Shangguan Du's expression became even more terrifyingly gloomy. Was he looking for someone to confront because he was afraid that not many people knew that he was cuckolded?
Shangguan Lingyun sneered in his heart, and when he saw that he didn't reply, he waved his hand outside.
Seeing this, Wang Xiao gave some silver to the witnesses outside and then let them go.
As for the silver, it was certainly not used to silence these people.
What Shangguan Du was most concerned about at the moment was not the fact that Concubine Xian was cheating on him, but the matter of witchcraft.
"We'll discuss this later. Have you found anything else?"
The virtuous concubine didn't know that Shangguan Du had been poisoned by the heart-linking poison. Seeing that he was not in a hurry to investigate her, she felt strange.
Shangguan Lingyun saw that Shangguan Du was anxious and just shook his head at him.
"Replying to Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty and Eunuch Yu have just spoken to me."
"The Imperial Guards have searched the palace from top to bottom and found no suspicious people or objects."
Shangguan Du frowned even more. Since he couldn't find it, he decided to deal with the matter at hand first.
"Prince, I give you three days to find all the evidence against Wang Weimin."
"As for Concubine Xian, since she likes that cold and damp secret passage so much, she should be sent to the cold palace to live out her days."
When Concubine Xian heard this, she lay down at Shangguan Du's feet and held him tightly, refusing to let go no matter what.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life. I am innocent. I am innocent."
Shangguan Du was already impatient, "What are you still standing there for? Pull him away."
Just as everyone was about to pull Concubine Xian away, she suddenly felt a pain in her lower abdomen.
Immediately afterwards, a warm current flowed, and a pool of blood appeared on the ground.
The queen looked at the blood on the ground in surprise.
"Did Concubine Xian have a miscarriage? You said you didn't have an affair and you even have a child, and you still dare to quibble."
Although Shangguan Du planned to banish Concubine Xian to the cold palace, she still held the title of concubine, and the Imperial Guards did not dare to ignore her life or death.
Everyone looked at the Queen and Shangguan Du. Shangguan Du didn't say anything, so the Queen spoke first.
"Doctor Xu, please take Concubine Xian's pulse and see how old the child is."
When Doctor Xu saw that Shangguan Du had no objection, he hurried to the side of Concubine Xian, who wanted to resist.
"Hold her down, Doctor Xu, take her pulse."
The virtuous concubine struggled but failed, so Doctor Xu took her pulse and reported back with some trembling voice.
"Your Majesty, the Empress, the Consort Xian is already one month pregnant, but she just suffered a trauma, and I'm afraid she won't be able to keep the baby."
Doctor Xu didn't know whether the child was the emperor's or not, so he didn't dare to say anything too much.
After hearing this, Shangguan Du gave the order without even looking at Concubine Xian.
"Xianfei is guilty of insubordination and shall be severely punished with twenty lashes of the cane and demoted to Yupin. From this day forward, she shall be banished to the cold palace and shall never be allowed to leave."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone immediately understood and dragged Concubine Xian, oh no, Concubine Yu, out.
The sound of the board hitting people and the wailing of Concubine Yu made Wang Weimin collapse to the ground.
Not long after, the baby in Concubine Xian's belly was aborted. Everyone looked at it coldly and no one dared to say anything.
When the beating was over, the queen gave the order to send the person to the cold palace.
Shangguan Lingyun glanced at everyone coldly, reminding them to watch their tongues.
After doing all this, Wang Weimin was temporarily detained in the Tianlao. Shangguandu still did not give up and asked the Imperial Guards to continue searching.
Shangguan Lingyun exchanged a glance with the Queen and returned to his own East Palace.
Ye Xiaoxiao asked curiously about the result, and Shangguan Lingyun told her everything one by one.
A hint of amusement appeared at the corner of Ye Xiaoxiao's lips.
"Although Doctor Xu's guess is interesting, if that person thinks about it carefully, he should figure it out quickly."
"What should we do next?"
Ever since Ye Xiaoxiao entered the palace, she has unknowingly associated herself with Shangguan Lingyun.
What she is most worried about right now is Shangguan Yu's rebellion.
Although sufficient preparations have been made, Shangguan Yu is the male protagonist of the original book after all.
She couldn't guarantee what the outcome would be.
Shangguan Lingyun saw her worry and comforted her softly.
"Don't worry, from now on, you just need to take care of yourself and the child, and leave the rest to your husband."
Ye Xiaoxiao thought of the reasons why Shangguan Lingyun might be defeated in the original book and nodded solemnly.
"Everyone knows now that the child and I are your weak points. Besides, the child is still young and can easily become a target for others."
"So, next, you'd better add some more guards around the child, both overt and covert."
Shangguan Lingyun nodded, then hugged Ye Xiaoxiao to see the child.
The place where Concubine Xian was beaten has been cleaned up, and there is no sign that a little life had been killed here.
As the floor was cleaned, the farce in the palace was temporarily over.
However, at night, the news from the palace still reached Shangguan Yu's ears.
Shangguan Yu didn't care about the pain in his body. After a simple tidying up, he entered the palace.
When Shangguan Du learned that Shangguan Yu wanted to see him, he knew that it must be about Han Mingru, so he did not plan to meet him.
Shangguan Yu also knew what was going on. Seeing that Shangguan Du was reluctant to summon him, he knelt outside the imperial study.
As time passed, Shangguan Yu felt his knees become numb from kneeling, and then they began to hurt.
At the same time, Shangguan Du in the imperial study had the same feeling.
"What's going on? Who wants to harm me?"
Eunuch Yu was startled and hurried forward to ask, but Shangguan Du looked at him with cold eyes.
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