Chapter 349 The Building is About to Collapse
Xuanyuan Ling had been sitting outside for an hour. Chu Linglong had someone induce premature birth and they were all waiting for the result, but the news was not good. The child had difficulty breathing and soon his face turned purple.
The imperial physician tried his best to treat the child, but in the end he couldn't save her. The child was unlucky. First, Chu Linglong had a miscarriage, and then Chu Linglong took medicine for so many days. Now she was in premature labor and didn't survive.
The imperial physician could only come out and apologize.
Xuanyuan Ling didn't like Chu Linglong's previous ignorance, but after all, she was his child, and he couldn't feel good about it just because she was killed by someone. It had been more than eight months, and the Fourth Prince had survived.
Xuanyuan Ling also took a look. The Fourth Prince was born prematurely because Concubine Li took too much tonic given by the Queen, which caused him to grow too early. The Fourth Prince was like a full-term baby. But Chu Linglong was born so tiny, and now he has turned purple, looking so pitiful.
"Perform a ritual for him." Xuanyuan Ling instructed the Queen and Concubine De.
Then he looked at the servants kneeling on the ground, especially Ming Su. Originally, it was not a big deal to ask the imperial kitchen to share food in private, at most it was not very polite. But Chu Linglong was pregnant, and it was not a big crime to want to eat something good, but he happened to catch up.
"All servants who serve the nobleman Yi will be punished with fifty strokes of the cane."
The servants who were serving him all had pale faces. Who would have thought that the food they were eating was tested on a daily basis, and they still got into trouble. Fifty strokes of the cane, whether they would live or not, it all depended on luck.
Xuanyuan Ling left after giving his instructions.
The Queen arranged the next things to do. Someone still needed to take care of Chu Linglong. She had fainted due to excessive exhaustion after giving birth, and she couldn't be left unattended, so Concubine De took her leave.
The queen finally let go of the joy that had been pent up in her heart after returning to Fengyi Palace. She had been feeling aggrieved for so long, and at this moment, she felt completely relaxed. She smiled widely, "Jinzhi, you did a good job on this matter."
Jinzhi was also happy. The queen had been feeling aggrieved all these years, and now this incident had eliminated the scourge of the Qin family.
At first, Qin wanted to help Concubine Yi's baby in her belly, but now, the baby is gone. Although originally, the baby in Chu Linglong's belly wouldn't matter as long as Concubine Qin was gone, but think about it, Concubine Qin wanted to help the baby in Chu Linglong's belly without consulting Chu Linglong.
Now we can really kill two birds with one stone.
However, after being happy, the queen narrowed her eyes again: "How could Concubine Yi have a pulse that looks like she has taken something to invigorate the blood circulation?"
This was the first time that someone had drugged someone in the imperial kitchen. Qin had never dared to do anything in the imperial kitchen before. The queen had sent people to keep an eye on Concubine Qin since Shen Qing became pregnant. This was really unheard of.
"Someone is secretly plotting against me?" Jinzhi quickly realized, "That's really good luck."
It was good luck, catching up with the changing situation in the harem. No one cared about the small shrimp when the situation was stirring up trouble. He actually succeeded. Who would be bothered by the child in Concubine Yi's belly? Who knows in the harem? There must be a few people who don't like her, right? Thinking about it for a moment, Concubine Zhou Concubine... Who knows?
There is no need to figure it out right now. With the Qin family's fall, the queen is relieved and will not cause any sudden trouble.
So when Concubine Zhou took action on this matter, no one really suspected her, and this time, Qin took all the blame.
This was an extremely uneasy night. What was even more unexpected was that Xuanyuan Ling originally wanted to dismiss Qin Binghuai from his post and investigate him, but when the imperial edict was issued, it turned into a confiscation of his property. All the Qin family members who served in the court were suspended pending investigation, and Qin Binghuai was directly sentenced to exile. The reason used was that he was accusing everyone of attempting treason, which shocked everyone.
He was even more furious at the morning court the next day. He spoke directly about the matter in front of all the court officials and even said that the foreign officials had even reached their hands into the palace.
The Qin family was actually able to put medicine into the imperial kitchen. This time, it caused the fifth prince to die at birth. Next time, will they directly put the medicine into the emperor's rice bowl?
The crime was too serious for the Qin family to bear. All of a sudden, all the officials of the Qin family who held important positions in the court were removed from their posts, suspended from their posts, and investigated. Without Xuanyuan Ling taking action, those in the court who could see which way the wind was blowing saw that the emperor was going to take action against the Qin family, so they all reported the matter to the emperor, and built up countless charges against the Qin family.
The Qin family originally held military power and had military achievements in the past, but after Xuanyuan Ling eliminated many of their followers, they are now alone and unable to support themselves.
Overnight, the building is about to collapse and fall.
Chu Linglong felt too much pain when giving birth, and lost too much blood. She fainted right after giving birth. When she woke up, the people serving her became strangers. She was stunned for a moment, but she asked immediately, "Where's the baby? How is the baby?"
This servant was newly arranged by the Queen. After all, all the servants around her had been beaten with sticks. Fifty strokes of the stick were too much for anyone to bear. So they all had to be kept alive. Hearing Chu Linglong's question, the new maid didn't dare to say anything.
But seeing her attitude, Chu Linglong felt cold in her heart: "Bring the child to me."
The maid knelt on the ground with a plop: "My dear, the fifth prince is gone."
Chu Linglong's eyes went dark and she almost fainted again: "Impossible, it's been more than eight months. How can a baby of more than eight months be gone just like that? I don't believe it."
The palace maid knelt on the ground and did not dare to persuade him.
I don't dare to persuade her at this moment. It's useless to persuade her. I can only wait for her to recover.
Chu Linglong wanted to get out of bed, but she was still weak because she had lost too much blood and her head was still dizzy. She fainted again while struggling, and then she fell to the ground again.
The imperial physician came again, giving the patient medicine and acupuncture.
Chu Linglong finally woke up. This time, there was despair in her eyes. In fact, she knew that the palace maids would not dare to lie about such things, so how could they possibly lie to her?
That child was gone, and she lost another child.
Chu Linglong clenched her fists, tears streaming down her face. She pounded her fists on the bed, feeling so powerless.
After a long while, she said in a hoarse voice and with red eyes, looking at the palace maid who was still kneeling beside her: "Who is it?"
When she was giving birth, she heard the imperial physician say that the bleeding was not just caused by the use of blood-activating drugs.
Someone must have harmed her.
"Who harmed me!" If the emperor had come at that time, he would have definitely found out the truth.
The palace maid had no choice but to tell Chu Linglong about how Qin had harmed Concubine Xi, and how she had added blood-activating substances into the soup she had eaten a few days ago, and also about how Ming Su and the others had been caned for this matter.
"Princess Qin wanted to harm Concubine Xi..." Chu Linglong's heart was bleeding, and she bit her lips until they broke: "She wanted to harm Concubine Xi, but she killed my child instead!"
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