Chapter 884 Leniency for Confession
The emperor finished speaking, but the chief eunuch serving him had not yet had time to investigate.
In the palace, a person knelt down with a plop, it was Concubine Shu.
After Concubine Shu knelt down, she said sadly: "Your Majesty, I know who poisoned the Emperor, but I dare not say it."
As soon as Concubine Shu finished speaking, many people in the palace looked at her. Queen Jiang's face turned pale, and she subconsciously clenched her fingers, feeling indescribably panicked.
The emperor thundered and shouted: "Tell me, who poisoned me."
Concubine Shu raised her hand and pointed at the Queen, and said sadly: "If I tell you back to the Emperor, it was the Queen who poisoned the Emperor."
When the queen heard this, her body was about to collapse, she knelt down with a plop, and screamed: "Your Majesty, I didn't do this. I didn't do anything. Why did I poison the emperor?"
The queen's words made the emperor slightly confused. What reason did the queen have to poison him? She didn't hate the prince when he died, so why did she poison him now.
This is unlikely.
The emperor was confused when Concubine Shu quickly spoke.
"Your Majesty, King Huai is not my concubine's son at all. He is the son of the Queen. Because King Huai was ordered to be beaten thirty times last night by the Emperor out of anger, so the Queen hated the Emperor and poisoned the Emperor."
After Concubine Shu finished speaking, the emperor, the Queen Mother and others were stunned, while the Queen turned around and looked at Concubine Shu, staring hard. .
She thought of what her son had said before. He suspected that Concubine Shu knew that he was not her son, and the reason why his son had an affair with the emperor's woman was because the woman had drugged him.
That must be the case.
Just as the queen was thinking about it, the emperor said harshly: "Concubine Shu, are you crazy?"
Concubine Shu shook her head.
"I'm not crazy. If the emperor doesn't believe me, think about it. Your Highness, Prince Huai, is slightly similar to me. Your Highness, he doesn't look like me, nor does he look like the emperor, but he looks like the queen." , more like the Chiang family."
"Previously, I heard a lot of rumors. I didn't believe it at first. Later, I secretly made a blood confession with King Huai. The result is that he is not my son at all."
After saying this, Concubine Shu burst into tears, heartbroken.
She makes people sympathize with her.
The son she had raised for so many years turned out to be no longer her son, which would make anyone sad.
The emperor was indescribably furious. He turned around and looked at the queen fiercely: "Queen, is what Concubine Shu said true?"
How could the Queen admit it at this time and deny it firmly?
"Your Majesty, Concubine Shu is talking nonsense. What she said is all false. It's false."
The emperor immediately ordered: "Whoever comes, go and bring King Huai over immediately and confess your kinship to the queen with blood."
The eunuch quickly followed the order and was about to leave. The queen behind her was trembling slightly and her face was pale. Seeing the eunuch running out, she knelt down with a plop.
If you don't admit it now, it will be an even greater crime to wait until you bring your son over to confess his relationship with blood and confirm their relationship.
So the queen chose the path of frankness and leniency.
"Your Majesty, this concubine deserves to die. Please punish me, Your Majesty. Prince Huai, he is indeed my son."
When the queen finished speaking, the emperor's face looked horribly ugly. He had been poisoned, vomited blood, and was weak. Now he was angered by the queen, and he almost fainted from anger.
The Queen Mother on one side quickly calmed his chest. The Queen Mother shouted coldly: "Empress Jiang, you are a crazy person. King Huai is your son. Who is the Crown Prince?"