kingnovel Chapter 458: Love Gu is Dead
Chapter 458: Love Gu is Dead
It takes time to get to know a person, and it takes even more time to change your impression of a person.
What's more, this person is different from others to Jun Zeqian.
Jun Yunting came to Jinxiu Palace.
At this time, the queen was leaning against the head of the bed, and her maid Xiaochu was feeding her medicine.
The queen's face was pale and she was wearing a wig on her head. Her originally stunning beauty had disappeared and she looked more than ten years older than she had been a few days ago.
"Your son pays respects to the Queen Mother." Jun Yunting knelt on the ground: "Is the Queen Mother feeling better?"
"Get up." The queen said weakly, "Why did you come here at this time?"
"My mother, my father is seriously ill, the court is in trouble, and the other princes are ready to make a move. I have come to ask for your advice." Jun Yunting raised his head slowly, his eyes fell on the queen's face: "What should we do next?"
"What should I do?" The queen smiled and said, "You want to ascend the throne?"
Jun Yunting lowered his head and said nothing, but his silence already made his position clear.
"Sure enough, like father will give birth to like son." She pushed the medicine bowl aside and looked at him with cold eyes: "The Western Region is now an empty shell. You ascended the throne at this time, could it be that you want to fill the hole for your father? Over the years, you have been the prince and have indeed accumulated a lot of family property, but compared with the huge national treasury, your family property is just a drop in the bucket. Even if you add my own and your grandfather's, it is not enough." After she finished speaking, she began to cough.
"Then, what should we do?"
"Stupid!" The Queen whispered, "How could I give birth to such a stupid son like you!" She pointed at Jun Zeqian and said, "With your brain, I'm afraid you'll be pulled down from the throne before you even have a firm grip on it."
"My son is stupid, please enlighten me, mother."
"You are the crown prince, but your father's son is not the only one. Those who have been crowned as princes and those who have not been crowned are all princes. Don't they have any extravagant dreams of the throne? Whenever they have any ideas, they always have to pay something. Now that your father is seriously ill, it is the best time for them to have hope of pulling you, the crown prince, down from this position. Since they want to go further, let them fight. After they fill the hole in the treasury, you, the crown prince, can reap the benefits. You are the legitimate son of the royal family. As long as you don't do anything out of line, no one can depose you. From now on, you are the legitimate emperor, and they are all your subjects. Life and death are all up to you."
The queen's words were like an epiphany, making him understand everything.
"Thank you for your advice, mother."
The queen glanced at him and said impatiently, "Anything else?"
"No, I just came to see you, mother."
"I am tired, you can go back." The Queen whispered, "I will order people to keep an eye on the court. I will know everything about any disturbance, so you don't have to worry."
"Thank you, mother, for your planning." The prince's face was full of joy: "Mother, take good care of me. I will take my leave."
Seeing him leave, the queen whispered, "Where is the Seventh Prince and that bitch?"
"My queen, the Seventh Prince has been in the Prince's Mansion recently, and that deposed concubine is still like a living dead, you don't have to worry."
"I won't feel at ease until that woman dies." The queen rubbed her brows. She had nightmares frequently recently. In her dreams, that woman was coming to take her life.
"My lady, that woman is already a living dead, she can't make any waves." Xiaochu comforted her, "We have people in their house, but the ones who really serve her are the Seventh Prince's people, and the guards are extremely strict. There are many people testing the medicine every day. Whether it's assassination or poisoning, we have tried it, all in vain."
"The Seventh Prince is getting older and his mind is so meticulous. It's hard not to suspect that he knows something." The Queen said in a deep voice: "Go ask the Sect Master to send a few people with outstanding martial arts skills." She whispered: "Also, has Jun Luoyun returned to Southern Xinjiang now?"
"I'm back."
"Humph, he is just a piece of trash. He has been with the City King for so many years. Now that his daughter is back, he can't even be equal to her, not to mention suppressing her. He is stupid and a piece of trash!"
"It's not the princess' fault." Xiaochu sighed, "The father and son of the City Prince are really hard to approach. Back then, Concubine Xiao spent so much effort and had a close relationship with the Prince of City, but she still couldn't marry into the City Prince's mansion."
As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a cold gaze falling on her.
"Are you mocking me when you say this?" The Queen said coldly, "I have also put in a lot of effort, but I still couldn't marry the City King."
Xiaochu was shocked, and she quickly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, I didn't mean that. I just remembered that Concubine Xiao and Prince Cheng were childhood sweethearts. There were rumors that Concubine Xiao and Prince Cheng had already had feelings for each other before she entered the palace."
The Queen glanced at her and said, "What about childhood sweethearts? What about innocent children? They spread gossip about Concubine Xiao and Jun Zeqian, but did they spread gossip about me and the City King?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Chu hurriedly shook his head: "Your Majesty is upright and honest, how can she be compared to someone as dissolute as Concubine Xiao? Who dares to spread gossip about Your Majesty?"
After hearing what she said, the Queen overturned the pills and said angrily, "Why? Why didn't anyone spread gossip about me?"
Xiaochu trembled and knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word.
"I have sacrificed half my life, but in the end I didn't even get a single gossip. Am I not even worthy of having my name listed together with his?" She didn't know what she was thinking of. She threw back the quilt and quickly came to the dressing table. Looking at the haggard face in the mirror, she touched it with her hand in disbelief. The next moment, she tossed the mirror to the ground like a madman. The edge of the bronze mirror just scratched her heart, and dark red blood flowed out. Not long after, at this moment, a white worm flowed out along with the blood. She felt a void in her heart and her body fell down weakly.
"Miss!"
The queen looked at the dead love insect and couldn't help but laugh. As she laughed, tears streamed down her face.
"Hahaha, dead, dead."
"Madam." Xiaochu looked at her worriedly: "Madam, what's wrong with you?"
The queen looked at the poisonous insect, covered the wound with one hand, and pulled the corner of her lips: "The last connection between me and him is also broken, nothing, nothing." She pulled off the hood, with a resolute look in her eyes: "From today on, I am the queen of this Western Region, the real queen. I will live for myself."
"My lady, you are injured. Let me bandage you!"
The Queen looked at her with cold eyes: "Publish the identity of Shang Ruoyi. I think there are still many people in Tianshun who don't know who she is."