C21 (1/2)
Under the attire of Cai He and Cai Xiang, Ji Yune's vermilion brows were covered in smoke. Even after dressing up, she was still a beautiful lady. She didn't lose to the young ladies of the harem who had just entered the harem.
Ji Yune thought, even if shesheere to die now, she would have to die with honor and dignity. Wasn't the Consort Wan doing all this to ridicule him? In the past, she no longer had the backbone, and now, even if it was for her own child, Ji Yune, he would definitely not compromise.
”Imperial Concubine Su can be at ease, this Consort Wan will definitely not go back on her word. The Empress could have gone herself. What's more, didn't you also leave a last resort for the Empress?! ” Regarding the threat of the Ji Shufei, he did not care about it at all.
He was talking about threatening the Consort Wan, but the Ji Shufei did not have that much authority to do so. Moreover, this matter was related to the crown prince's identity, so the Ji Shufei was just using some opportunistic methods. But just this, was enough for the Ji Shufei.
Lying on his bed, drinking the poison wine. Ji Shufei wanted him to die in his most beautiful posture. Consort Wan had the ability to hide the poison from others, but not to prevent others from suspecting his death. Right now, this kind of peaceful sleep could be considered as protecting Zhu Youtang, as it would create the false impression that a Ji Shufei really had an emergency.
”Aunt Cai He, you are someone serving mufei, why don't you know what's going on with mufei yourself? Or could it be that Aunt Cai He also wants this crown prince to order the execution? ” Zhu Youtang felt that maybe she should threaten her a little. Between protecting her life and keeping it a secret, Cai He should choose to protect her life.
However, Zhu Youtang was only eight years old, even if the things he came into contact with were strategies of power and the way of kings, these things were still too shallow for Zhu Youtang. The human heart was something that was the hardest to grasp. Zhu Youtang only knew how to suppress others through power.
But Zhu Youtang did not understand, there were many times when people had bad intentions. ”The more threatening you are, the more certain people are that you're not going to give in.” Your Highness, the Empress's death was like the imperial physician had said, an accident. But, did His Highness forget what the Empress told His Highness back then? ”
Zhu Youtang never thought that Cai He would still dare to explain herself to her concubine now. ” You, as a servant, can't even protect your master, what do I need you for? Didn't you see how lonely the mufei in the mourning hall is? ”
Today was the fifth day since the death of Ji Shufei, and also the fourth day as a sacrifice in the mourning hall. On the night that the Ji Shufei died, the etiquette supervisor reported the news to the emperor. Then, in Palace of Heavenly Purity, Zhu Jianshen gave the order to the right sect of the Sect Mansion to meet them. Finally, the funeral of the Ji Shufei was handed over to the Department of Public Affairs and the Sect Mansion to work together.
This kind of arrangement was also because of Zhu Youtang's identity as the crown prince, Ji Shufei was the crown prince's mother after all. Ever since the Empress Dowager Zhou had excluded the Empress Dowager Qian, the rules of the Palace had been broken.
So now because of Zhu Youtang, Ji Shufei was initially just a funeral arranged by Sect Mansion, but now, with the participation of the Department of Rites, it was more than enough to give Ji Shufei face.
”Mistress, what are you thinking about?” Du Li had been serving Zhu Youtang closely for three years already. They were not people who had followed Zhu Youtang out of West Palace, but they were people that Zhu Youtang had personally selected himself.
Different from the ducks and pears Empress Dowager Zhou and Former Empress Wu gave to Zhu Youtang, Zhu Youtang wanted to cultivate Du Li. But with the death of the Ji Shufei, Zhu Youtang's own identity had also changed. The servants that served Zhu Youtang closely became people that Zhu Youtang needed to be on guard against.
After arguing with Cai He for a while, Zhu Youtang didn't want to see the people by his mother's side anymore. However, Zhu Youtang also knew that what Cai He said was the truth. However, Zhu Youtang was unable to accept his mother's life in exchange for her own survival.
While Zhu Youtang was at a loss about this, the Former Empress Wu of the Six An Palace was already ready to go. The death of Ji Shufei, whether it was Zhu Youtang or the Empress Dowager Zhou, had a lot of impact. Without exception, Empress Dowager Zhou knew that this was done by Consort Wan.
In order to make Zhu Youtang safer, Empress Dowager Zhou cried in front of Zhu Jianshen for a long time. Emperor, don't tell me you don't believe it at all. Even though Wailing Home is old and dizzy, he still knows that the Ji clan is not a person who would be easily taken care of. ”
”But now that he's died so randomly, my poor Understand. It's only been a few days, and my mother died just like that. ” In the eyes of the Empress Dowager Zhou, there were always people who wanted to harm the emperor. Even Zhu Jianshen himself could not persuade them against this kind of crime.
”Mother, isn't Understand in your Tzu Ning Palace? The Queen Mother will take care of him personally, so how can I not be at ease? ” To his own mother, Zhu Jianshen, he had always been conceding the decision, but now, the Empress Dowager Zhou seemed to want to push it further.
”Understand is your son, but now that your child is in danger, you as your father actually aren't worried. My grandson, why is your life so bitter? ” Since the Empress Dowager Zhou wanted to cause trouble for the Emperor, Zhu Jianshen could only obey. In the end, not only were the people from the Empress Dowager Zhou at Zhu Youtang's side, even the people from the emperor were arranged to be at the Eastern Palace.
”Master, why are you so confused? The Crown Prince's identity is safe now. Furthermore, if Consort Wan really had conclusive evidence, how could she not tell everyone about this matter? Since you have yet to speak, this means that there is a trick to this matter. ”
Cai Xiang had already moved away from the Imperial Palace, and coincidentally met Fu Cheng in the past few days to gather some things. Therefore, Cai Xiang accompanied Lu Chun to the Huangzhuang at the outskirts of the capital. With this delay, the news that Cai Xiang came back to know was that Ji Yune was already dead.
Regarding Zhu Youtang's identity, Cai Xiang would definitely be suspicious. But how did the Consort Wan know about it? Cai Xiang felt that this was just a trap.
”But even so, we still have to ask clear questions.” How is the crown prince now? Do you have any ill feelings towards the two of you? ”
”Not only does Your Highness hate us now, even the servants arranged for you in the East Palace have received punishment. The situation now is not good for us at all. ”Are we really not going to discuss things with the Empress?”