Emperor Chongjin looked at her coldly. Despite the dissuasion of several ministers who agreed with Consort Li's words, he did not order Consort Li's death in court. Instead, he stripped her of her title again, demoted her to the rank of Gentleman of the Palace, and confined her to the palace.

Thus, Consort Li, who had just returned to prominence less than half a month ago, was now reduced to a mere change of clothes and imprisoned in the Cold Palace.

As for the rumors about Xiao Chanian, they were quickly dispelled after Huo Chengche uncovered the evidence and the appearance of the Night Extreme National Preceptor.

After the court session, the little girl clung to her bearded master, chattering about what had happened since arriving in the capital. Emperor Chongjin, upon hearing that Chen Zhixian had almost miscarried, immediately went to see her.

At this moment, Chen Zhixian had just woken up and heard Emperor Chongjin talking about what happened today. She was also filled with lingering fear.

As they were talking, Emperor Chongjin inexplicably brought up the matter of Consort Xu's premature birth, but unfortunately, Dejiang still hadn't found any clues about it.

"This Feng family member is truly vicious! She denies everything now, so I had no choice but to spare her life. There's no guarantee she won't do other evil things! If only we could have some evidence."

As Chen Zhixian listened to Emperor Chongjin's words, she suddenly remembered that she had encountered a similar situation when she gave birth to the sixth princess. She remembered very clearly that she had gone into premature labor after receiving a reward from Consort Li.

“Your Majesty, please think about it carefully. My Yingying was born prematurely, while the fourth princess born to Lady Feng was born just a few days before Yingying; the seventh princess born to Consort Xu was also premature, only a few days earlier than the eighth princess born to Lady Feng…”

The result was that Yingying was born deaf and mute and was said to be a jinx, while the fourth princess was born with good fortune; the seventh princess was also weak and sickly and had an unusual fate, while the eighth princess was also blessed with good fortune.

Upon hearing Chen Zhixian's words, Emperor Chongjin also sensed something was amiss. "You suspect that Feng was behind your and Xu's premature births?"

Chen Zhixian nodded and asked Tingyue to take out the box she had locked at the bottom of the trunk and give it to Emperor Chongjin.

"What is this?" Emperor Chongjin looked at the old wooden box that looked like it had been around for a long time, opened it in confusion, and found that it was just some ordinary fabric and silk flowers.

He looked at Chen Zhixian with a puzzled expression.

Chen Zhixian looked at the contents of the wooden box and said softly, "Back then, after receiving the Feng family's reward, I suddenly went into premature labor that night. I had my suspicions back then, but later the Sixth Princess..."

Later, the sixth princess was already enough of a worry for her. She was too busy taking care of herself to have any extra energy to investigate how she was born prematurely.

"I had my suspicions back then, which is why I have kept that reward all these years."

Emperor Chongjin was startled upon hearing this. "Is this the reward from back then? Very well! Dejiang, take it away immediately and investigate!"

Back then, Chen Zhixian was just a minor concubine in the Eastern Palace. Even if Consort Li, Feng Shi, wanted to harm her, she wouldn't have bothered with such a thing.

As expected, Dejiang took the reward and investigated it, easily discovering that it contained sedatives such as sedatives.

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhixian gripped the silk quilt tightly with both hands, her eyes red, and she said through gritted teeth, "Your Majesty, this reward was personally brought to me by Lady Feng back then, and after I accepted it, I had to listen to her lecture me for almost half an hour..."

She left only after inhaling the incense for labor induction.

The fourth princess, who was supposed to be the little jinx predicted by the imperial advisor, was forced to take the place of Yingying, Chen Zhixian's daughter, making Yingying a little jinx that everyone hated and bullied every day!

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongjin flew into a rage and immediately ordered the Inner Court to imprison Lady Feng in the inner prison.

"Have the Imperial Criminal Investigation Department thoroughly investigate her and find out who helped her do these things! She's a tribute woman sent by the Zhongtang Kingdom; if no one helped her, how could she have accomplished all these things?! Interrogate her! Interrogate her properly for me!"

Dejiang quickly bowed in agreement and went to carry out the order.