Chapter 234 Peace of Mind

Concubine Wu finally couldn't help it: "Your concubine, your concubine didn't mean it. I accidentally stepped on the hem of your skirt and that's when..."

Lady Wu was so frightened that she burst into tears before she could finish her words, and she couldn't say anything else.

Lady Wu admitted it herself, so it seemed like an accident.

Xuanyuan Ling was so angry that he gritted his teeth when he saw that almost all the concubines in the palace were coming together. Should he say that his harem was too harmonious? In broad daylight, they all gathered in the Imperial Garden. How could they step on the skirt when going up the bridge and be pushed into the water?

At this time, the imperial physician came out. Everyone was shocked when they saw him. Since there was bleeding, it would not be cured so quickly. They were afraid that the condition would not be good.

As expected, the imperial physician knelt down and pleaded guilty: "I am incompetent. I failed to save the dragon child in Lady Zhou's belly. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Lady Wu fell to the ground, stunned.

They didn't even know that Concubine Zhou was pregnant, and now that they found out, the child is gone.

But at this moment the Queen noticed Concubine Chen in the crowd. She realized that Chen Mianmian and Concubine Chen suddenly heard that something happened, so she felt something was not right, so she went to see them first.

The moment she heard that the child was gone, Concubine Chen lowered her head even lower.

The queen looked at Chen Mianmian, who was lowering her head next to Chen Guiren, and her eyes suddenly became fierce.

In the room, Concubine Zhou was almost numb listening to the noise outside. She covered her stomach with her hands, stared up, and tears kept flowing. This child, she didn't even know it existed, and it left her.

Chu Linglong pursed her lips tightly, thinking about her interactions with Concubine Zhou, and felt extremely guilty. She had no time to think when she was hit, and she subconsciously wanted to grab something. Concubine Zhou was close to her, so she grabbed her.

She didn't even know that Concubine Zhou was also pregnant, which caused her to lose the child. How could she and Concubine Zhou still be together in the future?

Xuanyuan Ling felt really bad looking at the group of people kneeling, and he was also angry looking at the imperial physician: "Why didn't anyone report that Concubine Zhou was pregnant?"

Didn't he make a special arrangement to check the pulse of the concubines in the harem every ten days?

The imperial physician also felt wronged because it was not possible to tell the child's pulse when taking the pulse when the child was too young. "When I took the pulse of Concubine Zhou before, I did not find it slippery, so I did not know that Concubine Zhou was pregnant. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Xuanyuan Ling was really angry: "Concubine Wu will be demoted to a good lady and punished with ten strokes of the cane and confined to her house. The other concubines will all go back to reflect on their actions, and the imperial physician will be fined for half a year."

Lady Wu looked pale and didn't dare to say a word to beg for mercy. Everyone thanked her in fear.

Chen Qing just watched Xuanyuan Ling walk away with a dark face after sentencing him, and then followed him to see the emperor off.

The Queen naturally made the decision on the follow-up matters. She reprimanded those who should be reprimanded and sent those who should be sent away. She comforted Shen Qing twice: "You are also innocently implicated. Your Zhaohua Palace is close to the Imperial Garden. This is the second time."

Yes, it was so unlucky that she lost her baby twice. Shen Qing couldn't even complain about it.

After a while, after seeing the queen off, he asked people to clean the place thoroughly.

Chunhua suggested: "Why not sprinkle some salt on it."

This is a taboo in the palace. It is really unlucky that Shen Qing herself could not survive twice and someone else had a miscarriage in Zhaohua Palace.

Shen Qing nodded.

Chunhua went to sprinkle salt, and the others were busy with their own things. Shen Qing was really speechless about this fragmented plot, but was today's incident really an accident? Shen Qing always felt that there would not be such a coincidental accident in the harem. If it was aimed at Chu Linglong at the beginning, then wouldn't everyone present today be suspected?

It's not necessarily Concubine Wu. No matter how stupid she is, she would not do this openly in front of everyone.

But now Concubine Zhou’s child is gone, and it’s related to Chu Linglong. Shen Qing had seen the relationship between these two when they first met. When Concubine Zhou sprained her ankle, it was Chu Linglong who helped her. Now that this has happened, I’m afraid the relationship between the sisters has come to an end.

