The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 405 Heartbroken Grass ([-])

The shrill screams of the master and servant made the Changchun Palace, which had already been extinguished, suddenly lit up again.

Wan Lai Fang fell asleep, but was awakened by the screams, got up in a hurry, called Yun Chan to ask: "What's going on outside?"

Before the words were finished, Feiyan could be heard crying loudly outside the hall: "Come here! The Empress Concubine De is about to give birth! Hurry up and invite the imperial physician, Empress Wan! Empress Wan, help me!"

At that time, Yunchan had already lit up the lanterns in Wanlao's bedroom, and they were driven out of the palace with the support of Yunchan and Shuangruo. They saw Feiyan's complexion was pale, sweat was dripping from his forehead, and he saw the palace room. The door was tightly closed and there was no light, so he hurriedly asked, "Where is your master?"

Feiyan was terrified and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is in the fifth elder brother's bedroom."

Ignoring the time to ask more questions, she urged Yun Chan and Shuang Ruo to go to Yinqi's dormitory to move people out. When they got to the back of the dormitory, they saw Lin Lan falling in front of the door and crying, clutching her stomach. His face was covered with astonishment, and he struggled to move his body outside the hall.

Yun Chan and Shuang Ruo stepped forward to give her a hand, and seeing that it was an acquaintance, they couldn't restrain the great fear in their hearts, and hurriedly grabbed their arms and said with pain: "Fifth elder brother, fifth elder brother."

Occasionally, a cool wind from the courtyard would file into the hall, Wan Yu followed Lin Lan's horrified eyes, and slowly looked towards Yin Yu's imperial couch.

Immediately, a strong oppressive feeling came out of nowhere, tightly strangling Wanyu's throat.

She comforted Linlan a few words, and then ordered Yunchan to carry her to the side hall to prepare for delivery.

On the other hand, he approached the imperial couch step by step.

Yinqi slept soundly, his face was quiet and serene, he was usually the one who didn't want to hear any noise, but just now when Linlan made such a big noise, how could he sleep so deeply?

Wan Lai frowned slightly, and stretched out her hand to hug him, but the moment she touched the cold body, her whole body seemed to be burnt, and the hairs all over her body stood on end.

There was such a big commotion, the nursing mothers and palace servants who had already gone to bed got up one after another, and it was only when some palace maids took the torches and lit the candles in Yinqi's bedroom one by one, did Wanyu see that the child was already fair. His complexion became more and more bleached like jade in the rough.

It's so clean and flawless, so beautiful that it doesn't look like a living thing.

She hugged Yinti in her arms in a daze, but Yinti didn't struggle or cry.

He could no longer utter a word of Lingling laughter or noisy crying.

Wan Yu was not confident, so she just hugged the child tightly in her arms, and the nurse stepped forward, her eyebrows flew behind her ears in shock, and then she knelt down and cried bitterly: "Miss Wan Concubine, five Brother, he is dead!"

After the sound, there was a group of mourning voices from the palace, like jackdaws crying in summer night, disturbing the Forbidden City in the twilight.

The corners of Wan Lai's eyes were filled with tears, which kept falling.

She pressed Yinzhen's cold cheeks to hers tightly, and murmured: "Yinzhen, don't sleep."

Then, there was a cry of grief that collapsed to the point of hysteria.

It was night, and there was a lot of commotion in Changchun Palace.

Linlan's delivery made the imperial physician and midwives rush in and out of the side hall, because all the things needed for the delivery were prepared in the Yonghe Palace, and the palace people all looked like they were rushing along the long streets and corridors, how could the palace be safe? ?
Because Lin Lan was frightened, the premature delivery of this baby was not smooth. She screamed in pain for half an hour, and her strength was exhausted, but there was no sign of the dragon fetus in her womb falling to the ground.

Accompanied by this shrill cry, there was only the mournful cry of the people in the palace who had lost their master.

When the emperor and Rong Yue came, they had already heard about what happened in the Changchun Palace early in the morning, but I couldn't believe how a good child would just say no and disappear?
It wasn't until entering the Changchun Palace and seeing Yinti's body with his own eyes that his mind was dazed, his whole body seemed to lose his soul, and he said in a daze: "Impossible, I came to see him yesterday, how is this possible? "

Rong Yue who was standing beside her was already crying with sorrow, she supported the emperor while comforting her: "Your Majesty, the fifth elder brother has gone, don't be too sad!"

The emperor was silent for a moment, then regained his senses immediately, and in a rage, smashed all the things that were within reach in Yinqi's bedroom to the ground, pointed at the kneeling palace servants and scolded: "How could this happen? You take care of me like this." Little brother's?"

The palace people kept calling for grievances, but the wet nurse forced herself to calm down and said: "My brother was fine when the slaves were breastfeeding at night. It's true that he suddenly died so suddenly."

The emperor slapped the wet nurse on the mouth, and immediately ordered the nurse to be carried down and killed with a stick.

At that time Wanyu was frightened, and she was resting in the main hall.

She cried until there were no more tears to fall, and then she tried her best to restrain her emotions and called Yun Chan: "But the emperor is here?"

Yun Chan nodded sadly, and Wan Yu said again: "The imperial concubine is here?"

"Yes."

"Did she come in full dress?"

"Yes."

Hearing this, Wanyu secretly clenched her fists tightly, and said fiercely: "Why is Yinti so small, what's in the way of her? Why is she not willing to let go of the emperor's flesh and blood?"

Shuang Ruo who was standing by the side wiped away tears and said, "Your Majesty suspects the imperial concubine?"

"This matter is mostly aimed at us. Blindly Shenshang messed up his position, but caused Yinqi's death in vain. I must give her justice!"

After saying those words, Wanyu suddenly got up, and with the support of Yunchan, she quickly walked into Yinqi's bedroom.

When entering, the emperor was sitting on the first seat, with tears in his eyes, not as clear and clear as before, while Rong Yue was comforting sadly at the side.

Wan Lai saluted the two of them comprehensively, but the emperor did not tell her to get up, but asked, "Why did the child pass away so suddenly?"

Wan Yu glanced at Rong Yue with a cold look in her eyes, and said in a deep voice, "How about the imperial doctor's examination?"

Rong Yue looked at Wanyu from top to bottom, with a somewhat helpless tone, sobbing: "Wan'er, I don't blame the emperor for blaming you, it's too inappropriate for you to raise the child in your palace."

"The noble concubine knew early in the morning that there would be changes in the palace tonight?"

Rong Yue was taken aback for a moment, and said sternly, "What did you say?"

Wan Lai smiled and said, "If it wasn't for that, how could the imperial concubine go out in all her costumes and come so quickly when the child's time has passed?"

Rong Yue was at a loss for words for a moment, but it happened that the assistant who was performing the autopsy on Yinqi was walking out of the palace, and with a face full of grief, he smashed his knees and said: "Your Majesty, the fifth prince's death was not accidental, but someone deliberately did it!"

Hearing this, everyone was shocked in private, and the emperor was even more furious. He fiddled with the tea cup in his hand to the ground, and the broken porcelain bounced across Wanyu's knees. Before she could calm down, the emperor said angrily: Tell the truth!"

Wu Zuo was so frightened that he quickly bowed down and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, fifth elder brother's tongue coating is black, there is bloody feces leaking from the back, there is a lot of white foam in his throat, and his limbs are curled up. Presumably, he was poisoned by the heartbroken weed blindly. , tortured to death!"

Hearing such words in Wanyu's ears, the apex of her heart felt as if a knife had been stabbed.

She turned her head away, covered her nose with her hands, and wept uncontrollably.

(End of this chapter)