The princess has no moral principles, why did you provoke her?

Chapter 157 The Queen's Trick

Ye Qingyan's eyes flashed with disdain: "Ximen Caidie, I didn't expect you to be so stubborn.

How about I scratch your face right now and then give you another knife?

If the Fifth Prince sees you become an ugly monster, he might throw you into a mass grave."

Ximen Caidie's face was grim. She glanced at Ye Qingyan, kowtowed and cried.

Ye Qingyan took out a pill and said, "The name of this pill is 'Soul-Loss Pill'. If you take one, you will be dead tomorrow morning.

Others cannot tell that you were poisoned and will just think that you died in your sleep.

This is a good way to die, not painful or itchy. There are two choices, which one do you choose? "

Ximen Caidie kept shaking her head. She didn't want to choose any of the ways to die.

Seeing this, Ye Qingyan stepped forward and pinched her nose. When she opened her mouth and couldn't breathe, she threw a pill directly into her mouth. Then her throat gurgled and she swallowed the pill.

Ximen Caidie kept vomiting, trying to spit out the medicine, but it was too late.

She sat on the corner of the bed, hugged her knees and cried.

Ye Qingyan said coldly: "Since it has come to this, why did we do it in the first place? I will not spare any of those who harmed me. You three can be reunited now."

After Ye Qingyan finished speaking, she disappeared.

Ximen Caidie got down to earth by the dim candlelight. She knew she would die tomorrow, so she began to wash and dress herself.

She put on her favorite dress and her hair was adorned with gold hairpins and jade ornaments.

Ximen Caidie felt that her life had become a joke.

The vain girl entered the Fifth Prince's residence, thinking she could rise to fame overnight. However, she never expected that the Fifth Prince did not treat her as a human being at all. He beat her up every three days and every five days.

The old wounds on my body have not healed yet and new wounds have appeared. Just thinking about it makes me shed tears of sadness.

After packing everything up, she wiped away the tears from her eyes, lay down on the bed, covered herself with the quilt, and closed her eyes...

Early the next morning, the maid came into the room to help Ximen Caidie change her clothes. But when she walked to the bed, she saw Ximen Caidie neatly dressed, lying quietly on the bed, and she had passed away.

She was so frightened that she quickly ran to the Fifth Prince's courtyard. When she saw him, she knelt down and said, "Fifth Prince, it's terrible. Our concubine has passed away."

After all, she was his partner, so the Fifth Prince still went to see Ximen Caidie.

There was no trace of sadness on his face. To him, women were like robes that he would wear out and then replace with new ones.

He ordered: "Buy a coffin and bury him in a mass grave."

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Royal Palace

Leng Xiaoran's queen, Shen Jinhua, is the daughter of the Minister of Personnel.

At this time, the queen was having a private conversation with her mother, Madam Shen, and all the servants around her were sent away.

Madam Shen advised, "Your Majesty, this pregnancy is doomed to fail, you should be more open-minded.

Doctor Chu is your distant cousin, he is a highly skilled doctor and will definitely not make a mistake in diagnosis."

Shen Jinhua's face changed drastically, and her fair face gradually turned pale, like the snow on the branches of a tree, and her whole body froze.

Her eyes turned red and tears welled up in her eyes.

Her voice was a little weak: "Mother, is there really no other way?

I have given birth to three daughters for the emperor. What should I do if this one dies prematurely?

The Emperor will surely dislike me, thinking I can’t give birth to a son.” Sad tears fell softly.

Seeing her daughter like this, Mrs. Shen couldn't help but shed a few tears.

She comforted him, "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter whether your baby is a boy or a girl, no one can shake your position as queen.

Moreover, no matter which palace's concubine gave birth to a son, if the mother died and the son survived, you would surely become the Empress Dowager."

"But mother, I want to give birth to a prince for the emperor myself."

Madam Shen warned: "Your greatest enemy is not the other concubines, but the Regent Princess."

Empress Shen looked puzzled and asked, "Mother, why do you say that? The Prince Regent and the Emperor are brothers from the same mother. They have always had a good relationship. He is currently suppressing a rebellion on the Xiongnu border."

