mtl008 Chapter 78 Huang Qiying 16
Chapter 78 Huang Qiying 16
"Where is Qi Ruren?"
Fujia reacted quickly. The most important thing now is whether Qi Ru can keep his mouth shut.
"Doctor Qi is not here today. He seems to be unwell, so he has asked for leave for the next two days."
"Wait here first!"
Fujia turned around and walked back.
Qi Ru could not be kept, but his death could not be related to the Cining Palace. At least the person who openly took action could not be the Empress Dowager's people.
Fortunately, they still have a few hidden chess pieces of the late Queen of Jingren Palace in their hands.
The Queen Mother was decisive and resolute. When she saw that Gao Xiyue's affair could no longer be concealed, she immediately cleared herself of all responsibility and also directed the dirty water to Changchun Palace and Jingren Palace.
Yu Hu didn't have many abilities, so when Hongli asked her to chase Qi Ru out of the palace to investigate, Qi Ru was already dead, poisoned to death, a clear case of murder to silence him.
In addition to Qi Ru, Yuxiu, the palace maid in Yongshou Palace who was responsible for boiling medicinal herbs, had committed suicide out of fear of punishment when she was found.
Almost all the clues were cut off. Yu Hu worked tirelessly for days to investigate, and finally followed the clues left by the empress dowager's people to find the queen and Qingying.
The "evidence" was immediately placed before Hongli. The young emperor's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot as he held the so-called evidence.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
The one who attacked Qi Ru was from the Ulanara clan, while Yu Xiu was from the Queen's clan. (In reality, the only master the two factions truly served was Zhen Huan.)
All the current clues point to Qingying being the mastermind behind the scenes, and the Queen wants to take advantage of the conflict between the two sides.
This is the script that the Queen Mother personally arranged for her adopted son's harem—
Back then, when Gao Xiyue was in the palace, Qingying entered the palace at the same time as Princess Bao, and were later promoted to concubines at the same time. They were equal in status, but Qingying always surpassed Gao Xiyue in favor.
Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, Gao Xiyue has become a noble concubine, but Qingying has been stripped of her position as a concubine because she gave chicken soup to the empress dowager on the seventh day after the death of the late emperor. She has been confined to Jingren Palace to mourn for her aunt.
Qingying couldn't accept this disparity, so she was jealous of Concubine Hui. Because she herself couldn't get pregnant, she didn't want Concubine Hui to get pregnant either, so she bribed Qi Ru to tamper with Concubine Hui's medicine.
Yuxiu was the chess piece placed by the Queen in Yongshou Palace, and was chosen by mistake to cook medicine.
Yuxiu, who comes into contact with medicinal herbs every day, must have discovered something and revealed it to the Queen. However, the Queen did nothing. She probably wanted to use Qingying to get rid of Concubine Hui, and at the same time get hold of Qingying's handle, killing two birds with one stone.
This is too absurd. Hongli couldn't believe it. His trusted wife and beloved lover were both people with a snake heart and a good mouth?
Hongli didn't believe it at all! However, the evidence was overwhelming and well-founded.
Hongli sat there all night holding the "evidence" and finally made up his mind to save Qingying.
So the evidence finally presented to Gao Xiyue was that the Queen was afraid of the power of her family and was afraid that if she had a son, it would threaten Yonglian's position; and coincidentally, Concubine Yi did not want her to have her own children for the sake of her two daughters, so the two of them cooperated and colluded with the imperial physician to ruin her body.
Huang Qiying, who was chosen as a scapegoat by the emperor, was so angry that she laughed: "Ha! You bastard! I just provoked you and you throw dirty water on me like this!"
To be honest, Huang Qiying felt that this chain of evidence was extremely far-fetched, but the emperor and Gao Xiyue did not think so.
So the queen panicked and Gao Xiyue was angry!
"Empress, Concubine Yi, I treat you as sisters, and this is how you treat me?!"
"Slander! This is absolutely slander. I swear on the Fucha family's century-long glory that this matter has nothing to do with me! Xiyue, you have to believe me!
Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with me. Please re-investigate this matter, find the real culprit, and give justice to me and Sister Xiyue."
Fu Cha Langya really felt wronged. If it was about Linglingxiang, she would admit it, but she would never admit to something she had never done!
"Sister Noble Concubine, I swear to you: If I, Huang Qiying, do such a heartless thing, both mother and child will die in this pregnancy!"
"shut up!"
Hongli was furious. "Who allowed you to swear so recklessly on the dragon fetus? If the dragon heir is in trouble, how many lives do you have to pay for it?"
Huang Qiying looked him straight in the eyes, her gaze stubborn. "I didn't do it, so why should I be afraid? Slanderous words are not worthy of trust."
"Are you saying that I have wronged you?"
"I dare not. I am just a person of integrity and I have nothing to fear." Huang Qiying looked away, disdain in her heart. Don't you know best whether it's unfair or not? You are the one who threw all this dirty water on me, scumbag!
I swear on my child that you are so panicked. When you used me as a scapegoat, why didn’t you seem to be worried about the fact that I was pregnant?
The Empress cared most about the Fucha family's honor, and Huang Qiying had pledged her life and the life of her unborn child. Neither of them seemed to be acting fake. Gao Xiyue was bewildered: Could it be that the Emperor's investigations weren't the truth? Is the Emperor... so useless?
"Don't dare? I think you dare very much!" Hongli's eyes were cold and his tone was stern.
Huang Qiying thought he was just peeing. "If Your Majesty says so, then I really can't defend myself. But I really can't agree with what Your Majesty has found out today."
You said that the Queen was afraid of the Gao family and the Imperial Concubine's sister. Can Lord Gao alone compare to the generations of merits of the Fucha family?
Or is it that your first wife, the wife of Prince Bao appointed by the late emperor, and now the Empress who has both a son and a daughter and is firmly seated on the throne of the Central Palace, is no match for your sister, the Imperial Concubine?
What a joke! "
Fu Cha Langya was surprised. She didn't expect that in such a situation, when Huang Qiying argued with reason, she would not rush to excuse herself, but would first remove her as the queen.
Hongli also frowned. Yes! The Queen doesn't need to be afraid of the Imperial Concubine at all. With the power of the Fucha family, even the Emperor himself dare not offend them easily. Why would the Queen bother to murder the Imperial Concubine?
"As for my motive for attacking the Imperial Concubine, it is even more ridiculous.
Nowadays, all the children in the palace are raised by concubines. Jingqin and Jingyuan are already the adopted daughters of the Imperial Concubine. Even if the sister is pregnant, the mother-daughter relationship will not change. Moreover, the child born by the Imperial Concubine will not be raised by her personally. After the child is born, even if it is not given to the concubines, it will be given to the Queen Mother to raise.
Otherwise, are you going to give the child of your sister, the Imperial Concubine, to Concubine Wan, or perhaps to Concubine Xian, who is still in mourning?"
"Princess Yi, how dare you!" She babbled a lot, and you still had the nerve to say you had no words to defend yourself? She had already finished babbling!
How could Hongli not be angry and embarrassed when the carefully selected scapegoat overturned all the evidence?
"I am just telling the truth. Why is the emperor so angry?" The emperor's abnormality made her look at him with a bit of suspicion.
Hongli felt as if she had seen through him, and he was furious. "Princess Yi, what are you looking at?!"