kingnovel Chapter 141: Surrender into a move
Chapter 141: Surrender into a move
The Queen Mother was frightened by the blood on Zhou Lingge's skirt.
Her face was pale and her eyes were full of panic.
If there is bleeding, wouldn’t the imperial concubine’s child be in danger?
"Doctor Chang, please quickly check the imperial concubine's pulse. Please don't let anything happen to her child."
Chang Hui was so panicked that he ran into the inner hall with weak legs.
Zhou Shiya clenched her fists tightly, and a hint of anxiety flashed in her eyes.
How could this be?
Nothing must happen to Zhou Lingge's child, she wants to have a surrogate mother.
She just wanted Zhou Lingge to fall out of favor and lose her position as a noble concubine.
She hurriedly followed him to the inner hall.
Chang Hui's forehead was covered in sweat, and he nervously took Zhou Lingge's pulse over and over again.
As he was holding it, he suddenly noticed something unusual.
His face grew paler and paler.
His head was a little dizzy, and he couldn't help but slap himself hard.
"No, how is that possible?"
"Why didn't I take your pulse just now?"
He felt that one slap would be enough to wake him up, so he took his pulse again, and the pulse condition remained unchanged.
He couldn't believe that a person's pulse could change so much in such a short time.
Qin Feiling's hands and feet were cold. He suppressed the panic in his heart and looked at Chang Hui: "How is it? Is the imperial concubine and the dragon fetus in trouble?"
Chang Hui wanted to die.
He quickly prostrated himself and kowtowed, his head banging loudly. "Your Majesty... The Imperial Concubine's condition... Her condition is exactly the same as Jingpin's. The Imperial Concubine has also been poisoned."
"However, the imperial concubine discovered it in time, so there is still a chance of rescue."
"I must now give her acupuncture to remove the poison and use all possible means to save the Imperial Concubine's pregnancy. Your Majesty, please ask all outsiders to leave this place and allow me to properly treat the Imperial Concubine."
Qin Feiling's eyes were full of astonishment. The poison that the imperial concubine was infected with was exactly the same as that of Concubine Jing. What this meant was self-evident.
He tried his best to calm himself. His eyes were cold as he swept over the Queen Mother, Zhou Shiya, Concubine Wan and the others who followed him into the inner hall. His eyes were filled with anger as he shouted directly, "Get out! Get out!"
The Empress Dowager's face turned pale. It was the first time she saw the Emperor so angry.
She felt that she was in the wrong, so she immediately took Concubine Wan out of the inner hall.
Zhou Shiya also came out with cold hands and feet.
She held Madam Zhou's hand tightly and said, "There shouldn't be any problems with the concubine's child."
"It'll be fine."
Nanny Zhou comforted Zhou Shiya in a low voice.
The Queen Mother was helped to a seat by Concubine Wan. She narrowed her eyes and looked at Concubine Rou coldly: "Now that the Imperial Concubine has been poisoned in the same way, can she still be the one who poisoned her? She sacrificed her own child to frame an unfavored concubine. Do you think this is reasonable?"
Roupin's legs went limp and she fell to her knees with a thud.
"Your Highness... Your Highness doesn't know what went wrong."
"But...but Jinxin did confess everything before she fell into a coma."
The Queen Mother thought it was ridiculous and there must be something else going on.
She now suspected that someone else must have been behind this. The person who poisoned her couldn't possibly be the Imperial Concubine... No one would take such a huge risk to frame an unfavored concubine, unless the Imperial Concubine was a fool!
Otherwise, no normal person would do such a stupid thing.
The Queen Mother's chest heaved violently with anger: "Investigate, continue investigating..."
Qin Feiling walked out with a cold face, staring at Concubine Rou with a cold gaze: "Cui Rong and the palace maid who sold her the prescription were not tortured, but Jin Xin was tortured severely. How can this be justified?"
"Shouldn't everyone be treated equally during an interrogation? Why were the other witnesses allowed to escape unharmed, while only Jin Xin was subjected to torture? Concubine Rou, the Queen Mother trusted you and asked you to oversee the investigation of this matter, yet you investigated the case like this? If someone didn't know, they would think you were deliberately targeting the Imperial Concubine."
Concubine Rou was terrified and quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I didn't know this would happen."
"Cui Rong and that palace maid confessed without much interrogation, so there was no need to torture them. Jin Xin has always been very stubborn, so I wanted to torture her severely in order to find out the truth."
Qiao'er ran out with red eyes. She knelt down in front of Qin Feiling with a plop: "Your Majesty, I can guarantee that the reason Jinxin confessed was because she couldn't bear the cruel torture. She was forced to confess..."
"If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can just have Jin Xin brought here... No one dares to lie in front of Your Majesty."
Qin Feiling was worried about Zhou Lingge's situation, but he also wanted to find out the whole cause and effect of this matter.
He wanted to see who was going to use such a vicious method to kill the imperial concubine this time.
Qin Feiling nodded at Qiao'er and said, "Qiao'er, what you said makes perfect sense... Come on, bring all the suspects in."
The palace maid responded, and Eunuch Liu and Nanny Zhao quickly brought in Cuirong, a shifty and frightened palace maid, and Jinxin, who was covered in blood and had fallen into a coma.
When Qiao'er saw Jinxin covered in blood, she felt extremely distressed. She rushed over crying and held Jinxin's hand tightly.
"Jinxin, wake up? Don't scare me."
"The queen's life or death is uncertain now, so please don't get into trouble again, otherwise I will definitely follow you."
Qiao'er cried so sadly that Qin Feiling felt bad after hearing it.
He sent a royal physician to check Jinxin's injuries.
The imperial physician quickly treated Jinxin's injuries... and gave her medicine and acupuncture.
Not long after, Jin Xin finally woke up.
Qiao'er burst into tears and grabbed Jinxin's hand: "Jinxin, you finally woke up."
"Did you really say before you passed out that our Queen was the one who killed Concubine Jing's child?"
Jin Xin was in a daze for a while. When she heard Qiao'er's words, she quickly shook her head and denied it: "No, it's not like that. Jingpin's child has nothing to do with the Imperial Concubine. Our Imperial Concubine has been innocent from the beginning to the end."
"I never ordered Little Chenzi to do those things. He made them all up. Someone bribed him to use this to slander our queen."
Concubine Rou was so angry that she gritted her teeth. Jinxin didn't say that before.
She had clearly confessed it herself, and both she and Aunt Zhao heard it clearly.
She couldn't have imagined that this lowly maid would actually change her words in front of the emperor?
Concubine Rou suppressed her fear and quickly argued, "You are lying. You clearly said that everything was ordered by the Imperial Concubine. Everything was done by the Imperial Concubine."
"At the time, I, Eunuch Liu, and Madam Zhao were all present and heard everything clearly."
After she said that, she turned to look at Eunuch Liu and Madam Zhao and asked them to confirm the matter.