Chapter 559: Concubine Rou wants to kill the emperor
Chapter 559: Concubine Rou wants to kill the emperor
So she gathered her thoughts and drugged Emperor Wu Wen again, and this time the dosage was much heavier than last time, just to ensure that there would be no mistakes.
However, perhaps the medicine had been left for too long or something, so even though she gave a larger dose, the effect was far less than the first time, and she could only watch as Emperor Wu Wen's health gradually improved.
A month ago, Emperor Wu Wen was so weak that he could not get out of bed, let alone attend court.
But during these days, Emperor Wu Wen was not only able to eat and drink, but his sleep quality was also particularly good. After falling asleep, he would not wake up until it was time to go to court.
Under her "careful" care, Emperor Wu Wen was able to attend court normally, which was not a good sign.
She also waited until Emperor Wu and Wen became seriously ill and unconscious, then took out the imperial edict that had been prepared long ago and tricked Emperor Wu and Wen into stamping the imperial seal on it, making the eldest prince the legitimate new emperor.
But she served in Qiankun Palace every day without taking off her clothes, but she did not get the desired result.
Looking at Emperor Wuwen sleeping soundly again, the corners of her mouth moved, and Concubine Rou slowly approached Emperor Wuwen. She heard Emperor Wen say, "Yuan'er, Yuan'er, my precious son."
Seeing that Emperor Wu Wen was sleeping, Concubine Rou was still unable to forget the third prince born to him and the empress. This made her so furious that she lost all her rationality and stretched out her hands to strangle Emperor Wu Wen's neck.
He gradually exerted force with his hands, and soon Emperor Wu Wen's face turned ashen.
Suddenly, there was a noise in the hall. Concubine Rou quickly let go of her hand, stood up and took two steps back.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Emperor Wen, who was sleeping, was woken up by Concubine Rou. He coughed violently for a while before he finally woke up.
"My dear, what's wrong?"
"Your Majesty, I was sitting by your bed, keeping watch over you, and I don't know why you suddenly started coughing."
"Oh, did you scare my beloved?"
"Oh, Your Majesty, I am frightened to death."
As she spoke, Concubine Rou sobbed and pretended to be very aggrieved. She threw herself into Emperor Wu Wen's arms, ready to have a good cry.
But what Concubine Rou didn't expect was that she rushed forward too fast in a panic and knocked Emperor Wu Wen onto the bed.
"Ah, Your Majesty, how are you? I didn't mean to do that. Let me see where I bumped into you."
"It's okay, my beloved, I'm not in pain. Please stop crying. It makes me so sad."
"Your Majesty, I don't want to cry either, but can I really not help it?"
"Okay, okay, my beloved concubine, if you want to cry, then cry. I won't say anything more. Okay."
"My beloved, please tell me, what happened to scare you like this?"
When Concubine Rou heard Emperor Wu Wen bring up the previous incident again, she stopped wiping her tears abruptly. She felt very guilty.
What should she say? She said she wanted to strangle the emperor to death, but was frightened by the noise in the palace and stopped.
She believed that if she said this, even if the emperor did not sentence her to death under the influence of the drug, he would still deprive her of her position as imperial concubine.
No, she had to keep her position as the Imperial Concubine. The eldest prince wanted to get that position, and as the Imperial Concubine, she could provide greater help to her son.
"Your Majesty, I don't know what happened, but the sudden noise frightened me and made me cry."
"Okay, whatever my beloved concubine says is what I want to do. I need to rest now, and my beloved concubine, you should go back early as well."
"Your Majesty, I want to stay and keep watch for you."
"No need, my beloved, I will feel bad if you do this, be good and go back quickly."
Seeing the unquestionable look in the emperor's eyes, Concubine Rou swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
After entering the palace for so many years, she thought she understood Emperor Wu Wen's temper very well and knew that if Emperor Wu Wen asked her to leave, she would not be able to stay.
If she insisted on staying in Qiankun Palace, Emperor Wu Wen would immediately let her know why the flowers were so red.
She really didn't dare to disobey Emperor Wu Wen directly, so she could only retreat unwillingly.
As Concubine Rou walked out, Emperor Wu Wen looked at Concubine Sheng's figure getting farther and farther away. His eyes were as dark as a pool of spring water, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
Emperor Wu Wen kept looking out the door for a whole cup of tea before he called out the secret guards.
"Where are my four grandchildren? How long will it take for them to reach the capital?"
"Your Majesty, Princess Chen is traveling with four children, so it's not very fast. It will take a long time. At the current speed, it will take another 40 days to reach the capital."
"Forty days. Forty days."
Emperor Wu Wen repeated it twice and asked again: "Where is the third brother? Has the third brother come back?"
"Didn't you hear what I said?"
"Father, my son is back."
Suddenly, another voice was heard in the hall, but Emperor Wu Wen was not alarmed. Instead, he understood why the secret guard did not respond immediately.
Because the voice came from his son, which shows something.
Turning around, he saw that it was indeed the Third Prince whom he loved from the bottom of his heart.
"My son, I bow to my father."
"Yuan'er, get up quickly and come to your father to have a good look."
Xie Ruiyuan stood up as he was told and walked up to Emperor Wu Wen.
Emperor Wu Wen's eyes welled up when he saw his son, whom he had been thinking about day and night, standing in front of him alive.
But he was an emperor and should not have any emotions, so he calmed himself down and looked at his son carefully.
Xie Ruiyuan clearly saw his father, saw how excited he was, and also saw the white hair between his father's temples.
I still remember that he had an accident last year and the imperial physician concluded that he would never have children in this lifetime. My father, who was always decisive and resolute in the court, suddenly hunched over with his tall body.
He knew that at that moment, Emperor Wu Wen was no longer the high and mighty emperor, but a father. The feeling of powerlessness over his son's body made him feel completely frustrated.
At that time, he did not despise the fact that he was born into an imperial family. Instead, he felt very lucky to have a father who loved him so much.
When the queen mother learned of his physical condition, she could no longer bear it and fainted.
His father sat beside the bed holding his hand without saying a word. Although he knew that his father did not say any words of comfort to him, he knew that it was a rare opportunity to have a king accompany him late at night. He felt that he was happy at that time.
Later, for various reasons, he left the capital and went to Banyue Villa in Wuning County to recuperate.
After he left, I don’t know how my father and mother lived, but their life was definitely not very smooth.
He was at Banyue Villa, and before he had figured out what to do next, he found Li Mengyue.
Originally, he thought that if he found the woman who forced herself on him, he would torture her to death and cut her into pieces.
But he found that after coming into contact with Li Mengyue, his thoughts changed and he gradually became interested in Li Mengyue. Until later he discovered that Li Mengyue was pregnant with his child, his dead heart came back to life.
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