Chapter 309 Worry about Premature Birth
In the following days, both inside and outside the palace became completely "lively".
Everyone was looking for Cheng Yu's whereabouts, but not a single piece of good news came.
Wanshuang and Rongyue visited Song Zhao several times in private.
Most of the words he said were to comfort Song Zhao.
Song Zhao thought about it and found it ridiculous.
In the past, she was always busy comforting others, but today, it was finally her turn to be in dire straits.
The fighting and scheming in this palace are never-ending. No matter how smart a person is, he or she will never win forever.
As fortunes change, and as things rise and fall, the only person who remains prosperous is the emperor.
These days, Xiao Jingheng has been very attentive to every detail in order to find Chengyu.
For the first time since he ascended the throne, he suspended the morning court due to harem affairs. He even had no intention of taking care of the flood in the south of the Yangtze River, leaving it to Prince Qi and the four ministries to handle.
He was so busy all day that he didn't even have time to wash up. His stubbled beard made him look much older.
He really looked like a father who had lost his child and was a little distraught.
None are incompetent.
Unfortunately, the envoy of the Adahu tribe died in the Ministry of Punishment because he could not bear the torture.
In the end, no useful information was obtained from them.
Xiao Jingheng was furious and wanted to punish the Adahu tribe.
The tribes and small countries that submitted to the Qi Dynasty witnessed the disappearance of the prince with their own eyes.
Whether for the sake of surrendering to Qichao or for their own selfish desire to claim justice, they were all unprecedentedly united and were willing to help Xiao Jingheng to destroy the Hu tribe who had done such a sinister thing.
As the only support of the Hu tribe in the palace, Concubine Ying cried her eyes out when such a big thing happened to her mother's family.
On this day, Xiao Jingheng summoned Song Zhao to Chaoyang Palace for a meeting.
When Song Zhao arrived, he saw Concubine Ying kneeling outside the main gate of Chaoyang Palace under the sunny sun, taking off her hairpin, waiting to be punished, and kowtowing repeatedly.
"Your Majesty! My mother's family would never do such a thing! My mother's family has always been loyal to Your Majesty. I don't believe that my mother's family would do such a treasonous thing!
Someone must have deliberately framed my mother's family and tried to sow discord between them and the Qi Dynasty. Your Majesty, please understand! Your Majesty, please have mercy on me!"
Even though Concubine Ying cried out her heart's tears and her voice became hoarse, there was no response from the main hall.
Song Zhao walked past her and went to the main hall.
When Concubine Ying saw her, she crawled to her feet like a madman, kowtowed to her, and begged with tears:
"Empress Yi, Empress Yi, listen to me! It really wasn't me who did it, and it wasn't my mother's family who did it, it really wasn't me! I didn't mean to harm your child, it really wasn't me!"
Song Zhao lowered his eyebrows and glanced at her, without any emotion on his face. He just told Yunshan to help her up.
Concubine Ying wiped away her tears. She was so anxious that she couldn't even speak fully.
"I, I swear, if my mother's clan and I had done something as unkind and unjust as kidnapping the prince, I would be punished by heaven! I would die without descendants!"
Song Zhaoping looked into her tearful eyes and nodded calmly:
"I believe you."
This sentence "I believe you" made Ying Fei completely collapse and cry.
Ever since what happened during the Emperor's Birthday, all the women in the palace were waiting to laugh at her. Not to mention trusting her, even a concubine would inevitably run up to her and make sarcastic remarks, almost humiliating her.
However, she had treated Song Zhao in the same way before.
But today, Song Zhao, the person involved in the incident, is the only one willing to say the word "faith" to her.
Concubine Ying tightly grasped Song Zhao's hand. She was touched, but she was really at her wit's end.
"But the emperor wants to punish my mother's family, I really have no choice... Concubine Yi, I beg you, please help me, please let me see the emperor..."
Song Zhao remained silent, gently pushed away Concubine Ying's hand, turned around and slowly walked into the main hall.
