Chapter 7 — Mother's Throne

He paused for a moment, then continued:

"About the throne, you don't need to worry. I have written a letter passing the throne to An Nhi."

“That adopted child, I will find a way to poison it, then blame it all on the Noble Concubine's head, so that she can pay for her life.”

“I won't let blood get on your hands.”

He stroked my hand, sinking into reminiscence:

“You stay pure like this, waiting for me to finish preparing everything.”

"In my next life, I will wait for you. We will be husband and wife again."

Hearing those sincere words, I just felt nauseous. I gently opened my mouth, my voice was hoarse because I hadn't spoken for a long time:

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

"It's just a pity that I don't want to continue being husband and wife with your Majesty anymore."

The king suddenly woke up. He pointed at me, trembling and shouted:

"Trieu Thuc Nha! Why you!"

“How can you… why can you still speak?”

“Of course it was my concubine who plotted it.” – The noble lady poked her head out from behind – "The dumb medicine I gave the queen to drink was originally fake."

“The lady played the role of a mute for half a year, it was really miserable.”

At this time, the king understood. He was deceived by both of us. You have never betrayed me. As soon as I exposed Ta An's true identity, I knew the emperor would not forgive me and the Noble Concubine. Therefore, the noble lady, on the occasion of having an adopted child, offered her "consent". Proposed a plan for Co Ky Ngoc to replace me. The Emperor immediately agreed, even considering her his confidant. Give her full authority to make plans. Even letting her take care of him every day, showing affection, in order to hide Co Ky Ngoc's existence. But he didn't know that the "confidant" next to him had been replaced by me and the Noble Concubine a long time ago.

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I smiled and approached the king:

"Your Majesty, although I cannot serve you day and night..."

“But it also contributed a lot.”

“Because, the royal physician who uses it, the prescriptions you take, all have to go through my hands to review.”

I bribed the royal physician in the palace to quietly change the king's medicine. These drugs are not toxic. But the medicinal properties are incompatible. Combined together, the emperor's illness became more and more serious. We should have waited three years. But now, just half a year is enough. The Emperor struggled and wanted to run away. I pulled him back to the bed and forced him to drink the last cup of medicine. I pressed down on his struggling limbs:

"Don't worry, I know that Your Majesty still misses the Queen and Ta An."

“I will definitely take them with you.”

“Let your family of three reunite in the royal stream, no one has to wait for anyone else!”

The Emperor was so angry that he choked. In the end, he got angry and died. The noble lady pretended to wipe away tears:

“I truly have my heart for the king, yet he wants to kill me.”

"This love seems to have been placed with the wrong person."

I tested the king's breath. Confirming that he had stopped breathing, he pushed the noble lady:

“Okay, you're dead, don't cry anymore.”

“He uses you, you also use him, it's even.”

The noble lady raised her head, tears falling freely. I know that you are truly heartbroken. Page Nguyet Hoa Cac All of your sincere love you offer to the emperor. Then it was discovered that the two daughters she had been pregnant with were both aborted by him. Just because he once promised Co Ky Ngoc that he would keep himself pure. I bowed my head and looked back at myself. But, In this harem, is there anyone who has never been hurt by the emperor? The noble lady both cried and laughed while looking at me:

"You're locked up in a secret room and you're getting fatter."

“Look at me, sandwiched between those two scoundrels, so scared that my chin is thin.”

“Wait a few days until the funeral is finished, I will wear white, I will definitely be more beautiful than you, and become the most beautiful person in the harem.”

Okay. Even now, she still wants to fight with me, but it seems like she doesn't feel much pain. I poured a glass of poisoned wine for Co Ky Ngoc. The day before, the Emperor, because he wanted her to replace me, announced publicly that she had been seriously injured and passed away. Now it's just a matter of turning fake death into reality. Ta An heard the news of the emperor's death. Still delusionally borrowing the military power that the emperor left behind to create a rebellion. But he had just left the palace and had not yet met the rebels. Besieged by a group of stubborn old gods. The elders said he was a prince born from an immoral incestuous relationship, which would bring disaster to the nation. Then stoned him to death on the spot. Three months later, I assisted the new emperor in ascending the throne. Because the new emperor is still young, I am the regent to the court. I thought you would fight for power and live comfortably with me. But this time, she didn't fight anymore. She sat on a horse-drawn carriage to leave the palace and go to the mansion, her gold and green jade brooch so bright it blinded my eyes. She smiled and said to me:

“Your highness, only a fool would want to be imprisoned in the palace for the rest of his life.”

“This time I won't fight with you anymore, I have to leave the palace, live the rest of my life in peace!”

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