Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 352

Consort Xue is currently enjoying great success, having given birth to a prince, and is probably still dreaming of becoming Empress Dowager. However, based on Shen Lingjun's understanding of the Chu family, it's only a matter of time before the mother is taken away and the child is left behind.

Empress Chu has only been deposed, not killed, and is still in the Cold Palace. Marquis Changguo most likely still hopes to bring Empress Chu out of the Cold Palace, and the Empress Dowager's high position will definitely be filled by her own legitimate daughter.

As for Consort Xue, she gave birth to a prince with Chu family blood, and that was the end of her role. She's so lively now; I'm afraid her time won't last long.

Consort Xue followed the Emperor and turned to leave. At that moment, Shen Lingjun suddenly felt a faint itch on his left ear, as if something was crawling on it.

Shen Lingjun reached out and pinched off a tiny beetle, no bigger than a grain of rice.

She initially thought it was just an ordinary little bug in the flowerbed, but when she picked it up and took a closer look, her expression changed drastically!

When she studied medicine with Elder Xingju before, she had also learned about the Gu techniques of the Southern Frontier. This insect was crystal clear and had a slight red tinge. It was not an ordinary beetle at all, but a beast blood Gu!

The Beast Blood Gu is cultivated using the blood of various frenzied wild beasts. It can burrow into a person's brain through the ear, causing them to lose their mind and become extremely frenzied, killing and tearing like a bloodthirsty beast. It will not spare any living creature that appears in its field of vision.

This kind of beast blood gu comes from the southern border and requires a lot of manpower and resources to cultivate. It is generally impossible for it to appear in the imperial palace of Beiyi capital.

It's obvious that someone planted this on her!

Just now, Consort Xue walked up to her!

Shen Lingjun calmly and gently pinched the beast blood gu, hiding his hand in his sleeve, and looked at Consort Xue.

Sure enough, although Consort Xue was walking forward with the Emperor, she secretly glanced at her from the side, but only for a quick look before turning her head away again.

They were probably watching to see if she would react to the Beast Blood Gu.

Shen Lingjun estimated that normally, one wouldn't feel anything if the beast blood gu flew into a person's ear.

However, a few months ago, she was poisoned, and Mo Zhonggui gave her the Rhinoceros Dragon Anti-Evil Pill. For a period of time, most poisonous insects would not bite her or even dare to approach her.

So although the beast blood gu landed on her, it didn't dare fly into her ear. Instead, it crawled around on her ear, which is how she discovered it.

Although the Beast Blood Gu is not fatal and is not incurable, the fact that those afflicted will go berserk and attack and bite others is extremely terrifying.

Consort Jing, Lady Wen, the Ninth Prince, and the Emperor are all present here.

If Shen Lingjun suddenly goes mad and injures the emperor, it will be a sure death sentence, and in serious cases, it might even be regicide, which would mean the execution of his entire family!

Even if she didn't lash out in front of the emperor, there was still the Ninth Prince, a little boy who was only a little over a year old. He was so delicate and fragile; if she wasn't careful, he could lose his life!

All of this seems to have nothing to do with Consort Xue. In any case, it was Shen Lingjun who went crazy and hurt people, so it has nothing to do with Consort Xue. She can even pretend that she is also a victim and clear herself of all responsibility.

Shen Lingjun sneered inwardly.

Besides being arrogant and coquettish, Consort Xue is quite bold and daring!

It's highly unlikely that a concubine living deep within the palace could obtain the beast blood gu from the Southern Frontier. It was most likely given to her by the Marquis of Changguo, who encouraged her to eliminate the Ninth Prince.

If they succeed, the biggest obstacle to the Chu family's succession will be gone; if they fail, Xue Pin will be the scapegoat. In any case, the Marquis of Changguo was going to get rid of her anyway, and this kind of crime wouldn't implicate nine generations of her family. At most, the little prince born to Xue Pin would just be placed under the care of other concubines, which suits the Marquis of Changguo's wishes perfectly.

In short, Marquis Changguo is guaranteed to make a profit.

That's quite a clever plan!

A cold glint flashed in Shen Lingjun's eyes as she took the chrysanthemums from the Ninth Prince's hand and walked towards Consort Xue.

"Your Highness, there are a few chrysanthemums here. Would you like to take them with you?"