As soon as the queen got up, she sat in front of the window and played cutting the window grilles in the bright sunlight.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Xu has come to pay her respects." The palace maid came in to pass the message.

"She's a rare guest!" The queen was in a good mood, yesterday she ordered Concubine Xu to slap Xu Concubine's mouth, but Concubine Xu endured it in order to protect the girl named Yang Liu.In the past, if she touched Xu Pin's hair, that crazy woman would fight to the death. "A few days ago, it was said that the sick nest was in Xiushui Palace, how long has it been since I greeted the Palace? I just got a good beating yesterday. So, that kind of person is a low-skinned person, and it is shameful."

The queen smiled happily.The lord of her palace is really aggrieved. Those women in the harem can't touch those who are favored, and those who have children.Seeing those witches do their best, there is nothing they can do. The most unjust thing is that if those women lose their lives in a fight, the tongfei emperor will blame her for all the crimes.

Concubine Xu relieved some of the grievances accumulated in the empress's heart for many years. What satisfied her most was that she punished the craziest, wildest and most arrogant woman in the palace.

"Your Majesty, do you want to see me?" the little maid hurriedly replied.Although she was working in the empress's palace, she did not dare to offend Concubine Xu, even the nanny who slapped Concubine Xu yesterday, she held back her strength when she did it.A lunatic like Xu Bin can't be provoked but can only hide.

The queen laughed and said, "Of course I want to see you. The concubine greets the queen, how can there be no reason for not seeing her?" It was already late yesterday when she beat Concubine Xu, and she couldn't see clearly under the candlelight. Today's daylight is just right, and she wants to take a good look at it. Look at Xu Bin's swollen face.

Before the maid could reply, Concubine Xu rushed in.

The maid guarding the gate came in and pleaded guilty to the queen: "I really can't stop Concubine Xu."

"Why don't you have a long memory? Do you think that if you take Yangliu back, the matter of splashing water on the palace road will be over?" Seeing that Xu Concubine is so unruly, the queen angrily reprimanded: "Tip on your own weight when you are presumptuous. Still What about the time when the emperor doted on you? I don’t even think about whether the emperor has been to Xiushui Palace since you gave birth to the princess? The one in Yuemen Palace is the one who is favored now.”

The queen was even angrier when she thought of that concubine Ji.Being threatened to be expelled from Yuemen Palace was simply the greatest shame in her life.But she was helpless, Ji concubine's bargaining chip was the emperor's dragon body, what else could she do except endure and silently find a replacement?

"May the empress take a moment to speak." Concubine Xu said directly to the empress without saluting after entering.

"I think you want to be slapped again." Seeing that Concubine Xu's face was slightly red but not swollen, the queen lost most of yesterday's joy in an instant.Seeing that Xu Bin didn't pay attention to her in front of so many servants, only anger remained in her heart. "Come here! Give me a slap."

Concubine Xu didn't evade, but said coldly: "Empress, don't you ask me what I want to say to you? Or do you want me to say it in front of everyone..." None of the women in the palace said anything shameful , and which hands and feet are absolutely clean.Those immoral things done by the queen are just rumors, but she said it seriously, as if she really knew it.

The queen's face turned pale in an instant, and she interrupted Xu Bin immediately: "Go into the inner room and talk."

The queen didn't let the palace servants follow in, her eyes were red with anger, she stared at Concubine Xu and asked, "You want to threaten me to let you go?"

Concubine Xu gently knocked on the door of the inner room, pretended to be careless and walked in front of the queen, and suddenly drew out a dagger and pointed it at the queen's neck: "No. Should I let you go!"

The queen wanted to scream in fright, and Xu Pin pushed forward a little bit with the tip of the knife.Feeling the pressure in her throat, the queen swallowed her cry, and persuaded Concubine Xu in a low voice: "You can't live if you kill me. You still have a little princess..."

"Want to live? Slap your own mouth!" Xu Bin sneered.

She still remembers the heartache when she saw Yang Liu was beaten all over her body yesterday. Of course she would not kill the queen, but she and the queen have such an incompatible relationship. it's not a big deal.In any case, it is impossible for the queen and her to coexist peacefully.

The queen was stunned, staring straight at the blade pointing at her neck, and backed away step by step in fright, straight back to the wall.

"Or do you want me to come in person? I'm not going to strike lightly." Xu Bin looked at her palm.

Snapped!There was a crisp sound.The queen's hand hit her face.

"I asked you to slap your mouth, not touch your face!" Concubine Xu pointed to the queen who had closed the door from the inside. "They can't come in to save you. If you ask for help, they might be able to collect your body while it's hot. Don't you know what kind of character I am?"

The queen gritted her teeth and slapped herself with all her might.

Mammy faintly heard the sound of slapping in the inner room, and proudly said to the maid: "It's still our empress who is so powerful that I dare not yell even if Concubine Xu is beaten."

The little maid nodded in agreement: "It's just the hand that loves the empress, don't hurt it."

