When Emperor Kangxi arrived at Qixiang Palace in a hurry, Wangshu had already fallen into a deep sleep, and the imperial physician was still guarding the palace.
"Greetings, Your Majesty. May Your Majesty enjoy boundless blessings and peace."
"Get up, all of you. Where is Consort Chun? How is Consort Chun?"
With a sorrowful expression, Granny Zhang said, "After Her Majesty returned, she locked herself in her room. Later, when we went in, we found that Her Majesty had fallen into a deep sleep. We called the imperial physician, who said that Her Majesty was depressed and heartbroken. We beg Your Majesty to punish us, as we failed to take good care of Her Majesty."
"We can discuss your matter later. Imperial Physician, is Consort Chun's health in serious condition?"
The imperial physician, speaking in a cryptic tone, said, "Your Majesty, a mental illness requires a mental cure."
Kangxi understood; it was still a problem with the children.
"You may leave!"
After the imperial physician left, Kangxi asked, "Who accompanied Consort Chun to Chengqian Palace today?"
Su Mu: "It is a servant girl."
“Tell me everything that happened at Chengqian Palace.”
Then Su Mu told the whole story, though he embellished it a bit. Kangxi was heartbroken and felt extremely disgusted with Wuya.
"Liang Jiugong, go and investigate who exactly gave Wuya the medicine."
Kangxi felt that this time the enemy was targeting Wangshu, wanting her to know about the miscarriage; their intentions were undeniably malicious.
Liang Jiugong: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Then Kangxi sat by the bed, looking at Wangshu with a pained expression.
Consort Tong died of anger in Chengqian Palace.
“Uya clan, how dare she? She did such a thing. How will the Emperor view Yinzhen in the future? Why doesn’t she just die now? She’s just a menace.”
Consort Tong raised Yinzhen with the same level of care as his biological mothers, but she did a good job nonetheless. Over time, she genuinely loved Yinzhen. However, when Consort Wuya caused Consort Chun's miscarriage, it was clear that Kangxi had some feelings for Consort Chun.
No matter what, Yinzhen could never erase the mark that he was the biological son of Lady Wuya. With such a mother, Yinzhen's future path would inevitably be more difficult.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Perhaps Your Majesty could ask the Emperor to change the Eleventh Prince's imperial register to Your Majesty's name. Now, our Eleventh Prince can rightfully get rid of Consort Wuya."
Consort Tong wasn't stupid; she probably knew that Emperor Kangxi didn't actually want a prince from the Tong family. But she couldn't help but fantasize—maybe? Maybe Kangxi would agree?
"Let me think about it."
Just then, a young eunuch came in and reported: "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. Yuzhu, the maidservant of Consort Wuya, has died."
Consort Tong stood up: "Dead? How did he die?"
"It seems like he committed suicide."
Yuzhu was a palace maid responsible for feeding medicine. Although she was not a senior palace maid, she was still a second-class palace maid.
“I sent people to keep a close watch on her. People can die, but the one who brewed the medicine is still alive while the one who fed it to her is dead. This is deliberately trying to make things difficult for me. Go and find out who Yuzhu is working for.”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After everyone left, Consort Tong frowned and said, "Useless. I can't even keep an eye on one person. Nanny, if the Emperor finds out, he'll probably think I'm useless."
"Your Majesty, the person behind this is too meticulous and ruthless. Your Majesty has done your best to be thorough, and His Majesty will not blame you."
Consort Tong said worriedly, "I hope so!"
Let's go back to Qixiang Palace.
When Wangshu woke up, it was already completely dark. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Emperor Kangxi in the candlelight, and Wangshu's eyes instantly welled up with tears.
"Your Majesty, my child was lost before I even knew it, sob sob sob..."
This was the first time Wang Shu had cried so pitifully. In Kangxi's eyes, she seemed extremely heartbroken. He pulled her into his arms and comforted her, "It's my fault. I didn't protect you well. It's my fault. We can have more children in the future. We'll have more children soon."
Wang Shu was still crying very hard.
Even if a beautiful woman is ugly, she is still beautiful when she sobs; she is pitiful and lovable.
Kangxi felt a tightness in his chest and comforted her again and again, while also comforting himself.
After a long time, Wangshu cried herself to sleep in Kangxi's arms.
That night, Emperor Kangxi did not sleep.
The next day, Wang Shu woke up early and saw that Kangxi was still awake. She was moved and said, "Your Majesty, I am not sad anymore. You should not be sad either. You should rest well. We will have another child."
After saying that, the two embraced.
When it was fully light, Kangxi watched Wangshu finish her breakfast before leaving. After Kangxi left, Wangshu said, "I'm going to my study. Don't come in."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After the court session, Emperor Kangxi hurriedly asked Liang Jiugong, "How is the investigation into Consort Wuya going?"
Liang Jiugong lowered his head: "Your Majesty, when I went to investigate, the palace maid Yuzhu, who had promised to feed Wuya the medicine, died suddenly. The palace maid who prepared the medicine was interrogated, and there were no problems."
"I have investigated Yuzhu's situation. She is someone trained by the Wuya family. She comes into contact with a wide variety of people on a daily basis. I am incompetent, and I beg Your Majesty to punish me."
Emperor Kangxi never expected that he would die so quickly; it seems he came prepared.
"I know your abilities. Follow the trail of the raindrops and investigate slowly."
"Thank you for your leniency, Your Majesty."
In fact, Kangxi was wrong. Yuzhu's death had little to do with being poisoned. Wuya's madness came suddenly, but she also came to her senses quickly. Once she regained her senses and realized what she had done, she knew she had been tricked.
Raindrops were the one who arranged for her to commit suicide.
Although Yuzhu was a trusted confidante, she was also a suspect in the case. She dared not let anyone interrogate Yuzhu. There was no truth that the Censorate could not extract through torture. Yuzhu would not have drugged her, but she might still reveal other things. Therefore, she committed suicide.
Given the current situation, it couldn't get any worse.
She only hoped that the Emperor would spare her life for the sake of her child; as long as the child was alive, she would still have a chance.
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