Chapter 209: Kill The Imperial Consort
Jiang Rui remained silent, but Jiang Ruanxi had no patience, “If Third Young Master Jiang thinks he is wronged, then go tell it to the Minister of the Grand Court of Judicial Review. Come, take Third Young Master Jiang away.”
After everyone had left, Jiang Ruanxi felt extremely pleased deep down.
This time, even if Jiang Rui was ever so capable, he was powerless to turn the tide.
“Imperial Advisor, I have disturbed you.”
After saying that, she left directly.
Even if Jiang Rui and Consort Yan were having a secret meeting in Tianming Pavilion, she still could not touch Jiang Kui.
Because Jiang Kui’s status in the palace was too high; even as the Crown Princess, she had no power to move him.
Jiang Kui looked at her retreating figure, his face full of haze, tightly gripping the teacup in his hand.
It seemed he needed to speed things up.
As soon as Jiang Ruanxi stepped out, a palace maid appeared ahead and stopped her, “Crown Princess, please wait; the Imperial Consort requests your presence.”
She had seen this palace maid by the Imperial Consort’s side before.
Jiang Ruanxi had other matters and did not really want to go, so she said indifferently, “What does the Imperial Consort want with me?”
“The Imperial Consort said it is regarding why His Majesty fell into a coma.”
Jiang Ruanxi’s expression turned grave, “Aunt, please lead the way.”
Upon arriving at the Imperial Consort’s bedchamber, Jiang Ruanxi heard a familiar sound.
It was the sound of jade pendants clashing that she had heard in the Cold Palace that night.
A bad premonition arose in her heart; she turned to leave directly, but several men in guard uniforms blocked her path.
Soon, the Imperial Consort appeared ahead, slowly walking toward her with a smile on her lips.
“It was you.”
The Imperial Consort admitted directly, “Crown Princess, you are indeed very clever; you guessed it was me right away. No wonder the Imperial Advisor said I might not be your match, but facts prove that although you are capable, you are only somewhat capable. Now you have still fallen into my hands. After tonight, you will not be able to speak.”
Jiang Ruanxi’s expression was grave, “Imperial Consort, this is the Imperial Palace. If you dare to do anything to me, are you not afraid that Your Highness will come looking?”
The Imperial Consort seemed to hear something amusing and burst into laughter.
Her pure and alluring eyes reflected anger and smugness, even mixed with mockery, “Crown Princess, have you been the Crown Princess for too long that you have become muddled? If I were worried about the Crown Prince discovering it, would I need to go to such lengths to capture you?”
Jiang Ruanxi lowered her gaze, hiding the emotions in her eyes, “So, you truly have an affair with Third Young Master Jiang? Imperial Consort, do you not know whether what you have done can live up to His Majesty?”
“How have I failed His Majesty? He has three thousand beauties in the Imperial Harem; why can I not find another man?”
The Imperial Consort seemed to have gone mad, but at this moment, looking at Jiang Ruanxi’s face, her own face showed indescribable rage, “But talking about these things now is meaningless. Come, arrest the Crown Princess for me.”
“I see who dares to touch the Crown Princess.” The Imperial Consort’s people had not yet reached Jiang Ruanxi when Yushui blocked them by her side and scolded.
“Crown Princess, I advise you to surrender without a fight; otherwise, not only you, but even the Crown Prince may not survive.”
“Oh, is the Imperial Consort referring to me?”
Just as the Imperial Consort was extremely smug, torches in the distance suddenly lit up, illuminating the palace.
The flames also illuminated the Imperial Consort’s pure yet twisted face.
Under the firelight, Wei Chang was striding over with the wind.
He paid no attention to anything else, his gaze fixed solely on Jiang Ruanxi.
After checking that she was indeed unharmed, he finally relaxed.
The Imperial Consort looked incredulously at the person before her, “You… at this time, you should not be…”
She did not finish the latter words and changed her tone, “How are you here?”
“Does the Imperial Consort think I should be dead, and that the one appearing here is Third Young Master Jiang?”
The Imperial Consort was greatly shocked, “You… you all already know?”
“Imperial Consort, I advise you to surrender without a fight; you have no chance left.”
Jiang Ruanxi’s words made the Imperial Consort feel a bit panicked and unwilling deep down.
“How did you discover it was me?” the Imperial Consort voiced her doubt.
Seeing that even now she was unrepentant, Jiang Ruanxi said, “Imperial Consort, the sound of your jade pendant…”
After saying this, Jiang Ruanxi suddenly realized a problem.
If the Imperial Consort did not even know that she had recognized her from the sound of the jade pendants clashing, then how would she understand that she had identified her?
So, since this jade pendant was on the Imperial Consort, what about the jade pendant on Consort Yan?
A series of events left Jiang Ruanxi no time to think.
Soon, the eunuch’s high-pitched voice rang out.
“His Majesty arrives.”
The Imperial Consort completely panicked, simply unable to believe her ears.
What was going on? Clearly His Majesty was not in a coma?
This morning when she went to see him, was he not still fine?
How had he woken up just like that?
No, impossible.
The Imperial Consort still could not believe it, but Emperor Qin had already been carried over.
“Paying respects to His Majesty.”
Everyone around knelt down to pay homage, except the Imperial Consort, who was still full of shock and disbelief.
Emperor Qin suddenly coughed a few times, his face as cold as shattered ice, his voice grim, “You bitch, you actually dare to betray me.”
After speaking, he coughed violently.
Only then did the Imperial Consort feel fear, her face pale as she knelt down, her voice trembling slightly, “Your Majesty, I am wronged.”
“You bitch, now with witness and material evidence all present, you still dare to claim you are wronged. I have been so good to you, yet you dare to poison me and have an affair with Jiang Rui.”
Jiang Ruanxi was somewhat shocked; Emperor Qin’s coma was caused by the Imperial Consort’s poison.
The Imperial Consort’s body swayed for a few seconds, and she cried, “Your Majesty, I was forced into it; you must believe me.”
The Imperial Consort knelt crying, but Emperor Qin’s anger burned fiercely, giving her no chance to explain.
“Imperial Consort, you have disappointed me too much. When you personally fed me the poison, did you ever think there would be today? Even if someone made you poison me, you still did it. Was it that someone held a knife to your neck that day?”
Jiang Ruanxi and Wei Chang knelt on the ground, their hearts filled with immense shock.
The Imperial Consort was so audacious, forcibly making Emperor Qin ingest poison.
Truly audacious to the extreme.
Jiang Ruanxi had considered many possibilities, but she had never thought of this one.
“No, Your Majesty, hear me explain; it was all Jiang Rui’s idea, it has nothing to do with me.” At this point, the Imperial Consort only wanted to save herself.
Emperor Qin closed his eyes; poisoning was already a capital crime, and now thinking of the green hat the Imperial Consort had surely put on him, his inner anger flared up.
“Come, grant this bitch a length of white silk; I want to watch her slowly suffocate.”
“No, Your Majesty…”
No matter how the Imperial Consort begged or cried, Emperor Qin was as resolute as iron, completely unmoved.
Soon, the eunuch brought a length of white silk, and the Imperial Consort fell to the ground in fear.
