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

The Council of State

As soon as Concubine Tong showed her face, she was hit hard in the face with a memorial. The sudden noise scared Concubine Tong so much that she screamed.

After a while, he slowly raised his head and looked at Emperor Nanliang.

The gloomy look pierced Concubine Tong's heart and she was panicking: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty."

"I never thought that you were so malicious and cruel that you dared to murder the Queen!" The Emperor of Nanliang clenched his fists, his eyes wishing he could kill Concubine Tong.

Concubine Tong was stunned: "Your Majesty, I am innocent. I have never thought of murdering the Queen."

"You still dare to be stubborn!" Emperor Nanliang gave an order, and several young eunuchs came in carrying a large box. When the box was opened, a thick account book was revealed.

Looking at the account book, Concubine Tong felt something was wrong.

"The queen has been unwell for these years, so I handed over the power of the harem to you. But you took this opportunity to attack the queen!"

The look in the eyes of Emperor Nanliang towards Concubine Tong was one of undisguised disgust.

Concubine Tong cried out that she was innocent.

"Empress Tong, all these account books have been soaked in a special potion. This medicine conflicts with the medicine taken by the Empress, which is why the Empress fell into a coma." Eunuch Changxi said.

"Nonsense, the medicine in the account book was clearly prescribed by Lu Jingning. He was going to poison the queen. How did it become this concubine's fault? Your Majesty, I was wronged." Concubine Tong exclaimed.

Emperor Nanliang narrowed his eyes and asked, "These account books are from a few years ago. Aning has never had the chance to touch them. What's more, Aning has no reason to persecute the queen!"

"Your Majesty, the princess poisoned him because she didn't want to lose power."

Emperor Nanliang snorted coldly: "You still dare to quibble at this point. Don't think I don't know how you have despised the Queen in private over the years. You have relied on the fact that you have a prince by your side and have repeatedly disrespected the Queen. The Queen doesn't care about you, but it doesn't mean that I don't know anything!"

Concubine Tong shook her head: "No, that's not the case. I am really wronged."

"I think you will not give up until you reach the Yellow River." The Emperor of Southern Liang ran out of patience and ordered someone to call several personal servants from Concubine Tong's palace.

Several people knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and immediately accused Concubine Tong of persecuting the queen.

Lianxiang pointed at Concubine Tong and said, "Your Majesty has been hoarding the Jade Snow Cream and hiding it in the side hall of Yuxiu Palace for the past few months. She has people smearing it on the account books every now and then."

Concubine Tong's eyes widened, and she stepped forward and grabbed Lianxiang's collar: "Who asked you to frame me? Tell me!"

"How dare you!" The Emperor of Southern Liang shouted angrily, and Concubine Tong was so scared that she immediately let go of her hand and cried out in grievance.

Emperor Nanliang covered his chest tightly, wishing he could skin Concubine Tong alive.

"Your Majesty, if I wanted to murder the Queen, how could I have expected that one day the Queen would look through the account book?" Concubine Tong argued: "If the Queen didn't look at it, wouldn't my efforts be in vain?"

"When you were under house arrest, the Queen only took away the accounts from the last few months. The accounts from the previous years are still locked in Yuxiu Palace. You had plenty of time to tinker with the account books during these months. No wonder you returned the account books after the house arrest was lifted. Concubine Tong, you have such a vicious heart!"

Concubine Tong was choked up, thought for a while and then said quickly: "Your Majesty, you also said that the account book has been away from me for a few days. It is very likely that someone has applied drugs to frame me in the past few days."

This reasoning makes sense.

The Emperor of Southern Liang pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Your Majesty, the Empress and I have been sisters for so many years, how could I poison her? This must be a frame-up. I beg Your Majesty to understand." Concubine Tong thought she had convinced the Emperor of Southern Liang, so she pretended to be weak and kowtowed to him, talking about their friendship over the years, trying to soften the Emperor's heart.

The Emperor of Southern Liang felt a dull pain in his heart, reminding himself all the time that he had dined with the Queen last night. Fortunately, he discovered it in time and left in a hurry, so he was lucky enough to save his life.

Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous.

