She now dotes on Princess Minghua to the point of being unreasonable.
The Queen Mother turned to look at the Emperor again: "Xu is indeed a suspect, so it is reasonable to ask her to kneel."
The emperor couldn't afford to offend the empress dowager again at this moment, as on one side were the princess and the sick empress dowager.
On one side is his beloved concubine.
Xu Lingyi has always been a considerate person. She spoke appropriately at this time, "Your Majesty, I am willing to kneel down. Your Majesty, please do not conflict with the princess for my sake."
As she said that, Xu Lingyi knelt down. Of course, she wouldn't kneel for long. She would pretend to faint and fall down.
Now that Princess Minghua asked her to kneel, the imperial concubine and she would have to kneel before her twice as much in the future.
The emperor still felt sorry for Xu Lingyi, and he said, "Give Concubine De a cushion."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Lingyi's voice was choked. She lowered her head and tried hard to suppress her sobs.
Princess Minghua saw her pretending to be pitiful. Her mother was already like this, and this bitch dared to seduce her father at this time.
She was even more indignant at this moment and could no longer bear it. She walked forward quickly and slapped Xu Lingyi to the ground.
Nanny Zhang and the others were one step slower than Princess Minghua, which was enough to show how much Princess Minghua hated her.
Xu Lingyi fell to the ground, and Aunt Zhang and the others hurried to help her up.
The emperor also came over at this time and squatted down to check her injuries.
"How?" asked the emperor.
Xu Lingyi shook her head, tears welling up in her eyes: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I'm fine."
"You bitch, you still have the nerve to cry." In Princess Minghua's heart, Xu Lingyi was an absolute bitch who only knew how to pretend to be pitiful and weak in front of her father.
"That's enough." The emperor said coldly, "You've been too presumptuous lately. You don't act like a princess at all."
Princess Minghua stood there in a daze. It was the first time she was scolded by the emperor and she didn't react at all for a moment. When she came to her senses, she turned around and threw herself on the empress dowager and burst into tears.
It was clearly Princess Minghua who started the fight first, but in the Empress Dowager's mind, it was all Xu Lingyi's fault.
It was Xu Lingyi who offended her precious granddaughter.
The Queen Mother looked at Xu Lingyi with cold eyes, as if holding a knife.
"Let her kneel outside the palace, and don't bother me from inside."
The imperial physician arrived soon.
"Imperial Physician, how is my mother?" Princess Minghua asked with a sob.
"The Imperial Concubine was indeed poisoned. This poison is not fatal, but it will completely disfigure the person who takes it. At first, the face will just turn red and black, and over time, the skin on the face will get worse and worse, until it finally becomes like an old person."
When Princess Minghua heard this, her heart instantly sank. The poison in her mother's body was indeed originally intended for Xu Lingyi. Before the imperial physician's diagnosis, she was still holding on to hope.
Now... it seems that Xu Lingyi had known about her mother's plan for a long time, and even managed to outmaneuver her mother.
"This poison is hard to come by. It's only produced in the Western Regions."
"Investigate and see how this medicine got into the palace." said the emperor.
Princess Minghua was startled, thinking that the medicine was of course brought in by her mother.
Today's incident not only failed to take Xu Lingyi into account, but also caused his mother to be plotted against.
But there was no way to get his father to punish Xu Lingyi with justification.
After all, it was the mother who first wanted to plot against Xu Lingyi.
"Since the Imperial Concubine is fine, only her appearance has been ruined, and her life is not in danger, then everyone should return. I will have the Imperial Physician treat the Imperial Concubine and do their best to cure her. Mother, you have been exhausted all day, so I will send you back to the palace to rest."
"Your Majesty, my queen has fainted."
Chunhua ran into the hall and spoke breathlessly.
Before fainting, Xu Lingyi winked at Nanny Zhang.
She was planning to announce her pregnancy.
The imperial concubine did something bad, she can't just suffer the consequences herself, she should at least be punished in some other way.
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