In Yanxi Palace, Yuan Qing reported again that the harem could not find any traces of Chen Xiang. "I'm afraid that person has already destroyed the agarwood!”the Empress said worriedly.
"The last time, it won't happen more than three times.”The Emperor turned to look at Zhi Ran and said," Then Zhen has no choice.”
"The Empress Dowager has arrived."
"Empress Dowager, good luck!" Everyone bowed.
"Get up." Kuai mama helped the empress dowager sit down.
"Royal Mother, why did this matter alarm you?”The Emperor sat beside the Empress Dowager and asked.
"Your harem is full of 'shakedowns,' even if this widow doesn't want to know, it's hard!”The Empress Dowager frowned and said," What exactly happened? Why did the Emperor make such a big fuss? Search the harem wantonly?"
The emperor told the empress dowager about Zhi Ran's encounter,"Your son thought that person wouldn't dispose of the incense, so I kept it.”
"Have you checked?" The Empress Dowager turned to Yuan Qing.
" Yes, but…" Yuan Qing looked up at the Emperor.
"But what?"
"It's just that Consort Shun Niangniang's pharmacy was not checked. Consort Shun Niangniang said that she did not need to harm your noble person, and if the medicine in the pharmacy was messed up by the servants, it would be inconvenient to make medicine in the future.”
"That's true." The Empress said," Consort Shun is pregnant, so why harm your concubine? Besides, with Chen Xiang by her side, wasn't she afraid of her miscarriage?”
"No, you tell Consort Shun that zhen must search her pharmacy. There cannot be any mistakes.”
"Yes." Yuan Qing left after receiving the order.
"Empress, Eunuch Yuan is here." Jiang Wengu reported.
"Why again? This is already the third time!" Guan Ling complained. Xiang Zhu smiled and shook her head.
"Consort Shun is lucky, Consort Dun is lucky!”Yuan Qing bowed.
"Get up. Eunuch Yuan, why are you investigating again?"
"Replying to niangniang, the emperor asked this servant to check your pharmacy and said that it must be checked, so it is better to trouble niangniang to open the door of the pharmacy and let this servant search!”
Hearing that they were going to search the pharmacy, Guan Ling's heart skipped a beat. She immediately stopped them,"Why are you searching the pharmacy? Does the emperor not trust sister? There was no need for her sister to hide Chen Xiang! Such a dangerous thing should have been disposed of by those people long ago! How could someone be so stupid to stay by his side! Besides, Sister Xiangzhu is definitely not such a person!”
Xiang Zhu smiled as she pulled Guan Ling's hand."Sister, don't worry. A good person like sister is not afraid of a bad shadow. The Father-in-law will investigate and prove my innocence." Taste Ru, take the father-in-law to the prescription.”
"Yes, I am. Eunuch, please." Pin Ru led Yuan Qing and the others to the prescription. Guan Ling's heart was in her throat as she helped Xiang Zhu to the pharmacy.
Yuan Qing sent people in to search. After a while, a young eunuch came out with a small bag of things and said,"Eunuch Yuan, this servant looks like it!”
The imperial physician at the side picked it up and smelled it. He turned around and said,"This is Agarwood."
" What?!" Xiangzhu stared at Chenxiang and said,"That's impossible!" BenGong's palace has never had this before! Pinru! Tell me, did you hide this here?!”
"Your Majesty, you're right. I didn't do it!"”
"Impossible! Bengong would never have this! It's impossible!" Xiang Zhu repeatedly denied. Seeing Xiang Zhu's frightened expression, Guan Ling felt very bad, but she knew that it was impossible to admit it at this time, so she said to Xiang Zhu,"Sister, sister, don't be afraid. Someone must have framed sister! Sister, don't worry!"
"No matter what, I'll have to trouble the Empress to come with this servant. The emperor is wise, if Consort Shun is innocent, then the emperor will definitely return her innocence.”Yuan Qing made a "please" gesture.
"Let's go then. BenGong didn't do anything, why would I be afraid of being framed?!”Xiang Zhu took a deep breath and said," Eunuch, please!”
In the Yanxi Palace, Yuan Qing came to report,"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, Your Majesty the Empress, this servant has found Chen Xiang in Consort Shun's medicine room. Now, the person has been brought here. Please take care of him, Your Majesty."”
" What?!" The Emperor was very surprised, and the Empress Dowager was even more so.
"Let her in."
"Yes."
Xiang Zhu slowly walked in with her belly out and knelt down. "ChenQie pays her respects to the emperor, empress dowager, and empress niangniang.”Xiang Zhu slowly bowed.
"Did you do it?"
"No." Xiang Zhu's eyes were unusually firm.
"Emperor, elder sister has always been a righteous person, it's impossible for her to do such a despicable thing! Moreover, there was no need for her sister to harm your concubine, because she was a consort and had a dragon descendant. What else was there to be unsatisfied with? So it definitely wasn't Sister who did it!" Guan Ling also knelt down to beg for mercy. She didn't want Xiang Zhu to be punished.
"Consort Shun, you have to know that it's not a good thing to not admit something you've done!”Imperial Concubine Xian appeared at the entrance of the palace.
"ChenQie greets the emperor, empress dowager, empress niangniang!”
"No need for formalities."
Imperial Concubine Xian entered the main hall and said to Xiang Zhu,""Consort Shun, have you seen this person? Pu Xiangjun!"
Xiang Zhu turned around and saw Pu Xiangjun dragging a person in. "It's you!" Zhi Ran widened her eyes.
