Quick Wear: My love-brained childhood sweetheart always asks me for a kiss

Ten days later, Empress Dowager Li passed away.

He died with blood gushing out of all his orifices, a tragic death.

Song Shiyan was stunned for a long time after receiving this news. Even if she was not allowed to take the medicine, she should not have died of the poison so quickly.

He checked carefully and suddenly realized that it was him.

"Your Majesty, Prince Li has already secretly entered the capital."

Song Shiyan knew that everything should be over. "Well. Tell him to keep a low profile."

"Yes."

In Ci'an Palace, Song Xuanchu was furious. Not only because the Queen Mother had passed away, but also because Yang Shichuan, who had been treating her for the poison, had disappeared.

This person's disappearance speaks for itself.

"Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we must find him. He dared to murder the Queen Mother. I think he is tired of living." Song Xuanchu's face was gloomy. "Quickly go to Yang's Mansion and arrest his family. I don't believe that he can really ignore his wife and children."

"Your Majesty, General Lian has already been there. But the Yang Mansion is already deserted... I heard from people nearby that the people in the mansion disappeared two days ago."

"Okay." Song Xuanchu couldn't help but grit his teeth, "Great Yang Shichuan! I really underestimated him!"

The more Song Xuanchu thought about it, the angrier he became. Someone from the Imperial Medical Bureau openly plotted to murder the empress dowager in the palace.

If all those imperial doctors had evil intentions, the palace would be in chaos.

No. No matter how daring Yang Shichuan was, he shouldn't have committed such a serious crime.

It was obvious that the poison in the Queen Mother's body was put there by the Emperor's uncle, so could it be that Yang Shichuan is also the Emperor's uncle's man?

After all, he was the only one who accurately said the name of the poison that day.

After all, she was the queen mother of a country, so the emperor's uncle acted without hesitation.

Song Xuanchu was inexplicably panicked. His mother was already dead, would he be the next one?

Is the Emperor's uncle ready to take action?

Song Xuanchu once again asked the imperial physician to go to the harem to check the pulses of all the concubines. He said he was checking the pulses, but in fact he just wanted to see if anyone was pregnant. Unfortunately, the result disappointed him greatly.

"A bunch of rubbish... so many people, but not even one of them got pregnant."

If he could have an heir, then the uncle would certainly be more considerate of him. Then maybe some conservative court officials would stand on his side. After all, the royal bloodline must be pure.

But after trying for so long, no one in the harem became pregnant.

If it is said that the Queen and the others had taken contraceptive pills.

But he clearly had new women in his favor, and except for Xu, he never let those women take contraceptive pills, so why couldn't they get pregnant?

It’s definitely because there are too few women in the harem.

Absolutely...

But now that the Queen Mother has passed away, it is not appropriate for the palace to hold a beauty pageant. It is definitely not possible to publicly announce a beauty pageant.

It is really troublesome to find a woman outside the palace and have to investigate carefully.

So Song Xuanchu turned his attention to the palace maids. There were many beautiful palace maids in the palace, and some of them had wanted to serve the emperor.

But when they thought of what happened to the man in Le Xiaoge, they didn't dare to do it anymore.

It is said that a husband and wife are bound by a hundred days of grace after being married for a day. The man in Le Xiaoge has been favored for many days, so he should be bound by a thousand days of grace. However, the emperor can do whatever he wants.

It is said that serving the king is like serving a tiger, and they really dare not gamble their lives with it.

Xie Qianyu couldn't help but frown when she learned that the emperor wanted to collect portraits of the palace maids in various palaces. Was he thinking that the concubines were hopeless, so he wanted to turn his attention to the palace maids?

Although they were the emperor's women once they entered the palace, these maids could still leave the palace and marry when they reached a certain age.

If you follow a respectable master, the rewards you receive will be enough to ensure you a worry-free life for the rest of your life.

But because of that person's order, they no longer have freedom.

Xie Qian gritted his teeth. Why didn't the Regent take action?

That night, Song Xuanchu summoned two palace maids in succession. He gave them the lowest rank and placed them in Chuilian Lane.

This incident caused an uproar at the morning court session the next day.

The ministers all submitted memorials, saying that the emperor should not have taken such an action on the day of the empress dowager's death.

"How ridiculous. Before, you were nagging me about my childlessness. Now that I'm finally paying attention, you're dissatisfied?"

"But now that the Empress Dowager has passed away, according to common sense, the Emperor should not enter the harem within three months." Not to mention summoning a new person.

It was already inappropriate to enter the harem on the day of her biological mother's death, but she even asked the palace servants to collect portraits of palace maids from all palaces in the intention of recruiting new people.

This is really unseemly.

