Chapter 383: Walking into a Trap 2
At first, Li Changzai was full of excuses.
It was disrespectful to say these words, so she dared not speak them out loud.
Besides, they were just some dirty words that were unpleasant to the ears, and it would be bad to let Zhaohua hear them and make him upset.
Just wait for Zhaohua to say,
"Just tell the truth, sister. I won't blame you."
She just started to chatter away, as if she had just opened her mouth.
"Empress Yao said...Your Majesty is the daughter of a criminal, and your virtue is unworthy of your position. The Emperor treats you well only because of your beauty. Sooner or later, your beauty will fade and your love will fade, and sooner or later, Your Majesty will lose his heart like him.
They also said that even if you become the queen, you will only be a successor. In folk terms, you are just a concubine. They also said...”
Before he could finish his words, Li Changzai suddenly realized that Zhaohua's face looked a little strange.
Her brows were furrowed, her complexion turned visibly pale, and many tiny beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
"This...what happened to the Imperial Concubine?"
Zhao Hua pursed her lips and shook her head, but anyone could see that she was trying to endure the discomfort caused by the abdominal pain.
Yunshan supported her and could clearly feel that her whole body was trembling slightly. She was also panicked for a moment.
"Are you okay, Madam? Madam!?"
She called Zhaohua twice, but he leaned back in his chair as she called him and suddenly fainted.
"Your Majesty! Someone, come! Go and call the imperial physician, go and get the Emperor!"
The entire Changle Palace was in a state of panic.
Li Changzai was so shocked that she stood there frozen in place, unable to recover for a long time.
It was Zhao Hua who asked her to say those words just now, and she hadn't said anything more unpleasant yet.
How could Zhaohua be so fragile that he couldn't bear it after just hearing two sentences?
When Xiao Jingheng and Guo Yuanpan arrived, Zhaohua had already been carried back to the inner chamber.
Although she was awake at the moment, her face still looked tired and sick.
Xiao Jingheng sat on the edge of the couch and watched over her, urging Judge Guo to quickly check Zhaohua's pulse.
After a while, Judge Guo replied, "Your Majesty and Your Majesty, rest assured. Your Majesty, this is just a normal fetal movement. It won't have a big impact."
Hearing this, Xiao Jingheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but saw that Zhao Hua still looked worried, as if he didn't even hear what Guo Yuanpan said, and didn't respond.
Just as he was about to speak to comfort Zhaohua, Yunshan came in with a basin of hot water and said respectfully:
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine was sweating a lot just now, and Judge Guo asked me to wipe her body. Would Your Majesty please step aside for a moment?"
After Xiao Jingheng and Court Judge Guo left the inner chamber together, Court Judge Guo whispered to him:
"Your Majesty, the reason why Concubine Yi's fetus moved this time was because she was upset. Her fetus had been stable, and we just had to wait until the sixth day of March to use medicine to induce the pregnancy. This will ensure that both mother and child are safe.
But now the Queen is restless and worried. If this continues for a long time, she will probably give birth prematurely. But Your Majesty does not need to worry too much. The heir is already full-term, so even if he is born prematurely, he will be safe and healthy. "
Judge Guo's words did not touch Xiao Jingheng's heart.
How could he not know that the royal heir was full-term and that even if the baby was born now, both mother and child would be safe?
But he didn't want Zhaohua to give birth to the child now.
After all, a good day like the sixth day of March would be beneficial to him, the prince, and even the entire royal family.
As long as Zhaohua's safety could be ensured, he would definitely hope that Zhaohua could delay giving birth until a later date.
When Xiao Jingheng arrived, he already knew that Zhaohua's sudden miscarriage was caused by Li Changzai.
At this moment, Li Changzai was kneeling outside the palace, begging for forgiveness.
Through the triple doors, Xiao Jingheng could faintly hear her crying, which seemed even more noisy to him.
Xiao Fuzi was worried about the safety of his master, and in just a short while he had already burned several incense sticks in front of the Buddhist shrine in the main hall.
Xiao Jingheng called him forward to answer.
"You were serving Concubine Yi. What presumptuous words did Li Changzai say today to make Concubine Yi so angry?"
Xiao Fuzi whispered, "It's not that Li Changzai is usurping the throne. It's that the main lady in her palace, Concubine Yao, often insults Concubine Yi. Li Changzai came to tell the Empress about this today. The Empress couldn't listen to a few words and got angry."
Xiao Jingheng lowered his eyes and asked solemnly, "What did she say?"
Xiao Fuzi shrank back and said, "Those words are really unbearable. I dare not say them."
Xiao Jingheng said angrily: "Tell me everything, or I will chop off your head!"
"Your Majesty, have mercy!" Xiao Fuzi was so frightened that he dropped his knees to the ground and said in a trembling voice:
"Li Changzai said that after Concubine Yao learned that Concubine Yi was about to be crowned as the queen, she started shouting and cursing in the palace all day long.
They said that Concubine Yi was a "concubine", that the Emperor doted on her because of her beauty, and cursed that she would sooner or later become as beautiful and unlovable as she was.
They also said...they also said that even if the queen gave birth to a prince, the title of queen would only be granted after the birth of the prince, so the prince would still be considered a concubine's child. Even if the queen became the successor queen in the future, the prince would only be called the 'second legitimate heir', and the fate of being a concubine's child would still not change..."
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