So, it means that Consort Yehe and Consort Ansu betrayed each other in front of the Queen Mother?
Ji Wushang looked at the plump woman dressed in gorgeous clothes. She was probably only in her fifties. She was very well-maintained, with simple hair ornaments and a Buddhist rosary in her hand, but her eyes were extremely sharp.
Ji Wushang stepped forward, and in a split second, knelt down to pay his respects, "Wushang greets the Empress Dowager!"
"No need for formalities." The Empress Dowager glanced coldly at Ji Wushang. "I've heard that Princess Wushang brought her child with her when she married into Qingzhao!"
"Yes." It's the truth, there's nothing to hide, and everyone knows it.
"Bringing your child to marry into Qingzhao? Is this the sincerity of you people of the Great Xia Zhou Dynasty?" The Queen Dowager slammed her hand on the table and stood up, her face filled with boundless anger!
"That was decided between the King and the Emperor. Wu Shang doesn't know the specifics!" Ji Wu Shang said coldly.
"Oh? So that means He'er agrees to let you bring your child and marry her?" The Queen Mother looked at Ji Wushang with her small eyes.
"Yes!" Ji Wushang gritted his teeth. He remembered all three women!
"However, I disagree!" Empress Dowager Wang sneered as she stepped forward. "You married into Qingzhao, yet you have a son with you! This is unreasonable and contrary to common sense!"
Ji Wushang snorted coldly, "Then why did you make me marry into this family in the first place? Why didn't you refuse me before I married you, so that I and Huangfu Jun'an could stay in the Zongwang Mansion?"
"Mother, it's already a fait accompli, alas!" At this moment, Consort Yehe feigned a coquettish tone and said, "It truly brings shame upon our Qingzhao!"
The Empress Dowager glanced coldly at Consort Yehe, then turned to Ji Wushang, "I heard that your son fell into the water a few days ago? He almost drowned? And it was He'er who saved him?"
"yes."
"Oh?" The Queen Mother gave a cold laugh. "Then, did Princess Wushang serve He'er?"
The eunuchs in charge of the servants usually keep records of the service, and the Empress Dowager could easily check them. Asking Ji Wushang about it now is clearly just to embarrass him.
“No.” Ji Wushang lowered his eyes.
"Very well, since he hasn't had even the slightest connection with He'er, then he's not one of Qingzhao's people." The Empress Dowager smiled. "That makes things much easier." She glanced at Ji Wushang from head to toe. "I also think that He'er wouldn't fall for someone like him!"
Ji Wushang felt a surge of anger, but he forced it down!
"Guards, offer the princess wine!" The Empress Dowager turned around and was already seated, while Ji Wushang was still kneeling!
Please have some wine!
Ji Wushang suddenly looked up and saw a palace maid coming forward, carrying a plate with a wine cup and a pot of wine on it!
But when he turned his head, he saw the cold smiles of Consort Yehe and Consort Ansu!
That wine was poisoned! Just now, the Empress Dowager was testing Ji Wushang to see if he had any relationship with Tuoba Heyan. If not, she would kill him.
Ji Wushang shook his head. He couldn't die. Huangfu Jun'an's illness wasn't fully cured, and he hadn't entrusted his care to Beigong Minhao. If he died, everyone in the Mi Luo Palace would be next! And Huangfu Jun'an would definitely die too!
"I dare not ask for a reward, nor do I dare accept the wine bestowed by the Empress Dowager." Ji Wushang gritted his teeth and had no choice but to kowtow to the Empress Dowager.
I am in a weak position right now! It is nominally a gift of wine, and I cannot say anything ambiguous. If I do, I will be disrespectful to the Queen Mother, and she can immediately use any excuse to order my death!
The Empress Dowager raised a cold eyebrow slightly, "I have also heard that you have trespassed into He'er's Worry-Free Garden. Although He'er is unaware of it, how could I possibly ignore it!"
"That's just one side of the story. I urge Your Majesty to investigate!" Ji Wushang glared at Consort Yehe with resentment. He had been guarding against her plotting against him in the palace, but who would have thought that Consort Yehe would actually use the Empress Dowager to gossip about him in front of her! She was truly ruthless!
Without evidence, he couldn't tell Tuoba Heyan. Besides, Tuoba Heyan had said that keeping Yehe Consort alive was useful... which clearly meant he didn't want anything to happen to Yehe Consort! As a result, he had absolutely no point of support or protection!
"Only one side of the story?" The Empress Dowager turned her gaze to Consort Yehe. "Consort Yehe, what is your opinion?"
