amaotonovel Chapter 748 The Relationship between Concubine Chang and Minister Shu
Chapter 748 The Relationship between Concubine Chang and Minister Shu
"You are also a prince. If others can become emperor, you can too." Concubine Chang felt that an emperor did not have to have the ability to be one. With the assistance of ministers, one could become an emperor. The key was the identity of a prince.
Xie Yang said: "In fact, the emperor doesn't know what his mother did..."
Concubine Chang said coldly: "What do you want to do? Pity him, but does he pity us? Or are you afraid? If you are afraid, why did you kill Shu Xue and cause all these troubles? Why didn't you and Shu Lang hold back at that time?"
Xie Yang didn't want to kill anyone either. It was Shu Xue who caught him meeting Shu Lang and heard things he shouldn't have heard. She had to die, and he couldn't control himself.
"Yang'er, there's no turning back now. Didn't you hear what Queen Mother Cheng said? Did she ever look down on your mother? Did she ever look down on you? If it weren't for her, would your mother have brought you to live in the West Palace? The cruelty in the palace is far worse than what you have seen.
All the suffering we have endured was caused by her. If it weren’t for Mother who noticed her thoughts earlier, you would have become disabled like the Third Prince. The Third Prince’s feet were also good when he was born, but she crippled them. The Third Prince’s Mother was very depressed because of this and later fell ill. The reason Mother is still alive is because Mother took you away and you have forgotten what she did to you. If it weren’t for her, you would have killed her by mistake…”
Xie Yang roared: "Mother, please don't talk about that."
He just felt dirty all over and nauseous and wanted to vomit. Concubine Chang said coldly, "All this was caused by Queen Mother Cheng. It was not you who wanted to kill them. They were killed by Queen Mother Cheng. It was not our fault."
Xie Yang's emotions suddenly got out of control. The closer Concubine Chang got to him, the more nauseous he felt. He turned around and left the West Palace.
Concubine Chang said, "Yang'er."
The nanny walked up to Concubine Chang and said, "The emperor said those things today. I think the prince still cares about the brotherhood. Why didn't the concubine give the cake to Queen Jiang just now? The people around her are too difficult to deal with. Even Nanny Wang, I can't say anything. Today she came here on her own initiative. What a good opportunity! But the emperor ate a piece."
"The piece the emperor ate was not poisoned." Concubine Chang said, "They suddenly found the West Palace today, which means they began to suspect Yang'er. Without a perfect plan, I dare not take the risk."
"What should we do now? Is the Queen Dowager really going to persuade the Princess to clarify for the Emperor?"
"Of course not. Now that it has come to this, tell Shu Lang. Some things should be known to everyone." Concubine Chang has endured for decades for today. She must make Cheng Langjin pay a more painful price. What she cares about is her son's throne. If Cheng Langjin's secret is made public, will her son still be qualified to be emperor?
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After coming out of the West Palace, Jiang Fenghua took Xie Shang and walked towards the Imperial Hospital.
Xie Shang said: "Let's go back to the imperial study first!"
"The emperor just ate the cakes handed to him by Concubine Chang. Let's go find the imperial physician to check his pulse first."
Xie Shang said, "My body is fine, and the cakes are not poisonous. When I was a child, Concubine Chang often made cakes for me to eat. For so many years, nothing happened. If she wanted to poison me, she would have done it long ago."
"That's what you said, but you're afraid that she poisoned the cake. That cake was given to me by Concubine Chang. How could the Emperor snatch it away and eat it?"
Xie Shang said, "I ate it and she didn't stop me, which means it's not poisonous. I'm afraid someone will hurt you, and you can't get into trouble. There are too many people who want to take action against the Jiang family recently. Only if something happens to the queen can the Jiang family be shaken."
Jiang Fenghua was still quite moved, "You are the emperor, nothing can happen to you, we will all be fine in the future."
Xie Shang said, "In fact, Concubine Chang is a very good person. No one in the entire palace is more indifferent to fame and fortune than her. She has lived alone in the West Palace for decades, raising Xie Yang without fighting or competing, and then letting Xie Yang leave the palace to set up his own house and marry a wife."
He put his arm around her waist and glanced at her belly, "Are you pregnant again?"
Jiang Fenghua blushed, "No, I did it on purpose. Concubine Chang kept urging me to eat cakes, so I had to be on guard."
She added, "Shu Ronghua sent snacks to the emperor several times when I was away from the palace."
Xie Shang glanced at Wu Xin and pulled Jiang Fenghua aside to explain, "I can explain to you what happened last night. I didn't even eat the snacks she sent me."
Jiang Fenghua pushed him away and said deliberately, "Your Majesty wants to favor someone, and I have no right to stop you. As long as Your Majesty is happy, that's all."
Xie Shang said to Wu Xin: "Come and tell the Queen the truth about what happened last night. I asked you to deal with those snacks, so why are you still keeping them?"
Lian Ye was waiting on the side. She also wanted to hear the emperor's explanation, although she had already asked Wu Xin privately and knew that the emperor did not favor Shu Yan.
Wu Xin said, "Shu Ronghua did sleep in the Qianqing Palace last night. I used a magic incense to knock her out. Nothing happened between the emperor and her. I was going to deal with it. Didn't you forget it because you were busy?"
Jiang Fenghua stopped him: "Don't rush to deal with it. Do you think the snacks Shu Yan sent to the emperor are very similar to those made by Concubine Chang?"
Wu Xin said, "It seems quite similar."
Jiang Fenghua thought: Shu Yan is the daughter of Minister Shu, and Minister Shu is helping Zhang Yurou and Xie Yang. Will he instruct Shu Yan to harm Xie Shang?
She said, "Go back to the palace first and quietly take the cakes that Shuyan sent to ask the imperial physician to check if there is anything unusual."
Wu Xin said: "Yes."
Xie Shang said, "You mean the cakes that Shu Yan sent to the Imperial Study were made by Concubine Chang."
"We'll find out if we go back and check who Shu Yan is close to." Jiang Fenghua said in a deep voice, "If it is confirmed that Shu Yan is in contact with Concubine Chang, then are Minister Shu and Concubine Chang also in contact? Zhang Yurou may just be their pawn to deal with the emperor. What will they do if they make any move next?"
Xie Shang didn't arrest Shu Lang because he wanted to know who he was in contact with. Could it really be Concubine Chang?
Jiang Fenghua changed the subject, "Does the emperor really believe that the Fourth Prince has left the palace?"
Xie Shang frowned, "He didn't leave the palace. He must have listened to what I said, so he came to the West Palace to find Concubine Chang. When we entered the West Palace, he hid himself, which further proves that he and Concubine Chang are indeed suspicious."
"You just said she was a very good person." Jiang Fenghua added, "Your mother came here in a hurry. If the emperor hadn't been in the West Palace, I guess she would have scolded Concubine Chang. Your mother is a strange person. After something like this happened, she came here and pointed at Concubine Chang's nose and scolded her, which can't solve the problem!"
"My mother's mood is often unstable. It may be because she has lived alone in the palace for too long that she has developed such a personality."
"What was the relationship like between the late emperor and the empress dowager when he was in power?" Jiang Fenghua asked directly.
Speaking of the relationship between his father, the emperor, and his mother, Xie Shang felt distressed. "Not good. Their relationship has been bad since I was very young. Something happened."
Jiang Fenghua stared at Xie Shang with his big eyes, "What's the matter?"