听着七皇子指桑骂槐的话，晏皇后一颗心沉入谷底，她不敢置信七皇子会这么和自己说话。
"You, you're doubting Her Majesty?" The Third Prince's wife was stunned.
The Seventh Prince glanced at the Third Prince's wife: "The Seventh Prince's wife has finally been pregnant for a month, why did you have to be so cruel to her, Third Sister-in-law? I have no children, how could you be so heartless?"
"What?" The Third Prince's wife was somewhat bewildered.
What is all this about?
How did this get dragged into my own affairs again?
The Seventh Prince pointed to the imperial physicians under the corridor: "The imperial physicians diagnosed my wife as pregnant, but less than half an hour later, the Third Prince's wife came to our door with her people. She put Yunjiao grass, which Jia Hua cannot eat, in the tonic soup. Jia Hua was not well. You then used a gold hairpin to stab Jia Hua. Third sister-in-law, what have I done to wrong you that you want to cut off my offspring?"
The Third Prince's wife belatedly widened her eyes and said, "Nonsense! I only came to visit out of kindness. She herself stabbed herself in the abdomen with a gold hairpin. What does it have to do with me?"
"Your Highness, I can testify that it was the Third Prince's Consort who deliberately said things to provoke my mistress, and then, taking advantage of her unpreparedness, pulled out her gold hairpin and stabbed it into her abdomen. I beg Your Highness to do justice for my mistress." Xiu Shu rushed out and knelt on the ground to kowtow to the Seventh Prince.
The Third Prince's wife's chest heaved with anger: "You lowly servant, why are you slandering me?"
"Third Prince's Consort, your relationship with the master is not harmonious, so why do you come to visit him? I heard you say that as long as the Seventh Prince has no heir, the civil and military officials will definitely not support the Seventh Prince. If the Third Prince ascends the throne, he will definitely torture the master severely. It was you who advised the master to be sensible."
Xiu Shu was extremely quick-witted; she could turn the tide of a situation with just a few words.
The child is gone; who dares to say the child wasn't the Seventh Prince's?
Unless the imperial physician comes forward and says the child never existed at all.
But who ordered the imperial physician?
Some things cannot withstand scrutiny.
The Third Prince's wife forced herself to calm down, and her knees buckled as she knelt before Empress Yan: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged."
“Your Highness, this servant also saw that the Third Prince’s Consort took away the letter from last night,” Xiu Shu said.
Upon hearing this, the Third Prince's Consort wished she could tear Xiu Shu's mouth apart: "This vile servant deliberately framed me, Your Highness, please investigate thoroughly."
Seeing that things were getting out of hand, Empress Yan couldn't openly favor the Third Prince's wife. She pretended to be unaware and asked, "Third Prince's wife, I'll give you one more chance. You must tell the truth, otherwise I can't help you."
"Your Majesty?" The Third Prince's wife exclaimed in astonishment.
Meeting the icy gaze in Empress Yan's eyes, the Third Prince's wife suddenly snapped to attention, becoming much more sober: "Your Majesty, a clear conscience fears no accusation. I am not afraid of being investigated. Besides, Your Majesty, please think about it, how could I be so foolish as to openly harm the Seventh Prince's wife?"
Empress Yan nodded: "Indeed, Seventh Prince, there is something fishy about this matter. Could it be a mistake?"
"Your Majesty is the mistress of the harem. My wife is seriously injured and bedridden, and has just lost her child. If this is not Third Sister-in-law's fault, then whose fault is it?" The Seventh Prince's face was full of disappointment. He pointed at the maid behind the Third Prince's wife: "Drag her away and interrogate her thoroughly!"
The Third Prince's wife exclaimed anxiously upon hearing this: "No!"
"What are you afraid of, Third Sister-in-law?"
"You're insulting me by suspecting me without reason. Why admit to something you didn't do? Seventh Prince, you've been bewitched by the women of Northern Chu. You're so foolish!" said the Third Prince's wife.
The Seventh Prince looked at Empress Yan, not in a hurry to speak, but waiting for her to speak.
Empress Yan closed her eyes, sensing the other party's anger, and took a deep breath: "Third son's wife, you shouldn't have come to visit seventh son's wife today."
"Your Majesty?"
"Take him away, as Seventh Prince wishes!" Empress Yan ordered.
The Third Prince's Consort watched helplessly as her maid was taken away. Feeling uneasy, she looked at Empress Yan.
The Seventh Prince then said, "Guards, take away all the palace servants who entered this hall yesterday for interrogation!"
Empress Yan's eyelids twitched.
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