Chapter 1620

"What can I do! It's nothing more than adding a little amusement for Empress Dowager Sun, to relieve her boredom. I am her enemy, and for so long, she hasn't found an opportunity to target me, so she must have been stifled. If I don't let her vent, who knows if she will make things difficult for your wife and daughter, or make things difficult for your mother-in-law. Why bother!"

After Imperial Consort Xiao finished speaking, she first sneered, then laughed. The smile was both triumphant and resentful. With two such contradictory expressions appearing at the same time, Prince Ning was filled with emotion.

His mother could win over his father, and she truly had some real ability. Just take this smile; if it were someone else, they would be twisted into a non-human, non-ghost appearance.

"Empress Dowager Sun will be relieved if she hears you are taking pills?"

"Yes! Of course!"

Imperial Consort Xiao played with the pill bottle, "In a few days, someone below will definitely offer pills; no matter who it is, accept them all."

"What does Mother mean?" Prince Ning's heart was thumping.

"It's exactly what you think. We must give Empress Dowager Sun an opportunity, an opportunity for her to be triumphant."

"The pills are poisonous! The pills offered by people below might be highly toxic. How can Mother risk her life."

"Don't worry, she can't bear to let me die! At least she won't let me die so easily. You go to Yuquan Palace; at that time, we will need Pure Yang Zhenren to detoxify the pill poison for me."

Prince Ning was immediately irritable upon hearing this!

"I don't agree! We cannot risk your body just to let Empress Dowager Sun vent her anger. Mother, find another way."

"There is no other way!" Imperial Consort Xiao's attitude was very firm, "Either take pills and suffer a bit, or enter the palace and suffer. If it were you, what would you do? I don't want to see that old hag, and even less do I want to bow and scrape before her and be humiliated by her. Being humiliated by her is more painful than killing me. I would rather take poison!"

Imperial Consort Xiao's eyes were ruthless; she was ruthless to others and equally ruthless to herself.

The thing she regretted most was that when Emperor Jian Shi was still alive, she wasn't ruthless enough! She thought there was still plenty of time, plenty of time to plan, to let her son inherit the throne openly, and no one could say a word of objection.

Alas, heaven didn't open its eyes.

If she had known earlier that Emperor Jian Shi's health was poor and he didn't have long to live, she would definitely have been more ruthless than anyone. Empress Dowager Sun and her son wouldn't have lived to the day Emperor Jian Shi passed away.

Regret!

From now on, she would never make the mistake of being soft-hearted again, and she would never make the mistake of being arrogant again. Never be self-righteous.

Therefore, she personally delivered the poison into her brother Xiao Changsheng's hands.

Although she was in agony afterward, unable to sleep night after night, she never regretted it.

She would also personally put the pills containing poison into her mouth, suffering pain, but never regretting it.

"Mother, why go to such lengths?" Prince Ning was very ashamed.

Imperial Consort Xiao chuckled, "Don't you want to break the situation, want the Secretariat to stand up for you? I am creating an opportunity for you; you just need to cooperate well. Do as I say, and don't ruin things."

Prince Ning finally nodded and agreed, "If Mother has any discomfort, you must say it."

"Don't worry, I don't intend to die."

The news that Imperial Consort Xiao was addicted to pills because of her brother's passing soon reached the palace and reached Empress Dowager Sun's ears.

Just as Imperial Consort Xiao had anticipated, Empress Dowager Sun couldn't hold back and took action.

Imperial Consort Xiao followed the other's wishes, swallowed the pills containing poison, and the poison took effect that day. She didn't die, but stubbornly endured for two days, alarming the Taiyi Academy, and subsequently alarming the Secretariat.

Soon, the news that Imperial Consort Xiao had been poisoned by pills spread throughout the capital.

Prince Ning clamored to investigate the person who poisoned her, even running to the Zongzheng Temple to demand an explanation, and then running to the Dali Temple to demand an investigation. The Dali Temple refused to accept the case, so he ran to the Ministry of Justice.

Sun Daojing's head was spinning!

The Imperial House was infighting and killing each other; why did they have to drag him into it?

He avoided such matters, so how could he take the initiative to bring disaster upon himself?

Prince Ning had long known that the Ministry of Justice was a soft persimmon, and among the three judicial offices, the Ministry of Justice was the easiest to bully, raised by foot-washing maids.

Therefore, he lingered at the Ministry of Justice and wouldn't leave.

"Mother was poisoned and almost lost her life! Harming Mother is harming me. Such a big case, and your Ministry of Justice won't accept it. Minister Sun, do you want to watch me die? I am down and out now, and even you look down on me and bully me together. Fine, I'll die for you to see right now. Someone, prepare a white silk for me; I will hang myself in the Ministry of Justice today!"

Sun Daojing was dumbfounded and amazed.

A dignified Prince was actually playing the drama of crying, making a scene, and threatening to hang himself in the Ministry of Justice.

Shameful to his ancestors!

"Your Highness, calm down! Your Highness, you mustn't!" The two Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Justice were scared half to death and hurriedly hugged Prince Ning, who was determined to hang himself. While persuading Sun Daojing, "Minister Sun, say something!"

Sun Daojing was so angry his face turned blue, "May I ask Your Highness, what did the Dali Temple say?"

"Don't worry about what the Dali Temple said; I only ask you, will you accept the case or not? Mother took medicine and was poisoned; are you going to manage this case or not?"

"Is Your Highness sure you want the Ministry of Justice to accept the case? To interrogate everyone in the Prince's mansion one by one, regardless of the cost?"

"Interrogate! Must interrogate! Mother was poisoned, it must be that there was an inside thief in the Prince's mansion. I don't have the ability to find the inside thief, so I can only seek help from the Ministry of Justice. You are professionals at investigating cases; if you can't find the inside thief, I won't be finished with you."

"Doesn't it matter if you lose face?" Sun Daojing continued to pursue.

Prince Ning sneered, sitting down boldly, "At this point, what face do I have left to speak of? The whole capital is waiting to see my joke, waiting to see how long I can live. My life is almost gone, do I still care about a mere face?"

Sun Daojing kept a straight face and reminded him angrily: "Your Highness, be careful with your words! I don't know who can take Your Highness's life. Under the feet of the Son of Heaven, in the best place, Your Highness should not alarm people with sensational words. It is truly shocking and makes people terrified!"

Prince Ning stared at Old Sun with a half-smile, and the words he spoke were truly heart-piercing, "Minister Sun, why do you pretend to be confused when you know? Everyone knows what my situation is now. This time it was my mother who was poisoned, and next time it will be my turn. I'm afraid I don't have my mother's good luck to escape a disaster. Because Mother has a small appetite, she swallowed the pills in several portions, which is why she luckily survived. I have a big appetite, if I swallow it in one gulp, won't I die!"

Sun Daojing was terrified at this moment; just listening to it with his ears, he already felt the trickery and danger within. The Imperial brothers killing each other, this drama, he didn't know how many people would be involved, and didn't know what bad influence it would cause.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the panic in his heart, and said calmly: "Things that haven't happened, Your Highness should not speculate randomly, so as not to disturb people's hearts and spread rumors. I ask Your Highness to be cautious in your words and actions in the future. This is under the feet of the Son of Heaven!"

Reminded again and again, but the other party refused to appreciate it.

Prince Ning sneered, "Minister Sun has time to lecture me, why not say whether your Ministry of Justice will accept this case or not? In the eyes of you courtiers, is the life of me and my mother important or not?"