Bai Yueguang, the stand-in for Prince Sick Jiao

Chapter 257 Miscarriage
In the evening, a light rain fell in the capital, bringing a bit of chill.

In Fengyi Palace, the palace people knelt down on the ground shivering, all with their heads down, silent like cicadas.

Mr. Li stood on the steps, with a gloomy expression, his sharp eyes swept over everyone present, and he said sharply, "Say! Who is it that has no one to tell the empress about Lushan?"

Everyone's heart trembled, and no one dared to speak.

"You don't even want to say it, right?" Mr. Li narrowed his eyes slightly, and his slender voice seemed particularly penetrating on this cold and rainy night, "Then hit me! Hit until you say so!"

The eunuch who was in charge of the sentence got the order, and immediately grabbed a nearby maid and threw it on the bench. The two pressed her shoulders, and one of them raised the board high and hit her hard.

The maid was beaten and cried bitterly, begging for mercy: "Mr. Li, please spare me! Slave, I really don't know who said that."

"I don't know?" Manager Li snorted coldly, "Then you should think about it carefully, whether you want to protect that person, or want to be beaten to death."

"Li, Mr. Li, please forgive me!" The palace lady screamed again and again, her facial features twisted together due to the pain, "I really, really don't know."

Seeing this, other palace people huddled together, and some timid palace ladies were frightened and cried on the spot when they saw this scene.

Manager Li's icy gaze quickly locked on to the frightened and crying maid: "You still dare to cry? Take her out!"

"No, don't!" The little maid turned pale with shock and kowtowed several times, "I'm guilty of my crime, my servant's guilt! I beg Mr. Li to spare me—"

"If you want to survive, do it honestly!" The sharp voice was a bit mean, "If not, you will all die!"

When everyone heard the words, they trembled with fright and kowtowed to beg for mercy.For a moment, the entire Fengyi Palace was filled with tragic cries, which made people's hearts tremble.

Ling Youyao listened to the voice from outside with a solemn expression, but what worried her more was the Queen's situation at this time.

All the people in Fengyi Palace were kneeling outside the palace. At this moment, only Qingdai and Chunlin were beside the queen. Although the imperial physician had entered, no one came out for a long time. She didn't know what was going on inside.

Today Jiang Liu came to report suddenly, saying that the empress was in unbearable grief when she heard the news of Lushan's extermination, and there was a hidden sign of miscarriage.

Ling Youyao stared at the door closely, feeling uneasy.She knew that sooner or later Lushan's affairs would be hidden, but she didn't expect this day to come so soon.Now that Xie Yuanting has left, there is no one around the queen to accompany her, if something unexpected happens, the consequences will be disastrous.

At this moment, the eldest princess rushed in with the help of the queen mother.

The queen mother was anxious, and went straight to Fu Xiuyun: "How is the queen?"

Fu Xiuyun frowned and said, "The imperial physician has already entered, and I don't know what's going on inside."

The Empress Dowager listened to the wailing sounds outside one after another, her eyes were extremely cold: "Can we find out who told the Empress about Lushan?"

Fu Xiuyun shook his head silently.

The atmosphere in the hall was a bit heavy for a moment, Fu Yunchuo couldn't help frowning when he heard Lu Shan, and before he had time to think about it, he saw Sun Zhongxing coming out of it.

Fu Xiuyun hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is the queen?"

Sun Zhongxing sighed and said: "Your Majesty, the empress has been restless and worried since she was pregnant. Now that she has been hit by this, the fetus in her womb may not be able to survive."

"What?" Fu Xiuyun was stunned, but still asked unwillingly, "Is there no other way?"

All eyes fell on Sun Zhongxing, and he pondered for a long time before he said: "Your Majesty, after giving birth to the crown prince, the Empress has fallen ill. This pregnancy is not easy. Although the Empress has been taking the prescription of soothing the fetus and nourishing the spirit, My son, but I have seen that there is a lot of barley in the dregs of the medicine that the empress uses every day. Although there is little barley in the dregs of the medicine, it will also affect the dragon fetus in the long run, and the empress thinks too much, so this will happen."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

From the queen's pregnancy, to Dean Xie's serious illness, until Lushan's family was wiped out. These events seem to be related in the dark.Seemingly unrelated, they are all for the same person—the Queen.

Ling Youyao looked at the closed palace door, and suddenly felt a chill on the soles of her feet.

Although open and covert struggles are unavoidable in the harem, the concubines have always respected the queen, not to mention the queen already has a prince, even if the queen has a miscarriage, the queen's position cannot be shaken.Who exactly wants to get rid of the queen?Or, who wants to get rid of Lushan Xie's family?

Fu Xiuyun's brows were full of shadows, and he ordered in a cold voice: "Shut everyone who has been in contact with the Queen's decoction to the Department of Criminal Justice, and interrogate them strictly. Make sure to find out who tampered with the Queen's decoction!"

"Yes!" Wei Xiu replied, and immediately led his men to arrest all the palace personnel from Tai Hospital and Fengyi Palace to Shang Xingsi.

The sound of the rain was getting heavier at night, the cold wind was chilling to the bone, and the screams were even more desolate on this spring rainy night.

The lights in Fengyi Palace were always bright, people surrounded the room, and no one left.

Fu Xiuyun took a deep look at the inner hall, then turned to the Queen Mother and said, "Mother, it's late at night, you should go back first, if there is any news, I will send someone to tell you."

The queen mother sighed: "Your Majesty already has a prince. If this child is not blessed to come into this world, you don't have to be too sad. The queen married you at the age of 16. She has been strict in these years and has managed the harem in an orderly manner. The family is also very filial. This time the accident happened in Lushan, the Ai family is also heartbroken, if it is possible, let someone bring Xie Heng back, so that the queen can have comfort."

The Empress Dowager knew about Xie Yuanting's recuperation in the palace, but she didn't know the relationship between Xie Yuanting and the eldest princess.

"My son understands," Fu Xiuyun said, "Jin Linwei has already gone to find someone, the queen mother can rest assured."

The Empress Dowager didn't say much anymore, she stood up holding Fu Yunchuo's hand, and when she saw Ling Youyao, she said a rare sentence: "The Empress has always liked you, so you can stay in the palace with her tonight."

Ling Youyao agreed.

Fu Yunchuo also said at this time: "Since that's the case, my son should stay here too."

The Empress Dowager was in a depressed mood, and she didn't bother to argue with her, so she simply let her go.

Seeing that Fu Yunchuo stayed behind, Ling Youyao couldn't help but twitch her eyelids. At this juncture, if she were told that Xie Heng is Xie Yuanting, she might jump up and kill someone.

Fu Xiuyun also had the same worry about this, so he said: "It's enough for the empress to have me watch over it. The prince is still in the Chengming Palace. Why don't you go to see the prince for me?"

Fu Yunchuo was a little suspicious, she stayed only because she was worried that Ling Youyao would be wronged in the palace, why both of them seemed to expect her to leave?

Although she was skeptical, she still agreed, and before leaving, she said to Ling Youyao: "If there is anything, you can send people to Changle Palace to find me."

"I see, Your Highness." Ling Youyao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After sending Fu Yunchuo away, Sun Zhongxing came out with a group of imperial physicians, and said, "Your Majesty, the empress is awake, but the child is not saved, so let her go in and see her."

Hearing this news, Ling Youyao felt regretful, but at the same time felt a little fortunate.Although the child is gone, the queen is still fine.

It's spring now, and the severe winter with heavy snow in my memory should never come again
(End of this chapter)