jdhmnovel Chapter 265 Suicide
Chapter 265 Suicide
She stood up with difficulty, staggered to pick up the clothes that had fallen on the ground and put them away.
Finally, as if she had exhausted all her strength, she slowly picked up the embroidery of green plum blossoms in the snow that Ruyi had given her with trembling hands. Her eyes were filled with heartache and reluctance. It was a symbol of the Empress's affection for her, and it was inestimable to her heart.
There were so many people and so many eyes, and in the chaos, no one knew who had stepped on it, but a large black footprint was left there. The footprint was eye-catching and glaring, and it was also stained with mud mixed with snow and water, making the originally elegant embroidery look filthy. Rong Pei stared at the stain blankly, and a pang of pain pierced her heart.
Rong Pei finally couldn't hold it in anymore and tears welled up in her eyes. While crying, she tried to wipe the stains off her face.
Her hands were shaking violently as she wiped gently with her sleeve, as if that could erase the unbearable mark. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't wipe it clean. Instead, her movements made the stain bigger and bigger. The originally small stain gradually spread out, just like her broken heart.
Tears kept dripping onto the embroidery, mixing with the stains and making her even more desperate.
After a long time, she dragged her exhausted body and staggered out of the alley.
Her steps were weak, each one extremely difficult, as if she had exhausted all her strength. Her hair was still disheveled, tears still stained her face, and the stains and wrinkles on her clothes made her look extremely disheveled. Her eyes were empty and lifeless, staring at the road ahead, but she didn't know where to go.
Walking aimlessly on the street, the hawking sounds beside her ears brought her back to her senses.
She suddenly felt a little hungry.
But after standing in front of the stall for a long time and finally touching her empty stomach, Rong Pei had no choice but to leave.
All the money she had was stolen, and she had nowhere to go, so she had to find a place to stay somewhere else.
At this moment, she suddenly remembered what the Queen said, that惢心 and his wife lived in the capital, and she might be able to find them for emergency help.
Let them take her in for a while, and it won’t be too late to leave when she finds a job.
Jiang Yubin, the doctor of the Imperial Hospital, is quite famous in the capital.
She asked people along the way and finally found Jiang's house near nightfall.
But when she saw the gate of Jiang's house, Rong Pei was a little surprised.
Why is the Jiang Mansion hanging in the dark? There are also bursts of crying inside.
Who went?
She hurried forward to ask the servant at the door: "Excuse me, is this the home of Imperial Physician Jiang Yubin? I was Rong Pei in the palace before, and I'm acquainted with Imperial Physician Jiang and Madam Jiang. What...what's going on?"
The servant said doubtfully, "Are you from the palace? My master is dead, and I'm back to the palace today to take up my duties. They say... he accidentally fell into the water..."
The string in Rong Pei's heart suddenly broke.
How...how could this happen?
Doctor Jiang was fine, how could he fall into the water and die?
"Could you please inform Madam Jiang that I am Rong Pei, and that I once served the Empress..."
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The mastermind behind this is naturally the one sitting on the dragon throne.
Don't forget how Qi Ru died. The emperor will not allow anyone to betray him.
After knowing that Li Yu,惢心, and Jiang Yebin were from the same hometown, the emperor had no intention of sparing his life.
He shouldn't have died, but the emperor became suspicious of Jiang Yebin and sent people to investigate his pulse cases over the years.
Only then did I realize something was wrong.
Noble Consort Jin Jia, also known as Jin Yuyan.
The people around her framed Ruyi, who was then Imperial Noble Consort Xian, and it happened that Prince Yu forced his wife to death and was escorted to Beijing to be punished.
He originally thought that she gave birth in fear, and the Ninth Prince died shortly after he was born.
Coincidentally, it was Jiang Yebin who diagnosed and prescribed medicine for her.
Back then, in order to prove Ruyi's innocence,惢心 was tortured by the Ministry of Punishment. After she came out, one of her legs was broken. Later, she was betrothed to Jiang Yebi by Ruyi.
