novelhk Chapter 225 The Queen Mother hanged herself
Chapter 225 The Queen Mother hanged herself
Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother paused.
"What did you say? How could you possibly…"
She looked at Shi Xiaoxiao in surprise and doubt, wondering whether her words were true.
"Is there any need to be suspicious? You've been shouting so loudly, but no one has come. Now, you and a few of us are the only ones still awake in the entire Shoukang Palace."
After hearing this, the Queen Mother suddenly came to her senses.
Yes! No one has come to save her yet. Doesn't that mean she has already fallen into Shi Xiaoxiao's hands?
What was she expecting? Shi Xiaoxiao came here with the intention of killing her, so she must have made sufficient preparations.
Is she really going to die today?
At this moment, the Queen Mother felt fear, and a chill spread throughout her body.
She looked at Shi Xiaoxiao and tried to salvage the situation. "Shi Xiaoxiao, I can satisfy whatever you want. I have a lot of gold, silver, and jewelry. I will give you whatever you want. Besides, I will recommend you to the emperor and grant you the title of princess. How about if you let me go? I will make you a woman of noble status. Then, your future life will be full of glory."
Shi Xiaoxiao looked at her sarcastically.
"Now you know you're scared, but it's too late. What princess position? You think I want it? You don't know that today, Prince Xiao is rebelling, and the emperor is going to suffer. And you still want to make a fuss for me."
After hearing this, the Queen Mother was even more shocked.
"Ji Chen rebelled?"
How could this be?
In this case, she is doomed to die today.
I had originally hoped that the emperor would notice something was wrong in Shoukang Palace as soon as possible and send people to capture Shi Xiaoxiao.
But she was told that Ji Chen had rebelled and the emperor was in trouble.
This undoubtedly cut her life short with her own hands.
Although she didn't understand the last sentence, something about cake, it was not a good thing anyway.
She couldn't help but tremble with fear, and spoke tremblingly, "Shi Xiaoxiao, what do you want to do? I only arrested you twice and didn't kill you. Why are you doing this?"
Shi Xiaoxiao's eyes turned cold. "Only caught twice? You say that so easily. What crime did I commit? Just because I accidentally caught you poisoning the late emperor?"
The Queen Mother looked at Shi Xiaoxiao fiercely: "You...you still remember."
"I still remember it clearly. Back then, I was just a child of a few years old, yet you were so vicious and made me stupid, just to shut me up. It's a pity, your son is so unworthy that he can't compete with the current emperor. Are you happy that he is making wedding dresses for others?"
From the first time she saw the Queen Mother, the horrific memories that the original owner had sealed deep in her heart were recalled.
She immediately understood the whole story.
It turned out that she followed Shi Yuan into the palace to play, and accidentally discovered that the empress dowager had poisoned the late emperor in order to secure a throne for her son. Shi Xiaoxiao saw it by chance, and the empress dowager wanted to kill her.
Maybe she was soft-hearted for a moment, and he only made her stupid but didn't kill her.
Qianshan and Qianlan next to them looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.
It turns out that there is such a hidden story between the Queen Mother and the young lady.
No wonder the Queen Mother was determined to make Shi Xiaoxiao stupid. If this news got out, the Queen Mother's glory would be over.
The Queen Mother felt cold all over and looked at Shi Xiaoxiao with red eyes.
He said bitterly, "If I had known this would happen, I should have killed you with a single blow."
She shouldn't have been so soft-hearted in the first place, and she just made Shi Xiaoxiao stupid.
It was just because Shi Xiaoxiao looked a bit like Jia Yuan when she was a child. When she thought of the joy they had in the past, she softened her heart and spared Shi Xiaoxiao's life.
Now it has caused a disaster and even cost her life.
"You're as disgusting as your grandmother."
Shi Xiaoxiao curled her lips and said sarcastically, "Yes, you should have killed me back then. Now let me personally send you off. Thank you for not killing me."
As she spoke, she picked up the tea beside her, put some medicinal powder into it, and looked at the empress dowager with a smile.
"Don't worry, it won't hurt much. I'll leave a suicide note for you and I won't be implicated in it. Just go with peace of mind."
The Queen Mother was trembling all over.
This made her even more uneasy.
Shi Xiaoxiao didn't want to waste any more time and gave her the tea.
He stood quietly by and watched the Queen Mother twitching all over as the poison took effect.
She stared at Shi Xiaoxiao with resentment, and it seemed as if she was looking at someone else through Shi Xiaoxiao.
There was a glimmer in her eyes that went from nostalgia to resentment. Her life unfolded before her eyes like a passing scene. Love, hate, and emotions flashed through her heart, and finally she completely turned into a cold corpse.
Qian Lan said, "Miss, what should we do next?"
Shi Xiaoxiao cut a hole in her finger and wrote a few words on the table with her blood.
"She hanged herself."
The two of them understood immediately, and quickly found the white silk and placed the body on it.
Anyone who saw it would think that the Queen Mother committed suicide.
They couldn't help but give Shi Xiaoxiao a thumbs up.
No wonder she used poison instead of a knife. If there were knife wounds on the body, it would be investigated.
After finishing everything, Shi Xiaoxiao nodded and said, "Let's go. There's nothing left for us to do."
After the few people left, the palace maids and guards who were knocked out by the drug also woke up.
When they found out that the Queen Mother had been murdered, they were terrified.
They fell into a trap and fell into unconsciousness, allowing the Queen Mother to be murdered. If they were tracked down, they would definitely not survive.
After some discussion, they decided to insist that the Queen Mother committed suicide. This way, they might still have a chance of survival.
……
the other side.
Previous dynasty.
Ji Chen left.
What remains is the drama of several princes fighting for the throne, and it is also the time for the ministers to start bickering.
The country cannot be without a king for a day. Some people recommended the crown prince, while others recommended the third prince, the fourth prince, and the sixth prince.
They have more or less won over some ministers to fight for their own interests.
While everyone was arguing, the Second Prince, who had always been a secretive person and even more low-key than the Fourth Prince, appeared.
He also has the dirty laundry of the various princes and the crown prince in his hands.
Every piece of black material that was exposed was a capital crime, and none of the princes were spared.
They thought what they did was flawless, but they never imagined that it had been secretly collected by the low-key Second Prince.
No one could have imagined that the final winner would be the second prince.
The second prince looked at the emperor's body and the hateful looks that several other princes cast at him.
He couldn't help but think of Ji Chen's words in his mind. If he wanted to survive, he had to fight.
He had no interest in the throne and just wanted to be a free and idle prince.
Until Ji Chen found him and threw all the collected evidence to him.
All the chips in his hand were prepared for him by Ji Chen.
He didn't need to fight at all, Ji Chen had already handed the country to him.
He didn't know why Ji Chen chose him.
However, he also understood that with Ji Chen's ability, if he wanted it, it would never be his turn.
This position really caught him off guard.
At this time, the throne was still like a hot potato to him, but Ji Chen was right. If he wanted to survive, he had to hold on to this position.
He sighed secretly, hiding the many thoughts in his mind.
An endless life of slavery began.