Chapter 379

As soon as the words came out, Emperor Yonghe, who was only left with his last breath, widened his eyes instantly, and tried his best to raise his hand to grab Jiang Lingyi, trying desperately to verify something.

Jiang Lingyi smiled and nodded to Emperor Yonghe, "Yes, it's just as my father thought. Xiu'er is A Yu's son. After years of planning and calculation, he personally handed over the country of Da Chu to a stranger. I have to say that my father is really kind to the Lu family."

"You!" Jiang Lingyi's every word hit the pain point of Emperor Yonghe. The latter was so excited that he almost spit out the words. Empress Yuan reacted quickly and covered his mouth with her hand.

"Yier, what you just said..." Empress Yuan looked at Jiang Lingyi in disbelief. She never thought that she could do such a treasonous thing as confusing the royal bloodline and shaking the country of Da Chu!

Before Jiang Lingyi responded, Empress Yuan noticed that her subordinates had no breath.

His face was ferocious and his eyes were wide open. It was obvious that he was not suffocated to death by Empress Yuan, but was angered to death by Jiang Lingyi's words.

In response, Empress Yuan just glanced at him coldly and retracted her gaze, "Yier, I will ask you about what happened just now in the future. Now let's deal with him first."

Jiang Lingyi nodded in response, and Empress Yuan turned around and closed Emperor Yonghe's eyes, smoothed the expression on his face, pretending to die naturally, and then took Jiang Lingyi out of the inner hall.

After leaving the inner hall, Empress Yuan looked at everyone with a sad face, "Your Majesty has passed away."

Chu Nanchen immediately ran towards the inner hall, and everyone behind him knelt on the ground and cried.

As for whether it was true or false, it is unknown.

After Emperor Yonghe passed away, Empress Yuan returned to Fengyi Palace on the grounds of being seriously ill, and the burial of Emperor Yonghe was fully handed over to Chu Nanchen.

Jiang Lingyi comforted Chu Nanchen first, and then went to Queen Yuan's place at dinner time.

Fengyi Palace.

Queen Yuan was leaning on the couch in a plain white dress, with a sad look on her face. According to her personal maid, she had not eaten anything since she came back.

Jiang Lingyi brought a bowl of ginseng soup to Empress Yuan and said, "You should eat something, mother. If you continue like this, your body will not be able to bear it."

Empress Yuan waved her hand and turned to look at Jiang Lingyi, with a little inquiry on her pale face, "Did you say Xiu'er was A Yu's son in the daytime? Is it true or false?"

Jiang Lingyi put the ginseng soup on the small table beside her, her expression was indifferent, without any tension or worry that should have been caused by committing a huge mistake, "Really."

Empress Yuan looked into her eyes steadily, and laughed after a long time, "Hahaha, it's ridiculous. Chu Yang has been calculating A Heng for his whole life, but he didn't expect that he would fall into your hands in the end. Yi'er, you are more courageous than me."

A Heng mentioned by Empress Yuan was Prince Jing'an.

Jiang Lingyi didn't react much, "It was just a coincidence."

After all, Jiang Lingyi didn't intend to change the royal family at the beginning.

Perhaps she was in a good mood, Empress Yuan took the initiative to pick up the soup bowl, gently stirring the spoon while asking Jiang Lingyi softly, "You are not afraid of me telling Chen'er today when you talk about this kind of thing in front of me?"

After all, in the eyes of everyone, Chu Nanchen is her biological son, obviously much closer than Jiang Lingyi.

Jiang Lingyi is sure, "Mother won't."

Although Empress Yuan and Chu Nanchen have always been a loving mother and filial son, but once she entered the palace, Jiang Lingyi unexpectedly saw Empress Yuan's cold eyes when she looked at Chu Nanchen's back.

From that time, Jiang Lingyi began to suspect, and then Jiang Lingyi paid more attention a few more times, and sure enough, she found signs of Empress Yuan's disguise.

Behavior can be disguised, but in terms of feelings, it is really difficult to be flawless, especially when Empress Yuan still trusts Jiang Lingyi so much.

After hearing what Jiang Lingyi said, Empress Yuan couldn't help but show deep approval on her face, "You are really smart, and you are more suitable to be a queen who commands the six palaces than me."

Jiang Lingyi was right. Empress Yuan's kindness to Chu Nanchen for so many years was probably fake.

Everyone says that a mother is always the one who loves her children the most, but in fact, not every mother will love her children... because this child is not only born with someone she doesn't love, but also born when she was being plotted against.

Empress Yuan lied when persuading Jiang Lingyi before. Chu Nanchen was not a child she voluntarily gave birth to in order to stabilize her position, but a child she was forced to give birth to by Emperor Yonghe. Even the first time with Emperor Yonghe was because her family secretly drugged her.

