Chapter 483: Banishing the Queen to the Cold Palace

"What...what?" Xiao Jinxuan was a little dumbfounded.

Xie Zhuoning repeated, "I'm pregnant. I found out this morning when Ah Yu checked my pulse. She said I'm just pregnant and the pregnancy is still young. I'll confirm it in a few days."

She had not wanted to say it so early, fearing that it would be a false alarm, but she really could not bear to see Xiao Jinxuan sad.

"That's great, that's great." Xiao Jinxuan wanted to hold Xie Zhuoning and spin around, but was afraid of pressing on her belly, so he simply carefully picked her up and walked out of the palace.

Xie Zhuoning was somewhat speechless, "I can walk by myself."

What would you say if you saw people coming and going?

Xiao Jinxuan refused to let her go, "No, I want to carry you. What if I tire you out?"

Just take two steps, why is it so?

But Xiao Jinxuan didn't listen. After returning, she called everyone over and told them not to disturb her with anything and let her have a good rest.

Xie Zhuoning: "..."

It's a turbulent time right now, and he still doesn't allow her to interfere in things?

If I had known he was so nervous, I wouldn't have told him.

Xie Zhuoning then lived a life of gaining weight at home, where she had nothing to do but to stretch out her hands for clothes and to open her mouth for food. She was so idle that she was almost going mad.

She called Song Yuqiu and Xia Ju to her side, "Ah Yu, I will take you to the palace. Go check the pulse of the Empress Dowager. I think she is not in good condition and I am a little worried."

Although the poisoned wine was given by the Grand Empress Dowager, Concubine Jing was determined to die, so there was no one to blame.

When Xiao Jinxuan left, the Empress Dowager looked completely out of spirit and looked very serious, so she asked Ah Yu to take her pulse to put her mind at ease.

Another thing she had wanted to do for a long time, but had never been sure about it before.

It was not until recently that she saw that the baby girl she had taken out of the palace was growing more and more like Bai Yingxue, that she finally confirmed one thing.

At that time, the Eastern Palace kept several pregnant women, and performed caesarean sections to deliver babies to replace the baby girl born by Bai Yingxue.

Therefore, the little grandson of the emperor who is in the palace now is a fake.

But she was not sure whether Bai Yingxue wanted power or her biological daughter, so she had to send Xia Ju to bring a message for her to test Bai Yingxue.

Unexpectedly, Bai Yingxue responded quickly -

She asked to see Xie Zhuoning and also asked to see her daughter.

The meeting place was arranged in a teahouse outside the palace. After Xie Zhuoning confirmed that Bai Yingxue had no ambush and did not bring anyone with her, he asked Xia Ju to take the half-year-old baby girl, and the two of them walked into the house.

Sometimes blood is a very magical thing. Even though Bai Yingxue had never seen her own daughter, the moment she held her in her arms, she could confirm with absolute certainty that this was her daughter.

Tears fell from her eyes. "I thought she was dead, but she is still alive."

She knew that the little grandson in the palace was a fake. No matter how cute the child was, she felt a strong sense of disgust towards him.

She also knew that it was the Queen's doing. All the pregnant women and children who died in the secret passage were silenced.

Including her newborn baby.

That's why she used a trick to send the queen to worship Buddha during the Han Ding case.

But unexpectedly, the prince brought the queen back so quickly, completely disregarding the opinions of the people in the world.

Before he even ascended the throne, he had already become a tyrant who favored his friends based on personal connections, disregarded human life, and was blinded by beauty.

Bai Yingxue held the child in her arms and coaxed him for a long time, not wanting to let go.

It was not until late at night that she returned the person to Xie Zhuoning.

Because of her status, she was destined to not be able to take the child home and raise him with her.

"Thank you for saving her, and thank you for letting me see her." She said this sincerely.

Who could have imagined that, for the sake of a man, the two of them had fought fiercely and schemed against each other, but in the end, she would actually thank Xie Zhuoning.

"You're welcome," Xie Zhuoning was not trying to be nice and ask for her thanks, "I let you see her not to reunite you and your daughter, but to let you develop feelings for each other and use her as a hostage."

After all, Bai Yingxue was once Xiao Bicheng's favorite woman, and she also held the position of Crown Princess, which was very important.

Bai Yingxue had figured it out a long time ago, "My coming here is already the answer."

When Xie Zhuoning heard this, he knew that his trip was not in vain.

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As for the Empress Dowager, Xie Zhuoning was unable to defend herself despite all his precautions.

At noon, she ate a few pieces of cakes sent by Prince Xuan's palace, and suddenly fainted, vomiting blood. When the imperial physician rushed over, she was no longer able to breathe.

Empress Sima had waited too long for this moment, so she immediately sent people to capture Prince Xuan and his wife.

Xiao Jinxuan didn't want Xie Zhuoning to go, but she insisted on going, so the couple rushed to the palace together.

As soon as he entered, he was met with an angry rebuke from Empress Sima, "How dare you poison the Empress Dowager!"

Xiao Jinxuan frowned coldly, "It is rather biased for the Queen to say such things without any evidence."

"How dare you make excuses! The Empress Dowager was the one who killed your mother. You wanted to avenge your mother, so you added poison to the sample you sent to me. You wanted to poison the Empress Dowager and avenge your mother, right?"

After hearing this, Xiao Jinxuan roughly knew who spread the gossip outside.

He looked at Empress Sima and said, "Didn't you poison the cake? If anyone wants to murder the Empress Dowager, it should be you."

The queen's eyes narrowed suddenly, and she forced herself to calm down, "I think you won't cry until you see the coffin. Come, torture me!"

"Wait a minute." Bai Yingxue came in from outside and said, "Since we want to investigate the murderer of the Grand Empress Dowager, how can we find a witness?"

She asked Xu Yi to push in several palace maids. Some of them were responsible for getting the medicine, some were responsible for keeping watch, and some were responsible for administering the medicine. None of them were left out and they were all captured by her.

Empress Sima finally began to panic, "Crown Princess, what do you mean by this? You are slandering your mother, this is treason!"

Bai Yingxue looked at her coldly, "This is the retribution you deserve."

Poisoning the Empress Dowager, how serious a crime is that?

But if the prince were to make the decision, this matter would most likely be resolved like before.

But unfortunately, Emperor Zhaowen was awake.

The moment he heard the news, Emperor Zhaowen spat out a mouthful of blood, "Idiots, all of them are idiots!"

If they hand over the kingdom of Daye to such a foolish woman and her suicidal son, can they really keep it?

After spitting out this mouthful of blood, Emperor Zhaowen fell into a coma.

When I woke up again, it was already night.

He personally issued an order to severely punish the empress, deprive her of her title and banish her to the cold palace.

This time, Empress Sima was really dumbfounded.

She never expected that the evil plot she had designed against Xiao Jinxuan and his wife would end up being betrayed by her own daughter-in-law, and her efforts would fail.

She originally thought that Emperor Zhaowen would die soon and that her becoming the empress dowager was a done deal, but she never expected that she would be deprived of her position by order.

She asked to see Emperor Zhaowen, but he refused to see her and instead specifically asked to see Xiao Jinxuan.

Before Empress Sima was taken away, she gave her son one last warning, "Your father is a traitor. He might pass the throne directly to Xiao Jinxuan. If it becomes a last resort, remember to fight for yourself."

"I know." Xiao Bicheng nodded, but he felt nervous inside.

He didn't understand what was going on. Why in such a short period of time, his grandfather was assassinated and his mother was banished to the cold palace.

It seemed that he was about to reach the pinnacle of power, but when he looked back, there was no one around him.