That evening, the imperial physician held his breath and dared not relax. When the Empress Dowager of Cixi Palace heard that Nan Zhiyun had been found, she rushed over in a panic, disregarding her own appearance.
To everyone's surprise, the Empress Dowager's arrival revealed a basin of bloody water carried out by palace servants. Nan Zhiyun was covered in blood, which she had just washed off. Upon seeing the basin of bloody water, the Empress Dowager nearly fainted on the spot, her eyes immediately reddening.
When Yu Jingchen saw the Empress Dowager coming, he didn't stop her. After all, he knew how much the Empress Dowager valued and loved Nan Zhiyun, and that she was genuinely worried.
The Empress Dowager was terrified when she saw Nan Zhiyun lying on the bed, barely showing any signs of life.
"Yun'er..." The Empress Dowager didn't care about any decorum and directly broke away from An Xin's support, stumbling to Nan Zhiyun's bedside.
"What, what exactly is going on?" The Empress Dowager's voice and her hands were trembling.
“There’s a secret room in Yunpeng Palace. We found it inside,” Yu Jingchen said.
"Where is that poisonous woman?!" The Empress Dowager was truly enraged.
“I have already imprisoned her in the Censorate,” Yu Jingchen replied.
"Is that enough?!" The Empress Dowager was clearly dissatisfied with the result.
"Why don't you order her to die? Do you still want to show her favoritism?!" The Empress Dowager became agitated.
"Anxin, take her to Cixi Palace!" The Empress Dowager was almost losing her mind. The little girl she had pampered since childhood was now lying half-dead in front of her. No one could accept that.
An Xin glanced at Yu Jingchen after hearing this, and seeing that he didn't object, she knew he probably wouldn't stop her, so she said, "Yes."
"I am here, Empress Dowager should return to the palace to rest as soon as possible," Yu Jingchen said, looking at the Empress Dowager who remained in front of Nan Zhiyun.
"With you here, I am truly at ease. I will stay here and watch over Yun'er today," the Empress Dowager said.
"If I wanted her dead, she would already be a corpse." Yu Jingchen was also in a bad mood.
However, the Empress Dowager no longer wanted to talk to Yu Jingchen. She just sat there, doing nothing, quietly watching over him.
Seeing this, Yu Jingchen knew he couldn't let the Empress Dowager leave, so he suppressed his emotions and left the place.
Once outside, Yu Jingchen did not leave He'an Palace.
"When will the medicine take effect?" Yu Jingchen asked.
"It was supposed to be in the next few days anyway," Xinglai replied.
"You did give her a chance, but she noticed?" Yu Jingchen asked.
"She must have sensed something, but I wonder if she guessed it was His Majesty," Xinglai said.
"You found out about Nan Zhiyun too?" Yu Jingchen hadn't called Nan Zhiyun's name so directly in front of others more than a few times.
“As per His Majesty’s decree, I also led Consort Nan to investigate in that direction, so it should be possible to guess,” Xinglai replied.
"Does Your Majesty think that Consort Nan's actions this time are because she found out about that matter?" Xinglai thought it was unlikely.
Yu Jingchen remained silent, because he felt something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Although this life was a second chance, he felt that many things had deviated from the trajectory of his previous life.
Perhaps some things cannot be viewed through the lens of one's past life. Take this incident, for example. Even if it was indeed the Imperial Concubine who did it, how did she manage to do it? Whether it was building a secret chamber in Yunpeng Palace or quietly abducting someone and keeping it from him, none of this is possible. Therefore… there are still many doubts.
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