When Xia He opened her eyes again, she found herself in an unfamiliar environment and looked around in panic.
The next second, the door opened and Zhu Yu walked in with a wooden face.
"Eunuch Zhu?"
Xia He threw off the quilt and got off the bed, and said in surprise: "Where am I?"
"This is the Peacock Tower in the Imperial Garden. However, if we hadn't discovered it in time, you would be in hell right now."
"Yama Palace?"
"Eunuch, what you mean is that someone, someone wants to kill me?" After thinking about it, Xia He quickly realized it and almost gasped, "It's the Queen? But why?"
"Why?"
Zhu Yu chuckled, "You know so many of the Queen's secrets, and you've spent the entire afternoon in Zichen Palace. Do you think the Queen can still trust you?"
"But I didn't say anything!"
"In this world, only the dead can keep secrets."
"Why? Why?"
Xia He fell to the ground, tears streaming down her face.
Zhu Yu sneered and said slowly, "Once a person becomes suspicious, no matter how loyal you are, she will have ten thousand reasons to kill you. Come on, girl, get up. The Emperor and the Queen Mother are waiting to see you. As for what to say, you can decide for yourself. Whether you want to save your life depends entirely on you."
Ci'an Palace.
The empress dowager sat cross-legged on the kang, her cloudy eyes filled with a dim light.
"These people are so bold that they actually started a fight openly. How is the imperial concubine?"
"The imperial physician treated him promptly and he is not seriously injured."
The Queen Mother sighed deeply, "That's good, that's good."
"The harem is a mess, and there was an accident at Prince Gong's Mansion."
Zhao Yuancheng was stunned: "Are you talking about the Concubine's sister, Mother?"
The Queen Mother nodded. "This afternoon, someone from the palace came to report that Concubine Fu had seen her spotting. Fortunately, she had a nanny who knew medicine by her side, so it didn't turn out badly. Otherwise, how would I explain this to the Fu family?"
"Can you find out who did it?"
The Queen Mother shook her head and said solemnly, "Yin'er accidentally ate some pastry with safflower on it. Although Yuan Yu only has three wives and concubines in his backyard, no one can tell how many hands a plate of pastries has passed through. Ever since the Imperial Concubine's accident, Yuan Yu has confined her to her house, as a disguised way of protecting her. However, despite all the precautions, someone still managed to take advantage of her. When Yin'er gets better, I'll bring her to live with me. Although it's not logical, this is Yuan Yu's first child after all, and no accidents can happen to her."
Zhao Yuancheng nodded, "With the Queen Mother's help, everyone inside and outside the palace can rest assured."
As they were talking, a palace maid came in and reported, "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, Eunuch Zhu and Miss Xia He are outside seeking an audience."
"Xia He? Isn't she the Queen's maid? Why is she here so late? Could it be that the Queen is not feeling well?"
Zhao Yuancheng said coldly, "Mother, I have already found out who murdered the Queen. You will know when Xia He comes in."
After hearing these words, the Queen Mother's eyes gradually darkened, and she had vaguely guessed what was going on.
After Xia He came in, she knelt on the ground.
Zhao Yuancheng slowly fiddled with the black jade dragon head ring on his thumb and said calmly, "Do you want to speak for yourself, or do you want me to find a way to make you speak?"
Xia He lowered her eyes, took a deep breath, and when she raised her eyes again, a firm light flashed in her eyes: "This servant knows nothing, please tell me clearly, Your Majesty."
Zhao Yuancheng sneered, "You are a loyal servant. I underestimated you."
As he spoke, he raised his hand. After Zhu Yu high-fived him, he saw the guards walking in, carrying a young eunuch covered in wounds.
Zhao Yuancheng raised his chin and asked, "Look, do you still recognize him?"
Xia He slowly turned her head, and when she saw who she knew, her eyes widened immediately: "Xiao Lianzi?"
Zhao Yuancheng asked again, "Xiao Lianzi, tell me, who is the person behind you, and what did he tell you to do?"
Little Lianzi lowered her head and replied weakly, "Your Majesty, I am following the Empress's order to get rid of Miss Xia He."
Xia He suddenly collapsed to the ground. Just now she was still lucky and thought that this was just a trick of the emperor.
But now Xiao Lianzi told the truth firmly.
Xia He's face suddenly turned ashen.
Zhao Yuancheng chuckled: "You can choose not to tell me, and I can also order someone to send you back to Fengqi Palace, but whether you can save your life is hard to say."
Xia He closed her eyes as if accepting her fate, and when she opened them again, a hint of determination flashed across her eyes.
"Your Majesty, you wish to inquire about the Empress's miscarriage."
Zhao Yuancheng didn't say anything, just looked at her quietly. Xia He took a deep breath and said slowly: "The Queen's miscarriage has nothing to do with the Imperial Concubine."
"I know. I want you to hear something else."
"Actually, Imperial Physician Xun had previously said that the Empress might not be able to keep this pregnancy, but the Empress instructed Imperial Physician Xun not to make it public, so the matter was kept secret."
"Go on."
Xia He sighed, "On the day the Imperial Concubine gave birth, the Empress had already had a miscarriage. Seeing the Fu family's growing power, she was even more afraid that the Imperial Concubine's child would become the Crown Prince in the future, so she wanted to frame the Imperial Concubine for this. The Empress threatened the lives of Imperial Physician Wang's family to force him to work for her. Afterwards, she sent word to the Su Mansion and had Imperial Physician Wang's entire family killed."
Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother's expression was so ugly that it could almost drip water from her face.
"I'm afraid the Queen has done more evil than just this one, right?"
Xia He said solemnly, "Yes, the Empress deliberately kept the eldest princess by her side in order to conceive another legitimate child. She also blamed Liu and the Imperial Concubine for the death of Crown Prince Dechen. The rumor in the palace that the eldest princess's mother, Xia, was murdered by the Imperial Concubine was actually spread by the Empress deliberately to the eldest princess, hoping to use the eldest princess's sincere longing for her mother to murder the Imperial Concubine."
"Asshole!" The Queen Mother slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Queen, how could you be so cruel and ruthless that you wouldn't even spare the child?"
Zhao Yuancheng was very calm: "Is that all?"
Xia He kowtowed deeply, "This is all I know."
Zhu Yu waved his hand, and immediately a eunuch dragged Xia He away, and then dismissed the palace maids serving in the room.
The door was closed, and Zhao Yuancheng said in a deep voice, "Mother, the Queen is so bold and presumptuous, I will never tolerate it."
The Queen Mother sighed deeply, looked sideways at Zhao Yuancheng, and said quietly, "Are you planning to depose the Queen?"
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