Rebirth of a Concubine's Daughter

The Empress Dowager and the Emperor looked at each other quickly, then turned their gazes to Concubine Ji beside them. The mother and son were in sync and had a plan in mind. The Empress Dowager changed her domineering attitude and instantly raised her hands to cover her face and cry, as if she was extremely sad about the death of the late emperor.

"When the late emperor was alive, he doted on me and the emperor with all his heart. Who could have imagined that he would pass away so suddenly, leaving us, an orphan and a widow, to face the people of the world? Old Nine, you also saw your father for the last time. You should know how he left. How can you ask such a question?"

Lu Jiusi didn't bother to pay attention to her and just glanced at Qingyu. The next second, Qingyu kicked Concubine Ji on the leg. Concubine Ji fell to her knees and screamed.

"How dare you! I am the late emperor's concubine!"

Concubine Ji endured the pain and tried to get up, but Qingyu pinned her to the ground.

"If I remember correctly, Concubine Ji was once just a lowly noble who was not favored. Yet, in just six months, she was promoted to the position of consort. Do I need to explain why?"

"I...I...I...Of course it was because the late emperor doted on me that he granted me the title of consort."

Lu Jiusi pulled the corners of his lips into a smile, raised his hand to cover Shen Nanyan's eyes, and then Concubine Ji's shrill wail echoed in the hall. When Lu Jiusi's big hand fell, a white and tender severed hand was soaked in blood on the ground. Concubine Ji rolled on the ground and cried in pain.

“Hand, my hand ah ah ah ah ah… save me, Queen Mother, save me!”

"Lu Jiusi, this is the Qinzheng Palace. How dare you attack and injure someone here? How presumptuous!"

The emperor spoke out of this simply because he felt that Lu Jiusi had trampled on his face, not because he wanted to stand up for Concubine Ji.

"Your Majesty should know that Concubine Ji used this hand to poison the late Emperor, right?"

"Wha...wha...how could I know? I didn't know. Concubine Ji, it was actually Concubine Ji who poisoned my father and caused his death. You vicious woman, how dare you murder the emperor? You deserve to die."

"The late emperor! He was murdered by someone!"

The Queen Mother's crying almost blew the roof off. As she spoke, she ran towards Concubine Ji and slapped her twice in the face. Poor Concubine Ji didn't even understand what was going on, but she was slapped twice for no reason.

"Kill her, kill her to avenge the late emperor."

The Queen Mother didn't feel that slapping Concubine Ji twice was not enough, so she reached out to grab the sword from Qingyu, but Qingyu dodged it.

"Queen Mother, there is no need to act in front of this prince."

"Your Highness, Your Highness, please save me. It wasn't me who wanted to kill the late emperor. It was the Empress Dowager and the Emperor. They were the ones who asked me to poison the late emperor. They also gave me the poison. I...at first I didn't know it was poison. The Empress Dowager just...just said it was an aphrodisiac that would allow the late emperor to stay in my palace. I didn't expect the Empress Dowager to be so bold, so I believed her and put the drug in the late emperor's tea. After that, they used this to threaten me and asked me to continue poisoning. I had no choice. I was forced to do it, Your Highness. Please have mercy on me, wuwuwu..."

"You're talking nonsense! When did I ever ask you to do these things? Stop slandering me. I am one with the late emperor and his wife. Why would I harm him?"

"Lu Shiyao wants to ascend the throne, isn't this the biggest reason?"

Lu Jiusi hit the mark of the empress dowager's purpose, and she was so frightened that her eyes turned panicky. She looked at the emperor beside her, but the emperor's eyes were fixed on the door. He knew that Eunuch Qi's apprentice should have gone to get reinforcements by now. If he just waited a little longer, he could send Lu Jiusi on his way today, and he would be the only one in charge of Nanling Kingdom from then on.

"The Emperor's ascension to the throne is a matter of course. Do I need to do anything unnecessary?"

"The Queen Mother really won't cry until she sees the coffin. Bring it up!"

In an instant, two more people were escorted in from outside the door. The empress dowager took a closer look and instantly felt powerless.

These two people, one is the empress dowager's trusted nanny, and the other is her wet nurse. They have been with her since she was a child. They are both people she trusts very much, so they know all her secrets, which naturally includes the plot to murder the late emperor.

"Queen, do you need them to speak?"

The Queen Mother was struggling internally. She had planned her entire life to reach her current position and become the most noble woman in the world. How could she be pulled down from the altar so easily?

At this time, the one who was more nervous than the empress dowager was actually the emperor, because he and the empress dowager had planned this matter together. If Lu Jiusi could find out about the empress dowager, he would naturally be able to find out about him. He was extremely anxious. The reinforcements had not arrived yet. What should he do if the empress dowager told everything at this time?

After a moment, the Queen Mother's chest rose and fell, she took a deep breath, and her whole body relaxed.

"No need. Yes, I did what the late emperor did. It was all done by me alone."

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief.

"I thought the Queen Mother had some other tricks up her sleeve. It's really boring that she admitted it so quickly."

"I really regret not drowning you in the lotus pond."

"It's too late now. Come, take the Queen Mother to the dungeon and torture her severely. Find out everything she has done so that we can make it known to the world."

"How dare you! The Queen Mother is my biological mother. How can I allow you to humiliate me like this? Lu Jiusi, have you forgotten that I am the Emperor appointed by the late Emperor?"

"so what?"

"You don't take me seriously at all!"

"This king has always been like this."

"Lu Jiusi, why don't you tell me what you want in order to let the Queen Mother go."

"Haha...how about it? This king has no intention of letting you and your son go. Don't worry, Lu Shiyao, it will be your turn soon."

"You...you, what else do you want to do?"

"Are you waiting for General Lu to bring people to protect you?"

The emperor didn't say anything, but just avoided looking at Lu Jiusi. He was afraid that Lu Jiusi could see the panic in his eyes.

"General Lu, his colleagues, and their men have all perished. Your Majesty, please go and join them. I wouldn't mind giving you a ride."

"What did you say? You...you killed them?"

"killed."

"Lu Jiusi, how could you kill my general? What right do you have to kill my men, General Wei... Eunuch Qi, quickly, invite the elders of the clan, summon the Prime Minister to the palace, quickly!"

There was total silence outside the door, as if everyone in the palace had died. The emperor's premonition grew worse and worse, and he seemed to have sensed that today would be the day of his death.

"Lu Shiyao, I didn't intend to move against you so soon. You are the one seeking death. If you dare to covet my people, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"No, no, no, Lao Jiu, I'm your biological brother. I have no other feelings for Yan... or Miss Shen. I just... just said a few words to her. You can ask Miss Shen. I haven't even touched her once."

"He is worthy of death. He and the Queen Mother will be thrown into prison."

"I am the emperor appointed by the late emperor. You dare to disobey the late emperor's will, Lu Jiusi. You will not die a good death. Let me go, let me go..."

That night, in the dungeon of the imperial palace, the roars of the emperor and the empress dowager echoed all night long. People in the entire imperial city trembled in fear, and everyone once again witnessed the regent's cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness.