The legitimate daughter brings disaster to the concubine! Seize the imperial power and the throne

"How come the Emperor summoned Aning by such a coincidence?" Concubine Wan made it clear that she didn't believe it. A while ago at the Jokhang Temple, it was Lu Jingning who reported to the police and had Mo Yunyao arrested.

It was he who showed up again today and broke the deadlock.

If Bu Yan hadn't come just now, Lu Jingning would never have chosen to jump into the well.

Bu Yan raised his eyes slightly and glanced over Concubine Wan. His indifferent eyes contained a bit of oppression.

"Is Concubine Wan questioning the Emperor's decision?"

Concubine Wan shuddered and said she didn't dare. She looked at Concubine Jin anxiously. Concubine Jin looked Lu Jingning up and down and said, "Since it is the emperor's wish, how dare I obstruct it? Lord Bu, please go back first. I will personally send Princess Rouning to see the emperor later."

Facing Concubine Jin Shu's commanding tone, Bu Yan refused calmly: "The emperor is waiting anxiously, I dare not delay."

"Lord Bu!" Concubine Jin Shu narrowed her eyes slightly, with displeasure flashing in her eyes: "I will explain it to the emperor in person. Besides, it is disrespectful for the princess to go to see the emperor in such a noble manner!"

Bu Yan raised his eyebrows and glanced at Lu Jingning who was shivering with cold. Her face was pale and her thin body nestled in Yun Zai's arms.

Perhaps noticing his gaze, Lu Jingning raised his head and said, "Sir, help me!"

Concubine Jin Shu's eyelids twitched: "Rouning, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"Sir Bu, the Concubine Shu wants to kill me. I want to see the Emperor now." Lu Jingning shook his shoulders and reached out to grab the hem of Bu Yan's clothes.

"Bu Yan, don't listen to her nonsense. She wanted to jump into the well on her own initiative. No one forced her." Concubine Jin Shu said, and gave Lu Jingning a warning look.

Lu Jingning pretended not to see it. She had already torn her relations with Prince Shen and his faction, so why should she cover up for her opponent?

The Emperor saw her in this miserable state, and she wanted to see how Concubine Jin Shu would explain!

"Princess, let's go." Bu Yan took a few steps forward, protecting Lu Jingning with his broad body. Lu Jingning stood up with Yun Zai's support and walked outside.

Concubine Jin Shu winked at the maid, trying to stop her, but Bu Yan stopped her. He looked at Concubine Jin Shu and said calmly, "Madam Shu, the Crown Princess went to see the Emperor half an hour ago."

These words made Concubine Jin Shu's heart sink.

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Lu Jingning came to the hall all wet. At first glance, he saw Shangguan was also there. He was surprised and knelt down to pay his respects in the direction of the dragon throne.

"Greetings to the Emperor."

Emperor Nanliang was sixty years old this year. He was slightly fat and wore a bright yellow dragon robe. He looked very majestic. He looked at Lu Jingning, who was leaving wet footprints with every step. He couldn't help but frowned: "What happened?"

Lu Jingning looked frightened, holding on for a long time without getting up. Shangguan saw her daughter in a mess and moved over to support her: "When I woke up, I heard that a lot of things happened in the East Palace. I looked for you for a long time but couldn't find you. Aning, where have you been?"

"I... cough cough..." Lu Jingning's face was pale and he stammered, unable to speak.

Emperor Nanliang looked impatiently at Bu Yan, who was also soaking wet on the other side: "Bu Yan, you speak."

"Your Majesty, I have been ordered to look for the princess. She was found in the well of Yuxiu Palace."

Shangguan almost fainted when she heard this, and she hugged Lu Jingning tremblingly.

"emperor."

Concubine Jin Shu came right after him, and immediately showed an aggrieved expression after she saluted to Emperor Nanliang: "Your Majesty, it was Rouning who wanted to jump into the well. I was just asking a few questions as a matter of routine. Who knew Rouning would have such a bad temper that she couldn't even say anything. Crown Princess, you can't indulge Rouning anymore. A good princess of the royal family has been raised to be so ignorant of her limits."

Shangguan was so excited that she wanted to argue with Concubine Jin Shu, but before she could say anything, Lu Jingning got there first. She tugged at Shangguan's sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Jin Shu was also deceived and doesn't know the truth. I beg Your Majesty to help my mother and thoroughly investigate the case of the genius doctor poisoning her."

