Chapter 134: It was arranged by Concubine Zhao

Doctor Liu returned to the West Mountain Villa with the Tianshan Snow Ginseng he brought back from the Northern Palace.

"Is Jiang Rong suspicious?" Concubine Zhao was overjoyed and asked cautiously.

Doctor Liu replied:

"The Crown Prince's wife didn't say anything, but her maid complained that you were stealing things... Apparently she just thought you wanted to steal the jade ginseng, and didn't think of anything else..."

"Humph, this little vixen only knows some tricks to seduce men. She made Xie Lingxi fall head over heels for her. What can she know about the tricks in this house?" Concubine Zhao felt relieved and complacent:

"Take this ginseng and cook it with safflower, and feed it to Qiao."

Doctor Liu hesitated for a moment and said, "But Madam is already in poor health. If she uses strong medicine, I'm afraid...it will harm her body...and she will have difficulty having children in the future..."

"We've come this far, why are you still talking about these things? Just get started!" Concubine Zhao waved her hands impatiently.

Even if Mrs. Qiao can't give birth, it doesn't mean her son can't take a concubine.

It’s not as important as overthrowing Jiang Rong.

Doctor Liu said no more and went downstairs to boil the medicine.

Bring the cooked medicine to Qiao.

Mrs. Qiao was very reluctant to give up the fetus in her belly, but the child was gone, so she could only drink the medicine with tears in her eyes...

"Ah! It hurts! My stomach hurts so much..."

Not long after Qiao drank the medicine, she began to bleed profusely...

…

Afternoon.

Jiang Rong and Xie Ruojiao were in Songhe Hall together, drinking tea with the old concubine.

"Grandma, please take a look at this article. Isn't it very well written?" Xie Ruojiao held up "Qianqiu Volume Four" and pointed to an article signed by Zhuke, secretly recommending it.

Old Concubine Xie nodded with a smile, "It is indeed a good book with great literary talent. But I have read this book a long time ago."

How could the old concubine not support the study shop opened by her granddaughter-in-law?

A housekeeper was sent to buy every issue.

"It turns out that my grandmother has also read "Qian Qiu"..." Xie Ruojiao suddenly realized.

While talking.

The maid guarding the door came in hurriedly and said, "Madam Dowager, Concubine Zhao is here crying..."

"What's going on? Let her in quickly..." Old Concubine Xie immediately had a bad feeling.

As soon as Concubine Zhao entered the room, she knelt on the ground, her eyes red, and she cried inconsolably:

"Mother-in-law! Your daughter-in-law is useless. She failed to take good care of Qiao... She... Her child is gone!"

Old Concubine Xie's expression changed instantly, "How could this happen!"

"That jade ginseng... was sent by the Crown Prince's wife, and the doctor overlooked it for a moment and didn't examine it carefully, and directly used the medicine... It wasn't until Qiao's accident that it was discovered that the medicine contained a strong abortion drug..." Concubine Zhao wiped her tears and cried miserably:

"We checked one by one and found that the ginseng had been soaked in safflower."

The maid who accompanied her immediately presented her with a piece of jade ginseng.

"I only have this little bit left for future use, and I found that it smells like safflower... I never thought Jiang Rong would have such a vicious idea..." Concubine Zhao looked at Jiang Rong beside her, her eyes full of anger:

"You can't get pregnant yourself, so you're jealous of Qiao and poison her. You're too cruel!"

Xie Ruo said angrily, "You are talking nonsense! My sister-in-law is not that kind of person!"

"Old Concubine Dowager! You must seek justice for Qiao and her murdered great-grandson!" Concubine Zhao kowtowed heavily and cried with all her heart.

If someone who doesn't know the inside story takes a glance at it, they would really think that it was Jiang Rong who did it.

But Old Concubine Xie's expression was very serious. She just looked at her coldly, "Are you sure that there is something wrong with the jade ginseng, and not some other negligence?"

"It's absolutely true! The jade ginseng is right here, you will know if you check it out..." Concubine Zhao said with tears in her eyes.

"Then who knows if this jade ginseng was tampered with after it reached you?" Xie Ruojiao asked back.

Concubine Zhao immediately cried out, "How could Qiao and I harm this child! He is Qiao's son, my grandson!"

This left Xie Ruojiao speechless.

Indeed, Mrs. Qiao and Concubine Zhao would not harm their own children, right? But her sister-in-law is really not that kind of person!

"Then will I harm my own great-grandson?" Old Concubine Xie asked coldly.

Concubine Zhao's crying voice froze, "Concubine Dowager, you..."

"The jade ginseng in Jinyu Garden can't be found. This one was taken from me. Are you saying that I poisoned Qiao?" Old Concubine Xie stared at Concubine Zhao and said coldly.

Concubine Zhao was struck by lightning. What? This jade ginseng actually belonged to the old concubine...

"The old concubine would definitely not harm the child. Jiang Rong must have borrowed the child before she took action!" Concubine Zhao tried to argue:

"After this jade ginseng falls into her hands, what she does next has nothing to do with the Concubine Dowager."

Jiang Rong said calmly:

"I have never seen this ginseng before. After Feicui got the medicine from Songhe Hall, she delivered it directly to Doctor Liu, whom you sent. By the way, Feicui was accompanied by the nanny next to my grandmother on the way to deliver the medicine. You can ask Nanny Zhou if Feicui made any mistakes during the journey."

The personal nanny beside the old concubine immediately stepped forward and said:

"Fei Cui took the ginseng from the storehouse of Songhe Hall and gave it directly to Doctor Liu. I can testify with my own eyes that Fei Cui did nothing wrong!"

When Jiang Rong asked Feicui to pick up Yushen, she specifically asked her to find an excuse and ask her grandmother's nanny to accompany her...

Be her witness.

Concubine Zhao was completely stunned. Jiang Rong seemed to know what she would do and cleaned everything up in advance.

"Zhao, what happened? Who killed Qiao's child?" Old Concubine Xie asked angrily.

Concubine Zhao came back to her senses from her trance and stammered, "I don't know..."

"Grandmother, Doctor Liu came to borrow the jade ginseng. Since something happened to the jade ginseng, it must be related to him. Catch him and torture him severely, maybe we can find out something." Jiang Rong looked at the old concubine Xie and said.

Old Concubine Xie nodded and said, "Come here, go to the West Hill Villa and arrest Doctor Liu!"

Concubine Zhao felt a chill in her heart.

Although this Doctor Liu was a doctor that her family knew well and had always been using, she didn't think he could withstand being tortured...

It's over, it's over!

What should I do?

…

soon.

The palace guards arrested Doctor Liu.

"Grandmother, if the medicine goes wrong in his hands, we can explain to the government even if he is beaten to death." Jiang Rong looked at Doctor Liu and said calmly:

"First, give him 80 strokes of the cane. This quack doctor with evil intentions is plotting to murder my sister-in-law. Beat him first and then we'll talk!"

Doctor Liu was originally somewhat loyal to Concubine Zhao.

but……

This loyalty is only worth ten strokes of the cane.

After the guards had beaten him ten times, Doctor Liu could no longer hold on and wailed, "I was just following orders! Concubine Zhao told me to do it! The soup that made Madam Qiao drink to make her pregnant hurt the fetus! The baby can't be saved! So she put the blame on the Crown Prince's Concubine!"

Concubine Zhao, who was feeling very nervous, turned even paler when she heard these words.