Chapter 297 This is all a trap
Wei Qiming didn't expect that he would actually kill someone.
"Sir, it's bad, the soldiers are coming!" an attendant shouted in panic.
Wei Qiming suddenly came to his senses and saw soldiers holding torches rushing towards him in the distance.
"Go! Go quickly!" Wei Qiming dropped the dagger and turned around to flee the scene.
But at this moment, the two followers who had been inciting him suddenly held down his arms.
"What are you doing?! Let me go!" Wei Qiming struggled and shouted.
One of the followers sneered, "Excuse me, sir. We are only following orders."
Another attendant shouted, "Sir, come quickly! The murderer is here! It's Wei Qiming, the son of Duke Wei!"
Wei Qiming suddenly realized that all this was a well-designed trap.
And he just stepped in.
The officers and soldiers quickly surrounded him, and the leading captain said coldly: "Wei Qiming, you killed someone in the street, and the evidence is irrefutable. Come with us!"
Wei Qiming looked around in despair. The two followers who had instigated him were nowhere to be seen.
He was marched through a noisy street market, with people throwing rotten vegetable leaves at him.
He is going to be locked up in a dark cell again. Can he survive this time?
On a rooftop in the distance, two men in black were watching all this quietly.
"Mission completed, go back and report."
"Yes, His Royal Highness Prince Su will definitely be very satisfied."
The two figures flashed and disappeared in the morning light.
At this moment, in Kunning Palace.
"Bang!"
A teacup with a gold-painted lotus pattern was swept to the ground, and broken pieces of porcelain flew everywhere.
The queen's face turned pale and her chest heaved violently.
She didn't understand how an event that had been buried for so many years could suddenly be brought up again.
Who is it?
Who is behind this?
I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted in the first place.
The attempt to cut the grass failed to eradicate its roots, and now it has sprung up again with the spring breeze, becoming a serious problem.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine requests an audience." The palace maid reported tremblingly.
The queen was upset and had no mood to see her.
"not see!"
However, before she could finish her words, Concubine Jing rushed in with her men.
She was wearing a simple palace dress today, but there was an undisguised sarcastic smile on her face.
"The Queen is so angry."
Concubine Jing's voice was neither loud nor low, but it was like a needle, and every word pierced the Queen's heart.
"My sister heard that rumors are circulating about the Crown Prince's background."
"I wonder if the Queen has heard anything about this?"
The queen suddenly raised her eyes, her eyes full of coldness, "How insolent!"
"Slandering the Crown Prince and destabilizing the nation is a capital crime punishable by confiscation of property and extermination of the entire family!"
"My Lady, do you know what you are talking about?"
Imperial Concubine Jing chuckled, showing no fear at all. "Confiscate the property and exterminate the entire family?"
She paced slowly, her eyes sweeping over the queen's fingers, which were trembling slightly with anger.
"Her Majesty, haven't you already wiped out the Tian family?"
These words exploded in Kunning Palace like thunder.
The queen's face turned pale instantly.
"Someone come!" she screamed, her voice changing in pitch.
"Catch this arrogant bitch for me!"
The palace maids around the queen immediately stepped forward.
The people brought by Concubine Jing were not pushovers either. They quickly rushed forward to protect their master.
The two groups immediately started fighting, tables and chairs were knocked over, and objects fell to the ground.
There was chaos in Kunning Palace.
In the chaos, someone pushed and shoved.
Concubine Jing lost her balance, screamed, and fell backwards to the ground.
She subconsciously protected her lower abdomen and her face suddenly turned pale.
A stream of warm liquid slowly flowed out from under her body, staining the plain hem of her skirt red.
A strong smell of blood filled the air.
"My child..."
Concubine Jing let out a shrill scream.
Just at this moment, a notification came from outside the hall.
"The Emperor has arrived—"
The emperor walked in with a sullen face and big strides.
He happened to witness this chaotic scene and the glaring pool of red under Concubine Jing.
He had few children, only three princes and not even a princess.
Now someone actually dared to hurt his unborn child right under his nose!
The emperor's face turned ashen in an instant, and his eyes seemed to be spewing fire.
"Call the imperial physician!"
He practically roared the order, his voice making the entire palace buzz.
The palace servants hurriedly carried the unconscious Concubine Jing onto a sedan chair and hurriedly sent her to her bedroom.
There was only a mess in Kunning Palace, and the queen was pale and trembling all over.
Not long after, outside the gate of Qing'an Palace.
On the cold bluestone floor, the queen took off all her phoenix crown and bridal robes, put on a plain dress, and knelt there upright to apologize.
When Chu Ruohan arrived outside Qing'an Palace, she happened to see the whole scene.
Concubine Jing sent a message asking her to come and watch the show, and it looks like the show will be very exciting!
Suppressed, heart-wrenching cries could be faintly heard from the hall.
"Your Majesty... our child... is gone just like that..."
"You must make the decision for me and our unborn child!"
Chu Ruohan's gaze fell on the Queen's slightly swaying figure.
She saw the queen's lips moving silently, as if she was muttering to herself.
Only when I got closer could I barely catch a few broken syllables.
"Impossible... This is impossible..."
"How could she be pregnant..."
Chu Ruohan remained calm and raised her eyebrows slightly at Doctor Qian beside her.
There is something wrong with the Queen.
Doctor Qian naturally noticed the strangeness in the Queen's expression and nodded slightly.
Not long after, with a creaky sound, the heavy palace door was suddenly pulled open.
The emperor rushed to the queen and slapped her loudly.
“Bang!”
The crisp sound echoed in front of the empty palace gate.
"Poisonous woman!"
The queen was hit so hard that her head tilted to the side, blood seeped from the corner of her mouth, and red and swollen fingerprints quickly appeared on her face.
She seemed stunned, and it took her a moment to react, and she hurriedly explained.
"Your Majesty, I really didn't touch her!"
"It was Imperial Concubine Jing who barged into Kunning Palace and uttered outrageous words, slandering the Crown Prince. That's why I..."
"Your Majesty, please understand!"
Before he could finish his words, a figure came running over and knelt down in front of the emperor with a plop.
It’s Concubine Xin.
Her face was pale, but there was determination in her eyes.
"Your Majesty! You must not be deceived by the Queen!"
Concubine Xin raised her head and spoke in a low voice, but every word was clear.
"The Empress has been jealous of the concubines in the harem for many years and secretly drugged and murdered the heir to the throne!"
"The sisters in the palace have been unable to conceive for many years. This is not God's will, but the Queen's doing!"
She trembled as she took out a small sachet from her sleeve and held it high.
"This was given to me by the Empress. It contains musk. Wearing it for a long time is enough to make a woman childless!"
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