Quick Wear: The Enchanting Concubine, Rules of Survival and Plunder

Chapter 938: The Ungrateful Son 4

"Yes! You are right," Chen agreed, very satisfied with Zhong Ling's words, "When my son sits on the throne and I become the empress dowager, I want to see who still dares to look down on my background."

He was brainless and Chen promised that he was not worried about his son's safety at all at this time.

Or perhaps in her heart, she felt that the emperor had sent people to protect her son, so she had nothing to worry about.

Half a month passed quickly. That night, the third prince that Chen had promised developed a high fever and died the next morning.

"Ah! My Ming'er, open your eyes and look at your mother." Chen Da Ying cried sadly while holding his son's body.

"Why does Chen Da Ying's crying sound so beautiful?" Jiang Chunxi, Hui Fei, and Shupin walked in from outside. It was Shupin who spoke first. "It's comparable to the beautiful cry I made when I lost the Fourth Prince. I just wonder if Chen Da Ying's grief for losing a son can compare to mine."

Concubine Hui stared at Chen Da Ying with a sinister smile on her face. "Chen Da Ying, how does it feel to lose a child? My eldest prince has become a fool, so how can the third prince be immune? After all, they are all the emperor's sons. It's impossible that the other princes have a high fever while the third prince is completely fine, right?"

"Haha! Brothers should share happiness and hardship together, otherwise, what kind of brothers are they?"

"It's you," Chen agreed, staring at Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu with murderous eyes. "You are the ones who killed my Ming'er, right?"

"Chen, agree," Jiang Chunxi said sternly, "I understand your pain of losing your son, but you can't just speak without thinking and slander others."

"You bitch are no good either," Chen agreed, looking at Jiang Chunxi fiercely. "It must be you bitches who teamed up to kill my son. The hatred of killing my son is irreconcilable. I must let the emperor execute you and avenge my son."

"Yes! The hatred for killing a son is irreconcilable," said Concubine Shu in a sinister voice. "Chen's promise really touched my heart."

"Yes! The hatred of killing a son is irreconcilable," Concubine Hui said with a sinister smile, "So what gave Chen the confidence to agree? Do you think your son can escape unscathed?"

"Alright, all of you, keep your mouths to yourself!" Jiang Chunxi began. "It's a good thing the Emperor isn't here. Otherwise, if he had listened to you two, he wouldn't have let you go. You know, in the Emperor's heart, Chen Yingda and the Third Prince are his lifeblood! Now that the Third Prince, his lifeblood, is in danger, even if there's no evidence, won't the Emperor still be furious?"

"If Your Majesty wants my life, then just take it," Shupin collapsed and yelled, "My child is gone anyway, and I'm nothing more than a walking corpse. I really don't care about my life."

The death of her son has driven Concubine Shu crazy. She really doesn't care about her own life now, otherwise she wouldn't have joined forces with Concubine Hui to kill the third prince. Isn't that just putting her own life out of the matter?

"Ah! I will fight you." Chen Aying put the body of the child in his arms and rushed towards Shupin madly.

Shupin's maid naturally had to protect her master, but Shupin didn't need the maid to protect her at this time. She pushed away the maid who was blocking her, and then started to wrestle with Chen Da Ying.

"Ridiculous, ridiculous," Jiang Chunxi was furious. "Someone, come! Pull Shupin and Chenda away quickly."

The servants present immediately stepped forward to pull Shupin and Chen Da Ying apart, and at this time the emperor finally arrived.

As soon as the emperor received the news of the third prince's death after leaving court, he rushed over as quickly as possible.

"Your Majesty," Chen promised, crying and throwing himself into the emperor's arms as soon as he saw him. "Our Ming'er is dead. He died in my arms."

"It was them," Chen Ying pointed at Jiang Chunxi and the other two with hatred in his eyes. "They killed my Ming'er. Your Majesty, you must execute them immediately to avenge our Ming'er."

The emperor looked at Jiang Chunxi and the other two with a sinister look. That murderous look left no doubt in the minds of those present that the emperor really wanted to kill them.

It’s just that Jiang Chunxi was not afraid. Not to mention Jiang Chunxi, even Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu looked at the emperor without fear.

"Your Majesty, it was Chen Ying who killed my Fourth Prince," Concubine Shu said, looking directly at the Emperor. "They are all your own flesh and blood. Your Majesty, please do not show favoritism. Execute Chen Ying immediately to avenge my Fourth Prince."

"And there's my eldest prince," Concubine Hui continued, "My eldest prince was made idiot by Chen Yiying. Your Majesty, won't you seek justice for the eldest prince? Must you let this vicious woman, Chen Yiying, go unpunished?"

"What happened with the First and Fourth Princes was just an accident. There's no evidence that Chen Yingda was responsible," the Emperor said grimly, "but you..."

"Does Your Majesty have evidence to prove that the Third Prince was killed by the three of us?" Jiang Chunxi interrupted the emperor with a sneer. "Your Majesty, please don't be too partial. We three couldn't get Your Majesty to convict Chen without any evidence either. So why does Your Majesty want to convict us three without any evidence?"

"Your Majesty," Jiang Chunxi looked at the emperor with a stern gaze, "I am the Empress of the Central Palace. You are slandering me without any evidence just for a favored concubine. You want to convict me, but you don't even consider whether the royal family and the Empress Dowager would agree."

"Empress..." the emperor gritted his teeth and said, "I am the emperor..."

"So what?" Jiang Chunxi interrupted the emperor again with a high voice. "So what if you are the emperor? Just because you are the emperor, can you become an executioner who can't tell right from wrong? Do you want to become a tyrant just for her promise?"

"The Queen Mother has arrived."

Just at this moment, the Queen Mother walked in from outside with a dark face.

Everyone immediately saluted the Queen Mother, except the Emperor and Chen agreed.

"Mother, the Third Prince has passed away. Shouldn't you give me an explanation?" The Emperor glared at the Queen Mother and said, "Ever since you took control of the palace, my princes have been in trouble one after another..."

"What explanation do you want me to give you?" the Queen Mother said coldly, looking at the Emperor. "You know best what the Emperor has done. If the Emperor insists on blaming me, then I can only investigate thoroughly and give you an explanation."

"But if I really find evidence, it can't just be shown to the emperor. At least the royal family must be given an explanation and the evidence must be shown to the royal family as well."

As she spoke, the Queen Mother gave the Emperor a cold look: "So I advise His Majesty to be more careful with what you say. Some things are better left unsaid than revealed. Once something is done, it will be traced back to the past."

"Your Majesty, what do you think?" The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor provocatively.