Upon seeing that the little dumpling was missing, Su Ruiling panicked and immediately shouted:
"Little dumpling, little dumpling, where are you?"
She called out as she searched around.
But all around was quiet, and no one responded to her.
Su Ruiling dared not stop and walked straight into the depths of the plum garden, fearing that something might happen to the little dumpling.
As Su Ruiling ventured deeper into the plum garden, she not only failed to find the little dumpling, but also encountered the person she least wanted to see.
Su Ruiling frowned as she looked at the person who had suddenly appeared and asked, "What are you doing here?"
**
The little dumpling and the ball kept following the little invisible guy, who looked like he was looking for something.
The tiny, invisible body floated extremely fast.
When the little dumpling followed him to the area with some artificial hills, he lost track of him.
"Huff, huff, where did he go?" The little dumpling bent over, hands on his knees, panting heavily.
Qiuqiu twitched its nose and sniffed around.
Qiuqiu: "He's nearby, I can smell him."
The little dumpling was so tired that it leaned against the artificial hill to rest, its little nose red from panting.
"Isn't the little brother supposed to be at Dali Temple? How did he end up here?" the little dumpling asked, puzzled.
Qiuqiu shook her head. "I don't know, but he seemed to be looking for something just now."
Little dumpling: "What is the little brother looking for?"
She thought for a moment and guessed, "Could the little brother be looking for his mother?"
The little dumpling's words made Qiuqiu jump up suddenly. He ran to the little dumpling's side and said:
“Young master, you’ve reminded me. I also smelled the scent of Western Region herbs on Consort Xin’s body on my little brother’s corpse.”
Yes! Consort Xin!
The little boy's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly said, "And I saw that inside Consort Xin's belly, there was nothing at all...?"
Before the little dumpling could finish speaking, a woman's voice came from behind the artificial hill.
"Your Majesty, if I'm not here, where else could I be?"
It's Consort Xin's voice!
The little dumpling quickly put her finger to her lips and made a shushing gesture towards the ball.
She used the artificial hill as cover and peeked out cautiously.
Consort Xin, heavily pregnant, stood before Su Ruiling.
And on her shoulder, the little transparent creature was perched.
The little dumpling instantly realized that the little nobody's mother was none other than Consort Xin!
Su Ruiling was preoccupied with the little dumpling and had no desire to speak to Consort Xin. She stepped around Consort Xin.
Consort Xin grabbed Su Ruiling's arm.
"Your Majesty, it's rare that it's just the two of us here. Wouldn't you like to talk to me a little longer?"
Su Ruiling tried to shake off Consort Xin, but Consort Xin was extremely strong and gave Su Ruiling no chance to break free.
Su Ruiling glared at her and said, "Consort Xin, let me go! Don't forget, you're carrying the imperial heir! Don't let anything happen to you!"
Consort Xin laughed loudly, as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world.
"Haha, is that what Your Majesty the Empress meant?"
Consort Xin gave a sinister smile, reached into her clothes, and pulled out the imperial fetus on the spot.
To be precise, it wasn't a dragon fetus, but rather...?
Round pillow!
"Huh?? This!!"
Su Ruiling was stunned, her mouth agape in surprise, unable to utter a word.
Consort Xin waved her hand and threw the pillow away.
bump!
The little dumpling covered its mouth with one hand and its head with the other, where it had been hit by the "dragon fetus".
Consort Xin is so annoying! Why did she litter like that!
It hit her right on the spot.
The little dumpling endured the pain and didn't make a sound.
Consort Xin had no idea that her "dragon fetus" had arrived beside the little dumpling.
Instead, with her flat stomach protruding, she continued to pull Su Ruiling along, saying:
"Your Majesty, my child is long dead!"
"For the past few days, I've been stuffing it with pillows."
Su Ruiling shook her head slightly, saying in disbelief, "How did your child die? Do you know that this is a crime of deceiving the emperor!"
Consort Xin smiled, but then tears streamed down her face.
She reached out and wiped away her tears, the sadness in her eyes vanishing in an instant, replaced by utter madness.
"It doesn't matter how my child died; what matters is that everyone will think you killed him."
Consort Xin's eyes widened, and she pulled Su Ruiling to the lakeside.
"What are you doing!" Su Ruiling shouted in a panic.
Oh no! Consort Xin is going to harm my aunt!
Seeing this, the little dumpling became anxious and ran out from behind the artificial hill.
"Su Ruiling, you'll soon be able to keep my child company!"
After Consort Xin finished speaking fiercely, she released Su Ruiling.
Immediately afterwards, she recklessly rammed her stomach into a nearby tree, and then fell headfirst into the lake.
The incident happened almost in an instant, and Su Ruiling had no time to react. By the time she came to her senses, Consort Xin was already struggling and thrashing about in the lake.
"Help! Her Majesty the Empress pushed me down! Help!" Consort Xin cried out as she struggled.
The little boy ran to Su Ruiling's side and asked with concern, "Auntie, are you alright?"
Su Ruiling grabbed the little dumpling and said in a panic, "Auntie is alright, go and call someone quickly."
After saying that, she reached out to unbutton her clothes, intending to go down and rescue Consort Xin.
Just as Su Ruiling unbuttoned the first button, a dark shadow suddenly leaped past her.
The dark figure jumped into the lake with a splash, swam to Consort Xin in a few strokes, and dragged her to the shore.
The little dumpling saw the person in the lake, tugged at Su Ruiling's sleeve, and shouted joyfully:
"It's my brother! My brother's here."
Mu Jinnian dragged Consort Xin ashore and pressed down with his hands to expel the water from her chest cavity.
Just now, Granny Chang instructed Mu Jin to secretly guard the Plum Garden. As soon as he arrived, he saw Consort Xin in the lake.
Although she didn't know what had happened, Mu Jinnian jumped down to save people immediately.
Consort Xin coughed up a few mouthfuls of water and woke up.
At the same time, the emperor and many ministers also arrived.
Seeing that Consort Xin and Mu Jinnian were soaked to the bone, the old Marquis quickly pulled the little dumpling over and checked her over from head to toe.
I was relieved to know she wasn't hurt.
"Your Majesty~" Consort Xin looked at the Emperor with alluring eyes and called out in a weak and pitiful voice.
She clutched her stomach and immediately burst into tears.
"Your Majesty, our child is gone. It was the Empress who pushed me."
Consort Xin's skirt had turned bright red at some point.
Her eyes held a mixture of resentment and grievance, making her appear like a delicate victim.
The assembled officials looked at Su Ruiling with complicated expressions.
Just as Su Ruiling was about to explain, the emperor spoke first.
"You're saying the Empress pushed you? Why did the Empress push you? What evidence do you have?"
Finally, he added one more sentence.
"I trust the Empress. If you cannot produce any evidence, I will accuse you of falsely accusing the Empress."
Consort Xin shuddered, feeling as if she were in an ice cellar, chilled to the bone.
She had known all along that the man in front of her didn't love her, but she never expected it.
He loved Su Ruiling to such an extent that even after losing his own flesh and blood, he chose to believe Su Ruiling immediately.
Consort Xin clenched her fists; she was unwilling to accept this!
She was unwilling to accept that this man truly had no feelings for her.
Consort Xin glanced at Sun Mingzhu and gave her a meaningful look.
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