"I saw Princess Wushang go to Wuyou Garden with my own eyes! She trespassed on the king's forbidden area and deserves to be punished!" Consort Yehe looked at Ji Wushang with a sinister expression, her beautiful face now twisted with endless malice!
"Then the King should be the one to punish you. Your Majesty, you reside in the inner palace and have just returned from your Buddhist practice. Please take good care of yourself. If you are overworked, the King will be saddened."
"What a silver tongue she has!" Consort Ansu smiled. "What beautiful words!"
Empress Dowager Wang's cold eyes turned to Ji Wushang. "Further words are useless. I know more than you think! You cannot stay! Bring the wine!"
Ji Wushang watched as the wine was brought to him, and a palace maid came forward to pour him a cup!
Ji Wushang's breathing quickened; she tensed up, her fiery eyes fixed on the Empress Dowager, her hands clenched tightly beneath her sleeves.
"If you go, I can raise your son well; if you don't comply, I will make your son die in front of you!" As she spoke, the Empress Dowager turned her head.
"Mother! Mother! Mother!" Huangfu Jun'an was carried in by a palace maid! He tried to struggle, but the palace maid held him tightly. Seeing this, other palace maids immediately stepped forward, and several of them managed to capture Huangfu Jun'an!
"I miss you! I miss you!" Ji Wushang cried out loudly!
With a wave of her hand, several strong palace maids stepped forward, each grabbing one of Ji Wushang's arms!
"Give me some wine!" the Empress Dowager said again, her red teeth gleaming.
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☆、307 Tuoba Heyan! Tuoba Heyan! (Climax is exciting!)
307. Tuoba Heyan! Tuoba Heyan! (Climax!)
Ji Wushang took a deep breath, staring intently at Huangfu Jun'an, who was now teary-eyed, without even trying to break free from the two palace maids' restraints. "Don't hurt him!" she said softly.
Ji Wushang looked at Huangfu Jun'an, tears welling up in her eyes, "Nianlang, don't cry, your mother is here."
"Mother, Mother! Waaah, it hurts so much! They're hurting Nianlang so badly!" Huangfu Jun'an cried out, demanding Ji Wushang, "Mother, Mother!"
"Don't hurt the child!" Ji Wushang looked at the palace maids. "Don't hurt him... I beg you." Ji Wushang sobbed, finally unable to hold back her tears.
Children's skin is very sensitive, and the palace maids on this side, who had captured Huangfu Jun'an and prevented him from struggling, had already caused red marks on Huangfu Jun'an's wrists.
The palace maids remained silent, still clinging tightly to Huangfu Jun'an as if afraid he would fly away!
Ji Wushang turned her head and looked at the Empress Dowager with resentment. The Empress Dowager was startled by her somewhat red eyes and resentful gaze, but quickly calmed down.
"Does Your Majesty keep your word?" Ji Wushang asked at this moment.
"Of course, if you die, I can raise this child in your place!" The Empress Dowager sneered inwardly. If you die, just send him down to join you! So you can be mother and child together again!
Ji Wushang's eyes were cold as she looked at Huangfu Jun'an again, "Nianlang, don't be afraid!"
"Mother, Mother, Mother!" Huangfu Jun'an looked at Ji Wushang with tears in her eyes. Her little hands tried to grab Ji Wushang, but she couldn't hold on no matter what she did!
Ji Wushang had already shifted her gaze. She glanced at the people around her and suddenly felt it was truly laughable. She had indeed fought a lot in her second life, and had avenged all the hatred she had once harbored. However, she never expected to end up like this, still meeting a tragic end! Could she really be reborn?
No, she knew it wouldn't happen again.
Moreover, without Nan Xuzong, the world is cold and lifeless. Even if I were reborn, I could never walk this path again. I miss him so much.
Nan Xuzong. Ji Wushang felt a pang of sorrow in his heart.
But there's still Nianlang, his only remaining concern! If I die, who will take care of him? But if I don't drink the poison now, Huangfu Jun'an will die right in front of me! How can I bear to let him suffer like that again?
Ji Wushang's tears flowed again.
A few seconds later, Ji Wushang suppressed his tears.
"Thank you for the wine, Your Majesty!" Ji Wushang's tone was icy, and his whole body exuded a murderous aura.
The Empress Dowager paused for a moment, but quickly suppressed her reaction, offering little comment and simply making a gesture.
Immediately, a palace maid stepped forward carrying poisoned wine.
