"Where are you going?" His smile made Su Tong's scalp tingle, and she asked warily.
"You'll know when we get there." He pursed his lips and smiled, but he didn't mean anything.
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At the same time, the Royal Palace.
On the dragon bed, the emperor's figure was lying hunched in a corner. The strength of the previous few days was no longer there, leaving only weakness and sickness. There were little blood stains on the back of his bright yellow lining, which had obviously been done for a long time.
It turned into dark red and was mottled.
He coughed violently, and even the bed swayed a little with his body.
"Your Majesty, take the medicine." The queen opened the silk drape and walked in. When she saw the pale emperor, she sighed softly, with a look of helplessness in her eyes.
She couldn't say she loved the man in front of her, or even had feelings for him. She just felt a little uncomfortable after being used to being together for so many years, and now she had made him look like this.
"Yes." The emperor responded softly, sat up, took the medicine bowl from the queen's hand, and drank it in small sips.
Looking at his appearance, the queen couldn't help but feel a little pitiful about him.
"Your Majesty, Lord Shangshu is very displeased with Concubine Li's matter." As always, the Queen had no intention of feeding him. Instead, she sat down beside his bed and said this in a nonchalant manner.
Li Fei is the daughter of Master Shangshu. She is usually very precious, but now she is gone at the drop of a hat. Naturally, he will not be willing to accept it.
"What did he say?" The emperor frowned. The fingers holding the bowl were obviously a little harder, and the knuckles turned pale. Then he snorted coldly, "Didn't I give her daughter a good burial?"
One is an old court official, and the other is a concubine in the harem who has fallen out of favor. Naturally, the emperor will not take it seriously.
The queen's brows furrowed, and she couldn't help but feel a little chilled - Today, he was like this to Concubine Li, will he be equally indifferent to herself in the future? Kings since ancient times...
"I have followed the emperor's instructions to give Concubine Li a grand burial, and also gave the Lord Shangshu some money to supplement the family income." The queen spoke slowly, paused before continuing, "But he firmly believes that his daughter will not die.
He committed suicide and even invited a widower to come to the palace gate and insist on an autopsy!"
"Bastard!" the emperor roared angrily, and at the same time he slammed the medicine bowl in his hand on the table next to him with a "ping" sound, his eyes filled with blazing anger, "Does he think all my imperial doctors are useless?
He actually believes in a small fraud? Where does he think the palace is?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. The palace is naturally not accessible to anyone who wants to." The queen smiled calmly and still gently packed the medicine bowl next to her. "I have sent them back. However, although Lord Shangshu is no longer an official in the court,
But there are still many people in the government and the public who are attached to him, and it would not be good for the court if he really causes any unhappy situation."
The queen's meaning is very clear: now that the emperor is ill, if something happens in the court that does not happen quickly, it will easily breed chaos and rebellion!
The emperor did not speak, but turned his eyes to the queen, thinking about something in his heart.
"I understand why the harem does not interfere with politics. I just want to remind you that the emperor does not need to think too much." With a gentle smile, the queen picked up a handkerchief and wiped the corners of the emperor's mouth - two days later, she opened the imperial mausoleum.
She was able to get what she wanted and take revenge! After leaving this man who had lived together for so long, this piece of advice was probably the last thing left to him...
"Cough, cough, cough..." The emperor looked at it for a long time in disbelief. Just as he was about to say something, his chest suddenly started to tumble again, and he coughed violently again.
The queen frowned, and keenly saw the tiny blood streaks he coughed up staining the front of his chest, so she quickly asked the maid next to her to bring over a piece of underwear.
She knew that this poison was not easy to cure, so she was determined to make him die.
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"Queen, the clothes are here." The palace maid moved very quickly, and presented a brand new set of underwear in no less than a cup of tea.
"Yes." The queen waved her hand, took off the clothes, and signaled the maids to go out, "As long as I am here, you all can go down first."
After watching the palace maid leave, she turned around, walked to the edge of the bed and stopped: "Your Majesty, would you like to change your clothes?"
The emperor nodded, sat feebly, and allowed the queen to take off his clothes. However, when she helped him put on his clothes, he suddenly thought of a detail - the clothes on the day of the poisoning were also put on by her!
It was late at night that day, and he had decided to read in the study instead of going to her palace, but she sent someone to shout that she had made something delicious for him to try, and even deliberately soiled his clothes so that he could taste it.
He changes.
At first I thought it was logical and nothing special, but now I think about it and I can't help but feel weird - how could someone come over to taste something in the middle of the night?
"My dear concubine!" The emperor's face darkened. When the queen's hand moved to his shoulder, he suddenly grabbed her wrist and pulled her to the side, "I ask you, what about the poison on my clothes that night?"
,Did you send someone to get it up?"
How could a mere palace maid have the guts to deliberately kill him?
Without the support of "high-level officials", otherwise this kind of little palace lady would never see him in her lifetime!