The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

This news came like a thunderclap, and the queen's face turned pale instantly. Her legs softened instantly and she collapsed to the ground. Even the palace maid beside her could not support her.

The emperor's condition was not much better. He staggered and fell onto the dragon throne, then coughed violently. Yao An kept stroking his back, but the emperor still coughed up a little blood.

"Imperial Physician! Call the imperial physician quickly!" Yao An shouted, but the emperor grabbed his wrist, supported his body, and looked at Yin Shao.

"What did you say? Tell me again, what happened to the prince?" the emperor asked in a hoarse voice.

He couldn't believe that his prince, who was as good as his own, would die like this!

There must be something wrong in some link, perhaps Yin Shao conveyed the wrong message.

Dongfang Ye is the prince appointed by him personally, the crown prince of Daqi. Who would dare to murder him if they don't care about their own life?

The emperor stared at Yin Shao. If his eyes had substance, Yin Shao would have been shot through with a hole by now.

Yin Shao had been accompanying the emperor for many years and had seen many battles of swords and sabers, but none of them had been as difficult as tonight.

He fought against the freezing atmosphere and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the body of the Crown Prince has been brought back to the palace."

Prince, corpse.

Each word was so brief, but in an instant, it overwhelmed the queen. She could not bear it and still sat on the ground in a daze, her mind and body unable to react at all.

The emperor subconsciously glanced at her. His situation was only slightly better than hers, but it took him a long while to speak: "I want to go see my prince!"

Yao An immediately helped him up. The emperor staggered down the platform with unsteady steps and walked past the queen.

The queen's eyes then moved slightly, and she used her hands and feet to crawl out of the palace.

Upon seeing this, Nanny An burst into tears and took the palace maids to support her, but the queen's limbs were stiff and she could only crawl out mechanically and could not be pulled up.

Nanny An knelt down and blocked her way, tears streaming down her face, "Empress, please take care of yourself and don't let the wicked people succeed! If the prince really gets hurt, he will be waiting for you to avenge him. You can't collapse like this!"

The queen looked at her blankly, like a puppet who couldn't think.

Nanny An forcibly pulled her up from the ground and said, "Even if the Queen wants to go see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please let this old servant help you walk."

Two palace maids came forward to help, and Nanny An finally succeeded in helping the queen up.

The murder of the crown prince was a serious matter that concerned the country and the people. Huai Wei and Huai Qi could only send him back to the palace quietly. They were very careful along the way and did not dare to let any news leak out.

After the prince's body was transported back to the East Palace, Huai Wei, Huai Qi and others all knelt beside the prince's body, waiting for the emperor and empress to come. They were anxious and held their breath, not daring to look up at all.

They knew that they were doomed to die this time. As people close to the prince, they allowed his Highness the Prince to be killed outside and could not escape the death penalty.

After an unknown amount of waiting, the emperor and empress finally arrived. They were supported by the people they trusted most, but their steps were still anxious and staggering.

When the emperor and empress saw the prince lying on the couch, they stopped in their tracks at the same time, unable to believe and accept it.

Especially the queen, she remembered that before her son left the palace, he was wearing a light yellow brocade robe, which was extremely clean.

But now her son, lying on the couch, had his light yellow brocade robe covered in mud and blood. The same was true for his usually clean face and hands. The white cloud-patterned brocade boots on his feet were so dirty that the original pattern could hardly be seen.

The queen was in extreme pain and almost fell to the ground.

After all, the emperor had a stronger tolerance. He strode in and said, "Huai Wei and Huai Qi, you two are responsible for taking care of the prince. Why did the prince die? Tell the truth!"

The Queen's body weight almost fell on Nanny An. She didn't look at Huai Wei and Huai Qi, but at her child, Dongfang Ye, who was lying soundlessly on the couch.

Nanny An glanced at her, then exchanged glances with the palace maid, and together they helped the queen to go to Dongfang Ye.

Finally, the queen sat down beside Dongfang Ye's couch and touched his hand which was covered in mud and blood. It was cold, icy cold, even stiff, no longer as warm and soft as before.

Her child had been dead for a long time.

The queen ignored the dirt on his body and pressed her face against his chest. There was no heartbeat to be heard, nor was there any temperature at all, but even so, she still pressed against Dongfang Ye's chest, as if this would bring her closer to the child.

At this moment, the scene of Dongfang Ye and Xie Lin's birth twenty-three years ago flashed through her mind.

She was in pain for two days and two nights, and was almost dying. Then she gave birth to Xie Lin, but Xie Lin looked very weak, and his cry sounded like a cat's meow, not loud. But after all, he was a prince.

The Queen was not unhappy at that time.

However, the labor pains continued, and the midwife told her that there was another baby in her belly.

When Dongfang Ye was born, his cry was loud and much heavier than Xie Lin's. Even though he was a younger brother, he was stronger than Xie Lin.

At that time, Concubine Zheng was not far from giving birth.

For the position of queen, for the glory of Yuan family, and for the future position of crown prince, she resolutely sent Xie Lin away and kept Dongfang Ye.

That night, she basically secretly executed the person who delivered her baby... Until today, no one knows the truth of what happened that night except Nanny An and herself, Noble Lady Xie, Old Lady Xie, and the deceased head of the Xie family.

She was so deliberate in keeping Dongfang Ye, and she worked so hard to raise him, and she did everything she could to have him be canonized as the Crown Prince of Daqi...

But, he is dead.

Dongfang Ye is dead.

The child she had painstakingly kept in mind, the child she had pushed to the throne of crown prince, had died just like that.

The Queen looked at the silent Dongfang Ye, and remembered what Xie Lin once said on the Moon Terrace in the past, that maybe she had chosen the wrong child, and the prince was not as good as him!

Is the child she chose... really not as good as Xie Lin?

The queen slowly closed her eyes.

Huai Wei said: "Your Majesty, I am guilty. I failed to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I deserve death."

The Emperor: "Tell me, what is going on! Who dares to murder the prince?"

Huai Wei: "His Royal Highness went to the Xie Mansion in person to celebrate the marriage of Lord Xie and Cheng'an County Lady. Seeing that it was getting dark, His Royal Highness prepared to return to the palace. We were about to get on the carriage, but Madam Liu from the Xie Mansion came with two maids. I don't know what she said to His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness took us back to the Xie Mansion.

"The prince was resting in the inner room, and told me to wait outside the courtyard. We were not allowed to go in without his order. We waited and waited, but did not get any news from His Royal Highness. We were really worried, so we went into the courtyard to look for His Royal Highness..."