If she had known about Consort Hua's pregnancy before today, then Ulanara would definitely have made Li the one who caused Consort Hua's miscarriage.

It's a pity that Consort Hua became pregnant without anyone knowing, and then suddenly miscarried, catching Ulanara off guard. Now she can only try to make amends.

Fortunately, when Consort Dong'e passed away, Consort Ulanara made some arrangements, adding some of Consort Li's touch to the reasons for Consort Dong'e's death. Now it's a good time to bring it up. As a mother, she was unkind and tormented her daughter-in-law to death. Consort Li should have a good scolding.

After things calm down, she can give her nearly grown-up niece to Hongshi as his wife. With Ulanara's legitimate daughter by her side, whispering sweet nothings in her ear, Hongshi will eventually truly become her own son.

What Empress Dowager or Mother Empress Dowager? Ulanara is the only Empress now and will be the only Empress Dowager in the future. The only one who can sit in that position is her son!

When Yinzhen and Qian Shengyan arrived at Chengqian Palace, Ulanara and Li were already there.

The bedchamber reeked of blood. Yinzhen glanced at it, then frowned and sat at the head of the outer room, showing no intention of going in to take a look.

Qian Shengyan went inside, but Shan Xiu was still unconscious, and...

She glanced at the sunset, and the sunset bit her lip and nodded almost imperceptibly.

Qian Shengyan: ...

She said with a hint of helplessness, "At least cover it up for her..."

Evening Glow was even more helpless than her: "The blood bleeds so badly at the slightest touch that I can't put my clothes on..."

"Pull the blanket up higher." Qian Shengyan frowned. "What kind of mess is this?"

"Yes." Wanxia knew she hadn't kept a close watch on things. Right now, the Emperor only knew about Consort Hua's miscarriage; he didn't know she had dared to have an affair in her bedchamber. If he found out…

With a "thump," Wanxia knelt down before Qian Shengyan. She lowered her head and crawled step by step to Qian Shengyan's side, kowtowing deeply. Before she could say anything, Qian Shengyan interrupted her: "This matter is beyond my control. How to deal with it is up to the Emperor."

"Yes, I understand." Wanxia closed her eyes in despair, kowtowed to Qian Shengyan again, silently got up, pulled the quilt up for Shan Xiu, covering the mottled marks on her collarbone and neck.

The marks alone were chilling enough. Qian Shengyan shook her head, becoming even more eager to hand over that bastard Hongshi to the Empress as soon as possible.

We have to hurry! This child is so reckless, she's scared! We can't control her anymore!

Just then, Qian Shengyan heard arguing outside, which seemed to be Li Shi's voice. She then gestured to Wanxia, ​​telling her to keep a close eye on Shan Xiu, before going out.

Li's voice was undisguised in mockery: "Your Majesty, Consort Hua knew she was pregnant, yet she did not summon the imperial physician, did not protect the imperial fetus, and did not even report it. Now she has miscarried, which is a great disrespect!"

"How did Consort Qi know that Consort Hua knew she was pregnant?" Ulanara's voice was indifferent, revealing no emotion.

Lady Li scoffed, "When I saw Consort Hua in Your Majesty's palace last time, she was clutching her stomach, looking very concerned. If I didn't know, why would she act like that?"

Ulanara fell silent, and Qian Shengyan was also... speechless.

You said she didn't care about this pregnancy, but then you said she was holding her belly and cared a lot. So, does she care or not? How can she be punished?

However, after Xiang'er's incident, the relationship between Li and Ulanara has deteriorated. Li no longer trusts Ulanara and is naturally wary of her words. Now, seeing that she has rendered Ulanara speechless, she thinks that what she said makes perfect sense.

Lady Li raised her chin, turned around, and looked at the door of the bedchamber: "If you ask me, Consort Hua is still too young..."

"Your Highness Consort Qi is truly insightful," said Ulanara in a calm voice.

Lady Li glanced at Yinzhen furtively, noticing his inscrutable expression and unreadable emotions, but she suspected he was in distress. However, Nian Gengyao was currently incapacitated, and Consort Hua had lost her child. If she didn't seize the opportunity to kill her while she was still ill, should she wait for her to rise again and swagger before her?

And then there's that wretched child, Fu Hui. Just thinking about how much the Emperor used to dote on him makes Li feel nauseous. Her Hongshi is the eldest son, yet the Emperor only asks about him occasionally. If Consort Hua were to regain power, she could manage, but what about her son?

Li turned her head and saw Qian Shengyan walking out of the palace. She snorted, "The Consort Xi is so kind. With such a strong smell of blood, she still goes to visit Consort Hua."

"Alas, they are sisters after all. I feel sorry for her when something like this happens," Qian Shengyan sighed.

Li choked, just as the imperial physician rushed over. There was silence in the hall as everyone waited for the physician's diagnosis.

"Your Majesty, Consort Nian is more than two months pregnant. This old minister is incompetent, but... this old minister is incompetent, and I'm afraid it's too late to save her..." The imperial physician knelt on the ground trembling, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

Yinzhen twirled the Buddhist prayer beads in his hand, without saying a word.

Seeing that Ulanara did not intend to speak, Qian Shengyan had no choice but to ask, "How about Consort Hua?"

"The bleeding has stopped; there is no danger to his life," the imperial physician said in a low voice.

"That's good. No one could have imagined that Consort Hua would go through such a ordeal. It's good that she survived," Qian Shengyan said, downplaying the seriousness of the matter.

She didn't want to reveal too much about it, but some people just couldn't resist the urge.

Ulanara asked, "How exactly did Consort Hua lose her pregnancy?"

Qian Shengyan helplessly lowered her head and closed her eyes. Everything else was fine, but she was afraid that if things got out of hand, Yinzhen would lose face.

She was still his concubine after all.

Yinzhen's face was also not good. He tapped his fingers on the table but did not interrupt Ulanara.

To everyone's surprise, the imperial physician said, "It seems to be a strong drug, and there are also signs of external injury."

...This answer was something Qian Shengyan never expected!

She suddenly looked up at the imperial physician: "What medicine?"

"I can't say for sure what medicine it is, but it's very potent," the imperial physician replied with a frown. "And the blow that hit my lower abdomen, though not very strong, was at the perfect angle, which was also a direct cause of the miscarriage."

Qian Shengyan subconsciously turned her head to look at Yinzhen, who happened to be looking at her as well.

The two of them now had only one thought in their minds: Consort Hua's miscarriage seemed to be quite complicated.

Ulanara was overjoyed. Good heavens, if either of these two matters could be related to Li, then she would definitely achieve her goal today.

Before she could ask any more questions, she suddenly heard a woman scream from the bedchamber. After a moment, there was a continuous sobbing. Soon after, Wanxia came out and reported, "Your Majesty, Your Highnesses, Consort Hua has woken up."

"Then let me take a look at Consort Hua." Qian Shengyan asked Yinzhen. Yinzhen nodded slightly, and she got up. But as soon as she reached the door of the bedchamber, she heard Ulanara ask again, "Where do you get strong drugs in this harem?"