usatvline Chapter 388 The Concubine Wants the Emperor to Die
Chapter 388 The Concubine Wants the Emperor to Die
"Now Donor Shu lives in the backyard of Wanguo Temple." The abbot said, looking at Xie Ci'an cautiously.
Xie Ci'an looked normal, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry, nor could one guess what he was thinking.
Just as the host was hesitating to say something to test Xie Ci'an, Mr. Xie Ci'an said, "Go check."
Xie Ci'an spat out these two words coldly, which made the host's expression ease a little. The emperor did not blame them for taking in Concubine Shu.
When the county magistrate and the abbess of the nunnery came to him for help, he agreed without thinking too much. However, he did not think about this relationship. He was really careless. It seems that he still needs to think more about it in the future.
Gu Jianchu remained silent, picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip silently.
A moment later, Wen Zhu, who had gone to check on the two little Shani, returned first. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I found this white powder at the places the two young masters mentioned. Although it snowed, the rat poison was scattered in the corner and was not covered by the snow."
Xie Ci'an glanced at Doctor Lin.
Doctor Lin stepped forward cautiously, took the rat poison from Wen Zhu's hand, and sniffed it again and again. "These two rat poisons are made of the same poison. They have a pungent smell and are mainly used to repel rats or insects. However, those insects can also die if they eat this medicine. However, the smell is too pungent. It is not the same poison as the rat poison in the Empress's pregnancy-maintaining medicine. The poison in the Empress's pregnancy-maintaining medicine has no smell, but it is very toxic. Just a little bit can kill a cow."
Hearing this, the two little Shanis breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time.
Of course, they couldn't poison the baby, but they were more worried that someone with ulterior motives would pick up the poison on the ground and put it into the Queen's pregnancy-preserving medicine, which would make them guilty.
Fortunately not.
This served as a warning to them. They should never use rat poison again. It was too dangerous. If someone accidentally ate it, wouldn't it make a difference that they didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of them?
Xie Ci'an stroked the teacup in front of him, staring sharply at the door.
The heavy door curtain was lifted, and Cheng Song, along with two imperial guards, pushed Shu in.
Shu's eyes changed from panic to expectation, and then to horror when she saw Gu Jianchu sitting there safely.
Why isn't she dead yet?
Although Shu hated it, she quickly suppressed her emotions.
She must take this opportunity to win the emperor's heart, so that she can have the chance to return to the palace and not have to stay in this ghostly place where no one can help her all day.
Shu broke free from the two guards' grip on her arms and said, "Let me go. I can walk on my own."
The guards glanced at the emperor, and when they saw him waving at them, they loosened their grip and stepped aside, keeping an eye on Shu's movements at all times, to prevent her from being so bold as to do harm to the emperor and the empress.
Shu Shi looked at Xie Ci'an and couldn't help but throw a seductive glance at him. Her body seemed to have no bones and she knelt down softly, "Your Majesty."
After paying her respects, Shu's voice was tinged with tears, and she looked at Xie Ci'an with tears in her eyes. "Your Majesty, you have finally come to see me. I have missed you so much. I have been praying for you and the people of Jin for a long time. It's just that this place is so shabby that I can't stay here any longer. When will your Majesty take me back to the palace? This time, I will definitely not cause any trouble and will serve you peacefully."
As Shu said this, she stood up and knelt towards Xie Ci'an.
Seeing Shu's appearance, Gu Jianchu couldn't help but curl up the corner of his mouth into a sneer.
Because Shu was born in the Duke of Anguo's mansion and had the Empress Dowager as her backer, she was domineering and looked down on everyone in the palace. She would never do such a thing. Now, in order to regain the emperor's favor, she did all the things she was unwilling to do before.
Gu Jianchu didn't want to get involved in the matter of Concubine Shu, and just watched quietly.
Shu crawled in front of Xie Ci'an. Before her slender white fingers could touch Xie Ci'an's thigh, Xie Ci'an raised his leg and kicked Shu in the chest with disgust, "Don't touch me, you dirty thing."
Is he some lecherous creature?
For the sake of a woman who is even slightly pretty, he even ignored his wife and children.
In terms of appearance, Shu is slightly inferior to the queen. Although the queen's appearance is not the most beautiful woman in the capital, she has a beautiful appearance that makes people happy when they see her.
Shu didn't expect Xie Ci'an to be like this. Her whole body fell backwards defenselessly and she lay on her back on the ground. Severe pain spread in her chest and her abdomen felt a burning pain. The violent contraction made her want to cough. She coughed out a mouthful of blood. She panicked instantly, and her original hope turned into fear of Xie Ci'an.
Shu could clearly feel that when she approached Xie Ci'an, Xie Ci'an really had murderous intentions towards her.
In the past, I only heard that emperors were ruthless, but now I have truly seen what it means to be ruthless. He truly has no mercy at all.
He treasures those he loves and treats those he doesn't like as worn-out shoes. It is said that the emperor falls in love with every woman he sees, and as long as one is beautiful and capable, one can win the emperor's favor. Now it seems that this is not the case, or Xie Ci'an is just an accident.
Xie Ci'an's heart has always been towards Gu Jianchu.
When Shu Shi felt the pain spreading from her chest, she was truly terrified. She quickly knelt down again, curled up into a ball, and prostrated herself before the Emperor and Empress. "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I understand. I truly know I was wrong."
"You are just a commoner now, and I have dismissed all the concubines from the palace. What right do you have to call yourself a concubine?" Xie Ci'an clenched the cup beside him tightly with his fingers, and his eyes swept across Shu fiercely.
Hearing this, Shu looked at the emperor and empress in shock.
She was not shocked that the emperor called her a commoner, but she was shocked that Xie Ci'an actually dismissed all the concubines in the harem for Gu Jianchu. This was truly an unprecedented first.
The queen is really good at tricking the emperor into doing this.
Before she could recover from the shock, Xie Ci'an's voice, filled with pressure, resounded in the meditation room, "That little Shani confessed that you asked him to buy rat poison."
Shu glanced at the young monk next to her. From the look in his eyes, she knew he had already confessed. It was no use for her to defend herself. She knelt there dejectedly, not daring to look Xie Ci'an in the eye. "Yes, I bought it. The backyard where I live attracts rats at night. Their chirping makes it hard for me to fall asleep. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I asked this young master to buy me a bag of rat poison. I want to sprinkle it in the room to prevent the rats from coming out and bothering me again."