Chapter 28 The Imperial Concubine Falls into the Water In
November, the leaves of the ginkgo trees covered the entire palace path, and the concubines in the palace began to wear thin tunics.
In a blink of an eye, Jiang Xinyue had been in the palace for half a year.
Emperor Xuanwu said that he wanted to give her a child, but she had turned sixteen a month ago, and there was no sign of pregnancy in her belly.
For this reason, the emperor also specially found a royal doctor who was good at gynecology in the Imperial Hospital to see her.
The royal doctor only said that Zhen Fangyi seemed to have caught a cold when she was young, which caused cold symptoms in her body and irregular menstruation. She needed to take medicine to regulate her body, otherwise it would be difficult to get pregnant.
Is there such a thing?
That's great!
Jiang Xinyue was secretly happy. Finally, she didn't have to get up secretly to go to the toilet after every sex.
The weather was cold, and it was really painful to go out in the middle of the night.
Facing the loving eyes of Emperor Xuanwu, Jiang Xinyue smiled and nestled into his arms to comfort him: "Your Majesty, it's okay. Without a child, I can still live with you in our own world! Moreover, the imperial physician said that as long as I cooperate with the medication, I will be able to get pregnant in a year or so."
Obviously, she was so sad, but she still had to comfort him. Zhen Fangyi was so sensible that it made him feel distressed.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
Just when he wanted to have a good intimate time, the inconsiderate Wang Dequan suddenly broke in: "Your Majesty, the noble concubine fell into the water. I'm afraid... I'm afraid it's not good."
"Bang--"
Emperor Xuanwu's face changed drastically, and his hand holding Jiang Xinyue suddenly loosened powerlessly, and she almost fell to the ground.
Before she could stand firmly, Emperor Xuanwu had already strode out, his steps a little unsteady: "What happened? How could you fall into the water? What's the situation now? Where are the people from the Imperial Hospital? Tell them all to come to Changxin Palace."
"Master, are you... okay?"
Jiang Xinyue had an ugly look on her face. The dog emperor almost made her fall on her butt.
She straightened her clothes and said, "It's okay. The Empress should have heard the news. Let's go there quickly to avoid being gossiped about."
Jiang Chuan followed in a hurry and said, "I heard that the Imperial Concubine was feeling better, so Jiang Shunyi asked her to sit in the Xihe Hall. As a result, when they passed the lotus pond, the eunuch who was carrying the Imperial Concubine's sedan chair accidentally hit the railing, which broke. The Imperial Concubine hit her head when she fell down, and she bled a lot. The palace people were all scared."
Xihe Hall... Lotus Pond... Jiang Shunyi...
Jiang Xinyue always had a bad feeling, as if the comfortable days that had been peaceful for a long time would usher in another change.
After all, these three factors seemed to be related to her.
Before she left, she told Xi Que: "Go to my box and get some more silver and hide it on your body."
Although Xi Que was puzzled, she did it anyway.
She was really worried that Jiang Xinyue had hidden a lot of money on her body, and no servant would dare to search her body.
There was a dead silence in Changxin Palace -
after the imperial physician stopped the bleeding of Concubine Li, he said to Emperor Xuanwu: "Your Majesty, Concubine Li drowned and injured her lungs, and her head hit the stone ground of the lotus pond. She lost too much blood. You must watch her carefully tonight. If she has a fever, you must use medicine in time, otherwise it will endanger her life. As long as she survives tonight, Concubine Li will be out of danger, so just be careful and rest."
"Let the people from the Imperial Hospital take turns to guard Changxin Palace. If there is any situation, I will be here and report to me at any time."
Empress Zhu narrowed her eyes and looked at Jiang Shunyi who was kneeling on the ground, and said in a stern voice: "What happened? How did Concubine Li fall into the lotus pond?"
Jiang Shunyi cried and shook her head: "I just moved to Xihe Palace not long ago, and I have never been to the lotus pond. I don't know why the railing of the lotus pond broke for no reason."
These words were very suggestive, and everyone looked at Zhen Fangyi who was standing next to the empress.
When the emperor looked at her with a suspicious look, Jiang Xinyue knew that her premonition was about to come true.
She didn't say anything, just met the eyes of Emperor Xuanwu so openly, with a stubborn and unyielding face.
She didn't explain, and the emperor gritted his teeth and said, "Investigate for me."
The king of a country ordered a thorough investigation, and the eunuchs of the Mirror Department dared not disobey. Within half a day, they found a saw under the Xique bed in Hexi Palace.
The size of the saw teeth just matched the railings that were sawed off in the lotus pond.
The eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs testified that on July 5, a little palace maid in Xihe Palace went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get a saw, which was exactly recorded in the book.
As for which little palace maid in Xihe Palace, because too much time has passed and the personnel have changed after Zhenfangyi moved to the palace, the little palace maid can no longer be found.
Emperor Xuanwu recalled for a moment and found that July 5 was the day he met Jiang Xinyue in the lotus pond.
Jiang Shunyi burst into tears and said, "I heard that the reason why Zhen Fangyi was favored by the emperor was that she fell into the lotus pond on July 5th and was rescued by the emperor by chance. How could it be such a coincidence? The sawed-off railings of the lotus pond might have been prepared by Zhen Fangyi for the emperor to win his favor. Later, Zhen Fangyi got what she wanted and forgot to repair the sawed-off railings, which led to the disaster that the noble concubine suffered today. Your Majesty, you have to do something for the noble concubine!"
It was not a big deal for a concubine to fight for favor by means of means, but if she harmed the emperor's most favored concubine because of it, it was a capital crime.
Empress Zhu wanted to say something to defend Jiang Xinyue, but she stopped him and shook her head, saying, "If you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext. Don't say I didn't do it. Even if I did, I wouldn't be stupid enough to bring the evidence from Xihe Hall to Hexi Palace and leave it in Xihe Hall. Wouldn't it be
ironclad evidence that Jiang Shunyi murdered the Concubine?" She pointed out the loopholes in Jiang Shunyi's words and didn't say anything more.
But the eunuch in the Ministry of Internal Affairs insisted that it was someone in Jiang Xinyue's palace who took the saw and couldn't explain it.
At this time, Xia He, who was beside Concubine Li, suddenly knelt down and questioned repeatedly: "Empress Zhen Fangyi, everyone in the palace says that you are the substitute of Concubine Gui. Don't you hate it? Don't you want to replace her?"
When these words came out, everyone took a breath of cold air.
In front of the emperor, this girl dared to say such words. She is really loyal to Concubine Li and is not afraid of the emperor's anger.
But what she said is the truth.
"I don't know how to respond to you. I have never heard the emperor say that I am a substitute for Concubine Gui. So, you should help me ask the emperor, am I... a substitute for Concubine Li?"
Jiang Xinyue stood in the hall, wearing an apricot-colored cheongsam with osmanthus flowers embroidered on it, a velvet style, a sleeveless fur coat, and a circle of white rabbit fur at the collar, which revealed a bit of sweetness and loveliness for no reason.
Concubine Li has always been bright and beautiful, with rich complexion, and she has never been so lovely.
If she knew that she was favored because of her resemblance to Concubine Li, she would never dress like this. She
should imitate Concubine Li.
"Pa!"
Xia He was slapped on the face by the emperor.