mtlumby2d Chapter 480: The Foolish Emperor Jing
Chapter 480: The Foolish Emperor Jing
Queen Jiang is the most untouchable wound in Xiao Mo's heart. He has always hidden it carefully, for fear of touching it.
Today, Emperor Jing mentioned Queen Jiang right in front of him, and it was the limit of Xiao Mo's tolerance that he didn't go crazy on the spot.
In his opinion, the appearance of Queen Jiang in Emperor Jing's memory was an insult to her.
Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo have been together for such a long time, so naturally she knows him.
She quickly took Xiao Mo's arm and went to the inner room, and asked someone to take Emperor Jing and the old woman to the next room.
In the inner room, Ye Jintang gently hugged the irritable Xiao Mo and soothed him in a gentle voice, "Brother Xiao, don't worry. The late emperor has become like this. Even if you are angry with him, he won't feel it at all. Why don't you let my master show the late emperor later to see if he is really stupid or just pretending to be stupid."
Xiao Mo responded softly, but he had already made up his mind in his heart that no matter whether Emperor Jing was really stupid or pretending to be stupid, he must die.
Apart from their past grievances, in order to maintain the stability of the current situation, Emperor Jing could no longer appear in front of anyone.
He had just ascended the throne, and there were still many people in the court who did not submit to him. If Emperor Jing returned to the capital at this time, it would probably bring some unnecessary trouble.
For him, patricide was nothing. When he personally poisoned his mother, all feelings between him and his son were severed.
Only after Ye Jintang comforted him did Xiao Mo calm down.
She was full of curiosity about the old woman and Emperor Jing, so she went next door in person to find out more.
Emperor Jing, who had just drunk the ginger soup, felt much better, but he still looked indifferent to the people around him. No matter what Ye Jintang asked him, he did not answer. In his eyes, there was only the old woman.
However, when the old woman learned that Ye Jintang was a living person, she finally came to her senses.
"Thank you, ma'am, for letting us in to take shelter from the rain. Please don't ask the old man anymore. He has a broken brain and doesn't recognize anyone."
"Oh, I wonder what caused his brain injury?"
"When I rescued him from the river, he had been hit on the head by a rock in the river, leaving a big bloody hole. I took him to see a doctor, but the doctor said he would not survive."
"But he was lucky and didn't take any medicine, so he managed to get through it."
At the beginning, Emperor Jing was pushed into the underground river by Empress Dowager Deren's men. It is estimated that his head was hit by a rock in the underground river. He was really lucky to survive.
"I think the lady seems to know my old man. I wonder what the lady's name is. Does my old man have a wife and daughter at home? I have been living with him for several months. Can the lady take me with you?"
The old woman looked at Ye Jintang anxiously. She had been with Emperor Jing for a long time. Although Emperor Jing was a little stupid, he had always been very good to her. To be honest, the old woman did not want to leave Emperor Jing.
"My last name is Ye, and I am the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Danyang. This old man is my husband's distant uncle. He has no children and has always been alone."
Ye Jintang's words were half true and half false, and he did not tell the old woman the truth.
"Danyang Marquis' Mansion, Danyang Marquis' Mansion."
The old woman, who had just calmed down, sat up from her chair when she heard the words "Danyang Marquis Mansion".
"You, you, you are the daughter of the Sixth Young Master."
"I was wondering why Madam looks so much like Aunt Xia. What an injustice, what an injustice."
The old woman was so excited that she beat her chest hard, as if she didn't want to live anymore. Emperor Jing hurried forward and held her hand to stop her from hitting herself.
"Do you know my father Ye Li?"
Ye Jintang, who had been very calm just now, suddenly felt her heart beating faster. She quickly put the old woman's words together, and an answer was about to come out.
"After all, Heaven doesn't want Aunt Xia to die in vain."
The old woman knelt down at Ye Jintang's feet and cried, "Young lady, I am Zhuang Guilian, the personal maidservant of Concubine Xia. Concubine Xia's eldest brother bought me to serve Concubine Xia."
"Logically, I should be loyal to Aunt Xia, but Marquis Danyang is not a human being. He deceived me and made me think that as long as Aunt Xia died, I would be promoted to Aunt."
"It was the Marquis of Danyang who asked me to poison Aunt Xia's food. I poisoned Aunt Xia to death."
As she said this, the old woman kowtowed to Ye Jintang three times.
Hearing this, Ye Jintang clenched her fists tightly. She thought about the strange death of Aunt Xia and that it was very likely that she was killed by Old Madam Ye, but she didn't expect that she was poisoned to death by Marquis Danyang.
"Why would Marquis Danyang poison Concubine Xia? She has no power or influence, and she has not done anything harmful to the world. Marquis Danyang has no reason to kill her."
"Miss, you don't know that Aunt Xia has an older brother who works in the palace. Eunuch Xia helped Marquis Danyang get a lot of silver from the palace. All this silver was in Aunt Xia's hands. In order to get the silver, Marquis Danyang first killed Eunuch Xia in the palace to silence him, and then killed Aunt Xia to take the silver from her."
"Once Aunt Xia died, no one knew about this anymore."
"After the plan was completed, I was initially expecting the Marquis of Danyang to make me his concubine. Later, I overheard the Marquis and Old Madam Ye discussing a plan to poison me. I sneaked out of the Marquis's mansion to save my life."
"I was afraid that the Marquis of Danyang would find me these years, so I kept begging everywhere and didn't even dare to go to a big city."
Ye Jintang felt mixed emotions after hearing what Zhuang Guilian said.
Who would have thought that I would meet Emperor Jing and Zhuang Guilian here just to take shelter from the rain in Shitou Village.
At the beginning, I heard that a senior maidservant of Concubine Xia suddenly disappeared. Some people said that she was sold out by Marquis of Danyang, and some people said that she was secretly dealt with by the Marquis's mansion.
After investigating for such a long time, even Xiao Mo used the secret guards in his hands but still couldn't find the whereabouts of Zhuang Guilian. She thought that the truth would never come out, but she didn't expect to meet Zhuang Guilian and Emperor Jing on the way back to Beijing.
Ye Jintang inquired about the whole story in detail.
She vaguely felt that the reason why Marquis Danyang kept Xia Changgui, the younger brother of Aunt Xia, might be related to money, but she didn't know the specific reason.
Ye Jintang spoke a few words to Zhuang Guilian and asked her and Emperor Jing to go and rest first. The two had been begging and wandering around for a long time, and not only were they dirty, but they were also severely malnourished.
"Master, did you find any clues when you took Emperor Jing's pulse just now?"
Aunt Mu shook her head.
"Emperor Jing is about to die. His body has been drained for many years. In the past two years, he has taken a lot of medicine, some for good and some for bad. His body has been ruined."
"According to the current situation, he only has half a month to live."
Ye Jintang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news.
Just now, Xiao Mo wanted to tear Emperor Jing apart alive, and Ye Jintang was actually very worried about him.
It is better not to let patricide happen if possible, otherwise it will become like a nail stuck in your heart that cannot be removed.
If Emperor Jing died of natural causes, it would have nothing to do with Xiao Mo.