Chapter 35 The Queen's Plot
Concubine Yu's fall was serious and Wen Qiu didn't dare to move. However, she couldn't let Concubine Yu stay in the imperial garden. She asked people to call the imperial physician and carry Concubine Yu. Thinking that the place was closest to Zhaohua Palace, she couldn't care less and had to carry Concubine Yu to Zhaohua Palace first to settle her down.
Shen Qing had never expected this to happen.
But the person had already arrived, and she couldn't just let him in. She even gave up her own inner hall. In fact, she didn't live in the main hall of Zhaohua Palace because her status was not high enough. However, no one lived in the main hall, so Concubine Yu couldn't be asked to go there.
Chen Qing went outside by herself. Seeing that Wen Qiu had arranged to find the imperial physician and notify the emperor and empress, she just stood there like a pillar.
At first she thought that Concubine Yu in the original novel didn't have this baby so she might have died at some point, and it would be best if she had nothing to do with it. But when something happened in the Imperial Garden, he came to her?
This is not just a sudden disaster, but it is really a blessing to be involved in this.
The imperial physician came running and went in without even having time to wipe the sweat off his face.
Chen Qing frowned as he heard Concubine Yu crying in pain. This child really couldn't be saved, right?
The Queen came very quickly. Although she didn't like Concubine Yu, she was the Queen. According to the rules, she had to be there if anything happened to Concubine Yu.
As soon as the queen arrived, Shen Qing immediately saluted her.
"What's going on?"
Shen Qing shook her head in panic: "I don't know either. The maidservant beside Concubine Yu came in directly with someone. I saw Concubine Yu holding her belly."
The queen frowned: "Where is the imperial physician?"
"The doctor has gone in."
The queen did not relax for a single day. She sternly called out to Wen Qiu inside.
Wen Qiu knelt down in front of the queen.
"Explain to me in detail what happened to Concubine Yu?"
Wen Qiu broke out in a cold sweat, and at this time Xuanyuan Ling arrived.
Xuanyuan Ling looked unhappy. She had suddenly had a miscarriage and it sounded as if the condition was very serious.
"What's going on? What did the doctor say?"
The Queen said, "The Imperial Physician hasn't come out yet. I'm asking Wen Qiu who is beside Concubine Yu."
Xuanyuan Ling looked at her fiercely, and Wen Qiu couldn't stand it. How could an ordinary palace maid resist the pressure from the emperor? At that time, everyone was watching, so it was not easy to believe her nonsense. She said, "Our queen felt depressed today, so she thought of going to the Imperial Garden to get some fresh air. Who knew that she slipped just as she walked to the pavilion..."
Xuanyuan Ling was really angry. She was the one who caused this disaster by falling. Didn't she know to be more careful while being pregnant?
At this time, the imperial physician came out and knelt down in front of Xuanyuan Ling: "Your Majesty, the Empress is suffering from unbearable abdominal pain and has already seen bleeding. I have used medicine, but the effect is not significant. Acupuncture and moxibustion can't suppress it. It can be seen that this child is not good. I am afraid that Concubine Yu's pregnancy is..."
The implication is that the child can no longer be saved.
Xuanyuan Ling said coldly: "Do your best to treat him."
"Your Majesty, if you can induce the fetus now, you can keep the queen safe. If you want to save her, I'm afraid you can't save her at all."
Xuanyuan Ling took a deep breath and closed his eyes: "Then let's draw out the fetus."
The imperial physician naturally went in after receiving the order.
Xuanyuan Ling's face looked very unhappy. He didn't want to stay after he finished speaking. The fetus he had been taking good care of was gone. He didn't even want to see Concubine Yu.
The Queen respectfully saw Xuanyuan Ling off. According to the rules, after Xuanyuan Ling left, she still had to settle Concubine Yu, so she couldn't leave.
Chen Qing also had to be seen off respectfully. Xuanyuan Ling glanced at her when she left. She was in a bad mood at the moment, and her brows furrowed even more when she saw her frightened look. Her own injuries had not yet fully healed, but she didn't say anything in the end.
After Xuanyuan Ling left, Shen Qing still stayed obediently.
Concubine Yu was still in pain in the room, but the imperial physician didn't say anything to her after he came in. She could tell from her face that things were not going well.
Sure enough, not long after she was fed the medicine, she felt something flowing out. The abdominal pain gradually subsided, but what came out was clearly a fully formed fetus.
It was more than four months old, and the fetus's hands and feet could already be seen. The palm-sized fetus was covered in blood, and Concubine Yu felt that her heart was also bloody.
Concubine Yu burst into tears after taking one look. At first, she made some sound when she started crying, but later she just lay on the bed and cried silently. Her tears were flowing, but there was no sound at all.
Until Wen Qiu came in and supported Concubine Yu with concern: "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."
Concubine Yu's eyes were red and her heart was in pain. She woke up a little and gnashed her teeth, "I don't believe that I lost the child just because I fell. It's been more than four months and the child has grown up. Go check! I suddenly felt that I stepped on something at that time!"
After a pause, she asked again: "Is there really no movement in Fengyi Palace recently?"
She just didn't believe it. She didn't believe that the child was gone after she fell like that. There must be something wrong! If there was one person in the palace who didn't want her the best, it would be the Queen. When something happened to her, the first person she would suspect was the Queen.
Wen Qiu had forgotten about it in her haste, but now that Concubine Yu had said this, she hurriedly said, "I will definitely check it out carefully."
The Queen stayed behind to settle Concubine Yu, and when she was told to send Concubine Yu back, she naturally went back.
After leaving Zhaohua Palace, the Queen glanced at Jinzhi beside her. The two exchanged glances, and only after returning to Fengyi Palace did the Queen ask, "Is everything cleaned up?"
Jinzhi said, "Don't worry, Madam. We handled it very carefully and didn't use strong medicine. She could have survived for six months before the bleeding started. I didn't expect Concubine Yu to fall down. But it was a good thing that she fell down. It was her own fault. It made the plan foolproof. It also made the Emperor dislike her. It really killed two birds with one stone."
The Queen exhaled a sigh of relief: "This precious child is not born in Concubine Yu's belly, which makes me happier than anything else."
Jinzhi nodded: "The baby in Concubine Fang's belly..."
The Queen said, "It's better to keep it. You never know when you might need it."
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