Quick Transmigration Hoarding: My Selfishness Leads to a Killing Frenzy

Chapter 257 The Cowardly Concubine 7

That night, chaos and turmoil ensued.

Prince Rong sealed off the entire residence, and no one except the person he sent out to fetch the imperial physician was allowed to leave.

Qingmo naturally went back to her own courtyard and continued reading her storybook, looking completely carefree.

Jinzhu, on the other hand, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. "Master, what should we do? Such a big thing has happened in the manor, how come you are not worried at all?"

Qingmo: "What's the rush? It has nothing to do with us."

"But the young masters and ladies in the manor have all had accidents. I'm afraid the world in the manor is about to change. Master, we should be more careful."

Qingmo remained silent. Everyone in the mansion was dead, and it had nothing to do with her. What kind of heart did she have?

Why worry about things that aren't your concern?

Apart from Kiyomizu-in, the entire household is now filled with anxiety.

The aunts who had children cried and wailed while watching over their children, while the aunts who had no children were also filled with fear and anxiety, lest they be implicated in the matter.

Meanwhile, Prince Rong and his wife stayed by the Crown Prince's side, watching him breathe heavily but infrequently, and were very worried.

“My son, my son, hang in there a little longer, the imperial physician will be here soon. Don’t be afraid, your mother is here, your mother is here.”

Princess Rong sat by her son's bedside, gently stroking his little face and softly comforting him, tears streaming down her face.

At this moment, she was no longer the mean-spirited concubine and domineering princess; she was simply a mother who wanted her son to live.

"puff…"

He coughed up another mouthful of black blood, and the prince's hand fell limply to his sides, his eyes slowly closing.

Princess Rong let out a shrill scream, tightly hugging her son, and murmured to herself, "My dear, my Sheng'er is the best. Don't sleep, the imperial physician will be here soon, he will be here soon. My Sheng'er will be alright soon."

She patted the child's back again and again, but unfortunately, the child's body gradually grew cold in her arms.

Prince Rong stood to the side, his face also filled with grief, his clenched fists bulging with veins, a testament to his anger.

His son is dead, the legitimate son of the Rong Prince's Mansion is dead.

Just then, an announcement came from outside: "Your Highness, Your Highness, the imperial physician has arrived."

The imperial physician rushed over, and upon seeing the scene, he knew he was too late and dared not say anything more.

The princess, who was holding the prince, lit up with excitement when she heard that the imperial physician had arrived. She cried out as if she were possessed, "Quick, imperial physician, come quickly! Come and see my son! He's asleep! Please save him!"

The imperial physician obediently stepped forward, but after examining the child, he could only shake his head helplessly. "Your Highness, Your Highness, the Crown Prince has passed away. The poison has penetrated his internal organs, and there is no cure. Please accept our condolences."

Princess Rong suddenly went mad, grabbed the imperial physician by the collar, and shouted, "You quack! What nonsense are you spouting? My son is not dead! My son is not dead! You must save him! If you can't save him, I, the princess, will make your whole family pay with their lives!"

The doctor turned ashen-faced with fright and said in a trembling voice, "Your Highness and Your Highness, please forgive me, but the Crown Prince has already passed away. I am truly powerless to help."

Upon hearing this, Prince Rong was jolted awake from a dream, suddenly realizing that he had more than one son; he had other sons as well.

Prince Rong pulled the imperial physician away.

"Quickly, come with me. My illegitimate sons have also been poisoned, but perhaps they can still be saved."

Having just lost her son, and with her husband still thinking about his illegitimate son, Princess Rong couldn't bear the blow and fainted.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the Prince's mansion was extremely oppressive, and the servants dared not even breathe loudly, for fear of being implicated.

In stark contrast to the atmosphere here, Consort Liang was leisurely pruning a pot of peonies with a pair of scissors in hand, a smile playing on her lips, clearly in a good mood.

Xizhi knelt on the ground, trembling like a leaf.

Consort Liang glanced at Xizhi and said slowly, "Look at you, so easily frightened? You handled things so well, I was even planning to reward you."

Xizhi raised her head tremblingly, "Master, this servant is afraid. If we are discovered, if..."

She was interrupted before she could finish speaking.

Consort Liang put down the scissors and gently stroked the peony petals. "Heh, Xizhi, you're far too naive. Do you think we have any chance of survival? All the children have been poisoned, but my daughter is the only one unharmed. Isn't that obvious?"

Xizhi looked up in shock. So the concubine had already thought of that…

“Master, I…you knew it was a dead end, why did you still make me do this? You promised me you would let me leave.”

Consort Liang burst into laughter, a maniacal laugh, which turned into tears. She stroked her face and whispered, "Heh heh, yes, knowing it was death, why would I do it? Hahaha."

"Because I hate it. I hate the person who ruined me, but I hate the prince's ruthlessness even more."

"Seven years. I have served the prince for seven whole years. Even a night of marriage is worth a hundred days of kindness. Yet the prince has no affection for me whatsoever. When he saw that my appearance was ruined, he discarded me like trash and refused to look at me again. He even kept my child away from me. Haha, how ridiculous."

“Since he is heartless, how can he blame me for being ruthless? I will make him experience the pain of losing his son. Since I was born in hell, I will make everyone suffer like me, wishing they were dead.”

"Heh, those wretches, aren't they all so arrogant because they gave birth to sons? Die, all of you die! It's good that you're dead, then this royal palace will be at peace, hahaha..."

Xizhi slumped to the ground, powerless. She knew she was finished and would surely die. It was all her own fault for being so stupid. How could she have thought that after committing such a heinous crime, she would still have a chance to escape from the palace?

All of this was the concubine's conspiracy. She ruined herself. She didn't know who had harmed her, but since it was someone from the inner palace, she plotted to poison the prince and all the illegitimate children. She wanted everyone to live in misery.

"Consort, I beg you, please save me! I am not afraid of death, and I will not betray you. But, but my family is innocent! The Prince will surely kill my family. Consort, please save me for the sake of my loyalty to you."

Consort Liang looked at Xizhi coldly, "Your family? Hmph, from the moment you got involved in this, you were destined to die. But on the road to the underworld, you won't be alone."

"Xizhi, perhaps there is another way to protect your family."

"What? Please enlighten me, Master."

"Take your own life. Perhaps the prince will blame it all on me, and maybe your family will escape this calamity."

Xizhi burst into tears in despair. If one could live, who would want to die?

After she had cried enough, she resolutely slammed her head against the wall.

Before she died, she wore a relieved smile on her face. Her only hope was that her death could bring peace to her family.

Seeing this, Consort Liang's expression remained unchanged. She calmly picked up the scissors and began trimming the peonies again.