Rong Fei is not honored

Chapter 240 The Queen's Memories

Chenghu was already weak, so there was no need for the imperial physician to emphasize this point. The queen suddenly had a bad feeling, "Weak? To what extent?"

"My brother has damaged his foundation. Perhaps, perhaps it will be difficult for him to have children."

The queen felt dizzy. Difficulty in having children? Chenghu was in poor health, which she could accept. After all, he was just weaker than ordinary people, not a sickly person like Chengrui.

But it is difficult to have children. If there is no other choice, how can you choose a prince who is difficult to have children and is not conducive to the stability of the country to inherit the throne? Even if His Majesty is willing, the court officials will not agree.

The queen felt as if the sky was falling. She rushed forward and grabbed the imperial physician by the collar, "Didn't you say Chenghu would be fine? Didn't you say Chenghu was fine? Why did it become like this?"

"I wish you all the best! I don't know why it has become like this. As long as you take the medicine I prescribed on time, your condition won't get any worse, even if it doesn't get better."

The imperial physician was about to cry. If Prince Chenghu really got hurt by him, he and his entire clan would have to pay with their lives. He had always reported to His Majesty that Prince Chenghu was fine.

The queen's body stiffened.

Did she harm Chenghu? No, that's not the case. It's not like she didn't give Chenghu the medicine. It must be due to other reasons. Yes, it was Nara. She was vicious and harmed Chenghu.

"Don't tell anyone about the difficulty of having an heir."

"But I should tell His Majesty the truth about my prince's situation."

"You will naturally tell me the rest on time, but I cannot tell you about the difficulty of having an heir. I don't want that. I don't want Cheng Hu to have to carry such a reputation if something happens to him."

The doctor was still a little hesitant, and the queen comforted him, saying, "I just love my son deeply, and I have no other intentions. I also know that the doctor's treatment has been very effective, and Chenghu has shown obvious signs of improvement. It was just an accident."

"What do you mean?" the imperial physician asked tentatively. If he could clear himself of the blame, that would be the best. If he could escape the disaster and help preserve Prince Chenghu's reputation, that would not be a big deal.

"I found a spy next to Cheng Hu today, but this matter involves the underworld of the harem, so I can't tell you, sir."

"I understand." No wonder Prince Chenghu's situation suddenly became so bad. It turned out that he was involved in the harem struggle. It would be better for him not to know these secrets.

......

The queen sat beside the unconscious Chenghu.

Although Madam Zheng was also worried about the prince's health, she also knew that the more times came, the more the queen could not fall. She stepped forward and advised: "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself. The prince and Kunning Palace depend on you."

"Madam, please leave first. I want to be alone with Chenghu tonight." Seeing what Madam Zheng wanted to say, the Queen continued, "Chenghu has someone from the Nara clan around him. Xueyi knows who it is. Whether you can interrogate him or not depends on you."

Madam Zheng was shocked. Did the Queen mean that the prince was murdered? She had only been in the palace for a few days and had not yet taken over all the affairs of Kunning Palace. She only vaguely sensed what Xueyi was investigating, but she didn't expect it to be related to the prince.

If she had known this earlier, she should have taken over the matter as soon as possible. The people around the queen are a bunch of useless people. It took so long to find out about Nara, and the prince was delayed.

Madam Zheng's eyes flashed with sternness, and she said fiercely, "Don't worry, Madam, I will find evidence."

"If Chenghu is really gone, even if there is no evidence, I will not let Nara go. I will make her be buried with him! Even if I have to stop being the queen."

"Don't worry, madam. Since she dares to touch our prince, Hesheli will not let her go."

The Queen's eyes flickered. She didn't expect that at this time, Nanny Zheng was still unwilling to speak up to save her. Did she think Chenghu's condition was not that serious?

When only the Queen and Chenghu were left in the room, she stared at her son's face infatuatedly. If she had known this day would come, if she had known the bond between mother and son was so shallow, she should have been nicer to Chenghu.

The queen, who had been sitting there in vain until midnight, had almost run out of tears. She stood up and staggered to the window.

Feeling the night breeze blowing across my cheeks, it seemed that even the overwhelming guilt and regret in my heart were blown away.

