frightfiction Chapter 219 Suspicion
Chapter 219 Suspicion
"I heard from Imperial Doctor Wen that if I take this medicine for a long time, even if I give birth successfully, I will only give birth to a... dead fetus?" Yinzhen was such a shrewd man that when he heard Wen Shichu's words, the first thing that came to his mind was the child he had with Chunyuan, and then the Fucha family.
At that time, it was the Imperial Doctor Qi who said that it was Fu Cha’s own indiscriminate use of medicine that led to the death of the child. But what if the Imperial Doctor Qi lied?
It was because he told lies and did wrong things that Doctor Qi retired and left the capital.
The more Yinzhen thought about it, the more he felt something was fishy. He was suspicious to begin with, and at the moment he could not care about Guibaoren's affairs. He only told Xia Dongchun: "Guibaoren is in your palace. Please take care of her and let her give birth to the child safely."
"Yes, the precious one is pregnant with the emperor's child. I will do my best to keep her safe." Xia Dongchun had finished her story and knew that Yinzhen had become suspicious. However, she did not know about Queen Chunyuan and thought that Yinzhen had remembered the incident with Fucha. She did not ask any more questions and left.
After Xia Dongchun left, Yinzhen called Xia Qian.
"Go check for me what Fu Cha shi ate during her pregnancy, and..." Yinzhen paused for a long time before continuing, "Also, check if there is any problem with the pregnancy-preserving medicine that Queen Chunyuan took at the time."
"Yes." Xia Qian agreed.
"Remember, don't attract attention." Yinzhen added another sentence. He was still confident in Xia Qi's ability to do things, but since it involved Chun Yuan, he had to be more cautious.
After Xia Dongchun returned to the Yanxi Palace, she went to Baoying.
Baoying didn't know what was going on yet. Xia Dongchun had specifically instructed that Xu Zhiyun and Wen Shichu were not allowed to tell the truth to Baoying, so as not to scare her, which would be even more detrimental to the royal heir.
"Your concubine pays her respects to Her Majesty." Baoying was resting on the bed. When she saw Xia Dongchun coming, she hurried to get out of bed and pay her respects.
Xia Dongchun stopped him: "Lie down and don't move. I just came to see if you are feeling better."
"Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Xu and Imperial Physician Wen were here just now. I know that it is because of your concern for me, and I am very grateful to you." Baoying said this sincerely. She used to be a servant, and she was very good at observing people's words and expressions. She could tell who was really good to her and who was insincere.
"You don't have to say this now," Xia Dongchun said, "You are in my palace and belong to me. No matter what, it is my duty to protect the baby in your belly."
After a pause, Xia Dongchun continued, "During this period of time, you can rest assured and take care of the baby. Just now, Doctor Xu and Doctor Wen also went to reply. I asked them to stop giving you the medicine to keep the baby safe for the time being. After all, medicine is poisonous to some extent, and taking too much is not good. As long as you relax and take good care of the baby, even if you don't take the medicine to keep the baby safe, the baby can be born healthy. Look at Ling Yuan, isn't she? When I was pregnant with Ling Yuan, I didn't take any medicine to keep the baby safe. Although Ling Yuan was born prematurely, look at her now. Isn't she still plump and healthy under my care?"
"Yes, I will listen to you, Your Majesty." Baoying nodded obediently.
Xia Dongchun gave a few more instructions and then left with his men.
After she left, Jing Que pursed her lips and whispered to Bao Ying, "My lady, Empress Zhao had told you to take this pregnancy-preserving medicine before, but now she has stopped it again. Is this... is there really no problem?"
Baoying frowned and scolded Jingque: "Don't talk nonsense. I am where I am today thanks to Concubine Zhao. If it weren't for her, I might still be doing hard labor in the Ministry of Punishment. If I hear you say something like this again, I will be really angry."
When Jing Que heard this, she quickly waved her hands and said, "I won't dare to do it again. My lady, please don't be angry with me. I won't say such words again in the future."
Only after hearing Jingque's assurance did Baoying give up.
This incident did not seem to cause much splash in the harem. It was like a small stone thrown into the water, which caused ripples on the surface but then disappeared.
But Xia Dongchun knew that with Yinzhen's temperament, he would definitely send someone to investigate secretly.
Winter came in the blink of an eye.
Cold Palace
An Lingrong's face was pale. She was weak to begin with, and she was even more uncomfortable in a place like the cold palace. She had been coughing non-stop for the past few days.
But she could occasionally hear the guards chatting in front of the cold palace.
It was said that something big happened in the Zhen family and Zhen Yuandao was sent to prison.
"Miss An, these are today's food, please keep them." The door opened and a young eunuch handed her a food box.
An Lingrong had gotten used to it. She knew that the little eunuch belonged to the Queen. If it weren't for the Queen's order, how could the little eunuch respectfully call her "Young Master", a person disliked by the Emperor and banished to the cold palace?
But An Lingrong also understood that the Queen wanted to squeeze out the last bit of her usefulness. Even though she had been sent to the cold palace and had no hope of regaining favor in her life, the Queen still wanted to use her to accomplish one more thing - get rid of the child in Zhen Huan's belly.
An Lingrong collected her thoughts, took the food box from the eunuch, and secretly stuffed a purse into his hand, which contained the silver prepared by the Queen.
"Please, sir, do one thing for me and deliver one more thing to the prison of the Ministry of Justice."
An Lingrong had made up her mind. She had come to this point and there was no turning back. She and Zhen Huan had long been in an irreconcilable relationship.
Since the queen wants to take advantage of her, then let her do it. Her life is not worth it anyway.
Being able to be a useful chess piece is a good thing.
The young eunuch took the silver given by An Lingrong, weighed it, and said with a flattering smile: "My lady, please give me your orders, and I will do it."
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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is in trouble!" Xiao Yanzi rushed in in a panic, not even taking time to catch his breath, and hurriedly said, "I don't know what happened, but Concubine Wan found out about her family's affairs and is now going to the Yangxin Palace!"
"What?" Xia Dongchun frowned.
It's not that she wanted to meddle in other people's business, but the Queen had been ill and unable to go out during this period, and she was in charge of all the affairs in the harem. Yinzhen had ordered that no one was allowed to tell Zhen Huan about the incident in the Zhen family. Now, no matter how Zhen Huan knew about it, if Zhen Huan had a miscarriage because of it, Yinzhen would definitely hold her accountable.
"According to the time, we should have arrived by now." Xiao Yanzi swallowed.
"Call the sedan chair and follow me to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity." Xia Dongchun stood up and walked out.