"Your Majesty, I beg you to do justice for me and the child in my womb! Someone is trying to harm me and our child!" Consort Yi knelt before Emperor Kangxi, wiping her eyes with a handkerchief, her eyes instantly turning red.

He Xue was astonished when she saw Consort Yi. It seemed Consort Yi carried chili water and onions with her at all times! How could her eyes turn red so suddenly!

"Get up first. Even if you don't care about yourself, you should care about the baby in your belly!" Kangxi looked at Consort Yi anxiously.

Consort Yi then stood up. "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince has instructed everyone not to let anyone tell me about my sister, the Noble Consort, being ill."

But in the end, someone still managed to get the news to my ears. Your Majesty, this person knows that I regard my elder sister, the Noble Consort, as a sister, which is why she did this—her aim was to kill me and my unborn child!

"Who do you suspect did it?" Kangxi's face visibly darkened.

"Consort Wuya!" Consort Yi said through gritted teeth as she looked at Consort Wuya.

"Your Highness, even if you want to frame me, you should at least have evidence!" Consort Wuya said coldly to Her Highness.

“Your Majesty, it was Consort Hui who discovered this matter. Why don’t we let Consort Hui tell you?” Consort Yi said.

Kangxi looked at Consort Hui. He thought that Consort Hui would only focus on the eldest prince. It seems that he should arrange more things for Consort Hui to do in the future, so that she will not focus all her energy on the eldest prince.

"Your Majesty, when I went to Yikun Palace on the orders of the Empress Dowager, I happened to see a young eunuch and a palace maid acting suspiciously, and I don't know what they were doing."

Your Majesty had them brought over. When questioned, the two men said they were from the same hometown, had met, exchanged a few words, and then Your Majesty prepared to let them leave.

At this moment, Consort Yi rushed to Chengqian Palace. Tao Hong, who was by Consort Yi's side, recognized that it was the little palace maid who told Consort Yi about the Imperial Concubine's illness.

"I imprisoned those two and interrogated them carefully. The little eunuch insisted that the Crown Prince had sent him to inform Consort Yi."

"Insolent fool! How dare they implicate the Crown Prince!" Kangxi glanced at his side; there was nothing there!

He Xue immediately brought the teacup on her table to Kangxi, saying, "Uncle Emperor, please throw one away!"

Kangxi looked at Hexue with a mix of amusement and exasperation, but still threw the teacup away; his hand was itching to do it!

"Liang Jiugong, take those two people to the Censorate and torture them severely! I refuse to believe we won't get the truth out of them!" Kangxi would not allow anyone to slander the Crown Prince, nor would he allow anyone to tarnish the Crown Prince's reputation.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liang Jiugong replied.

"Father, when Consort Hui told me about it before, I already investigated and found that the palace maid in Consort Yi's palace is from the same clan as Consort Wuya!" the Crown Prince said.

“Your Highness, you cannot accuse me of instigating this just because we are from the same clan! I cannot bear the crime of plotting against the imperial heir!” Consort Wuya said calmly.

"You won't admit to harming Consort Yi's unborn child, but what about the Ninth Princess?" Consort Rong asked angrily.

“Your Majesty, when Consort Wuya gave birth, only Imperial Physician Wang was used; all other physicians from the Imperial Hospital were not employed! This makes one suspicious!” Consort Rong said.

"Father, Imperial Physician Wang has confessed that Consort Wuya took a large amount of labor-inducing drugs, which is why she gave birth today."

Furthermore, Physician Wang confessed that the Wuya family threatened him with his own family members, which is why he became the servant of Consort Wuya.

Moreover, the reason why the palace maids and eunuchs around Consort Wuya were so loyal to her was because Consort Wuya had ordered the Wuya family to detain their family members! The Crown Prince told Kangxi about the information he had received.

"Damn it! The Uya clan is extremely arrogant! You are a noble person now, and the Uya clan dares to act like this! If your rank were any higher, what would the Uya clan want to do!" Kangxi angrily pointed at Noble Lady Uya.

Consort Wuya was now ashen-faced. She knew she was doomed today and had no idea what the fate of the Wuya clan would be.

He Xue thought to herself, "Isn't all of this your doing? If you had spoiled every single one of them, would these people have been able to rise to prominence and benefit their entire families?"

However, the Uya clan belonged to the Plain Yellow Banner, and Uya Noble Lady's grandfather had risen to the position of head chef of the imperial kitchen. With so many years of cultivation, how could she not have some influence?

"Uya, is there anything else you want to say?" Kangxi asked, looking at Uya.

“This servant has nothing to say!” Uya said calmly.

“Noble Lady Wuya, you should accept your fate. You are just a disloyal servant, yet you refuse to accept your fate and cause so much trouble!” Consort Yi said, looking at the nail guards on her hands.

Consort Wuya ignored Consort Yi's words and asked, "How does Your Majesty intend to punish me?"

"You plotted against the Imperial Concubine, so you are demoted to a commoner, removed from the imperial register, and given a cup of poison!"

Didn't you dislike Yinzhen? From today onwards, Yinzhen will be under the name of the Imperial Concubine.

A wicked woman like you is unworthy to be the mother of my children. The Sixth Prince and the Seventh Princess shall be registered under the name of the deceased Consort Jing!

As for the Ninth Princess, let the wet nurse take care of her for now, we'll talk about it later!

You say that He Xue is not worthy to be called a brother or sister to the princes. Since that's the case, I will recognize He Xue as my goddaughter.

"Liang Jiugong, go and draft the imperial edict immediately. Promulgate it together with the edict to elevate the Consort to the rank of Imperial Noble Consort!" Kangxi said ruthlessly.

"No, Your Majesty!" Consort Wuya cried out in despair.