The Female Psychology PhD Who Time Traveled to the Royal Harem

Chapter 196

"yue'er, you..."0

the xuanwu emperor cradled jiang xinyue's face, but saw it filled with pain and fear. she shook her head, "your majesty... i beg you to let me and little tuantuan leave the palace. i'm begging you..."0

she cried so fiercely and miserably, almost wailing.0

kind-hearted people always become frightened when faced with such vicious schemes.0

the xuanwu emperor held her tightly, kissing her tears away again and again: "i will find the true culprit behind this. i will eliminate all those who attempt to separate us."0

a destructive rage grew in the man's eyes.0

what had he done wrong?0

what had yue'er and little tuantuan done wrong?0

they merely loved each other, had they violated some heavenly law?0

to make his yue'er constantly targeted, framed, and scared to the point of not wanting to stay in the palace anymore.0

so many people wanted to separate them, unwilling to see him happy. he was determined to make all those people regret it.0

"so..."0

the xuanwu emperor held jiang xinyue's face, tenderly wiping away her tear stains, his eyes reddened as he said: "yue'er, don't talk about leaving the palace, leaving me anymore... i can't be without you and the child."0

just thinking about the palace no longer having yue'er and the sixth prince made his heart feel empty, unable to even feel pain.0

he could not... absolutely could not lose them, mother and son.0

jiang xinyue's crying gradually stopped under his comforting words, turning into sobs: "i... i'm really scared."0

living in xihuo palace, where someone died, then moving to hexi palace, where someone else died - how could a fragile woman not be afraid of the cruelty in the back palace?0

the xuanwu emperor brought the clinging jiang xinyue inside. by the time they entered the flower hall, jiang xinyue had tidied her clothes and hair, wiped away her tears, and followed behind the emperor with the cold, imposing air of a favored consort.0

"these people..."0

as for how they would be collected, that was up to jiang xinyue to decide.0

"your majesty! your majesty!"0

another eunuch ran in from outside: "your majesty, consort li from yanxi palace... consort li has committed suicide!"0

"what?"0

the xuanwu emperor was stunned at first, then widened his eyes to look at the messenger eunuch, and finally clenched his fists behind his back, the tumultuous emotions in his eyes finally settling into calmness: "is she... dead?"0

the eunuch lowered his head, inexplicably feeling afraid: "when... when she was discovered, she had already breathed her last."0

consort li... how could she have committed suicide?0

"this was found in consort li's palace."0

the eunuch didn't dare delay, handing over a thick stack of letters with both hands.0

those letters had traces of tears blurring some of the words, each line cursing the xuanwu emperor and jiang xinyue.0

the language was extremely vicious. even if she hadn't committed suicide, if these letters had been discovered, it would have been a death sentence anyway.0

soon after, more palace servants rushed in: "your majesty, some items were found in yanxi palace, please take a look."0

arsenic, oleander, phosphorus powder, cotton wool...0

all the evidence pointed to consort li as the mastermind behind everything.0

after the empress dowager and consort rong hurried to hexi palace, they were informed that the emperor and favored consort jiang had gone to yanxi palace, so the two rushed there as well.0

the crime of plotting against a royal child, even for the emperor's birth mother who held the position of empress dowager, if proven guilty, would likely face death.0

no wonder she didn't dare delay in this matter.0

it was already late into the night when the empress and consort de received the news and arrived belatedly. in the main hall of yanxi palace lay the body of consort li, dressed in splendid clothes and wearing beautiful makeup.0

she seemed to have prepared for death, adorning herself particularly beautifully.0

her maid xia he, upon seeing jiang xinyue, rushed over like a madwoman. blocked by the guards, she still cursed loudly: "jiang xinyue, you slut, you killed my mistress!"0