C556 Frightful ingenuity (2/2)
Princess Eleven was not the real princess. Since Xiao Zhenhai and Feng Yunyao already knew about it, it meant that they couldn't keep the secret anymore. Either Emperor Zhou Cheng thought of their old relationship and didn't kill her, and silently sent her into the cold palace, allowing her to die of old age in the palace, or Emperor Zhou Cheng secretly killed her, and then announced that Princess Eleven died from illness.
However, according to the trajectory of her previous life, Princess Eleven was dead, killed by either the Emperor or Feng Wu Yao.
In short, there would be no good ending for her if she stayed in the palace.
If he wanted to escape the doom of his previous life, perhaps the only way left was to leave the palace without anyone knowing.
How could he let Feng Lingyue leave the palace with her life intact?
Lian Ruyue frowned deeply — —
”Esteemed empress's funeral …” At this time, the eunuchs in the palace shouted loudly.
This time, she cried even louder than before. Seeing the phoenix robed empress being carried into the coffin, Feng Fengyue stood up in a daze, then quickly walked over to the coffin and knelt in front of it. Both of her hands held tightly onto the edge of the coffin — —
”Imperial Mother, Imperial Mother …”
”Princess, Princess, please forgive me.” He ran over and hugged her from behind, comforting her.
At this moment, Lian Ruyue saw a few servants clean up the items in the empress's palace. She was stunned. The empress had just died, so why was she in such a hurry to clean up things?
She took advantage of the time it took for everyone to bury the empress, and followed the servants outside. When she turned the corner, she shouted, ”Stop!”
The servants hastily stopped and bowed, ”County Lord.”
Lian Ruyue's gaze was cold and dignified as she looked straight at them and asked, ”What did you take away?”
”County lord, esteemed empress dowager ordered this. Some, some things you don't need, you can take them out.” One of the servants said.
”Even if it's an order from the empress dowager, all of you should do as she says. But all of the things in the empress dowager's palace are things that the princess values greatly. The princess sent me here to take a look, afraid you'd take something that shouldn't have been taken away.” Lian Ruyue walked forward as she spoke.
The servants looked at each other and said, ”Then let the county magistrate inspect the princess' work for you.”
Lian Meng Yue went up to see them taking the Queen's seal and a medicinal bowl. Inside the bowl, there was still some medicinal dregs. She extended her hand …
The servant immediately took a step back, but when he raised his hand to look at Lian Yue, his heart trembled. The county lord in front of him emitted a force that made people feel timid, and he couldn't help but stop his steps —
Lian Ru Yue stretched out her hand to support the medicine bowl and said, ”The things are done and broken. The princess won't forgive you. Go.”
”Yes, County Lord.” As if they had received an amnesty, the servants quickly left.
Lian Ruyue looked at her finger. Her finger was stained with some medicinal juice and a small bunch of medicinal dregs. She put these on her nose and smelled them, then carefully checked the dregs. Her heart immediately shook — —
There was something wrong with this medicine!
It turned out that the empress's death was not a simple illness, but … The empress dowager and emperor could no longer tolerate such a trash taking up the position of Changchun Palace.
She looked into the hall — —
The funeral of the empress had been completed, the coffin had been closed, and Princess Eleven had been replaced by a white-colored corpse of a deceased father. She was kneeling on the ground, crying her heart out.
The poor child had spent all his energy on taking care of the empress these days, but she had no idea that the empress dowager and empress had already secretly done something to allow this innocent and filial daughter of hers to drink the medicine that would gradually kill her.
If Princess Eleven knew, she would definitely blame herself.
Lian Ruyue expressionlessly wiped away the medicinal dregs and juice on her finger with a handkerchief and buried this secret in her heart.