Chapter 423 Princess, what’s the difference between this and robbing?
"You...are you...are you pregnant with my child?"
"Tell me quickly, is it you? Are you pregnant? Is it my son?"
"Speak up, why don't you speak? I'm asking you, answer me, answer me quickly!"
Shuang Yue looked at Madam Zhang and angrily scolded her, "How dare you! Madam Zhang is truly well-educated. She didn't even bother to greet the Empress and the Regent Princess. Doesn't she respect the Empress and the Great Zhou? Beining isn't even surnamed Zhang."
Mrs. Zhang finally realized where she was and quickly let go of the woman, kneeling on the ground. "Your humble servant greets the Empress and the Regent Princess. Your humble servant... Your humble servant was simply overly excited. I hope Your Majesty and the Princess will forgive me."
"Empress, is the baby in this woman's belly really my son's?"
The Queen looked at Madam Zhang, who had no manners at all, with disdain in her eyes. "What the little princess said must be correct. This woman herself doesn't know whose child she is carrying. Someone drugged her to death. This seems like something your son would do."
"As for why she's here...it was the Tao family from the previous dynasty who asked her to frame Divine Doctor Jin."
Madam Zhang looked at the little girl who was playing with Jin Congcong and stammered, "The little princess saw it, so it must be true. What the little princess said at the palace banquet about the various families and mansions was finally verified to be true."
"So, since the young princess said the child in this woman's belly is my son, then it must be my son's... Thank you, Queen, thank you, Queen. My son has an heir, no matter if it's a boy or a girl, he finally has one."
"I will take this woman back to the palace and take good care of her. I'm sorry to bother Her Majesty. I will take her away right now, right now..."
"Wait!" The Queen looked at Madam Zhang unhappily, "You're taking her away right now? Without even a word of thanks?"
This question startled Mrs. Zhang. Hadn't she already thanked him? How else could she express it?
The Queen snorted softly, "This woman has caused great trouble to Divine Doctor Jin. She has also insulted Divine Doctor Jin's reputation by saying that the child in her belly is someone else's. She also wants him to be responsible for forcing her to marry her and give her a legitimate status."
"This matter isn't over yet, how can you just take someone away like that?"
Mrs. Zhang was so happy that she had no idea such a thing was happening. She looked at the woman unhappily and said, "Since you are pregnant with my son's child, why don't you go to the Zhang Mansion to find him? Why are you looking for the young genius doctor Jin? Are you afraid that my Zhang family will eat you up?"
The woman knew that this was her future mother-in-law, so she immediately told her the whole story.
"I... I had no idea I was pregnant with Master Zhang's child. My family used to sell small items on the street, barely making a living. Two months ago, my parents went to the next town, so I set up a stall for them. Unexpectedly, I was knocked unconscious on the way home that night. When I woke up, I found myself in a dilapidated temple in the south of the city, dressed in rags."
"I didn't dare to say anything. I ran home in panic and didn't dare tell anyone. Until a few days ago, a man in black came to me, gave me some money, and said that the child in my belly was from the divine doctor Jin Xiao and asked me to go find him."
"My family runs a small stall. We know that Dr. Jin came with the Regent of the Great Zhou and the princess. There's no way the child in my belly is someone else's."
"But those people arrested my parents and said they would kill them if I didn't do as they said..."
"I'm the only daughter in my family. My parents have been very kind to me since I was a child and have never looked down on me for being a girl. I can't just ignore them."
"If the little princess hadn't told me today that the child in my belly was from Young Master Zhang, I would never have known who kidnapped me and took my body."
"Madam, please save my parents. I'm willing to go back with you and give birth to this child. I know my status doesn't allow me to marry into the Zhang family. I'd rather be a concubine... No, no, no, I can be a maid or a servant girl. As long as you save my parents and don't separate me from the child, I'm willing to do anything you ask me to do."
Mrs. Zhang's face turned pale and blue as she listened to this. It was indeed her son's fault, but she was also glad that her son had done such a bad thing this time. If the woman was pregnant with a son, then the Zhang family would have a successor.
"Do you know who arrested your parents?"
"No... I don't know, but the little princess just said it was... the Tao family of the previous dynasty."
Mrs. Zhang was completely focused on the woman's belly and didn't listen carefully to the Queen's words. When she heard the word "Tao", she broke out in a cold sweat.
"Tao...Tao..."
The Queen snorted softly, "You don't have to look at me like that. The Tao family and your Zhang family are matters of the previous dynasty. I am the head of the harem and cannot interfere in government affairs. So I will only take care of the matter of her wrongfully accusing the young doctor Jin. As for the rest, the Emperor will make the final decision."
Madam Zhang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. Her daughter had been demoted to a concubine. Now her first priority was to protect the baby in the woman's womb. As for the rest...what if the emperor knew about it? Her master's plan was about to begin, and by then it was not certain what Beining's surname would be.
"I thank the Queen. What should I do according to your will? As long as you say so, I will definitely do it."
The Queen looked at Bu Ruo and said, "Little Divine Doctor Jin is the Princess's man. I am only responsible for making the decision. As for other matters, it depends on the Princess's opinion."
Mrs. Zhang wanted to bite Bu Ruo to death when she saw her. If it weren't for this woman, her own son would not have been crippled.
Her son is now like a madman, beating and scolding the servants every day. Even her own mother was almost hit on the head by the things he threw.
Bu Ruo looked at Madam Zhang with a smile, and only spoke slowly after she had made her feel uneasy: "Anyone who offends this princess should be executed immediately, but since Madam Zhang is so pitiful... then compensation will be paid."
"I have heard that the Zhang family has done a lot of shameful things over the years and has amassed a lot of wealth. I don't want all of it, just half will do."
Madam Zhang's eyes widened instantly. "Half? Your Highness is asking for too much! How is this any different from robbing?"
"Of course there is a difference." Bu Ruo remained calm and composed, "If I were to rob it myself, I wouldn't just be stealing money, I'd be stealing lives as well."
"Or does Madam Zhang think that the child in this woman's womb isn't worth half of your Zhang family's fortune? Fine, since she's offended my people, then drag her down and have her beaten to death. She's related to the Tao family anyway, so she's dead."
Mrs. Zhang understood Buruo's personality and knew that if she said she would execute someone, she would definitely not spare their life. So she looked at the woman's stomach and gritted her teeth, "Okay, half and half."
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