Of course, what Shen Qing thought was correct. The relationship between Chu Linglong and Concubine Zhou was indeed awkward. Chu Linglong herself was also reflecting on herself in the palace, and she sent people to send gifts to her door but also returned them.

Of course, this is all later.

Chu Linglong has been doing well since she entered the palace, even if she is not favored. This is the first time she has suffered a setback.

Concubine Chen and Chen Mianmian walked out of Zhaohua Palace in a hurry without communicating with each other.

When Xuanyuan Ling came over just now, the two of them knelt down with their heads bowed very low. When Xuanyuan Ling saw all the beautiful girls in the group, he really didn't notice the strange look on Concubine Chen's face.

Concubine Chen did not see what Chen Mianmian did. She was confused at the time. Everything happened too quickly. When Concubine Chen returned to her room, she immediately asked the palace maids to close all the doors and windows around her, and then went to guard the door.

The palace maid wanted to tell Concubine Chen about Jinzhi's visit today, but she asked Concubine Chen to leave before she could do so, so she never said anything.

I can only say that some things just happen by accident.

"Is it you?" Concubine Chen stared at Chen Mianmian with wide eyes: "The one following me, is it you who pushed Concubine Wu?"

Chen Mianmian said: "If I push her, she will naturally feel it."

Nonsense, of course she couldn't push him. She stepped on the hem of Wu's skirt from behind when she was going up the stairs. Her front foot was unstable, and she was stepping on the hem of her skirt. As she was going up the stairs, she naturally leaned forward uncontrollably, and didn't she just push Chu Linglong?

Because of the panic and the suddenness of the incident, Concubine Wu only thought that she had stepped on the hem of her skirt and accidentally pushed Chu Linglong.

Concubine Chen was terrified and said, "It wasn't you? Then what did you say to me at that time..."

Chen Mianmian looked at her expressionlessly. "If you had been able to lend a hand when everyone else was panicking, you would have at least saved your face in front of the emperor."

"Nonsense!" Concubine Chen's mind became clearer because of the crisis. "In the situation at that time, if I really went to save people, I'm afraid others would really think it was me. I can't get involved in this matter."

How could I get involved in matters related to the heir to the throne? If anyone knew that it was not an accident, it would be a capital crime!

After all, Concubine Chen is not Chen Mianmian. She was originally bewitched by Chen Mianmian's previous methods and thought that Chen Mianmian could help her. But now that Chen Mianmian took action, she was scared to death.

"Go away! Don't stay here!"

Chen Mianmian's face darkened. "What are you talking about, noble lady? Didn't you ask me to give you some advice? Do you want the emperor to know that you pretended to be sick before? Do you want the emperor to know that you wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to show off when noble lady Zhou lost her child? Do you think you will get better if the emperor knows that you have ulterior motives?"

Concubine Chen finally realized that it was easier to invite the gods than to send them away.

At this moment, the Queen did not look very good after returning. She just noticed that Concubine Chen's face looked different. Although she did not know the cause and effect, she did not believe that the child could be lost for such a long time in the harem. Now that Concubine Wu has taken the blame, everyone will think that it was Concubine Wu who did it. It's just that she originally wanted to remind Concubine Chen, but now she missed the opportunity and something happened.

The queen was really angry: "Jinzhi, find a chance and don't tell Concubine Chen about what happened before, but Chen Mianmian is a disaster."

She originally wanted to get rid of Chen Mianmian, but the emperor ordered someone to send her away and then asked the empress dowager to bring her back. Later, she kept her in the empress dowager's palace. She also knew that Cuiyun had been torturing Chen Mianmian, so she let the matter go. She didn't expect that Concubine Chen would go and ask for the person to be brought out on her own.

She did not take action immediately. After all, she was still thinking that if something happened in the harem, she, as the queen, would be too conspicuous. Now something happened again. She didn't care whether it was done by Chen Mianmian and Chen Guiren. She would nip it in the bud as soon as there was a sign, no matter how conspicuous it was. She wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible, so that she could feel at ease and avoid any incidents in the future that would implicate the Chen family.