Steal my marriage? Turn around and marry the tyrant to take the throne

Chapter 1302: Willing to Die Immediately and Prove My Innocence with Blood (191 million votes)

Maybe... only by risking one's life can one be reborn?

Concubine Chun took a sharp breath and forced herself to calm down. Her charming eyes, which were originally filled with fear, slowly settled into a hint of ruthlessness.

She knelt upright again and said with tears in her eyes, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I remember now!"

"I did bring some things from the Western Regions."

Concubine Chun's words instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Nangong Xuanyu frowned slightly, the murderous intent in his eyes had not subsided, but there was a hint of scrutiny: "Are you admitting it?"

Concubine Zhuang's crying subconsciously stopped for a moment.

Shen Zhinian looked at Concubine Chun quietly, his eyes deep.

Concubine Chun seemed to have grasped the last straw, tears rolling down her face like beads from a broken string, and she said hurriedly, "No..."

"What I brought is definitely not poison, Your Majesty!"

"It's a spice commonly used by women in the Western Regions. It's called 'Acacia Seeds' and has a calming effect on the mind. I've always carefully locked it away at the bottom of my dressing table. Whenever I feel homesick, I take it out and smell it."

At this point, she changed the subject, her face showing a look of belated fear, her voice trembling with fear: "But, but, it just suddenly occurred to me that a few days ago, I noticed that the dressing box had been turned over."

"At the time, I thought a maid accidentally touched it while cleaning, and didn't think much about it... Now that I think about it, the mark is so subtle, it definitely wasn't left by ordinary cleaning!"

Concubine Chun suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with panic, as if she had discovered some terrible truth: "Someone must have been secretly targeting me for a long time, and either replaced my spices or tampered with them. Now they are trying to poison the princess and frame me!"

"Your Majesty, please understand! Someone is deliberately plotting to disrupt the harem. Their intentions deserve death!"

Her words were half true and half false. She admitted to having the "drug" but instantly changed its nature from a poison to a harmless substance that could be used.

It also directly directed the blame towards the mastermind behind the scenes.

This is no longer just a simple case of poisoning. The potential involvement of deep palace forces and conspiracies has instantly made things complicated...

Nangong Xuanyu's face became increasingly gloomy, and his eyes remained cold. No one knew whether he believed what Concubine Chun said.

Li Changde left quickly and came back quickly.

He walked hurriedly, followed by a young eunuch holding a tray. On it was a small and exquisite gilded copper box. The box was already opened, revealing some fine powder.

"His Majesty."

Li Changde bowed and said in a serious voice, "I, your servant, and my men found this item at the bottom of Concubine Chun's dressing box."

Receiving the emperor's eye signal, the imperial physician immediately stepped forward, carefully pinched up a little powder, placed it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it gently. He then quickly examined it with a silver needle and clean water.

After a moment, he knelt down with a thud. "Your Majesty, after inspection, this substance is undoubtedly Jura Powder! Its toxicity and properties are identical to the poison that the princess was poisoned with."

This is irrefutable evidence!

Before the emperor could react, Concubine Chun burst into tears, her voice filled with the fear of being confirmed and endless grievances: "It is so!"

"Your Majesty, you heard it. My love seeds were indeed replaced with poison!"

"The real culprit behind this is going to use my things to kill me! Your Majesty, please help me and find the real villain!"

When she said this, Concubine Chun's heart was beating wildly.

She knew that she was taking a risky move, and the next moment would be a real life-and-death moment.

The sadness in Concubine Zhuang's eyes was instantly replaced by great anger and sarcasm, and her voice was hoarse with tears: "Quibbling!"

"Your Majesty, this is pure sophistry!"

She pointed at Concubine Chun, her fingertips trembling as if she were something filthy. "The dressing box was turned over, the spices were replaced, this is such a ridiculous excuse with so many loopholes!!"

"The inner palace is heavily guarded. Who could sneak into Shuixi Pavilion like no one was there, find the secret compartment, and replace something without being noticed?"

"It's obvious that you deliberately hid the drugs, and now that the truth has been exposed, you're making up this ridiculous excuse to stall for time and confuse the public!"

After she finished speaking, Concubine Zhuang turned her gaze to the eldest princess, whose breathing was becoming increasingly weaker on the bed.

She knelt down in front of Nangong Xuanyu with a plop and kowtowed heavily: "Your Majesty, please understand! Yun'er is dying..."

"The imperial physician said that Yun'er can't wait much longer... Concubine Chun is deliberately delaying, wanting to watch Yun'er die from the poison..."

"Your Majesty, please ask Concubine Chun to hand over the antidote and save Yun'er!"

Concubine Zhuang's accusations were like a torrential downpour, and every word hit the nail on the head.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense again!

Chun Guiren was furious, but she also knew this was a matter of life and death. She took a deep breath and suppressed all her panic.

She no longer looked at Concubine Zhuang, but stared straight at Nangong Xuanyu, tears welling in her eyes, revealing the despair of being forced into a desperate situation.

Concubine Chun straightened her back. Although she was kneeling, she seemed to have exhausted all her strength. Her voice resounded clearly throughout the hall: "Your Majesty, I am alone and helpless in the deep palace. It is only because of your Majesty's pity that I have a place here."

"Poisoning the princess would bring me any benefit. It would only lead to my immediate death without a burial place! How could I do such a self-destructive thing?!"

Concubine Chun's words are logically clear.

A foreign concubine with no roots who plots to murder the favored heir to the throne, what else can she gain except a quick death?

This is totally unreasonable!

Then, Concubine Chun suddenly changed the subject, her eyes seemingly unintentionally, yet intentionally, sweeping over Concubine Zhuang and Shen Zhinian: "Your Majesty, this is clearly someone killing two birds with one stone. They have eliminated the eldest princess and used this opportunity to frame me."

"This person's vicious heart and cruel schemes are the real threat to the royal heir and the threat to the peace of the harem!"

After saying this, Concubine Chun slammed her forehead heavily on the cold floor tiles, making a dull sound.

When she looked up again, her forehead was already covered in a red mark, and her eyes were filled with a near-mad determination: "If Your Majesty is certain that this was done by me, I will not argue. I am willing to die immediately and prove my innocence with my blood!"

"I only ask Your Majesty to continue a thorough investigation after my death. Don't be deceived by the true culprit. You must find out who is behind this, so that they can't continue to endanger the heir to the throne and destabilize the Great Zhou!"

Retreat to advance, be willing to die.

This move is extremely dangerous, but it is also the only way that Concubine Chun can think of to instantly shake the emperor's decision.

She was betting on the emperor's suspicion.

I wonder if the Emperor would find her asking for death so straightforward and suspicious.

It depends on whether the emperor will weigh the pros and cons and whether her identity still has value.

She also gambled on whether the emperor's fear of the real mastermind would exceed his anger towards her.