Chapter 231: Expose

"Press Xing'er down and take good care of her!" Huo Jinchi glanced at Concubine De again and said in a calm voice, "Get up now."

The palace maid in charge of distributing the rice dumplings drowned in the lake. Xing'er had no idea about the identity of the person who threatened her, and she didn't even see his face clearly.

At this point, all the clues have been cut off.

Even if I already have a guess about who is behind the scenes, I have no real evidence. Moreover, even if there is evidence, would the emperor announce to the world that the empress dowager conspired to murder his concubines?

After Yun Qin glanced at Xie En, she looked at Concubine De who was sitting on the stool wiping her tears. The Empress Dowager was indeed hateful, but she was the one who started it all!

If she hadn't spread the news of her pregnancy everywhere, why would the Queen Mother have taken action against her!

Yun Qin fell into Huo Jinchi's arms and said in a sad voice, "Who on earth is this, and why, to use blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicine on me? I am not really pregnant."

At first, no one thought about it, but Yun Qin's statement that she was not pregnant actually reminded them.

Who would use strong blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs to harm others for no reason? Most of these drugs are used to cause miscarriage.

The pitiful Defei, who was covering her face with her hands, suddenly had a slight glimpse in her eyes.

She was so absorbed in acting out her grievance that she even forgot that it was she who spread the news of Concubine Xi's pregnancy.

What does Xipin mean by saying this at this time?

Rong Xin at the side suddenly said, "My master, when you mentioned it, I remembered something. Just yesterday, I heard a rumor in the palace that my master was pregnant."

"I thought it was funny at the time and told it to my master as a joke. How come today, my master has been drugged? Isn't this too much of a coincidence?"

Rong Xin's words made Huo Jinchi frown and look at the queen, "What rumor?"

The queen was now completely focused on the little princess and didn't care much about other things. She subconsciously looked at Lanying beside her.

Lan Ying immediately said to the emperor: "I have not heard of it."

Concubine De was very cautious and spread information in a targeted manner, so as to prevent the news from spreading widely and reaching the ears of the Emperor and Concubine Xi, which would make them alert.

The key point is that among the Queen Mother and other concubines, the Queen now values ​​the little princess more than her own eyes. In the eyes of Concubine De, she is no different from trash, so she never spread the news.

Yun Qin, who was in Hawking's arms, cried again.

"Then, if I am really pregnant, I have already had a miscarriage." She clenched the clothes on Huo Jinchi's chest with her fingers, her body trembling slightly, and her voice was a little sad, "Your Majesty, I am so scared."

Huo Jinchi's heart was also cold. He held her tightly in his arms and comforted her, his voice soft and full of pity, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I'm here, and no one can hurt you in the slightest."

But when he looked at the others, his eyes were full of coldness, and his tone did not contain any tenderness, "Zhang Zhian!"

Doctor Zhang Yu was not surprised that the emperor would come to him. After all, such news would naturally not spread from the Yanning Palace, so the problem could only come from Yu Hospital.

He immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I have followed the orders of Concubine Xi and have not told anyone what happened in Yanning Palace that day."

Seeing his confident look, Huo Jinchi couldn't help but curse, "Idiot!"

He refused to say anything, which made Yun Qin's sudden request for doctor Yu that day seem very strange, and also made people have so many concerns.

Doctor Zhang Yu was scolded so much that he dared not raise his head and just lowered his body.

"This has nothing to do with Doctor Zhang Yu." Yun Qin couldn't help but say something fair.

Huo Jinchi snorted softly, lowered his eyes, reached out to pull the quilt over her shoulders, his eyes dark.

Just for such a little bit of unconfirmed news, she tried every possible means to drug Yun Qin. The Queen Mother really couldn't tolerate Yun Qin at all!

The conversation between the three people sounded like a riddle to outsiders, but no one wanted to explain it to the Queen and Concubine De who were present.

The Queen was not curious about what was going on. She glanced at Concubine De who was sitting opposite her.

"Did Concubine De hear anything?"

While wiping her tears with a handkerchief, Concubine De said, "I didn't hear anything either." She looked at Huo Jinchi and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to summon the people around me to question me?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Rong Xin was immediately surprised and asked, "How could Concubine De not know?"

Concubine De's heart skipped a beat, but her face was weak and puzzled, "What do you mean by that? What should I know?"

"Because I accidentally heard people from Yiyang Palace talking to others, and that's when I learned about this rumor in the palace."

Rong Xin was even more confused than she was. "Everyone below is talking about it. My queen's pregnancy is not an insignificant matter. Why didn't you inform the Defei?"

Concubine De looked at the emperor who was looking at her coldly, her heart skipped a beat, and she immediately said, "Don't talk nonsense. How do you know that person is from Yiyang Palace? The person behind the scenes can frame me once, so can't he frame me a second time?"

"Of course I dare not say anything nonsense." Rong Xin bowed to Huo Jinchi and continued, "Because I recognize that person. She is Rose from the palace of Concubine De. Although she is just an inconspicuous maid, we all came from the Shang Palace together. I will never make a mistake!"

When Defei heard her actually say Rose's name and said that she saw it with her own eyes, she felt even more flustered.

Did she really see him?

"Is there really a palace maid named Rose by your side?" Huo Jinchi looked at Concubine De with a stern look.

This matter could not be shirked, and Concubine De could only nod her head and said, "I have a maid named Rose by my side, but she is just a maid, and she is very young, what can she know?"

Before she could come up with a plan, she heard Rong Xin say, "I saw her come here with Consort De today. Your Majesty, why don't you call her over to confront me?"

The Queen glanced at Concubine De again and said to Huo Jinchi, "It's also a good opportunity to ask that girl named Rose where she got the news from."

"Xu An, bring the person here!" said Huo Jinchi.

Soon, the palace maid named Rose was brought to the palace. Just as Concubine De said, she was still very young, thin, and had an ordinary appearance. She was the kind of person who would blend in with the crowd if thrown into it, and her presence was very low.

Her inconspicuous appearance is very suitable for spreading news. Perhaps the people who have spoken to her will forget about her the next moment.

"Your Majesty, may I ask her?" Rong Xin bowed and asked Huo Jinchi again.

Seeing Huo Jinchi nod, she turned to face Rose who was kneeling on the ground, "Let me ask you, yesterday at the rockery in the southwest corner of the Yu Garden, you and Nie Daying told the palace maid that my queen was pregnant, is that true or not?"

When Rose was brought here, she was already trembling with fear. Now, when she heard Rong Xin tell her the time and place word for word, she became even more panicked and subconsciously looked at Concubine De.

At this time, Concubine De wished she could dig out her eyes!