The Empress poked Ji'er's face viciously with her hand, but Ji'er remained silent.
"Let her go! Ji'er, let me tell you, if anyone suspects you, just push everything onto Consort De, understand?"
Anyway, the person who was arrested was one of Consort De's men.
Ji'er nodded frantically, afraid that if she was even a step too late, the Empress would beat her again.
Meanwhile, Consort De was stunned when she heard that her servant had been arrested. She paced back and forth in her palace in a panic.
"What should we do? What should we do? Why was Hua'er so careless? How could she have been captured by Consort Mei's people?"
Chun'er, another maidservant by Consort De's side, immediately comforted her when she saw Consort De in this state.
"Your Highness, don't worry, no one will suspect you. You haven't forgotten, have you? Hua'er was someone I found elsewhere, so no one knows she's from our palace."
Chun'er looked at Consort De with a smug expression. Consort De was stunned for a moment, but after she reacted, she immediately beamed with joy.
“Oh right! If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have forgotten. We don’t have a maid named Hua’er in our palace, so what she did has nothing to do with us.”
Seeing that Consort De had come to her senses, Chun'er nodded in satisfaction.
"Your Highness, it's good that you understand now. Anyway, we're going to insist that Chun'er is not from our palace, and we don't know where she came from."
Consort De was now extremely pleased with Chun'er. No wonder her mother insisted that she take Chun'er with her when she entered the palace; Chun'er was indeed quite capable.
Otherwise, if she were in this situation, she probably wouldn't know what to do at all.
"Chun'er, it's so good to have you. If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't know what to do."
Chun'er nodded, "As long as Consort De doesn't forget what you promised me, I will definitely do my utmost for Consort De."
Upon hearing Chun'er's words, Consort De's expression changed instantly. She hadn't expected that Chun'er would take her casual remark seriously.
She glared at Chun'er through gritted teeth, about to say something, but then swallowed the words back down.
"Don't worry! I know you like the Emperor. As long as I'm alright this time, I will talk to the Emperor about this matter."
Qi Yehan told everyone the news of Jiang Jingyue's pregnancy during the morning court session this morning. When he said this, Qi Yehan couldn't suppress the smile on his face; he was just too happy.
"Your Majesty, we offer our congratulations! Consort Mei is truly a great blessing to our dynasty!"
Not only was the emperor happy, but the ministers were also happy, because now they no longer had to worry about their daughters being summoned to the palace by the Empress Dowager.
"If there's nothing else, let's adjourn the court. I still need to take care of Consort Mei."
Since the Emperor had said so, no one else dared to say anything about what had happened to them, and they all immediately shook their heads.
Before Qi Yehan even arrived at Jiang Jingyue's palace, he saw a maid rushing toward him.
The moment she saw him, she immediately knelt down.
The moment he knelt down, Qi Yehan finally saw who it was.
"Xiaoju, what are you doing here? Why aren't you taking good care of Consort Mei? What are you doing here?"
"What kind of behavior is this, all flustered and panicked?"
Xiaoju gasped for breath, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! Consort Mei has fallen!"
Upon hearing this, Qi Yehan dropped what he was carrying to the ground.
He was in a panic and immediately ran towards Jiang Jingyue's location as fast as he could.
He kept praying in his heart that Jiang Jingyue would be alright.
When he finally reached the palace, he saw that the imperial physicians were already inside.
"Imperial Physician, how is Consort Mei? Is she alright? And is the baby in her womb alright?"
Upon hearing the emperor's voice, the imperial physician immediately stood up.
"Your Majesty, Consort Mei is fine. She was just frightened. I will prescribe some calming medicine for her."
After the imperial physician finished speaking, he stepped back. Jiang Jingyue pouted and looked pitifully at Qi Yehan in front of her.
"Your Majesty, I am in so much pain! Someone is trying to harm our child."
Hearing Jiang Jingyue say this, Qi Yehan was still a little confused, so Xiaoju immediately stepped forward and explained the whole story to him.
After hearing this, Qi Yehan almost felt a surge of anger rising to his head.
"Who is so audacious as to plot against the imperial heir? They're practically courting death."
Jiang Jingyue's tears fell like they were free. No one knew that she had just spent a fortune on a tear-inducing pill to make her performance more realistic.
"Your Majesty, I have never harmed anyone, so why would anyone treat me like this?"
"It's alright if I get hurt, it's my concern that the child will be harmed."
Seeing Jiang Jingyue crying like this, Qi Yehan could no longer suppress his anger and suddenly overturned the table next to him.
The loud noise startled Jiang Jingyue; she hadn't expected Qi Yehan to suddenly become angry.
After venting his anger, Qi Yehan realized he had made a mistake. He had always been very careful in front of the little woman, and this was the first time he had shown this side of himself.
Qi Yehan glanced at Jiang Jingyue subconsciously. He originally thought that Jiang Jingyue would definitely be afraid of him, after all, he was so ruthless.
But to Qi Yehan's surprise, when he looked at Jiang Jingyue, there was not a trace of fear in her eyes.
Seeing that he was no longer afraid, Qi Yehan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Yueyue, don't be afraid. I'm not targeting you. I'm just angry when I think about how someone dared to treat you like this. I will control my emotions in the future."
Qi Yehan spoke to Jiang Jingyue with some guilt, genuinely worried that his violent behavior would frighten the young woman.
Jiang Jingyue shook her head in Qi Yehan's arms.
"Your Majesty, I know that Your Majesty is doing this for my own good, so I am not afraid. Thank you, Your Majesty."
Seeing that Jiang Jing didn't seem scared, Qi Yehan was relieved and immediately called out to the outside.
"Su Lin, investigate immediately. I want to see who has the audacity to plot against the imperial heir."
Su Lin nodded and immediately withdrew. The Emperor was so angry right now, he should hurry up and investigate.
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