Quick Transmigration: Irresistible Beauty
Chapter 169 - 169: Loyal Maid Who Died Because of Beauty (39)

Yi Lin, who was dragged out of the Palace of Celestial Favor, was still smiling, but she felt a little sad. Everything has changed so fast that even if she had succeeded in her revenge, she still found out that she was not happy at all. She only found out that her heart was empty and she was drowning in sadness and gloom.

When Yi Lin was dragged out, Bai Fen looked at the emperor, who was staring at her expressionlessly as she cried and begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, I, your servant, did not do it," Bai Fen cried out.

Yi Lin may think that it was her bottle of poison that put Yue Ran in danger today, but it was actually Bai Fen's bottle of poison that succeeded. Bai Fen wanted to plant Yi Lin as the perpetrator of this and kill Yue Ran at the same time. This was hitting two birds with one stone.

But unexpectedly, she was also caught in this problem! How did she find out? And why was there suddenly this bottle of poison in her palace? Was she framed by someone else?

Lu Heng did not care about Bai Fen's thoughts at all as he said, "Drag this poisonous woman down and chop her up into pieces as well."

This is how the female protagonist died in this world. She was chopped up into pieces, and the body parts were hung on stakes for everyone to see as a warning to whoever dared to cross the line in the future.

…

Recently, everyone in the imperial palace felt like they were stepping on a thin line between life and death. Every day they spent here, they were in danger. They fear that once the noble consort is unable to hold on anymore, everyone will suffer the same consequences.

The court officials could also clearly feel that the emperor's temper had become increasingly moody recently, and many officials had been demoted because of it.

Now, apart from going to court, Lu Heng only stayed at the Palace of Celestial Favor to guard Yue Ran every single day, like a fixed clockwork.

But even so, Noble Consort Yue was still losing weight day by day.

Yue Ran shed tears while touching the clothes that she was still making, other than doing embroidery, that she had originally planned to give to her unborn child.

Lu Heng, who was holding Yue Ran in his arms, was also full of sadness.

"Your Majesty, will the child blame us… because we did not protect him well?" Yue Ran asked with a voice choked with tears.

"No," Lu Heng said gently. He raised a hand to caress Yue Ran's head to comfort her. "Our child is so cute and well-behaved, so how can he blame his mother for this?"

"Yes, he is so cute and well-behaved…" Yue Ran said, and her words suddenly trailed off as she let out several coughs. The cough sounded so soft, but it seemed as if they had consumed all the energy out of the young woman.

Lu Heng reflexively covered the young woman's mouth with a handkerchief, and then he immediately crumpled it and kept it to his back when Yue Ran's fit of cough subsided.

Since that first day of coughing out a mouthful of blood, Yue Ran's health has gotten worse and worse. She coughs up blood very frequently, and Lu Heng can only reassure himself that things will pass and that everything will be fine.

As for these bloody handkerchiefs, Lu Heng had always kept them out of Yue Ran's sight so that she could not see them.

"Okay, Ran Ran, do not think so much," Lu Heng said. "Ran Ran should have a good rest to recuperate Ran Ran's energy. Ran Ran still has to eat with Lu Ming after class, right?"

"Yes, that is right. I still have A Ming," Yue Ran said weakly in reply.

Lu Heng carefully arranged the quilt for Yue Ran so that she could lie down more comfortably while he sat on the edge of the bed, looking down at her.

…

What people do not want to face still has to be faced in the end.

In a few days, as soon as Lu Heng left the morning court, he immediately made his way to the Palace of Celestial Favor to see Yue Ran as usual.

That morning was beautiful. The sun cast its golden glow down into the world, and everything was instantly filled with freshness. The world was full of color.

Looking at Yue Ran, who was still sleeping so peacefully on the bed, Lu Heng smiled very warmly at her figure. He walked up and called out gently with a tone so soft to wake the young woman up for her to get up and eat, "Ran Ran, it is time to get up. Do not sleep anymore. Ran Ran."