***

"It's poisoning." The imperial physician confirmed the emperor's cause of death. "It's just that I don't know what kind of poison it is. I have never seen such a peaceful but tragic death."

"Impossible. If the food is poisonous, how can the little eunuch be safe?" The father-in-law didn't want to believe that the emperor was poisoned.He was the person who served the emperor personally, not to mention that he was the most suspected of the emperor's death from poisoning, even if the murderer was found out, he was also responsible.

Seeing the unreturned teacup on the table, the imperial physician stepped forward to open the teapot and smell it. "Has anyone entered the house to change the tea?"

"Our family has guarded the door all night, and no one has entered. The imperial doctor suspects that the water is poisonous?"

"Try it and you will know." The imperial doctor ordered someone to catch a little sparrow, and poured some tea for the little sparrow to drink.After waiting for a while, the bird was still alive and kicking, and the water was non-toxic. "The emperor's death is not something that you and I can find out, father-in-law should ring the bell!"

The father-in-law wiped his tears and looked at the already cold dragon body on the bed, and loudly ordered the little eunuch under his hand: "The emperor is dead! Ring the death knell!"

Dangdang Dangdang!

Dangdang Dangdang!

Dangdang Dangdang!

The news of the emperor's death was reported by the court ladies and eunuchs. A young eunuch ran over from the gate of the palace as if fleeing for his life. A familiar young palace lady stopped him: "You also know that the emperor has passed away?"

"Run! Someone...someone has entered the palace." The little eunuch continued to run forward without taking a breath.

***

"Your Majesty." Mother Rong came in crying and said, "The Emperor has passed away."

Knowing that today is the day of decisive victory, Princess Jia is very calm, but the concubine is stunned. "how come……"

The emperor is only in his thirties. Although he has suffered from insomnia recently, he is still in good health.The concubine did not cry, but stood up in a daze, and said to the nanny in a hoarse voice: "Where is the emperor now? Hurry up and help Ai's family go."

The concubine was about to leave when a terrified little maid ran in and said, "My lord, something is wrong. The remnants of the loyal king's party have entered the palace, and the guards have disappeared." The emperor's forefoot is gone. , People loyal to the king came immediately, and the concubine knew that the sky would change.

Concubine Jia sat motionless on the chair, she felt no less sad than Concubine Dowager, but it was not because of the emperor. "Your Majesty, you can't go out. It's dangerous outside." Princess Jia lowered her eyes and said solemnly, not daring to look at the princess.

It was only at this time that the concubine realized that Princess Jia was so calm that it was heartbreaking.She asked in disbelief: "Xian'er, you always knew about it, right? King Zhong is dead, and it was King Jia who broke into the palace, right?"

Princess Jia said to Nanny Rong: "Mommy, go tell everyone to hide in the palace."

There are only two people left in the hall.

The concubine stood staggeringly, the pain of the death of her son and Princess Jia's concealment almost defeated her instantly.The concubine held on to the door to go out, Princess Jia stood up and pulled her back into her arms to hold her: "My mother's day is sad. It's a done deal..."

The concubine was so angry that she pushed Princess Jia away, and said in a hoarse voice: "The emperor is my child! Although he was not born by me, he has been dependent on me for 30 years. The late emperor is gone, you abandoned me to marry King Jia , my mother’s family will only use me. In those years, only the emperor was by my side! Only the emperor!”

"..." Princess Jia was afraid that the concubine would rush out, so she pressed her body against the closed door, crying uncontrollably.She is not willing to hurt the concubine, but how can she choose?Lovers on one side and children on the other.Love is the pain of losing a child, but children are the stake of life.

"For you. For so many years, I have tried my best to protect your precious children, and I have also tried my best to protect the Jiawang Mansion in front of the emperor. The emperor's brothers are almost gone. What do you think is the reason why the Jiawang Mansion is here? Because of you!" The concubine burst into tears and said to Princess Jia: "But what did you do? Did you and King Jia conspire to enter the palace to accompany me? Only I believed it like a fool, thinking that you really changed your mind."

Princess Jia couldn't take it anymore, but no matter how she explained how to apologize, it was useless.The concubine regards the emperor as her own. As a mother, Princess Jia understands how sad and angry the concubine is at the moment.

"I'm going to see my son for the last time. Get out of the way." Toffee suddenly calmed down.

"No. Now the sword has no eyes outside." Princess Jia knew that the princess's sudden calm was not because of her anger towards her, but because she had completely given up on her.

"Don't make it seem like you care about me." The concubine walked up to Princess Jia, looked into her eyes and sneered, "The sad thing is, even though I know that you conspired with King Jia to kill my son, I still don't want to let you go." how."

"I didn't." Princess Jia's heart was like a knife. "I did not harm the emperor."

The concubine walked up to the vase, picked up the small copper scissors on the desk and compared it to her wrist: "If you don't let me see my son for the last time, I will die here."

Princess Jia had no choice but to step aside from the door, opened the door for the princess, and said softly: "Let me go with the empress, okay?"

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