allonlinenovel Chapter 233 The Prince Kills His Mother
Chapter 233 The Prince Kills His Mother
Before the queen could react to the prince's words, she saw that the prince had already tightly grasped the queen's neck with both hands. The queen's eyes widened and her face was full of disbelief.
"Jun'er, you...you want to kill me..."
"Mother, please don't blame me! Who told you that you are no longer on the same page with me? Rather than letting you become a stain on me and be criticized by future generations, I will send you off! I will give you a grand funeral!"
The prince said this through gritted teeth, then slowly tightened his fingers, closed his eyes and stopped looking at the queen.
The queen did not struggle. She just stared at her son with resentment in her eyes, thinking that this was the man she had spent her entire life planning for, but she never thought that he would so cruelly take her life.
The prince did not pause. He kept his eyes closed and gritted his teeth until he felt that his mother had stopped breathing. Then he stopped, knelt down in front of the couch, and cried bitterly on the queen.
The old nanny outside the door heard the prince crying and hurriedly pushed the door open. Seeing the prince's reaction, she probably understood what was going on and knelt on the ground silently with her head lowered.
"Your servant, send the Queen..."
Song Qingwan heard the death knell in the courtyard outside the city. She was a little surprised. Could it be that the emperor had passed away? So soon?
The death knell in the palace only rings when the Empress Dowager, Empress or Emperor passes away. The last time the death knell was rung was when the Empress Dowager passed away a few years ago.
Song Qingwan thought about it, disguised herself and went into the city to find out the situation. If the emperor really passed away, then they must speed up their actions.
After entering the city, Song Qingwan learned from the people that the person who died was the queen, which made Song Qingwan feel very strange.
The last time she left Zhengyang Palace, she took the Queen's pulse. Although the Queen was frail, she didn't have any serious illnesses overall. She would be fine for the next few years. How could she die suddenly?
Soon Song Qingwan learned from the people that the queen had died suddenly.
It is said that the prince knelt in front of the queen's bed for a whole day, crying his heart out, and no one could pull him up.
The queen's funeral was unprecedentedly grand, and the people were amazed at the prince's behavior.
To be frank, this prince is truly loyal and filial. Even though the queen and the Lan family did so many evil things and was banished to the cold palace, the prince still cares about his mother and gives the queen such respect.
Song Qingwan scoffed at this. She didn't think the queen died of natural causes. With Zhao Yujun's character, if the queen didn't take the initiative to ask him for help, how could he get close to the queen? He couldn't even hide!
If she was really that filial, when the emperor wanted to turn Zhengyang Palace into a cold palace a few years ago, Zhao Yujun would have knelt down before the jade and begged bitterly. Now she is just doing it for others to see.
However, Song Qingwan did not intend to avenge the Queen. Not to mention her current situation, even if the massacre at Prince Huai's Mansion had not happened, she would not have nothing to do but get involved in the Prince's family affairs.
After all, this is just a matter between a mother and her son. What does it have to do with her, an outsider?
But now that the queen is dead, Concubine Shun is the first person in the harem and the de facto queen. Will the prince tolerate her?
Also, even if the prince announced to the public that the queen had died suddenly, the concubines in the palace might not be able to guess the truth, and the prince might target them.
Thinking of this, Song Qingwan keenly realized the crisis of Concubine Shun in the palace. It seemed that it was time to find a way to transfer them mother and son.
However, during the Queen's funeral, a small incident occurred in the Prince's Mansion, which was the issue of which of the Zhong sisters would take the lead in attending the Queen's funeral.
Although there are many wives and concubines in the Prince's Mansion, there are only a few who are qualified to attend the funeral. Except for the principal wife and concubines, other concubines can only stay in the Prince's Mansion to keep vigil for the Queen.
According to the rules, the Crown Prince's wife should attend with several concubines, but now the Zhong sisters are nominally the wives, so who will go?
Zhong Xueying was naturally the first one to jump out and recommend herself. She volunteered to go on the grounds that her sister needed to take care of the princess, but her request was rejected by the prince.
The prince's reason was that Zhong Xuejiao entered the mansion first and was older than his sister and more steady, so she was naturally more suitable.
Zhong Xueying was so angry that she almost cursed on the spot. As long as Zhong Xuejiao attended the funeral, she would be the legitimate Crown Princess.
Because the death of the queen was a national mourning, it would be recorded in later historical books, so who was the daughter-in-law who took care of her at the time would naturally be recorded.
Moreover, the wives of other ministers will also be present at the Queen's funeral, and they are all legal wives, so naturally they will only recognize Zhong Xuejiao as the Crown Princess.
As expected, after the Queen's funeral, the Crown Prince issued an imperial decree in the name of the Emperor, conferring the title of Crown Princess to Zhong Xuejiao. He never mentioned Zhong Xueying, which made her existence a complete joke.
Finally, in order to appease Zhong Xueying, the prince waved his hand and put her name on the royal jade butterfly, but her position was that of a concubine. He also promised that after he ascended the throne, he would confer the title of noble concubine on Zhong Xueying, and the matter would be over.
But just because others can get by doesn't mean Zhong Xueying can do the same. Although there is only one step between a noble concubine and a queen, their status is indeed very different.
The empress is the mother of the country and the emperor's legal wife, and no matter how high the rank of a noble concubine is, she is only a concubine. As long as Zhong Xuejiao does not make any mistakes and as long as she is still alive, Zhong Xueying will be a concubine for the rest of her life and will never be able to transcend that status.
But Zhong Xueying couldn't get angry at the scene of the imperial edict being issued. She could only clench her fists and try her best to smile.
When the ceremony was over, she returned to her room, threw everything on the floor in anger, and cursed loudly.
"Why does Zhong Xuejiao have the right to do this? She is a woman who cannot have children and cannot even be called a woman. Why does she have the right to put pressure on me?"
After Zhong Xueying had vented her anger, her trusted maid dared to approach cautiously.
Zhong Xueying glanced at the maid and asked lightly.
"Has Dongyue replied?"
"Your Majesty has replied. I just got it today and was about to report to you."
"Oh? Bring it here for me to see. You go and guard it outside."
"Yes"
After the maid left the room and closed the door, Zhong Xueying sat at the table and opened the envelope impatiently.
She quickly scanned the contents of the letter, and her expression immediately turned into joy.
"I knew you wouldn't let me down! Zhong Xuejiao, Luo Qingqing, let's see what you can do to fight me!"
After reading the letter, Zhong Xueying planned to put it into the brocade box, but after thinking about it, she changed her mind, took out a fire starter, lit the letter and burned it, muttering to herself.
"Although I know you want me to keep the letter, if it falls into the hands of others, both you and I will be doomed!"