She broke out in a cold sweat on her back.
He quickly pushed open the palace door and shouted anxiously, "Your Majesty!"
Seeing that the person coming was Concubine Ming, Rong Jingyuan frowned for the first time.
"Why haven't you rested yet?" The voice was no longer as gentle as before.
This change frightened Concubine Ming. His Majesty now knew that Jiang Ziyi was pregnant, and seemed to have begun to doubt what happened in Qifeng Palace that day.
She quickly gathered her emotions, then shed two lines of tears and threw herself into Rong Jingyuan's arms.
Rong Jingyuan was already feeling upset at the moment, and when Ming Fei came to him and cried, his irritability became even worse.
But he still asked patiently: "What happened?"
Ming Fei secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Rong Jingyuan was still willing to care about her.
She sobbed and said, "I apologize to Your Majesty. I actually knew that the Queen was pregnant that day..."
When Rong Jingyuan heard her words, he immediately straightened her shoulders and asked, "How do you know?" His tone was cold and his dark eyes stared at her with a hint of chilliness.
"I... that day... was summoned to Qifeng Palace by the Empress. She told me that she was pregnant and told me to give up the idea of being with His Majesty. She also said that as long as she gave birth to a prince, the throne would belong to the Jiang family in the future..."
The more she spoke, the lower her voice became. She carefully observed Rong Jingyuan's face, and sure enough, it was as black as black iron at this moment.
She took a risky move.
She thought that if Jiang Ziyi were still alive, she would have asked the Jiang family for help long ago.
And since the Queen Mother hasn't come to attack yet, Jiang Ziyi must be dead.
The dead cannot speak.
So she just made up the lies and slandered others, and no one could verify it.
As long as His Majesty's current suspicion of her can be dispelled, that will be enough.
"I wronged you that day."
Rong Jingyuan comforted her softly. After all, it was an indisputable fact that Ming Fei was beaten like that by Jiang Ziyi that day, not to mention that he saw it with his own eyes.
Rong Jingyuan's self-blame was somewhat alleviated after hearing Ming Fei's words.
He said nothing more and went back to his room with Ming Fei in his arms.
The next morning, Jiang Ziyi was still asleep, and Rong Shaoxuan had already gone out to fetch water.
He came to the mountain stream again.
The secret guards have been waiting here for a long time.
"Your Highness, the matter you asked us to investigate yesterday has yielded results."
"oh?"
Rong Shaoxuan didn't expect the result to come so soon.
He thought to himself, could she be a girl from some famous aristocratic family?
"The girl named Ziyi you mentioned is from the Jiang family."
"Jiang family?" Hearing these two words, Rong Shaoxuan frowned slightly.
Then, the secret guard continued, "Besides, this woman is the current queen."
Rong Shaoxuan: "What!"
A hint of surprise appeared on his usually calm face.
He didn't expect that the woman who fainted in front of his yard was not only a member of the Jiang family, but also the queen?
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