Ji Wushang smiled coldly, "Let me go, I'll drink it myself!" He couldn't die so undignified! He wanted to die standing, to die with a smile! He would remember these people! When he reached the King of Hell, he would make a scene and demand justice!
The palace maids looked at the Queen Mother, who, knowing she could no longer escape, nodded.
The palace maids released Ji Wushang, who gave them a cold look, then rubbed his arms and stood up.
Just as Consort Yehe was about to erupt in anger, the Empress Dowager immediately waved her hand to stop her, saying, "She's just a dying man!" Her words were already so blunt.
Ji Wushang gave Yehe Consort a sinister look. Yehe Clan, Ansu Clan, and this Empress Dowager! You all just wait. If I, Ji Wushang, am not dead, I will make you regret it for the rest of your lives!
Ji Wushang looked at Huangfu Junan and suddenly smiled, "Nianlang, be good, Mother is fine."
"Mother!" Huangfu Jun'an called out again, and all the palace maids grabbed him, preventing him from getting any closer to Ji Wushang.
Ji Wushang lowered her eyes, took the wine cup from the maid's hand, and smiled as she looked at the clear wine inside.
Cong, I'm here! I can finally be with you again!
If there is an afterlife, let us be husband and wife again!
Remember, we made a promise to be reborn, and to never forget this life!
Ji Wushang choked up, tears falling into the wine glass, gently rippling. Then she raised the glass, tilted her head back, and poured the wine into her mouth!
Instantly, the wine glass fell to the ground with a loud clatter, and Ji Wushang collapsed to the ground!
"Wu Shang!" At the same time, a voice called out from outside, and a man practically flew in!
He looked at Ji Wushang lying on the ground, tears still streaming down her face, blood already gushing from her mouth!
We're still too late!
"You!" Tuoba Heyan roared in fury. He scooped Ji Wushang up in his arms. Damn it! What to do!
"Wu Shang, Wu Shang!" he cried out.
In a daze, Ji Wushang seemed to hear Nan Xucong's voice calling out. Her eyes were lifeless. "Cong, Cong, is that you?"
Tuoba Heyan was stunned. Even in her death, she kept calling out her deceased husband's name! Nan Xucong, Nan Xucong, Huangfu Zong! Tuoba Heyan was filled with both anger and jealousy!
"Yan'er, your mother is doing this for your own good. This Princess Wushang is no good!" the Empress Dowager quickly said.
Tuoba Heyan's face was full of gloom. He suppressed his extraneous thoughts, took out a small bottle from his pocket, and then gave Ji Wushang three pills.
"Mother, Mother! Waaah! Waaah!" Huangfu Jun'an cried out loudly as he saw Ji Wushang lying lifeless with blood flowing from his mouth!
Tuoba Heyan turned his head and saw that the palace maids were capturing Huangfu Jun'an!
Tuoba Heyan was furious. His dark eyes looked at the Empress Dowager, Consort Yehe, and Consort Ansu. He gritted his teeth and squeezed out the words, "If anything happens to them, mother and son, don't blame me for being disrespectful!" He snorted coldly, picked up Ji Wushang in one go, and headed straight for his palace!
The Empress Dowager was completely stunned. She sat in her chair, her face pale. The way she had looked at Tuoba Heyan just now was as if she wanted to torture them all to death!
"Mother..." Consort Yehe was frightened. She looked at the Empress Dowager; now, only the Empress Dowager could protect them! Consort Ansu was also astonished. "What, what should we do?" Why was Tuoba Heyan so concerned about that Princess Wushang? He should be disdainful! Besides, wasn't Tuoba Heyan supposed to be gone for three days? Shouldn't he be back tomorrow? How did he get here already?
"...It's alright. Yan'er will definitely have a use for Princess Wushang." She knew her own son well; Tuoba Heyan wouldn't do anything without value! This was the son she had raised; how could she not know him? The Empress Dowager glanced at the two women, "You two had better hurry up and give me a grandson! Yan'er is not young anymore; if he doesn't have the inclination, you two should put in some effort!"
"Yes," Consort Yehe and Consort Ansu immediately replied.
Empress Dowager Wang turned to look at Huangfu Jun'an, who was still struggling. Huangfu Jun'an was also staring at her with wide eyes, crying out, "You old hag! You actually forced my mother to her death! You old hag!"
"You!" Empress Dowager Wang was furious. She stood up and pointed at Huangfu Jun'an, "How dare you insult me?"
"Old hag, old hag! You're all bad people! Bad people! Bad people!" Huangfu Jun'an bit down hard on the palace maid's wrist, and the maid immediately cried out in pain, "You!"