noffsinger Chapter 460 Emperor Fu Died
Chapter 460 Emperor Fu Died
Fu Jinyuan had no impression of any of the palace maids. He was so busy every day that he would not pay much attention even if a palace maid really appeared in front of him.
"Which palace maid is Bai Yufei?" Shen Suian said.
"Who is Bai Yufei?" Fu Jinyuan raised his eyebrows. He didn't have much impression of this name, but he soon realized, "Someone from the Bai family!"
"That's right. She is the cousin of the Bai family who lived in the Lu family for a while. He Zhiyuan sent her to the palace, probably to get her close to the emperor, but the emperor died before he could accomplish his goal."
"Now she's attracted to you."
Fu Jinyuan raised his eyebrows, "And then?"
"That's all. Concubine Liu wanted to use her to ruin your reputation and turn you two brothers against each other, but she didn't even touch you, so I brought her out."
"Let her go and be with Bai."
Fu Jinyuan: "Since she has ulterior motives, if we keep her with Bai, they might collude with each other."
Shen Sui'an smiled and said, "Then let's work together."
"Did you do this on purpose?" Fu Jinyuan turned his head to look at her, and seeing a smile on her lips, he knew that she was aware of Bai Yufei's cunning. Since she let Bai Yufei go with the Bai family, there must be other reasons.
"I think the Bai family will definitely come back to find Bai Yufei, and will use Bai Yufei." Shen Sui'an said.
"Then send more people to keep an eye on her." Fu Jinyuan said.
"I know."
The couple washed up and went to bed, talking for a while.
The night was quiet and beautiful in the prince's palace, but there were some undercurrents.
When Concubine Liu learned that Bai Yufei was taken out of the palace, she felt a little proud.
"Most likely, the Prince of Chen fell in love with that little bitch. She has a coquettish look. All men are the same." Concubine Liu snorted coldly.
When He Zhiyuan sent someone into the palace, she was very unhappy.
I didn't expect it to be useful.
"Your Highness, however, Princess Chen took the person away from Kunning Palace." Lu'e reminded in a low voice.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like Prince Chen is interested in Bai Yufei.
The Queen Mother gave Bai Yufei to Shen Sui'an to take away, which seemed more like she wanted to kill Bai Yufei to silence her.
Concubine Liu clutched her handkerchief nervously, "How is it going?"
"Empress Ning called the imperial physician in the afternoon, saying that she had caught a cold and she couldn't go to serve the emperor today." Lu'e said.
"What about the Queen?" Concubine Liu asked nervously.
Lu'e: "The Queen has already ordered the keys to Kunning Palace to be unlocked."
"She must feel that she has nothing to worry about now, since he's her son anyway." Concubine Liu pouted.
"Your Majesty, do we still need to go to the Yangxin Palace?" Lu'e asked.
"Go, change my clothes." Concubine Liu nodded.
Concubine Liu took a deep breath. She had used almost all the connections she had built up in the harem over the years tonight.
Her and Yu'er's future depended on this moment, so she couldn't retreat.
Yu'er also secretly communicated the news to the ministers who were still willing to follow him, and even Zhou Bian promised to support him.
Concubine Liu changed into a pale blue satin round-necked robe embroidered with bamboo leaves and plum blossoms. Lu'e followed behind her carrying a food box, and the master and servant came to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity.
"Your Highness, why are you here?" When Su Zhongcheng saw her, he hurriedly walked forward with a smile.
"I'm here to visit the emperor and cook chicken soup for him." Concubine Liu glanced at Su Zhongcheng and said lightly.
Su Zhongcheng: "Your Majesty, the emperor has just taken medicine and has gone to bed. How about you come back tomorrow?"
Concubine Liu snorted coldly, "Eunuch Su, now you only have Concubine Ning in your eyes, right? When did I need to inform the emperor when I came to see him before?"
“This…” Su Zhongcheng was embarrassed. The situation was different now. “Your Majesty, the Emperor…”
If the Emperor wanted to see Concubine Liu recently, he would have asked him to invite her long ago.
"Get out of the way!" Concubine Liu shouted angrily.
Su Zhongcheng was unsure of the emperor's attitude towards Concubine Liu, so he had to give up his seat and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to report to the emperor."
"It's so noisy." Concubine Liu said angrily.
Two young eunuchs walked out from the corner and held Su Zhongcheng down.
Concubine Liu walked into the inner hall.
Emperor Fu has been taking some medicinal pills recently, and his complexion looks much more rosy, and he seems to have gained some weight as well.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?" Concubine Liu called out several times.
Emperor Fu was sleeping soundly and didn't respond.
Concubine Liu breathed a sigh of relief and winked at Lu'e.
Lu'e immediately started looking around the palace, "My Lady, there's nothing there."