For the future of the family, they sent her to Emperor Yonghe's bed regardless of her wishes. At that time, there was less than a month left before she and Prince Jing'an were engaged...

Speaking of the past, Empress Yuan couldn't help but burst into tears. Jiang Lingyi didn't say anything, but stepped forward and hugged her in his arms.

Her experience was the most similar to that of Empress Yuan, so she could best understand her feeling of helplessness of being abandoned by her family.

Having already opened her mouth, Empress Yuan simply told Jiang Lingyi all her thoughts over the years, "After entering the palace, Chu Yang was not very kind to me, because he hated that I could not forget Ah Heng even though I had given my body to him, so he always tortured me in every way, until I had Chen'er, my life was better..."

Although Chu Nanchen temporarily relieved Empress Yuan's situation, she didn't like this son at all, because this was not what she wanted, because this was the blood of the person she hated.

But things had come to this point. In order to survive in the palace, she chose to keep the child, and thus began to compromise step by step.

Emperor Yonghe finally broke her rebellious bones as he wished, and contentedly kept her in the palace as a canary, pampering her every night, and enjoying unlimited glory, but Empress Yuan never had a child again.

Because as early as after giving birth to Chu Nanchen, Empress Yuan cut off her path to having children with a basin of cold water.

Unfortunate children, one is enough.

After hearing this, Jiang Lingyi couldn't help but feel sad.

Speaking of which, she was much luckier than Empress Yuan. Although Chu Nanchen was also unable to get what he wanted, he was not as extreme and violent as Emperor Yonghe. At least since marrying into the Prince's Mansion, Chu Nanchen had never hurt her.

The pain that had been buried in her heart for many years was finally vented, and Empress Yuan felt that the depression in her heart was instantly dissipated.

She raised her hand and pulled out a silver hairpin from her head and handed it to Jiang Lingyi, "Yier, this is the token of love between Ah Heng and me. I hope you can help me send it to Ah Heng, which can be regarded as the fulfillment of our love for so many years."

As the current empress, it is too difficult for Empress Yuan to leave the palace once.

Jiang Lingyi nodded and took it, putting it in her arms, "Don't worry, mother, I will definitely help you realize your wish, but before that, I hope you can take care of your body more."

Emperor Yonghe is dead, and Empress Yuan's good days are here, so Jiang Lingyi hopes that she can live a healthy life.

Empress Yuan smiled and responded, "Okay, I'll remember it."

After leaving Fengyi Palace, Jiang Lingyi sent someone to tell Chu Nanchen, and then left the palace first.

There are still two days before the burial of Prince Jing'an. Jiang Lingyi doesn't want to delay too much. If something goes wrong, it will be Empress Yuan's lifelong regret.

Empress Yuan has suffered enough in her life, and Jiang Lingyi doesn't want her to fail even in her last request.

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After leaving the palace, Jiang Lingyi dismissed most of the people and went straight to the Jing'an Palace with Yunlan Chuntao and two guards.

The reason for the simplified trip was to avoid attracting too much attention. After all, it was not appropriate for a princess consort to go to someone else's mansion late at night. She left two guards, one to protect her own safety, and the other to prevent Chu Nanchen from being suspicious.

Outside the gate of Prince Jing'an's mansion, there was a mourning scene, and the two white lanterns in front of the gate looked even more desolate under the illumination of the night.

Jiang Lingyi had heard that since the body of Prince Jing'an was sent back to Prince Jing'an's mansion, Princess Jing'an had cried and fainted several times, and it was even difficult to walk in severe cases.

Princess Jing'an had a heart disease and could not stand stimulation.

After the message was passed, Jiang Lingyi took Yun Lan Chuntao and two guards to the mourning hall.

In the solemn mourning hall, Lu Tingyu knelt alone in mourning clothes in front of the solemn coffin, and his once straight back had completely collapsed.

Princess Jing'an was not there, and Jiang Lingyi guessed that she had fainted again.

If this continued, I'm afraid her life would be in danger.

Jiang Lingyi took a few steps forward, looked at Lu Tingyu's back and called him 'Prince Lu'.

Lu Tingyu's body trembled, turned his head and saw Jiang Lingyi looking at him with a distressed face.

Lu Tingyu wanted to hug her and tell her about his sadness, but when he saw the two guards, he immediately came to his senses and called her 'Crown Princess' coldly.

Jiang Lingyi did not avoid the people behind her and took out the silver hairpin in her hand, "This is something that my mother wants to give to Prince Jing'an. Please ask Prince Lu to pass it on for me."

Prince Jing'an is dead, so he can't pass it on, and can only be buried with him.

Lu Tingyu immediately understood what Queen Yuan meant, but he didn't take it, "Since it is something that Queen Mother gave to my father, then the Crown Princess should pass it on directly."

Jiang Lingyi was a little surprised, but still nodded.

