lcionline Chapter 289 She Killed the Queen Mother...
Chapter 289 She Killed the Queen Mother...
Jiang Ningwan shuddered all over and looked at the empress dowager on the bed in disbelief. Her face was pale and she looked calm as if she was sleeping.
There were cries in Shouchun Palace, and all the palace maids knelt on the ground.
"how could be!"
"Wasn't it fine before?"
The Queen Mother's condition was relatively stable before she passed away, and she took her medicine regularly. It shouldn't have happened so suddenly...
Feng Chan knelt on the ground, crying, "It was the severed arm of the King of Chu that the guards brought me. When the Queen Mother learned that the King of Chu was dead, she was shocked and suddenly..."
As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Ningwan's expression suddenly changed.
He looked fiercely at the guard in the corner outside the door, with a severed arm covered with red cloth in front of him.
She rushed forward, grabbed the man's collar, kicked over the tray, and the bloody severed arm rolled onto the grass.
"Who asked you to deliver this thing? The King of Chu is not dead! His body has not been found at all!"
Hearing this, Feng Chan was shocked.
"No body found? Then this severed arm..."
"It doesn't belong to the King of Chu at all!" Jiang Ningwan said in a sharp tone, full of resentment.
She had brought back good news, just a little while ago! Just a little while ago!
She was so sad and angry that she couldn't breathe.
Unexpectedly, the guard said, "General Jiang, didn't you ask me to deliver this severed arm?"
Jiang Ningwan's eyebrows twitched.
"When did I ask you to deliver it? Repeat everything you said, word for word!"
She was filled with rage, fury beyond measure.
The guard could not answer, but simply knelt on the ground with a plop and said firmly: "General Jiang, this is what you asked me to deliver. You said it was a part of the body of the King of Chu brought back from Dayan."
Jiang Ningwan clenched his fists tightly, trying hard to suppress his anger.
It must be someone in the palace who knew that she was going to the palace to see the emperor, so they sent the severed arm over at this time.
Extremely vicious! Extremely arrogant!
At this moment, the emperor had heard the news and hurried over.
After seeing the Queen Mother in the room, he was heartbroken and silent for a long time before he spoke: "Prepare for the funeral ceremony."
Jiang Ningwan immediately stepped forward and knelt, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother was upset after seeing that severed arm. Who gave her this arm? Their heart is damnable!"
"To openly plot to murder the Empress Dowager in the palace is incredibly audacious. I implore the Emperor to thoroughly investigate this matter!"
The emperor's face turned grim after hearing this. "Who gave you the broken arm? Let the guard come forward and tell him."
The guard knelt before the emperor, trembling, but still insisted: "Your Majesty, General Jiang asked me to give you the broken arm!"
Jiang Ningwan quickly said, "Your Majesty, I didn't!"
"I don't know who sent this guard to harm the Queen Mother and pin the blame on me! We'll know who he was once we investigate! I don't believe he left any trace!"
She was not worried about being implicated, and at this moment she just wanted to seek justice for the Queen Mother!
But after the emperor pondered for a moment, he rubbed his brow and said tiredly: "Drag him away and behead him."
The next moment, the guard was dragged away.
Jiang Ningwan was extremely shocked, "Your Majesty?"
The emperor sighed and said, "I believe it was not you who did it. I have seen the relationship between you and the Queen Mother."
"The Queen Mother was deeply saddened by Sixteen's death. Even without this broken arm, the news of Sixteen's death could not be concealed."
"Let's end this matter here. Let the Queen Mother rest in peace."
Hearing this, Jiang Ningwan raised her head in disbelief, her eyes red.
"Your Majesty is not investigating anymore?"
"But Your Highness cannot be sure that he is dead because he has not seen the body! The Queen Mother cannot be dead at all!"
"The person behind this murdered the Queen Mother. Shouldn't we bring him to justice to offer sacrifice to her spirit in heaven?"
She couldn't believe that the emperor said he would not investigate.
How can I not check it!
The Queen Mother was murdered!
She was so emotional that she couldn't control her words, which became a little sharp.
This made the emperor frown and look displeased.
Her voice darkened, filled with warnings: "Jiang Ningwan, the Queen Mother has always held no grudges against anyone. Who would harm her?"
"If someone really sent this severed arm here on purpose, it must have been to frame you."
"You are the root cause of this."
"The Queen Mother has passed away. I don't have the heart to bother with you."
"It seems that Sixteen's death not only shocked the Queen Mother, but also shocked you."
"After the Queen Mother's funeral, please don't enter the palace for a while. I don't want to see you."
After saying this, the emperor stood up and left Shouchun Palace.
Jiang Ningwan fell to the ground helplessly, pinching her palm unwillingly.
The emperor meant that she was the one who killed the queen mother...
So I don't want to see her.
Her eyes turned red with anger and tears fell.
How could she be willing to let the murderer go unpunished?
She stood up and walked to the bedside. Looking at the empress dowager lying on the bed, Jiang Ningwan couldn't stop crying. She lay down on the bed, held the empress dowager's hand, and stuffed the sachet into her hand.
He choked with sobs and said, "Mother, the prince is not dead."
"He's still alive."
"The Emperor won't investigate the murderer, but I will definitely avenge you."
Soon, the Queen, Concubine Rong, and the two princes arrived.
Jiang Ningwan left the room and stared at the queen. She saw that she was crying sadly, but not a single tear shed.
In the palace, she is probably the only one who dares to harm the empress dowager.
If it can hurt you once, it can hurt you a second time.
But she didn't understand why the emperor refused to investigate such an obvious matter.
Can such a serious crime as murdering the Queen Mother be let off so easily?
There was continued crying in the room.
After a long while, Qin Wenli came out and pulled Jiang Ningwan aside. "I heard from Fengchan that the emperor reprimanded you?"
Jiang Ningwan nodded, "The Queen Mother was murdered, but the Emperor is unwilling to investigate."
Qin Wenli was also confused, but in the end he only said: "Your Majesty's heart is hard to predict."
"Don't be so impulsive again!"
"The Queen Mother is gone, and the Sixteenth Uncle's life or death is unknown. You are in a very dangerous situation now."
There are fewer and fewer people who can protect her.
Jiang Ningwan wiped her tears and said, "I know. You and your aunt should be careful too."
After the Empress Dowager's funeral, heavy snow fell for several days without stopping.
Also because of the death of the Queen Mother, the wedding date of Qin Wenli and Princess Dayan was postponed, and the wedding date of Qin Chengqian and Jiang Xiru was further postponed.
In the Duke of Jiang's mansion.
Inside Xiaoxiang Residence, Jiang Xiru was furious.
The cups and plates shattered to the ground with a crackling sound.
"Postponed again! Postponed again!"
"Jiang Ningwan is my nemesis!"
"I finally got the imperial decree granting me marriage. If the wedding date is postponed like this, when will I be able to get married?"
Jiang Xiru burst into tears and was extremely angry.
Qi comforted her, "As long as the imperial decree grants the marriage, the engagement will still be there. You will be the Crown Princess sooner or later. Don't worry, don't worry!"
Jiang Xiru's tears fell even harder.
Only she herself knows how urgent this matter is.
She has not found a new poisonous insect yet. Once this one is taken out, she will become disabled again. However, this one is getting weaker and weaker and cannot last much longer.
She endured the pain brought by the poisonous insect entering her body just to marry Qin Chengqian!