"Impossible!" Concubine Liu said in a deep voice, "I have clearly found out that the Emperor has always kept the Imperial Seal with him."
Concubine Liu's eyes moved, and she suddenly walked to the bed and touched the pillow and bedding.
"Found it!" Concubine Liu touched a square object in the corner of the bed.
When he took it out and looked at it, it turned out to be the jade seal hidden by Emperor Fu.
"Where is the imperial edict? Bring it out quickly." Concubine Liu urged Lu'e.
Lu'e took out the imperial edict from the food box, which had been written but not sealed with the imperial seal. She looked at Emperor Fu on the bed with some nervousness and fear.
"Your Majesty, are we going too smoothly? I always feel a little scared." Lu'e said in a low voice.
"That's something I've already arranged." Concubine Liu snorted coldly, "While the prince is not in the palace today, quickly stamp the imperial edict with the jade seal."
Concubine Liu gritted her teeth and looked at Emperor Fu, who showed no sign of waking up.
"Only when the emperor dies will Yu'er have a chance."
This is the only way for the mother and son to survive.
Concubine Liu stamped the imperial edict with the jade seal and finally smiled with satisfaction.
Her son will be the emperor in the future.
"Empress, the Emperor...the Emperor seems to be waking up." Lu'e called nervously.
Concubine Liu put the imperial edict back into the food box and came to the bed. She picked up the large pillow. At this time, Emperor Fu suddenly opened his eyes.
"you you……"
Concubine Liu was startled, her eyes reddened, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I have no choice. Only if you pass the throne to Yu'er can we survive."
"You love us so much, you must be willing to give him the throne, right?"
"Yu'er said that you have already issued a decree to pass the throne to him."
Emperor Fu's chest rose and fell violently, and he pointed at Concubine Liu with a trembling finger, "Bitch...bitch..."
Although his pronunciation is still not very clear, he is able to speak.
"Yu'er... is not my son at all..."
"You are not her, you are not her!"
Concubine Liu screamed, "It's me who has been with you for so many years, not my sister."
"Is my companionship over the years not as good as your few meetings with my sister?"
"That's right, Yu'er is not your son, but you have spoiled him as your son for so many years, and he loves you as his father."
"How could you bear not to want him?"
Concubine Liu was crying and shouting, looking a little crazy.
"Your Majesty, if you don't give the throne to Yu'er, we will die, and the Queen will not let us go."
Emperor Fu was so angry that he couldn't speak. He slapped the bed with both hands, "Someone, someone!"
Concubine Liu covered his mouth and said, "Don't scream."
"Your Majesty, you hate the Queen so much, you definitely don't want to give the throne to her. I'm just trying to help you." Concubine Liu said with a sob.
Emperor Fu looked at Concubine Liu's hideous face, feeling only endless regret in his heart.
He had doted on this woman for so many years. For her, he hurt his first wife and legitimate son, but what did he get in return?
His most beloved son is not even his biological son.
Emperor Fu wished he could kill them mother and son with his own hands, and even if he died, he wanted them to be buried with him.
Seeing the hatred in Emperor Fu's eyes, Concubine Liu finally made up her mind. She raised her hand, took the large pillow, and pressed it hard against Emperor Fu's face.
Lu'e's eyes suddenly widened and she covered her mouth tightly.
Your Majesty...Why does Your Majesty want to kill the Emperor?
Emperor Fu kicked his legs a few times, struggled slightly for a while, and suddenly he lost his breath.
Concubine Liu was so shocked that she quickly let go of her hand.
Why...why is there no movement?
She only covered it for a short while.
Concubine Liu carefully touched Emperor Fu's nostrils, but there was no breath.
Is it so easy for people to die?
Her hands were shaking and she took a few steps back.
boom--
The palace door that was closed just now was knocked open.
Concubine Liu's pupils shrank slightly as she watched Queen Ruan supporting the Queen Mother and slowly walking in.
Empress Dowager Mu cast a sharp gaze at her, "You are a noble concubine, yet you actually broke into the Yangxin Palace by force, you..."
When Empress Dowager Mu saw the big welcoming pillow on Emperor Fu’s face, she was completely stunned.
"You...what did you do to the emperor?" Empress Dowager Mu asked sternly.
Concubine Liu took a few steps back. Her expression of fear, terror and despair made her look somewhat hideous.
Queen Ruan hurried forward to check, and when she removed the large pillow, she revealed Emperor Fu's already blue-gray face.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?" Empress Ruan cried out in shock, "Quick, quick, call the imperial physician!"
……
"Ha Qiu..." Yongning covered his mouth with a handkerchief and kept sneezing.
His nose had turned red from being rubbed.
She really caught a cold, so she didn't go to the Yangxin Palace today.
"Princess, I saw Concubine Liu taking people to the Yangxin Palace." Aunt Zheng said in a low voice.
Yongning picked up the cooled medicine and drank it sip by sip.