The people he sent discovered that Jiang Yubin deliberately added a lot of bitter medicine to the medicine he prescribed for Jin Yuyan.
So they asked the people who served in Qixiang Palace at that time, and found out that during that period, Jin Yuyan did not take medicine much because the medicine was bitter and she was depressed.
This caused his ninth prince to die early.
Even if Jin Yuyan did everything wrong, she was pregnant with his prince.
The royal heir died, and a small imperial physician dared to attack the royal heir.
He is seeking death.
The emperor was merciful in sparing his life and not bringing disaster to his clan.
As a result, Jiang Yebin and Qi Ruban accidentally fell into the water and died.
He went on duty fine in the morning and was carried back at noon.
Rong Pei's expression did not seem fake. Although she looked a little disheveled, she was indeed wearing palace attire.
The servant replied, "That's fine, but the lady is very sad right now, so I can't control whether she sees you or not..."
Rong Pei nodded and looked anxiously at the servant as he entered.
But before the servant came out, a familiar person appeared in front of her.
"Mother! Mother! My husband's body is still warm, you can't do this to me..."
A sad voice sounded, and Rong Pei was stunned for a moment.
It was惢心, she was crying anxiously to an old woman.
"It's all because of you, this jinx. You killed my son. He treated a cripple like a treasure. I won't indulge you!"
Madam Jiang looked at惢心 and said coldly.
Her son had a bright future in the palace, so what beautiful woman could he not marry?
He chose to marry this cripple. Everything else would be fine, but if he hadn't married her, who was by the Queen's side, and the Queen was weak now, how could her son be lying there in the cold?
There were rumors inside and outside the palace that the queen was misbehaving.
Now everything is handled by Concubine Ling. She doesn't believe that her son is not implicated by the Empress.
"Mother, I didn't, I didn't kill my husband, I... I..."
惢心 didn't expect that their once happy family would break up in less than half a day. She knelt on the ground, grabbed the old lady Jiang's clothes and spoke in an almost pleading voice.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Rong Pei hurried forward to help惢心 speak.
"Madam Jiang, the Emperor granted her marriage to Suo Xin. If you dare to kick her out, wouldn't that be disobeying the Emperor's decree?"
Rong Pei's eyes widened with anger as she spoke with full force.
If she hadn't looked a little embarrassed at the moment, Mrs. Jiang might have believed her again.
"Rong Pei? Why are you here? How is the Queen Mother Huanghe and the Queen Mother?"
When she saw Rong Pei,惢心 no longer cared about herself and hurriedly asked about Ruyi's recent situation.
"Everything is fine, Queen. I was pardoned and released from the palace, but I was robbed on the way. I wanted to come to you for help... but I didn't expect..."
"Humph, where did you come from, beggar? How dare you act wildly in front of my Jiang Mansion?"
Old Madam Jiang looked at the two of them reminiscing about the past with cold eyes and said with some impatience.
Rong Pei quickly protected惢心 behind her: "惢心 is the legitimate wife that the Emperor bestowed upon Jiang Yubin. Even if you are her mother-in-law, there is no reason for you to be kicked out. She has an imperial decree, how dare you treat her like this?"
Hearing Rong Pei's words, Madam Jiang almost laughed out of anger.
"Then what do you think I should do? Should I let this jinx kill my son and then me? Will she kill more than a dozen people in my Jiang family before she's done?"
These words left Rong Pei speechless. Seeing that Old Madam Jiang was angry, Suo Xin pulled Rong Pei to signal her not to speak, and she spoke while sobbing.
"Mother, I don't have a daughter-in-law. Now that my husband is gone, you must let me raise the child to adulthood, right? Mother, you don't want the child to lose his father and mother at the same time, becoming a fatherless and motherless person, right?"
Over the years,惢心 and Jiang Yebi have conceived children.
When talking about the child, Mrs. Jiang hesitated for a moment.
After a few breaths, she said in a cold voice.
"I give you two choices. Either you become a chaste woman and be buried with my son; or you can go up the mountain and become a nun, practicing Buddhism with your hair uncut, to pray for my son."