Chapter 316 The Deaf Musician is a Black-Hearted Lotus 26
The Queen's illness became increasingly serious, and despite seeking help from many famous doctors, her condition did not improve.
Everyone in the palace was worried, but of course not all of them were worried about the Queen's illness.
When the empress was young, she was brutal and cruel, and she was not very close to the servants in the harem and most of the princesses and princes.
In addition, she was suspicious to begin with, and during this illness, in addition to the Third Princess whom she had called to her side, there was also the Ninth Princess who would take the initiative to enter the palace from time to time.
Almost no princesses or princes dared to come and bring bad luck upon themselves.
The Queen's bedroom was filled with the smell of medicine due to long-term medication.
Once inside it's like entering a pharmacy.
The queen leaned on the bed, her face pale.
Even speaking takes effort now.
After drinking the last sip of medicine fed by the Third Princess, the Queen raised her hand and pressed the Third Princess' wrist.
Those majestic eyes were cloudy, and I didn't know what they were looking at, or perhaps they saw nothing.
He just murmured in a low voice: "Third brother, it was me who was sorry for your father and concubine. Now your father and concubine are unwilling to come to see me..."
The Third Princess placed her hand on the Queen's, as if to comfort her, with her brows lowered.
"Father has caught a cold recently, and I am afraid that coming here will make Mother's condition worse. Mother, don't worry too much."
What's the point of saying this now?
At the beginning, her father, concubines and mother's family strongly supported the empress to ascend the throne.
As a result, the dragon slayer becomes the dragon himself.
Not long after the empress ascended the throne, she began to clean up the government.
A group of ministers were purged.
Among them is the maternal family of the father and concubine of the third emperor’s daughter.
At that time, the Third Emperor's daughter's wife was still pregnant. After hearing the news, she knelt in front of the main hall for a long time.
But he didn't even see the Queen.
At that time, the Queen had just ascended the throne, and a group of newly selected palace attendants were in the palace accompanying her in pleasure.
I only see new people smiling, but I don’t hear old people crying.
Later in the night it started to rain.
Although the third princess's father and consort did not insist and got up and returned to the palace for the sake of the child in her belly, she still caught a cold.
Later, perhaps because of an illness, the third princess was born prematurely and was not in good health after birth.
The father of the third princess wanted to survive in the palace with her newborn child.
He could only use some means to win favor all year round, but in fact he completely hated the Queen.
The Third Princess actually has no feelings for the Queen.
So he knew clearly that the medicine the empress was drinking now was secretly tampered by the Ninth Princess.
She was not going to expose it, but pretended to be ignorant and went with the flow.
But it’s a pity for the Ninth Princess.
Made wedding clothes for others.
Half a month later, the queen died of illness.
The Ninth Princess who came to visit received the order and summoned all the ministers to announce the Queen's last will.
"The Ninth Princess takes the world as her responsibility, values talents, and has a good character... The throne will be passed to the Ninth Princess Nangong Yiyang..."
The palace servant in charge of reading the imperial decree stood on the high platform and announced the content loudly.
The resounding voice that had not yet faded echoed in the hall.
The ministers kneeling before His Highness had different expressions on their faces.
The people on the Ninth Princess' side naturally knelt down immediately to receive the order and welcomed the Ninth Princess to ascend the throne.
Minister Shangguan of the Ministry of War raised his eyes slightly, glanced at the people in the hall, and frowned slightly.
Why hasn't the third princess appeared yet?
If the Ninth Princess were to ascend the throne today, it would be very troublesome for someone to find a handle on her to turn the tables in the future.
Just as she was about to risk her life to question the authenticity of the edict.
A cold but unignorable voice came from outside the palace door.
It knocked in everyone's ears, forcing them to look up.
"Nangong Yiyang is a criminal who killed her mother to ascend to the throne. Who would dare to support her as the emperor?"
Lingyao swept her cold gaze over the people on the ground.
When the ministers saw this, they were all dumbfounded.
It turned out to be the fifteenth princess who had been exiled to Qizhou long ago.
The ministers have not forgotten how she caused chaos in the court when she was in Kyoto.
The fifteenth princess must have returned at this time to compete for the throne.
These fifteenth princesses are not so easy to deal with.
Didn’t you see how those ministers, who had not responded to the imperial edict just now, suddenly straightened their backs when they saw the fifteenth princess?
The Ninth Princess's party members immediately looked gloomy.
However, things have come to this point, and they must help the Ninth Princess ascend the throne today.
Otherwise, if the fifteenth princess were allowed to take the throne, based on what they did today, the fifteenth princess would definitely not tolerate them.
"The Fifteenth Princess stayed restlessly in Qizhou. Now that the Queen has passed away, the Princess has returned on time. What a coincidence! If the Ninth Prince is a traitor, can the Fifteenth Princess produce any evidence? Otherwise, it would be like the thief crying 'Catch the thief!'"
Minister Shen was the first to stand up and criticize Lingyao.
Before Lingyao could speak, a loud voice and hurried footsteps stepped into the hall.
"Minister Shen is really good at talking. Since you want evidence, we will give it to you. If we don't give it to you, wouldn't it seem that we are too stingy?"
The third princess proudly slammed a stack of letters on the table.
When the Ninth Princess saw the Third Princess appear in the palace, her face darkened.
She had sent people to control the third princess three days ago.
How come he appears in the temple now?
When the ministers heard what the Third Princess said, they looked at each other and came forward to watch.
After reading it, his expression suddenly changed and his gaze fell on the Ninth Princess who was originally calm and composed beside him.
The Ninth Princess was naturally not panicking when she looked at the stack of letters.
Because she had burned all the letters of contact.
As for what the Third Princess got, it must be forged or made out of nothing.
However, after seeing the questioning looks from the ministers after reading it, and Minister Shen's pale face after reading it.
Her heart skipped a beat and she suddenly felt a little nervous.
He took two steps over and picked up the stack of letters.
After seeing the contents and handwriting on the paper, she was shocked.
He held the letter tightly between his fingers.
Impossible, she had destroyed the letters long ago.
The notes on the credible page were indeed hers.
However, her expression remained unchanged, and she said in a cold voice: "Third Sister, do you think you can slander me by forging some letters?"
"How do you prove that these letters are forged?" The Third Princess said in a leisurely voice, not in a hurry at all, "The handwriting on them is all written by the Ninth Princess herself."
With just two sentences, she threw the proof problem to the Ninth Princess.
Now is not the time for them to prove that these letters belong to the Ninth Princess.
Instead, it was the Ninth Princess who came to prove that the letter was not hers.
Of course, before seeing the reactions of the ministers and the Ninth Princess, the Third Princess was actually trembling in her heart.
After all, she wrote these letters in person in the study after she saw Lingyao go out.
Then he handed it to her, saying that it was written by the Ninth Princess herself.
Her expression at that time was no different from that of someone who had eaten shit.
Finally I took it and looked at it, wow.
This is indeed the Ninth Princess’s personal writing!
The handwriting was exactly the same as the Ninth Princess'.
I just don’t know if the content of the letter was made up by Lingyao herself.
Based on the reaction of the Ninth Princess, the Third Princess understood that the contents should also be true.
She sighed again.
I'm holding onto this thigh so well!
Why didn’t the fifteenth princess come to cooperate with her earlier? If she had come earlier, maybe she and Qingshui would have had a child.
Lingyao saw the Third Princess confronting the Ninth Princess calmly and looked at her with satisfaction.
It's only a matter of time before she becomes an idle heiress!