"Did the emperor doubt the king?" The queen recalled the emperor's expression, eyes and words, and the answer came out naturally.
The king received the order a few days ago and was responsible for handling the shrine. Not long after, the incident of Shuiyun Temple was exposed. Given the emperor's temperament, he would definitely be suspicious.
As he lowered his eyes and thought about it, he saw that the phoenix chariot had come back. Some of the palace people were holding umbrellas to protect the queen from the rain, while others were carefully supporting the queen.
He glanced at the big eunuch who followed him, followed by the little eunuch. The little eunuch held a tray in his hand and walked steadily. There was a wine pot and wine glass on it. Needless to say, the wine pot was the poisonous wine given to Concubine Wei.
Already.
"Bring Concubine Wei up." The queen entered the hall and ordered directly.
"Yes!" Her female officer, although she didn't know what the queen said to the emperor in the palace or what orders she came back with, she just needed to look at the little eunuch carrying a pot of wine and the big eunuch who was full of coldness.
People in the body palace can roughly guess what this means.
The emperor wants Concubine Wei to die!
This is the first high-ranking concubine to die in more than ten years!
What happened to make it so serious?
Everyone turned pale, and the female officer silently agreed and withdrew.
Concubine Wei was sitting in a room, leaning against the wall, listening to the patter of rain outside. Just one look at her hand holding the corner of her clothes showed that she was not at peace inside.
"Why is this happening? Did I do something wrong to make the emperor so angry?" After Concubine Wei woke up, she had been stuck in a confused and crazy mood, and it was difficult to extricate herself.
After all, no matter how good a concubine is doing, if suddenly a black pot falls from the sky and makes her fall from the concubine's position, she will not be in a calm mood.
No matter how I think about this, I feel weird.
Especially the charge against her: she spent extravagantly and exceeded her status... How ridiculous is this crime?
She has served the emperor for more than 20 years, and she has always been cautious, not even daring to enjoy all the enjoyment that a concubine should have, for fear of bringing bad reputation to her son. After doing this for 20 years, she was still charged with this ridiculous crime.
Concubine Wei smiled bitterly. There was one thing that she still dared not think about in detail, and that was whether she had harmed her son, or whether his son had harmed her.
In fact, no matter who implicates whom, mother and son will never end well, but she can only hope that even if she is really convicted, her son will not be too shocked.
"Ms. Qian, a decree has come, let us go." Just as she was thinking about this, a female official and her nanny suddenly burst in and said coldly.
Originally, the concubine's position was removed, but although they were not enthusiastic, they were still respectful.
At this time, her face was as white as snow and her expression was cold, making Concubine Wei, who had always been lucky, immediately look downcast.
As long as there is still a possibility of her coming back, it is impossible for the palace man, who always follows the wind, to have this attitude towards her.
The attitude of these people shows that she is afraid that she will not get anything good today.
Concubine Wei stood up tremblingly, supported the wall, and staggered out. She didn't ask these palace people any more questions. Judging from their attitudes, asking more questions would only be humiliating herself.
"Maybe she will be thrown into the cold palace." Concubine Wei thought on the way. This result was really hard for her to accept, but she believed in her innocence and the ability of her son King Lu. As long as she was given some time to buffer, she might not be able to change the emperor's mind.
.
She thought that when she arrived at the main hall, she first saw the queen looking at her with a complicated expression, and then she saw the eunuch holding a wooden tray with a pot of wine and a wine glass on it. Concubine Wei's head suddenly buzzed.
Although no concubine has been sentenced to death in more than ten years, she has nothing to do. She listens to the palace people telling stories about the previous dynasty, giving poisonous wine and so on. Her ears can hear the cocoon. How could she not guess what this is?
What to do?
"No...it won't happen..." Concubine Wei stepped back step by step, shaking her head.
"The Emperor will not treat me like this, no!"
"Ms. Qian, the emperor has issued a decree to give you the final dignity... You, prepare to go on your way. When the time comes, it will be announced that you are ill, and you will be given a posthumous title and buried as a concubine." The queen sighed.
, looking at her and saying.
"No, the emperor will not treat me like this. It must be you!" Concubine Wei was almost crazy. When she heard the queen's voice, she looked over and said fiercely: "You framed me!"
"How dare you dare to slander the queen now and shut her mouth!" Seeing her continue speaking, for fear of offending the queen, a eunuch who came back followed him and gave an order, and the young eunuch followed him and rushed towards her.
The eunuch smiled at the queen again: "My queen, you go and wait inside. The slaves will take care of it here!"
The queen also felt uncomfortable. When she saw several eunuchs rushing to hold down Concubine Wei, Concubine Wei struggled desperately and looked crazy. She couldn't help but sigh and went inside.
The eldest eunuch turned around, his expression became cold, and he sneered: "If the queen hadn't begged for mercy, would you still have a posthumous title? What a slap in the face!"
As he spoke, he waved his hand.
Someone opened Wei's mouth and poured the wine directly into the wine pot without using a cup.
"No...no!"
Concubine Wei didn't want to die, even if she was being held down, she would not give in. She struggled desperately, and the poisonous wine was poured into her. When others were relaxed, she broke away violently, vomited several times, and vomited out most of the poisonous wine.
The eldest eunuch sneered and didn't mind: "Why bother? Drink them all honestly. The poison is so severe that you can go without the pain. Now you have to go through a lot of trouble, but you are the one who asked for it. You are the one who suffers.
Own."
Under the gaze of the great eunuch, Concubine Wei was like a headless chicken at first, bumping around and trying to rush out. After a while, her face changed drastically, and she rolled on the ground holding her stomach.
"Ah, save me, it hurts!"
"It hurts so much, mother, please help me, ah——"
"ah--"
A louder scream made the palace people standing not far away tremble and turn pale.
The big eunuch just looked at him like this, his expression not changing at all.
Concubine Wei, who kept rolling and wailing, almost lost her human form. She was bleeding from all her orifices, and her eyes were about to protrude. Her hands were grabbing the ground with all their strength. It was so painful that her fingernails were broken, and blood was dripping everywhere.
The blood from her scratching.
"My queen, my queen, please, please tell me, King Lu, my son, what's wrong, what's wrong."
When the pain reaches a certain level, or when she regains consciousness, she suddenly wakes up and stops crying on the ground. She crawls inside and yells.
There was a young eunuch who wanted to stop him, but the big eunuch waved his hand and stopped him.
"Hey!" After hearing a voice outside, the queen finally couldn't bear it anymore and came out and walked in front of her.
Concubine Wei could no longer hold on anymore and her body was still squirming. When she saw the queen approaching, she ducked her dim eyes and could no longer speak.
"King Lu is fine. He is just demoted to King Ninghe and has a county prince."
"It's okay..." Concubine Wei exhaled her last breath, and her voice disappeared, but her body was still twitching. After a while, Fang could no longer move.
The queen bent down motionless for a long time before standing up: "Concubine Wei died of illness. This palace and the emperor are deeply saddened. According to the decree, the Ministry of Rites is ordered to prepare a posthumous title and give her a grand burial."