The prince cried so hard that his heart broke.
His mother died.
His unborn child also died.
He couldn't wait to find out the person behind it and cut him into pieces with a thousand knives.
Some of the ministers in the palace also shed tears after their wives and children died.
"The empress is so kind that she would never do such a thing..." a minister said, "I noticed that King Pingxi seems to have been prepared..."
Chu Yi stood up and said in a cold voice: "On the eve of the birthday banquet, the son noticed the movement, so he made arrangements. I never expected that the queen mother actually arranged to assassinate the queen. Although the queen died, the evidence was complete!"
"No! Impossible! My mother would not do such a thing!" The prince yelled, "I am the prince, the prince appointed by my father. Why should my mother fight for what originally belongs to me? This is a false accusation. ! Someone is deliberately framed! It’s either Chu Yi or you, or Chu Mo! Only you two have the ability to do such a thing!"
The prince's voice echoed in the hall, and he had obviously collapsed.
The emperor spoke slowly: "If you are not a queen, you cannot be a queen."
Chu Yi's eyebrows were downcast.
The queen planned an assassination and realized that she had failed, so at the critical moment, she sacrificed her own life in exchange for the prince's innocence.
The prince was so well protected that even now, he still didn't know anything.
Therefore, he will not be suspected by his father.
"It's not Yi'er either."
The emperor spoke these words slowly.
If Yi'er hadn't made arrangements in advance, everything would have been out of control.
That can only be...
"Chu Mo!" The emperor's fingers clenched tightly, his joints turned cold and white, "It must be him!"
Chu Yi remained silent.
Because the father obviously felt guilty towards the queen, and if he said too much, it would arouse his suspicion.
Since my father decided it was Chu Mo, then it must be Chu Mo.
"The queen died while protecting me, and she was posthumously named Empress Xiaoyi and Duanren." The emperor said word by word, "Come to the Ancestral Temple, and perform the posthumous ceremony..."
All are in accordance with the royal family’s highest standards of funeral arrangements.
The prince cried.
After the sad atmosphere passed, a minister spoke slowly: "His Royal Highness Chu Rui, the orphan of the former crown prince, did not know whether he was alive or dead in order to protect the emperor..."
The emperor said: "Chu Rui has done great service in protecting the emperor. I will give him the title of Prince Zhuang. If he can escape from death, he will be given a fiefdom in the palace. I will pay my respects to the third-rank official of the Ministry of Industry. I admire this!"
For those who protect the driver, rewards must be given vigorously, so that there will be talents who will risk their lives to protect the driver at the critical moment.
Dali Temple conducted a thorough investigation all night, and finally pinned the case on King Gongxi Chumo.
This treasonous assassination incident resulted in the death of countless palace maids and eunuchs, 19 ministers died, more than 30 people were injured, 36 female family members died, and more than 80 people were injured... Next, funerals were held everywhere in the capital, and there were always people in the sky. Mingbi, there are always people carrying funerals on the streets, and the sound of crying spreads.
The biggest matter in the palace is the queen's death.
The emperor must follow the highest standards of etiquette, so the entire dynasty, from the royal family to the seventh-rank sesame officials, all official women and their children must come to the palace every day to mourn and recite sutras for the queen...
Because Brother Jue was really still young, Chu Yi asked for grace to save Brother Jue from crying in mourning, but Brother Yu and Chang Sheng could not escape. They followed their parents into the palace every day and knelt on the ground of Dali Temple in the main hall to mourn for the queen. .
When the Queen Mother died, the emperor was not that concerned and everything was just a formality.
Now that the queen has passed away, the emperor will come in person every day. With the emperor here, no one dares to be careless, and everyone bursts into tears.
Among the crowd, Li Jingshu knelt in front, her face full of hatred.
The person the emperor cared about most was obviously her, but after the queen blocked the sword for the emperor, everything changed.
Since the queen's death, the emperor has never looked at her again.
Her relationship with the emperor has been made clear, she has lost her reputation, and she must get a status.
Originally, she thought that as long as she could enter the harem, it would be fine.
But now, the queen is dead and the post is vacant. This is clearly her opportunity.
She must plan carefully and get into that position...
The prince knelt in front of him blankly, and the prince concubine was beside him, burning the coins with a sad look on his face.
She knew very well that the prince's ability to sit firmly in the East Palace depended on the Queen's planning. Now that the Queen is dead, the Gongsun family is leaderless, and the East Palace is afraid...
She seemed to have thought of something, and the hand that was burning the coins suddenly paused.
The Queen told her to deal with Concubine Wu.
In the past, when the Queen was still there, there was no rush in this matter.
But now that the queen is dead, if someone makes a fuss about Concubine Wu, it is impossible for her and the prince to come up with a way to deal with it.
"Your Highness has not eaten for several days, so I am going to prepare some food."
Regardless of whether the prince wanted it or not, the princess stood up, bowed her head and exited the mourning hall.
She went directly to the main hall of the East Palace. Ever since Concubine Wu became pregnant, she had lived in the main hall and never left. She was so proud of her favor that she got carried away.
The Crown Princess has long wanted to deal with it.
"I have met the Crown Princess." Xie Ping stood up and saluted, "If I were not pregnant and of low status, I would still like to show my last bit of filial piety to the Queen."
"Come here!" the Crown Princess said coldly, "Strangle her to death!"
She didn't want to talk nonsense.
Two nuns walked in quickly and held Xie Ping's shoulders.
The Crown Princess thought that Xie Ping would cry and beg for mercy, but she saw a strange smile on Xie Ping's lips: "If I die, Princess Lan'er will be hopeless."
"What did you say?" The Crown Princess looked at her with a serious look on her face, "What did you do to Lan'er?!"
Xie Ping smiled: "Back then, the Queen gave me a bag of poison and fed it to King Gongxi. King Gongxi took the medicine and killed Zhou Meiren."
The princess was stunned.
Zhou Meiren was indeed killed, but the queen found out that it was a grudge committed by a palace maid, who turned out to be King Gongxi?
What kind of medicine is so scary?
"Princess Lan'er was a little curious when she saw the medicine in my hand, so I let her taste some." The smile on Xie Ping's lips became even wider, "Princess Lan'er is greedy and ate a lot of things here. , if the Crown Princess kills my concubine, she will never know these secrets."
"Bitch! Vicious woman! She actually attacked a child!"
The Crown Princess slapped Xie Ping on the face several times.
But a voice sounded behind her: "What are you doing!"
The prince rushed in, pushed the princess away, and protected Xie Ping behind him: "Linglong is pregnant with Gu's child. If you dare to attack Linglong, Gu will deprive you of your position as the crown princess!"
The princess felt a sweetness in her throat and vomited out a mouthful of blood.
She didn't have time to argue about this now, she had to quickly find an imperial physician to show Lan'er...
No one knows what happened in the East Palace.
There was a gloomy atmosphere outside the main hall, and cries could not be heard without end.
Fortunately, they took turns to mourn, so Yun Chu and the children went there every other day, kneeling for one day at a time.
There were a total of seventy-seven and forty-nine days of inactivity, and the two children's seventh birthdays were also missed, as well as New Year's Eve. They stayed there until the end of the first month of the following year.
