I don't want to be the favorite concubine of this palace anymore

Chapter 232: Consensus Reached, Accident Occurred

At night, Li Rui hugged An Muxi on the bed and told her what happened in the palace today.

After listening to his story, An Muxi realized how bad Li Rui's mood was in the past few days.

Compared to the fact that the Queen murdered Concubine Rong, the fact that Madam Zhou murdered Li Rui's grandmother, which was discovered a few days ago, seems less important.

After all, I have never even met those relatives in person, so I don’t have such a personal experience.

Finding out the cause of Concubine Rong's death has always been Li Rui's obsession.

Now he finally did it, but he was not happy.

An Muxi hugged Li Rui distressedly: "My husband, everything is over. You have found out the truth about my mother's death. You can comfort her spirit in heaven. I think she must hope that you can live happily."

Li Rui kissed An Muxi's hair, and his mood calmed down a lot as he hugged An Muxi.

"I get it. With you by my side, I'm not afraid of anything. I'm just a little sad, that's all. It's okay."

An Muxi suddenly remembered that Emperor Tiansheng was poisoned.

"By the way, have you found out about Father's poisoning today?"

Li Rui's tone was a little serious: "Today we found out that it was Lian Xin, the head maid in the Queen's palace, who sent a bowl of lotus seed soup to my father on the Queen's order. By the time we went to arrest her, she had already been killed and thrown into a dry well."

"What? It was the Queen who had her poisoned my father? Did you interrogate the Queen?"

Li Rui shook his head: "I want to wait until my father recovers a little, and then let him interrogate him personally."

An Muxi thought about it and it was true. Since the emperor had not yet issued an edict to depose the queen or the crown prince, it was indeed not appropriate for Li Rui to handle this matter on his behalf.

"Tell me, how could the Queen have such a poison as Zui Menglong?"

Li Rui was also a little confused. Could it be that the Queen had joined forces with the Xia Zhen tribe?

But she is already the mistress of the harem and her son is the crown prince of Tiansheng Kingdom. There is absolutely no need for her to collude with foreign forces.

"I will investigate this matter privately. Now it seems that the evidence is irrefutable. The queen will definitely be deposed this time. As for the crown prince, I am not sure about my father's attitude."

After all, the prince made up for the embezzled money from the Ministry of Revenue last time. Apart from using the Wen family to secretly raise assassins and assassinate Li Rui, he did not do anything else out of line.

Li Rui asked tentatively: "Xi'er, have you ever thought about becoming the head of the harem in the future?"

An Muxi had never thought about this, but she had realized a long time ago that Li Rui was not an ordinary person.

Now that the Queen and the Crown Prince are on the verge of falling, the possibility of Li Rui becoming the next Crown Prince has greatly increased. After all, anyone with a little judgment knows who to choose between Li Rui and Li Cheng.

"Before this, I never thought that I would become the head of the harem, but I know that my husband would be the most suitable successor."

Li Rui said frankly: "In fact, I have always had this idea, but I was poisoned before and had no time to take care of other things. I could only develop my own power in secret."

"At first, I just wanted to fight for my mother and trample those who had oppressed me under my feet, so I wanted to fight for that position."

"What about now?" An Muxi asked.

"Now that I have you, I want you to be the most honorable woman in Tiansheng Country. No one will be able to make you angry in the future. I also want you to stand at the top with me."

An Muxi was moved. In fact, she had already thought of this possibility when she agreed to marry Li Rui, so she was not surprised.

Li Rui saw that An Muxi seemed to be thinking about something, and quickly added: "Xi'er, don't worry, no matter what happens in the future, my promise to you will not change. Having you in this life is enough."

An Muxi was startled and chuckled. She was not worried that Li Rui would marry another woman in the future.

Although she can't live without Li Rui in this life, she will never bet everything on a man.

If Li Rui no longer loves him, or marries other women under pressure in the future, she will treat Li Rui as her partner.

She might feel heartbroken for a few days, but she would never become a resentful woman in the palace.

It would be nice for both of them to just be well on their own, or it would be nice for them to just be brothers.