"Before she died, the Queen Mother told me that her biggest regret was that she never had a grandson. This is the Queen Mother's regret, and it is also my regret. Shouldn't I fulfill the Queen Mother's wish?"

Song Xuanchu completely ignored the feelings of the ministers of the previous dynasty and summoned different people every day.

Bowls of pregnancy-preserving medicine were given out one after another, but there was still no movement in the harem.

One day, he summoned the imperial physician to examine him. He waited with bated breath for the physician's response, "How is it?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for my death. Your Majesty... Your Majesty is afraid that I will never have children in this life..."

"What did you say?" Song Xuanchu's face turned pale. Was it really his problem?!

"The emperor must have been given a drug that made him infertile. Judging from his pulse, it has been a while."

"Is there any way to cure it?" Song Xuanchu suddenly felt hopeful again. Since it was because of the medicine, it proved that there was nothing wrong with him originally.

"This medicine can only be used after the cycle is complete. Now..." The imperial physician knelt down with a pale face, "This old minister is powerless."

Song Xuanchu's face turned blue with anger. What a wicked Song Shiyan, he actually gave him such a vicious drug. No wonder he didn't rush to take action, it turned out that he knew he would not have any offspring.

Late at night, Song Xuanchu called out the secret guards left to him by the late emperor. This secret guard team only obeyed the emperor's orders, and each of them had signed a death contract, so there was no possibility of betrayal.

There were a total of 128 secret guards in the secret guard team, but most of them were scattered everywhere, and there were not many left by his side.

But he didn't want to endure it any longer.

"In the autumn hunt the day after tomorrow, we must eliminate the regent. Also, capture the regent's wife alive."

In the Regent's Palace, Qin Che reported to Song Shiyan that Song Xuanchu had summoned the imperial physician to the Purple Palace for a consultation late at night. "The cycle of the medicine the queen had given has expired. I'm sure the emperor already knows everything."

"The Queen should have expected it the day she drugged him. However, perhaps she thought that the King would act before he noticed."

"The Emperor will definitely think that it was the prince who did it. Prince, we really can't wait any longer. The autumn hunt the day after tomorrow will be the best opportunity."

"Let's prepare first." As for whether to take action on the same day, he still wanted to think about it.

After all, he was his beloved nephew. He suddenly lost his mother and learned that he was infertile...

Just as Qin Che said, Song Xuanchu would definitely blame him for all this.

Whether it was the missing Yang Shichuan or the drug that was inexplicably injected into his body, it would all be blamed on him.

I'm afraid war is inevitable.

Everything depends on whether his good nephew will take action against him.

Song Shiyan knew that there would most likely be a life-and-death struggle on the day of the Autumn Hunt. He knew that it might be dangerous to bring Chi Tingwan with him.

But if he didn't let her stay under his nose, he would only become more panicked.

If Song Xuanchu was determined to take action against him, Wanwan would definitely be targeted.

The people under his command, in the end, were all on his side. He was not completely sure that he could keep them by her side forever.

The ministers all felt that hunting and entertainment should not be carried out before the empress dowager's funeral, but the emperor insisted on having his own way, and the regent indulged him in his antics, so they could do nothing.

Although Chi Tingwan was the daughter of a civil official, her mother had been very strict with her since she was young and wanted to train her to be an all-powerful lady from a noble family, so she occasionally dabbled in riding and archery. However, she was not very proficient in them.

Wei Xiaoxiao also came with her father and brother today. She smiled and walked up to greet Chi Tingwan, "Meet the Regent Princess. I didn't expect that the Princess is also interested in riding and shooting."

"The prince is coming, how can I not follow him?"

"The prince and princess are truly a loving couple, the envy of others. But..." Wei Xiaoxiao couldn't help but lean closer and whispered, "It seems that the princess's deep love in the past was not for the prince. I always thought that the princess would be the most loyal person in the world. People's hearts are really fickle."

"Miss Wei's words make sense. After all, Miss Wei once vowed to marry no one but the Prince of Beijun, but... now she has parted ways with him."

Wei Xiaoxiao's face suddenly darkened, "He was the one who betrayed me first."

She immediately realized that she had no right to blame Chi Tingwan. After all, the emperor had failed her.

If the emperor wanted to conceal the will, he could have done so, but he still announced it.

He also married the daughter of the Xie family as his queen, and allowed the queen mother to plant the Gu in Chi Tingwan.

Each and every one of these things is a hundred times more excessive than what An Fengjun did.

How could she not understand these principles? In the final analysis, she just couldn't stand the other person's good fortune.

She is clearly just a fake daughter, but the Regent treats her like a treasure.

Ye Shuyi, whose identity was replaced, was not angry at all. She even declared that she would be a daughter of the Ye family for her whole life.

On the day of Chi Mingyu's funeral, she, as his biological daughter, did not even go to pay her respects.

