The little dark guard who travels between two lives

Chapter 76 Shen Bin commits suicide

After the palace maid informed her, Shen Yining entered the Queen's Kunning Palace. As soon as she entered, she saw her son nestling in the Queen's arms, wiping away tears.

The Queen comforted the Fourth Prince in a gentle voice: "Don't cry, Fourth Prince. The doctors are trying to find a solution. Your father will definitely wake up."

The fourth prince wiped the tears from his face with his chubby hands and looked up at the queen: "Mother, I have been calling father many times every day, but he still hasn't woken up."

He lowered his head in shame: "Father must be angry with me. I never study hard. Now even my sister Xin'er is practicing martial arts, but I am still a failure. Father must not want to see me, so he doesn't want to wake up."

The Queen touched the Fourth Prince's little face, which was originally chubby but had become much thinner. The Queen felt a little distressed: "Fourth Prince, it's not your fault. You are a good child. You stay by your father's bed every day. When your father wakes up, he will definitely praise you for being a filial and good child."

The fourth prince was a little embarrassed when he received the Queen's praise: "My elder brother Crown Prince and my second elder brother are helping Father with things, and I am the only one who is free. I am also acting as a son to Father on behalf of my elder brother Crown Prince."

Shen Yining stood at the door, watching her son and the queen talking to each other, and she couldn't tell the feeling in her heart.

Her son had never shown such a childlike side of himself in front of her. He snuggled in the queen's arms, told her about his grievances, and sought her comfort. Together, the two of them looked like a real mother and son, with a deep love for each other.

But her son was always well-behaved, polite and respectful in front of her, and never snuggled into her arms.

Because his mother only asked him to grow up quickly, to be the best in everything, to surpass his brothers, and to make him proud in front of the emperor.

However, as a mother, I forgot that he was just a child. I only remembered to ask him to do this and that, but did not think of giving him more care and love.

He and his mother's family have now reached the edge of a cliff. The Shen family has not been able to help their child, but now they want to use this child to fight for things that do not belong to the Shen family.

Shen Yining closed her eyes and forced back the tears that were about to fall. She straightened her clothes and bowed to the queen.

The queen felt a little unhappy when she saw the radiant Shen Yining in front of her. The emperor was lying unconscious on the bed, and Shen Yining, as a concubine, was still dressed like this, which was really inappropriate.

The Queen wanted to say something to Concubine Shen, but when she looked at the Fourth Prince who was standing aside and greeting her mother, she swallowed her words. She had to save some face for the Fourth Prince.

The queen suppressed her anger and spoke calmly, "Princess Shen, you are here. The fourth child has been guarding his father these days and it is very hard. You can go in and see the emperor and take the fourth child down to rest for a while. The child's body can't stand it for a long time."

The fourth prince was unhappy: "Mother, I am not tired. I don't want to leave my father. I must wait for my father to wake up."

The fourth prince looked at his mother and pouted his lips: "If you are tired, please go down and rest. I still have to take care of my father."

Although he was not very old, he felt that it was wrong for his father to look like this while his mother was still dressed so glamorously, but as a son he could not say anything.

Shen Yining saw her son's dissatisfaction. She smiled bitterly and said to the queen, "Your Majesty, please dismiss the attendants. I have something to tell you. It is a matter of great importance. Please listen to me."

The queen looked at Concubine Shen in surprise. Although Concubine Shen was dressed gorgeously today, she was very different from the Concubine Shen of the past.

In the past, Concubine Shen's eyes were full of arrogance and a spirit of unwillingness to admit defeat. Although the emperor demoted her position, even though Concubine Shen became Concubine Shen and her attitude became much more respectful, the arrogance in her eyes did not disappear.

Today was different. Today, Concubine Shen looked at the Fourth Prince with a look of pity and kindness, without the criticism and disgust of the past. But when Concubine Shen looked at her, the Queen saw a look of determination in Concubine Shen's eyes. There was no arrogance, no hope, and the light in her eyes was gone.

The queen signaled to Zi Yuan beside her to take the fourth prince out of the room. The fourth prince looked at his mother, but ultimately said nothing. He listened to the queen and followed Zi Yuan out.

"Jingyu!" Shenpin suddenly called out to the Fourth Prince. The Fourth Prince stopped and turned to look at Shenpin in confusion: "What do you want, mother?"

