Xiao Qingyin nodded: "I guess she's already calling for the imperial physician."
Han: "..."
Consort Li's pregnancy was the Emperor's hope; if she were to lose it, the Emperor would surely punish her.
Miscarriage is a complicated matter, and Qingyin is skilled in using poison. Even if she didn't do it, the emperor might not believe it.
What will happen to Qingyin if he insists on accusing her?
After thinking about it all the way back to the mansion, Madam Han managed to come up with a solution.
"Qingyin, why don't you and Jiuheng go back to Nandan? That way, even if the emperor wants to cause you trouble, he won't be able to find you."
Xiao Qingyin shook her head: "Escaping is not the solution. You, my mother, Yun'er, and Xiao Shu are all in the capital. The emperor can't make things difficult for me, but what about you? General Fu and my cousin are both powerful generals now. We can't expect you to give up everything and come with us to Nandan."
Han sighed.
That's true.
Although neither Junshi nor Yunzhao were power-hungry, it would be too unfair to the emperor to simply abandon the merits they had earned with their lives.
They did nothing wrong, so why did they run away?
However, staying and trying to hold on would involve taking a lot of risks.
Thinking of this, she asked Xiao Qingyin, "So how do you plan to deal with this?"
"I haven't decided yet," Xiao Qingyin replied. "I'll discuss it with Yi Shuihan first."
"Discuss it with him?"
Han was taken aback.
"Isn't he still not better?"
Xiao Qingyin chuckled: "It's all over now. He was just pretending to be weak to take advantage of others."
Han: "..."
This is the first time I've seen someone pretending to be stupid.
It's true what they say: in a big forest, you'll find all kinds of birds.
After sending Han back to the hospital, Xiao Qingyin told Yi Shuihan about the matter.
Yi Shuihan laughed and said, "This is easy to handle. We'll see which side the emperor is on. If he sides with Consort Li, then we'll rebel. If he sides with you, then let him continue to be the emperor."
Xiao Qingyin glared at him: "You talk as if you have the power to depose an emperor."
"If I can help him up, I can also pull him down."
Yi Shuihan said calmly.
"Since he is in that position, he should do his job well, make the country prosperous and the people live in peace and contentment, instead of thinking about how to maintain his rule all day long."
The Situ family is at its end; it's time for a change of dynasty.
Xiao Qingyin understood his meaning and teased, "What, you think your father isn't busy enough and want to find him more work?"
Yi Shuihan raised an eyebrow.
“I hadn’t thought of him until you mentioned it. The old man is a good candidate. Once we bring down the emperor, we can make him the regent, and I’ll be his advisor.”
Xiao Qingyin: "..."
The father becomes the emperor, and the son becomes the retired emperor, right?
Doing nothing, yet wanting to boss people around.
If the Marquis of Yong'an heard these words, he would probably wish he could throw him away along with the placenta when he was born.
Others raise children to provide for them in old age, but he raises children to sponge off his parents.
They don't even leave behind bone fragments.
As the two were discussing the emperor, the emperor had just arrived at Consort Li's palace.
Consort Li leaned weakly against the headboard, her face as pale as paper. As soon as she saw him, she threw herself into his arms, hugged his waist, and burst into tears.
"Your Majesty, you must seek justice for my son! He hadn't even been born to see the world properly before he was murdered. My heart is breaking..."
The emperor patted her shoulder and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, I will definitely seek justice for my son."
Having said that, he turned to look at the imperial physician.
How exactly did the baby die?
The imperial physician knelt on the ground, trembling as he said, "Your Majesty, when I examined the Empress's pulse this morning, the fetus was fine. After the Empress returned from the Empress Dowager's palace, she began to experience abdominal pain, and within half an hour, the fetal heartbeat stopped. I suspect that the Empress may have inhaled something harmful."
The emperor asked Consort Li, "Did you smell anything unusual at the time?"
Consort Li shook her head: "No, Your Majesty, I did not notice anything amiss. The other party must be a master of poison."
The moment the words "master of poison" were uttered, the emperor knew who she was referring to.
Everyone in the capital knows that Xiao Qingyin is a master of both medicine and poison.
The medication she used was undetectable by others.
As for her motives for doing so, they are quite obvious.
They just wanted him to be childless and without descendants.
She had the Crown Prince and the Imperial Grandson deposed, and she aborted the child in Consort Li's womb.
His offspring have all been ruined by her.
He said that this was the reason why Yi Shuihan had been so generous in returning the throne to him.
— Cut off his lineage and make him adopt as the crown prince, so that he can rightfully inherit the throne.
The emperor sneered.
What makes Yi Shuihan think he would obediently let him do as he pleases?
Even a rabbit will bite when cornered.
Besides, him.
Two tigers cannot share one mountain. Indeed, only by getting rid of Yi Shuihan could he sleep soundly.
However, before he took action, he needed to understand one thing.
After comforting Consort Li, the Emperor went to the Imperial Study and summoned Eunuch Wang.
Has Yi Shuihan regained his senses?
He asked.
"Your Majesty, the spies monitoring the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence say there's nothing yet, but we cannot rule out the possibility that Yi Shuihan is feigning madness to deceive others."
"Can you test it out?"
After thinking for a moment, Eunuch Wang replied, "There is a way that we might try."
"What method?"
Eunuch Wang stepped forward and whispered something to the emperor.
The emperor's furrowed brows relaxed.
"That's a good idea, let's do it your way."
"Your subject obeys."
Eunuch Wang then went to make the arrangements.
Xiao Qingyin waited and waited at the Marquis's residence, only to receive news of Consort Li's miscarriage, but she did not receive any message from the Emperor.
He then asked Yi Shuihan, "Did he believe Consort Li or not?"
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