Princess Zuo moved quickly and sent someone over when she received the report.
The cold palace was unguarded and it was not difficult to investigate, but when the man sent there went to the entrance of the cold palace and tried to push the door in, he found that the door was closed from the inside and he could not push it at all.
He put his ear to the door and vaguely heard the sound of maids talking and laughing inside. This was not right. Those who had been sent to the cold palace lived in darkness, and even if they had maids with them, they did not have enough to eat or wear, so they would not be in the mood for laughter.
He ran back quickly to report.
The first time I heard this, I saw a cold look in my eyes. I didn’t know she was living such a comfortable life inside the cold palace. …… I just wonder what she will do when she learns her only son is dead.
“You go …….”
……
Two eunuchs came over carrying rancid rice as usual, they were young eunuchs who had just joined the palace and were assigned this job with little future, they were already full of reluctance, and when they arrived at the door of the cold palace they even directly pierced the bucket holding the rice on the ground, “Dinner is ready!”
The door was opened, and two palace maids, wearing dresses so washed that they could not see the original colour, came out with a bucket on their sad faces, put it on the floor, and carried the bucket with the rancid rice inside.
The moment they were about to close the door, they heard a eunuch ask his companion, “I heard that the second prince has sent someone to fetch the third prince’s concubine, so that she can come and see the third prince one last time.”
The palace maid’s hand was about to close the door, and her ears perked up as she was about to listen, but one of the eunuchs lifted the bucket and turned around to leave, so she hurriedly called out to the two of them, “What did you just say, what about meeting the Third Prince one last time?”
The two eunuchs looked at each other and only then did they remember that it was Consort Shu who lived in the Cold Palace, and smiled maliciously, “Don’t you know? The Third Prince is dead!”
Bang!
There was the sound of something hitting the ground inside the Cold Palace.
Satisfied, the two eunuchs lifted the bucket and headed back.
They hadn’t gone very far when they heard footsteps behind them and both turned back in unison.
Before they could see who it was, the man had already run past them like a gust of wind, and in the blink of an eye he was far away, followed by a group of decently dressed palace maids and eunuchs.
It took them a moment to realise that these people had come from the cold palace and were dressed in such splendid clothes.
Shu Fei ran all the way to the entrance of the Emperor’s bedchamber and was stopped by the eunuchs guarding the door, she shouted in her desperation, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty!”
His Majesty was resting his eyes, when he suddenly heard Shu Fei’s voice he sat up straight and instructed Eunuch Huang to bring the person in.
Eunuch Huang went out and waved away the people who were stopping Concubine Shu, who rushed madly to the Emperor, her face pale and her lips trembling violently, “Yi’er he, he ……”
The reason why the emperor didn’t let anyone tell Concubine Shu was because he was afraid she wouldn’t be able to bear it, now looking at her full of grief and shaking, the words couldn’t come out.
His silence was the answer, and Consort Shu fell to the ground as her eyes went black, “How is it possible? How is it possible ……”
The emperor lifted the covers, got off the dragon bed and helped her personally, “Yi’er was killed in Wuji County, I am sending people to investigate why he came to Wuji County. Don’t worry, I will definitely find out the truth and give you an explanation.”
“Your Majesty ……”
Consort Shu clung to him, her body was like falling into an ice cellar, Yi’er was all she had hoped for, with Yi’er dead, all her hopes were gone too.
“I know you are sad, I don’t feel better than you, Concubine Shu, you have to hold on, Yi’er is still waiting for you and me to help him take revenge.”
Revenge?
Yes, revenge, revenge for my son.
Consort Shu’s desperate heart heated up a little, she could not let go of the person who had killed her son, she wanted that person to bury his son with him.
“I want to go and see Yi’er one last time, I also ask for Your Majesty’s permission.”
The Emperor naturally agreed and sent Eunuch Huang to escort Concubine Shu to the Third Prince’s residence.
The news soon spread through the palace and naturally Concubine Zuo knew about it. She sneered a few times, the emperor was really good at fooling them all. She just didn’t know if Consort Shu would go along after seeing her tragically dead son.
“Send a message to the Second Prince and tell him what happened.”
“Yes.”
Consort Shu arrived at the third prince’s residence.
It had been several years since the Third Prince had been relegated to Youzhou, and most of those who had followed him before had defected to the Grand Prince and the Second Prince; if it hadn’t been for the Second Prince’s handling of his funeral, I’m afraid there wouldn’t even have been anyone to come to his door to offer condolences.
The house was cold and empty, and there were few people at the wake. Wu Jin led his family to stand by the coffin, lost in thought.
With the death of the Third Prince, all their hopes are gone, and the Wu family has been stripped of their titles, so I am afraid that there is really no place for them in the capital.
There was the sound of hurried footsteps, Wu Jin looked up and saw that it was Concubine Shu and stood up violently, “Your Majesty.”
As if she had not heard his voice, Consort Shu looked straight at the coffin and approached it with difficulty step by step. When she saw that it was really the son she had longed for, she could no longer bear the blow and fainted.
Wu Jin caught her with quick eyes and hands, “Pass the imperial doctor, pass the imperial doctor quickly!”
Eunuch Huang had sent someone to call the imperial doctor when he came out of the palace. Seeing this, he rushed forward and asked Wu Jin to put her in the room, took out a silver needle and stuck it in Consort Shu’s head after taking her pulse.
She woke up with tears streaming down her face before she could say a word.
“Your Majesty, I am so sorry.”
Wu Jin’s mute voice.
Eunuch Huang led the men to retreat, closed the door, and personally guarded the door.
Consort Shu cried out in pain and sorrow, causing all those who heard her to shed tears along with her.
The eunuch outside the door could not help but wipe the corners of his eyes and looked up at the darkening sky, intuiting that the sky was about to change.
She hated the emperor for relegating Yi’er to Youzhou, if Yi’er had not been relegated to that place, he would not have lost his life, and she hated Song Wangyue even more, if Song Wangyue had not bitten Yi’er, Yi’er would not have been punished by the emperor.
She wanted Song Wan Yue to pay in blood. Thinking of this, she sat up with a start.
Wu Jin was thinking of how to comfort her when he was startled by her sudden movement, “Your Majesty.”
Consort Shu looked at him, the hatred in her eyes poured out, “Brother, it was Song Wan Yue, she was the one who killed Yi’er, I want to take revenge for Yi’er, I want their whole family to be buried with Yi’er. ”
Wu Jin froze slightly, then understood what she meant, if it wasn’t for Song Wan Yue, the third prince wouldn’t have been relegated to Youzhou, and he wouldn’t have been killed, leaving them without hope.
“Good.”
“Princess.”
The voice of Eunuch Huang came from the doorway.
“Eunuch Huang, where is my mother consort?”
“In the house, please come in, Princess.”
Consort Shu is now an abandoned consort, and it is inappropriate for Eunuch Huang to address her as Mother Consort; if he addresses her otherwise, she may hold a grudge against him and find him trouble when she regains her position some day.
The door was opened and the Sixth Princess walked in with her six month old belly, followed by Sun Jin, the sidekick.