Chapter 64 Fake Pregnancy
Soon, Nanny Gui, Hongfeng, and Caolu, who were by Concubine Fang's side, all arrived. They all said in unison, "It was Aunt Hai who told Concubine Fang that day that if pregnant women eat more fruit, their children will grow up healthy and fair. That's why Concubine Fang spent a lot of money to buy spring oranges and apples from outside the palace."
"You are all around the concubine, so of course you will speak for her." Hai Jiaren pursed her lips.
Jindian and Yindian were brought in soon. Jindian said, "The master makes cakes every day and didn't ask for anything else, nor did he ask for fruit."
Hai Jiaren breathed a sigh of relief. The maid beside her was naturally good.
Soon, Hai Jiaren found that she had let out a sigh of relief too early.
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Yindian started to apologize as soon as she opened her mouth. Hai Jiaren's heart skipped a beat and she looked at Yindian.
"I can't let the prince be kept in the dark forever."
Yindian shivered and dodged to the side, while kowtowing to Prince Lin, saying, "The master is dissatisfied with Concubine Shen giving birth to a child first and then being promoted to concubine. He is even more dissatisfied with Concubine Shen being a concubine and being favored by the prince first. He often calls Concubine Shen... a bitch."
She mixed true and false words together, and many of the words were actually said by Hai Jiaren, which made them more credible.
"Silver, hairpin!" Hai Jiaren looked at her with gritted teeth after hearing this.
Yindian shrank back: "Master, you can't make the same mistake again."
"Your Majesty, I..."
Before Hai Jiaren could finish her cry of injustice, she was startled by the cold look of Prince Lin. She shuddered all over and heard Yindian continue, "I thought my master was just thinking about it, but I didn't expect that my master would actually be so bold as to harm Concubine Shen."
"Every time the master makes cakes, he won't let us watch, let alone do it ourselves." Every word Yindian said seemed to be condemning Hai Jiaren.
"That's not the case. Doing it yourself shows more sincerity."
Hai Jia was panicking and yelled at Yin Dian, "Bitch, how dare you betray me!"
Hai Jiaren habitually wanted to raise her hand and slap him.
Yindian knelt down to avoid the attack, shouting at the top of her lungs, "If I had known that eating tangerines and cakes together would cause poisoning, I would have told you long ago."
"Master, you can't make the same mistake over and over again. I know you really want to have a child and become a concubine, but you can't harm others."
Yindian cried and kowtowed to apologize: "Your Highness, all the mistakes are my fault. If I had known earlier, I would have stopped you from doing such a wrong thing."
As Yindian spoke, she seemed to have accidentally fallen, and her sleeves were opened, revealing the marks of being beaten. She covered her hands as if she was afraid: "This is not a beating from the master, this is not a beating from the master."
Yindian's words made Chu Cong's expression even colder.
"That's not the case." Hai Jiaren shook her head repeatedly.
"You didn't make the cakes? Didn't you ask the concubine to buy the oranges? Or was it you who beat the maid?"
There was a questioning tone in Chu Cong's cold voice. He looked at Hai Jiaren's tearful face and felt that she was just like those concubines who caused Qiu Rong to have a premature birth. They looked innocent, but in fact, they had a heart as vicious as a snake!
"I, I didn't. The tangerines were bought by the concubine. They have nothing to do with me. This girl must be holding a grudge against me. She's talking nonsense." Hai Jiaren retorted, "I only said that eating apples is good, not eating tangerines."
"Master, you keep saying Chunju Chunju."
Yindian covered her face and wiped her tears while speaking. She pulled Jindian and asked, "Jindian, you heard it too, didn't you?"
"No, I don't know." Jindian shook his head in denial.
"Yindian, you have long since defected to the concubine. You and the concubine have teamed up to harm me." Hai Jiaren finally reacted and cried.
Chu Cong looked at her coldly. Hai Jiaren knew that no matter what she said, the prince would not believe her. She fell to the ground helplessly, then touched her belly and said, "Prince, I'm pregnant!"
Chu Cong glanced at Doctor Lin, who immediately stepped forward to take his pulse.
Hai Jiaren touched her belly and thought: As long as she is alive, she will find out the evidence that Concubine Fang harmed her.
"Your Highness, Aunt Hai is not pregnant."
Doctor Lin's words directly shattered Hai Jiaren's fantasy of turning her life around by having a child.
"impossible."
She looked at Doctor Lin in disbelief and said, "I am pregnant. Are you a doctor? Can you take my pulse? My period is a month late, and I feel like vomiting when I smell food. How can I not be pregnant?"
She felt like the sky was falling. Without her child to protect her, wasn't she finished?
"Auntie Hai took a lot of folk remedies to help her get pregnant, and coupled with thinking about it day and night, she did have a false pregnancy," Doctor Lin explained.
"No wonder Aunt Hai wanted to harm Aunt Shen. It turns out she thought I was pregnant and wanted to give birth to the child and be promoted to concubine?" Aunt Gui's whispered words were heard clearly by everyone in the room.
Chu Cong's eyes turned cold: "Mrs. Hai is seriously ill and has been sent to the farm."
Chu Cong's words immediately defined the situation. Hai Jiaren was shocked at first, then she cried out, "Your Highness, this is unjust. I definitely didn't release the snake. It must have been someone ordered by the concubine."
Lady Hai cried and screamed, while Concubine Fang knelt upright and said, "I failed to detect Hai's sinister intentions in time. I am willing to accept the punishment, but I do not admit to instructing Xiao Tao to release the snake."
"Your Highness, last month, Xiao Tao's family member was seriously ill, and it was Aunt Hai who gave them money to treat their illness. Xiao Tao is Aunt Hai's benefactor."
Aunt Gui quickly explained, "It has nothing to do with my concubine."
"That……"
Hai Jiaren wanted to defend herself, but finally found out that she had indeed bribed Xiao Tao in order to harm Shen Lingshu, but she definitely did not instruct Xiao Tao to release the snake.
"Your Majesty."
Behind the screen, Shen Lingshu, who was supported by Aunt Hua, supported her waist with one hand and her stomach with the other.
She stared at Hai Jiaren in confusion and asked, "My room has always been strictly guarded. How did Xiao Tao, a maid, sneak into my room and put the snake under the quilt?"
There has never been such a moment when Hai Jiaren felt that Shen Lingshu's voice was so beautiful. She immediately reacted and cried hurriedly: "Yes, Prince, even if I have the ability to reach the sky, I can't do this!"
If she gets seriously ill and is sent to the farm, her life will be over. She is still so young and she doesn't want to die!
Concubine Fang stared at her big belly, a flash of shock in her eyes, and then she lowered her eyes, afraid of revealing her viciousness and shock: her child is still fine?
Is it okay to vomit like that due to poisoning?
Even if he wasn't bitten by the snake, I heard he was scared to death, so how come nothing happened?
"As soon as Concubine Hai entered the mansion, she used ragweed flowers to poison Concubine Shen. Who knows what kind of poison she has done without anyone noticing." Nanny Gui spoke quickly and quietly poked Concubine Fang's lower back to remind her.
Concubine Fang finally came to her senses and raised her eyes again, angrily saying, feeling wronged, "Please investigate clearly, Your Majesty. I believe that those who are innocent will be cleared."
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