Upon hearing this, Concubine Li couldn't wait to look in the direction the maid pointed. When she saw that the blood flowing from Empress Li's lower body had dyed the ground red, a barely noticeable sinister smile appeared in her eyes. If she delayed for a while, the baby in her belly would be lost.
Everyone present had their hearts in their throats. Liu Xi shouted at the people around him,
"Imperial Physician, Imperial Physician..."
An accompanying imperial physician hurriedly squeezed through the crowd, came to Empress Li, and began to take her pulse.
Seeing this, Luo Lan was about to step forward, but Ah Hong called him back softly.
"My Queen...don't..."
Luo Lan looked back at her, frowned, and asked in a low voice:
"I am the number one female physician appointed by the Emperor to Daning State. Empress Li has had her bleeding, and I want to check on her. Why are you stopping me?"
Ah Hong frowned, tugged at the corner of her clothes, and shook her head gently.
"Princess, the imperial physician is here, so you'd better not go forward. Didn't you just hear her? She's blaming Concubine Li for pushing her. Now we don't know if the baby in her belly can be saved, and we don't know if Concubine Li will admit to pushing her. While the two sides are arguing, it's better for you to stay out of it."
Although Ah Hong's words made some sense, Luo Lan couldn't help but go and take a look. Moreover, Empress Li's face looked very ugly. If someone died, it would be bad.
Thinking of this, she resolutely shook off Ah Hong's hand and quickly came to Empress Li. At this moment, the imperial physician shook his head helplessly, clasped his fists and said to the emperor:
"Your Majesty, Empress Li's fetus was already unstable. This time, when she fell into the water and called for help, she moved too much, and the fetus was temporarily deprived of oxygen..."
"Stop talking nonsense. Is the child okay?"
The emperor waved his hands impatiently. He had no intention of listening to these explanations. He just wanted to know whether he could keep the child he had in his old age.
The imperial physician sighed and shook his head vigorously, "Forgive me for my incompetence, the child was lost..."
"What?"
When the emperor heard this, he took a few steps back. Leng Yu and Leng Ming hurried forward to support him.
Upon hearing the news, Empress Li suddenly wailed and turned to look at Concubine Li.
"Sister Li, why do you want to harm my child? Why?"
After saying this, her body suddenly went limp and she fainted.
Seeing this, Luo Lan hurriedly asked someone to carry her into the carriage and began to give her simple treatment. Fortunately, she was not seriously injured, just a little weak.
Before Luo Lan was about to leave, she suddenly grabbed her hand, slowly opened her eyes with a pale face, and stared at Luo Lan in a daze, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.
Luo Lan knew that she must be very sad because her child was gone. In this small carriage, Luo Lan lowered his voice and whispered to her:
"Empress Li, please take good care of yourself. I will ask the Emperor to send you back to the palace. You need to recuperate and you must not be careless."
Empress Li suddenly looked at her with tears in her eyes.
"My child... is really gone?"
Luo Lan nodded somewhat sadly.
"Um……"
"hehe……"
Empress Li let go of Luo Lan's hand, looked at the roof of the car, and suddenly sneered, muttering,
"It's not that I want to take advantage of him, it's that he's too weak. Even if I can protect such a weak child this time, I may not be able to protect him next time."
Her words made Luo Lan stunned for a moment. How desperate must she be to say such words?
She wanted to comfort her, but didn't know how to say it. As a mother, she could understand Empress Li's pain of having just lost her child.
"Let me lie down for a while, you go out! Concubine Li hurt my child, I hope the emperor can make a decision for me."
After saying this, she closed her eyes resolutely. No one knew what she was thinking at this moment.
Empress Li's child was lost, but Concubine Li had a smug smile on her face. At this moment, the Emperor, who was standing with his hands behind his back, suddenly turned around with a cold brow, raised his finger and pointed at her, and asked sternly:
"You...you woman, your mind is so vicious, how could you do that? Someone come here!"
"emperor……"
Seeing that the emperor was really angry, Concubine Li's face suddenly changed, and she knelt down hurriedly to explain.
"Your Majesty, this has nothing to do with me. It was Empress Li who lost her balance and slipped."
After hearing what Concubine Li said, Luo Lan, who had just walked over, suddenly felt a tightness in his heart.
This Empress Li is indeed a person who does what she says. She wants to overthrow Concubine Li and even uses the fetus in her womb.
If she hadn't known in advance what Empress Li was going to do, she would have really thought that it was Concubine Li who pushed her into the water.
No matter how Concubine Li argued, she could not resist what the emperor saw with his own eyes.
"Hmph! Do you think I'm blind? I saw it clearly, it was you who pushed her over. You really hate me so much. Normally, you would cause trouble for her and come to me to complain, but I didn't expect you to go even further and target her, causing her to miscarry. How can I be fair to her if I don't punish you?"
"Your Majesty, I am innocent. I did not push her. She fell into the water by accident..."
But no matter how she explained, the emperor seemed not to be listening, and his face turned ashen.
Seeing that the emperor was getting angrier and angrier, Concubine Li looked at Leng Xi with a look of help. Leng Xi frowned, took two steps forward, clasped his fists and said:
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your health has just improved, so you must not be angry. I will prepare some more pills for you later. I also witnessed Empress Li's accidental fall into the water. It was indeed an accident. It had nothing to do with Mother."
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