When Ying Xixi woke up again, she saw the familiar bed curtains.
Fortunately, she didn't die. It's a blessing.
Ying Xixi sighed and moved her body, only to feel a piercing pain in her right chest.
"Your Majesty, you're finally awake! Your Majesty, please don't move, be careful not to pull the wound!"
Hua Yue noticed Ying Xixi's movements and quickly reminded her.
She considerately fed Ying Xixi some warm water, and Ying Xixi was finally able to speak.
"Hua Yue, was I stabbed? How long has it been since that day? How is the emperor? Has the assassin been caught?"
Ying Xixi asked question after question.
"Your Majesty, you have been in a coma for three days. Also, congratulations, Your Majesty, you are pregnant!
That day, the Empress sacrificed herself to block the sword for the Emperor, and was diagnosed with pregnancy. The Emperor was happy and moved, and stayed with the Empress for a day and a night!
As for the assassin, he was indeed caught, and the emperor's men also found out who was behind it."
At the end of the conversation, Huayue looked a little strange.
Ying Xixi was quite curious about who sent people to assassinate the emperor. It couldn't be Qiao Yuyuan, right?
"Who is behind this?"
"It was the Empress. When the Emperor learned about this, he was shocked and heartbroken, not only because the Empress actually sent someone to assassinate him.
Because of the Queen's action, the royal heir in your belly was almost harmed and almost caused your death!
The emperor was very angry and demoted the queen to a concubine and sent her to the cold palace.
Your Highness, because of your meritorious service in saving the Emperor and your pregnancy with the Emperor's heir, the Emperor has promoted you to a higher rank. From now on, Your Highness will be the Concubine Xi."
Ying Xixi: “???”
"What?? This is a bit too much information. I'll take it slow."
Ying Xixi was a little confused.
She was in a coma for three days, and when she woke up she felt like everything had changed.
She knew that she was pregnant.
She didn't take the knife for the emperor voluntarily, but was pushed by the queen.
So the queen sent someone to assassinate the emperor, and also gave her a push, and as a result the queen was demoted and sent to the cold palace.
And she was promoted from a fourth-rank Shuyi to a second-rank concubine?!
Did the Queen help her?
But no matter how you think about it, this matter seems a bit strange.
Why would the queen send someone to assassinate the emperor for no reason?
If the queen wanted to win favor, she could have directed and acted out the incident herself and taken the blame for the emperor. Why did she have to be pushed out to take the blame?
"Huayue, has the Emperor's people thoroughly investigated the Queen's matter? Are you sure it was the Queen who sent the assassin?
Did the Queen admit it?"
“I heard that the investigation was thorough and the evidence was conclusive, but the Empress has always claimed that she was wrongly accused and wants the Emperor to hear her explanation.
But the Emperor refused to listen. After seeing the evidence, he banished the Empress to the cold palace and never saw her again."
Huayue answered honestly.
Ying Xixi still felt strange. She couldn't understand the Queen's motive for assassinating the Emperor and pushing her to block the knife.
But she didn't make things difficult for herself. If she couldn't figure it out, she would just stop thinking about it.
She asked Huayue to serve the meal and she ate it to her satisfaction.
Just after finishing the meal, the emperor came running over, exhausted.
"Xixi, you're finally awake! Are you feeling unwell? How's the baby? Why are you sitting up? Does the wound still hurt?"
The emperor asked Ying Xixi about her well-being.
"Your Majesty, I am much better now. It's just that the wound still hurts a little. I will be fine after resting for a while."
Ying Xixi smiled very gently, and the emperor felt very distressed when he saw it.
"Xixi, why are you so stupid? You're blocking the knife for me! If the assassin's sword had been a little more crooked, both you and the child would have been killed!
Promise me that if you encounter danger in the future, you will protect yourself and your child first."
"I remember, Your Majesty. For me, your safety is the most important thing. I didn't think much about it, and my body went over to protect Your Majesty."
Ying Xixi looked at the emperor with affection, and her words moved the emperor deeply.
The emperor was so moved that he decided to stay overnight.
Of course, now that Ying Xixi is pregnant, the emperor will not do anything to her.
After all, the child in Ying Xixi's belly may very well be the first heir in the royal family, which is very important to the emperor.
In order to protect the baby in Ying Xixi's belly, the emperor strictly forbade the concubines in the harem to visit her.
Ying Xixi was also not allowed to leave Xijun Palace at will.
It can be said that he put Ying Xixi under house arrest.
It is deep winter now, and Ying Xixi doesn't want to go out and get cold.
Although it was a bit lonely without the concubines coming to visit, Ying Xixi was happy that she didn't have to socialize.
Ying Xixi ate and slept in the palace to recuperate and take care of her pregnancy, which was quite comfortable.
Every now and then she would feel like she had forgotten something.
That day, Ying Xixi woke up and felt that there was someone in the room.
She thought it was Huayue, so she called out, "Huayue, I'm thirsty, give me some water."
Soon Hua Yue opened the bed curtain, reached out to help Ying Xixi sit up, and put the cup to her lips.
Ying Xixi squinted her eyes and drank the warm water in one gulp from Huayue's hand.
"I'm still a little sleepy, let me sleep a little longer."
Ying Xixi covered her lips and yawned, waiting for Hua Yue to let go and let her lie down.
But Hua Yue not only did not let go, he let her lean on his arms.
There was a hard touch on the back of her head that didn't seem right. Ying Xixi stood up and looked back, only to find that it was Qiao Yuyuan who was looking at her expressionlessly.
Ying Xixi: “???”
“!!!”
She finally remembered what she had forgotten.
She forgot about Qiao Yuyuan!
"Your Highness, why are you here? It's still broad daylight. Please be careful. Are your men keeping watch for you?"
Ying Xixi looked around the room a little worriedly.
"Someone has forgotten me, so of course I came to see you."
Qiao Yuyuan's words were full of resentment.
Ying Xixi scratched her head guiltily, "It's because of what happened recently that I couldn't come to see you."
"I know. You took the knife for the emperor and you were pregnant. Why did you take the knife for him? Wouldn't it be better to let him be killed by the assassin?"
When Qiao Yuyuan said this, he looked at Ying Xixi with grievance.
"I didn't take the initiative to block the knife for him. It was the Queen who pushed me. I heard that the assassination was sent by the Queen. But since the Queen wanted to assassinate the Emperor, why did she push me to block the knife for the Emperor?
I always feel that this matter is strange, and there might be someone else behind the scenes."
Ying Xixi expressed her doubts.
Qiao Yuyuan sighed, reached out and carefully hugged Ying Xixi, letting her lean on his arms.
"You are right to suspect that it was not the Queen who assassinated the Emperor. It was someone else. That person's purpose was not just to assassinate the Emperor. That person also wanted to assassinate you and create the illusion that you were blocking the knife for the Emperor..."
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