Chapter 508 Consort Wu in the Cold Palace
The Seventh Prince shook his head and said, "Whether it's palace maids or eunuchs around Consort Li, they are all her confidants. The person who accompanied her that day was her personal maid from before she entered the palace."
Zhou Ruiyuan became increasingly puzzled as he listened. "So it seems no one actually did it. Could it be that Consort Li really did accidentally fall into the water?"
The Seventh Prince's face darkened as he said, "If it really was an accidental fall into the water, then it's all too coincidental. His Majesty wouldn't believe such a coincidence exists."
Zhou Ruiyuan fell silent for a moment, then asked Du Wanchun, "Is that sister from the Liu family still in Qingzhou Prefecture?"
Du Wanchun replied with a smile, "Yes, she is staying at Prefect Li's residence with Lady Liu."
Zhou Ruiyuan nodded slightly, "I will write to Prefect Li tomorrow and ask them to come over."
Du Wanchun knew what he meant and slowly said, "Sister Liu has probably been waiting for this day for a long time."
The Seventh Prince was unaware of the meaning behind their words. He glanced at Du Wanchun, then at Zhou Ruiyuan, but didn't ask any further questions.
Then Zhou Ruiyuan said to the Seventh Prince, "Don't worry about Consort Li's matter for now. Find an opportunity to find the people in Consort Wu's old palace. Also, send someone to keep an eye on the Cold Palace, lest Consort Wu die."
Consort Wu went mad in the Cold Palace and attempted suicide several times but was saved each time.
They finally behaved themselves for a while.
The seventh prince replied, "Yes, elder brother."
After he finished speaking, he asked doubtfully, "Shouldn't we really leave Consort Li's miscarriage alone?"
Zhou Ruiyuan nodded and said, "Not for now."
The seventh prince nodded with some skepticism.
Inside the palace, Consort Li drank some herbal medicine, lay on the bed, and stared blankly at the ceiling.
A palace maid beside her took a handkerchief and wiped her face, tears streaming down her face as she said, "Your Highness, why are you doing this? Your child is perfectly healthy..."
Consort Li turned her head and said, "Never mind, I never intended to give birth to this child. If it can help them clear the Empress's name, that would be good too."
The palace maid lowered her head, secretly wiping away her tears. "But this will affect your health..."
Consort Li said slowly, "It's alright. I'm still young, and I can recover slowly in the future."
The palace maid looked at her with heartache, "What if the Seventh Prince can't find the real culprit from back then? Then everything Your Highness has done will have been in vain."
Consort Li shook her head. "If he can't do it, someone else will. You don't need to pity this child anymore. The imperial physician told me before that the emperor had contracted syphilis in the past. Although he was cured, his health has always been poor, which has damaged his foundation. Even if this child is born, he will most likely be mentally challenged."
"Instead of giving birth to him, it would be better to let him find a good family to be reborn into."
The palace maid's complexion improved somewhat, but she still felt sorry for her mistress.
After learning that Zhou Ruiyuan had successfully taken office, Consort Li specially staged this play in the Imperial Garden.
No one planned it, and no one pushed her; she deliberately slipped and fell into the water.
She didn't want the child herself; her purpose was to anger the emperor and bring up the past affairs of the empress.
Just as she had expected, the emperor would blame the seventh prince for this.
In order to protect himself, the Seventh Prince was asked by the leader to clear his name.
As for the Empress, she deliberately had a palace maid mention a few words to the Seventh Prince on his way to the palace, reminding him of his mother.
It reminded him of the time when the Empress was wrongly accused.
Everything went according to her plan, but in the end, it was her body that was harmed.
The palace maid got up and took the heat patch prepared by the imperial physician to apply to Consort Li's belly.
Consort Li's stomach pain has subsided, but she has lost too much blood and is pale. It will probably take her several years to recover to her former state.
Late at night, inside the Cold Palace.
After being insane for a long time, Consort Wu would sit in a corner like a normal person, resenting everyone.
Most people would say she's crazy.
She was just pretending to be crazy.
Ever since learning of Consort Duan's death from illness, she seemed to have sensed something and began to feign madness.
Otherwise, she would have died at the hands of the emperor long ago, just like Consort Duan.
Just now, she heard that someone in the harem had miscarried, and she was overjoyed. She shouted, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is your retribution! Retribution! Hahaha!"
When the palace maids in the cold palace heard her say this, they thought she was talking crazy again.
They didn't know that she was just happy.
"Your Majesty."
Suddenly, a voice called out from outside the door.
Consort Wu got up and went to investigate upon hearing the sound. "Who is it?"
"Your Majesty, it's your servant." It turned out to be a eunuch from her former palace.
After she was banished to the cold palace, almost everyone in her palace died.
This eunuch's arrival is suspicious.
She frowned and asked, "You're still alive?"
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