "Hurry up and take the eldest princess back!"

"Mother! My son... I beg my mother not to be so impatient..."

Su Qingrou said with difficulty: "I beg my mother to give Mu Changge a chance. If she can't prove her innocence, it won't be too late for my mother to send her away!"

Seeing the queen hesitate, Su Qingrou begged again, "I believe that this matter has nothing to do with Mu Changge... I dare not expect my mother to prove her innocence immediately, I just want my mother to give her a chance..."

"If the queen mother refuses to agree to Erchen, she will be beaten to death immediately...Erchen...Erchen will not be willing to close her eyes even if she is dead!"

Saying this while trembling, Su Qingrou's body shook, and she spat out a mouthful of blood again.

"Rou'er!" The queen was startled, glanced sideways at Mu Changge and the two, and said slowly, "Okay, I promise you!"

Su Qingrou tugged at the corners of her blood-stained lips, her body supported by her arms was already crumbling, and her voice was so weak that it became a little erratic.

"Changge...come closer."

The guards who were holding Mu Changge from left to right looked at the queen tentatively, and only let go after the queen nodded.

Breaking free from the restraints of those two, Mu Changge quickly ran to the door without thinking about it.

When she was about to get close to the thick smoke that the maid was holding, Su Qingrou shook her head vigorously, "Enough...don't go any further..."

Mu Changge squatted down, "Princess, do you want to tell Changge something important?"

"I believe it's not you... We all... fell into the villain's scheme!" Su Qingrou clenched her palms tightly, panting weakly, but her gaze was extremely firm.

"Now, I can't do anything for you...I can only delay for you for a few days, promise me...you will never let them succeed!"

"If...if I can't make it through this time, Changge...you must remember to get back this blood revenge for me!"

Between Su Qingrou's words, the panting sound became weaker and weaker, only a pair of eyes, with burning eyes, stared closely at Mu Changge in front of her.

(End of this chapter)