mtlumby2d Chapter 131: Deserted by Everyone, I Will Help You
Chapter 131: Deserted by Everyone, I Will Help You
The situation was indeed very serious. When Kangxi arrived at the Xianlou, Liu Yuanpan had just finished taking the Empress Dowager's pulse and was reporting when Kangxi strode in.
"How is the Queen Mother?"
He glanced around, first at the pale-faced Empress Dowager leaning on the couch, then at the Crown Prince who was lowering his head with his fists clenched, and paused when he saw the Fourth Prince who was covered in wounds.
His thin lips were immediately pursed into a straight line, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he looked at Liu Yuanpan.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager was overly frightened and has palpitations and shortness of breath. I will prescribe a calming prescription right now. After the Empress Dowager takes it, she must rest well..."
"No, I won't rest."
At this time, the Queen Mother slowed down her breathing, her face still pale, but her eyes immediately looked towards the direction of the bead curtain, thinking of Shi Rongyue who was carried in there, her tone was anxious and panicked:
"How is Rongyue now? What happened?"
Hearing this, Kangxi thought of the report he received on the way and looked at the pearl curtain. However, his eyes were contrary to the Empress Dowager's worries. They were full of cold murderous intent, but he restrained it in an instant and then looked at the Fourth Prince.
His eyes were cold. He didn't expect that Shi Rongyue's target was Lao Si. What made him even more unbelievable was that Lao Si was actually having an entanglement with Shi Rongyue in private. Didn't he know the other party's identity?
The Fourth Prince was covered in wounds and was trembling slightly in pain, but the pain was nothing compared to the look in the Emperor's eyes at that moment. He felt as if his heart had frozen.
At this time, the bead curtain was lifted, and another doctor, Wang, who was invited, came forward and reported:
"Your Majesty, Princess Shi was poisoned by an aphrodisiac and accidentally ate broad beans, which caused her to suffer from an indigestion. I just gave her an emergency injection and finally saved her life, but it will take some time for her to wake up."
"Aphrodisiac?"
The prince, who had been motionless, suddenly raised his red eyes and stared at Doctor Wang.
Doctor Wang shuddered when he was looked at and quickly reported his diagnosis again.
After listening to this, the prince's red eyes couldn't help but flash a faint hope. Maybe, maybe what Shi Rongyue just said to the fourth brother was just nonsense because he was confused by the aphrodisiac?
Kangxi, who was standing by, felt a pang of pain in his heart when he saw the prince's reaction.
His prince was such a proud and conceited man, but now he was deceiving himself for the sake of Shi Rongyue. He hated Shi Rongyue more and more in his heart, and at the same time he felt a little disappointed in Shi Rongyue.
At this time, the Queen Mother came back to her senses from her shock: "Aphrodisiac? How could Rongyue be poisoned by an aphrodisiac? And what about the disease of not taking it?"
After saying this, her breathing became rapid again. Concubine Niu was startled and hurried forward to pat the Empress Dowager on the back. Seeing this, Kangxi calmed down, looked at the Empress Dowager, and ordered in a deep voice:
"Noble Concubine Niu, help the Empress Dowager back to Ningshou Palace to rest."
He had ordered people to seal off the Fairy Tower in advance, but it was different for the Empress Dowager. How could the guards dare to stop her from coming in? And why would the Empress Dowager come to the Fairy Tower when she was at the banquet?
He immediately thought of Shi Rongyue, and sure enough, the next moment he heard the Queen Mother say:
"I won't leave. Rongyue told me that she and the prince would set off fireworks in the Fairy Tower today to surprise the emperor. She also said that although daytime fireworks are not as gorgeous and beautiful as those at night, they are interesting in their own way. However, there are too many people at the banquet and it is noisy, so it is better to watch them up close. So after the fireworks went off, she asked Concubine Niu to help me over. Who knew that when I arrived, Rongyue was in trouble."
As he was talking, he suddenly remembered that Rongyue was drugged with an aphrodisiac. So?
She was suddenly startled, remembering the scene she saw when she first came in. She quickly looked at the prince, and finally her gaze fell on the Fourth Prince who was covered in wounds. She suddenly thought of a possibility, and her breathing became more rapid.
"Investigate, Your Majesty, immediately investigate who drugged Rongyue. I will tear her into pieces."
Zixia had just woken up from a coma when she heard these words. She was so scared that her eyes rolled back and she was about to faint again. The sharp-eyed Liang Jiugong saw this scene and immediately stepped forward and pinched her philtrum hard. After a while, Zixia woke up slowly again.
