Chapter 398: Just Pretend You Were Bitten by a Dog
But the little girl curled her lips and said, "Bu Bu asked, and the beautiful mother-in-law said... just treat it as if you were bitten by a dog. But how can you have a child if you're bitten by a dog? Doesn't fighting mean you can have a child? Although Bu Bu still doesn't know what kind of fight it is that can lead to a child."
"The beautiful grandmother originally wanted to tell Bu Bu, but in the end, Master Jun covered her mouth and carried her away. It was such a pity."
"But it doesn't matter. When Master Jun is no longer around, I'll ask the beautiful mother-in-law."
"Mom, you don't know, when the beautiful mother-in-law talks about fighting, her eyes light up, and she looks at Master Jun like a hungry wolf seeing its prey. I don't know if Master Jun will be bitten."
Bu Ruo: ...
Guo Lu: …
This woman, what is she teaching the little girl all day long?
Woman: Teach everything in heaven and earth.
The fire continued to burn. Just when several concubines were unsure whether they could return to the palace, a palace maid ran over in a panic and fell heavily on the way.
"Your Majesty~ Your Majesty~ It's bad, it's bad~"
"What's the big deal? Be careful not to offend the Emperor and the Empress!" the eunuch beside the Emperor scolded.
The little palace maid knelt on the ground, gasping for breath.
"Greetings to the Emperor... Your Majesty, the Empress. I am from the Imperial Concubine Zhang's palace. The Imperial Concubine... The Imperial Concubine suddenly had an unbearable abdominal pain. When I came out, she had already seen blood, and she had fainted."
The old emperor was so shocked that he could hardly stand. He didn't care whether Luoyang Palace was still on fire or whether Concubine Rou had not come out yet. He raised his leg and walked quickly towards Concubine Zhang's palace.
"Father...Father, please don't leave. My mother hasn't come out yet. She's still inside."
"Father, you can't ignore my mother. She is also pregnant with the dragon heir."
But the old emperor seemed not to hear it and didn't even turn his head.
"Empress, Empress, please save my mother. I beg you to save my mother."
The Queen reached out and helped Guo Shuangwen up from the ground, whispering in her ear, "I wish your mother would die, so how could I save her?"
After she finished speaking, the Queen glanced at the concubines around her who were at a loss as to what to do. "The Emperor has issued an order prohibiting anyone from entering Noble Concubine Zhang's palace to disturb it. I believe that with the Emperor guarding there, Noble Concubine Zhang will be fine."
"It's so late, don't gather here. Let's go back and rest."
When everyone saw that the queen had spoken, the concubines quickly returned to the palace in groups, leaving Guo Shuangwen alone sitting on the ground.
Before leaving, the Queen took one look at the burnt-out Luoyang Palace and ordered, "Tell the palace maids to continue putting out the fire. Even if it's useless, they must put it out. Otherwise, the Emperor will blame me later."
"Master Wizard, please go back. You said this is a punishment from heaven. It's useless to stay here. Just do your best and leave the rest to fate."
Guo Shuangwen collapsed on the ground and cried, "No...don't leave, all of you come back, my mother is still in there, my mother is still in there."
Guo Lu calmly looked at the nearly collapsed Guo Shuangwen with a mocking expression, "Back then, I also knelt and begged my mother not to abandon me. I begged the imperial physician, begged that bastard emperor, I begged them all to save my mother, but they all said that my mother was beyond saving."
"I still remember the look on that damn emperor's face. She looked at me with disgust as I knelt at the door of the imperial study, my head bleeding. She said everyone has their own destiny and I shouldn't force it. Haha, now... I hope he won't force it either."
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Ninghe Palace
As soon as the old emperor reached the door of Concubine Zhang's bedroom, he heard screams coming from inside.
"Where's the imperial physician? How is everything? How are Concubine Zhang and her unborn baby?"
The head of the Imperial Hospital came out sweating profusely: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine has been poisoned. I have already given her an acupuncture injection. She is now awake, and the maids are preparing to deliver the baby."
The old emperor was shocked. "Deliver the baby? The prince in Concubine Zhang's belly is only seven months old now. Can't we protect the fetus first?"
The Imperial Hospital was the first to know the current situation in the palace, and naturally understood how much the emperor valued the royal heirs in the unborn children of Concubine Zhang and Concubine Rou. After all, these two concubines were the only ones in the harem who had not given birth yet, and the rest of the babies were all princesses.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to save the baby. I do, but the Imperial Concubine has been poisoned and is already experiencing bleeding and is in premature labor. If I force the pregnancy, not only will the Imperial Concubine's body not be able to support it, but the dragon fetus in her belly will also be infected by the poison, which will be even worse."
The old emperor was furious: "Where are the people from Ninghe Palace? Come here!"
"Slave...slave is..."
"How do you usually take care of the Imperial Concubine? Didn't I tell the Imperial Concubine that everything she eats, wears, and uses in the palace must be checked over and over again, and she must be extremely careful?"
The head maid knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "We are indeed following the emperor's orders. Every day, the food that the imperial concubine eats is tested for poison by three people in turn before being served to her."
"The Empress's newly made and daily washed palace clothes are all inspected by the Imperial Physician before being placed in the wardrobe. The clothes of all the palace maids in Ninghe Palace are also inspected every two hours. Not only that, even the water servants who wash the Imperial Concubine every day are not left out."
"How did the imperial concubine get poisoned?!" After the old emperor roared, he felt dizzy in front of his eyes. It was his personal eunuch who had someone bring a chair and helped the old emperor sit down.
"I don't know. I really don't know. Everything was just like usual today. The Imperial Concubine only drank water after attending the palace banquet and didn't eat anything else. I checked the water myself and drank it myself."
The old emperor narrowed his eyes and asked, "Could it be that he was poisoned at the palace banquet?"
The eunuch chief steward, who happened to be passing by, was startled when he heard this and immediately trotted over and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, please understand. You said that Concubine Zhang and Concubine Rou were both pregnant with the royal heir, and you were afraid that others might make the wrong decision, so you asked me to arrange the banquet myself."
"Every dish, wine, and tea at this palace banquet was personally tested by the imperial physician and palace servants at the palace gate before being brought in. Even the teacups, wine glasses, plates, and bowls were carefully checked."
"There was no incense used in the hall, not even a single flower. It was filled with the scent of fresh fruit... The old servants in the hall watched the palace maids wipe it three times."
The old emperor waved his hand and asked the eunuch to stand up: "You have followed me since you were a child, how could I not trust you?"
"It's not a problem with the food. Could it be that the Regent Princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty made a move at the palace banquet? That princess looks very strange to me."
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