When Concubine Xin first heard the emperor's punishment of Concubine Rong, she hadn't had time to be happy, but she didn't expect that she would also be punished? And she was also told not to meet Chenghui in the future?
She was dumbfounded, crying anxiously and angrily: "Your Majesty, I don't accept it. I am the victim. Why do you want to take Chenghui away from me? I don't accept it..."
Here, Concubine Xin was still tugging at the corner of the emperor's robe and crying for help, when Concubine Rong, who was kneeling not far away, suddenly fainted and fell to the ground with a thud.
Her maid immediately panicked and cried out, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?!"
This commotion naturally attracted everyone's attention. Concubine Xin was busy crying and begging for her own affairs, so she had no time to care about her. Instead, the Empress, who had been playing the invisible role, was surprised and said:
"Hey, what's wrong with Concubine Xiao? Hurry up and help her to the bed."
Concubine Rong's surname is Xiao. Now that she has been stripped of her title and demoted to a noble lady, she should be called Noble Lady Xiao.
Upon hearing this, the palace maids around Concubine Rong hurriedly helped the woman to the bed. The imperial physician was also there, and Gu Qilan coldly ordered: "Imperial Physician Song, go and see Concubine Xiao."
Although Doctor Song was still a little confused, he dared not neglect the emperor's order and hurried forward to take Concubine Xiao's pulse.
After a moment, Imperial Physician Song's already bewildered expression became even more bewildered. Is Concubine Xiao pregnant?!
Seeing the imperial physician standing there in silence, Gu Qilan asked impatiently, "What's going on?"
Imperial Physician Song was brought back to his senses. He hurriedly said respectfully, "Your Majesty, Concubine Xiao... Concubine Xiao is pregnant. It's been over a month."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the hall was shocked, and Concubine Xin cried out in disbelief: "How is this possible?"
She put so much thought into it, but in the end, she suddenly got pregnant? The emperor has always had his eyes on the royal heir. Didn't he see that the previous Concubine Yi was demoted to a commoner and even sent to the cold palace?
Just because she was found to be pregnant, she was allowed to live in Shuqing Palace and all her treatment remained the same. Later, her grievances were redressed and she became a concubine in one fell swoop?
Who knows if anything will be discovered during Concubine Rong's pregnancy? It's been more than half a year, and everything is subject to change.
What's more, now she has been punished too? Why did the emperor punish her? Did the emperor know that Chenghui's illness was caused by her? The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became.
At this time, Concubine Xiao, who was lying in bed, slowly woke up under the treatment of the imperial physician. She looked around with a confused look on her face and said weakly, "What happened to me, your concubine?"
Her chief maid, Youzhu, said with red eyes, surprised and happy: "Master, you are pregnant, and it has been more than a month."
Hearing this, Concubine Xiao on the bed was stunned for a moment: "What? I'm pregnant?"
"Yes, Master, you are pregnant."
Gu Qilan also came back to his senses at this time. He still frowned and said in an unmistakable tone: "In that case, Concubine Xiao, you should take good care of your pregnancy. During this period, your food, clothing and other expenses should still be in accordance with the share of the concubine."
The Queen responded softly, "Yes, Your Majesty."
When Concubine Xiao heard this, she wanted to say something else, but the emperor had already turned around and left with a stern face. When he passed by Concubine Xin, he gave her a sharp look. Concubine Xin was so scared that she dared not hug the emperor's legs and cry anymore.
When he passed by Ning Yuxi who was standing outside, he signaled with his eyes, and Ning Yuxi followed the emperor and left.
The Queen was afraid that Concubine Xin would do something else in anger, so she drove Concubine Xin out and then pretended to comfort Concubine Xiao with a few words before leaving.
Concubine Xin returned to Chunheju in anger. The emperor, mindful that the second prince had not yet fully recovered, allowed him to move to Xiefang Pavilion after he had recovered.
Concubine Xin first went to the side hall to check on her sleeping son. As she looked at him, she couldn't help but shed tears. Afraid that her crying would wake up her son, she wiped away her tears, tucked in the quilt for him, and returned to the main hall.
As soon as she entered, she smashed the fine tea set on the table to pieces: "Bitch! Bitch! Why! Why did she harm me first? I fought back, but not only did I fail, but I also made that bitch pregnant with the dragon fetus! The emperor also favors her!"
As she spoke, she began to cry again out of grievance. The senior palace maid Cai Yan stepped forward cautiously and rubbed Concubine Xin's back: "Your Majesty, please don't be sad. Don't cry and hurt yourself."
"What's the point of me having this body? The Emperor doesn't even care, and now he wants to take my son away. Woo woo woo..."
She was overwhelmed with grief for a moment, and Cai Yan really felt sorry for her mother, so she kept comforting her and trying to console her.
Although she also felt that her master's behavior was inappropriate and she had advised him against it before, she also felt that the emperor's punishment today was unfair. It was clearly the queen's second prince who was ill and wronged, but after finding out the truth, the emperor still punished her queen.
Concubine Xin didn't react to what Ning Yuxi said to her before, but Cai Yan, who was serving beside her, heard it and told Concubine Xin.
After hearing this, Concubine Xin was half-believing and half-doubting, so she secretly asked a doctor who specialized in treating cardiopulmonary diseases to see her. Sure enough, her pulse seemed fine, but a closer examination revealed that her cardiopulmonary function was gradually weakening.
When Concubine Xin found out, she was naturally furious and was about to go find trouble with Concubine Xiao. However, Cai Yan stopped her because the evidence, that is, the pills, had been eaten. Without the evidence, the remaining pills in Concubine Xiao's hands were naturally good and had not been tampered with.
Even if Concubine Xin made a fuss, Concubine Xiao could say that someone had tampered with her, or that she had eaten something unclean, or that her symptoms were the sequelae of snake venom. After all, no one had ever seen that snake venom, and no one knew what the sequelae would be.
In short, she could deny it, and then not only would no one be able to cause her trouble, but Concubine Xin might even be punished. Concubine Xin was persuaded, but she was not someone who could tolerate it.
She racked her brains to come up with what happened today. She ordered a dinner that was mostly greasy. Chenghui had a stomachache after eating it. She felt very distressed, but she had never felt so aggrieved before. She still did it in anger.
It was indeed she who bribed the Imperial Physician Song. Between a concubine with a child and a concubine without a child, he naturally chose to help the former. Besides, even if Concubine Xiao gave birth to a son later, she was a princess of another country, and her child would not become the crown prince.
The eldest prince had been suffering from frequent illnesses since being poisoned last time. What if he died someday? After weighing the pros and cons, he naturally chose to help Concubine Xin.
In this way, everything came to fruition. Although it was a bit clumsy, the evidence was destroyed by Concubine Xin, so there was naturally no way to deny it.
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