mtlumby2d Chapter 133 Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace – Gao Xiyue 33
Chapter 133 Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace – Gao Xiyue 33
The emperor decided to interrogate Qi Ru in person. Quan Xiao naturally would not go against the emperor's wishes. After paying his respects, he turned around and arranged for Qi Ru to be brought over. What the emperor did not notice was that when Quan Xiao left the hall, he glanced at Jin Bao outside the hall.
Not long after Quanxiao left, Jinbao quietly retreated, and soon appeared outside Xianfu Palace. When the palace servants of Xianfu Palace saw Jinbao, they did not say anything to him or make any contact with him, but just nodded at Jinbao from a distance.
Not long after, Qi Ru was brought before the emperor by Quan Xiao, half dead and covered in wounds. The emperor frowned when he saw Qi Ru lying unconscious. Quan Xiao picked up the tea beside him and poured it on Qi Ru's face.
"Well......"
Qi Ru woke up and looked at the surrounding environment. It took him a long time to realize where he was. When the emperor saw Qi Ru waking up, he said, "Qi Ru, I heard that you insisted on seeing me. Now, I am here. You can tell me anything you want to say!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I...cough, cough, cough."
"I am guilty. I should not have betrayed the emperor. I deserve to die. Please forgive my family for my confession of guilt." Qi Ru knew that he had been discovered to have betrayed the emperor and that the emperor would never let him go. In order not to implicate his family, Qi Ru had to plead with the emperor.
"Since you know you are guilty, then tell us what exactly did you do to help the Queen Mother? "The Emperor looked at Qi Ru, who was begging desperately, expressionlessly, and held back his anger, wanting to hear Qi Ru's account.
"I followed the Queen Mother's orders and tampered with the Imperial Concubine Hui's tonic soup. I also secretly copied the Emperor's pulse record and gave it to the Queen Mother." Qi Ru should have stopped talking here, but when he wanted to stop, he found that his mouth continued to speak uncontrollably: "I also put a sterilizing drug in the Emperor's soup. I put it in twice, once when I was in the residence, after the Crown Prince was born, and once after the Fourth Prince was born."
"How dare you!" The emperor couldn't help himself after hearing this. He suddenly picked up the pen holder beside him and threw it at Qi Ru, "Qi Ru, you are so bold that you dared to drug me!"
"Tell me! Did the Queen Mother ask you to give me the medicine? Tell me!"
It was too late for Qi Ru to change his words. He didn't understand what happened to him just now and why he suddenly mentioned something he had never done. But seeing the emperor so angry, Qi Ru knew that no matter how he explained now, the emperor would not believe that he really didn't give him a sterilizing drug.
Thinking of bribing his queen mother, Qi Ru suddenly didn't want the other party to have an easy time, so he chose to acquiesce to the emperor's question. Seeing Qi Ru's acquiescence, the emperor was even more furious. He first smashed all the objects within his sight, and then calmed down a little.
The emperor turned to look at Qi Ru and said, "Before Yongqi was born, you gave me the antidote for the infertility drug. Now, as long as you give me the antidote for the infertility drug, I will not only not blame your family, but also spare your life."
Hearing that there was a chance to survive, Qi Ru really wanted to agree, but the words that came out of his mouth were: "I can't do it. The antidote for the infertility drug was given by the Queen Mother, and I don't have it."
"So you really can't help yourself get rid of the infertility drug?" The emperor's words seemed to come out from his teeth. Unfortunately, even so, Qi Ru's answer was still a denial. The emperor was disappointed and angry, "Quanxiao, drag Qi Ru away and tear him into pieces!"
After Quan Xiao dragged Doctor Qi away, the emperor became more and more angry. He couldn't help it and planned to go to the Cining Palace to confront the empress dowager face to face.
In the Cining Palace, the Queen Mother was discussing with Fujia about sending someone to the Emperor.
"Fujia, this Lu Muping is useless and not favored by the emperor, and the previous Bai Ruiji was also useless and is still a minor concubine. This won't work. We must find another suitable person to serve the emperor!"
"Empress Dowager, it is not easy to find a suitable candidate. But the harem is peaceful now, why do you insist on arranging someone to serve the emperor?" Fuga couldn't help but ask curiously.
The emperor, who was standing outside the Cining Palace at this time, was also very curious about this question. He walked to the gate of the Cining Palace and saw that there was no one there. He remembered the experience of eavesdropping in the Xianfu Palace. He thought that it might be more beneficial to find out the empress dowager's intentions first and then confront her, so he started eavesdropping again.
"After all, the emperor is not my biological child. If my Hongzhan had not been so young, I would never have allowed the emperor to succeed me."
"Now the emperor is not truly filial to me. For the sake of my foresight and understanding, I must always understand the emperor's thoughts."
"The emperor's concubines are either not favored or have bad relations with me, especially the Imperial Noble Consort Hui. It is because of her that I cannot obtain power in the palace."
"Wait a few years, when Hongzhan grows up, I would like to ask him to succeed me if possible. It is not impossible for the younger brother to succeed the elder brother."
The Queen Mother had actually thought about letting the younger brother take over the throne, but she didn't dare to really do it. She just didn't expect that she would so easily speak out the thoughts hidden deep in her heart.
After she finished speaking, the Queen Mother immediately realized that she had spoken out of turn. She looked at Fu Jia with fierce eyes, "What did you just hear?"
Fujia had never thought that he would hear the Queen Mother's treasonous idea of "the younger brother inherits the throne after the death of the elder brother". Seeing the Queen Mother's fierce eyes, he was so scared that he immediately knelt down and swore: "Please rest assured, Queen Mother, I am loyal to you and I didn't hear anything."
The Queen Mother looked at Fuga for a long time, and finally decided to let Fuga go. After all, she had eliminated most of the people around her over the years, leaving only Fuga. Seeing that Fuga was so scared, the Queen Mother finally decided to give her another chance.
"Okay, get up. I'm sure you know what to say and what not to say."
When the news of the brother's death and the younger brother's succession came out, the emperor's eyes widened. He didn't need to ask any more questions, as he already knew why the empress dowager had given him a sterilizing drug.
"So this is what the Queen Mother had in mind. No wonder she wanted to pin the blame on the Queen. I guess she wanted to make me hate the Queen. Yonghuang has been deposed, Yonglian is dead, and only Yongzhang and Yongqi are left."
"It seems that I must send someone to guard Yongzhang and Yongqi. If something happens to them again, I will have no successor. If the empress dowager, this vicious woman, harms me again, her wish of 'brother succeeds brother' may really come true."
The more the emperor thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. At the same time, his heart was filled with resentment. "Hmph, you want the younger brother to succeed the elder brother, but you don't even consider whether Hongzhan has that luck!" The emperor was determined to take action against Hongzhan. He would never give the empress dowager any chance.
Soon after, the Empress Dowager received news from outside the palace that Prince Guo Hongzhan accidentally fell off his horse while out riding and died on the spot. The Emperor laughed triumphantly in the Yangxin Palace upon receiving the news of Prince Guo's death, while the Empress Dowager in the Cining Palace collapsed to the ground the moment she received the news.
After receiving the news of Prince Guo's death, the Queen Mother was devastated and fell ill. Everyone had to go to the Cining Palace to tend to the Queen Mother. Even the Queen, who was not yet fully recovered, came despite her health condition. It was not known whether the Queen came this time really to want the Queen Mother to get better or to kill her.