Chapter 241 Pebbles

The sunlight outside shone through the window lattice onto Yunqin, which should have felt warm. However, Yunqin felt a little cold when she looked at the dried blood on her hands.

The belated fear and dread surged into her heart.

Fortunately, the sound outside brought her back to her senses. Yun Qin held her trembling hands and heard the voices outside through the thin window paper.

It should be that people from other palaces heard the news and rushed over one after another.

"...These are all orders from the Emperor. There is nothing I can do about it."

Judging from the sounds, Xu An must have stopped them all outside the palace.

"My queen!"

Yun Qin responded and turned around, seeing Tingchun and Danxue also walking in quickly.

"Are you all right?"

Yun Qin was covered in blood and her pale face really scared them.

"Why are you here?" Yun Qinchong shook his head slightly and asked them.

"The Emperor sent us here."

The cries of Lady Shen were heard intermittently from the inner hall. Danxue looked at the bloodstains on Yunqin's body and then glanced towards the direction of the inner hall.

"Is Miss Shen okay?"

"Doctor Zhang Yu is in there. He said the situation is not too bad." Yun Qin seemed to be answering her question, but also seemed to be comforting herself.

Tingchun didn't have the time to care about others. She held up the bag in her hand and said, "I brought some spare clothes. Your Majesty, please change first."

Yun Qin lowered her eyes to glance at the bloodstains on her skirt, and nodded to her, "Let's go to the west room."

She also wanted to change her clothes now, so she didn't care so much.

Yun Qin tried to stand up with the help of the dwarf, but failed twice. Her legs seemed to be out of her control and she had no strength at all.

It was Tingchun and Danxue who worked together to help her up and moved her to the west room.

After pulling down the curtains, the two of them helped Yun Qin change her clothes.

Halfway through the change, I heard Huo Jinchi's voice coming from behind the curtain, "Are you okay? Do you want to ask Jiang Yuanzheng to come over and take a look at you?"

"I am fine. You don't need to bother Dean Jiang." Yun Qin replied in a low voice and asked hurriedly, "How is Lady Shen now?"

"The bleeding has stopped. I've regained some strength after drinking some ginseng soup. Doctor Zhang Yu is delivering the baby."

Huo Jinchi was standing outside. Through the not-too-thick curtains, Yun Qin could see his vague figure. He seemed to be standing very close. His slightly low voice revealed a calming strength that made Yun Qin breathe a sigh of relief.

Thinking that Doctor Zhang Yu was a man after all, Yun Qin continued, "At that time, Concubine Shen was bleeding profusely and the situation was urgent. The only person I could think of was Doctor Zhang Yu. Although Grandma Wen was there, she didn't know how to stop the bleeding and save people. If the emperor wants to blame someone, it's me. I am the one who is meddling, don't blame me..."

"I won't blame anyone." Huo Jinchi interrupted her, his voice still low, "I've heard that today's incident is all thanks to you. You did a great job. I can't thank you enough, so how can I blame you?"

"I just happened to pass by." Yun Qin lowered her eyes slightly. Even though she didn't see Huo Jinchi, she could already imagine his deep eyes staring at her intently.

Although she did not ask for anything in return for helping Lady Shen, she felt a little warm in her heart when she was thanked.

But thinking of the scene in Yu Garden before, Yun Qin's heart turned cold again, and her voice also took on a bit of coldness, "Your Majesty, the eunuchs who carried the sedan chair have been taken care of by this concubine. Your Majesty should review it to see whether it was an accident or someone did it deliberately."

"I have already asked someone to investigate, and the results will be available soon."

"and……"

Yun Qin was interrupted by Huo Jinchi before she finished speaking, "I have seen the palace maid detained by Shen Che. I will examine her carefully later. You should take care of yourself first and worry less."

"Your Majesty is more thoughtful than I am." Yun Qin responded.

As she spoke, she had already changed her clothes and sat on the couch in the west room without getting up. She just asked Tingchun and Danxue to open the curtains.

Yunqin was trembling, not only because of fear, but also because she was too weak.

Lady Shen is giving birth, and her cries are heart-wrenching. Someone wants to harm her today, and she doesn't want to distract everyone's attention because of herself.

After drawing aside the curtain, Huo Jinchi immediately looked over and saw that her expression had returned to normal and she was sitting upright on the couch. Although her face was still pale, she no longer had the panicky look she had just had.

Huo Jinchi felt a little relieved and did not come in. Instead, he turned around and sat on a chair in the main hall.

"Let them all in!"

Following his voice, the empress came in with the concubines from various palaces.

The first person they saw was naturally the Emperor, but they immediately began to look for Yun Qin. They were a little surprised to see her sitting in the west room.

I thought that based on Yunqin's personality, she would have already entangled herself with the emperor a long time ago.

After the ceremony, the Queen was the first to ask, "Your Majesty, how is Lady Shen doing?"

Huo Jinchi repeated what he had just said. As he was speaking, Xiao Dezi walked in quickly, bowed, and said:

"Your Majesty, the matter you asked me to investigate has yielded results."

He said, "I went to the place where Lady Shen had the accident and found many smooth pebbles on the road. I also asked the eunuchs who carried the sedan chair, and they also said that it was because of the pebbles that she slipped and fell accidentally."

"I asked someone to bring in the maid who swept the road today and questioned her. She said she swept the road half an hour ago and there were no pebbles there at the time. She has not seen any pebbles since then. The pebbles must have been deliberately placed on the road by someone after that."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Danying beside him exclaimed in surprise: "What a vicious mind."

Huo Jinchi didn't look at her, but asked Xiao Dezi, "Did anyone see who put the pebbles there?"

"I have already asked someone to ask." Xiao Dezi replied with his head down.

That will take a while, there is no result yet.

Yun Qin's face darkened when she heard this. At that time, she was only thinking about saving people and didn't really notice the pebbles on the road.

She looked at Huo Jinchi and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know anything. How did the person behind the scenes know that General Shen would meet Concubine Shen at Lingyun Tower? And how could they be sure that Concubine Shen would take that route?"

As soon as she spoke, everyone looked over.

"I'll ask someone to investigate." Huo Jinchi's expression was as gloomy as hers.

"Then how did Concubine Xi end up in Yu Garden?" Xu Daying suddenly asked.

As if she had been listening to the movements in the hall, Rong Xin suddenly opened the curtain and walked out of the inner hall. Aunt Xia Yun in front of her had already brought people in, so she didn't have to stay inside any longer.

"Xu Danying, I'm sure you've heard about my queen fainting outside Fengyi Palace."

She glanced at Xu Danying coldly, then leaned over to Huo Jinchi and said, "Your Majesty, it was because I was too anxious to return to Yanning Palace that I copied Daoyu Garden. This was all my idea and has nothing to do with Your Majesty."

Xu Danying's meaning was obvious. He wanted to say that the timing of Yun Qin's rescue of Lady Shen was too coincidental, which made people wonder whether the pebble was related to her.

But with Rong Xin's words, all her thoughts were in vain.