PNB Chapter 546 Lingchi
Chapter 546 Lingchi
The next day, a notice was posted all over the streets of the capital, announcing that the Right Prime Minister, Imperial Concubine Lan and the Second Prince were forcing the emperor to abdicate and rebel.
He was executed by slow slicing three days later, but the emperor was so merciful that the people in the second prince's mansion were pardoned and driven out of the palace. The nine clans and daughters who married out were also pardoned, but all the people in the mansion were beheaded.
When the people heard the news, they were all shocked. They didn't expect that the right prime minister would collude with the second prince to force the emperor to abdicate.
It immediately became the focus of conversation among the crowd. The nine clans and married-out daughters who were exempted from the crime were all scared out of their wits.
They didn't expect that He Yuan would do such a heinous thing. They were terrified and almost got implicated.
After the morning court session, the emperor, accompanied by Shang Zhanchen, came to the Sky Prison. Before he stepped into Concubine Lan's cell, he heard the Queen's voice.
"I want to know whether the poisons that Feng'er and Chen'er were poisoned with were all caused by you?"
The Queen stared at Concubine Lan who was tied to the rack with cold eyes, and there was restrained anger in her eyes.
Feng'er and Chen'er have been poisoned by so many kinds of poisons since childhood, and it has not been found out who did it. Now Concubine Lan is about to execute them.
Then she ran over to ask her. She would not feel at ease until she got the answer. Looking at the queen in front of her, Concubine Lan laughed sarcastically.
"You could say the same thing."
"What do you mean you can say that?" The queen frowned.
From what Concubine Lan said, could there be someone else? At this point, there is no point in hiding it. Concubine Lan looked at He Yuan beside her.
"I was the one who poisoned the eldest prince, and I also poisoned the crown prince with three kinds of poison. He was the one who poisoned the other four."
Originally, I didn't intend to poison the prince so many times, but I didn't expect that he was so lucky that he didn't die from the poison the first time, so I poisoned him again and again.
So many kinds of poisons could not take the prince's life. God really favors him.
"Why? If you have any dissatisfaction, come to me. Why do you treat my Feng'er and Chen'er like this?"
The Queen grabbed Concubine Lan by the collar and slapped her twice, her emotions on the verge of getting out of control.
If she had any dissatisfaction, she could have come to me. Why did she target Feng'er and Chen'er, who were still such young children?
Looking at the crazy queen, Concubine Lan threw back her neck and laughed.
“Hahaha… This is all thanks to the emperor. Back then, the emperor personally promised me that I would be the most precious woman in the palace and that he would love me exclusively for the rest of my life.
As a result, every time he left my yard, he would no longer mention this matter. You are not as beautiful as me, and you are not favored by the emperor.
The emperor has been reluctant to make me the queen, and the only reason is the prince, so they can only die.
As long as they die, your position as queen will be mine."
When the emperor made love with her, he promised her everything, but he never mentioned it again afterwards. It was all for the prince, so the prince must die.
The queen's tears immediately came out.
"..."
It turned out that the emperor had wanted to take care of her. They grew up together, but she never expected that the emperor would be so cruel to her.
Just as he was thinking about it, the emperor rushed in angrily.
"You bitch, you have such a vicious heart!"
When the emperor rushed over, he slapped Concubine Lan several times, and his chest heaved with anger.
It turned out that they were the ones who poisoned Feng'er and Chen'er. Looking at the angry emperor, Concubine Lan laughed sarcastically again.
"It's all because of you, Your Majesty. You promised me that I was the only one in your heart and you would never like other women. You also told me to be the master of the harem.
But the result is that you keep bringing new people into the palace and forget your promise to me. I can only feel safe when I sit on the position of queen.
You forced me to do all this.”
Tears flowed from the queen's eyes. She looked at the emperor sadly, turned around and walked out of the prison.
Seeing the despair in the queen's eyes, the emperor felt a sharp pain in his heart. When he looked at Concubine Lan, he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.
"I've been so good to you, you vicious woman! You're still dreaming of becoming the queen!"
The emperor's chest was heaving with anger. He had never thought of deposing the queen. Those words were just some things he said when he was in love with that bitch.
I didn't expect that she not only took it seriously, but also dared to attack Feng'er and Chen'er. It's really hateful.
"You are so nice to me, huh! The emperor is just greedy for my body." Concubine Lan laughed sarcastically again.
The emperor was only nice to her in bed and forgot about her as soon as he left her courtyard, let alone making her the queen.
Once a new person enters the palace, he will no longer be seen, which is also good for her.
"You..." The emperor glared at Concubine Lan.
In this harem, everyone knows how much I love him, but this bitch is still not satisfied.
When he thought about how she killed Feng'er and almost killed Chen'er, he became extremely angry.
"In that case, I will let you experience what it feels like to lose your son."
After saying that, he looked at Eunuch An standing beside him.
"Torture that bastard to death in front of this bitch. Let her know what it feels like to see her own son die tragically."
"No, Father, please forgive me for the fact that I have called you Father for more than 20 years!"
Shang Zhanfei, who was tied to a pillar, turned pale with fear. He had tortured others to death before, and he was terrified at the thought of that bloody scene happening to himself.
"Shut up, a bastard like you are not worthy of calling me father!" The emperor glared at Shang Zhanfei with dissatisfaction.
When he thought about the bastard who had called him father for more than 20 years and how he almost had the throne taken away from him, he felt so angry.
When he looked at He Yuan, his eyes became even colder.
"And him, he will be tortured to death as well!"
He even dared to covet his throne. Even if I grind his bones and scatter his ashes, it would not be enough to relieve the hatred in my heart.
At this moment, He Yuan had already become a soulless fool. He was desperate to the extreme and no longer had any fear.
He let the officers strip off his clothes, but Shang Zhanfei was different. He kept howling at the top of his lungs from beginning to end.
Until the emperor walked out of the prison, he could hear Shang Zhanfei's screams of pain and Concubine Lan's pleas for mercy.
At noon the next day, He Yuan and Zhang Guoshi's entire mansion were beheaded at the Meridian Gate. He Yuan and Zhang Guoshi were no longer in the court.
The He Mansion and the National Master's Mansion no longer existed in the capital, and everyone gradually forgot about this matter.
Only the emperor could not get over this knot in his heart. Although he still went to court as usual every day and reviewed memorials after court, he never smiled again.
Moreover, he looked depressed. Eunuch An once advised the emperor to go to the courtyards to relax, but the emperor refused.
When Shang Zhanchen arrived at the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, he saw his father sitting there in a daze again.
"If Father finds it boring, why don't you go sit with Mother?"
Ever since the incident with Concubine Lan, my father has never been to the courtyards of other concubines, not even to my mother's, for fear that he would get sick from staying there for too long.
"No, I'm going to take a walk in the Imperial Garden." The emperor stood up.
He was too embarrassed to see the queen and was about to leave, but then he stopped.
Looking at Chen'er in front of him, he patted his shoulder.
"Chen'er, you are right."