"Has Princess Anle arrived?"

Although Ye Shuyi did not return to Chi Mansion, Song Xuanchu had summoned her to the palace before and even issued an order to confer her the title of Princess.

Previously, Chi Tingwan, as the daughter of the eldest princess, was supposed to be granted the title of princess, but the late emperor had other considerations, so the imperial edict was delayed and not issued.

Everyone saw clearly at that time. The Regent and the Crown Prince both liked the Chi girl.

It was only a matter of time before Chi's daughter married into the royal family. Whether she was a princess or not, there was really no need for that.

But now Song Xuanchu has issued an imperial decree to confer the title of princess on Ye Shuyi.

It seems like he is deliberately slapping the fake daughter's face.

"Your Highness." Ye Shuyi actually didn't want to come, but it was difficult to disobey the emperor's will.

"No need to be polite." Song Xuanchu smiled and glanced in the direction of Chi Tingwan, "It seems that the royal aunt and Princess Anle have a good personal relationship. I heard that the princess is not good at riding and shooting, so she has to be accompanied by the royal aunt today."

Ye Shuyi had refused at first, citing her poor riding and archery skills as her excuse. But in the end, she was stopped by the eunuch's threat that she would "disobey the emperor's order".

The people around had very subtle expressions.

Everyone knows that the current Princess Regent and the Emperor were childhood sweethearts. If it weren't for the late Emperor's will, she would have been the Empress now.

But now the truth is out.

Chi Tingwan is an out-and-out fake.

The one who should really grow up with the emperor as a childhood sweetheart is Princess Anle.

However, the regent was affectionate and did not despise Chi Tingwan's status. He even took money from his private treasury to compensate the princess for the real daughter.

But no one dared to talk about all this openly.

The emperor's action seems intentional.

Chi Tingwan smiled and waved to Ye Shuyi, "Ah Shu, come here."

Only then did Ye Shuyi smile.

Wei Xiaoxiao looked strange. She really couldn't understand how these two people could get along with each other.

What she couldn't understand the most was Ye Shuyi. The one who swapped the child was the head of the Ye family. She had lived a muddled life for more than a decade, but she didn't hate the culprit at all?

The emperor wanted to punish her, but she tried her best to stop him and even wanted to sacrifice her life to atone for her father's sins.

How could there be such strange people in the world?

Could the identity of a merchant's daughter be more noble than that of the daughter of the eldest princess?

Could it be that she was too harsh last time and was beaten stupidly?

"Your Majesty, everything is ready."

"Uncle, we must have a good competition today!" Song Xuanchu smiled and picked up the bow and arrow.

"Your Majesty is in such a good mood, and I will accompany you."

"One-on-one is so boring." Chi Tingwan suddenly said.

Song Xuanchu's smile gradually faded, "Auntie Huang wants to join too?"

"Why not?"

The people watching around felt their scalps tingling. Ye Shuyi looked worried, "Wanwan..."

"Why? Is there no one in the emperor's harem who is good at riding and shooting?"

"Of course there is." Concubine Rou suddenly came out with a smile, "I am willing to stand by your side."

Song Xuanchu couldn't help but frown. The person who hated him the most in the harem was none other than Xu. If she followed him, it might ruin everything.

"Rou Fei is too presumptuous." Song Xuanchu said coldly, "Only the Queen is my wife. The only one who can stand shoulder to shoulder with me is the Queen. You are just a concubine, but you are so outspoken in front of others. It seems that I usually dote on you too much."

Xie Qianyu stepped out quickly to plead guilty, "It is my fault for not disciplining my child properly. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Song Xuanchu smiled and helped her up. "Why do you say that, Queen? It's hard enough for you to manage the harem for me. Today, Concubine Rou has overstepped her authority. Pass on my decree that Concubine Rou Xu is narrow-minded, jealous, and has committed treason. She will be stripped of her title and demoted to a fourth-rank noble concubine."

Concubine Xu knelt down and bowed her head. "I know I was wrong. I will obey your order. Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Looking at Concubine Xu kneeling in front of him, Song Xuanchu felt an indescribable joy in his heart.

No matter how arrogant you are, don't you still have to kneel before him and thank him at this moment?

Qin Che wanted to laugh.

The emperor thought that Concubine Xu would do bad things and was unwilling to keep her around. Little did he know that the seemingly dignified and generous queen was actually a real venomous snake.

I'm really looking forward to his reaction after he knows the truth.

Qin Che couldn't help but rub his hands. He hoped that the storm would come sooner, he couldn't wait any longer.

Before getting on the horse, Song Xuanchu smiled and said, "There are many women like the Queen and the Emperor's Aunt who are as capable as men. I allow you to get on the horse together. Also, the winner today can make a wish to me. I look forward to your performance."