BXBX NOVEL Chapter 174 - 174: Chaos
No one dared to step forward to persuade him. The main reason was that Emperor Yu Heng was crying too miserably. Such a big man hugged Imperial Concubine Liu and cried his heart out. He did not care how many officials and families were watching him. He cried until he forgot himself.
When the Prince of Xin ‘an arrived and saw this scene, he couldn’t help but kneel down beside Liu Guifei’s feet and cry along with Princess Xuancheng.
At the back of the mountain behind Waguan Temple, the cries of the father and daughter could be heard. It was very miserable.
The madams and young ladies all knelt on the ground. Some of them had shallow eyes and wiped their tears at that moment.
Xiao Baoxin was stunned by this tragic and desolate scene.
According to Xiao Jing ‘ai, Noble Consort Liu should not have died at this time. She tried her best to recall. It should have been one or two years later. Emperor Yu Heng was heartbroken by the death of Imperial Consort Liu and passed away two years later. After that, it was the Crown Prince who succeeded to the throne…
In this way, the entire timeline was messed up.
How could Noble Consort Liu die at this time?
“How did my mother die? Bleeding from all seven orifices, this isn’t a normal death, someone must have harmed my mother!”Prince Xin ‘an wiped away his tears and looked at Emperor Yu Heng, who was only holding Imperial Consort Liu’s corpse, with a burning gaze.
No one would have thought that the thirteen-year-old Xin ‘an Prince would be the first to recover and speak up for Imperial Concubine Liu.
“Imperial Father, you must seek justice for Mother!”
Princess Xuancheng finally came back to her senses. She looked at her elder brother, sobbing. In her line of sight, she happened to see the Crown Prince behind the Prince of Xin ‘an, panting as he rushed over. His expression was terrifyingly gloomy. He called out to her sixth brother, then his eyes flickered behind her and he fell silent.
She subconsciously looked back and saw Empress Wang stopping the Crown Prince with her gaze.
“Who is it? Kill my mother?”
Empress Dowager Pan endured it and did not correct the way the siblings addressed each other.
Only the official wife could call her mother. Noble Consort Liu was obviously not qualified, but she was already dead, so she did not dwell on this matter. It made her son feel disgusted.
However, even Empress Dowager Pan couldn’t help but wonder who had killed Noble Consort Liu. The way she had died didn’t seem normal.
Everyone was paying attention to Emperor Yu Heng, and he was the only one who was still immersed in it, unable to extricate himself.
“Father!” Xin ‘an King knocked his head on the ground. With a few bangs, blood appeared on his head. “Please uphold justice for Mother!”
Princess Xuancheng was so frightened that she had no idea what to do. However, she knew that her heart ached for her elder brother. She crawled over to Emperor Yu Heng, tears streaming down her face like pearls from a broken string.
“Father, father, don’t cry…Tell Brother not to kowtow anymore. He’s bleeding… Father, my mother is gone. I can’t lose my brother.”
She sounded so pitiful that she could not continue.
Empress Dowager Pan also felt sorry for her son.” Son, don’t just hug Liu-shi. You still have to make a decision on this matter.””
Emperor Yu Heng turned a deaf ear to him. After a long while, his cries became softer. He wiped away his tears and looked at his most beloved children. In his arms was his most beloved concubine. His heart felt as if it was being cut open with a knife. The knife did not stop.
However, he was not stupid. This matter was not simple. How could he not know?
” Empress,” he raised his head, his voice so sinister that it made anyone who heard it feel frightened.” What exactly is going on?” Why would the Imperial Concubine…Tragic death?”
It was not just a tragic death, it was simply too tragic to look at. Blood flowed out of her seven orifices, and her face turned purple. This made Noble Consort Liu, who loved beauty as much as her life, die in such a way. Not only was she miserable, but he, the emperor, who had witnessed all of this with his own eyes, was even more miserable and in even more pain.
With just one glance, Empress Wang’s heart suddenly thumped. She knew that the Emperor was suspicious of her.
Emperor Yu Heng had always been extremely suspicious, and he had almost killed all the princes and uncles who had made him suspicious.
In the inner palace, even if Emperor YuHeng doted on Noble Consort Liu and had many concubines, he still respected her as the Empress.
However, the death of Noble Consort Liu seemed to have broken the balance between the Emperor and Empress, causing Emperor Yu Heng to become suspicious. This was not a good sign.
“.. Replying to the emperor, everyone ate chrysanthemum cakes made in the imperial kitchen, but Noble Consort Liu didn’t like them and didn’t eat them. She ate the ones brought over by her own palace maids, and after eating half of them…” Empress Wang’s meaning was obvious.
At that time, before Emperor Yu Heng could flare up, the palace maid pointed out by Empress Wang knelt on the ground, her body trembling.
Without waiting for the palace maid to speak, Prince Xin ‘an could not take it anymore. His body swayed and his face turned pale.”No, no, no-”
Before he could finish, Princess Xuancheng shouted,””It can’t be because of that pancake, Abba! No, there must be another reason.”
” That cake.” Prince Xin ‘an clenched his fists tightly.” I brought it into the palace for Mother to eat…”
Emperor Yu Heng looked at Wei Desheng.” Call the Prince of Huaiyang over. Find out what’s going on. Check all the utensils and food.” Everyone who was present asked in detail.”How could he not know what kind of person his son was? Noble Consort Liu loved to eat, so he brought it to the palace. It wasn’t the first time, but he always said that he wouldn’t listen. This time…
Wei Desheng only cared about obeying orders. He didn’t care if it was in line with the rules. He turned around and ordered someone to invite the Prince of Huaiyang.
Empress Wang had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward. This should be her responsibility as an empress and the duty of a female official in the harem, but the Emperor had just bypassed her and suspected her intentions. She shouldn’t have stood out, but as the Empress, she had to do what she had to do.
“Emperor, everyone present is the family of foreign officials. It is not polite to let the Prince of Huaiyang bring people to investigate.”
Emperor Yu Heng’s eyes were as cold as ice. He wished he could glare at anyone and kill them.”Can courtesy find the murderer who poisoned Noble Consort Liu? Empress, step down.”
“Imperial Father, Imperial Mother’s words are not inappropriate.”At this moment, the Crown Prince ignored Empress Wang’s warning gaze and stood up to say,””Even if we don’t let the female officials in the palace investigate, it shouldn’t be Imperial Uncle who brought a group of men to investigate. Moreover, there were not only the elders of the various Furens, but also many young ladies.”
“Then what does the Crown Prince think? Did he die in vain?”
The Crown Prince choked. Don’t tell me you won’t die in vain just because you turned the world upside down? He was already dead.
“Didn’t Sixth Younger Brother say that the cake was something he brought into the palace to eat? Why don’t we first check if the cake is poisonous? If it isn’t, then we naturally have to check the food in the palace.”
Empress Dowager Pan also stepped forward and said,” The Crown Prince is right. If it really is about the cake, why did you drag the wives and daughters of the ministers into this?” If you do this, wouldn’t those ministers go against the heavens in the future?”
“Quick, quick, Imperial Physician, check the cake first. Imperial Concubine Liu has only eaten half of it and hasn’t finished it yet.”
The crowd is busy forming a group, no one is paying attention to Xin An Wang’s biting lips, already biting out blood, only Xuancheng Princess is crawling to his body, tightly holding his hand, crying:
“Brother, it’s not your fault. It’s definitely not yours..”