Concubine Shen took a few steps forward and hugged her son in her arms. She then stroked her son's thin face and said with a smile: "Jingyu, go out with Aunt Ziyuan and eat more. I see that you have lost weight. I feel sorry for you as much as your mother does. You must be well and be filial to your father and mother in the future. Remember?"

The Fourth Prince was somewhat surprised at his mother's sudden closeness to him. He was somewhat at a loss and nodded in confusion: "Thank you for your concern, mother. I will remember this."

The queen looked at Shenpin with even more surprise, and she waved her hand gently to let all the servants in the room go out. Only the queen and Shenpin were left in the room, and Shenpin even asked them to close the door tightly when leaving the room.

No one knew what Concubine Shen said to the Queen in the room. But soon the Queen loudly ordered the imperial physician to come in quickly, and ordered Zi Yuan to immediately invite the Crown Prince, Lord Qin, and Lord Yu to come to the palace quickly.

The imperial physician entered the room with the medicine box and the door was closed again. Not long after, the prince hurried into the palace with Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian, followed by Prince Cheng who had not been seen for a long time.

The group hurriedly entered the room and the door was closed again, leaving the palace maids and eunuchs standing outside the room looking at each other, not daring to breathe.

The Fourth Prince did not leave with Zi Yuan. He held Aunt Zi Yuan's hand and stood in the yard. His heart was beating wildly, as if something bad was about to happen.

He stared blankly at the prince brother who hurried into the house. Before entering the house, the prince brother seemed to glance at him, and the look in his eyes was complicated and difficult to read. The fourth prince, who had wanted to throw himself into the prince brother's arms for comfort, was stunned by this look and stopped in his tracks.

The moment the door opened, the Fourth Prince saw his mother lying in the Queen's arms. They both fell to the ground. The Queen panicked and wiped the blood from her mother's lips, but the blood still kept flowing.

Zi Yuan also saw the scene inside the house and was shocked. Before she could grab the Fourth Prince, the little guy cried out and his mother rushed into the house.

Zi Yuan quickly followed the Fourth Prince into the house. The Fourth Prince had already thrown himself into Shen Concubine's arms, crying, "Mother, Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Shen had closed her eyes, but she opened them again when she heard her son crying. She reached out to wipe the tears off her son's face, but turned her head with difficulty to look at the queen: "Queen, I can't stop my father. I am guilty and can only die and plead guilty to the emperor and the queen. Please ask the queen to plead with the emperor on my behalf and spare my Jingyu. He is a good child."

The Empress just kept urging the imperial physician: "Quick, treat Concubine Shen. You must save Concubine Shen's life, otherwise I will hold you accountable."

The two old doctors hurriedly gave Shen Concubine acupuncture, and then reported to the Queen: "Your Majesty, the poison Shen Concubine took is more potent than the poison she took a few days ago. We are incompetent, so we temporarily sealed the acupuncture points with silver needles to prevent the poison from spreading quickly. However, we need to find an antidote to remove the poison. We cannot make one at the moment."

The queen ordered several palace maids to carry Concubine Shen to her couch and temporarily place her there. Then she pulled the still crying Fourth Prince and said, "Fourth Prince, your mother will be fine. I will definitely rescue her. You listen to me and take care of her here. I want to discuss things with your brother, the Crown Prince."

Although the Fourth Prince did not understand why his father and mother had become like this, seeing that the Empress and the Crown Prince had serious expressions, he knelt obediently in front of his mother's bed, saying nothing and just crying silently.

The Queen felt pity for the Fourth Prince as he cried silently. She didn't want him to see such a scene, but she couldn't bear to let him leave his mother at this time.

The Queen sighed and told Zi Yuan to take good care of the Fourth Prince. She then motioned for the Crown Prince and his men to follow her out of the inner room and went to see the Emperor who was still lying unconscious on the bed.

Prince Cheng looked at the emperor on the bed, and looked at the crown prince and the queen worriedly: "Queen, I just received news that the Grand Commandant Shen poisoned the emperor and may have gathered his followers to force him to abdicate."

The Queen tucked the quilt around the Emperor, her face calm, "Your Majesty has already expected that this villain will not be able to restrain himself. Just now, Concubine Shen also exposed her father to me. Commander Shen actually used his own daughter to poison the Emperor. Now he even coerced and bribed Concubine Shen to poison the Emperor and tried to frame the Crown Prince."

