Rebirth: The flatterer prince I raised couldn't be so clingy

No one knows a son better than his mother. Although Concubine Hui was smiling, there was lingering heartache in her eyes when she listened to him speak. Feng Zhanye lowered his eyes and his nose started to feel sore again.

"I'm afraid they never thought of keeping me alive."

Feng Zhanye told Concubine Hui everything about his experiences in the villa. Every word was like a sharp needle piercing Concubine Hui's heart. She couldn't imagine what her thirteen-year-old child had experienced in the past few months, and couldn't help shedding tears.

"I'm sorry, it's all mother's fault for not protecting you well."

Feng Zhanye choked up in his throat, wiped away Hui Fei's tears, and forced a smile: "Don't say that, mother. Look, am I not sitting in front of you just fine now?"

Concubine Hui shook her head, took him into her arms and said, "It's all my fault that someone else plotted against me, causing my Ye'er to suffer so much. Thinking of you being left there alone, I feel really heartbroken."

“Mother, we did nothing wrong. The ones who are wrong are those who want to harm us, aren’t they?” Feng Zhan Ye couldn’t help but burst into tears again.

Concubine Hui nodded: "Yes, I shouldn't feel sorry for myself. For my Ye'er, I should also struggle forward."

"Don't worry, mother. One day I will definitely clear your name and let you walk out of the cold palace with dignity."

Feng Zhan Ye was not just trying to comfort his mother, he really planned to do so. Maybe the road ahead would be difficult, maybe it would take a long time, but he believed that this day would come.

The mother and son laughed again, and Feng Zhanye also remembered the snack box beside him, so he brought it over and placed it on the table.

"Mother, please try it. These are specially prepared for you by Madam Liu. There is also the Poria cocos cake that I asked someone to buy this morning. It is the most delicious."

Concubine Hui responded with a smile and called on the palace maid Lan Yi to help open it.

The various exquisite dim sum with festive colors made the Fuling cake next to it look particularly plain. Although the dim sum made by Madam Liu had an enticing aroma, Concubine Hui reached out and picked up the paper-wrapped Fuling cake and opened it carefully.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I heard you say just now that when you were in danger, it was the guard outside the door who risked his life to save you. You might as well call him in so that I can thank him in person."

Concubine Hui took a small bite of the pancake crust, and her heart was filled with warmth. This was a snack from Kyoto, which Ye'er had bought specially for her. She was extremely happy eating it.

"Okay." Feng Zhanye nodded, then stood up and walked out of the house.

As he was walking, Concubine Hui behind him seemed to be choked by something and suddenly coughed lightly. The palace maid Lan Yi beside him screamed in surprise.

"Miss!"

Feng Zhanye turned around and saw a stream of black blood spurting out of Concubine Hui's mouth. Her face turned pale instantly and she looked at the blood-stained Poria cocos cake in her hand in disbelief.

"Mother!" Feng Zhan Ye screamed and ran back.

"Mother, what's wrong with you, mother!"

"Empress! Empress!"

The whole room was in chaos. Concubine Hui was unable to speak at this time. She collapsed helplessly from the stool, and a large amount of black blood continued to flow out of her mouth and nose, looking horrifying.

When Gu Qingzhi heard the commotion in the house, she immediately went in to check. As soon as she entered the house, she saw this scene.

Looking at the Poria cocos cake that fell on the table, and then at Concubine Hui lying on the ground, it was obvious that she had been poisoned. Her heart tightened, and she quickly pulled up Lan Yi who was beside her.

"Go and get the imperial physician."

Although Lan Yi was terribly frightened, she did not dare to delay for even a moment and ran out, shouting, "Call the imperial physician! Call the imperial physician quickly!"

"Azhi, Azhi, what happened to my mother?" Feng Zhanye grabbed Gu Qingzhi's clothes tightly and asked her with red eyes.

Gu Qingzhi did not answer. She reached out to touch Concubine Hui's neck, only to feel her pulse beating more violently and her body twitching constantly.

She turned to look at the Poria cocos cake on the table and found white powder that had not yet melted on the crust. She immediately remembered the guard who had rummaged through the food box when he entered the palace to search.

But her eyes never left the food box for a moment from beginning to end. When did that person poison it?

"The queen has been poisoned. Someone has poisoned the Poria cocos cake." Gu Qingzhi had no way of hiding the truth from Feng Zhanye and had to tell him everything.

"How...how is this possible?" Feng Zhanye murmured, glanced at the Fuling Cake, then turned back to look at Concubine Hui's situation.

"Ye'er... Ye'er..." Concubine Hui spat out blood all over the ground, which also splattered all over Feng Zhanye's body. Her eye sockets instantly sunken, and the rise and fall of her chest and abdomen became weaker and weaker. She could only call Feng Zhanye's name instinctively.

"Mother, please hold on a little longer. Aunt Lan Yi has gone to ask for the imperial physician." Feng Zhanye's face was already in tears. At this moment, he felt cold all over, but he was helpless and could only hold Concubine Hui's hand tightly.

Gu Qingzhi's heart was pounding. It all happened too fast. She thought of all kinds of people who would come here to make things difficult for her, but she never thought that someone would poison her heart. No matter how alert she was, it was too late for her to do anything.

In order to prevent any further changes, she had to stay by Feng Zhanye's side and could only pray silently in her heart that the palace maid would bring the imperial physician back as soon as possible.

It turns out that this is how people are eaten in the palace.

But didn't Concubine Hui's accident happen after Feng Zhanye came of age in the previous life? Why did it happen so much earlier now?

Gu Qingzhi used to think that as an assassin, she was already accustomed to facing all kinds of death scenes. But when Concubine Hui really lost her breath little by little in front of her, and still did not wait for Lan Yi to come back, she felt how tormented this moment was.

In fact, she had probably already expected it in her heart. She was just afraid that she would not be able to bring the imperial physician.

She watched in silence as Feng Zhanye went from anxious to regretful and then slowly became silent, and she couldn't help but clench her fists.

Concubine Hui never waited for Lan Yi to come back and died completely while struggling.

Gu Qingzhi knew that she should take Feng Zhanye away now, or at least keep him away from danger first, but she really didn't know how to bring it up. She also knew that this matter might not be as simple as poisoning Concubine Hui.

Feng Zhan Ye sat on the ground in a daze, muttering, "Mother... Mother..." He was still holding one of Concubine Hui's hands, but that hand was gradually losing its temperature.

Why is it so cold in winter? It’s so cold that not even a trace of residual heat can be retained.

The snow fell heavier and heavier, almost drowning out the scenery outside the window, connecting the sky and the earth into one.

"Your Highness."

Gu Qingzhi tried calling Feng Zhanye, but as expected, there was no response.

I am afraid that he witnessed the death of his mother with his own eyes and suffered such a heavy blow that he will not recover easily.

"Your Highness, we have to leave here now."

Gu Qingzhi was about to reach out and pull him, but just as she touched his shoulder, he pushed her away.

"I won't leave!" He was extremely excited, his eyes were bloodshot, like a mad beast. No matter who came now, he would bite them.

She was about to say something when she heard someone outside the door announce loudly, "The emperor has arrived!"