Chapter 271: Terrifying Thoughts
After this farce, everyone broke out in a cold sweat.
Concubine Ying couldn't help but sigh, "I have been friends with the Queen for many years, but I didn't expect that she would even scheme against me. It's really hard to predict people's hearts."
Concubine Chen laughed, "You treat her as a sister, but she treats you as a burden. Where does the deep sisterly love come from in this palace? To put it bluntly, we are all here to serve the emperor. Who would want to see the emperor neglect them but favor others?"
As he spoke, he glanced around wantonly, stroked his temples and said proudly:
"You can't compete with me in favor, but look at the example of the queen today. If anyone dares to do something unacceptable out of jealousy in the future, don't blame me for being merciless!"
She showed off her power, and others were used to it and didn't want to pay any attention to her.
Concubine Ying didn't even bother to greet him and turned away in anger.
Huipin was frightened and cried non-stop, while Yaopin was comforting her.
At this time, Song Zhao said to Concubine Chen: "My Lady, let's go in and persuade Concubine Tong first, shall we?"
Concubine Chen said proudly, "If you want to go, go ahead. Didn't you hear the emperor just said that I should be in charge of the silkworm ceremony? I don't have as much free time as you."
Having said that, he walked away swaying with a contented look on his face.
Yaopin said, "Empress Yi, Sister Huipin is really frightened. I will send her back to her room to comfort her. It will not be good if her mother's family sees her crying like this."
Song Zhao nodded in agreement, and held up a silk cloth to wipe Huipin's tears, "Don't cry, your eyes are swollen. What will happen? Go back with Sister Dai and wash your face. I have comforted Tong Changzai and will go down to accompany you later."
Concubine Hui nodded while sobbing, and left with Concubine Yao.
Song Zhao stood there, staring at her departing figure with gloomy eyes. He felt a surge in his chest and was filled with uncontrollable nausea.
After the excitement died down, Song Zhao told Xiao Fuzi and Yunshan:
"Stand guard at the door and don't allow anyone to approach and disturb Tong Changzai's rest."
"I understand."
When Song Zhao entered the room alone, he saw Rong Yue lying on the couch with a pale face, her eyes closed and her brows slightly furrowed. He felt very distressed when he saw her.
She sat on the edge of the bed and gently wiped away the sweat from Rong Yue's forehead.
After a while, Rong Yue's eyeballs trembled a few times under her eyelids, and then she suddenly opened her eyes.
She met Song Zhao's gaze, and the first words she spoke were weak:
"Zhao'er...did the emperor deal with Huipin?"
Song Zhao held her cold hand and said distressedly:
"As soon as my sister opened her eyes, she didn't ask me whether the child could be saved, but only asked me whether the emperor had dealt with Huipin. I knew that my guess was correct.
Today, my sister took the Nine Yin Powder herself, and wanted to put the blame on Huipin for the loss of the royal heir."
Rong Yue held Song Zhao's hand tightly, and without answering her doubts, she asked anxiously:
"Tell me quickly, has the emperor dealt with that bitch?!"
Song Zhao lowered his eyes and shook his head lightly.
Seeing this, the hope in Rong Yue's eyes was instantly extinguished, and her eyes gradually became fierce.
"Damn it! The Emperor actually believed that bitch so much!"
Song Zhao asked her softly, "Sister, is it worth it to use the life of your unborn child to plot against Huipin?"
Rong Yue looked indifferent, but said firmly:
"Even if a man I don't like can take possession of my body, don't expect me to willingly bear children for him.
And even if the child is born, what will happen? When I look at him, I will only think about my ruined life. How can I treat him well? It is better not to give birth to him and not let him come to this world to suffer. "
She was completely indifferent, as if losing the child was a relief for her.
"I drugged myself. I wanted to stop Huipin's plan!"
Rong Yue held Song Zhao's hand tighter and said earnestly:
"I can't let her hurt Cheng Yu, and I can't let her hurt you! My future is ruined, I can't let anyone stand in your way again!"
It is rare to find true love in this palace. Song Zhao is thinking about Rong Yue in his heart, and Rong Yue feels the same way.
"It's a pity that Huipin was not able to be fooled this time!"
