mtl008 Chapter 176 Confession
Chapter 176 Confession
After receiving the order, Baoli reported with red eyes.
The person behind the attack on her master was most likely the Queen. She exaggerated the situation in the delivery room in order to prevent the Queen from making any other malicious moves.
However, the Queen has always been cautious and would not easily believe the one-sided words of the Concubine Shu, the Palace Maid.
She looked towards the delivery room worriedly and gave anxious instructions.
"Jianqiu, please go in and visit Concubine Shu on my behalf to see if she needs any help."
"Your Majesty, I once heard my mother say when I was at home that it's best for women who haven't given birth to enter the delivery room, otherwise it will affect their own blessings."
"Qiu promised that she would not be as sickly as this concubine. Perhaps she would be lucky enough to give birth to an imperial heir."
Fang Jiachun walked in at some point and gave naive advice.
Maybe it was because it was too cold on a snowy day, after she finished speaking, she coughed a few times while covering her handkerchief with her hands.
The Queen had long heard that Fang Jiachun was outspoken and had no suspicion that she had any ulterior motives.
When the concubines entered the palace, the queen investigated their backgrounds.
Among them, Fang Jiachunyi's mother would go to the temple to burn incense on the first and fifteenth day of every month. The delivery room is considered an unclean place. Can it really affect a person's blessings?
Jianqiu had no chance to give birth to a child, but the queen did not give up.
She was afraid that Jianqiu, who was contaminated with bad luck, would affect her, so she continued to speak according to Fang Jiachun's words.
"Mrs. Chun knows a lot. It's warm inside. Please follow me in."
Jianqiu followed her closely.
As soon as he entered the room, he showed the brocade box in his hand to Baoli.
"The Empress was worried that Consort Shu, who was pregnant with twins, would be too weak, so she brought a fifty-year-old ginseng."
"Miss Baoli, please take me to the small kitchen."
Ginseng is a very tonic food and is highly praised by concubines and dignitaries.
Fifty-year-old ginseng is even rarer.
"Why bother Qiu agreeing to do it? I can leave the rough work to this servant."
Jianqiu insisted, so Baoli had to use the excuse of heavy smoke from the small kitchen to take her into the small room next door and ordered someone to bring her clean water, a small stove and a casserole.
When Baoli went out, she winked at Xiaolinzi, who was guarding the corridor, and asked him to keep an eye on the people inside.
Less than half an hour later, the emperor entered Yonghe Palace.
Except for Shen Meizhuang who was still in confinement and Concubine Duan who was under house arrest, the other concubines in the harem were waiting in the main hall.
"Empress, how is Concubine Shu in the delivery room? Is everything okay?"
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Sister Shufei is in there, peacefully awaiting the birth. The delivery room is guarded by nurses and doctors. I believe everything will be fine."
No matter how nice the Queen said, she actually hoped that An Lingrong would die with three lives.
"Then I'll have to trouble the Queen."
The emperor, who was sitting on the couch, looked up and saw Concubine Hua’s angry face.
He looked at Hua Fei in confusion for several times before he was sure that someone had offended her.
"Hua Fei, what's wrong with you?"
"Your Majesty, as soon as I entered Yonghe Palace, a servant came up to me and asked, 'Did I order the Imperial Household Department to send chrysanthemums to Yonghe Palace this morning?'"
"You know what kind of person I am. How could I send chrysanthemums to a pregnant concubine at this time?"
"I beg Your Majesty to investigate. There must be a lowly person trying to slander me!"
Concubine Hua told the whole story in a flurry of words.
Her unfriendly eyes swept back and forth in the main hall, as if she wanted to find out the audacious person who sent chrysanthemums in her name.
That's right, when she entered Yonghe Palace, the receptionist Xiao Linzi simply told her what happened in the delivery room.
Hua Fei was shocked and angry at that time.
She was hiding in the Yiku Palace raising poultry, so how could someone frame her?
Seeing that she was very angry, the emperor felt that something must be going on.
"Hua Fei, what's wrong with this chrysanthemum?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know. But since someone has asked me, it must be that there is something wrong with the chrysanthemums in the delivery room."
"I see someone from the Imperial Hospital here. Your Majesty, please have someone examine Chrysanthemum."
Concubine Hua made her suggestions frankly, without any fear of the emperor's thorough investigation.
"Su Peisheng, have someone do what Concubine Hua says."
The emperor was not angry that Concubine Hua was framed, but he felt that even though he had sent several groups of people to guard Yonghe Palace, someone still took advantage of the opportunity to do evil.
Wei Lin, who had already checked Juhua and the midwife's robe, was busy in front of Su Peisheng and walked into the main hall with a serious face.
"Your Majesty, I have discovered that both the chrysanthemums and the wooden shelves are covered with a subtle medicinal powder. This powder has insect repellent properties and is harmless to humans when used alone."
"But I found another kind of powder in the robe of the nanny who was caught doing something wrong in the delivery room."
"When the two meet in a confined space, they will become a blood-activating medicine."
Wei Lin didn't need to say more, anyone with a normal mind knew the consequences of using this kind of medicine in the delivery room.
Hua Fei was so angry that she slapped the armrest of the chair.
"Your Majesty, please help me. There are some stinky bugs in the gutter trying to slander me."
She used so much force that tears came out of her eyes due to the pain.
The emperor didn't care about her vulgar words and comforted her softly.
"My beloved, I know you have been wronged, and I will investigate this matter thoroughly."
Concubine Hua looked at the emperor in confusion.
"How do you know that someone is slandering me?"
"I...I trust my intuition."
Concubine Hua always acts straightforwardly.
If Concubine Shu offended her, at most she would say a few sarcastic words to her face, or make things difficult for her when the Ministry of Internal Affairs distributed the allowances.
Such a complicated method of using drug blending to harm people is really difficult for her.
The emperor saw that there were no dark circles under Concubine Hua's eyes, so he knew that she had been sleeping well recently.
Wei Lin, who was kneeling in the hall, reported again at this time.
"Your Majesty, the guilty nanny has two small balls made of beeswax in her mouth."
"According to my humble investigation, one pill contains a deadly poison, and the other contains a potent drug."
The midwife brought these two pills into the delivery room, which shows that she had bad intentions.
The queen, who was sitting at the top, had a flash of light in her eyes, and cursed the midwife's incompetence in her heart.
The midwife she chose was a concubine's daughter. After her elder sister died early, she was forced by her mother-in-law to marry her brother-in-law as a second wife through dishonorable means.
Her husband hated her for her meanness and tortured her every day.
Under the education of their stepmother, stepsons and stepdaughters look down on their stepmother in every way.
At the suggestion of her people, the nanny prepared to do something earth-shattering to send both her parents' family and her husband's family down.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enter Yonghe Palace to deliver the baby for Concubine Shu.
Those who were in contact with the nanny were all secret people, so the queen was not worried that the matter would be traced back to her.
The emperor placed a heavy teacup on the table.
"Su Peisheng, go and torture him severely for me. I will definitely find out who is behind this."
In less than half a minute, Su Peisheng, with sweat on his forehead, entered the main hall to report.
"Your Majesty, the midwife is so bold that she demands a confession in front of you!"