Dan Rui nodded: "Yes, I will remember it."
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That night, all the palace servants in the Shangshi Bureau were taken to the torture chamber.
Aunt Cai was the first to be tortured. No matter how harshly the people in the torture room tortured her, she said she knew nothing.
When I asked other people, they all said the same thing.
For a time, everyone in the palace was in a panic. Fu Qianyu, as the Imperial Noble Consort, ordered the people in the Palace Bureau not to be harsh on the expenses of Zhilin Palace and Jingyang Palace until the matter was clarified.
Besides, the emperor has also given instructions, so the people in the Shanggong Bureau are very careful and dare not be negligent in the slightest.
Three days later, the second prince's coffin was sent to the imperial mausoleum, and the second princess gradually recovered under the careful treatment of the imperial physician.
However, Concubine Rou of Yanxue Palace cried all day long, her health deteriorated day by day, and she finally fell ill.
When the imperial physician rushed to treat her, he diagnosed that Concubine Rou was more than two months pregnant. This brought a touch of joy to the harem that had been silent for a long time.
After confirming that the fetus in Concubine Rou's belly was safe, the imperial physician happily went to the Zichen Palace to report the good news.
As soon as the imperial physician left, the lifeless person on the couch slowly opened his eyes. He looked up to see Lu Zhu standing trembling beside him. He asked coldly, "I've been taking contraceptive pills the whole time. How did you suddenly get pregnant? Lu Zhu, you're the only one who knew I was taking contraceptive pills. Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"
Hearing the master's emotionless question, Luzhu lost her grip and fell to her knees, crying, "My lady, please kill me. I was the one who changed your medicine!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Luzhu was slapped hard in the face. She collapsed to the ground. Although her ears were buzzing, Roupin's painful words still fell into her ears.
"You are the person I trust the most, how could you betray me!"
As she spoke, Concubine Rou clenched her fists and pounded her abdomen vigorously, saying bitterly, "He's a bastard! He's a bastard!"
Such a bright hatred frightened Luzhu even more. She didn't care about the burning pain on her face and hurried forward to stop her master and said in fear: "My lady, are you going to die?"
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