Chapter 256 Feelings
When Zhao Che woke up again, he had been carried back to the bedroom. There was no one beside him. He felt that half of his body was unable to move. After trying to call out a few times, Concubine Shu slowly came in from outside.

"Where is she?" Zhao Che frowned and stared at Concubine Shu, speaking coldly.

Concubine Shu smiled and said, "Who is your majesty looking for?"

She walked forward slowly: "You are looking for Concubine Jing? It must be Concubine Jing, right? Am I not a human being?"

Zhao Che looked at Concubine Shu for a long time, then asked, "You know everything?"

Concubine Shu smiled coldly at first, then couldn't help laughing out loud. She pointed at Zhao Che with a trembling voice, "Zhao Che, do you think you can keep it a secret forever? You have kept it a secret from Concubine Chen and Concubine Duan, so will it be our turn next?"

Before Concubine Shu could finish, Zhao Che interrupted her and said, "Shut up! They have brought this upon themselves."

Concubine Shu laughed again. She burst out all the grievances she had accumulated over the years and accused Zhao Che, "Since you love Concubine Jing so much, why do you have to use innocent women like us as shields? My Lu family has been loyal and brave for generations. My brother recovered Hexi for you, helped you solve your biggest problem, and helped you stabilize the country. In the end, you have been scheming against my Lu family all the time. Zhao Che, you are so cruel and ruthless. You are not a human being."

Concubine Shu cursed happily, and after she finished saying this, she let out a long sigh of relief.

Zhao Che finally reacted. He tried to get up, but half of his body was unable to move. He called for help loudly, but no one came to help him.

"Don't waste your energy." Concubine Shu sneered: "Zhao Che, do you think you are the only smart person in the world? Should everyone be manipulated by you?"

Zhao Che stared at Concubine Shu and asked with gritted teeth: "You bitch, what did you do to me?"

"Nothing." Concubine Shu said calmly, "I am the daughter of the Lu family. I dare to take responsibility for my actions. I will only tell you the truth when death is imminent."

He looked at Zhao Che, his eyes filled with disgust and resentment, and said slowly: "It is true that King Qing tried to murder you, but the poison on the arrow was applied by my Lu family. Once someone gets poisoned, it will kill them. Even Hua Tuo would be powerless to save them."

"Impossible." Zhao Che's eyes showed panic: "The imperial physician clearly said that I am fine."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu smiled faintly: "Since even Hua Tuo was still alive and could not help, how can a mere imperial physician make a clear judgment?"

"you--"

Zhao Che's face turned red with anger, and as soon as he opened his mouth, a stream of blood gushed out of his mouth.

"You and I are husband and wife after all, how can you be so cruel?"

Concubine Shu stared at Zhao Che and replied coldly, "Zhao Che, don't you feel disgusted when you say this? When have you ever treated me as your wife? If I don't kill you today, my entire Lu family, including me and Pan'er, will die in your hands tomorrow. You are so cruel, will you give me a way out?"

After saying this, he left the dying Zhao Che behind and walked out of the hall.

The people outside the hall had already been sent away, and the woman was filled with hatred.

She just wanted to make this cruel man end up in loneliness and regret.

The night breeze was cool, making the woman's eyes sore and tears flowed out uncontrollably. She slowly walked towards her son's bedroom. Halfway through, she ran into Zhao Pan.

"Mother, how is father?" Zhao Pan asked anxiously when he saw Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu held her son and looked down at the young man whose height had reached her shoulders. She answered irrelevantly, "Pan'er, you will inherit the throne and become the emperor."

When the young man heard this, his eyes immediately lit up; "Mother, is this true?"

There is no son born in the royal family who does not envy the supreme position. Zhao Pan is fifteen years old this year. Since he was old enough to understand, he has faced the cruel competition among several major families for the position of crown prince. Now that the throne of the emperor has suddenly belonged to him, how can the young man not be ecstatic.

"It's true." Concubine Shu said, "Pan'er, you must be grateful to your uncle forever. If it weren't for your uncle, not only would our lives be in jeopardy, let alone the throne, we would also have to follow in the footsteps of Concubine Chen and Concubine Duan."

The hardships and fears she had endured over the years made Concubine Shu feel sad and upset whenever she mentioned them. As she spoke, she couldn't help but cry.

Zhao Pan raised his hand to wipe away Concubine Shu's tears: "Don't worry, mother. Now we have finally made it. I have become the emperor, and my uncle is the regent. I will always remember my uncle's kindness."

Hearing her son's words, Concubine Shu smiled with relief: "Pan'er, don't forget what you said today."

The sage died suddenly of "illness", and King Zhao Pan of Qi succeeded to the throne. The new king was not yet an adult, so he appointed his uncle Lu Ji as regent.

The change of dynasties is a major event for the family, the country and the world.

Within just a few days, the news spread to every city, state and county in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Qin Xiaoning was pregnant and seldom went out. On this day, Songzhi and Sister Wang went out to buy things. The street was full of children selling official newspapers. "Great news, the saint has passed away, the King of Qi has succeeded to the throne, and General Lu has become the regent."

Songzhi was illiterate, but when he heard the little boy shouting, he hurriedly bought a page of the official newspaper and didn't even bother to buy vegetables, and ran back to the house in a hurry.

"Aning, come and take a look." The little maid ran out of breath and stuffed the bought newspaper to Qin Xiaoning.

The King of Qi inherited the throne.

Lu Ji became the regent, second only to the emperor.

All this happened too suddenly.

Qin Xiaoning held the official newspaper and read it for a long time, muttering, "How could the saint suddenly die of illness when he was in his prime?"

Originally thought, the best outcome would be that Lu Ji defeated the Jiang family, found ways to support the King of Qi to become the crown prince, and then wait for a few decades, after the saint was driven away, the King of Qi ascended the throne, and Lu Ji would no longer have any rivals.

Unexpectedly, this matter that was supposed to take decades to complete was shortened so quickly.

"Is the news true?" Qin Xiaoning couldn't believe it and looked carefully at the butler's seal printed at the bottom of the newspaper.

"The prince has become the regent." Songzhi couldn't believe it either: "Then our Ningguo Mansion is the most powerful family in the world, right?"

"A Ning, isn't the regent only slightly lower than the emperor? The current emperor is too young to rule the country, so is there no one in the world who can control the prince?"

The little maid spoke excitedly while glancing at Qin Xiaoning's face: "Do you think that this means that the prince can decide on his own marriage? He should be able to marry whoever he wants, right?"

Lu Ji was indeed forced to get engaged to Wang Fengyi due to circumstances.

Now that he holds great power, no one can force him.

He had told her more than once that she should believe in him, that she should wait a little longer, and that he would give her the best.

But she didn't believe it.