Mother Shen shook her head helplessly, “You and the Emperor are both kind-hearted, but the Regent Princess may not think so.

She is pregnant now. If she gives birth to a son, and she is very capable, how could she not want her son to become emperor?

The regent doted on his concubine excessively. When Xiaoqi killed someone, he handed her the knife; when Xiaoqi set a fire, he added fuel to the fire; he never said no to anything Xiaoqi said.

In folk terms, that's called being henpecked. If she instigates the prince to seize the throne, the regent will do the same.

The Emperor has always been afraid of him usurping power and has been on guard for many years. He is an old man with a keen eye and may have seen that the Ninth Prince has ambitions, but he just couldn't say it openly.

Shen Jinhua was a little unconvinced: "Mother, but the emperor once told me that my ninth brother and he get along best with each other. The regent should not do anything outrageous."

"Alas, you can only know a person's face but not his heart. You can only paint the skin of a tiger but not its bones. You still underestimated him.

With Xiao Qi around, he will definitely rebel. Otherwise, what's the point of fighting all the battles?"

Shen Jinhua said, "What mother said makes some sense. They are very powerful. I don't know how to defeat them."

Madam Shen pointed at her belly and said, "You are destined to lose this baby. Then let her help you accomplish a great deed and make the Regent and his men bear the crime of murdering the heir to the throne."

"What happens after that?"

Madam Shen's eyes flashed with venom again: "That's the Emperor's child. The Emperor will be furious and will lock the Regent Princess up in the Imperial Clan House to await her fate.

The Regent is not around at this time, and no one can save her."

The Queen hesitated: "What if it doesn't work out? Will the Regent turn against us? Even though he has no intention of rebelling, he might be forced to do so."

Madam Shen said confidently, "No, the Queen Mother and the Emperor are still here.

In a few days, you can invite the ladies and nobles to come and enjoy the flowers. The opportunity will come, and everyone can see it."

After saying that, she whispered a few words in the queen's ear.

The queen smiled with satisfaction.

The next day, the Queen's invitation was delivered to the Regent's Palace.

Ye Qingyan strolled in the yard. After she became pregnant, she would walk around in her spare time.

Feng Yi came to Ye Qingyan and said, "Master, the Queen has sent an invitation to you to attend the flower viewing banquet."

Ye Qingyan looked at her belly and said, "I don't want to join in the fun. Since ancient times, there has never been a good banquet. Either one is plotting this or that."

"But the Queen has invited you. If you don't go, it means you don't take her seriously. You'd better go." Fengjiu advised.

Feng Yi's eyes flickered: "Master, if you don't want to go, then don't go. Just say you're sick. Can she still force you to go?"

Ye Qingyan curled her lips and said, "Then go ahead. If an enemy comes, we will fight him; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth."

At night, Ye Qingyan entered the space and went to the queen's bedroom in a flash.

The Queen reclined on the couch, drinking tea, with Nanny Ruan beside her. She asked, "Have you made all the arrangements for tomorrow's flower viewing banquet?"

"Don't worry, my lady. Everything is done according to your instructions."

Queen Shen nodded slightly, "Also, at the downhill position, you block the people behind me so that I can be with the Regent Princess.

My mother was right. This pregnancy was beyond saving and I couldn't give birth to it at all. I had to use this pregnancy to defeat her.

Only in this way can the Prince Regent's Palace be charged with the crime of murdering the Emperor's offspring."

"Yes! I understand."

Empress Shen’s eyes flashed with venom: “If you fail, all the things Xiao Qi uses will be replaced with the colorless and odorless love potion obtained from the Western Regions.

The Prince Regent went to the frontier to quell the rebellion, and his princess had an affair with someone else. How could the Prince Regent still face the public? He must leave the capital."

"I know what to do."

After hearing this, Ye Qingyan's eyes flashed with anger, "How cruel! I have no grudge against you, yet you want to harm me.

You want to embarrass me, I will make you unable to be the queen anymore and make you lose face for the emperor."