Chapter 264: Under Instigation
After hearing what Lu Xiang said, Queen Song felt her head buzzing. She hurriedly asked Shaohua to go to the Yanx Palace to invite someone, and then asked someone to invite Imperial Physician Zheng.
Doctor Zheng is the imperial physician who has been treating Lu Yao these days. Although he is not a close confidant of Queen Song, he is a relatively upright person.
Then he ordered the eunuch chief Meng Sheng to secretly go to Xu's house to arrest someone. If the person was in the Imperial Medical Bureau, he would find a random reason to call the person out and arrest him, and interrogate him suddenly, so as not to give Doctor Xu a chance to inform others.
While waiting for Concubine Zhen, Queen Song was not in a hurry to ask for the reason, because she would have to explain it again when Concubine Zhen arrived. Fortunately, she waited for Concubine Zhen to arrive and asked at the same time.
Not long after, Concubine Zhen arrived.
"Your Majesty, the Queen, is here to see you."
Concubine Zhen first looked at the woman kneeling beside her in confusion, then bowed.
Shaohua just invited her to Jingren Palace and didn't say anything.
"I wonder what important matter your Majesty has called me here for?"
"Princess Zhen, please sit down." Queen Song said.
Concubine Zhen thanked him and sat down nervously.
Queen Song then said, "Xiangxiang hurried into the palace to see me. She heard from this woman that your pregnancy was fake..."
Just as she was halfway through her words, Concubine Zhen stood up in fear, fell to her knees with a plop, and said with a pale face, "Your Majesty, I dare not lie to you. The imperial physician has indeed diagnosed that I am pregnant."
False pregnancy?
Once discovered, it would be a capital crime, and her family might even be implicated. Even if she wanted to win favor, she would not dare to do such a thing.
Concubine Zhen was so frightened that she lost her mind.
"Get up quickly." said Queen Song.
Shaohua hurriedly helped Zhenpin up, but Zhenpin felt her legs were so weak that she could hardly stand.
Queen Song said: "I am not doubting you, but you are being schemed against."
Concubine Zhen stared at Queen Song blankly, her expression did not improve because of these words: "What...what do you mean?"
Just as he finished speaking, he heard the eunuch outside the hall report that Doctor Zheng had arrived.
Concubine Zhen was even more frightened.
Ever since she found out she was pregnant, she had been immersed in the joy of becoming a mother, but today she was suddenly told that all this was fake.
Did someone plot to make her fake pregnant?
Imperial Physician Zheng strode into the main hall and said, "Your humble servant pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen. May Your Majesty be blessed with good fortune."
"Meet the Queen Concubine Zhen."
"Doctor Zheng, please don't be polite." Queen Song said, "Go and take Concubine Zhen's pulse."
Doctor Zheng thought that Concubine Zhen's pregnancy was unstable, so he asked him to feel her pulse. He walked up to Concubine Zhen, placed a silk handkerchief on her wrist, and gently took her pulse.
The next moment, his expression suddenly changed and he almost fell to his knees, looking at Concubine Zhen with horror.
Everyone looked at Doctor Zheng and knew there was nothing they didn't understand.
Concubine Zhen's slender fingers tightly grasped the armrests of the chair, feeling both angry and afraid.
Doctor Zheng quickly withdrew his hand and knelt in front of Queen Song, saying, "Your Majesty..."
"Tell the truth." Queen Song said with a faint look in her eyes.
Doctor Zheng did not dare to think too much and said hurriedly: "To reply to your Majesty, Concubine Zhen is in good health, there is nothing wrong with her, and... there is no pulse of pregnancy."
After saying this, Imperial Physician Zheng felt that there was about to be another storm in the palace.
When Concubine Zhen heard the affirmative result from Imperial Physician Zheng, she collapsed in her chair, as if all her strength had been drained away in an instant, like a wooden chicken.
"I understand. You can go back. Remember, you are not allowed to reveal a single word unless I tell you to. Otherwise, I will never let you off." Queen Song looked at Doctor Zheng with a cold expression. There was a fierce aura on her pretty face that made her look intimidating without even being angry.
Doctor Zheng hurriedly responded respectfully: "I obey your order."
Then he left Jingren Palace.
As soon as he stepped out of the palace gate, Imperial Physician Zheng dared to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and slowly returned to the Imperial Hospital.
After Doctor Zheng left, Queen Song looked at the woman kneeling on the ground. His cold gaze cut into her body like a knife, making her feel as if she was on the verge of death.
"Tell me everything you know, and I will spare your life."
The woman kowtowed and cried, "I say, I say everything."
Lu Xiang had already made the threats before entering the palace.
How could a commoner like her withstand the threat of an official's daughter? Moreover, it was shameful for her, a married woman, to have an affair with Imperial Physician Xu. As long as the news got out, not to mention her reputation would be ruined, she would also end up being thrown into a pig cage.
These nobles just wanted to know whether Doctor Xu had mentioned anything about the palace to her in the past two months. As long as she told them everything, they would let her go.
As for the life or death of Doctor Xu.
Who cares.
Save your own life first.
"I once saw a note in his clothes that said 'gain Concubine Zhen's trust and make her believe that she is pregnant'. Another time, it was almost midnight when his servant suddenly came to see me. I vaguely heard something about the date coming soon. In order to prevent Concubine Zhen from getting suspicious, I asked him to quickly send medicine to the palace. I don't know anything else."
Because the article mentioned concubines in the palace, the woman was deeply impressed.
When Lu Xiang asked her, she quickly thought of this matter, and she didn't expect that what he said was exactly what she wanted.
After the woman finished speaking, she glanced at Lu Xiang nervously, and seeing that Lu Xiang's face was gloomy and he was afraid, he quickly lowered his head.
"Your Highness, although she only knows these few words, the clue is clear. There is only one Concubine Zhen in the palace, and she happens to be pregnant again. Everyone in the palace believes that she is pregnant, and Doctor Xu gave Concubine Zhen medicine, so her life was interrupted."
It seemed inappropriate to say these words in this situation, but Queen Song would never bother with Lu Xiang about it.
Concubine Zhen's beautiful face was filled with fear, and her face was so white that it was almost transparent.
"Yes... who wants to harm me..."
If Xiangxiang hadn't discovered this and told her in advance, once it was exposed by others in the future, she would have been guilty of deceiving the emperor. The emperor would not believe her innocence, and everyone in the palace would think that she was using any means to win favor.
Lu Xiang looked at Concubine Zhen and said nothing.
The biggest suspect in this matter is Concubine Shu.
But it is true that Imperial Physician Xu had an affair with a maid in Concubine Xian's palace. But if we ask who Imperial Physician Xu worked for, it is obviously more likely Concubine Xian.
Not long after, Meng Sheng came back.
He bowed to everyone, and then said, "Your Highness, Doctor Xu was sent to the Ministry of Punishment. I haven't pried open his mouth yet, but I arrested the servant beside him. The boy couldn't stand the torture and said that Doctor Xu took the initiative to approach Concubine Zhen and gave her a prescription to help her conceive. Within a month of taking the prescription, he diagnosed that Concubine Zhen was pregnant. In fact, this was a trap to lure Concubine Zhen into it, and then when the time was right, he would let the people in her palace expose Concubine Zhen's fake pregnancy."
When Concubine Zhen heard this, she felt dizzy and almost fainted.
Queen Song looked at Meng Sheng and asked, "Didn't the servant tell me who ordered Doctor Xu to do this?"
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