Chapter 144 Mother and Son Suspicion
The servants withdrew.
After everyone had left, Song Zhao told Yunshan:
"Let Zhihua look after them and only allow them to do the most basic cleaning work. You and Xiao Fuzi will still take care of my personal matters."
Yunshan nodded respectfully and went back to explain the matter.
Xiao Fuzi stood beside Song Zhao and whispered:
"Your Highness, I have made inquiries according to your instructions. The coroner who performed the autopsy on the master said that the master had indeed hanged himself and no signs of poisoning were found."
Song Zhao frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and said:
"Commit suicide? I know very well how courageous my father is. If he wanted to die, he would have done it in Yudi. Why did he have to come back to Kyoto to end his life?"
As he spoke, he could not help but sneer, "Why? Did he know that those evil spirits in the Song Mansion were deeply sinful, that they had committed many sins and were filled with resentment and were close to the Avici Hell? So they were anxious to escape into the underworld after death, and then get into the oil pan after they went to the underworld?"
Xiao Fuzi didn't laugh when he heard Song Zhao's teasing, but his face became even darker.
"Madam, do you suspect that the master was murdered?"
He paused, then cautiously probed:
"Is it the Emperor?"
"It shouldn't be." Song Zhao thought for a moment and shook his head. "If it was the emperor, he should have known that Song Shicheng would die that day. He wouldn't have accepted my invitation to have lunch in my palace. He wouldn't have deliberately let me hear the news of Song Shicheng's death and make me sad, right? I think the emperor might not know about this matter."
"Then... is it the Queen Mother?"
Song Zhao was a little tired.
She sighed and said with a half-smile, "Maybe. I can't guess. The person is dead. There is no point in digging into this matter. Let him be."
'Squeak'
Yunshan pushed the door open and walked in, holding a pear wood tray with a bowl of medicine at the right temperature on it.
She placed the medicine on the small table next to Song Zhao and said with lingering fear:
"After drinking this last dose of medicine, the symptoms of your weak and slippery pulse will be eliminated. A while ago, you asked Xiao Fuzi to give you a medicine that can make your pulse look weak and slippery, but it made me worry day and night. I was really afraid that it would hurt you and the little prince."
Xiao Fuzi also said: "Your Majesty's move is really too dangerous. Although I can control the dosage when giving you the medicine and try not to hurt you, but after all, medicine is three parts poison, this move is really risky..."
Song Zhao just laughed off their concern and casually picked up the medicine at hand.
The medicine was very bitter, and just smelling it made my throat tighten.
But Song Zhao didn't even frown and drank it all in one gulp.
After drinking the medicine, she put the bowl aside, protected her lower abdomen, and said in a cold tone:
"If my child can't even endure this little bit of hardship, when he is born, you will see the open and covert attacks in the palace. Which one is not more dangerous than this?"
Ever since Song Zhao learned that she was pregnant,
She has already started planning.
She asked Xiao Fuzi to secretly prescribe her a decoction that could make her pulse weak and slippery. After making sure that the baby in her belly was safe, she drank several doses of the medicine.
There are many reasons that lead to a weak and slippery pulse in pregnant women, one of the most important factors is depression, palpitations and worry.
This fits in perfectly with Song Zhao's feelings after his entire family died.
Song Zhao knew very well that her pregnancy and illness must be diagnosed by the imperial physician in front of Xiao Jingheng.
In order to achieve the effect she wants most.
After all, sadness can be acted out, but the pulse cannot be deceived.
Only in this way can everyone believe that she is really heartbroken.
This also made Xiao Jingheng feel extra pity for her and eager to do something to comfort her.
He gave Song Zhao the title of concubine.
Whether it was out of a desire to protect the heir to the throne or out of genuine love for Song Zhao,
Song Zhao didn't care.
She cares about
However, the position of the master of this palace is now firmly in her hands.
Later that day, the Queen Mother also came to visit Song Zhao.
Since learning the news that Song Zhao was pregnant, the empress dowager, who rarely left Shoukang Palace, has visited Song Zhao three times.
Even when the queen was pregnant, the queen mother only visited her twice as a symbolic gesture.
This shows the position of Song Zhao in her heart.
When I met Song Zhao today, compared with the previous two times, she smiled more often and didn't look like a frost-bitten eggplant anymore.
But the Queen Mother could see that behind Song Zhao's smile there was still sadness.
She held Song Zhao's hand and said with a slightly serious expression:
"I know you are suffering. But although you are the daughter of the Song family, you are also the emperor's concubine. As the emperor's woman, your mother's family affairs are all yours. No matter how bitter it is, you can only grit your teeth and swallow it. Do you understand?"
Song Zhao nodded and said, "I understand. The emperor and the queen mother are very good to me. My father's funeral was handled decently. I enjoy all the glory in the palace. I don't feel bitter."
The Queen Mother smiled kindly and said, "It's the best thing that you think so."
After leaving Song Zhao,
On the way back to the palace, the Queen Mother said to Qingzhu:
"I look down on Song Shicheng, but the emperor was too harsh this time. Fortunately, Song Zhao is a strong-willed child, otherwise the emperor would regret it if this incident hurt the unborn prince again."
Qingzhu asked in a low voice: "Does the Queen Mother think that Lord Song's death was the Emperor's will?"
"Oh." The Queen Mother sneered and shook her head. "Don't I know him? Remember, those who care about the world are often the most narrow-minded. Song Shicheng caused such a big mess in Henan and also committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. At this juncture, the Ning family still came forward to plead for him? No matter which of these three things he is involved in, the emperor will not let him stay."
Qingzhu couldn't say anything about Xiao Jingheng, so she just followed the Queen Mother's words and said,
"The emperor was a little cruel this time. Fortunately, Concubine Song and her child are safe."
"Cruel? Haha." The Queen Mother smiled meaningfully, "Who among the emperors didn't climb up by stepping on a mountain of corpses? If you're not cruel, you can only die and be stepped on by others. How can you possibly rule the world?"
At the same time, in Chaoyang Palace.
Xiao Jingheng dismissed his attendants and left Jiang Deshun alone to answer the question.
"Since Your Majesty suspects that the Queen Mother sent someone to kill Mr. Song, would you like me to order someone to thoroughly investigate the Tianji Office?"
Xiao Jingheng's expression became colder and colder.
He kept groping for the black jade ring on his thumb.
After a long silence, he said:
"If you investigate the Tianji Office, won't that hurt the relationship between me and the Queen Mother? And the Queen Mother did this to save the face of the royal family."
He sighed, then waved his hand, "Forget it, at least Concubine Song and her son are safe, so let's not mention this matter again."
'Bang, bang, bang'
While the two were talking, there were several muffled knocks on the door outside the hall.
Xiao Yinzi reported from outside the door:
"Your Majesty, the Empress has come with the title that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has drafted for Concubine Song. Are you free now?"
Hearing this, Xiao Jingheng's eyebrows showed a little joy.
"Go ahead."
[Direct spoiler: The scumbag father was not killed by the emperor and the empress dowager, but by someone else. ]
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