Chapter 403 - Going to the Emperor and Wang Yueyue Dies (1/2)

Chapter 403 Going to the Emperor and w.a.n.g Yueyue Dies

No, no, it must not happen. She wanted her child! w.a.n.g Yueyue looked up in panic and fear at Feng Yuzhen. Her eyes were filled with bitter pain and pleading.

Didn’t they say that she just had to put on a show? Didn’t they say that lighting the incense would make it look like her child would seem poisoned and there would be signs of a miscarriage? But it should not really happen. They had planned this all out and nothing had gone wrong. But why had it ended up like this? Her child, her child with royal blood. How did she miscarry just like that?

As long as Ling Fengyan and Mo Xuetong stayed there for just a while, she could push the blame on them. She would be able to drag Mo Xuetong down while framing Ling Fengyan. This would clear all the obstructions for Feng Yuzhen. That was why she decided to work with him and plotted this scene in which she would use her child to frame Ling Fengyan.

However, she never expected that Ling Fengyan would die!

Furthermore, it was a poison that had been triggered by the incense she lit. She had intentionally mentioned that the incense in the parlor was bad to frame Ling Fengyan. And together, they changed the incense. She had secretly gotten servants to change the incense. They did not belong to the Princess Royal’s manor. When something happened, she could say that Ling Fengyan had gotten servants to change it in private to hurt her child.

This was not difficult as long as w.a.n.g Yueyue insisted that Ling Fengyan and Mo Xuetong had played a part in it! She was the one who decided the fate of her unborn child. There only needed to be a hint of a miscarriage and have a physician prove it. Ling Fengyan and Mo Xuetong would not be able to deny it even if they wanted to.

However, how did the originally foolproof plan turn out like this!

Ling Fengyan was dead. She could not use this excuse to frame Ling Fengyan. Instead, this intimate action was now turned against her. She could not even keep the child in her belly. No, no, this could not be true.

“Your Highness, Your Highness…” She muttered to herself. The loss of her child did not only hurt her physically but also emotionally. She had always wanted a child. To her, this miscarriage was like her losing her life. She cried so hard she lost her voice as she reached out weakly to Feng Yuzhen. She cried while she panted in pain. Her eyes were filled with confusion and pain, and she looked miserable and hopeless.

Feng Yuzhen felt pity for her as he looked at her. Even though they had only been married for a few days, the gentle and obedient w.a.n.g Yueyue had given him a different feeling w.a.n.g Xiuxiu gave him. They had been husband and wife for some time, and he truly did feel something for her. As such, he pushed the onlookers away and scooped w.a.n.g Yueyue up. He said hurriedly, “Yueyue, Yueyue, how are you? How are you?” His forehead was beaded with sweat and he seemed truly worried.

w.a.n.g Yueyue had not managed to get the job done and he was mad about that. However, w.a.n.g Yueyue as well as her supporter, Grand Secretariat w.a.n.g, had a power that he was not willing to offend or to give up. Furthermore, if he abandoned his wife, who was having a miscarriage, it would just lead to reproach. As such, he pretended to appear deeply in love. Furthermore, he did care for w.a.n.g Yueyue. After all, to him, she had always been an obedient wife.

However, there were more important things to settle right now. w.a.n.g Yueyue’s attempt on Ling Fengyan’s life was already a fact. If he were implicated, he would not have a way out either. Even if he managed to stay alive, he would never be able to enter politics again. He could only become an idle prince. How could Feng Yuzhen accept that?

No matter what had happened, he had to minimize the impact of this incident.

He had originally wanted to drag down Feng Yuran and his wife down together with him. However, he did not expect that the usually useless couple he always looked down on would be so extraordinarily gracious and calm. They had foiled all his plots. However, it was not the end yet. He still had a chance to save himself!

There was a cold glint in his eyes. Then, he looked at a servant standing beside w.a.n.g Yueyue. The older women seemed like someone w.a.n.g Yueyue trusted a lot and she stood right beside w.a.n.g Yueyue right now. Receiving Feng Yuzhen’s unspoken message, she nodded slightly and immediately turned around while she continued yelling, “My Lady, My Lady.”

“Servants, take Consort Ning to a wing room.” Princess Royal noticed that something was off with w.a.n.g Yueyue as well and she immediately ordered the servants around anxiously.

The Princess Royal’s servants brought Feng Yuzhen to a wing room. Princess Royal wanted to follow them but a eunuch from the palace arrived at the main gates. Other than w.a.n.g Yueyue, who was unconscious because of the miscarriage, everyone was called to go to the Emperor’s Qianqing Palace.

Inside the Imperial Study!

Emperor Zongwen sat at the front with a solemn expression. There was a line of eunuchs and palace maids standing by his side. The imperial physician was already waiting by the side.

“Son, tell me what happened.” The Emperor glanced at everyone who was knelt in front of him. He allowed Princess Royal and Feng Yuran to sit before turning to speak to Feng Yuxuan. The pearls on his dragon robes s.h.i.+mmered in the eyes of the dragon and shone with cold light.

“Father, please seek justice for me!” Feng Yuxuan covered his face and wept. He scooted forward on his knees and cried, “My wife has been poor in health since she married me. I brought her along with me to raise her spirits since Aunt has set up a banquet today. I did not expect, I did not expect Consort Ning to actually plot against her. She, she is gone.”

He seemed to be extremely pained as he fell onto the ground and wept sadly. A man crying so mournfully was extremely sad.

The two were newly married and were at their most pa.s.sionate. However, one of them died suddenly. It was understandable for him to be so sad! Emperor Zongwen’s gaze softened slightly.

“Father, my wife’s servants can be witnesses. Consort Ning was chatting with my wife and I don’t know when she planted the poison on my wife’s sleeve. It got onto her arm. Then, she intentionally said that the incense in the parlor was bad and lit a poisonous one instead. She caused my wife to die. Father, please seek justice for me.”

“Imperial physician, is that true?” Emperor Zongwen’s eyes darkened as he looked at everyone in front of him. He swept his cold gaze across everyone’s face and then turned to speak to the imperial physician who was standing by the side.

The imperial physician immediately stepped forward and answered respectfully, “Your Majesty, I have already seen Consort Yan. Her death was indeed caused by the medicinal salve on her hand and the incense. If it was only one type of poison, it would not have been a big issue. The two poisons mixed together would at the very least cause someone to be infertile, and at most, take someone’s life.”

A sharp glint appeared in Mo Xuetong’s eyes. She blinked to hide the coldness in her eyes. It was indeed a medicine that would cause infertility. Ling Fengyan was truly vicious. She wanted to plot against Mo Xuetong even at death’s door. If Mo Xuetong had not discovered it early, she would have fallen into Ling Fengyan’s plot.

“Did Consort Ning miscarry?” Emperor Zongwen turned to ask Princess Royal.

“She bled a lot earlier; I fear that the child in Consort Ning’s belly is lost.” Princess Royal sighed deeply. They could not control w.a.n.g Yueyue’s bleeding. It seemed that she had miscarried.

“King Ning, what do you have to say?” Emperor Zongwen asked gravely as he looked at Feng Yuzhen and rested his gaze upon him.