The concubines below were terrified by Empress Niohuru's stern tone. They never expected that the usually gentle Empress could have such a stern and imposing side. They were all silent and dared not utter a single word.
Consort An sat at the lower end of the table, her head bowed, her hands hidden in her sleeves, clutching her handkerchief tightly, afraid that her trembling hands would give her away. She was both afraid and somewhat confused.
No, according to my plan, Wuya shouldn't have an accident at this time. I had Lanxiang give Hongxiu a very small amount of safflower powder, so that Wuya would have to take it for two or three months to see any effect. Once the medicine takes effect, she will have a miscarriage without anyone noticing.
Even the imperial physicians would only assume that it was because Lady Wuya was weak and the fetus was not developing well that she miscarried, and they would not be able to find out that it was someone else's doing.
Uya is only four months pregnant, so how come the medication has taken effect prematurely?
Consort An was completely baffled and still felt there was something wrong. Something was still amiss; even if the medicine took effect earlier, it couldn't have been less effective. Uya hadn't actually miscarried; she only had some symptoms, nothing serious.
Other possibilities flashed through her mind. Could it be that Hongxiu was outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant and had not succeeded at all? Or was it that someone else also disliked Wuya and secretly took action, which led to her exposure?
The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and Consort An's tense heart gradually calmed down. She remembered that she had already instructed Yuxin to clean up the mess and destroy all the evidence. As for Hongxiu, she figured she wouldn't dare to implicate her.
In this way, the Empress would have no way of finding out about her. Furthermore, given the existence of other possibilities, she felt much more at ease.
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