The Queen put down her teacup, glanced sideways at Fu Qianyin who was not far away, and smiled gently: "I heard that Concubine Fu is also pregnant?"
Fu Qianyin was a little absent-minded because of what her sister had just said, and did not pay attention to what the queen said.
It was only when Que Meigong patted her shoulder that she came to her senses.
But Princess Gong spoke before she could, "To answer the Empress, Sister Fu felt unwell a few days ago and asked the imperial physician to see her. The physician said that Sister Fu is over a month pregnant."
"Now that Sister Yi has safely given birth to an imperial heir and has been promoted to the position of Imperial Consort, Prince Gong now has a successor. You two sisters are truly blessed."
Fu Qianyu smiled and said, "Your Majesty is the mistress of the six palaces, and the child in your belly is the emperor's legitimate son, the future crown prince. If it weren't for Your Majesty's blessing on the six palaces, I wouldn't be where I am today."
Fu Qianyu stood up and bowed deeply to the Queen again, "Your Majesty's kindness, I will always remember it in my heart."
Wanpin took the opportunity to say, "The Empress is a model mother to the country, and the Imperial Concubine is dignified and elegant. They are truly a blessing to our dynasty."
As a result, everyone stood up and said in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, and a thousand years of live the empress."
But just as he finished speaking, the queen at the top of the table suddenly changed her expression.
Zhao Yuancheng saw the queen holding her belly with a look of agony, and his face suddenly turned stern. "Queen, what's wrong with you?"
The queen trembled, her eyes filled with fear, "Your Majesty, I have a severe stomachache."
"stomachache?"
Everyone was surprised to hear this. Zhao Yuancheng held the Queen's arm and said in surprise, "Why do you have a stomachache for no reason?"
While she was talking, Xia He knelt on the ground. When no one was paying attention, she put a little force on the queen's leg and then shouted loudly: "Oh, the queen is bleeding!!"
"Someone, call the imperial physician!"
Huayang Palace was suddenly in chaos. Fu Qianyu looked at the queen sitting at the top, and her heart sank little by little.
Despite all her precautions, the thing she was most worried about still happened.
The queen was carried into the inner hall by Zhao Yuancheng, and the concubines followed her in. There was a pool of blood where she had sat, so bright red that it was eye-catching.
Fu Qianyin walked to her sister's side, her eyes full of fear, and whispered, "Sister, how could this happen?"
Lingyun was also puzzled and said, "The Queen's food is carefully checked by the female doctor before being served. How is it possible..."
Fu Qianyu breathed rapidly and turned her head to wink at Xiao Guizi. Xiao Guizi understood and did not dare to stay any longer, so she hurried to the Imperial Hospital.
Inside the bedroom, the queen's painful groans were heard by everyone.
Everyone looked at each other, and there was more scrutiny in their eyes when they looked at Fu Qianyu.
Someone in the crowd couldn't help but murmur, "This imperial concubine is so bold that she dared to murder the queen in public."
"That's right. I see the Queen has lost so much blood just now. The child is most likely lost."
Hearing these unbearable words, Concubine Li glanced at them sideways and said coldly, "The imperial physician hasn't arrived yet, and you're already jumping to conclusions?"
"I dare not."
As he spoke, he walked to Fu Qianyu and asked in a low voice, "Do you know what's going on?"
Fu Qianyu raised her eyes and looked at Concubine Li calmly, also lowering her voice, "All of the Queen's food today was delivered by the Imperial Kitchen. I also called two female doctors just in case. There is absolutely no chance of anything going wrong."
Concubine Li nodded, looking thoughtful. "The people around you are all your confidants, so they are trustworthy. So, the only one left is the Queen herself."
After saying that, he comforted Fu Qianyu, "Don't worry for now. The Queen looks critically ill, but maybe she's fine. Let's wait for the imperial physician to come and see her first."
Soon, an imperial physician came hurriedly.
Before he could even perform the greetings, he had already knelt beside the Queen to take her pulse. As time passed, the doctor's expression became more and more unsightly.
Zhao Yuancheng asked coldly, "How is it? Is the Queen okay?"
"Your Majesty, the Empress, the Empress..."
"Just say what you want to say."
Imperial Physician Wang wiped the tears from his forehead and said with deep fear, "Your humble servant is incompetent. The Empress has already miscarried!"
"What?"
Everyone was shocked.
"According to the Madam's pulse, she must have eaten something extremely cold, which caused the miscarriage."
Zhao Yuancheng's face darkened instantly, and a cold murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
At this time, the Queen had already fainted. Doctor Wang added, "Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, you should immediately move the Queen back to her own palace and use Achyranthes bidentata soup to force the placenta out of her body. Otherwise, I am afraid that the Queen will be in danger."
Xi Zhaoyi was the first to react. She pointed at Fu Qianyu and said sternly, "Noble Concubine Yi, you are so bold! How dare you murder the Queen!"
This sentence instantly woke everyone up. Xia He took the opportunity to kneel on the ground and accused, "Your Highness, ever since the Empress lost Crown Prince Dechen, she has been longing day and night to give birth to a legitimate son for the Emperor. You are afraid that the Empress's child will take away your position as Crown Prince. How can you be so cruel!"
"The Imperial Physician only said that the Empress had a miscarriage. Did he say that she consumed food from the Huayang Palace?" Imperial Concubine Li narrowed her eyes and said unhappily, "You are trying to slander Imperial Concubine Yi with such empty words. Could it be that you know something?"
Xia He raised her neck and said, "The Empress has had a poor appetite recently. She hasn't eaten since getting up this morning. She only started eating after arriving at Huayang Palace, but soon she developed unbearable abdominal pain. Could it be that Imperial Concubine Yi is deliberately plotting to kill her?"
"presumptuous!"
Concubine Li frowned and scolded coldly, "How dare you, little slave girl, speak to me in such a tone?"
Xia He kowtowed calmly, "I am also worried about the Queen. If you think I have committed insubordination, you can send me to the torture chamber. I will have no complaints."
"you!"
"Shut up!"
Zhao Yuancheng was furious and shouted, "Imperial Physician, go and take a look at what the Queen used today. Is there anything wrong with it?"
"yes."
Doctor Wang did not dare to delay and hurried to the banquet with his medicine box.
After the Queen got into trouble, Fu Xiyu immediately ordered Peirong to collect all the food used by the Queen, for fear that someone would take the opportunity to put something unclean in it.
Doctor Wang checked everything and found nothing wrong. It was not until he took the half cup of red date tea that the queen had just drunk and put it under her nose to smell it carefully that he immediately got the answer.
Returning to the inner hall, Imperial Physician Wang lifted his robe and knelt, saying solemnly, "Your Majesty, I discovered a large amount of safflower in the red date tea left over by the Empress. Because its color is similar to that of the tea, it went unnoticed."
As soon as the words fell, a layer of frost appeared on everyone's face.
Fu Qianyu knelt down and said with all her might, "Your Majesty, the food presented to the Empress today has been carefully examined by the female doctors. There is absolutely no possibility of any problems. I would like to invite the two female doctors to come out and confront me, so as to clear my name."
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