An Qingran shook her head: "Queen Mother, I didn't do it."
"No? Do you think you can do whatever you want just by hiding? Don't forget, we are sitting high up and seeing far. Tell me, did you see it?" The Queen Mother asked, pointing at the Shangshu's wife beside her.
The Shangshu's wife was a little embarrassed, but she nodded: "Looking from this direction, it is indeed so."
She spoke carefully.
"Look, if you have anything else to say, kneel down." the Queen Mother shouted.
An Qingran knelt down as she was told, without any panic on her face. She replayed what had just happened in her mind. Qin Xiangning was looking for her, then she slipped and went to pull her. How could she shake off her hand?
Didn't he just let it go? Did he just not hold on to it in a panic?
She shouldn't be so careless.
The grass is indeed a bit slippery.
But I didn't push her.
Thinking of this, she said, "Queen Dowager, whether I pushed Princess Ning or not, you only need to send someone to ask her and she will know."
This person is not dead yet. How can you make such a conclusion without asking?
"You are so stubborn. You don't admit your mistakes even if Princess Ning points them out. You won't admit it, right?"
"Please Queen Mother, there is no conflict of interest between me and Princess Ning. Why would I want to harm her?"
"You have been married for so long, and all of them are pregnant except you. It is possible that you have lost your mind due to jealousy. Someone, lock up the Crown Princess in the Phoenix Palace." The Queen Mother waved her hand, as if she was too lazy to argue with her.
A palace maid came forward to take An Qingran away.
An Qingran naturally would not act like a spoiled brat, but stood up calmly, her face calm: "Queen Mother, I can go to the Phoenix Palace, but I will never admit to anything I have not done, and as for jealousy, it is even more of an unwarranted accusation."
"Okay, now you're lecturing me? I really don't know how An Zhongtao taught his daughter to be so disrespectful."
An Qingran was accused of such a serious crime and refused to argue any further. It would only be embarrassing.
She was taken to Feng Palace and locked in a side room.
She smiled bitterly, thinking that she would be locked up in jail. Fortunately, they did take her status into consideration.
An Qingran sat on the only broken chair in the room. She began to recall everything that had just happened. It was really strange. She couldn't think that Qin Xiangning had framed her. After all, the price was too high and no normal person could do it. She didn't know whether it was her bad luck or her own. She didn't fall earlier or later, but fell in front of her. Thinking back on the angle now, others did misunderstand her.
Now she didn't want anything else, she just hoped that Qin Xiangning's child could be saved.
This birthday banquet was really thrilling.
But let’s talk about the other side.
Qin Xiangning lay on the bed, crying out in pain. She pulled Concubine Xian's hand and cried, "Mother, you must save the child..."
Concubine Shu was also there, and the imperial doctors were treating the child. She said, "Don't worry, the child is fine. We have the best imperial doctors here, so just listen to them."
Xianfei's heart ached, and she could hardly speak. She just nodded: "You're right, don't move, it's okay, do you hear me?"
Qin Xiangning seemed not to have heard it, her eyes swept straight across everyone's faces: "You lied to me, it must be very serious... It hurts!"
She bent her body like a shrimp and pulled at Concubine Xian with both hands. At this moment, Prince Ning also got the news and rushed here. However, as soon as he entered the house, he was pushed out by Concubine Xian. This room was unlucky.
Prince Ning was outside shaking hands and glaring. The news he heard was that An Qingran pushed Qin Xiangning down.
That woman.
I haven't harmed her.
He impulsively wanted to settle the score with her, but was informed that she had been captured by the Queen Mother, who also rushed over. She entered the house and saw the guests waiting outside. With so many people, it seemed as if something big had happened.
Prince Ning became upset when he saw this. He stamped his feet and went to the next room.
There were a lot of people outside, but the noise was not loud and everyone had different expressions.
Dongfang Ruoxue and Lou Wanyue were very worried, and even more worried about An Qingran.
Dongfang Ruoxue quietly pulled Lou Wanyue aside and said, "We have to think of a way to save the Crown Princess."
"What is the solution?"
"Go inform the prince. Only Prince Ning is here now. The prince doesn't know what happened." Dongfang Ruoxue said as she looked around. Finally, she saw a little palace maid and pulled her over. "Which palace are you from?"
"My lady, I am from Jiaoxiangyuan."
"Do me a favor." Although Dongfang Ruoxue knew that Jiaoxiangyuan was the territory of Concubine Shu, she didn't care at this moment. She immediately took off the bracelet on her hand and put it on the hand of the little palace maid. "No matter what, notify the prince immediately and tell him the situation here. Do you understand?"
The little palace maid took the bracelet and left.
Lou Wanyue also breathed a sigh of relief: "I don't believe the Crown Princess would do such a thing."
"I don't believe it either." Dongfang Ruoxue looked at the direction where the little palace maid disappeared and said, "Why did the Queen Mother treat the Crown Princess like this? She didn't ask clearly and just assumed that she did it. In fact, wouldn't it be better to ask Princess Ning about this matter?"
"Princess Ning and the Crown Princess are not on good terms, and everyone knows that..." Lou Wanyue paused here, "I just hope everyone is okay. After all, this is just an accident."
"Yes, I also think this is an accident." Dongfang Ruoxue sighed.
The two men returned to the crowd and heard people talking about how Qin Xiangning's child could not be saved and the imperial physician was now busy trying to figure out how to save the adult.
Qin Xiangning's cries of pain continued to hit everyone's eardrums, and the women in the palace felt deeply sympathetic.
The baby had not been born yet and Qin Xiangning began to bleed heavily. All the people from the Imperial Hospital came, but there was no telling when the treatment would be successful. All the guests were driven out of the palace.
Those people were still sighing after leaving the palace. Dongfang Ruoxue was only worried about An Qingran. She and Lou Wanyue had been waiting in the East Palace, not knowing when any news would be sent back.
Dongfang Jin immediately went to Feng Palace to ask for an audience.
The Queen Mother was nowhere to be seen.
Dongfang Jin wondered whether he should force his way in, but finally he calmed down and turned to walk towards the emperor's bedroom.
An Qingran was probably the calmest among them. She was calculating that Qin Xiangning would soon send back the news. Suddenly, a palace maid's voice rang out from outside the window: "Master, don't worry. Rendong asked me to inform you that the prince has gone to see the emperor. He will definitely rescue you."
An Qingran looked up through the window screen, only to see that it was Xiaoju who was lurking near the Feng Palace. She had recently been transferred to the Queen Mother's Palace. She smiled and nodded: "I see, tell Rendong not to panic, this was not done by me, I will be fine."
"I understand." Xiao Ju was about to say something when she suddenly heard the shouts of other palace maids outside.
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