Chapter 1478 How is the princess?
"I'm asking you, when Concubine Ning was giving birth, you had to help her take medicine. What medicine did she take?"
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Upon hearing this, Feng Qianyan was struck by lightning and froze there.
When Hanxiang heard that the imperial concubine was going to blame her, she was so scared that she trembled and knelt on the ground, not daring to move. When she mentioned "medicine", she was even more terrified.
"Slave, slave..."
Nan Yan looked at her with a smile and said, "Think about it carefully before you speak."
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"You only have one chance."
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"No maid who tells lies is allowed to live in this palace, especially in front of the emperor. It's a crime of deceiving the emperor. Do you know what to do?"
When Hanxiang heard the crime of deceiving the emperor, she was terrified.
Feng Qianyan, who was standing by, couldn't help herself and said, "Noble Concubine, what do you mean by threatening my maid like this? She just wanted to help me take medicine, so what? Didn't you take medicine when you gave birth?"
Nan Yan's face turned gloomy.
Although she was usually kind and tolerant, this cold face immediately gave people a bone-chilling feeling. Just one look into her eyes made it seem as if all the blood in the body was frozen.
Hanxiang was so scared that she immediately lowered her head.
Feng Qianyan's heart almost skipped a beat.
Nan Yan said coldly, "Of course I have to eat."
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"It is precisely because I have taken it before that I know very well what medicine a woman should and should not take before giving birth."
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"Now, have your maid bring it out for me to see."
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"Don't you admit your innocence? Why are you panicking?"
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"Or is it that the medicine you take is even more shameful than the acupuncture you gave me?"
Hearing this, Feng Qianyan's heart almost stopped beating. Just when she was about to say something, Hanxiang, who was kneeling beside her and saw that she was speechless after being questioned by the aggressive imperial concubine, finally broke down.
She knelt down and took a few steps forward, kowtowing repeatedly: "Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me!"
When Feng Qianyan heard her say this, she froze.
Hanxiang said anxiously, "I know nothing. It was all done by Concubine Ning. I was just—I was just serving her. This matter has nothing to do with me!"
"you--"
Feng Qianyan suddenly became anxious and reached out to grab her, but Xu Miaoyin moved faster and gave Chun'er a wink. Chun'er immediately bent down, grabbed her hand and held it behind her back.
"Let me go, you damned slave, what nonsense are you talking about?!"
Feng Qianyan wanted to struggle, but she had just given birth to a child and was already very weak. She was already at the end of her strength after forcing herself to come down and complain to the emperor. At this moment, she had no strength to struggle anymore.
Zhu Feng said: "You say!"
Hanxiang raised her head and looked at him, her face covered with tears and snot, looking miserable. But when she saw Zhu Feng, she was so frightened that her whole body was shaking. She didn't even have the strength to kneel, let alone speak.
Nan Yan stepped forward and said, "The Emperor asked you to speak so that he could give you a chance to live!"
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"If you don't tell me, I will still be able to find out what you are doing. But by then, you will be an accomplice!"
Hearing her say this, Hanxiang finally made up her mind. She gritted her teeth and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Ning has been colluding with the people in the Imperial Hospital these days to use the method of burning moxa to induce labor and preserve the fetus, so that she can give birth to this child. She, she has been doing this all along!"
"What?!"
Zhu Feng didn't say anything, but the people around him widened their eyes in shock.
Burning moxa to induce labor and preserve pregnancy? !
Everyone knows that this is a taboo in the palace, but unexpectedly, Concubine Ning is so bold!
Zhu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and said coldly, "If you have anything else, you'd better confess it all. If you hide anything, you are still an accomplice!"
After hearing what the emperor said, Hanxiang dared not hide it anymore and wished she could clear herself of the matter.
Immediately, like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube, everything came out -
"These days, Concubine Ning has been using the method of burning moxa. She actually did the same thing the day Princess Xinping found the cat. However, when Madam Qin arrived, the cat had already been sent away, so Madam Qin was unable to find any evidence against her."
"She discussed with the imperial physician at the Imperial Hospital and decided to have a premature birth at seven months."
"Today is the day she chose. She also told me, she said -"
Xu Miaoyin's face turned pale after hearing what she had just said. At this time, she asked coldly, "What did she say?"
Hanxiang lowered her head and trembled as she spoke, "She said that she was going to give birth prematurely anyway, so she needed to find a reason. If anyone in the palace offended her, she would choose them as a scapegoat."
"scapegoat?"
"Yes, she pretended to be bumped by that person to create the illusion of premature birth. This way, she could have a natural premature birth and at the same time, she could deal with the Imperial Concubine..."
Hearing this, Nan Yan suddenly understood.
Why was Feng Qianyan so affectionate to her all of a sudden in the warm room before, wanting to stick close to her, and later, deliberately walking in front of her.
It turned out that I was the scapegoat she was looking for—
As long as she created the illusion that she was bumped into, she could openly "give birth prematurely", and she would become a jealous, cruel and ruthless sinner who plotted to murder the royal heir.
What a great plan that kills two birds with one stone.
I almost fell into her trap.
Thinking of this, she turned to look at King Wei. Zhu Chengxuan also understood at this time. The cold sweat on his forehead had dried, but his face was still a little pale, probably because he was still frightened.
If it were just him tonight, there would be no way he could overturn his own verdict.
Fortunately, Concubine——
Fortunately, I didn't drag her into this just now in order to escape punishment.
Thinking of this, Zhu Chengxuan looked up at Nan Yan, then at the emperor, but found that although Zhu Feng had an ugly expression, he also looked up at him and nodded slightly at him.
“……!”
His heart moved.
Just now, the emperor asked him first. Was he testing him?
His father wanted to see if he was the kind of person who would frame an innocent person in order to escape punishment, especially when this innocent person was the imperial concubine!
Zhu Chengxuan's heart was trembling.
I just felt like I had just been to the gates of hell.
At this time, no one cared about what Hanxiang was saying. Only Feng Qianyan's face became uglier and uglier. When Hanxiang finished speaking, she fell to the ground in despair.
Just then, there was another commotion.
But it wasn't them, but the inner room!
Wang Baizhi walked out with a pale face and said to Zhu Feng, "Your Majesty, the princess..."
When everyone saw him, they became nervous again and listened attentively.
Zhu Feng also frowned.
"How is the princess?"
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