"stop."
A cold and noble voice sounded, and a gleam of success flashed in Qiu Ziheng's eyes. The pain from the injuries on his body seemed to disappear.
How could the guards who came out to arrest people dare to give the person to Qiao Yu? It’s not that they didn’t want to give face to the imperial concubine, but they didn’t dare to do so.
The emperor has issued a death order, prohibiting Concubine Qiu from getting close to Concubine Lan. Anyone who violates the order will be killed without mercy.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has ordered that Concubine Qiu is not allowed to leave the Jinghua Pavilion without permission. If the Emperor knew that we disobeyed his order, I'm afraid we'd lose our heads. Please, Your Majesty..."
When Qiu Ziheng heard what they said, she was so angry that her eyes almost popped out. She knew that Hua Yunlan was a woman who was always pretending to be kind and decent, and she was afraid that she would really soften her heart and agree.
The carriage was covered with silk on all sides, and the windows inlaid with gold and gems were covered by a curtain of light blue crepe, making it impossible to notice its splendor.
The curtain was gently opened, and the woman in the car smiled:
"If the emperor is to investigate, I will bear the full responsibility. Little Chengzi, help Concubine Qiu up."
Just one glance and Qiu Ziheng was startled, but when he looked again, it seemed that nothing was different.
The guards looked at each other, not daring to stop the frail empress, and had to accept their fate.
Qiu Ziqiang was helped all the way into the Lanchao Palace. One of her legs was a little lame. Little Chengzi was not very willing to help this woman, so Qiu Ziqiang felt very uncomfortable walking.
Qiao Yu sat on the chair and waited until he had finished a cup of tea before looking at Qiu Ziheng again:
"Why is Concubine Qiu still standing? It's all the fault of these maids of mine for not having good eyesight. Please don't blame Concubine Qiu. Ying'er will bring a chair."
Qiu Zixuan gritted his teeth. The other party was obviously deliberately trying to trick him. Why was he still pretending?
"How could I blame the Empress? My mother said that pregnant women's memory is prone to decline. How could I blame the Empress? Oh, I forgot... Prince Jingyi just passed away. Please don't blame the Empress if she has any complaints."
"How dare you! If Concubine Qiu continues to disrespect Prince Jingyi and His Majesty, even if My Majesty is kind and doesn't take it to heart, don't blame me for suing the Emperor and the Empress Dowager."
In her previous life, Zhu'er knew that this woman had bad intentions. She only pretended to be virtuous in front of the emperor, but every word she said to other people was poison soaked in honey.
Qiu Ziqiang didn't dare to refute when being scolded by a servant. A little impatience can ruin a big plan. She wanted more than just to anger a servant.
"I was just tongue-tied for a moment, but Your Majesty has a good dog."
"Bang."
The teacup landed on the table with a sound, and the room suddenly became quiet. Zhu'er didn't want to upset the young lady, so even though she was not wrong, she knelt down and admitted her fault:
"This slave deserves to die."
"Get up, Zhu'er, you step back first."
Qiao Yu saw Qiu Ziqiang was going around in circles for a long time without saying what his purpose was. It was obvious that he still had a glimmer of hope for Yan Fu, or perhaps he knew that it was a matter of life and death to disturb the royal secrets.
"What kind of medicine does Qiupin's gourd sell? Can you tell me now?"
The contemptuous tone did not make Qiu Ziying angry. She was waiting to see how the woman would cry.
Her husband killed the bastard with his own hands, and only because of her relationship with Xue and Hua, he didn't abolish her. Would she also be as fearful and uneasy as herself?
"Prince Jingyi, oh, not only is he a bastard, how can he be worthy of being the crown prince of Dongxu!"
With a bang, before Qiu Ziheng could react to what happened, blood began to bleed from his fair forehead, drops of blood sliding down.
The teacup that was on the table just now is now shattered all over the floor:
“Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!! You crazy woman!!!”
Hearing the noise outside, he immediately came in to protect her. Who knew how Qiu Ziqian, this ill-intentioned woman, would bully his master?
"My lady, are you okay?"
Zhu'er was the one who came in first. When she saw Qiu Ziheng's bleeding head, she probably guessed something. This stupid woman had said something offensive to the Empress again!
"I wanted to give you some face, but since you're so arrogant, don't blame me for telling you everything."
In order to cooperate with the other party's performance, Qiao Yu gripped the corner of the table tightly, with such force that it seemed as if he was almost breaking it.
But how could the things in Lanchao Palace be of such poor quality? At most, they could only scratch Qiao Yu's hands. Zhu'er was completely focused on Qiao Yu and immediately stepped forward to stop him with a distressed look on her face:
"My lady, don't be angry because it's not worth it."
Qiao Yu raised her hands to indicate that she was fine, and looked at Qiu Ziqian angrily. Her angry look was so heartbreaking:
"Tell me, what on earth have I done to deserve you to slander me like this!"
Little Chengzi just came in and immediately gave a look to another young eunuch. He stepped forward to restrain Qiu Ziheng and forced her to kneel on the ground.
"Slander? If it was really slander, how could your unborn child be gone for no reason? If the Emperor really values you, how could there be so many mistakes?"
"What do you mean?"
Seeing that the other party had taken the bait, Qiu Ziqiang took advantage of the time when Xiao Chengzi had not yet covered his mouth and said:
"Do you really think that the child was killed by that idiot Hua Yunya? How could she have succeeded without the Emperor's instructions?"
Zhu'er looked a little strange. The young lady deliberately wanted to frame Concubine Qiu through Hua Er, hoping that when the emperor investigated, he would trace the clues to Concubine Qiu.
But the emperor protected Qiu Ziqiang, so only Hua Er was killed, and the little prince was gone in vain.
Is the truth not what I know?
Seeing the puzzled expressions of the master and servant, Qiu Ziqian pushed the frightened eunuch away and said triumphantly:
"That's because the Emperor suspected your child was an illegitimate offspring, the Regent's. That's why the imperial physician let down his guard, and your child's life was lost."
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