Chapter 220 Seeds

In the early morning of the next day, the Prince Regent's Mansion hung up white lanterns.

A white inauguration letter was pasted on the door, and white lanterns were also hung at the door of the mansion.

Murong Jie was changing clothes when he got up, Ni Rong came and said in a deep voice: "My lord, someone from the concubine's room told me that Aunt Si Zhu died suddenly last night!"

Murong Jie turned his head abruptly, and asked in shock, "What did you say?"

Ni Rong said sadly: "When my subordinates got up early this morning, white lanterns had already been hung in the mansion. After asking, I found out that it was Aunt Sizhu who died suddenly last night."

Murong Jie immediately put on his clothes, rushed out the door, and rushed towards Qingning Pavilion.

Aunt Si Zhu's body was parked in the yard, the coffin was parked next to it, and the noble concubine stood beside her, wiping her face with her own hands.

Murong Jie stood at the gate of the yard, staring blankly at the woman who had spoiled him all his life, unable to tell if it was pain or regret.

Last night, he should have come.

Scenes of the past flashed through my mind. Before King Liang fell ill, everything was fine. Although my aunt was serving the mother and concubine, she spent most of her time preparing food and clothing for him.

She always said that what dissatisfied her most about her prince was that he hadn't married yet.

Seeing him coming, the noble concubine stretched out her hand to push away the people around her, continued to wipe her hands, raised her head and showed a strange smile, "Come on, kowtow to her, she is your foster mother."

Murong Jie walked over mechanically, the moment his eyes touched Aunt Sizhu's face, his head thumped, and he raised his head with difficulty to stare at Concubine Gui, "You actually killed her?"

Aunt Sizhu's eyes were wide open, and the eyeballs seemed to still have remnants of the struggle and panic before her death. Her face was congested and cyanotic, with swelling, and her lips were purple and black. It was a symptom of suffocation. He came out of the palace. If there is no mark on it, it is known that it is the suffocation symptom caused by the sticker.

The noble concubine sneered when she heard this, and continued to wipe her hands. There were signs of being bound on her hands, and the bruises were obvious, "The one who killed her was you, not Aijia."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You are really insane. She has been with you for so many years, and you are able to deal with such a cruel hand." Murong Jie finished speaking through gritted teeth, stepped forward and pulled her away, and said sharply: "Get out of here, You have no right to touch her."

The noble concubine took a staggered step, and after standing still, she laughed so hard that she shed tears, "Well said, well said, people who have been with the Ai family for so many years can actually be cruel to the Ai family Hand, Sizhu, the Ai family is lying when they say they don't hate you, even if they kill you, the Ai family still hates you."

Murong Jie stared at her, his eyes were burning with flames, the disgust and hatred that could not be expressed in those eyes.

The retainer Ah Fu stepped forward, bowed and said: "My lord, Aunt Sizhu poisoned the concubine yesterday in an attempt to kill the concubine, but she was found out by the concubine, and the concubine gave her the death penalty."

"Nonsense!" Murong Jie became furious, kicked Ah Fu, Ah Fu flew two feet away, but he got up with difficulty, continued to kneel in front of Murong Jie, and said: "No, I swear on my life, No lie at all."

"You talk nonsense again, this king will cut you off!" Murong Jie was extremely furious, and kicked Ah Fu again, Ah Fu did not dare to dodge, and took it hard, with blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.

The Concubine Gui said coldly: "He's not wrong, Si Zhu did poison Ai's family, do you know why she did that?"

Murong Jie stared at her cold face, his heart sank, thinking of what Aunt Sizhu said to him that day, could it be that from that day on, she planned to attack?

The imperial concubine was suddenly furious, and said sharply: "She was afraid that the mother of Aijia would hurt her own son, so she did not hesitate to kill Aijia to avoid future troubles. She is the person who has served Aijia for many years. My own sister treats me like this, but she wants to kill Aijia with poison for you!"

Murong Jie's hands and feet were cold, looking at the person lying quietly on the simple wooden bed, her death was miserable, but it was for him.

The retainer Ah Fu still knelt in front of him, the corners of his mouth curled up. Aunt Sizhu died at last. From now on, he would stand beside the Grand Concubine, and he would become the Concubine's favorite.

However, before that, he must first express his loyalty to the noble concubine.

Therefore, he said: "My lord, before Aunt Si Zhu is sentenced, I beg the guards to convey a word to my lord."

"What did he say?" Murong Jie stared at him condescendingly, his eyes were red.

A Fu said: "She asked the guards to tell the prince that she hopes you will rule the world."

Murong Jie didn't believe a word, and said sharply, "Get lost!"

Ah Fu knelt still, "My lord, this is absolutely true. Aunt Sizhu is someone whom I respect very much. Now that her bones are here, I will not lie in front of her bones. Why did she poison the concubine? She just wants to protect the prince, she would rather save her own life than to protect the prince, she hopes that the prince will one day become a dragon and a phoenix among men."

"If you keep talking nonsense, this king can kill you right now." Murong Jie's eyes were cold, and he turned around and ordered, "Come here, move Aunt Sizhu's body out, personally organize the funeral, seal Qingning Pavilion, without this king With permission, no one can come in or out."

The noble concubine said sharply: "Murong Jie, do you dare to put Ai's family under house arrest?"

Murong Jie didn't even look at her, stepped forward to pick up Aunt Si Zhu's body, and strode away.

The guards quickly blocked and surrounded Qingning Pavilion tightly, closed the gate, withdrew some people, and left some people stationed in place.

The imperial concubine slapped Ah Fu on the face, "Do you think he is stupid? Do you think you can fool him like this?"

Ah Fu knelt on the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said, "Grand Concubine, the lord won't believe it now, but when he calms down, this sentence will always remind him like a poisonous insect with a heart. A seed is planted in the bottom of my heart."

"No, he won't," the imperial concubine shook her head, and smiled sadly, "If he would, the Ai family would not have tried so hard. Now that Lao Ba is exiled by him, the Ai family has no hope at all."

"Grand Concubine, you can't give up. King Nanhuai still expects you to transfer him back to Beijing from the southern kingdom. Remember what you said before? But if there is even a little bit of hope, you will never give up. Are you really Are you willing to live under the empress dowager for the rest of your life? When the time comes, the prince will ascend the throne, she will be the empress dowager mother, and you will be the empress dowager mother. Although your title is still somewhat different, you are the prince's biological mother, and everything will be in your hands. under control."

The dowager concubine's cold heart was instilled with hope by Ah Fu's words, yes, she has only dreamed of being a mother in the world in her life, is she really going to give up?

That's right, what Ah Fu said made sense, she wanted to bury the seed of becoming emperor bit by bit in his heart.

Even if he turns against her in the future, since she is his biological mother, she will definitely be named empress dowager.

"Have you agreed on a time to meet with the old lady of the Xiangfu?" The noble concubine asked with a restrained expression.

"Luoshui has already made an appointment, and we will meet at Juxianju tomorrow."