But after calling out for the sleeping young woman twice and seeing that she had not yet woken up, Lu Heng panicked.

"Ran Ran, Ran Ran," Lu Heng called out hurriedly. He stretched out a hand to reach out and touch Yue Ran on the bed, only to see that he was trembling. "Ahh—"

When the eunuchs and maids outside heard the heart-piercing shouts of the emperor in the room, they all knelt on the ground in fright.

…

In the Palace of Celestial Favor, Lu Heng held Yue Ran's cold and skinny body and stayed there for three whole days. He neither ate nor drank, even ignoring civil and military matters in court. He was absent, and every official who went to participate in the court knew about it.

At this time, a group of officials were kneeling outside the Palace of Celestial Favor to beg the emperor to show up.

The gate of the palace suddenly squeaked, and the doors opened.

Lu Heng could be seen carrying out Yue Ran's corpse in a decadent manner without a trace of expression. He said, "Today, Noble Consort Yue will be conferred the title Empress Jin Yue."

The tone of his voice has no ups and downs. His words sounded more like an order than a negotiation. But the court officials kneeling immediately raised their objections.

"Your Majesty, how can the noble consort be crowned empress now that the current empress is still well and alive?" One of the court officials questioned the emperor righteously.

"Yes, and even if Your Majesty wanted to do this, Noble Consort Yue's title, Empress Jin Yue, could only be granted posthumously after the passing of the current empress," another court official interjected. "Please think twice, Your Majesty."

"Please think twice, Your Majesty."

Lu Heng took a glance at those kneeling officials indifferently as he said in a very light tone, "Any further dissuasion means disobedience to the imperial edict. Anyone who dares to block my way will be punished without mercy."

What else could the kneeling court officials say other than "yes"?

…

Lu Heng decreed that the whole country had to observe mourning for Empress Jin Yue for three whole years. Anyone who disobeyed this decree will have to face the nine familial exterminations, which is the most severe punishment for a capital offense.

This method of punishment is not only a severe punishment for the wrongdoer himself or herself but also an extreme deterrent to his relatives. Once a wrongdoer is sentenced to this punishment, it will affect the lives and deaths of his or her relatives within nine generations.

Chu Ning, who was kneeling in front of Yue Ran's coffin, could only look at the emperor with a sad expression on her face. She could only think of things with gloom in her heart.

Obviously, she, Chu Ning, is Lu Heng's wife and also became his empress when he came into power as the emperor. However, Lu Heng canonized Yue Ran as Empress Jin Yue, so where did he put her (Chu Ning) in? Who does Lu Heng think she is?

Right now, Lu Heng, who was gently touching Yue Ran's coffin, muttered, "Ran Ran, I will not let you depart this life so unjustly, and I will not let go of anyone who has caused you harm.

Before Yue Ran lost her breath, Lu Heng had called out the shadow guards to thoroughly investigate the whole imperial palace. Sure enough, he found out that the perpetrators who harmed his beloved were not only Yu Lin and Bai Fen, who had caused Yue Ran to die with poison, but he also found out that his imperial mother, the empress dowager, and the empress, Chu Ning, had cooperated to harm Yue Ran.

It goes without saying that they all did this just for the sake of the power of the dragon throne.

Lu Heng could guarantee that they would never be able to get what they wanted most for a lifetime.

Lu Heng took one last look at his beloved, sleeping so peacefully on the coffin with affectionate eyes, and then sealed the coffin.

When Lu Heng turned back, he saw Chu Ning kneeling in front of the harem concubines while pretending to cry sadly with an embroidered veil in her hand, which she had used to occasionally dab the corners of her eyes to make her act a little more believable.

"Empress, you do not think that without my Ran Ran's child in the world, I will make your Lu Jin the crown prince, right?" Lu Heng asked softly. He had just spoken the most terrifying words in the gentlest tone.

"Your Majesty… Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" Chu Ning asked.