Chapter 209 Reversal
The emperor is really heartless.
Chen Fu looked at the pulled-away cuffs, her eyes flickering slightly. Even though she had been prepared in her heart, the Emperor would not trust her so easily.
But when things really came to this point, Shen Fu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
No wonder people in this world say that emperors are heartless, suspicious by nature, and cold by nature.
Chen Fu originally thought that since His Majesty had shown her such favor before, He would trust her to some extent. But after the incident really happened, Shen Fu realized how stupid she was.
With so many concubines in the palace, how can she be sure that she is different from others?
Rely on family background? Or rely on beauty?
Among all the concubines in the harem, Chen Fu's family background is probably not even comparable to half of them.
As for beauty, although Chen Fu was outstanding in appearance, there were concubines who were equally beautiful as her.
Shu Guipin is a good example. She is beautiful, has a bright appearance, and has served the Emperor for many years.
His Majesty has doted on me for so many years, but in the end, isn't it time to just let it go?
What qualifications does she have to think that she can be favored by the Emperor?
It's just a pipe dream.
Shen Fu shook her head, thinking that it was a joke that she had placed her hopes on His Majesty before!
"Chen Fu." Above his head, His Majesty's tone was cold and heartless, his lowered eyes fell on Shen Fu's slightly lowered head.
Her long black hair was tied up with a pink tourmaline lotus hairpin, and a strand of black hair fell on her cheek, making her palm-sized face look even whiter and more delicate.
The emperor's eyes softened a little, and even the strange color in his dark and deep pupils gradually faded away.
His tone softened a bit, but his eyes were still fixed on Shen Fu: "I am asking you whether you are or not."
"Your Majesty asks me, but do you really believe me?" Chen Fu couldn't help but raise her head, and her trembling eyes met the cold eyes of His Majesty.
"What if I say yes, what if I say no? Your Majesty has already doubted me. No matter what I say, I'm afraid Your Majesty won't believe it."
Shen Fu's tone was stiff, and she was extremely calm for what was rare occasion. Her posture was no longer as delicate as before, and she looked calm now.
The emperor looked at Shen Fu like this, his eyes flickered slightly, and his tone subconsciously became a little softer.
"As long as you say no, I will believe you."
"Your Highness!" His Highness' words shocked everyone and they were unable to react for a while.
Especially Shu Guipin and Xiang Guipin, who have long been on the same front.
The two stood together, one in front and one behind, and the four eyes looked at His Majesty, their eyes full of disbelief.
"Long live the Lord."
The two of them looked back and forth, as if they couldn't believe that these words actually came from the mouth of the Emperor.
And the look that fell on Shen Fu was extremely cold. What kind of medicine did this person give His Majesty to make Him say such things!
The concubines around were all shocked, but only Shen Fu sneered at the words of His Majesty.
She looked at His Majesty's slightly gentle eyes and the soft expression on her.
Shen Fu just felt a sneer.
She listened to the sound of a stick hitting her outside the yard. The sound of the stick hitting her flesh was unusually dull.
Lingxiu was crying just now, but now only the sound of gasping for breath could be heard. A person who was alive just now is now probably only breathing his last breath.
"How credible are His Majesty's words?" Shen Fu clenched her palms tightly in her sleeves, listening to the gradually weakening voice outside the yard.
It was like witnessing a living being gradually withering away like a flower.
She mustered up her courage and didn't care what others thought of her. Her words shocked everyone and they were stunned.
"Your Majesty didn't trust me just now. Now that you've heard what I said, does that mean you've begun to trust me?"
Xiao Yu was sitting on a chair, and his eyelids drooped slightly when he heard this, as if he was extremely saddened by Chen Fu's words.
Chen Fu pretended not to see it. How could a man like His Majesty be sad?
When he made people sad, no one saw how sad he was.
Shen Fu pretended not to see it, but said it to herself: "I have always said that I did not do it, and Your Majesty also said that he believed me at the beginning."
"But with all these so-called witnesses and evidence in front of him, His Majesty still believed it, didn't he?"
Shen Fu's tone was cold, and even her face was mocking.
Xiao Yu saw that Chen Fu's eyes were never on him from beginning to end. I just felt like there was a stone pressing on my chest. It made him breathless.
"It's not that I don't believe you."
Xiao Yu's throat rolled, but his eyes subconsciously avoided it: "But the matter is in front of us, I want to find out the truth, not only for you, but also for everyone."
It is not easy for His Majesty to say this and explain it to someone in this way.
Shen Fu knew it in her heart, and was even more afraid that it would backfire. He did not mock His Majesty, but just stopped while he was ahead.
