After Yunrong gave these instructions, the news quickly spread throughout the palace that the Empress had been disturbed and that her pregnancy was unstable.
Upon receiving Yunrong's message, Yinzhen readily returned to Kunning Palace, his face showing an extremely anxious expression.
When Yinzhen arrived, the imperial physician was taking Yunrong's pulse. The physician's expression gradually became complicated. The Empress's pregnancy was going well. Although she had experienced some health issues in the first few months of her pregnancy, the Empress had a good constitution and there was nothing seriously wrong.
When the imperial physician saw that the emperor had also arrived, Yunrong, seeing that there were no outsiders in the room, put away her uncomfortable appearance and said to the imperial physician, "Tell the truth."
Seeing that the Empress acted as if nothing was wrong in front of the Emperor, the imperial physician knew that the Emperor probably knew about this matter, so he said, "The Empress is generally fine, but she still needs to take good care of herself."
Yinzhen said, "The Empress was frightened and her pregnancy is unstable. The imperial physicians are taking good care of her and come over every day."
The imperial physician immediately understood what to do: "This servant understands, this servant will prepare the medicine for Her Majesty the Empress right away."
"Okay, you can go now! Liang Jiugong, you see the imperial physician out."
"yes"
Although the imperial physician didn't know what the Emperor and Empress were up to, since he was in the middle of it, he had no choice but to go along with it.
The imperial physician followed Liang Jiugong out of the palace gate, and then asked in a low voice, "Chief Eunuch Liang, just give me a straight answer on what I should do."
Liang Jiugong whispered, "You don't need to do anything. Just act like you've been scolded by the Emperor. If anyone asks about the Empress, just say that the baby's condition is bad and that she was upset. That's all."
"Thank you for your guidance, Steward Liang."
"No, no, I can't accept that."
There were bound to be people in the harem who wanted to find out about this, and then the news spread that Yunrong had been so upset in the Imperial Garden that her pregnancy was unstable. Of course, they also found out that there were two eunuchs in the Imperial Garden who had offended the Empress and were now under her supervision.
It is said that the Empress heard the two eunuchs saying something inappropriate, which caused her to become enraged.
"What happened?" Yinzhen only knew that Yunrong was alright, but he didn't know the specifics.
Yunrong: "I don't know who sent two people behind the rockery to say some useless nonsense. They probably thought I would get angry if I heard it, and that I would either get into a fight with you or hurt the baby in my belly. After all, this pregnancy is indeed more difficult than the last two."
Yinzhen looked unwell. The palace was his territory; to touch his people on his own turf was as if he were dead.
Yinzhen: "Don't worry, I will definitely not let the person behind this get away with it. But what did you hear?"
Yunrong glanced at Yinzhen: "It's just that you dislike my body because it's out of shape, and that you despise me. Otherwise, why would I be punished when I see my brother from my maternal family, and now I'm idle at home and can't go out..."
Yinzhen had discussed it with Yunrong and wasn't worried that Yunrong would feel uncomfortable if she heard it, but since someone had come up with this idea, he naturally wouldn't let it go.
Yunrong played along, and Yinzhen understood her intentions.
Yinzhen: "I'm sorry to trouble you, but I guess you won't be able to go out for a while."
Yunrong didn't take it seriously: "There's nothing to feel aggrieved about. It's just that I can't go out for a few days. Don't worry about it. But I'll still trouble you with the verification."
Yinzhen nodded: "Mm"
Yinzhen was already quite troubled by the unruly Dzungars, and now someone wanted to cause trouble at this critical juncture. Yinzhen wondered if he had been too kind to people in recent years, making them forget his methods of dealing with people.
Yinzhen had two gossiping eunuchs brought in and questioned. It was confirmed that someone had instructed them, but they did not know who instructed them. The two were gamblers and owed a lot of money. Someone had ordered them to do this, or else someone would pay with their life.
In addition, some people reassured them, saying that it was nothing and the Empress wouldn't mind. If the Empress really killed people casually, her reputation would certainly suffer.
Then, in a moment of impulse, the two of them gave in.
The two did mention someone to pay off gambling debts, but when Yinzhen sent people to look for him, they found that the person had already disappeared.
Yinzhen ordered his men to continue investigating along the path taken by the two eunuchs, while he also began to pay attention to who in the court was being dishonest.
Since Yinzhen wanted to investigate, he would inevitably find some clues. Then Yinzhen found out that the person who had sent the envoy to the funeral last time had some connection with Tong Guowei.
To be honest, because Tong Guowei has been relatively low-profile in recent years, I had almost forgotten about him. I never expected that he would get involved in this matter.
Yinzhen has started to pay attention to Tong Guowei. He hadn't noticed him before, but now that he has, he's bound to find something out.
Then Yinzhen learned of Tong Guowei's plan.
When Yinzhen saw the result, he sneered. Just like in his previous life, he only thought about getting rich by relying on women. He was envious of the power of the Fucha family, but he couldn't see that the Fucha family rose to power through their own abilities. He always thought that the reason why the Fucha family was so rich and powerful was because of the favored empress.
Tong Guowei was quite capable; he quietly found two former palace maids from Yongshou Palace to tutor the Tong family's princess, which was truly a painstaking effort.
Yinzhen only sent people to investigate, but they couldn't find out anything about Tong Yuntong's background. They only knew that the Tong family planned to send a princess into the palace.
The harem had not welcomed any new members for several generations, and his reputation had spread far and wide, both inside and outside the palace. Tong Guowei's actions made Yinzhen suspicious.
Once Yinzhen had a target, he actually found it. And sure enough, those two eunuchs were indeed people arranged by the Tong family, and even the matter of Ma Qi being impeached was Tong Guowei's doing.
The case should have been solved by now, but Yinzhen still felt something was off. At first, Wang Shuqiu's impeachment of the former Minister of War went too smoothly, as if someone was helping him.
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