"If mother had met a favored concubine like Concubine Liu, the second son wouldn't be sitting in that position now."
This Concubine Liu is really stupid.
The entire harem was under the control of the Queen. She had been secretly ordering the palace servants to do things over the years, and the Queen knew everything, but she knew nothing.
I really thought she had great abilities.
"What does this Imperial Concubine Liu want to do? The Emperor is too sick to get up. What can she do by going to see him?" Aunt Zheng muttered softly.
Yongning curled his lips and smiled silently, "That's all their business in the Southern Dynasty. We are outsiders."
“Princess, if something happens to the emperor, will the emperor find out about that elixir…” Aunt Zheng was a little worried.
"The elixir was not made by me, but by Taoist Bu Xuanfeng. Didn't the emperor feel better after taking it? Even the empress dowager believes in Bu Xuanfeng. What do I have to be afraid of?" Yongning sneered.
She just fed the emperor some soup that conflicted with the elixir, and no one could notice it anyway.
This was her token of allegiance to Queen Ruan, and she hoped that Queen Ruan would remember her act of surrender in the future.
"My nose is really uncomfortable. Bring me some mint ointment. I want to lie down and take a nap first." Yongning said.
Aunt Zheng went to warm the medicine again and said, "Princess, you need to take medicine for a cold, otherwise you will feel worse."
Yongning just took the medicine, lay down and fell into a sleep in a daze.
Suddenly, the ringing of a bell woke her up.
"This is..." Yongning's voice was very hoarse because of the cold.
Aunt Zheng's face turned pale. "Princess, it seems...it seems to be a death knell."
The emperor died?
Yongning stood up suddenly, "Quick, change my clothes, I want white clothes."
Her heart was beating like thunder, pounding fast.
The Emperor just...died?!
Although Aunt Zheng's hands were shaking, she still helped Yongning put on her clothes, "Madam, hold on, hold on!"
Yongning took a deep breath and said, "Get your handkerchief ready and follow me to the Yangxin Palace."
The bells were still ringing, one after another, echoing throughout the palace.
It seemed that the only sound left in the entire palace was the sound of the bell, and all other sounds had disappeared.
All the palaces seemed to be in deathly silence.
When Yongning arrived at the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, he only saw Concubine Liu and her servant pressed to the ground with their mouths stuffed, and Empress Dowager Mu slumped on the armchair.
Queen Ruan stood in the middle of the hall, her expression solemn, her eyes calm and cold, her whole body emitting a majestic aura that was difficult to ignore, shocking the other concubines who had rushed into the room so much that they dared not utter a word.
"Let her die, I want her to die!" Empress Dowager Mu pointed at Concubine Liu and roared heartbreakingly.
"And that bastard, go and bring him to me. I want them and their son to be buried with the emperor."
When Yongning heard this, his eyebrows jumped violently.
The Queen Mother actually called the Second Prince a bastard?
What a great secret he had heard?
The corners of Queen Ruan's eyes were red, and she looked like she had just cried.
"Mother, your health is very important. I have asked people to invite the royal family and the Crown Prince and Prince Chen to come. You must take care of yourself."
Queen Mother Mu was experiencing the pain of losing her son, and she was in so much pain that she was speechless.
Tonight she suddenly felt palpitations, and the Queen happened to go to the Cining Palace to talk to her, so she suggested going to the Yangxin Palace with the Queen.
As soon as he reached the door, he saw Su Zhongcheng being pressed to the ground, and there was not a single guard there.
Just as Empress Dowager Mu was about to get angry, she heard the voice of Concubine Liu from inside.
When Empress Dowager Mu heard that Fu Yuxuan was not the emperor's son, she was so shocked that she forgot to open the door.
It's just a little bit off.
If he had come in earlier, the emperor might still be alive.
"Empress, investigate! Investigate thoroughly. There must be spies among the Imperial Guards who know this bitch." Empress Dowager Mu pointed at Concubine Liu and ordered sternly.
Empress Ruan gently patted Empress Dowager Mu on the back and said, "Yes, I will definitely check it out."
Concubine Liu no longer had the strength to struggle. She looked at the hypocritical Queen Ruan with resentment.
She wanted to struggle and scream.
Everything today must have been planned by the Queen. She didn't do anything at all. It was just a short moment, so how could the Emperor die?
Queen Ruan is so vicious.
She must have known what she was going to do a long time ago and had prepared a trap for her to jump into.
"What's wrong with father?" The prince came hurriedly, his hair was still loose and his face was a little pale.
The prince slowly knelt down in front of the bed.
Soon, Fu Jinyuan also arrived.
When Empress Dowager Mu saw her grandson who looked so much like Emperor Fu, she burst into tears again.
"Grandmother, your grandson will take you to the Cining Palace first." Fu Jinyuan said in a hoarse voice.