"I understand." Chen Fu lowered her eyes in disappointment, and her throat was hoarse when she lowered her head again.
"It's just that it wasn't something I did, and I absolutely cannot admit it."
As Shen Fu spoke, her knees softened and she knelt down on the ground: "I don't know the ins and outs of this matter, and I didn't deliberately take the fake pregnancy pills to deceive His Majesty."
"I instructed Lingxiu to put drugs in the supplements so that she could fake pregnancy to win your favor. I have never done any of these. Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly and clear my name."
As Shen Fu spoke, she lowered her head, knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times.
"Okay." Xiang Guipin sneered: "Concubine Shen is really good at tricks. She knows nothing about anything and clears herself of all charges with just a few words."
"Now the maids in your palace are still being tortured outside the courtyard. Concubine Shen made herself sound so innocent. This is really a good trick."
"Xiang Guipin!" His Majesty angrily scolded Xiang Guipin.
"If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."
"I..." Concubine Xiang looked at His Majesty with a face full of grievance.
But His Majesty didn't even look at her face. No matter how aggrieved Concubine Xiang felt, she had to grit her teeth and retreat.
His Majesty doesn't give me any face at all now.
Xiang Guipin's eyes turned red, and she couldn't help but raise her sleeves to wipe away her tears.
"Shen Jieyu, you get up first."
As soon as His Majesty finished speaking, Lin An immediately bent down to help Chen Fu.
But just as he stretched out his hand, Shen Fu dodged it by turning her head.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will just kneel down."
Chen Fu's tone was cold, but she never looked in His Majesty's direction from beginning to end.
Xiao Yu, who was sitting in the upper seat, never stopped stroking the jade ring on his fingertips. He frowned and looked at the shadow of Chen Fu kneeling on the ground. Ever since he said that, Chen Fu only glanced at him out of the corner of her eyes.
Xiao Yu stared at the top of Chen Fu's head and felt a sharp pain in his head.
His Majesty rubbed his brows and let out a long sigh.
The two of them were going back and forth, and the concubines standing by were already itching to watch.
"The evidence is all here. Your Majesty, are you going to believe Concubine Shen?"
Now not only Shu Guipin and others, but even Rong Guifei who had been standing in the crowd was stunned.
His Majesty is not a soft-hearted person. There is so much evidence in front of him, and it concerns his offspring.
How could it be so easy? Even with the evidence right in front of him, he still couldn't bear to take action.
Concubine Rong looked at Shen Fu who was kneeling on the ground. Originally, she just wanted Shen Fu to fall out of favor, but at this moment, she obviously had murderous intentions.
"Your Majesty, you can't be so careless when it comes to your offspring." Concubine Rong saw that Your Majesty didn't want to punish Chen Fu easily.
In this case, things are actually simple. In the final analysis, His Majesty just didn't believe that the piece of meat in Chen Fu's belly was fake, but if the facts were placed in front of him, I'm afraid His Majesty would have to believe it.
As Concubine Rong spoke, she turned her head and glanced at the nanny behind her.
She stepped forward and said to His Majesty: "I don't believe that Concubine Shen would do such a thing, but what we should be most concerned about now is the fetus in Concubine Shen's belly..."
"What does Concubine Rong think?"
Xiao Yu put down his hand that was stroking his fingertips and raised his head to look at Concubine Rong.
"I had a headache a few days ago, so I asked the imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital to come and take my pulse." Concubine Rong spoke cautiously, her words full of gentleness.
"I did hear about one thing. I thought it was strange at the time, but I didn't think too deeply about it. But today, such a big thing happened, so I have to report it to His Majesty."
"If your Royal Concubine has anything to say, please speak frankly." Royal Concubine Rong was vague and hesitant. It seemed like she said a lot, but in fact, it was all nonsense.
When Concubine Rong heard the Emperor's straightforward voice, she felt her throat rolling.
"The imperial physician of the Imperial Hospital has reported to me that Hehuan Palace has invited many imperial physicians to take pulses recently..."
It was He Cairen who reported this matter to her. In order not to alert the enemy, Concubine Rong only sent people to keep an eye on the situation from behind. As for why Chen Fu had called these imperial doctors here.
But either she discovered a problem with the fetus in her belly, or she just wanted to go with the flow.
Concubine Rong was so confident that she never thought that there were other possibilities for the baby in Shen Fu's belly.
After Concubine Rong finished speaking, she winked at He Cairen who was lying on the ground.
He Cairen's knees were already aching from kneeling, and she was afraid that Chen Fu would escape, so the moment she caught Concubine Rong's gaze, she nodded in time.
