Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 348

"Yue'er." Shen Yue came in and wanted to pounce on the person on the bed.

But someone grabbed him.

"General Shen, one must not be disrespectful before the Emperor."

Shen Yue then cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty. How could Yue'er have been poisoned?"

"I heard you have the antidote?" Murong Yu asked indifferently, not answering his question but asking in return.

Shen Yue said, "I do not have an antidote, but Bao'er gave me a kind of medicine that can fight poison with poison. There is only one pill left, which has already been given to Prince Rui."

"Then let Princess Nanqiang find one and bring it back."

Shen Yue frowned, "Your Majesty, Bao'er... she..."

She became sorrowful as she spoke.

"What happened to the Princess of Nanqiang?"

Shen Yue knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Bao'er unfortunately fell off a cliff and died. Because her title of Marquis was taken away, she felt ashamed and wanted to return to the Southern Qiang Kingdom. Then she ran out alone and accidentally fell off a cliff, and died."

Murong Yu's eyes darkened slightly, and he said angrily, "Why didn't you report such a big matter?"

Lin Bao'er was, after all, a person sent by the Southern Qiang Kingdom for a marriage alliance.

Dead now.

The Southern Qiang Kingdom will definitely ask further questions.

Shen Yue said, "I have already blocked the news. Now we can only make preparations as quickly as possible."

Murong Yu sneered, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes, "General Shen, you have quite the nerve!"

"Your subject dares not say so. The best course of action now is to find a way to save Yue'er."

Murong Yu stood up and gave him a cold look. "Since you don't have the antidote, then go back! A-Yue is no longer your wife, so you're not allowed to call her that anymore."

Shen Yue clenched his fists, the veins on the back of his hands bulging. "She has divorced me, but she was once my wife. I still have feelings for her and will try to persuade her to remarry me."

"General Shen is probably indulging in wishful thinking," Murong Yu sneered.

Shen Yue raised his eyes, his eyes red and filled with anger. "It is the Emperor who is right. The Empress Dowager would never allow someone of her status to enter the palace, and Yue'er doesn't want to enter the palace either. Yet you insist on keeping her by your side. The Emperor does this only because you are the Emperor, not because she loves you."

"presumptuous!"

Murong Yu was expressionless, yet exuded imperial majesty.

"Your Majesty, the eldest young lady has woken up," Qingmei reported.

Murong Yu, disregarding the need to kill Shen Yue, hurriedly went inside.

Shen Yue knelt on the ground, trying to go in but was stopped.

"Ayue."

He could see Yun Xiyue leaning against another man's arms through the layers of gauze curtains when he looked up.

At this moment, Shen Yue's face was extremely grim.

They felt that Murong Yu was going too far.

"What... happened to me?" Yun Xiyue only remembered that she vomited blood and fainted after eating the imperial meal.

"You've been poisoned; it's the Soul-Stealing Powder."

Yun Xiyue remembered that he had thought he was going to sentence her to death.

"Soul-Snatching Powder..."

Murong Yu held her in his arms. "I gave you an antidote pill, and it seems to be working."

"Hmm. Is someone trying to harm the Emperor?" Yun Xiyue breathed a sigh of relief; it wasn't him trying to kill her.

"We're still investigating."

"You don't need to worry about these things. I will send people to investigate. You should stay in Zichen Palace to detoxify and recover first."

Yun Xiyue said, "I wish to go back, but my elder brother will worry."

“I have already told him, A-Yue, I will not force you, but if you do not recover this time, I cannot let you leave the palace.”

"If you are worried about what others will say, I will immediately issue an edict to make you my empress. Once you have recovered, we will hold a wedding ceremony."

Hearing these words, Shen Yue outside was shocked, never expecting that Murong Yu would appoint her as empress.

Yun Xiyue shook her head. "Don't be impulsive."