I married the crippled queen and became the most favored queen in the capital

Luo Nianxi's eyebrows flickered and she said:

"We must first find out the cause of our mother's death, and then slowly find out what killed her. As the saying goes, it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Husband, don't be impatient."

Leng Yiyan did not respond. His eyes were fixed on the red lacquered coffin. The image of Queen Jiang with tears in her eyes the last time she came to see him appeared in front of him.

His fists were clenched like iron and stone at this moment.

As night fell, when no one was around, Leng Yiyan ordered Ling Xiao and others to guard outside Fengxian Palace. He and Luo Nianxi came to the coffin and pushed open the lid of the coffin with force.

In just a moment, a strange fragrance came to her nose, making her brows tighten instantly.

She smelled the fragrance for a long time but couldn't figure out what it was.

"Husband, close it!"

"You won't look any more closely?"

"No need. The dead are the greatest. Don't disturb her. I already know roughly the cause of her death."

Hearing this, Leng Yiyan couldn't wait to close the coffin, and then came to the coffin with her with a serious expression.

"What did you find?"

"She died of poison. If I'm guessing correctly, she must have eaten poisonous food."

"what?"

Leng Yiyan's face turned pale at this moment.

He couldn't accept that his mother was poisoned to death so quietly by someone else.

"I will go to my father now and ask him to present this matter."

"My husband, if the emperor orders a thorough investigation, my mother won't be able to be buried in a short time. Although the weather in early autumn is not too hot, human corpses cannot be stored for too long. Besides, the person who wants to harm my mother is capable of cleaning up the maids around her, so he will naturally not reveal his tracks. It will not be easy to find him in a short time."

"What should we do? Are we going to let our mother die in such an unclear way?"

"Of course not. But I still think that for now, we should let our mother rest in peace. Then we can make long-term plans, slowly investigate the matter, and avenge her."

Leng Yiyan actually understood this principle.

Now the emperor is incompetent, several princes are ready to make moves, and the court is in a state of disunity. If the death of the queen mother is attributed to someone else's murder, it will inevitably set off a bloody storm in the palace. If things go wrong, someone will be killed before the mastermind behind the scenes is found.

Therefore, suppressing this matter first and investigating it slowly may be the best solution at the moment.

Three days later, Queen Jiang was buried with great ceremony, and there was wailing inside and outside the court.

This sound only lasted for a short while before disappearing completely.

All the servants around Queen Jiang disappeared overnight. The reason the emperor got was that these people had served Queen Jiang for many years and had feelings for her. Now that their master was gone, they all resigned and left the palace. The emperor was not willing to ask any more questions about this.

It was as if Queen Jiang had never been in the harem, and no one wanted to mention her again.

Perhaps only Leng Yiyan and Luo Nianxi are still thinking about finding the person who killed her and avenging her one day.

Plum Blossom Pavilion

Queen Jiang died. According to the rules of Pingyang State, the emperor could not favor his concubines for a month to show his longing for Queen Jiang.

So, the emperor returned to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, and the Plum Blossom Pavilion became much quieter. However, this Concubine Mei was the emperor's most beloved person, and everything in her palace was the best in the entire harem.

The girl Xiaodie hurried in.

"My lady, Prince Duan is here."

Mei Fei immediately raised her hand.

"Invite him in."

After Xiaodie received the order, she turned around and left. Concubine Mei sat up straight, straightened her clothes, then picked up the teacup, sipped the tea, and pretended to be very elegant and contented.

When Leng Yifei came in, she immediately waved to the servants around her.

"Go back all!"

After everyone left one by one, Leng Yifei half-closed his eyes and looked at her.

"Mrs. Mei, life is so comfortable!"

Mei Fei put down the teacup in her hand and looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"This is all thanks to Prince Duan."

"It's good to know."

Leng Yifei sat down directly on her right and asked bluntly,

"You did a good job. I came here today to remind you that the position of the harem master is vacant. You have to work hard!"

Mei Fei's eyebrows moved slightly, and she asked vigilantly,

"You want me to be the queen?"

"Don't you want to?"

"Of course I do, but Queen Jiang just passed away, so the Emperor won't appoint a new queen for a while."

"You are only a concubine now, and you haven't even taken the position of noble concubine or imperial concubine yet. Your father can't let you become queen directly. For now, let the emperor make you a noble concubine first. In this way, you will be on an equal footing with the virtuous concubine and the Ying concubine. In the future, when the emperor favors you, you can ask him to promote you to imperial concubine. Then, is the position of queen still far away?"

"But...but what good will this do you? Isn't it the throne you want?"

A fierce smile appeared on Leng Yifei's lips.

"I am determined to get this throne, but I promised you that I would let you rise to the top, so I must satisfy you first, and then you can help me. We are like grasshoppers on the same rope..."

Hearing him say this, Mei Fei stood up from her seat, swung the handkerchief in her hand and came to him, raised her hand and gently stroked his face. He frowned and turned his face away.

"Be aware of who you are."

Mei Fei smiled charmingly.

"Who am I? Your elder? You specially let me train for so long, don't you want to try how your father's woman serves your father in bed? Don't you want to experience the kind of pleasure that makes you want to die?"

Seeing Mei Fei trying to get closer to him, he snorted coldly.

"I came to see you today for something important."

Concubine Mei then blinked a few times, pouted her lips, and sat back in her previous position.

"Prince Duan, if you have anything to say, just tell me!"

He raised his hand and took out a purse from his pocket.

"Find a way to let Princess Yan see this purse."

"Princess Yan? I'm not familiar with her and I haven't even met her. Why do you want me to send her off? You can just send her off directly."

Leng Yifei's eyes flashed fiercely and his brows tightened.

"I have my reasons for asking you to do this. This purse is related to the death of Queen Jiang and Concubine Xian. If Princess Yan knows about this, it will only benefit you, not harm you. Do you understand?"

Mei Fei looked at him with a confused look, and nodded as if she understood something.

"You want to blame Concubine Xian for Queen Jiang's death?"

A look of disdain flashed across Leng Yifei's brows, and then he snorted.

"It's not strange, it's her doing."

"Really?"

Mei Fei's eyes immediately widened, "She killed the Queen? Then she won't... won't come to harm me, right?"

Leng Yifei frowned and scolded her:

"I told you before you entered the palace, don't be so nervous, act like a lady from a noble family, and don't bring out your brothel ways."