The imperial physician said that it was because the Emperor of Southern Liang smelled an odor that he shouldn't have smelled, which conflicted with the health-preserving pills he drank, causing his blood circulation to become blocked and he almost died from a pulse explosion.

I accidentally smelled something I shouldn't have smelled and almost lost my life.

This is what makes Emperor Nanliang most angry.

"You just said that this matter is related to Aning. Where is the evidence?" Emperor Nanliang asked in a deep voice: "How did you find out that there was something wrong?"

Concubine Tong paused for a moment and continued, "Except for the princess, no one else can access the account book."

"That's it?"

Concubine Tong said anxiously, "Your Majesty, isn't this enough? The princess has been very active these days and has caused a lot of trouble. She may not know that this poison can kill people. Although she didn't do it on purpose, she has also caused a big disaster."

While speaking, Concubine Tong did not forget to glare at Lianxiang fiercely.

"I beg Your Majesty to investigate Lianxiang again. She must have been bribed and deliberately framed me."

Lianxiang cried out for justice.

"Your Majesty, something has happened to Your Majesty." The young eunuch hurried to the hall and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, Princess Fenghe is dying."

"What?" The Southern Liang Emperor frowned and immediately looked at Concubine Tong. Concubine Tong said, "Impossible. I just went to the East Palace and saw that the princess looked rosy and intact. Your Majesty, the princess must be afraid and pretended to be sick. Why don't you let me go to the East Palace to look for it? Maybe I can find evidence that has not been destroyed."

Seeing Concubine Tong's impatient look, Emperor Nanliang ignored her and stood up: "Go to the East Palace!"

The Emperor of Southern Liang went straight to the Eastern Palace.

At this time, the Linglong Garden in the Eastern Palace had been surrounded. Several imperial doctors were standing in the corridor discussing things. When they saw the Emperor of Southern Liang coming, they quickly saluted.

"No need to be so polite. What's wrong, Princess?" he asked.

Doctor Zhong stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the princess has been poisoned by a chronic poison called Mantuo. This poison takes years to take effect, but the tonic medicine that the princess has taken happens to contain a herb that conflicts with Mantuo. The combination of the two forms a deadly poison."

Mantuo... Concubine Tong's eyelids twitched. Wasn't this the one she gave to Queen Fang?

How come Lu Jingning was poisoned?

Emperor Nanliang walked towards the couch and saw Lu Jingning lying on the bed, spitting out large mouthfuls of black blood, with his eyes closed and a look of pain on his face.

Emperor Nanliang showed no distress on his face. He turned around and looked at Concubine Tong: "Where is the evidence you mentioned?"

Facing the questioning look of Emperor Nanliang, Concubine Tong swallowed and said, "If we examine it carefully, we may be able to find it out."

"check!"

Give an order.

Several guards began to search the boudoir, but when they found nothing, they went to the yard outside, but still couldn't find it after searching around.

Concubine Tong's face became paler and paler.

"Where is the evidence?" Emperor Nanliang asked again.

"Your concubine...your concubine..." Concubine Tong stammered and couldn't say anything.

The Emperor of Southern Liang ran out of patience. He bent down and grabbed Concubine Tong's chin. "You are such a jerk. How dare you show off your skills in front of an expert? Come, strip Concubine Tong of her title and banish her to the cold palace!"

Concubine Tong panicked. She knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Emperor Nanliang. Just as she was about to shout twice, Changxi covered her mouth and took her away.

The Southern Liang Emperor glanced behind him and told the imperial physician, "Do your best to treat him."

"Yes."

After saying this, Emperor Nanliang returned to the council hall. He felt a stuffy sensation in his chest again. He took out a pill from his sleeve and put it into his mouth. After a while, the pain disappeared.

Emperor Nanliang sat upright on the dragon throne, his eyes filled with murderous intent: "Prince Shen's hands are really long, they even reached into the palace, and he dared to attack the Queen and Aning right under my nose."

"Your Majesty, are you saying that Prince Shen did this?"

Emperor Nanliang snorted coldly: "If not him, then who else? Can Aning risk her life to frame Concubine Tong?"

He didn't believe that there were such stupid people in the world.