12dz Chapter 417: Concubine Rong
Chapter 417: Concubine Rong
Empress Ji has been feeling somewhat uneasy since the emperor's cold departure.
After all, she was somewhat unwilling to be discovered by the emperor so soon.
What she wanted was to get rid of the person without anyone knowing and at the same time receive the exclusive favor of the emperor.
only……
The die is cast and the situation is irreversible.
She also reminded herself that victory or failure depended on this one move, and no matter what, Jiang Lin was already dead.
Moreover, Xu'er's body could no longer be delayed. No matter how the emperor would punish her today, she would fight for a future for Xu'er!
So what happened today cannot be considered a failure.
So she sat on the bed, waiting for the emperor to come back.
Perhaps because the initial noise was too loud, all the palace servants in Kunning Palace got up at this moment.
Concubine Rong was about to break into Kunning Palace again, but unlike before, this time she was caught by several guards at the door as soon as she broke into the vermilion gate.
"Empress Rong, please return to the palace!"
"My Lady, please respect yourself!"
The guards of Kunning Palace spoke politely, but the long swords in their hands were already half-out of their sheaths, emitting a cold light.
The Jinwu Guards hurried in to pull her back, but unexpectedly, Concubine Rong, who had just barged into the palace, suddenly shouted, "Ji Jiaru, you have harmed my son, and you shall not die a good death! I curse you and your son Jiang Xu to follow in my footsteps soon. I curse you and the Emperor to hate and harm each other from now on, and to suffer retribution for generations to come!"
Following her last hoarse and shrill cry, the Jinwu Guards and the Kunning Palace Guards were about to pull her out, but they saw a warm and sticky liquid spurting out from her neck and splashing onto the bodies and faces of several guards, like a bunch of sad and strange peonies blooming in spring, accompanied by the gloomy and misty moonlight tonight, revealing a faint, eerie and strange feeling.
This was the scene Queen Ji saw when she ran out of the palace.
Her cherry-like mouth opened into a round shape. Before she could even utter the word "no", Concubine Rong in front of her gave her a sad smile, like the last dance under the moon, and she spun gracefully as the hot blood cooled in the air.
With a loud thud, Rong Fei's head hit the ground, and she fell to the ground. Her eyes were open, and blood was oozing from her body, staining the bluestone floor with the carving of a phoenix and a peony red.
There was a sad smile of success on his lips.
"Someone, drag this bitch out! Drag her out of my Kunning Palace!"
Empress Ji screamed at the top of her lungs, as if some bad memories had suddenly come back to her. She looked at Concubine Rong's corpse as if she were looking at a ghost with fangs.
She stepped back anxiously and fearfully, covering her eyes and not daring to look in that direction again.
Rong Fei's body was quickly dragged away, and the bloodstains on the bluestone slabs were cleaned up by the palace servants as quickly as possible.
When the emperor returned from Renzhi Hall, he saw the wet ground. Upon asking, he learned that Concubine Rong had passed away in such a short time.
Rong Fei's death did not have much impact on the emperor.
Even because of her previous curses and disobedience to him, he felt a secret sense of joy in his heart when he suddenly heard the news of her death.
It is really against moral standards for a concubine to value her child more than herself as the emperor!
As soon as the emperor entered the palace, he saw Empress Ji kneeling on the ground in a sickly manner, apologizing for her crime. Her face was pale, and even her lips were a little white.
The emperor was still irritated by her attack on the Fourth Prince, and his brows furrowed suddenly. "What's the matter? You killed the Fourth Prince, and I haven't punished you yet. Don't show me this again!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Queen Ji's tears rolled down almost immediately, hanging in her eye sockets, feeling slightly hot.
Empress Ji said nothing, but her expression of grievance was clear before her eyes. Miao Yue, who was beside her, frowned and said carefully, "Your Majesty, earlier, Concubine Rong came to Kunning Palace and committed suicide, uttering many vicious curses. When the Empress went out, she happened to see her with her eyes wide open. Immediately afterwards, Concubine Rong seemed to be a little unwell and soon fainted. Fortunately, she didn't faint for long and has woken up now. When she woke up, she looked like this..."
Miaoyue spoke in a very low voice, and her thin throat even trembled.