Chenghu, don't blame mother. You and I are not destined to be mother and son. It's because those bitches in the harem are too harsh. It's because your father is too cruel to mother.

If one day, if one day, your brother can sit on that position, mother will definitely let him posthumously confer the title for you, and make those who harmed us mother and son pay the price.

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The next day, not only did Prince Chenghu not wake up from his coma, but he was directly sentenced to death by the imperial physician. No one dared to hide this news, and soon, the news that Prince Chenghu was critically ill spread throughout the harem.

As for Madam Zheng, she naturally found nothing. She blamed herself and apologized to the queen, "I am incompetent. Not only did I fail to find any evidence, but I also gave that palace maid the opportunity to commit suicide."

"Without evidence, His Majesty would not do anything to Nara given his love for her. Would my Chenghu have died in vain?"

He was the prince of their Hesheli clan, of noble status, how could they allow a lowly person of bannerman origin to murder him for nothing and not even get justice? Madam Zheng was filled with hatred.

......

The queen murmured, "Chenghu, you will protect my mother, right?"

In Kunning Palace, the sky has fallen for all the servants. Prince Chenghu is gone and the Empress is suffering from hysteria. This should be the most glorious place in the Forbidden City, so how come it has become a cold palace?

If the prince's death was not an accident, perhaps they could have escaped. It was because the mastermind behind the death was too vicious, not because they failed to protect and serve the prince well. Even if they were punished and sent to the Xinzheku, at least they could have saved their lives.

Unfortunately, after the Empress Dowager and the Emperor interrogated Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui, there was no further movement. Apart from the palace servant who died by hitting his head, who knows if there is another ghost hiding around.

The palace maids spent the night in anxiety, not knowing how to distance themselves from the matter. The next day, the most unwelcome thing happened. Everyone in Kunning Palace, except for the new Madam Zheng, had to go to the Ministry of Punishment.

The nerves that had been tense all night finally broke!

The Ministry of Punishment was definitely the nightmare of all the servants in the palace. Once you entered, there was basically no possibility of getting out. Even if you were lucky enough not to die, you would most likely be disabled or crippled.

That place is like purgatory, where the truth is extracted only under severe punishment, and various means of forcing confessions are endless. Therefore, no matter whether innocent or not, everyone is afraid of it.

"Why? Why are you arresting me? I serve the Queen. How would I know about the prince's affairs?"

"My brother's death has nothing to do with me. I am just a cleaner. I am not qualified to get close to the master."

"I have always been dedicated to serving Prince Chenghu. It was the Queen's fault that Prince got sick. If she hadn't been too harsh on Prince, how could Prince have been ill for so long?"

"Yes, that's the Empress. The master is so cruel to his own child that even His Majesty can't do anything about it. So what can we servants do?"

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For a while, Kunning Palace was in chaos. Almost all the servants looked pale and made their last struggle. They didn't care about rules or hierarchy. They just wanted to survive.

However, no matter how unwilling or resentful they were, these people were still dragged away.

The queen listened with a pale face, and in the end, she did not show up. She could not protect these people. The Ministry of Punishment swaggered away all the people in Kunning Palace without caring about their own face. It was obviously the intention of the Empress Dowager.

The Queen was afraid that the Grand Empress Dowager must have found out something and that was why she was being so ruthless.

Finally, the Queen and Madam Zheng were the only ones left in the huge Kunning Palace, which was eerily quiet. From time to time, the sound of armor colliding could be heard from outside the Kunning Palace. These were the guards who were ordered to protect the Queen, even if they were more like guarding her.

Fortunately, the Empress Dowager did not intend to starve the Queen to death. Although Kunning Palace was surrounded, someone would come to deliver food. Madam Zheng sighed, picked up the food box and walked into the Queen's bedroom.

The queen had not eaten for a day, and no matter how much Madam Zheng knocked on the door and called out, the queen ignored her. If it weren't for the occasional muffled voice of the queen inside, Madam Zheng would have thought that the queen had committed suicide.

Madam Zheng gritted her teeth and searched for the queen in the dim light, trying to comfort her: "Your Majesty, please eat something. After all, you are not at the end of your rope yet."