When I entered, I saw Xiao Jingheng drawing something on a picture of mountains and rivers hanging high up.
Song Zhao took a closer look and the routes he drew seemed to be the necessary routes from Kyoto to the Adahu tribe.
When Xiao Jingheng saw that it was her, he immediately went to greet her with concern.
"Zhao'er, you're here."
He also felt that the crying of Concubine Ying outside was really noisy, so he told Xiao Yinzi in a serious tone,
"Go out and tell Concubine Ying that if she dares to make noise again and disturb Concubine Yi's pregnancy, I will immediately demote her to a concubine!"
Xiao Yinzi took the order and went out. Soon, it became quiet outside.
Xiao Jingheng took Song Zhao's hand and sat down. He pointed at the routes and deployments on the mountain and river map and explained them to Song Zhao one by one.
"I have discussed with the people of the four tribes. If the people of the Hu tribe kidnapped Cheng Yu, they will definitely turn back through these paths. I have already sent six groups of troops to chase them along the way, so they will definitely be able to..."
He talked incessantly, describing many ways he and the court officials had discussed to rescue Cheng Yu.
Whatever Song Zhao saw and heard was terrifying.
She suddenly asked Xiao Jingheng,
"Your Majesty, what did Tan Yuezhi of the Imperial Observatory say?"
Xiao Jingheng obviously did not expect Song Zhao to suddenly mention Tan Yuezhi at this moment.
However, he was only stunned for a moment after hearing this, and soon said as usual:
"I asked, but I have no clue."
Song Zhao said sarcastically, "He can even predict the flood disaster, how could he not predict that the emperor's son would suffer this disaster? How could he not predict where Cheng Yu is now? It shows that he is useless."
Xiao Jingheng responded: "I asked the Imperial Observatory to speed up the divination on this matter, but as Cheng Yu's father, I cannot rely solely on the Imperial Observatory to find our son."
This is a beautiful word.
But now Song Zhao only found it irritating.
She stared at Jamel Xiao and asked:
"Some time ago, the emperor was nearly injured by a falling plaque. I remember that in the following days, Tan Yuezhi came to see the emperor almost every day. What did he come to say to the emperor?"
Song Zhao had changed his usual gentle demeanor. Today, there was a certain urgency in his words.
The warmth in Xiao Jingheng's eyes faded a little, "It's just some ordinary astronomical things."
They looked at each other in silence for a long time.
Having come to this point, Song Zhao is completely out of options.
In this palace, the fights between women have always relied on Xiao Jingheng's sacred judgment.
Song Zhao always felt that as long as she could manipulate Xiao Jingheng in the palm of her hand, she would be able to have smooth sailing in the palace.
But as smart as she is, she didn't expect that one day, she would become the one to be played by Xiao Jingheng?
When her support suddenly became her constraint,
So how can she escape?
How can he save his son?
A boundless feeling of despair swept towards Song Zhao from all directions.
They turned into invisible pressure, pressing down on her, trying to crush her...
Song Zhao felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen, causing his legs to soften and he fell into Xiao Jingheng's arms.
She was soaked and her breathing became extremely short.
Not long after, he heard the calls of Xiao Jingheng and Yunshan, his eyes went dark, and he passed out.
Yunshan saw that Song Zhao's water had broken, and hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty! The queen is about to give birth...but the queen is only eight months pregnant!"
Xiao Jingheng also started to panic, "Quick! Go get the imperial physician and the midwife, and move Zhao'er to the bedroom first! Be careful, don't hurt her!"
Chaoyang Palace was in chaos.
Xiao Jingheng was originally going to go to the bedroom to accompany Song Zhao.
But on the corridor, he ran into the careless little Yinzi,
Listen to Xiao Yinzi reporting to him in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty... the admiral of the navy has captured Qu Yanran, who was trying to assassinate you in Lin'an, and has now brought his men into the palace!"
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