But when the emperor heard this, the strings in his head suddenly tightened and his expression became visibly serious.
Previously, Jiaru was nearly killed by the ghost of Concubine Yun hiding in her pillow. Now, will this Concubine Rong...
He had been preparing to reprimand her, but after this shock, all those words were instantly forgotten.
He immediately took off his outer robe, squatted down and held her in his arms, "Jia Ru, Jia Ru, how are you? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
As he spoke, he first touched her forehead, then exerted force with both arms, immediately picked her up from the ground, and placed her carefully on the couch as if he was protecting a treasure.
After releasing the people, he quickly looked towards the outer hall and shouted, "He Yuanguang! He Yuanguang!"
When He Yuanguang heard the sound, he immediately hurried over from the outer hall.
The emperor was so anxious that he turned around and around. "Quick, summon Lord Jiang and tell him to come to Kunning Palace immediately!"
He Yuanguang glanced at Empress Ji lying on the couch, then bowed and accepted the order.
After taking off his clothes and running outside, the emperor also got on the bed and held Empress Ji tightly in his arms.
"Jia Ru, it's okay, don't worry, with my purple energy protecting you, Concubine Rong can't hurt you! Don't worry, just wait, wait for Lord Jiang to come, everything will be fine soon..."
Looking at the motionless and dull-looking beauty in his arms, the emperor was so anxious that his voice choked with sobs as he tried to comfort her.
He held her fingers tightly together, holding her soft and boneless hand tightly against his face, "Jia Ru, you can't scare me. Everything I do is for you. You can't leave me. Nothing can happen to you, Jia Ru..."
The moonlight quietly flowed through Kunning Palace, and was carried by the autumn wind, and also flowed through the mossy and flower-shaded corner outside Jingren Palace.
A hemp rope was tightly tied around the neck of a Jinwu Guard. Until his death, the Jinwu Guard kept whispering, "Send a message, Lord Jiang, tell the Emperor, he, he..."
Before he could finish his words, the black-clad guard heard the hurried footsteps coming from outside the wall and suddenly increased the strength in his hands.
There was a slight "click" sound at the neck of the Jinwu Guard, and then his head sank heavily.
After checking that the man was no longer breathing, the man in black stripped off his Jinwu Guard clothes and put them on him. He then stuffed the seal of the Third Prince into his arms and dragged him to a secluded place.
Across the wall, the eunuchs sent by He Yuanguang were rushing to the Jiang residence to look for someone. As they reached the outside of Wenyuan Pavilion, they bumped into a hurried Jinwu Guard.
The Jinwu Guard was suddenly startled by the collision and immediately apologized profusely, "Please forgive me, eunuch. I was ordered by Lord Jiang to deliver an important message. I am sorry for offending you, eunuch. I hope you will not blame me!"
The eunuch who had gone to look for someone was originally going to Jiang's residence. When he heard that this person was Lord Jiang delivering a message to the Emperor, he became more cautious. With a quick glance, he asked hurriedly, "I wonder what the young man is telling the Emperor? We are also going to Jiang's residence on the Emperor's orders. If the information is consistent, it will save us the journey."
Upon hearing this, the Jinwu Guard's expression suddenly tensed. "To be honest, Master Jiang has had a heart attack and said he was going to find a miracle doctor to treat him. He has already left the capital. His subordinates have asked me to inform the emperor that Master Jiang has left the capital and will return in two days at the earliest, or half a month later!"
The eunuch paused, his face suddenly becoming grim. "Leaving?"
The Jinwu Guards were puzzled by the man's changed expression. "Yes, he left this afternoon. It's just that Master Shadow, who is beside him, sent someone to tell me. So, considering it was late at night, I decided to tell Eunuch He, who is beside the Emperor, first."
The eunuch looked at him suspiciously again, "Are you serious about what you said?"
The Jinwu Guards quickly saluted and said, "This is just the news sent to the palace from the Jiang residence. As for the eunuch's request to go to the Jiang residence to invite someone, it would be better for you to go and investigate on your own, so as to fulfill your orders!"
After saying this, without caring about the eunuch's expression, he hurried straight towards Kunning Palace, his figure disappearing into the dark night.