"It's nothing." He Lin's smile froze, but he suddenly thought of Li Wenshu.
He abandoned Consort Gao and went to find Li Wenshu, much to Consort Gao's dismay.
However, when he went to the Empress's palace, Li Wenshu had already retired for the night.
He Lin knew that Li Wenshu was making excuses for him, but he didn't want to force his way in.
He was turned away and left with a dark expression.
Consort Gao, who was still sulking, cursed Li Wenshu inwardly for being ungrateful upon hearing the news.
He Lin gradually became colder and colder towards Li Wenshu.
Until one day, this neglect reached its peak.
reason,
One morning, Consort Gao, with her pregnant belly about to give birth, went to pay her respects to the Empress along with Consort Hui.
They outwardly greeted each other, but secretly they were showing off.
Of course, let's take the example of the empress falling out of favor.
However, during her journey to pay her respects, Consort Gao was pushed by the Empress, who disliked them.
This triggers fetal movement, abdominal pain, and the onset of labor.
When the child was born, it was a prince.
Unfortunately, it was a stillborn fetus that had already formed.
Li Wenshu felt frustrated at the time.
She clearly didn't do anything.
It was clearly Consort Gao who fell down on her own.
However, Consort Gao had Consort Hui as her witness.
Moreover, even the palace maid beside Li Wenshu testified on behalf of Consort Gao.
Li Wenshu, who had never truly experienced palace intrigue, was unjustly accused and unable to defend herself.
When He Lin heard about this, he rushed to visit Consort Gao immediately.
After offering some words of comfort, he went to find Li Wenshu again.
The first thing he said when we met was,
"Shu'er, why did you do this?"
He wanted Shu'er to be jealous and fight over him.
However, he did not want Shu'er to use such extreme methods to harm an unborn child.
"You also believe I did it?"
Li Wenshu countered He Lin's question.
"You're capable of doing something like this?" He Lin said seriously.
Upon hearing this, Li Wenshu's eyes were filled with disappointment.
"Your Majesty, what do you intend to do with me?"
He Lin: "..."
He calmed down for a moment,
"Shu'er, at a time like this, are you still going to be so stubborn? I really didn't expect you to be so heartless as to lay a hand on a child."
"I didn't do it!" Even though Li Wenshu knew that He Lin didn't believe her, she still wanted to defend herself one more time.
"It was Consort Gao who deliberately fell down. Consort Hui gave false testimony!"
"Li Wenshu!" He Lin also refused to believe that Shu'er could do such a thing.
However, he found it even more hard to believe that Consort Gao would harm her own child in order to deal with Shu'er.
"You have disappointed me greatly!"
"Since Your Majesty does not believe me, there is nothing I can do!" Li Wenshu sneered. Her Majesty did not even ask about the facts before arbitrarily convicting her, which disappointed her.
"Your Majesty, give the order. Kill or torture, it is entirely up to you."
"From this day forward, I forbid you to leave your palace."
He Lin left without looking back.
Although he did not love Consort Gao, he could not accept that Shu'er had done such a cruel thing.
He told her to calm down.
Consort Gao suffered a great emotional shock due to the loss of her beloved son.
She spent her days in tears, and Grand Tutor Gao even personally asked He Lin to stand up for Consort Gao because of her situation.
"Your Majesty, the child in the Consort's womb is your eldest son."
Grand Tutor Gao wept bitterly, saying, "Alas, how tragic!"
The atmosphere here filled He Lin with grief and indignation.
From then on, the Empress's palace became a veritable cold palace.
Li Wenshu, now confined to the cold palace, has completely given up on He Lin.
She only blamed herself for being so blind back then.
Thinking of her parents far away in Baiyang, she shed tears of regret for the first time.
She missed her senior brother too.
Normally, no matter what happened to her, her senior brother would always help her out.
But why hasn't my senior brother come yet this time?
She was trapped there for six months.
Six months later,
"Junior sister."
Upon hearing a call, Li Wenshu seemed to be hallucinating.
She turned around abruptly and saw her senior brother approaching.
"Junior sister."
"Senior brother." Li Wenshu held back her tears and smiled at Gu Qian.
When did you get back?
"I just got back and came to the palace to find you." Gu Qian saw the restraint in Li Wenshu's eyes and didn't know what to feel.
He had just returned from the border and had only just heard about his junior sister being held captive by He Lin when he entered the Empress's palace.
He was furious. Before he could confront He Lin face to face, he stormed into the Cold Palace to find his junior sister.
When he saw his junior sister's protruding belly, he became even angrier.
He didn't say a single extra word, only:
"Your senior brother will seek justice for you."
"It doesn't matter anymore, His Majesty doesn't believe me." Li Wenshu bit her lower lip and smiled bitterly at Gu Qian.
"Senior brother, I want to go home." She smiled at Gu Qian, but her eyes were filled with tears. "I want to go home."
Gu Qian took a deep breath, trying to calm his turbulent emotions.
Then, his gaze fell on his junior sister's lower abdomen.
"Okay, senior brother will take you home."
"Mmm." Li Wenshu pursed her lips and hugged Gu Qian.
From childhood to adulthood, besides her parents, only her senior brother treated her the best.
"Senior brother, I want to go home right now."
"Senior brother, go and plead with His Majesty."
After Gu Qian finished speaking, he patted Li Wenshu on the back of the shoulder to comfort her.
As soon as they turned around, they saw that He Lin, just like last time, had already been standing behind them.
He Lin's face was ashen. "I disagree!"
However, when his gaze fell on Li Wenshu's protruding belly, his eyes suddenly widened.
He repeated what he had just said.
"Gu Qian, I disagree!"
He then walked towards Li Wenshu, and just as he was about to touch her lower abdomen with one hand, Li Wenshu suddenly stepped back, instinctively hiding behind Gu Qian.
"Senior brother, I want to go home."
"Your Majesty! Why are you placing my junior sister under house arrest?" Gu Qian grabbed He Lin's elbow. "My junior sister is six months pregnant. It's one thing if you don't take care of her, but why do you have to place her under house arrest?"
"You have to ask her about this!" He Lin regained his previous cold demeanor.
"I did not harm Consort Gao's unborn child. I saw it with my own eyes. Consort Gao fell down on her own in an attempt to frame me. Consort Hui gave false testimony..." Li Wenshu no longer wanted to explain how she had been framed.
However, when facing her senior brother, she still repeated her previous explanation to He Lin in detail.
Upon hearing this, Gu Qian secretly clenched his fist.
He looked at He Lin coldly: "I believe in my junior sister."
He Lin: "I want to believe her too, but even tigers don't eat their cubs, so how could the Imperial Concubine frame her own child?"
He simply couldn't believe that anyone would harm his own child.
"I believe in my junior sister." Gu Qian repeated this statement.
"Your Majesty, don't you know your junior sister's character?"
After he finished speaking, seeing that He Lin remained silent, he continued to speak to him:
"Your Majesty, there is something fishy about this matter. I will personally investigate it."
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