Chapter 18 Never Meet Again

The Queen was in a panic. She looked up at Emperor Qingling, shook her head blankly, and immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on. I have never seen this white jade bracelet before. This is the first time I have seen this bracelet."

Concubine Yao also knelt down, tears falling suddenly: "Your Majesty, you know about my friendship with Zhi Zhaoyi from beginning to end. I have been so worried about Zhi Zhaoyi these two days, but I didn't expect to be framed like this. This white jade bracelet is now on the Queen Mother. It shows that Zhi Zhaoyi's poisoning has nothing to do with my white jade bracelet, Your Majesty."

Her voice was crying, and she sounded sad and cowardly, as if the weak Concubine Yao from before had returned.

That kind of weakness was just right. When she looked up, Emperor Qingling's heart was moved by her tone. He felt so distressed.

Emperor Qingling looked at her without blinking, his eyes full of pity. He lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Get up, don't kneel down, I know you are innocent."

He had just said that it was Concubine Yao who did it. In less than a cup of tea, he had forgiven Concubine Yao, and even his words were full of pity and distress. Ying'an

sneered in his heart.

The heart of a bad father is as deep as the sea.

Concubine Yao looked up at him, tears falling at the right time, blinking her eyes and saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for trusting me. Please help me and investigate this matter thoroughly. The person who poisoned me must have hated me, so he figured out the time when I came to find Zhi Zhaoyi. At this time, the imperial physician came to check Zhi Zhaoyi's pulse and revealed that Zhi Zhaoyi was poisoned. Then he put the blame on me and drove me away from Your Majesty again. Your Majesty, I have no regrets for you. , the heaven and earth can bear witness, the sun and the moon can testify, I have done nothing wrong, I just want to stay by the emperor

's side forever. "Emperor Qingling stood up, personally helped Concubine Yao up, handed Ying'an in his arms to her, and in front of everyone, he fondly wiped her tears and comforted her softly: "Okay, you are already a mother, and you are still crying, what kind of person is that."

Concubine Yao stood up with the help of Emperor Qingling, lowered her eyes and sobbed softly, and took Ying'an.

The moment she picked up Ying'an, Concubine Yao felt that she had picked up her whole world.

After experiencing the betrayal of everyone, she realized that in this harem, there was no true love, it was all just a show.

Ying'an found a comfortable corner in Concubine Yao's arms and nestled softly.

Thinking about how the story will go.

With his bad father's temper, he will certainly order a thorough investigation of the matter.

The person who poisoned was either Imperial Physician Zhao or Zhi Zhaoyi herself. No matter who it was, the Empress could keep

herself out of it. Even if it was finally found out that it was the Empress who did it, for the sake of the royal family's face, the Emperor would protect the Empress and might even put the blame on Concubine Yao again. By then, even if Concubine Yao was right, she would be wrong.

At this moment, Imperial Physician Zhao suddenly knelt down, crawled to Emperor Qingling, and cried for mercy: "Your Majesty, Zhi Zhaoyi was poisoned by me."

Emperor Qingling raised his eyes, and his dark eyes were full of coldness and fierceness.

The aura belonging to the Emperor was so majestic that Imperial Physician Zhao dared not raise his head.

Before he opened his mouth, the Queen stood up and accused Doctor Zhao.

"How dare you! You dare to wantonly poison the concubines in the palace, frame them, and then you don't repent and try to get away with it. Someone, take Doctor Zhao away and give him fifty lashes!"

She scolded him fiercely, and in a few words, she put all the blame on Doctor Zhao.

Emperor Qingling looked at her meaningfully and said solemnly, "Queen, I leave this matter to you. I don't want to see these dirty things in the harem in the future!"

The Queen knelt down and said with fear and trepidation, "Yes, Your Majesty, I know I was wrong."

The concubines in the room knew that this matter was related to the Queen, but since it had come to this, no one dared to say anything more.

The emperor has said that he will leave the matter to the empress to handle. The emperor and the empress are one. The emperor's action is undoubtedly to preserve the face of the royal family. If anyone opens his mouth to expose the truth at this time and makes the emperor and the empress unhappy, that would be really stupid.

Moreover, from another perspective, the emperor is warning the empress that if such an incident happens again in the future, he will never show mercy.

Zhi Zhaoyi was kneeling straight at first, but after listening to Emperor Qingling's words, his shoulders collapsed.

She crawled forward on her knees, humbly and flatteringly holding onto the corner of Emperor Qingling's clothes, raised her head and shed pitiful tears: "Your Majesty, I am sure that it must be Concubine Yao who poisoned me. Your Majesty, you must make the decision for me, Your Majesty." Emperor

Qingling looked down at her coldly: "Zhi Zhaoyi, don't make a fuss."

Zhi Zhaoyi let go of her hand, knelt straight, and stared at Concubine Yao with a stubborn look, which was filled with poison and deep hatred.

This hatred reached its peak when she saw Ying'an in Concubine Yao's arms.

"I guarantee with my life that the person who poisoned me must be Concubine Yao. If I say even a single lie, I will never be favored by the emperor again in this life, and I will waste my life alone in Lianxin Palace until I die!"

Every word she said seemed to be cursing Concubine Yao.

She wished she could eat Concubine Yao alive and swallow her into her stomach.

Concubine Yao was so scared that she quickly covered Ying'an's eyes and ears, and shrank towards Emperor Qingling in panic: "Your Majesty, I just gave birth to Ying'an for you, what's wrong with that? The cold palace is bitterly cold, and the cold wind is biting. I pray for my unborn baby and your majesty every day, hoping that your majesty will be blessed for thousands of years and that my unborn baby will be born safely. But I didn't expect that my safety would actually block Zhi Zhaoyi's way, and make her resent me so much."

She was as weak as a willow branch, and her voice was like the ethereal wind that brushed across Emperor Qingling's heart.

He wanted to bring all the most wonderful things in the world to Concubine Yao, just to make her smile.

Emperor Qingling gently held Concubine Yao in his arms, and at the same time, he used his other hand to wrap around Ying'an.

This mother and daughter are really pitiful in the harem. Although Concubine Yao has a great family background, she is too weak and too easy to be used by others. All she wants is to survive.

After all, he is too suspicious and wants to give her great favor to test her true heart.

Concubine Yao has nothing.

Only him.

Emperor Qingling glanced at Zhi Zhaoyi coldly, and said in a calm tone: "Zhi Zhaoyi speaks without thinking, and loses her manners in front of the guard. She is confined to Lianxin Palace and cannot leave unless summoned!"

After that, he looked at the queen and said solemnly: "Queen, let's go, come with me to see the queen mother."

The queen knelt: "Yes, Your Majesty." The emperor and queen

walked together.

The concubines saluted.

"Farewell to the emperor, farewell to the queen."

Even in the palace, all the concubines were watching Zhi Zhaoyi's laughter, and they would pay more attention to Concubine Yao.

Zhi Zhaoyi sat on the ground paralyzed, looked up at Concubine Yao: "You are very proud, right? Concubine Yao, how can you give birth to a princess safely, but my child will die a violent death! I don't accept it!" Concubine Yao

hugged Ying'an, looking straight ahead, and said in a cold voice: "You and I are sisters, and we are no longer friends. From now on, I will never see you again."