Chapter 113 Su Qingqing Has Gone Mad

The imperial physician arrived quickly. Empress Cheng looked at Su Qingqing with concern and said, "Imperial Physician Wang, please take a look at Consort Su. Why is her hand bleeding so much? Oh, she is so pitiful."

Su Qingqing kept dodging, "No need, I'm fine. I just cut my finger on the string. I'll have the maid stop the bleeding and bandage it."

All the servants in Su Qingqing's palace have been executed. Now, those sent to her palace are naturally all Empress Cheng's people. Empress Cheng knows exactly what she is doing in the palace.

Empress Cheng said with concern, "Imperial Physician Wang must examine Consort Su before I can feel at ease."

At this moment, Granny Xi and the others stepped forward, pressed Su Qingqing's hand, and handed it to Physician Wang.

After the imperial physician applied the hemostatic powder and bandaged her up, Su Qingqing thought that was the end of it. But then someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "What's that stinky smell?!"

Someone sniffed at Su Qingqing, saying, "The smell is coming from Her Majesty, and it gets worse the more you smell it."

Su Qingqing pulled her heavy dress tighter around her neck, staring angrily at Empress Cheng. It was all her and Jiang Fenghua's fault. She tried her best to cover it up, saying, "I'll return to the palace first."

Even if you don't notice it, when everyone gets close to Su Qingqing, they can smell a rotten odor.

Su Qingqing applied heavy makeup and took many showers today, but she still couldn't hide the smell emanating from her lower body.

She unconsciously looked in the direction of the emperor. She had discovered that there was something wrong with her body while she was in the cold palace. She tried to find a cure, but nothing worked. She knew that the man Yunfang had found was sick.

The emperor approached and also smelled the odor. His eyes were full of doubt, and he said coldly, "Imperial Physician Wang, please treat Consort Su properly. Why does she look so pale? What happened to the zither? Why is she bleeding so much? Investigate for me." Because Old Madam Su was present, the emperor also wanted to appear concerned about Consort Su.

Physician Wang dared not delay and took Su Qingqing's pulse again.

A moment later, the imperial physician Wang's pupils widened, and he asked, "Has Your Majesty taken any medication recently?"

"The cold palace is damp, and my legs and feet are aching. I've only taken some medicine to dispel the cold," Su Qingqing lied. In fact, she had used folk remedies to treat her lower body, but the treatment only made things worse.

Physician Wang bowed respectfully to the emperor and stammered, "I dare not make a diagnosis either. I would like to request Academician Mei to come for a consultation."

"Useless! You only injured your hand, why do you need someone else to treat you? Since you are useless, what use are you to me?" the emperor said angrily.

The imperial physician, Wang, was on the verge of tears, and respectfully said, "Your Majesty's injury is not only to her hand, but also..."

The emperor kicked the imperial physician, Wang, and shouted, "What else? Speak..."

"Your Majesty seems to be pregnant, but I cannot detect a fetal heartbeat. If I am not mistaken, Your Majesty is carrying a stillborn child," the Imperial Physician Wang said tremblingly.

These words caused an uproar. Everyone pointed and whispered, speculating whether the child was that man's bastard, since the emperor hadn't visited Su Qingqing's palace for a long time.

Empress Cheng was shocked to hear this. Su Qingqing was pregnant? And it was a stillborn child, three months along. It was probably dead inside her, which was why it smelled so bad. What a tragedy!

Su Qingqing never expected that she was carrying an illegitimate child. She had been experiencing discomfort in her lower body and thought she was sick, so she kept taking medicine.

At this moment, she felt like she wanted to die. The emperor's face was also as if he wanted to kill someone. He had only released her from the Cold Palace because of the Su family. He never expected it to turn out like this. He should have let her die in the Cold Palace.

Knowing the seriousness of the situation, Madam Su immediately knelt before the Emperor to beg for forgiveness. "I beg Your Majesty to punish me. Qingqing was persecuted and is in this predicament because of someone else. Please investigate thoroughly who is the mastermind behind her suffering." She was, of course, referring to Empress Cheng.

Madam Su still hoped that the Emperor would take the Su family's interests into consideration and give Su Qingqing justice.

"Hahaha..." Su Qingqing suddenly messed up her hair, ripped off all the hairpins and ornaments, and laughed loudly, "Karma, karma!"

In a short while, Su Qingqing ran around like a madwoman, turning the entire Imperial Garden into a mess.

Empress Cheng shouted sternly, "Guards! Stop Consort Su!" Who is Su Qingqing trying to fool with her act of feigning madness?

She had been domineering in the palace for over a decade, and the concubines had suffered countless humiliations at her hands. Now, no one sympathized with her; everyone watched the show with indifference.

Ninth Princess Xie Ling'er rushed to her side, crying, "Mother, what's wrong?"

Su Qingqing, like a soulless shell, shoved Xie Ling'er away and cursed, "Bastard." She pushed Xie Ling'er away, causing her to fall to the ground, and then slapped her stomach hard.

Xie Ling'er cried out in pain, tears streaming down her face, "Mother, it's me, Ling'er! Don't you recognize me?"

"Grandmother, please help Mother! Father, please save Mother! She was murdered! Mother did nothing wrong!" Xie Ling'er pleaded repeatedly, crawling on the ground.

With reddened eyes, Madam Su held Xie Ling'er tightly in her arms and whispered, "Remember, these people are the ones who harmed your mother. No one will help you if you beg them. Just remember what they look like now, and avenge your mother in the future."

Xie Ling'er's tears flowed incessantly, her eyes filled with resentment as she glared at Empress Cheng and the concubines. She even hated Jiang Fenghua to the core, because it was Jiang Fenghua who had stolen Wan's fifth brother, which led to all the subsequent events...

Then Su Qingqing picked up the food that had fallen on the ground and stuffed it into her stomach. "I don't have any bastards. Look, I'm full. Your Majesty, you see I haven't wronged you. Haha... It's not my fault."

When the emperor saw that she had gone mad, he said sternly, "Guards, take Consort Su back to the palace. Imperial Physician Wang, go and treat her."

Su Qingqing was taken away quickly, and everyone thought the farce was over.

The next moment, Su Tingwan suddenly screamed in fright and hurriedly pulled a veil over her face. "Your Highness, my face, what happened to my face?"

Xie Shang hugged her and quickly comforted her, "It's alright, Wanwan, you'll be fine. It's just a rash. The imperial physician will prescribe some medicine, and you'll be better soon."

Her eyes were red and swollen. She thought she had been disfigured and that Xie Shang would never love her again. If that were true, they would have no gratitude left. Who was trying to harm her? Who was trying to harm her aunt? They were all prepared. Why did things turn out like this? Why was her aunt pregnant and had to suffer such a misfortune?

It must have been Jiang Fenghua who harmed my aunt.

Jiang Fenghua's arrogant face suddenly flashed through her mind.

At this moment, Jiang Fenghua was standing aside watching the show. As the noble Princess Consort of Heng, she was able to distance herself from everything from beginning to end.

Su Tingwan found it unbelievable; it was impossible for her to leave no trace whatsoever.