Lu Tingyu ordered people to open the coffin, and Prince Jing'an lay in it with a pale face, but he was holding a jade pendant tightly in his hand.

Lu Tingyu spoke to himself: "My father told me that this was the jade pendant given to him by the Queen when he and the Queen were engaged. He wore it for the rest of his life. When I found my father's body, he was still holding it tightly in his hand and couldn't pry it apart."

Not being able to marry Queen Yuan was also a regret of Prince Jing'an's life.

Jiang Lingyi opened her mouth, but in the end, she said nothing.

Putting the silver hairpin in her hand on King Jing'an's heart, Jiang Lingyi suddenly remembered something, looked at Lu Tingyu, and begged, "Can I take a lock of King Jing'an's hair and give it to the queen?"

The rest of her life is long, and Queen Yuan must have something to support her faith.

Before Lu Tingyu could answer, Princess Jing'an's voice came from the door, "Give it to her."

Princess Jing'an has loved Prince Jing'an all her life, but she has never been able to enter his heart. However, despite this, her heart is still filled with his presence.

At the same time, Princess Jing'an also knew that King Jing'an had a deep love for Queen Yuan, so she was willing to help Jiang Lingyi.

With Princess Jing'an's words, the girl immediately turned around and went down to look for the scissors.

Princess Jing'an walked up to Jiang Lingyi and looked at the little girl who was completely different from three years ago. She couldn't help showing a trace of guilt in her eyes, "I'm sorry for you. I hope you can live a happier life than Queen Yuan for the rest of your life." some."

Although she knew that Jiang Lingyi would eventually marry into the East Palace even if she didn't dissuade her, Princess Jing'an still felt that she was sorry for Jiang Lingyi.

It was she who sprinkled a pinch of salt on Jiang Lingyi when she was in the most pain, making her already difficult-to-heal wounds even more ferocious.

Jiang Lingyi didn't speak, not because she resented Princess Jing'an, but because she knew in her heart that Princess Jing'an's wishes were destined to be impossible to come true.

The deep palace is like a man-eating beast. How can people be happy in it?

Taking away a strand of King Jingan's hair, Jiang Lingyi turned around and walked out without any hesitation. Her movements were as simple as if she had already let go of her old relationship with Lu Tingyu, but everyone knew that she had not, because in her eyes, It was already wet.

…

On the eighth day of February in the twenty-first year of Yonghe's reign, Chu Nanchen ascended the throne at the petition of all ministers and moved into Qianqing Palace.

Jiang Lingyi naturally became the queen and moved into Fengyi Palace where Empress Zeng Yuan was, unifying the six palaces.

On the day the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he made Chu Lingxiu the crown prince to stabilize the country and Zuo.

Empress Yuan's body has become weaker and weaker since the death of King Jing'an. After moving to Ci'an Palace, she did not go out once for ten days and a half. She huddled in the palace and did nothing else. She just sat on the small couch in front of the window. He was in a daze, and only when Jiang Lingyi came over did he show a slight smile.

Jiang Lingyi knew that King Jing'an was dead, and he took the living heart of Queen Yuan with him.

One day, Queen Yuan got the news from somewhere that Princess Jing'an's health had been getting worse since King Jing'an was buried, so she asked Jiang Lingyi to take her out of the palace once.

Jiang Lingyi agreed and took her to Prince Jing'an's Mansion that day.

After being far away from the cannibalistic place in the harem, Queen Yuan was instantly happy, and her face showed a rare relaxed look.

The news that Queen Yuan received was also true. Princess Jing'an could not get out of bed at this time. The imperial doctor said that it probably happened in the past two days.

Queen Yuan couldn't help but feel a little sad, "It's obviously a good time for spring and flowers are blooming, why isn't her health feeling better?"

On the surface, Queen Yuan felt sorry for Princess Jing'an, but in fact, she was sad for herself.

In the past, Princess Jing'an was a bit jealous of Queen Yuan, after all, she was her husband's favorite woman, but now, life is coming to an end, and the past grudges have been wiped out.

The two miserable women chatted and laughed like close friends for a long time, and Queen Yuan returned to the palace with a satisfied look on her face.

However, that night, Jiang Lingyi received the news that Princess Jing'an had passed away due to serious illness.

However, Yun Lan said that Princess Jing'an did not die in pain, which was a little comfort.

Early the next morning, Jiang Lingyi wanted to tell Queen Yuan the news, but when she arrived at Ci'an Palace, she discovered that Queen Yuan had already left for a long time. She was smiling and holding the strand of Prince Jing'an's black hair tightly in her hand. .

Jiang Lingyi was stunned for a while, and then she knelt down in front of Queen Yuan's bed and said with red eyes: "Queen Mother, you are gone. I am the only one left in this palace..."

In the deep palace, no one will be with her from now on.

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