Chapter 840: Escape From the Wolf's Den (2)
In the Sijin Palace
Jin Guifei was leaning on the bed, eyes tightly closed, her already drooping mouth corners tightly pursed, looking like she would get angry at any time. Everyone in the palace was very alert and served carefully, not daring to make any mistakes, otherwise they would become the punching bag of the imperial concubine and lose their lives for no reason.
A few days ago, the court received the news of the Qin King's recovery of Lingbei. Jin Guifei's illness became much more serious, and her temper continued to rise as her illness worsened. In just a few days, Sijin Palace had beaten four or five eunuchs and palace maids who made mistakes to death, and injured or disabled as many as a dozen. In fact, everyone understood that these poor slaves had not committed any unforgivable mistakes. It was just that Jin Guifei was picking bones in eggs and punishing them to vent her fear and resentment in her heart!
The King of Qin has made great military achievements and will be returning to the court soon. This is definitely a fatal threat to Concubine Jin and the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince is already disabled and it is only a matter of time before he is deposed. The King of Qin is a legitimate son and originally had a large number of old ministers supporting him to take the throne. Now that he has military achievements as capital, it is only natural that he should become the next Crown Prince, enter the East Palace, and inherit the throne of the Jin Dynasty in the future!
Concubine Jin and the Crown Prince saw through this and could no longer lie down. If the King of Qin became the crown prince and inherited the throne in the future, the first person he would deal with after he took the throne would be them and their son. At that time, let alone the glory and wealth, even their lives would be difficult to preserve.
Therefore, Concubine Jin did not bother to investigate the real murderer who murdered the prince, and instructed people to transfer the clues of the murderer to the Duke of Liguo's Mansion. She thought that as long as it was found that the Duke of Liguo's Mansion committed the crime, the emperor would naturally think that Queen Mo and King Qin were the main perpetrators, because if the prince was abolished, the biggest beneficiaries would be King Qin and the queen. At that time, the emperor would not only not appoint King Qin as the prince, but also punish him for his evil mind.
However, after the Dali Temple found out the reason, the emperor did not punish the Duke of Liguo's Mansion, but only ordered people to confine the Duke of Liguo's Mansion, and even did not deprive the Duke of Liguo of his title. What does this mean? Has the emperor made up his mind to appoint King Qin as the crown prince and completely abandon the prince, and even did not ask about the prince's murder and disability?
This terrifying idea hit her almost crazy. She must not sit and wait for death, and must not let King Qin take the throne. No matter what the cost, she vowed to bring Queen Mo and King Qin down!
"Your Highness, Sun Maotai from Yukun Palace wants to see you!"
A palace maid walked into the palace cautiously and reported to her in a soft voice.
Concubine Jin raised her eyelids slightly and said tiredly: "Ask him to come in!"
"Yes!"
The palace maid agreed as if she had walked through the gates of hell and walked out quickly.
After a while, Sun Maotai came in, bowed to Concubine Jin, and said in a shrill voice: "Your Majesty, I have passed on those words as you ordered. After hearing them, Queen Mo was very emotional at first, but then she calmed down!"
Concubine Jin stroked her long armor, thought for a while, and said: "Relax the supervision of her, and have people secretly keep a close eye on her. She will definitely take action in the next few days. When the time comes, we will catch her red-handed and hand the evidence to the emperor. I don't believe that the emperor can favor her again and again!"
"Yes!"
"Also, tell the people in the palace to give her more color in the next few days, preferably to make her collapse and unable to bear it!"
Sun Maotai said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, Queen Mo's psychological endurance is too strong. I have tried my best to torture and humiliate her, but her emotions have been very stable, and it seems that she has not been affected at all, not to mention contacting anyone!"