Chapter 223 The Legend of Zhen Huan, Guarjia Wenyuan 22
"Your son only wants Mother to live. The Empress poisoned Mother, and it was too late when Mother found out. She wanted to keep it a secret for your sake, but I cannot accept the murderer of my mother as my mother."
"Father, please save Mother! Your son will no longer fight for the throne; you only want Mother!"
"What did you say?!" The Emperor and Guarjia Wenyuan exclaimed in shock.
Changchun Palace —
The Emperor and Guarjia Wenyuan sat on the couch, awaiting the diagnosis results from the imperial physicians.
After the imperial physicians finished taking her pulse, Physician Xu spoke up: "Your Majesty, based on our diagnosis, Consort Qi has indeed been poisoned."
"Judging from the pulse, the poison is not too toxic and the dosage is not large each time, but if taken over many years, the body will gradually weaken until death."
The Emperor asked, "Can't the imperial physicians diagnose this poison?"
“If the poisoning period is short, it is possible that it cannot be diagnosed. However, Consort Qi has been poisoned for more than a year, and even the physicians of the Imperial Hospital can diagnose it as wrong.”
Physician Xu naturally knew why the Emperor asked this question, and so he answered.
"The Empress specifically appointed Imperial Physician Zhong to handle Consort Qi's illness. He's truly a good 'physician' for me." The Emperor sneered. "Zhou Zhong, take Imperial Physician Zhong and that little palace maid who poisoned her to be interrogated."
"Yes, sir."
Since she was the Empress, the Emperor wouldn't have arrested and interrogated the palace servants of Jingren Palace without evidence.
"Imperial Physician Xu, is it possible to cure Consort Qi's poison?" Guarjia Wenyuan asked Imperial Physician Xu.
Upon hearing this, the Third Prince also looked at Physician Xu expectantly.
"Consort Qi has been poisoned for a long time, and this humble servant can only do his best." Imperial Physician Xu dared not make any guarantees.
"We must make sure that Consort Qi is cured."
After giving his instructions, the Emperor returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and Guarjia Wenyuan gave a few words of advice to the palace servants before returning to the Palace of Elegance.
Neither Physician Zhong nor the palace maid who poisoned the woman were tight-lipped; they revealed that the Empress had ordered them to do it.
The Emperor decreed that the Empress be confined to Jingren Palace and that Jianqiu and Jiang Fuhai be taken away for questioning.
Inside Chuxiu Palace, Consort Jing and Noble Lady Xin gathered in the hall to discuss with Guarjia Wenyuan the matter of the Empress poisoning Consort Qi.
Consort Jing sighed, "It's really hard to understand. No matter who ascends the throne, the Empress will always be the Empress Dowager and the mother of the emperor. Why would she target Consort Qi?"
Consort Xin revealed a mocking smile and said, "Our Empress is very petty. She doesn't want others to be her equals; she only wants to be the one and only Empress Dowager."
"Poor Consort Qi, she trusted the Empress so much, yet in the end, it was the Empress who wanted her dead," Guarjia Wenyuan said with pity, leaning against the table.
"Although Consort Qi is a bit stupid, she is timid and cowardly, which is quite interesting. It's a pity that she misjudged her."
Consort Jing also felt sorry for Consort Qi. After all, the two of them had known each other for twenty years and still had some affection for each other.
Consort Xin asked curiously, "Do you think the Empress will fall this time without the Empress Dowager?"
Consort Jing thought for a moment and shook her head. "It shouldn't be the case. Consort Qi is just a concubine after all. The amount of poison she was given would not be enough to depose the Empress."
"But the Empress's crimes don't stop at just poisoning Consort Qi."
Guarjia Wenyuan took a sip of tea and said, "During my pregnancy, the Empress did a lot of things to me. She definitely did more than just target me."
Consort Jing touched the teacup and pondered, "Yes, once is never enough, there will be a second. There have been quite a few miscarriages in the Prince's residence and in this palace."
Consort Jing recalled the days when she was a prince and in the harem, when the concubines had lost their children.
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