"Okay, I promise you, we are already married, which means I have already thought about what will happen in the future. No matter what happens, I will stand by you and accompany you."

This time, the two people finally talked about the matter openly and reached a consensus.

They were both a little tired today, and since this place was next to the emperor's bedroom, neither of them had the heart to do anything else that night.

After a sound night's sleep, An Muxi got up the next day and went next door with Li Rui to check on the situation of Emperor Tiansheng.

After a night's rest and taking medicine, his complexion had returned to normal. In addition, he was in good health before and was now able to get up and move around.

But An Muxi knew that after this ordeal, Emperor Tiansheng's physical condition was not as good as before, and there might be other sequelae.

An Muxi examined her yesterday and found signs of cerebral infarction.

Emperor Tiansheng smiled when he saw the two of them.

"Rui'er, I have written an imperial edict in the past few days. I need you to help me manage the government. Duke Ningguo, Minister Jiang, and Lord Gu will help you."

The power of these ministers has already occupied half of the court, and with the people Li Rui has placed in his own positions, there will not be any chaos in the court.

"Father, you should have a good rest for a few days. I will watch over the court."

Emperor Tiansheng sat in an armchair with a serious expression.

"I have already drafted an imperial decree to abolish Empress Wen's position. In two days I will issue an imperial decree to abolish the Crown Prince's position."

Li Rui and An Muxi were both a little surprised. They didn't expect that Emperor Tiansheng would write the imperial edict so quickly and decisively.

"The decree to depose the queen will be issued today, and the decree to depose the crown prince will be announced when I am able to attend court. Rui'er, I'm afraid you will have to take on this heavy responsibility in the future."

Li Rui didn't refuse: "Everything is up to the emperor's arrangement!"

Emperor Tiansheng nodded with satisfaction. In fact, he had chosen Li Rui to be the crown prince many years ago.

I didn't expect that after so many twists and turns, I would end up at this point. That's good. Li Rui now has the same demeanor as he did in the past, and he is relieved.

Li Rui said, "Father, your poisoning this time is probably related to the Queen. I think it would be better for you to interrogate her in person."

An Muxi said: "Father, this poison is called Zui Menglong and it comes from the Xia Zhen tribe. You can investigate from this direction."

Emperor Tiansheng had a cold face. He didn't expect that the Queen would dare to poison him.

At this time, Eunuch Gao was outside and reported in a panic: "Your Majesty, something happened to the deposed queen in the prison."

When the people in the hall heard this, their faces changed. They hadn't even had the chance to interrogate her, so how could this happen?

By the time they arrived at the Sky Prison, the imperial physician had also arrived. The queen was lying on a small bed in a single cell with a blue face.

The old imperial physician judged that the queen had eaten something highly poisonous. Although he gave her some antidote, it seemed to have little effect.

Seeing Emperor Tiansheng coming, the old imperial physician knelt down immediately to pay his respects.

"How is Wen?"

"Your Majesty, Wen has taken a deadly poison. I'm afraid she won't last much longer."

An Muxi hurried forward to check and saw that Wen was indeed on her last breath and would probably not last more than three days.

She stuffed another detoxification pill she made into her mouth.

At least it can wake her up. After all, there are still some questions that need to be answered.

Half a cup of tea later, Wen finally woke up. The emperor dismissed his attendants and had someone bring a chair to sit next to her.

He looked at the woman in front of him who had been with him for more than 20 years and felt very strange. He used to be very satisfied with his queen. At least the affairs of the harem had never worried him.

Now it seems that this is all superficial harmony. She has been covering up everything in the harem for so many years and has done so many evil things. Now that the truth has been exposed, she wants to die?

It's so vicious!

"Mrs. Wen, do you think that if you take poison and commit suicide, everything will be alright? Don't you care about the life and death of the Wen family and the prince?"

Wen wakes up and sees Emperor Tiansheng, and starts to chuckle at his words.

The voice caused an echo in the Heavenly Prison, and even made Emperor Tiansheng feel a chill down his spine.

"Your Majesty, you and I have been married for many years. Do you think I am the kind of person who would commit suicide if I couldn't stand the blow?"