Chapter 171 The truth is revealed

Xia Zhengqi stared at the queen with wide eyes, and signaled with his eyes, do you still remember this?

The queen shook her head in confusion.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember? Ten years ago, I was confined to my own palace for three months because I offended the empress dowager. Didn't Zhou Baolin's house arrest happen at this time?"

Xia Zhengqi looked at Debao, Yingxue, Sang Qi and other senior palace maids and asked, "Who of you still remembers that Zhou Baolin was under house arrest back then?"

Debao said, "I remember, At that time, Concubine Jiang only said that Zhou Baolin was ill and would infect others, so she moved her to a secluded place to recuperate. "

Xiao Luzi also echoed: "Yes, yes, what Eunuch Debao said is right, that's what happened at the time. After that, Zhou Baolin has never been seen again. Concubine Jiang only said that she was suffering from a serious disease and could not be cured, so she sent her away."

Xia Zhengqi secretly gritted his teeth.

How dare they do such a thing in the harem!

Jiang Qiqiu, yes, Jiang Hui must be involved.

Xia Zhengqi suppressed his anger, looked at Zhou Baolin and said, "Go on, what happened later."

Zhou Baolin spoke slowly and calmly, "Later, I was kept under house arrest, my belly grew bigger day by day, and Concubine Jiang sent people to deliver food and drink every day until I gave birth."

"Later, I gave birth to a baby boy, but I only held him for an hour before Concubine Jiang's people snatched him away." Zhou Baolin's tone became difficult when she spoke here. "

Later, after a few days, a young eunuch came to announce that I was infected with a serious disease and could no longer accompany the king, and that I was sent to the cold palace."

Zhou Baolin seemed to think of the ten years that she could not bear to look back on, tears streaming down her face, and she cried silently.

"I have been imprisoned in the cold palace for more than nine years. Until tonight, the fifth prince and the little princess accidentally broke into my cold palace."

"I saw the birthmark on the fifth prince's face and confirmed that he was the child I gave birth to that year." Zhou Baolin was already crying.

Xia Zhengqi clenched his fists and slammed them on the table again and again: "How can this be! How can this be!"

He recalled that when Concubine Jiang Gui was pregnant, she never let him touch her belly on the grounds that the fetus was unstable.

And when Concubine Jiang Gui gave birth to a child, she recovered very quickly and was in good shape. Her figure was still like that of a girl.

Yes, Jiang must have never given birth to a child.

Besides, my daughter has great magical powers and will not speak nonsense.

"Call the imperial physician who was in charge of taking care of Concubine Jiang's pregnancy and the imperial physician who treated Zhou Baolin, all of them, immediately!" Xia Zhengqi roared.

When Imperial Physician Chen received the news that

he had to go to the palace immediately, he had just finished the New Year's Eve dinner with his family. As a senior imperial physician in the Imperial Hospital, it was not his turn to be on duty on New Year's Eve.

He was drinking tea happily with a full stomach, when he was twisted and walked away by a group of ferocious eunuchs.

"What are you doing? Is some noble sick?" Imperial Physician Chen was a little flustered, but no eunuch answered his question.

Imperial Physician Chen was driven by two eunuchs and thrown to the ground outside the cold palace.

Eunuch Debao walked up to Xia Zhengqi and said in a clear and logical manner: "Your Majesty, I have checked the medical records and found that it was Doctor Chen who diagnosed Zhou Baolin with a serious illness, diagnosed Jiang's pregnancy pulse, and took care of the baby."

Doctor Chen had guessed what happened when he heard Debao's words and realized that it was his own incident.

"Doctor Chen, I want to ask you, was it you who diagnosed Zhou Baolin with a serious illness?" Xia Zhengqi stared at Doctor Chen fiercely.

Doctor Chen felt a chill in his body when he met the emperor's gaze, as if he had been electrocuted.

He stammered, "Yes."

Zhou Baolin stood up quickly and faced Doctor Chen, his eyes glaring like bells: "Look at me, do you know me?"

Doctor Chen was so scared that he fell to the ground, his lips trembling, unable to speak.

"Doctor Chen, I was a new concubine who had just entered the palace. You have never seen me and don't even know me! You actually said you have treated me!" Zhou Baolin's tone was firm, as if he was conducting a trial.

"Old man... Old man..." Doctor Chen stammered twice and couldn't speak.

With a "bang", Xia Zhengqi picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it at Doctor Chen.

"You are so bold!"

The teacup hit Doctor Chen's forehead, and blood oozed out instantly.

Doctor Chen cried out, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to wipe the blood.

"I can't remember, it's been too long... Your Majesty, I didn't lie to you." Doctor Chen kowtowed repeatedly.

"Let me ask you again, was it you who diagnosed Jiang's pregnancy pulse back then?" Xia Zhengqi's eyes were about to spit fire.

"Yes..." Doctor Chen lowered his head, his voice trembling.

Debao handed two medical records to Xia Zhengqi very tactfully.

One was about the illnesses of concubines, and the other was about Concubine Jiang's pregnancy and childbirth.

Xia Zhengqi picked up the medical records and looked at them carefully.

According to the medical records, the time when Concubine Jiang found out she was pregnant and the time when Zhou Baolin diagnosed her serious illness were only two days apart.

The time when Zhou Baolin was diagnosed with an incurable disease and unfit to have contact with others was the same day as when Concubine Jiang gave birth.

Xia Zhengqi threw two medical records in front of Doctor Chen and said coldly, "Look at the time on it yourself. What else can you say?"

Doctor Chen picked up the two medical records and pretended to look at them. His forehead was already sweating.

"This was all forced by Jiang!" Doctor Chen cried.

"Doctor Chen deceived the emperor and will be handed over to the Dali Temple first!" Xia Zhengqi said coldly.

Doctor Chen collapsed to the ground instantly.

Two guards stepped forward and carried Doctor Chen out.

Xia Zhengqi stepped forward, helped Zhou Baolin up, and said softly, "Ms. Zhou, you have suffered so much these years."

Zhou Baolin's eyes turned red, and tears fell like rain.

[Great, it seems that Dad believes it!] Xia Miaoyuan was also excited and tears welled up in her eyes.

Xia Zhengqi looked at Zhou's haggard face and blamed himself: "This is all my fault! I selected you to enter the palace, but I didn't care about you enough, so I gave that vicious woman an opportunity to take advantage of you."

[Daddy is still self-aware. Isn't it? So many young girls were brought into the palace, some were thrown aside after sleeping with them, and some were never even seen. The rest of those women's lives were trapped within these high palace walls.]

"Father!"

Xia Zhengqi was still trapped in a self-blaming mood, and the fifth prince came over and pulled the corner of his clothes.

"Father, can you please take my mother out as soon as possible? This place is really terrible."