However, as soon as she opened her eyes, she met the sharp gazes of the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and Concubine Niu. Her breathing suddenly stagnated. She was already frightened and nervous because of Shi Rongyue's actions, and now she completely collapsed.
"It was the eldest princess. It was the eldest princess who took the aphrodisiac and said that she wanted to make it a done deal with the Fourth Prince. This way, she could get rid of her status as the designated Crown Princess and marry the Fourth Prince as his Fourth Concubine. The eldest princess did all this herself. I was forced to do it. I was forced to do it!"
After he finished speaking, the room suddenly became as quiet as a cold pond. At this moment, the prince suddenly let out a cry, punched the table, and roared with red eyes:
"Impossible, you are talking nonsense, bitch, you are talking nonsense, I will kill you!"
Seeing the prince's crazy look, Zixia was so scared that she huddled up into a ball and kept backing away. At this time, the other people in the room finally reacted and looked at Zixia in disbelief, and then looked at the Fourth Prince.
Facing the gazes of the crowd, the Fourth Prince lowered his head and clenched his fists. He had guessed what had happened when it happened, but when he really heard it now, he still couldn't believe it.
Is Shi Rongyue crazy?
She thought that if she really got together with him today, the Emperor would not be able to find out the truth and would marry her to him as she wished?
The Emperor is not a fool!
Moreover, she did this without considering how he would face his elder brother, the Crown Prince, the Emperor, and everyone else afterwards!
Thinking of this, the excitement I felt when we first met suddenly dissipated.
"Fourth brother." At this time, Kangxi finally spoke.
The Fourth Prince closed his eyes, and when he opened them the next moment, he said nothing. Instead, he kowtowed in silence. Everyone immediately understood.
Regardless of whether the aphrodisiac in Shi Rongyue's body today was self-directed or not, one thing is certain: she and the Fourth Prince had an affair.
But everyone knows that Shi Rongyue is the designated candidate for the Crown Princess and the future wife of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. This is a complete royal scandal!
At this moment, Judge Liu and Doctor Wang wished they could faint so that they wouldn't have to listen to such palace secrets.
The air was deathly silent, and then Concubine Niu's scream broke the silence:
"Empress Dowager!"
The Empress Dowager fainted completely. Seeing this, Kangxi quickly ordered:
"Liu Yuanpan."
Court Judge Liu hurriedly crawled forward on his knees to give the Empress Dowager acupuncture. It was a long time before the Empress Dowager woke up. Recalling what had just happened, she looked at the Fourth Prince with trembling lips, then at the Crown Prince, and finally at the direction of the pearl curtain.
Even though Shi Rongyue hasn't woken up yet, she believes that the Fourth Prince will not defile himself or slander Shi Rongyue.
But she really couldn't understand why Shi Rongyue did this? Wouldn't it be good to be the future Crown Princess? Why didn't she want to be the Crown Princess and had to do whatever it took to become the Fourth Lady?
The atmosphere was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could not be heard. Concubine Niu supported the Empress Dowager and was very cautious not to make a sound.
Kangxi looked at the Empress Dowager and knew that she would not leave unless he interrogated her thoroughly, so he stopped trying to persuade her and looked at the Fourth Prince.
After a long silence, he finally said:
"Old Four, if you don't want to get entangled with Shi Rongyue, she won't have any chance to get close to you."
Just one sentence and the Fourth Prince's eyelashes trembled violently. Yes, after all, Shi Rongyue's entanglement was one thing, and he was also happy to accept it.
Kangxi said this and said no more.
Directly and coldly ordered:
"Wake up Shi Rongyue."
Upon hearing this order, Imperial Physician Wang quickly lifted the curtain and gave Shi Rongyue, who was lying on the bed, several injections. Soon Shi Rongyue woke up slowly. She covered her head at the first moment, feeling a severe headache.
She subconsciously looked up to find someone, but saw Doctor Wang standing beside the bed. Her gaze paused, and then she found herself lying on the bed, with pain in her body and head. Wasn't this the reaction to the aphrodisiac and exercise?
He was suddenly overjoyed, thinking that he and Sisi had already made a fait accompli. Now it was the imperial physician who took his pulse after the incident.
Thinking of this, he ignored his headache and immediately pretended that he couldn't remember anything. He covered himself tightly with the quilt and said in horror:
"Ah, what happened to me? Why am I in bed? What happened? Wasn't I waiting for the Crown Prince with the Fourth Prince?"
After the words fell, the atmosphere became quieter, but it seemed as if something was surging in the air.
Shi Rongyue felt something was wrong. Where was the person? The next moment, the beaded curtain was lifted, revealing the scene in the outer room. Kangxi, the Empress Dowager, Concubine Niu, the Crown Prince, and the Fourth Prince were all looking at her.
