Chapter 144 I Won’t Believe in Anyone
The emperor didn't even raise his eyes when he heard this.
Wu Jixiang could only bite the bullet and continue, "She admitted that she spent a silver ingot to have the waiter put a love potion in the food in the princess's room. But she said that she was instructed by the man who dined with the princess, and it was not her own intention."
The man who dined with the eldest princess?
Upon hearing this, the emperor slowly opened his eyes and asked, "The owner of Jinjinglou?"
Wu Jixiang responded, "In reply to the emperor, it is this person."
The emperor sneered, "What did Lu Mingfeng say?"
"In reply to Your Majesty, Lu Siqing has tortured Lin Miaomiao, and she has now confessed. As for the people involved, Lord Lu has not yet taken any action. I estimate that Lord Lu has already arrived at Xuanzheng Hall and is waiting for Your Majesty's instructions."
Wu Jixiang paused and continued.
"Lord Shen went to the Dali Temple earlier, seemingly intending to plead for Lin Miaomiao, but after being turned away by Lu Siqing, he has been kneeling outside the Xuanzheng Hall. He seems to be a little exhausted now."
The emperor's expression remained unchanged. "Call the imperial physicians, and have them all go to Linglong Pavilion."
Wu Jixiang: ...
He was stunned for a moment and responded quickly.
The emperor ordered his men to return at full speed, and by then, charcoal fire had already been lit in Linglong Pavilion.
When Huo Xiao carried Su Yunyao in, he was greeted by a wave of warmth.
The imperial physician knelt on the ground.
The entire harem was restless because of this incident.
"What happened?"
The queen has been suffering from morning sickness these days. She looks listless and has no energy, lying on the couch.
"To answer the Empress, the Emperor took the eldest princess to Huguo Temple to burn incense yesterday. The eldest princess seemed to be ill there. The Emperor summoned the imperial physician, and upon entering the palace, he went straight to Linglong Pavilion. All the imperial physicians are there now."
"What?" The queen was startled and sat up directly from the couch, lifted the quilt and was about to get up.
Yanhong's face turned pale with fear. She quickly walked over and held the queen's arm. "Your Majesty, what are you going to do? The imperial physician has instructed us to be careful with everything. Even if you want to stand up, you must let this maid help you. You must not make such a big movement."
The Queen's face darkened. "I'm going to Linglong Pavilion to see Changle and make some preparations."
"Your Majesty, I heard that the princess has caught a cold and has developed a fever. Fever can be fatal. You must not go there now. If the disease passes, it will be troublesome."
"How can you be so spoiled?" The queen stood up without any room for negotiation.
Yanhong knew that she couldn't persuade her, but she had to stop her, so she simply knelt in front of her.
"Your Majesty, I know you care about the eldest princess, but you finally got pregnant, and it's not even three months yet, which is when the fetus is most unstable. You've been feeling unwell these past few days, and you're carrying a legitimate son, so there can be no mishaps. Your Majesty, please think twice and let me go and see you. Your Majesty, you can't leave the palace!"
After Yanhong finished speaking, she kowtowed several times on the ground.
The queen finally calmed down a little.
She always thought that it was her bad luck, her poor health, and that she was not blessed enough to be a mother.
She knelt before the Goddess of Childbirth all day long, praying devoutly, hoping to have a child of her own.
But unexpectedly, she confessed herself.
She never imagined that the people in the palace were so vicious that they put something that would prevent her from having children in the incense she offered to Guanyin every day.
If Changle had not come to her palace that day and discovered this matter.
I'm afraid that in three to five years, her body will be completely ruined by that fragrance.
Changle turned over everything in her palace at that time, and she even misunderstood her, but she didn't expect that she did so much just to help her.
He even helped her without telling her, and asked Jin Jinglou to make a set of phoenix hairpins and give them to her as an apology.
She had always misunderstood Changle before.
What could she have done wrong? She just liked Chen Qiu Nian.
Why didn't she help her more in the beginning?
In fact, she has always known in her heart that although the emperor was not bad to her, he always treated her with courtesy.
There is no such kind of affection between them as that of children.
Nowadays, when the emperor comes to the harem, he spends most of his time in Fengqi Palace.
Changle must have said something in front of the emperor.
Apart from Changle's words, the emperor never believed anyone, let alone listened to anyone.
"Go and tell Jiao Ni to come. If the disease is really spreading, I won't go into the bedroom. I will just watch from a distance outside to feel at ease."
Yanhong knew that what she said was meaningless, so she asked someone to prepare a sedan chair and called some more people to follow.
Just left Fengqi Palace.
He ran into Concubine Shu's sedan chair head-on.
Concubine Shu narrowed her eyes slightly, as if she was displeased.
"Hasn't the Queen said she's been feeling unwell lately and even forgoes the greetings from the other palaces? Why did she come out on her own today?"
The accompanying palace maid whispered, "The Emperor just returned from Huguo Temple and said that the eldest princess is ill. The Emperor just sent the imperial physician to Linglong Pavilion. I believe that the Emperor is here now, and the Empress should have gone to Linglong Pavilion to see the eldest princess."
The corners of Concubine Shu's lips curled up in a mocking arc. "The Empress really knows how to flatter. Knowing that the Emperor likes the eldest princess, she is so deliberately trying to please him. She is not feeling well herself, but she still wants to see someone else. She is not afraid of passing her illness on to the eldest princess and having the Emperor punish her for being restless."
"Your Highness." The accompanying maid looked at the Queen's sedan chair getting closer and closer, full of worry, "Do you want to get out of the sedan?"
Concubine Shu frowned irritably, "Fall."
The imperial sedan chair of Concubine Shu stopped, and the imperial sedan chair of the Queen also stopped.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen, may Her Majesty live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."
"Get up."
The queen had an indifferent expression and glanced down at her condescendingly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Concubine Shu smiled knowingly and asked, "Where are you going, Your Majesty?"
"I heard that the eldest princess is ill, so I want to go to Linglong Pavilion to visit her. Would you like to go with me, Imperial Concubine?" the Queen said in a calm voice.
Concubine Shu didn't want to go, but the Queen spoke first. If she said she didn't go, and if it got to the Emperor's ears, wouldn't it seem that she didn't care enough about the eldest princess?
After all, everyone in the court knew about the eldest princess. The emperor held her in his hands for fear of her dropping, and held her in his mouth for fear of her melting.
Concubine Shu laughed awkwardly, "It's my fault. I didn't know the princess was ill. The Empress went ahead and I followed behind her."
The queen withdrew her gaze, supported her forehead with one hand, and closed her eyes.
Seeing that she didn't take her seriously at all, Concubine Shu's face turned pale and she clenched her hands into fists.
It had only been a short time since the emperor last visited her palace, yet the queen actually ignored her.
She wants to see how long a queen who has been in the palace for many years but has no favor and no children can be so arrogant.
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