Jiang Songyi laughed inwardly, but remained serious on the surface: "Dad, did you hear that? Even the palace doctor confirmed that the reason Concubine Yin had a miscarriage was because she was frightened by you!"
Jiang Dinglian stared at her with complicated eyes, his mouth twitching slightly, and he gritted his teeth secretly.
You silly girl, don't think I don't know that you call me dad but you curse me in your heart!
And Yin Qianqian actually bribed the court doctor to set up this trap in order to frame the Xu family?
At the same time, upon hearing Jiang Songyi's thoughts, Madam Xu couldn't help but hug her daughter tightly, feeling both warm and angry. She said coldly, "Jiang Dinglian, if mother asks about your concubine's miscarriage, you will bear the consequences yourself!"
Jiang Dinglian was already full of grievances, and after learning that Yin Qianqian deliberately arranged for a miscarriage, he felt extremely wronged.
He turned his gloomy gaze towards the court physician, "Is it true that Aunt Yin's pregnancy cannot be saved?"
The court doctor lowered his head with guilt, "My Lord, I am truly helpless."
Jiang Songyi savored the soup slowly, looking like he was enjoying the fun.
[I'm definitely helpless. You know, Yin Qianqian was faking her pregnancy the whole time. Otherwise, why would she take advantage of your absence to come to Mother and frame you? After all, if the pregnancy hadn't disappeared naturally, her deception would have been exposed. However, since she's not framing Mother now, you, the unfaithful man, will have to bear the blame yourself~ Hehe~]
Jiang Dinglian's face was as dark as a cloud, and he coldly ordered his followers behind him, "Ying Shuo! Go get the imperial physician immediately! I want to see, even the imperial physician is helpless with this pregnancy!"
Xu, who wanted to go back to her room to rest, sat back in her original seat quietly.
She secretly wondered in her heart, how would Jiang Dinglian react if he found out that Yin Qianqian had deliberately framed her?
When Yin Qianqian heard that Jiang Dinglian wanted to call the imperial physician, she hurriedly spoke out to stop him, "My Lord, it's late at night. Why make such a fuss? If I can't save this baby, I can only blame my bad luck."
How could Xu let her get away with it so easily? "This is about the succession of the Marquis' Mansion, how can we handle it so hastily? Aunt Yin is so resistant, is there another hidden reason behind her miscarriage?"
Yin Qianqian was choked by these words, and saw that Jiang Dinglian also looked at her with suspicion. Although she was anxious, she did not dare to argue anymore.
Ying Shuo quickly invited Doctor Zhang back.
Doctor Zhang walked in, medicine box in hand, an angry look on his face, muttering discontentedly, "Are you, Marquis Yongding, bandits? I was almost asleep, and your followers had me on horseback without a word. I'm a sixth-rank judge, after all, and you're treating a concubine from a marquis's mansion?"
Jiang Dinglian sat beside him with dignity, and asked in a cold and hard tone, "I ask you, do you want to see it?"
He was born into a military family and had won the title by making great achievements on the battlefield. Naturally, he had a murderous aura about him.
Doctor Zhang angrily placed his handkerchief on Yin Qianqian's wrist. He took her pulse and then sarcastically said, "Marquis Yongding must be desperate for an heir to the point of madness. Your pulse is steady as usual, showing no signs of miscarriage, nor any signs of pregnancy. Your Majesty has toiled day and night for state affairs, and has had no children for over a decade. I'm afraid he's no longer a hero. Why don't you let me take your pulse?"
Xu couldn't help but laugh sarcastically, "My Lord, please don't be shy about seeking medical treatment."
Jiang Dinglian rolled his eyes at Xu helplessly, then cast a deep gaze at Yin Qianqian. "Yin, I took you in out of kindness, so why did you pretend to be pregnant to deceive me? And you even orchestrated this elaborate scheme to put me in an unjust position?"
Yin Qianqian was utterly terrified. "My Lord, I have truly never lied to anyone, and I don't understand how things have turned out this way. The court physician took my pulse earlier and clearly diagnosed me as pregnant. And my abdomen is definitely bulging."
The court doctor glanced at Yin Qianqian and knew that she wanted to shift all the responsibility to herself, but he did not dare to protest.
Doctor Zhang was accustomed to such fake pregnancies to win favor. He had seen many such tricks in the palace, so he yawned and said coldly, "It's just weight gain. It's been several months. Have you had your period? Doesn't my concubine know?"
Xu had been repeatedly framed by Yin Qianqian, and now she was taking advantage of the situation to add insult to injury. "Exactly! If it was the court doctor's initial misdiagnosis, then when you got your period, weren't you still unclear whether you were truly pregnant? Even if you didn't realize it, the maids and servants around you should have noticed, right? I think your attempt to frame the Marquis was just a pretense, and your original intention was clearly to frame me, your wife!"
Yin Qianqian's face turned pale as paper due to the questioning, and she stared at Jiang Dinglian with tearful eyes.
Jiang Songyi watched the excitement from the sidelines and asked Doctor Zhang with great interest, "Doctor Zhang, if Concubine Yin didn't have a miscarriage, then where did the pool of blood behind her come from?"
Doctor Zhang reached out his finger and gently touched the blood on the ground. He sniffed it and smiled calmly, "Oh, it's just chicken blood. It must have been put in some kind of container and tied to her leg."
Mrs. Xu gave Shuyue a subtle look.
Shuyue was accompanying Xu and had long been dissatisfied with the concubine Yin who often stirred up trouble between the Marquis and his wife. So she immediately stepped forward, instructed two maids to firmly control Yin Qianqian, and boldly reached her hand deep into her skirt.
The men around, such as Doctor Zhang and others, all turned away with a tactful look.
"Madam, Lord Marquis, this is what was taken out from Aunt Yin's skirt." Shu Yue said as she handed the blood-stained object to Doctor Zhang.
Doctor Zhang glanced sideways and explained calmly, "It turns out that they use cleaned fish maw to hold chicken blood. With a simple poke, they can create the effect of blood gushing out."
Even Jiang Songyi, who was watching with great interest, couldn't help but admire: "It turns out that fish maw, which is common in the kitchen, can be used in such a wonderful way. Aunt Yin is really clever."
Xu sneered and mocked, "So this is just such a cheap trick. Then what about all the times you blamed me for causing your beloved's miscarriage?"
【You are really blind! 】
Jiang Dinglian glared at Jiang Songyi with his eyes wide open.
There was an innocent and clear look in Jiang Songyi's eyes, as if she was not the one being cursed deep in her heart.
Jiang Dinglian turned to Xu helplessly, as if he wanted to make some excuse, but in the end all he said was: "I was wrong to blame you in the past."
Xu simply turned her head and asked Shuyue, "According to the laws of the Western Wei Dynasty, if a concubine dares to offend the mistress or falsely accuse her, what kind of punishment should she receive?"
Shuyue held her head high and answered in a loud voice, "He deserves to be beaten to death!"
Xu turned around and asked calmly, "My Lord, do you know what to do?"
Yin Qianqian, however, showed no sign of panic. She simply stared at Jiang Dinglian with tears in her eyes and said in a trembling voice, "My Lord, you once promised to care for me for the rest of my life. Are you really going to watch me being beaten to death by Madam's orders? If that were the case, you would rather have let me die on the frontier from the beginning."
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