It was unrealistic to pull Concubine Jin down by jumping into the well. Today she wanted the Emperor to thoroughly investigate the case of Shangguan's poisoning.

She was not in a hurry. Once Prince Shen's Mansion was implicated, Concubine Jin would definitely not be able to hold back.

Just now, Imperial Physician Zhong had told Emperor Nanliang everything that had happened in the Eastern Palace, including the physical evidence. Emperor Nanliang's gaze fell on Concubine Wan and her daughter behind Concubine Jin Shu.

The two were so frightened that they lay on the ground, not daring to even raise their heads.

"Your Majesty, after my mother married my father, she has been taking the secret recipe for finding a child, but she never expected that someone would ruin her health. She has never been on guard. If the miracle doctor hadn't revealed the secret this time, my mother wouldn't have noticed anything unusual. Your Majesty, someone deliberately cut off the heirs of the East Palace."

Lu Jingning knew that Emperor Nanliang cared about his offspring, especially the prince's son, which was a thorn in the side of Emperor Nanliang.

For so many years, Shangguan had not been able to give birth to a son, which made the Emperor of Southern Liang dissatisfied with Shangguan, but for the sake of the crown prince's face, he chose to turn a blind eye.

But now the Emperor of Southern Liang found out that someone deliberately murdered the descendants of the Shangguan family, and his anger was undoubtedly aroused.

"Your Majesty, the genius doctor would never poison my mother's medicine for no reason. There must be someone behind this." Lu Jingning kowtowed to the Emperor of Southern Liang.

Seeing that the Nanliang Emperor's face was as solemn as a rainstorm, Concubine Jin Shu was nervous and sweaty. She knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, it's wise. Prince Shen only recommended the genius doctor with good intentions. How could he harm the East Palace? Rouning must have misunderstood. Prince Shen and the Crown Prince have always had a good brotherly relationship over the years..."

"If we weren't close, father would have been on guard a long time ago and mother wouldn't have been poisoned every day without knowing it. Father has only had me as his child for all these years, but Prince Shen has both a son and a daughter." Lu Jingning retorted unhappily.

These words also touched the heart of Emperor Nanliang.

His face became increasingly gloomy.

Concubine Jin Shu wished she could seal Lu Jingning's mouth with a needle. The more something shouldn't be said, the more he wanted to say it.

How abominable!

Emperor Nanliang looked at Lu Jingning's face, which resembled that of the crown prince, and slowly stood up and helped her up himself. "Aning has been wronged today. Someone, come and pass on my decree. From today on, Princess Rouning will be named Princess Fenghe."

Lu Jingning was crowned a princess as an exception, but apart from being surprised, she was not very happy.

She knew that the emperor wanted to keep things quiet!

Thinking of the injustice her mother had suffered, Lu Jingning could not suppress the anger in her heart, but she did not have the strength to compete with the Southern Liang Emperor. After weighing the pros and cons for a moment, she knelt on the ground and thanked him: "I bow to the emperor and thank him for his grace."

Concubine Jin Shu's eyelids twitched.

The Southern Liang Emperor said, "I will issue an order. Prince Shen made a mistake in employing people. He is demoted to Prince Shen from today onwards."

"Your Majesty?" Concubine Jin Shu was anxious.

Once her son's title is demoted, wouldn't it be tantamount to telling all the civil and military officials of the previous dynasty that Prince Shen does not have the emperor's favor?

This is a big taboo in the fight for position!

"Concubine Jin Shu was deceived and abused private punishment. From now on, her title will be removed and she will be demoted to Concubine Tong. She will be confined to her house for three months and cannot step out of Yuxiu Palace without an imperial decree!"

Concubine Jin Shu's face turned pale in an instant. It took her eight full years to climb from a noble lady to the head of the four concubines and hold power over the six palaces.

But it was taken away by the Emperor of Southern Liang in an instant.

Concubine Jin Shu, Concubine Tong gritted her teeth unwillingly: "I obey your order."

"Ahem..." Emperor Nanliang covered his mouth and coughed, glancing at Bu Yan, who had no expression on his face. "My dear Lord Bu, you saved Princess Fenghe today, and I will reward you handsomely."

Bu Yan bent his waist and whispered, "I dare not. I have already been disrespectful to the princess today. How dare I ask for a reward?"