Chapter 242 Everyone Wants Her Dead

Of course, other people had heard more or less about Yun Qin's collapse outside Fengyi Palace.

After taking a look at Yun Qin, who was sitting on the couch with a pale face and slightly panting, he did not suspect whether she was pretending to be dizzy.

In their eyes, Yun Qin was a very strong person and there was no need for her to faint this time and make herself a laughing stock for the whole palace.

"Go and ask Jiang Yuanzheng to come over!"

They were originally just joking about Yun Qin's behavior, but Huo Jinchi's shout instantly turned all of them into laughing stock.

Xiao Dezi glanced at Yunqin with his peripheral vision, and without calling anyone else, he immediately walked out of the hall to invite Jiang Yuanzheng.

Yun Qin felt helpless and glanced at Huo Jinchi.

She must be pretending. Why are we suddenly so out of sync?

It's not like Huo Jinchi didn't think of it, but he didn't dare to bet whether Yun Qin was just acting or really fainted.

Now Xu Danying was completely speechless.

"Her Majesty Xi has not recovered yet, so she shouldn't rush to pay her respects to the Empress." Fang Danying looked worried, but what he said was not a good thing. "I just don't know, since Her Majesty was unconscious at the time, how did she find out that Concubine Shen was in trouble?"

This time, Rong Xin didn't need to answer. Yun Qin said coldly, "I just felt exhausted for a moment, but I didn't faint. Of course I will wake up soon. Or did Fang Danying hope that I would faint?"

"What your Majesty said, isn't it that I am also confused?" Fang Danying looked a little aggrieved, as if Yun Qin was deliberately making things difficult for her.

Yun Qin bluntly said, "You don't have to be so weird. If you suspect that I staged all this, then show me the evidence!"

"Your Majesty is right." Rong Xin also stood up and looked at the others. "Even Doctor Zhang Yu said that if she had been a step late, Lady Shen would have been in danger. If my Majesty really wanted to harm her, why would she have gone to so much trouble to save her and protect her!"

Fang Danying's face changed. She didn't have any evidence. She just saw that Yunqin had been having a bad relationship with the emperor recently, so she wanted to take the opportunity to step on her.

What if the emperor really believed what she said?

"Your Majesty, I don't mean that at all." She looked at Huo Jinchi with a wronged look on her face.

Huo Jinchi glanced at her coldly and said in a vicious tone, "If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb!"

Fang Danying didn't expect him to say that, and his expression froze immediately, "Emperor..."

Just as she uttered the word "Emperor", she saw Huo Jinchi's eyes sweeping over her again, with a bone-chilling chill that made her swallow the rest of her words.

She forgot that even if the emperor and Concubine Xi were unhappy, it didn't mean that he would like her.

Huo Jinchi then brought up the palace maid that Shen Che had detained, along with Nanny Li.

As soon as the palace maid entered the palace, she immediately cried out that she was innocent, still using the same excuse, saying that she was just in a hurry and was worried about the beauty, so she accidentally bumped into Yun Qin.

He also said that he really didn't understand why Yunqin didn't let Nanny Li in, and her actions inevitably made people suspicious.

Huo Jinchi didn't frown at all after hearing this. He had really dealt with this kind of person enough in the harem recently. Now he didn't want to listen to her nonsense at all, and he didn't want to hear that she still wanted to bite Yun Qin now.

"Since you refuse to tell the truth, just drag you to the Ministry of Punishment for a thorough trial!" he said in a cold voice.

The palace maid was stunned on the spot and immediately cried out that she was innocent, but after only one cry, Xu An ordered his men to cover her mouth.

As for Nanny Li, she also lay paralyzed in the palace, but she looked like she really knew nothing about the matter, and everything she said sounded sincere.

"Drag her away too!" Huo Jinchi was too lazy to ask, and asked someone to drag Nanny Li away as well.

After the two men were dragged away, the hall was silent for a while except for the cries coming from the inner hall.

Dean Jiang came over quickly and frowned as he felt Yunqin's pulse. He couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, you are too reckless. You are already weak. You should stay in bed and recuperate. You should even walk less, not to mention running."

Only he dares to scold Yun Qin like this.

Yun Qin was scolded so much that she couldn't even raise her head. After a long while, she stammered, "The situation is urgent..."

Jiang Yuanzheng snorted, took out two pills, and handed them to Danxue, "Hurry up and give them to your mother with some water."

"yes!"

Huo Jinchi looked at this side, his face tense, but he didn't ask in the end, he just said to Jiang Yuanzheng: "Please go and see Miss Shen."

"It is the duty of an old minister."

This action made the people present think that the emperor invited Jiang Yuanzheng to come mainly for Concubine Shen.

Not long after Jiang Yuanzheng entered, there was a sudden noise outside the hall.

When Xu An saw Huo Jinchi frowning, he immediately walked out and angrily said, "Who is making such a fuss?"

Soon, a eunuch and a palace maid came in, and both of them fell to their knees on the ground.

"Your Majesty, the eunuch said that he found the palace maid tampering with the kettle." Xu Anxian reported, and then kicked the eunuch, "Say what you just said again!"

The eunuch shuddered, but still said with courage: "Your Majesty, I saw with my own eyes that the palace maid added medicine powder into the copper pot used to boil water for the beauty!"

As he spoke, he presented a crumpled paper package, "This is what I snatched from the hand of that palace maid!"

"I am innocent. I did nothing. The medicine is not mine at all!" The palace maid cried out in injustice.

Xu An immediately took it and showed it to Huo Jinchi.

Jiang Yuanzheng also came out upon hearing the voice. He first said that Lady Shen was fine, and then said to Xu An, "Sir, can you please show me the medicine?"

Of course Xu An had no objection and immediately brought the medicine bag to Jiang Yuanzheng.

Jiang Yuan was twisting the powder and putting it between his nose and smelling it. He frowned and wiped off the Chinese medicine powder with his handkerchief.

"Your Majesty, this powder contains alum. If you rub it on your body with water, it will corrode your skin."

Jiang Yuanzheng's face was solemn. "Add water to dilute it. Maybe an adult can still bear it, but if it is a baby, I am afraid it will not be able to bear it."

"It's really vicious!"

The Queen now had a little princess in her arms and hated to hear such words, so she immediately stared at the palace maid.

"Tell me, who told you to do this!" she asked angrily.

The palace maid no longer cried out that she was wronged, but her mouth moved.

Yun Qin saw it clearly and immediately shouted, "Pinch her chin!"

But Hawking Chi was one step faster than her and had already reached out to pinch her chin, obviously realizing that something was wrong.

But it was still a step too late. The palace maid had already bitten through the poison hidden in her mouth, and a stream of bright red blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

He then fell to the ground and died in a few breaths.

This shocked everyone present, and He Cainü even screamed.

"Your Majesty, this is obviously different from the previous cobblestone and the palace maid who was raped." Yun Qin stood beside the couch, looking at the palace maid who was dragged away by the eunuch, and said in a cold tone.

How many people want Shen Yanxin and her unborn child to die?

Hawking Chi was not likely to show his emotions easily, and he could no longer suppress his anger. "Good, that's good!"