Rong Yue tried to sit up with her sick body, and Song Zhao supported her and put a cushion on her waist.
"Huipin is not as simple as my sister thinks. I can't see through her thoughts at all."
"So, is the emperor just letting go of my miscarriage?" Rong Yue asked.
Song Zhao said: "My sister's miscarriage was ultimately blamed on the Queen. The Emperor ordered the Queen to be sent back to the palace and confined to her house. He even forbade her to preside over the Silkworm Ceremony. I'm afraid he is considering deposing her."
"What did you say?" Rong Yue's pupils trembled violently, and she was quite shocked and asked, "How could it be her?"
Song Zhao told Rong Yue the whole story of the farce that had just happened.
Rong Yue took a deep breath after hearing this, "You said there's something wrong with the plum soup? Concubine Yao also has the symptoms of using Nine Yin Powder, and even Concubine Ying has it too?"
Song Zhao nodded, "That's right. There is one more thing I need to tell you. When Xiao Fuzi examined your pulse that day, you said that you had stopped using Jiuyin Powder for nearly three months. However, Xiao Fuzi found from your pulse that you had used Jiuyin Powder not long ago."
She paused for a moment and continued, "If sister has remembered the date correctly, then someone has been secretly drugging sister. This also explains why sister has always carefully considered the dosage of the medicine, but her body was still invaded by the cold and damaged her foundation..."
Rong Yue was stunned and said, "There are many kinds of contraceptive drugs. I used Jiuyin Powder, and the Queen also gave me Jiuyin Powder. This can't be a coincidence. Could it be that the Queen knew what I was thinking all along?"
"No." Song Zhao shook his head lightly. "If the Queen knew about this earlier, she would have told the Emperor and punished my sister long ago. The person who drugged my sister must have thought that my sister didn't want to have the Emperor's child. He was afraid that having a child right after entering the palace would attract attention, so he wanted to avoid her favor.
So she decided to play along and add more of it to her sister's daily diet, hoping to completely ruin her body without her noticing. Then her sister would have a hard time speaking out, and she could also use this as an opportunity to bring down the person she wanted to deal with."
Rong Yue thought for a moment and asked in surprise, "Is it Huipin!?"
Song Zhao remained silent and just looked at Rong Yue quietly.
After a while, Rong Yue analyzed: "Huipin lived with me, and I didn't guard against her at first. She was also close to me, always chasing after my sister..."
As she spoke, she remembered something and looked at her wrist.
"She often asked me to play games with her, and she would hold my wrist for a long time without letting go. If she knew some medical skills, wouldn't she have been able to detect my pulse?
So whether it was the fact that I took the Nine Yin Powder or the fact that I was pregnant without even knowing it, she knew everything... In other words, I just happened to run into her plan today. Even if I didn't take the Nine Yin Powder myself, the medicine she gave me would have been enough to cause me to have a miscarriage..."
Rong Yue's analysis was also Song Zhao's complete speculation.
It was precisely because Song Zhao had seen through Huipin's intentions in advance that when everyone was trying to criticize Huipin today, Song Zhao would stand up to protect Huipin and give her advice and help her out.
Anyway, this incident would not bring down Huipin, so Song Zhao might as well take this opportunity to "protect" Huipin and let her let down her guard, making her think that she was stupid and could be manipulated at will.
After a long silence, Rong Yue suddenly looked at Song Zhao in astonishment and whispered:
"But what I can't understand is... if she really set up a trap to harm the queen, then she would have to secretly add Nine Yin Powder to the plum soup that the queen sent to various places, and she could have arranged for someone to throw Nine Yin Powder into the pond in the queen's room in advance to frame her. She also chose the right time and even bribed the owner of the medicine shop in the city. She deliberately picked musk for Yan Jiude to choose, so that he would unknowingly get traces of musk in his fingernails, which would further prove that the queen was involved in this matter."
At this point, Rong Yue took a deep breath and didn't dare to think about it any further.
"She was able to do such a series of things without leaving any evidence. Her mind is so meticulous that it is really scary to think about it... But she went to great lengths to completely overthrow the queen. What benefit does it bring to her?"
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