She wanted to see with her own eyes the pain Xu Jinyi felt after losing her child.
This time she entered the palace with only one purpose, and that was the child in Xu Jinyi's belly.
Her mother said that she must not succeed or fail this time.
If that doesn't work, then you can only do it yourself. Of course, that's the last resort.
As for the imperial kitchen, it would be difficult for her to take action since she was not from the palace, but there was Concubine Wu.
As long as she was told that Wu Ziqian had become a disabled person because of offending the Queen, how could she not take action?
And the actor was arranged by her.
If the two of them joined forces, she didn't believe they couldn't get rid of the baby in her belly.
At this time, the imperial physician came out trembling.
"How is it? How is the queen?" the emperor asked nervously.
"Your Majesty, the Empress showed signs of miscarriage, but has now stabilized. She must not get excited anymore, and should avoid any major movements for the next ten days. It's best to rest in bed."
Qin Xiyue clenched her hands, and a ferocious look flashed across her face. She didn't expect that the baby in her belly was so lucky and was actually fine.
But I was thinking about what to do next.
The Queen Mother prayed devoutly to the sky, murmuring, "Buddha bless you."
Su Mian also breathed a sigh of relief. If the Empress caused the child to be born prematurely because of her, then she would become a sinner.
The emperor arranged for the imperial physician to stay here to deal with this matter.
Before leaving the Pepper Room, she glanced at Eunuch Wang Yun and his eyes turned in Xier's direction.
Eunuch Wang Yun understood and walked up to the two young eunuchs, saying something unknown.
They quickly walked up to Xier, covered her mouth before she could scream, and dragged her out.
For fear of disturbing Xu Jinyi again, the emperor directly brought those involved in the incident to the execution ground inside the palace.
The spacious execution ground was filled with various torture instruments, which made people feel scared.
The people from the imperial kitchen, the actors, the people from the queen's palace, and the guards who had just returned from the Ministry of Punishment after receiving a hundred beatings all knelt there.
Seeing this, Xier breathed rapidly, feeling panicked and scared.
She didn't understand why she was brought here when she hadn't done anything.
The emperor sat on a stool that had been prepared long ago, looking at the group of people without saying a word.
The emperor questioned everyone one by one, from the snacks to who made them and who was involved.
The palace maid who was responsible for delivering snacks had already bitten her tongue and committed suicide when she was caught.
Then came the actors. After a series of interrogations, any of them whose confessions were questionable were found.
The emperor had them tortured, and their screams echoed throughout the execution ground.
Xier knelt on the side and trembled.
The emperor lowered his eyes and glanced at her: "Aren't you going to tell me yet? The queen has been very kind to you, how dare you betray her!"
The emperor's tone was firm, but Xier's alarm bells were ringing: "Your Majesty, please investigate and verify that Xier did not murder the Queen."
The emperor nodded and stood up. "Wang Yun, watch them and use every torture device on them. If they are not dead, throw them into prison. It doesn't matter if they die without saying a word. I don't believe that we can't catch the person behind this."
"Your Majesty, I really didn't harm the Queen. Someone did come to me, but I didn't do anything."
Seeing the miserable state of those people, Xier was frightened and quickly crawled down and knelt in front of the emperor.
"You didn't do anything? When the Queen asked you to come find me, you had already revealed your true identity by leaving her."
"The Queen is having a miscarriage. Even if Su Mian has something wrong, you shouldn't just rush in and deliberately provoke the Queen."
"In this case, you still dare to say that you are innocent?"
Xier knelt on the ground. She didn't expect that the emperor could see everything clearly and knew her little movements.
Knowing that he had no chance of survival, he betrayed A Kui, who was beside Concubine Wu.
The palace door of the imperial concubine was tightly closed, and inside, imperial concubine Wu was watering the flowers in the garden in a good mood.
He was humming a tune and his face was full of joy.
The next second, she heard the sound of the chains on the palace gate being opened, and saw a large number of guards rushing in.
"How dare you! Do you think you can break into the imperial concubine's palace?" A Kui shouted.
However, the captain of the imperial guards disagreed: "I have received the Emperor's decree that Concubine Wu has plotted to murder the heir to the throne. She deserves death. I have come to apprehend her and bring her to justice."
"All the concubine's close relatives will be beheaded, and the rest of the servants will be sold off."
The exquisite watering can in the imperial concubine's hand slipped: "Where is the emperor? I want to see the emperor!"
The chief guard ordered his men to take action: "Your Highness, please don't waste your energy. The Emperor will not see you."
The emperor did not let Concubine Wu die too easily. Instead, he put her in prison and arranged for people to torture her every day.
The Wu family was also implicated, and the entire family was exiled to Ningguta.
When Ouyang Zhixia returned, she heard that something had happened to Xu Jinyi, and hurried to the palace with Xu Haoran.
When Xu Haoran learned that his sister had suffered such a great suffering, his eyes turned red.
"Brother is going to be a father, why should he still cry?" Xu Jinyi smiled while half lying on the bed.
Xu Haoran was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and looked at Ouyang Zhixia's belly.
Only then did Xu Jinyi realize that Ouyang Zhixia had not yet had time to inform her brother about this.
Ouyang Zhixia nodded shyly.
Xu Haoran happily hugged Ouyang Zhixia.
However, after what happened today, Xu Jinyi still had one thing to do, which was to ask someone to bring the phoenix seal.
Xu Haoran watched Xu Jinyi put pen to paper, then glanced at Su Mian and nodded.
Xu Jinyi recognized Su Mian as her sister, and asked Ouyang Zhixia to find a suitable partner for Su Mian.
"Leave this to me and let my mother do it. If you don't thank me, the Queen will recognize you as her adopted sister."
"You were also given the title of Princess. You will be a Princess in the future."
Su Mian looked at Xu Jinyi in a daze and knelt down in emotion.
The palace maids in the room also congratulated Su Mian.
The news that Su Mian became the queen's sister spread quickly. Everyone in the capital knew that the emperor doted on the queen.
As a result, Su Mian's value also rose rapidly, and many people asked Ouyang Zhixia about it, intending to arrange a marriage.
Even the legitimate son of a third-rank official promised her the position of wife, but in the end Su Mian did not choose it.
Instead, he chose the son of an eighth-rank imperial physician.
These are all later stories. On the other side, when Qin Xiyue saw that Concubine Wu was found out, she was trembling with fear.
In the Empress Dowager's palace, Qin Xiyue pinched her fingers with a very conflicted expression. She was afraid that Concubine Wu would betray her.
Because she knew how horrible the emperor's punishments were, she was afraid that she would be betrayed and lose her last chance.
Qin Xiyue decided to go all out. Since she was going to die anyway, she wanted to do the last thing for her brother.
Since that incident, Xu Jinyi has been lying in bed for three consecutive days and has not left the room.
Apart from taking care of her physiological needs every day, she ate and drank in bed. She couldn't even count how many pregnancy-maintaining pills she had taken.
When Xu Jinyi heard footsteps outside, her expression became resentful. Sure enough, she saw a palace maid from the small kitchen coming over with a bowl of black pregnancy-preserving medicine.
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