Chapter 36: Noble Lady Shen's Unexpected Disaster
Concubine Yu lost her child, and the Queen finally vented some of the anger she had been holding back for years, and she was in a good mood.
This was the first time that Zhaohua Palace was so lively.
Until Concubine Yu was about to leave, she had to pay her respects as she didn't want to bring bad luck to her at this time. Fortunately, Concubine Yu didn't have the heart to stare at her now. She just watched her get on the sedan chair and thought that this matter had nothing to do with Shen Qing.
Chunhua saw Concubine Yu leave and hurriedly called Fangyun, and the two of them changed all the sheets and quilts in the inner room.
Chunhua and Fangyun were both seeing such a scene for the first time and were a little surprised.
Shen Qing comforted her with two words: "It has nothing to do with us. She just borrowed the place of our Zhaohua Palace. You can't wrongly accuse me of causing her miscarriage. You don't have to care about this matter."
Chunhua nodded: "We know, but it's unlucky since Concubine Yu had a miscarriage here. I'll use the incense burner to fumigate the place, and then come back to sweep it again to avoid any mistakes."
"kindness."
Shen Qing thought about it. She knew that Concubine Yu would not be able to keep this pregnancy, but she still found it very strange. Did she really die in the fall?
She felt there was a conspiracy here, but of course, it was just her guess.
However, if we were to say who benefited the most from Concubine Yu's loss of her child, it would have to be the Queen. But who knows who is the easiest person in the harem?
If Concubine Yu knew what was going on, she would probably check it out.
Chen Qing thought that they could investigate however they wanted, it had nothing to do with her anyway. She was just unlucky that someone came to her for a miscarriage. Of course, in order to prevent any unexpected events, she asked Chunhua and the others to check Zhaohua Palace inside and out. After all, there was nothing unusual or shameful, so she could stay out of it.
I still have this idea now. I can't get involved in this matter. Concubine Yu can't stand punishing people casually. If I get involved in this kind of thing, it will be fatal.
Shen Qing knew that it was fatal if she got involved in this matter, but someone was unlucky enough to be involved, and this person was not the queen.
The first thing that was checked on Concubine Yu's side was that Concubine Yu herself said that she felt she stepped on something.
She did step on something, and the place was a mess afterwards, but because it happened so suddenly, no one had cleaned the Imperial Garden, and when Wen Qiu checked later, she actually found something.
It turned out that Concubine Yu had stepped on a pearl at that time.
So how come pearls appeared in this imperial garden for no reason?
In the end, it was discovered that the pearl bracelet that Concubine Shen was wearing on her wrist when she went to the Imperial Garden a few days ago suddenly broke.
When Concubine Yu heard the news, she almost vomited blood.
A few days ago, Concubine Shen broke a pearl bracelet. The servant who was picking up the pearls was not careful and dropped one of them, and she stepped on it!
It couldn't be said that Concubine Shen did this on purpose, but Concubine Yu had just lost her child and had been feeling angry for a day, so Concubine Yu hated Concubine Shen for no apparent reason.
She thought countless times, if it weren't for Concubine Shen's pearl, how could she have fallen.
If the child hadn't fallen, how could the child have died?
Of course, she checked more than that.
Concubine Yu's investigation made a big fuss. She checked everything inside and outside the Zhongyu Palace, including the servants. In the end, she actually found some problems.
There is something wrong with Concubine Yu’s pregnancy-maintaining medicine.
Now the medicine residue could not be found at all, but the medicine jar was still there. After much thought, Concubine Yu felt that things that were taken during the day should be treated with the utmost care, so she asked someone to preserve the lid of the medicine jar.
He even specially called in several imperial doctors and separated the bodies for identification.
Under Concubine Yu's coercion and inducement, the imperial doctors had to admit that the medicine had a smell of bamboo yellow grass on the cap.
This bamboo yellow grass is not included in the original prescription.
This was a serious matter and even alarmed Xuanyuan Ling.
Xuanyuan Ling's face changed.
If Concubine Yu accidentally lost the child, he would not tolerate it, but if it was caused by someone else, he would not tolerate any blemish in his eyes!
This was the first time Concubine Yu saw Xuanyuan Ling after she lost her child, and she almost burst into tears on the spot.
Even though Xuanyuan Ling didn't like her domineering behavior in the past, he didn't scold her after seeing how pitiful she was. "Take a good rest. If someone wants to harm you in this matter, I will seek justice for you."
Concubine Yu's heart was broken into pieces: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xuanyuan Ling asked Zhao Hai to investigate, it was nothing more than to check how many people had handled the medicine and who had touched it, all of which were checked one by one, and those around Concubine Yu were not spared.
When the queen heard the news, her face turned pale and she glared at Jinzhi.
Jinzhi knelt down with a face full of regret: "Every time I asked someone to deal with the medicine residue, the medicine jar was from Concubine Yu's palace. It would be a big target to bring it out or smash it, so I didn't do it. I never thought that this was the flaw."
"What about other places? Are there any loopholes in other places?"
Jinzhi said: "The servant who arranged the medicine has been replaced, and the person has been dealt with. The imperial physician's family has already taken care of it, so they dare not say anything."
According to the rules, the queen is in charge of all matters in the harem, and is also responsible if something goes wrong.
Therefore, after receiving the news, the queen immediately set off for Zhongyu Palace.
Xuanyuan Ling saw the Queen's expressionless face and said, "I have already asked Zhao Hai to investigate this matter. Since the Queen is here, just wait here for the result."
The Queen nodded and sat down on the side. Seeing Concubine Yu sighing, she said, "Don't worry, Concubine Yu. The Emperor is here. He will definitely give you justice. There is someone in the harem who is so cruel and murdered the heir to the throne. I will not let him off easily."
Concubine Yu sneered: "Then I would like to thank the Queen for making the decision for me."
Xuanyuan Ling was fed up with such weirdness.
Zhao Hai came back and reported: "Your Majesty, I have interrogated all the servants who had access to Concubine Yu's pregnancy-preserving medicine. However, a medicine boy who was originally in the pharmacy suddenly disappeared. I searched around and finally found him in a dry well in the cold palace. He was dead. I also found some words cursing Concubine Yu in the room where he originally lived."
Zhao Hai handed the paper to Xuanyuan Ling.
It was written that Concubine Yu had punished his sister who entered the palace with him because of a trivial matter, which indirectly killed his sister, so he secretly gave Concubine Yu medicine to cause her to have a miscarriage.
Xuanyuan Ling threw the paper in front of Concubine Yu and said, "Take a look for yourself."
After reading it, Concubine Yu was shocked: "I don't have it."
Xuanyuan Ling took a deep breath and said, "This matter ends here. Those who serve Concubine Yu and are not careful will all be punished with a cane."
The people around Concubine Yu all fell to the ground with their heads down.
Even though Concubine Yu felt that the Queen was involved in this matter, Xuanyuan Ling had already been executed, the witness was dead, and further investigation would yield no results, so she could not say anything more and could only accept it.
Xuanyuan Ling left Zhongyu Palace and sat on the imperial carriage with a gloomy expression.
This situation means that there is no evidence to prove anything, which means nothing was found out.
How could a pharmacy boy avoid all the inspections and deliver the poisonous pregnancy-preserving medicine to Concubine Yu?
Think of it another way, is there anyone in the harem who dislikes Concubine Yu but has the ability to do such a thing?
Even if the new concubines in the palace wanted to, they didn't have the strength to do so, and their hands couldn't reach that far.
So there was only one person who didn't want to see Concubine Yu give birth to a child.
Queen
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