“Yes, yes, yes.”
He Cairen was stunned for a moment, kneeling on the ground and quickly speaking: "I also live in the Hehuan Palace. These past few days, I have seen the imperial physician running into the Hehuan Palace."
"At first, I thought that Concubine Shen was feeling unwell, and I speculated for a long time. But later, I saw that the people who came were all new doctors from the Imperial Hospital, and I started to wonder."
"No matter how good the new imperial physician's medical skills are, they are no match for the imperial physicians who have been in the Imperial Hospital for many years. Moreover, according to Concubine Shen herself, she is pregnant. For the sake of safety, we should at least find someone with good medical skills."
He Cairen's words sounded sarcastic and had hidden meanings.
Not long after she finished speaking, the nanny beside Concubine Rong bent over and brought in a few doctors from the Imperial Hospital.
"Your Majesty." Rong Guifei's maid bent down and said, "I'll bring the person up."
Concubine Rong knew that she was being too hasty. If someone around him brought the imperial physician up personally, it would inevitably arouse the emperor's suspicion.
But Concubine Rong couldn't care about these things at the moment. The Emperor's attitude towards Shen Fu really frightened her. If she couldn't convict Shen Fu today, it would be even more difficult to find an opportunity in the future.
What's more, this move is so perfect that even if Shen Fu has great abilities, she won't be able to escape.
"Your Majesty, why don't you listen to what these imperial doctors have to say?"
Chen Fu knelt on the ground, and when she saw the imperial physician in front of her, she couldn't help but sigh that Concubine Rong really had good means.
Even the imperial physicians were found one by one, and these people were gathered here early on, so there were no loopholes.
"These imperial doctors were frequently called in by Concubine Shen during this period." Concubine Rong faced His Majesty, slightly bent her body and knelt down.
"I was ordered by His Majesty to manage the harem. When I found out about this, I should have investigated it thoroughly. But firstly, I didn't have time, and secondly, this matter concerns the heir."
"In the end, His Majesty had to take action personally. It was because of my incompetence."
Concubine Rong knelt on the ground and apologized. It seemed that she was humble and submissive, but it made the Emperor's displeasure with her fade a little.
"Get up." After all, she was still the imperial concubine, and Xiao Yu couldn't possibly not give her face.
His Majesty looked at the kneeling imperial physician below and asked in a deep voice, "Is what Concubine Rong just said true?"
"Your Majesty, what the Imperial Concubine said is true." The imperial doctors were all new to the palace. On weekdays, they only took the pulses of the eunuchs and palace maids. They had not had the opportunity to meet Your Majesty, so they answered with trepidation.
"Why did Concubine Shen send you over?"
The emperor's voice was extremely cold. Several eunuchs looked back and forth and replied:
"He... A palace maid in the Hehuan Palace is pregnant." The young imperial physician raised his head and his eyes fell on Shen Fu. Seeing Shiso beside her, his eyes suddenly lit up and he raised his hand and pointed at Shiso:
“It’s…it’s her!”
Following the voice of the young doctor. Everyone looked towards Shisu.
"Who of you two, master and servant, is pregnant?" Concubine Shu was still making sarcastic remarks.
It is a serious crime for a palace maid to be pregnant. Unless the child is the Emperor's, it is a crime punishable by beheading!
"How come both the master and the servant have it? It's really strange!" Shu Guipin still had a smile on her face and spoke sarcastically.
Only Concubine Rong who was standing by had a bad feeling in her heart.
She looked at Shen Fu who was kneeling on the ground, then at Zi Su who was beside her, and recalled the young doctor's words in her mind.
I just felt something rushing through my mind, and before I could figure it out, I saw Shen Fu raise her head.
"Today I finally understand." Chen Fu knelt on the ground, with her waist straight from beginning to end. The neckline of the Jiaoyue Liuxian dress revealed a fair and translucent neck, as elegant as a swan in the water.
"I have always been wondering, how could my maid be pregnant?"
Shen Fu raised her eyes and looked at the tray in front of her, her eyes calm and calm: "Now that I think about it, those medicines were meant for me to drink."
"Don't make up stories here!" He Cairen bit back, "There are witnesses and evidence. You took fake pregnancy pills and faked pregnancy to win favor. What excuses do you have?"
"If I drink it, I will really fall into your trap." Chen Fu looked around, her palm fell on her lower abdomen, her fingertips were like jade, white and translucent like scallions:
"What a shame! I didn't drink any of those supplements, so how can I say it's a false pregnancy?"
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