When Emperor Xianjia woke up, the crown prince had stayed beside his bed for a whole day, so Empress Su persuaded him to have a rest in the warm chamber in the east. She was physically and mentally exhausted, but she gently walked her husband’s eldest son to the gate and then returned to the bedroom. In only ten minutes, coughs came from the half-hung bed-curtain suddenly...
“Your Majesty?” After Empress Su heard her nephew Su Shaoge’s analysis, she chose to believe him on the spot, yet she still thought that she might be lucky and wouldn’t be exposed as he thought too much.
Fortunately, she was not influenced by sentiment in handling things. These two days, she had practiced more than once what she would look like when Emperor Xianjia woke up, so she wouldn’t be exposed. As she heard the coughs, her heart sank because she wouldn’t be lucky to get away with it, but she showed an overjoyed expression on her face without hesitation. She rushed into the
At four o’clock in the morning, the crown prince served the exhausted Emperor Xianjia going to bed and then walked out of the bedroom cautiously without any noise.Outside the bedroom, the eunuch Xun Ying who had served Emperor Xianjia for more than thirty years quietly stepped forward and let his hands hang by the sides. “Your Highness.”“Father has fallen asleep.” The crown prince pinched his brows and gestured for Xun Ying to follow him out.Xun Ying winked and ordered two young eunuchs to enter the bedroom to serve the emperor. Then he followed the crown prince.The two came to the winding corridor outside. The crown prince didn’t speak at once but swallowed continuously. After a while, he said, “Lord Xun...”“Your Highness, please restrain your grief.” Xun Ying’s flat and simple words made the crown prince breathe deeply all of a sudden.The mistress of the Xifu Palace, Consort Cui, his biologi
Jian Xubai smiled. “Do you think that His Majesty wasted half a year and watched that the brotherhood between the crown prince and Prince of Wei and Prince of Zhao was ruined repeatedly just in order to scheme against Consort Cui?”Seeing that Ji Su was confused, Jian Xubai raised his chin and gestured for him to close the window. Then he whispered, “The enmity between Aunt Daiguo and Consort Cui started many years ago, while His Majesty didn’t get sick recently.”When Emperor Xianjia was alive, he didn’t need to worry that Consort Cui would be in power because of her son and take revenge on Grand Princess Daiguo. He didn’t want Consort Cui to stay alive mainly because he was afraid that after he died, he would be unable to control everything, and his sister’s family would suffer.The problem was that the emperor was always in poor health. Since he had this plan, why was Consort Cui always safe and sound when he was critically ill severa
Beautiful Lady Nuan certainly knew that Jian Xubai was the crown prince’s follower.So after she said that, Jian Xubai asked her knowingly, “What do you want?”After all, once the news that Consort Cui attempted to murder Emperor Xianjia was revealed, even the emperor couldn’t keep the crown prince’s title as heir to the throne. Any people who hoped that the crown prince would take the throne definitely had only two choices after knowing this news, killing her to keep the secret, or buying her over.It was outside the emperor’s bedroom, and the emperor was talking with the crown prince inside then. Even though it appeared that there was nobody outside the bedroom, Jian Xubai wouldn’t do anything to Beautiful Lady Nuan. Moreover, even though he didn’t have feelings for the beautiful lady, they were old friends. As long as Beautiful Lady Nuan’s offer could be discussed, he preferred to buy her over.However, after Beautiful La
On the way back to the Eastern Palace yesterday, the crown princess had told somebody to send a message to the mansion of Duke of Yan, so early in the morning, the carriage of the mansion was waiting at the gate of the imperial palace.As soon as Jian Xubai came out, Yu Shiheng who came to pick him up under the mistress’s order walked to him. “Your Highness!”“How is my wife these days?” Jian Xubai nodded at him and asked with concern before getting into the carriage. “Does everything go well in the mansion recently?”Yu Shiheng lifted the curtain on the carriage for him and answered, “Everything is normal in the mansion. I heard her maid Jinxun say that Aunt Yun came to the Keshao Hall to check Her Highness’s pulse every day and said that the mother and baby were well.”Judging from the period of Song Yixiao’s pregnancy, the gender of the baby could be guessed, but the couple weren’t curious, and Grand Princess Jinguo didn’
Jian Xubai was thinking about how to soothe his wife. Suddenly, the sound of quick footsteps of a maid came from outside. Then Jinxun knocked on the door and said, “Your Highness, we got the news from the palace that Consort Cui has passed away!”“How did she die?” Jian Xubai and Song Yixiao looked at each other when they heard this. They both knew very well how Consort Cui died, but they needed to pretend that they didn’t know. Song Yixiao said in a surprised tone, “Come in and tell me the details!”Jinxun pushed the door open and entered. Seeing that they were neatly dressed from the corner of her eye, she still lowered her head and said respectfully, “The messenger told me that she died of illness.”“I heard that Consort Cui was ill earlier, and Uncle fell ill the next day. He didn’t wake up until last night. We were concerned about his illness and didn’t get any news from the Xifu Palace. So, we thought Consort Cui just had a minor i
At the end of the ninth lunar month of the 21st year after Emperor Xianjia took the throne, the emperor recovered from a serious illness. On the day after a secret conversation with Grand Princess Daiguo, the emperor gave an imperial edict to clean up the imperial court without warning. The reason was “to pursuit and suppress the remaining evil elements” which stunned everyone in the imperial court.These “remaining evil elements” were mainly divided into two groups. One group was the remaining lackeys of Noble Consort Shentu and Madame Zhenyuan in the imperial court. The other group was the remaining force of Emperor Xianjia’s more than 40 half siblings.In just two days, dozens of people in the palace went to the guillotine. Five or six of them were old people who had worked in the Palace of Xuanming for more than ten years.When the emperor ascended the throne, he killed people madly, and countless royal relatives and nobles were behe
Song Yixiao regretted it immediately after she said this. Pei Yourui had refused to marry twice before. Even if she joked about Nie Wuying’s marriage, it didn’t mean that she had got over those things. Sure enough, Pei Yourui just smiled and changed the topic, “It will be Ping’an’s birthday in a few days. I’ve been thinking about what I should give to him these two days.”“It’s winter soon. Why don’t you make something that can keep out the cold?” Song Yixiao was well-advised and quickly said.Then the two chatted casually for a while. Seeing that Nie Wuying didn’t intend to come out, Song Yixiao took her leave.Soon after she returned home, news came from the palace that Emperor Xianjia personally went to the Palace of Mingren to get the consent of the Empress Dowager to have Prince of Zhao and Prince of Wei adopted by Prince of Su and Prince of Xiang who both died early.Prince of Su was the first legitimate son of the Emp
Ji Weiguan entered the palace at this time. He probably had nothing else to do except to speak for his wife. However, even the Empress Dowager didn’t expect that he would propose to give up the dukedom of the Ji Family in exchange for not relegating Grand Princess Daiguo.“What nonsense!” Hearing him out, the Empress Dowager who was sullen looked angrier. Before Emperor Xianjia could speak, she scolded, “Your ancestors earned this dukedom by risking their lives in the wars. They left it to the future generations of your family. You think you can decide this alone? There are no outsiders here. I’ll be frank with you. Zifu is an idler and doesn’t work. If he doesn’t have the dukedom, what do you want them to live on in the future? You want my grandson to worry about the basic necessities of life in the future, just like common people?”The Empress Dowager’s favorite grandson must be Jian Xubai, who was raised by her in person. Even several other grands