"You know him?" The Emperor was puzzled.
"Replying to the emperor! This person was Nianzhong! It was when he first became Chenqie's imperial physician that he lied to Chenqie that someone wanted to frame Chenqie. In the end, Chenqie lost her first child in vain! I almost couldn't get pregnant again!" Zhi Ran still had lingering fears about her first lost child.
"The emperor ordered ChenQie to investigate the matter of your concubine's stillbirth, ChenQie has investigated it.”Imperial Concubine Xian turned to the trembling man under Pu Xiangjun and said," This man's name is Nian Duanyun. He's not Nian Zhong at all, nor is he a doctor. He's just a boorish man. He had been living in seclusion in the mountains for a long time, which was why Pu Xiangjun and his subordinates could not find him for a long time. Fortunately, he had let down his guard a few days ago and left the mountain to go to the market. That was how he was captured by Pu Xiangjun and the others.”
The Emperor nodded, unable to contain his anger. "Tell me, who instructed you?"
Nian Duanyun looked around and pointed at Jiang Wengu,"It's him! That day, the commoner went to the market as usual. That person said that their master wanted nothing to do. If you do well, give me 100,000 taels of silver. If you don't do well, let my entire family die! The little one didn't dare to disobey, so he did as he said. After that, they gave the little one 100,000 taels of silver and told the little one to live in seclusion in the mountains. He could only come out of the mountains after a year. The little one did not dare to disobey and quickly hid in the deep mountains. This lowly one's words are true, I hope the emperor will investigate!”
"Consort Shun, is there such a thing?" The Emperor's tone was surprisingly calm, but everyone knew that this was the most unsettling calm before the storm.
"Your Majesty! This matter was done by this servant alone! It wasn't the Empress who did it!" After Jiang Wengu knelt down, he repeatedly kowtowed and said," Even the Empress doesn't know! It was all this servant's wish that the consort's life would not be worse than your concubine's, so he thought of such a stupid method! Emperor! If you want to kill, then kill this servant! Don't hurt the Empress!"
Xiang Zhu began to sob.
"Zhen doesn't believe that a little slave like you has such great abilities. Tell me, was it you who ordered it?”The Emperor's eyes were fixed on Xiang Zhu.
" Yes…" Xiang Zhu smiled as tears fell.
Guan Ling was very surprised. She didn't expect Xiang Zhu to admit it, and she didn't expect her to do it so early. Sister Xiangzhu, you admitted it yourself. I can't help you anymore. Even if Chenxiang hadn't been here today, Imperial Concubine Xian would have found something on you. If something really happened to you, you can't blame it all on your sister. You were the one who was heartless first.
"Emperor, the imperial physician said that in Shun Fei niangniang's medicine room, there was also a 'Vermilion Velvet'. This kind of thing also has the effect of slippery tires.”Yuan Qing said," It's just that those hellebore fruits have already dried up. I'm afraid they were used a few years ago.”
"A few years ago, did anyone have a miscarriage? Go and check."
"This servant has just seen it. Only Consort Dun Pin has had a miscarriage.”
" What?!" Guan Ling widened her eyes and said to Xiang Zhu," Could it be that she had a miscarriage…"
"No, I can't! I didn't! Guan Ling, you have to believe me! I didn't!" Xiang Zhu's voice was almost like a roar." Emperor, please investigate! ChenQie had only asked Jiang Wengu to find someone to harm your concubine, but this time, your concubine's miscarriage was indeed not ChenQie's fault! Guan Ling's miscarriage wasn't caused by ChenQie! Your Majesty's name!" Xiang Zhu repeatedly kowtowed.
"Shut up! To think that I trusted you so much! You…" The Emperor's tone was filled with anger and disappointment," Yuan Qing! Throw Consort Shun into the Cold Palace! You are to commit suicide!"
"Wait!" The Empress Dowager stopped her." Consort Shun is still pregnant. You can't kill yourself." Consort Shun harmed the heir and was vicious. Consort Shun was demoted to Noble Consort Shun and could never be promoted. She was moved out of Jingyang Palace and to Mei Yu Zhai next to the Cold Palace. She was grounded for life. After giving birth to the child, she will bring the child to Imperial Concubine Xian. A mother like this will only raise a child with an even worse heart. Aijia is worried.”
This punishment was already vicious enough for the concubines. Any concubine who moved to Mei Yu Zhai would not live for more than five years. The Empress Dowager had undoubtedly given Xiang Zhu a "death sentence". Adding on the fact that she had given the child to someone else, this was worse than killing her. Xiang Zhu cried hoarsely and was stripped off by the guards.
"Your Majesty! "ChenQie is really wronged…" This was Xiangzhu's final voice. But the Emperor was no longer willing to listen.
"Men, the eunuch Jiang Wengu and the palace maid Pin Ru colluded with Noble Shun. They will be beheaded tomorrow and the rest of the palace servants will be dismissed. No one is allowed to serve her in Mei Yu Zhai.”The Emperor looked at Jiang Wengu and Pin Ru who were kneeling on the ground. Soon, they were also dragged away by the guards. Then, he turned to Nian Duanyun and said,”
"Your Majesty! Although I'm guilty, I was forced! Please spare my life! My wife is weak and my mother is sick. I only have one daughter at home. She's five years old this year! Emperor, please have mercy!" Nian Duanyun repeatedly kowtowed. Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:111420183: 31PM #Cancel Review All: wdd201302 Time:111420185: 54PM #
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