108 ways to die for supporting characters

Chapter 72 After the Marriage was Kidnapped 8
Prince Yongan’s study.

Looking at his son in front of him, Prince Yong'an asked in a deep voice: "What's wrong with you recently? Why do you suddenly dote on Ning Zhaozhao? You weren't fooled into believing that bullshit rumor, were you?"

He looked left and right, up and down, and Ning Zhaozhao didn't seem like a person born with a phoenix destiny, because anyone with a little bit of brains would not do such a thing as snatching her sister's marriage and becoming someone else's concubine. If he went out to ask around, he would find that her reputation was ruined everywhere.

On the contrary, there is still some possibility for her elder sister who entered the palace.

After all, Concubine Ning has been favored by the emperor alone. Since she entered the palace, the emperor has never favored any other concubine.

Chu Rui knew that no matter what excuse he made, his father would not believe him, so he simply told Prince Yong'an what Ning Zhaozhao had said.

"My son asked someone to check it out, and everything she said was true."

Prince Yong'an slammed the desk and said, "How come you didn't tell me about such a big thing first? Prince Jin has private soldiers. Since you knew about it, why did you help him hide it? Shouldn't you take the initiative to report it to the emperor?"

Chu Rui pursed his lips and then explained, "Ning Zhaozhao said that the matter of the King of Jin raising private soldiers would be exposed by Zheng Yushi. She said that we can't change too many things, otherwise it will affect the course of history. My son thought that if these things caused my son to not be adopted by the emperor, wouldn't it be a loss?"

Prince Yongan: "Stupid! Women's views!"

Prince Yong'an didn't believe anything about the emperor adopting his own son because he had no heir, or Chu Rui becoming the crown prince and ascending the throne to become the emperor.

He only believes in immediate benefits!
It was obvious that as long as they exposed Prince Jin, their family would be rewarded by the emperor. Why didn't they want the ready-made benefits and instead thought about those illusory things? What was they thinking?

Moreover, apart from Prince Jin, the chance of his son being adopted would be even greater!
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After the morning court three days later, Prince Yong'an secretly handed the information he had investigated to the emperor. The emperor was furious when he saw the report and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter. Soon, Prince Jin's mansion was surrounded.

The King of Jin was furious in his mansion. He smashed things and cursed, "Don't let me know who told the secret, or I will kill him!"

Unfortunately, before he could find out who did it, the entire Prince Jin's Mansion was in trouble, and the fact that Prince Jin kept private soldiers was discovered.

Chu Chengqian issued an edict that raising private soldiers was considered treason, and all male members of the Prince of Jin's mansion were beheaded, and the rest were all demoted to commoners and exiled three thousand miles away.

Recently the Emperor has been keen on sending people into exile. Previously, he had sent Shunpin and Shufei's families into exile, and now he has sent Prince Jin's family into exile. The ministers in the court have been very quiet for a while, fearing that they would be the next officials to be exiled.

As a result, the emperor has been in a good mood during this period.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year and a palace banquet was held in the palace. When the emperor appeared holding Ning Yan's hand, everyone opened their mouths in surprise.

Ning Yan was already five months pregnant at this time, and the loose palace dress could not cover her pregnant belly.

Everyone in the hall knelt down and saluted: "Long live the emperor!"

Ning Yan saluted the Queen Mother, but was stopped by her: "No need to salute, you are pregnant now, so all etiquette is waived."

The empress dowager, who originally thought that Ning Yan's nose was not a nose and her eyes were not eyes, smiled so brilliantly.

Ning Yan's face was indifferent. She was not the kind of person who would repay evil with kindness. She still remembered how the old lady had tortured her before.

The Queen has not been in good health since she fell ill, and she did not even attend today's palace banquet.

The Queen Mother ordered someone to add a seat next to the Emperor and let Ning Yan sit at the top.

The Prince of Yong'an, who was sitting at the bottom, was completely stunned. Ning Zhaozhao had never said that a concubine in the palace had been pregnant, and the pregnant woman was her elder sister.

Was it that she failed to predict it, or was it that the child could not be born?
While he was still brainstorming, the emperor had already promoted Ning Yan.

"Mother, Yanyan has my child. I want to give her a higher position. What position do you think is suitable?"

The empress dowager's mind immediately started working at high speed. The child in Concubine Ning's belly was very likely the emperor's only flesh and blood.

If the boy is destined to inherit the throne in the future, the birth mother of the child cannot be too low in rank. "Let's make her a concubine first. Among the four concubines, only the Imperial Concubine is vacant, so let's make her the Imperial Concubine."

The queen's health is not very good. She has been suffering from a minor cold until now. She might not be able to hold on. Originally, the child in Ning Yan's belly could be adopted under the queen's name, so that he would have the status of a legitimate child.

Now she thinks it’s better to forget it. Her grandson cannot have a mother who dies young. What if people say that the grandson is a curse on his mother?
Chu Chengqian issued an edict on the spot, conferring the title of Imperial Concubine Chen on Ning Yan!
The two virtuous concubines looked at each other and felt a sinking feeling in their hearts: Why weren't they the ones who got pregnant?

She was named a noble concubine as soon as she became pregnant, and she also had a title. So, wouldn't she be able to be named queen after she gave birth to the child safely?

After all, the queen is becoming less and less useful.

After the New Year's Eve palace banquet, except for those royalists who were truly happy for the emperor, the rest of the people had their own thoughts. The palace banquet ended not long after the emperor took Ning Yan away.

When the Queen in Kunning Palace learned that Ning Yan was five months pregnant and was named Concubine Chen by the Emperor, she thought even more. She was a person who loved to dwell on trivial matters, and her illness became even worse.

It was New Year's Day, and the news that Concubine Chen was pregnant had just been revealed. If the Queen called the imperial physician, others would definitely think too much and it would cause the displeasure of the two big Buddhas in the palace, so she just endured it.

The imperial physician was not called until the sixth day. As a result, the imperial physician started shaking his head after taking the pulse.

"Your Majesty, you are depressed. I am really powerless to help you. Your Majesty... Your Majesty, please think positively!"

If you keep going on like this, you will only be waiting for death!

The queen also understood the imperial physician's implication, but she just couldn't get over it. What should she do?
She was the emperor's legitimate wife after all, but he treated her like a slave and rubbed her face on the ground!

Now the woman he likes is pregnant with his child again, so is she going to be abandoned?

Rather than being deposed, it would be better for her to die directly. At least she is still the queen, and the family will not be disgraced because of her. At least she is still the emperor's father-in-law and the emperor's father-in-law, and the family will remember her kindness.

So the queen simply stopped taking the medicine.

He also instructed the imperial physician to exaggerate the severity of her illness so that the emperor would think she was about to die and would show mercy and not kill her.

She also chose a date for herself. She didn't want to cause trouble to others in the first month of the year. In mid-February, the queen died. She had not eaten or drunk for only five days. She passed away despite her already poor health.

The first queen in history who starved herself to death.

There was crying in Kunning Palace.

When the queen passed away, all the concubines in the palace and the ladies in the court had to mourn her.

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