kvmb Chapter 813 What is your son afraid of?
Chapter 813 What is your son afraid of?
Ying Xun immediately selected people and called Lu Wei to join him. The group, carrying waist tokens, entered the palace under the pretext of investigating a case.
Yesterday, Consort Yu caused a scene at the Dali Temple and forced the Tenth Prince to be placed in a coffin. This news has already spread throughout the palace. This morning, Consort Yu closed her doors to visitors. There has been much discussion in the palace, with many believing that Consort Yu has resigned herself to her fate and wants to bury the Tenth Prince as soon as possible so that he can rest in peace.
This matter caused quite a stir, but few people noticed that the Dali Temple had secretly sent people to the Shangyi Bureau to investigate.
When Ying Xun and the others arrived at Consort Yu's palace, they saw Consort Yu dressed in white, sitting in the center of the main hall burning paper money. Although she looked haggard, her eyes were exceptionally clear and resolute.
Having learned that the Tenth Prince's death was indeed caused by human intervention, she was now single-mindedly focused on making those who had harmed the Tenth Prince pay the price.
Upon seeing Ying Xun, she stood up with the help of the old woman and asked, "Have you found any clues?"
"Your Majesty, we do have a lead, but we still need Your Majesty's cooperation," Ying Xun replied, bowing.
The person who harmed the Tenth Prince must be in the palace. Even if Ying Xun didn't say anything, Consort Yu could guess why Ying Xun came. It's likely that the person behind this is difficult to interrogate.
But no matter who it is, she will not let them get away with it if they harm her son.
"Speak, what do you want me to do?" Consort Yu asked calmly.
Ying Xun quickly relayed the clues they had uncovered to Consort Yu, "Right now, we only have Si Xi's confession and the little palace maid's testimony. These two are enough to establish Xu Guiren's suspicion. To interrogate Xu Guiren, we need His Majesty's approval, as well as physical evidence from the Imperial Wardrobe. Obtaining physical evidence from the Imperial Wardrobe is not easy..."
As Ying Xun spoke, Consort Yu couldn't hear a single word. Her head was spinning, and she unconsciously tightened her grip on the nanny's arm. Finally, she couldn't hold back any longer, clutching her chest, vomiting blood, and collapsing unconscious in Momo's arms.
"Your Highness!" The nanny hurriedly helped Consort Yu up.
Upon seeing this, Lu Yangyang hurriedly stepped forward and said to the nanny, "I know some medical skills."
The nanny and the palace maid quickly helped Consort Yu to a chair and sat her down. Lu Yangyang lifted Consort Yu's wrist and took her pulse.
A moment later, Lu Yangyang took out silver needles and inserted two needles into Yufei's acupoints. Soon after, Yufei woke up.
"Your Majesty, I am so angry that I have lost my composure. Please take care of yourself," Lu Yangyang said respectfully as she removed the needle.
Consort Yu stared blankly ahead. The old nanny tenderly took a handkerchief to wipe the blood from the corner of her lips, but Consort Yu raised her hand to stop her.
"Bring me my nail guards," Consort Yu ordered.
The old woman was puzzled and immediately told a palace maid to fetch it.
A box of nail guards was quickly delivered to Consort Yu. Consort Yu stretched out her hand and put on the nail guards one by one until all ten fingers were covered with nail guards.
After doing all this, she stood up and said, "Call everyone in the palace who can move, and have them come with me."
After saying that, he stood up with the help of the old woman's hand. Without looking at anyone, he took a step and walked outside with firm steps, like a soldier about to go to war. There was no trace of the appearance of him vomiting blood and fainting from anger just now.
Ying Xun glanced at Lu Yangyang discreetly, and the others quickly followed.
Consort Xu lived in Lingxiu Palace. There were three imperial concubines living in Lingxiu Palace: Consort Xu, Consort Chang, and Consort Liu.
Because of her relationship with Consort Yu, Consort Xu occupied the main hall of Lingxiu Palace, even though she had not been in the palace as long as the other two.
The group headed towards Lingxiu Palace in a grand procession, and the news quickly spread throughout the palace. Naturally, it soon reached the emperor's ears as well.
The location of Lingxiu Palace is a bit remote, and there aren't many people in the palace, so the news hasn't reached Lingxiu Palace yet.
When Consort Yu arrived at Lingxiu Palace with her entourage, they heard the sounds of children playing before even entering. The palace servants guarding the gate were startled by Consort Yu's large entourage and were about to go in to report when Consort Yu's people grabbed them and pushed the gate open. Consort Yu led her entourage inside and immediately saw Consort Xu smilingly playing with the toddler prince in the small garden in front of the palace.
Consort Xu held a rattle drum in her hand, attracting the little prince to come over, "Come, come to Mother's here~"
Her face was radiant with happiness and sweetness, while Consort Yu looked at her with bloodshot eyes.
The palace servants of Lingxiu Palace were all startled by Consort Yu's display of power and momentarily forgot to react. Consort Xu finally realized something was wrong and subconsciously turned her head, meeting Consort Yu's bloodshot eyes that looked like they were about to devour someone.
Startled, she flinched and collapsed to the ground, her body going limp.
The young prince was so frightened that he burst into tears.
The newly hired wet nurse who was looking after the young prince was also quite frightened when she saw this. She hurriedly grabbed the young prince, knelt down with a thud, and tried to cover the young prince's mouth.
Consort Yu strode up to Consort Xu, grabbed her neck with one hand, and slapped her across the face with the other. The nail guards grazed Consort Xu's face, leaving several bloody marks instantly. Consort Xu instinctively tried to dodge in pain, but Consort Yu, with a strength she didn't know she possessed, held her down firmly and slapped her again.
"Beast! Beast! How could you be even worse than a beast!" Consort Yu slapped Consort Xu's face repeatedly, leaving her delicate face covered in bloody marks. "Ming'er calls you 'Aunt' and treats you well. How could you do this to him!"
"Xu Ting'er, you became a widow at the age of sixteen and wasted three years at home without finding a good marriage. Taking advantage of the palace's selection of concubines, you tried to find a way to come to me. I took pity on you and helped you keep your name on the list! If I need help, my Shen family has plenty of eligible girls. What use would I have for someone like you with the surname Xu!"
"You ungrateful wretch! Even a dog would wag its tail at me, but I raised a heartless beast like you! How dare you, how dare you!"
Consort Yu's hysterical screams completely terrified Consort Xu. Consort Xu was already in so much pain that her eyes were blurred with tears. She cried and begged, "Sister, sister, what are you saying? I don't know, I really don't know. I beg you, if you're angry and want to take it out on me, I'll accept it. But Yun'er is still young. Please have someone take him away first, so as not to frighten him!"
Hearing her words and seeing her humble and pleading appearance, Consort Yu burst out laughing. She glanced at the little prince, whose eyes were being covered by the wet nurse and who was crying in fear, and laughed loudly, "Scared him? Hahahaha! Hahahaha! Scared him?"
Consort Yu laughed through her tears, pointing at Consort Xu, "My son is dead, and you, the one who killed my son, aren't afraid of anything. What is your son afraid of?"