She was about to say something when Kangxi suddenly asked in an ambiguous tone:
"Girl Shi, can't remember what happened before you fell into a coma?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I can't remember anything. I only remember coming to watch His Royal Highness the Crown Prince set off fireworks and inviting the Queen Mother. However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to set off the fireworks himself, so I stayed and waited in the Fairy Tower with the Fourth Prince. But later, I was hungry, so I ate the red bean cake in my purse. After eating, I felt dizzy and hot, and then I didn't know anything..."
"What a great guy, you don't know anything?"
Kangxi's tone was calm, but it made people's scalps tighten subconsciously:
"Liu Yuanpan."
Judge Liu understood immediately and stepped forward to check the purse that had fallen on the ground. After a while, he bowed and reported:
"In reply to your Majesty, after my inspection, I found that the red bean cakes in this purse were stuffed with aphrodisiacs and broad bean powder. The red bean cakes on the top have more aphrodisiacs and broad bean powder, while the red bean cakes on the bottom have less broad bean powder."
Broad bean powder? Why is there broad bean powder in red bean cake? Shi Rongyue's face changed drastically.
At this time, Kangxi looked at the red bean cake in Liu Yuanpan's hand, and suddenly remembered that Shi Nanxi had eaten the aphrodisiac in the red bean cake last time. His phoenix eyes flashed with cold light, and he suddenly laughed in anger:
"Well, well done Shi Rongyue, you have confessed to everything, yet you still dare to deceive the emperor, pretending to be so, trying to deceive everyone."
The atmosphere suddenly became sharp and tense.
Shi Rongyue lying on the bed was confused. Zixia confessed, Zixia confessed. Doesn't that mean Kangxi and the others all know that I was drugged by the aphrodisiac and it was all staged by myself?
"Nonsense, this slut is talking nonsense. Why would I give myself an aphrodisiac? Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, I am innocent!" She screamed uncontrollably.
"I am not talking nonsense. The jade bracelet on my wrist was forced upon me by Princess Shi. I dared not refuse it. I was forced to accept it!"
Zixia hurriedly pulled back her sleeves, revealing a top-quality jade bracelet on her wrist, a piece of jewelry that a palace maid was not qualified to own.
Now Shi Rongyue's throat seemed to be strangled, and her cries of injustice stopped abruptly.
Although the Empress Dowager had just known that everything was directed and acted by Shi Rongyue, she completely gave up after hearing it with her own ears.
She closed her eyes and said tiredly:
"Go back to the palace."
Concubine Niu quickly suppressed her shock and carefully helped the Empress Dowager up. Shi Rongyue finally came to her senses after seeing this. She shouted in panic:
"Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager!"
Then the Empress Dowager left without looking back. Shi Rongyue collapsed completely on the bed. Kangxi saw the Empress Dowager leave and no longer had any reservations. He looked at Shi Rongyue with murderous eyes.
"The concubine Shi Rongyue is so bold and daring, she deceives the emperor, has a frivolous character and corrupt morals, and has used banned drugs in the palace. Now her status as a concubine is revoked and she is granted..."
"emperor!"
At this moment, Shi Rongyue realized something and screamed in fear. She didn't care about the pain all over her body, and crawled off the bed, kneeling in front of Kangxi and kowtowed repeatedly:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just couldn't help myself. I just liked Fourth Prince, and that's why I made such a big mistake. Fourth Prince, please say something!"
Shi Rongyue looked at the Fourth Prince, but the Fourth Prince was kneeling on the ground without raising his head. Kangxi looked at Shi Rongyue expressionlessly. Shi Rongyue was trembling all over, and her teeth were chattering with fear.
No, she didn't want to be stripped of her status as a concubine, she didn't want to be sentenced to death, she didn't want to be sentenced to death. At this moment, she suddenly thought of something, knelt down in front of the prince, and grabbed his sleeve.
After the prince learned that Shi Rongyue was the one who drugged him with an aphrodisiac, his last glimmer of hope was shattered. He kept his head down and said nothing. He did not move even when his sleeve was pulled, until he heard Shi Rongyue shouting:
"Your Highness, didn't you say that you like me? You like me so much that you can get me anything I like? I like the Fourth Prince. I have liked him since the first time I saw him. I just want to pursue my own happiness, so I did this. Can you help me? Can you help me?"
"How dare you!" At this moment, Kangxi could no longer bear it. He shouted loudly and was about to order people to drag Shi Rongyue away for execution.
However, the prince slowly raised his head at this time. He stared at the embarrassed Shi Rongyue in front of him. After a while, he closed his eyes tremblingly:
"Okay, I'll help you."