The prince was surprised. He did not expect that Concubine Shen would report his father. He asked the queen in confusion, "Mother, how did Concubine Shen get poisoned?"

The Queen sighed: "Although Shenpin said that the Emperor was poisoned, it was not her intention, but the Emperor was poisoned because of her after all. She can no longer follow General Shen to do evil. She only wishes to die in exchange for the Emperor's forgiveness of the Fourth Brother."

The Queen said in annoyance, "She stuffed the poison into her mouth after she finished speaking. I didn't have time to stop her." The Crown Prince also sighed and said, "Concubine Shen finally woke up early and didn't follow General Shen to do evil. Otherwise, if she succeeded, even though we were prepared, we would probably still be in a mess."

When Prince Cheng heard the Crown Prince say that he was prepared, his eyes flickered for a few times, and then he lowered his head calmly without saying a word. Prince Cheng did not show it on his face, but sneered in his heart: "Shen Tuo, this idiot, was indeed discovered by the Emperor. He was prepared early. I guess the Emperor's coma was just a smokescreen for Shen Tuo to see. It seems that I made the right move to come and report Shen Tuo early."

After hearing what the prince said, the queen said softly, "No matter how domineering Concubine Shen is, she is still a mother. There is no mother in this world who doesn't care about her children. Except for that damn Shen Tuo, who actually used his daughter and grandson to satisfy his greed. How abominable!"

The fourth prince in the inner room quietly walked back to the bed from the door, holding Concubine Shen's hand, and tears fell again: "Mother, this is all for my son. I hate my grandfather. He harmed us both."

The Queen in the outer room was listening to Prince Cheng reporting the news he had obtained in southern Xinjiang and the evidence he had brought into the palace. The Crown Prince excitedly said to the Queen: "Mother, with these evidences from the Emperor's uncle, we can catch the traitor Shen Tuo."

The prince glanced at the door of the inner room and said, "Once we catch General Shen, he must have the antidote. We can help Concubine Shen get rid of the poison, and then Fourth Brother won't be sad."

Qin Mingxuan and Yu Huaian looked at each other, and Qin Mingxuan stepped forward and said, "Empress, I think we should be more vigilant at this time. Since Shen Tuo dared to let Concubine Shen come to poison, he must have prepared a backup plan."

Yu Huaian said, "Yes, Madam, Shen Tuo has been preparing for a long time. We just heard from Prince Cheng that this traitor has hidden troops and weapons in southern Xinjiang. I estimate that he has already used the herbs he bought some time ago to secretly transport the weapons and troops to the capital. We must be prepared for the battle."

The more the queen listened, the more solemn her expression became. She couldn't help but look towards the room where the emperor was. "At first, I advised the emperor not to take the coma seriously to confuse Shen Tuo. But the emperor said that Shen Tuo has many eyes and ears in the palace, and even if he didn't coma, he couldn't hide it from the cunning Shen Tuo."

She looked at Yu Huaian: "Master Yu, is the medicine the emperor drank really okay? Why is he not unconscious today?"

Yu Huaian scratched the back of his head: "The medicine the emperor drank was prepared by my secret guards. It is non-toxic and harmless. He just fell into a coma for a certain period of time. He should have woken up this morning. This... maybe he drank too much medicine?"

After hearing this, Prince Cheng's face remained unchanged. He secretly laughed in his heart, "There is nothing wrong with this medicine. I just ordered someone to put another medicine in the tea that the emperor drank. The two medicines repel each other, so the emperor will naturally have to lie down for a while longer."

There was a gleam in Prince Cheng's eyes. He remembered what Doctor Mo had asked him: "Since Prince Cheng had the ability to put drugs in the Emperor's tea, why didn't he just kill the Emperor once and for all?"

Yes, solving the problem once and for all is naturally a quick way to achieve the goal, but he just doesn't want to give those people who harmed his mother a quick death.

My mother was such a beautiful and kind woman, and she died so miserably. Why should the descendants of these enemies be able to die peacefully?

The late emperor is dead, but Empress Dowager Shen is still alive, and his son is still alive. Taifu Qin and Yu Huaian's father had stated in the court that his mother was a traitor from a foreign race, forcing the late emperor to kill his mother with his own hands. He was neglected and discriminated against. For the sake of his dead mother and for the suffering he had endured, he must take revenge.

I have to use all the tricks I can toy with them one by one, let them experience all the sufferings in the world, and then send them to hell.