The favored imperial concubine

Chapter 40

As soon as Du Juan said this, many concubines in the palace gasped in amazement, and all eyes focused on Nian Xilan in an instant.

Concubine Rong, Concubine De and others with higher status only showed shock on their faces, but no other thoughts could be seen on their faces.Concubine Xuan and Migui looked at Nian Xilan worriedly, with a little concern on their unbelievable faces.There were also some concubines with low status showing sarcasm and whispering.

"How could she do such a terrible thing? How innocent is a child? Let alone an unborn baby?"

"Why? Of course it's for Gu Chong!"

"Hmph, she has served the emperor the most times recently, but she just doesn't live up to her stomach and doesn't move at all! So when she saw that Mu Changzai was pregnant before her, she naturally became anxious!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a cruel and merciless woman! Thanks to her for being able to do it!"

Concubine Tong snorted coldly, and looked at Nian Xilan condescendingly, "Your Majesty Xi, what else do you have to say? If you are willing to plead guilty, I may help you to intercede with the emperor. Since you have served the emperor these days, There is no credit but hard work, maybe the emperor can be extra merciful, even if you are relegated to the position of nobleman, at least you can spare your life."

Nian Xilan stood up under the eyes of everyone with different expressions, and knelt down to Concubine Tong upright, and said in a quiet but firm voice: "Please learn from the concubine, I have never done any harm to you." I never even had a single thought about Mu Changzai."

"I don't have any personal relationship with Mu Changzai. I have never interacted with each other in private except for the occasional few simple greetings when I greet you. This morning, Mu Changzai came to visit suddenly. I was a little surprised, but I still took it out. Mu Changzai was entertained by the excellent Biluochun bestowed by the emperor. The concubine drank a few sips of the pot of tea, and there was no other problem at all.

"At that time, my concubine saw that Mu Changzai had a sudden abdominal pain. Even though she wanted to send someone to report to the imperial concubine and ask an imperial doctor to treat her, Mu Changzai sternly refused, saying that she just ate something bad. It will be all right after going back to rest for a while. The two servants Fang Lin and Fang Wan beside this concubine and Du Juan who serves Mu Changzai can all testify to this matter."

"Is there such a thing?" Concubine Tong glanced at Fang Lin and Du Juan lightly, and asked in a cold voice.

Fang Lin hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground and replied: "Everything Mr. Xi said is true, there is not even half a lie."

Du Juan, who was kneeling by the side, retorted: "At that time, Mu Changzai had already seen that Mr. Xigui had ulterior motives. Mu Changzai just drank a few sips of tea and suffered from abdominal pain. How dare he stay in Chuxiu Palace to wait for her?" Invite the imperial physician to come? That's why Mu Changzai made an excuse and left Chuxiu Palace with the help of his servants."

Concubine Tong snorted coldly, and said to Nian Xilan with disdain: "Did you hear clearly? The matter couldn't be more clear. If you have anything else to say, finish it as soon as possible. Save time when you want to say it in the future. There is no such opportunity!"

Hearing Concubine Tong's stern threats, Nian Xilan showed no fear at all, and just continued to tell the story calmly: "At that time, even though Mu Chang said that there was no need to ask the imperial doctor to come for a pulse diagnosis, the concubine was also very worried about Mu Chang. Is there any food I ate that contradicted Biluochun, so I specially ordered Fang Wan to keep the two cups of tea left by my concubine and Mu Changzai. I also plan to wait for Liu Yuyi to come to Chuxiu Palace as a concubine When you check the pulse, please ask Imperial Physician Liu to take a good look, hoping to help Mu Changzai find out the cause of the abdominal pain."

"However, this concubine never thought that Mu Changzai would have a miscarriage. I didn't even know that Mu Changzai was pregnant, so how could I frame her? It's not that my concubine just quibbled and refused to plead guilty. In fact, the concubine did not plan to harm Mu Changzai, so she is innocent. I hope the concubine will uphold justice and return my innocence."

Concubine Tong Guifei heard that Kangxi sent his confidant imperial doctor Liu Shengfang to Chuxiu Palace to diagnose Nian Xilan's pulse again. She was both annoyed and jealous, and said with a sarcasm: "Liu Yu's medical skills are naturally excellent. But now only It’s just to see if the cup of tea that Mu Changzai is drinking contains any poison that can cause tires, how can we use a sledgehammer to kill a chicken? I believe that any imperial physician can do such a small thing very well.”

Concubine Tong Guifei finished speaking, turned around and summoned a young eunuch with fast legs and feet from Jingren Palace, and told him to go to the imperial hospital immediately and ask an imperial physician to go to the side hall of Chuxiu Palace to check the half cup of tea that Mu Guiren drank, regardless of the result They must immediately return to Jingren Palace to report to her.

The little eunuch was quick to do things, and soon he invited an on-duty doctor Feng from the imperial hospital to check on the side hall of Chuxiu Palace.However, after examining the tea, Imperial Physician Feng found that the tea in Mr. Xigui's cup was normal, but the tea in Mu Changzai's cup contained a miscarriage-causing drug.

Doctor Feng did not announce the results of the test because he had been hinted by the little eunuch earlier.However, Fang Wan saw something wrong from the unusual eyebrows between the two of them, and knew that something must have happened to Mu Chang, which further implicated Mr. Xigui.

The little eunuch thought he had found important evidence, so he was overjoyed, swaggeringly took away the cup of tea that Mu Changzai was drinking, and brought Imperial Physician Feng back to Jingren Palace to report to Concubine Tong Gui.

Seeing this situation, Fang Wan was very anxious, and seeing that Nian Xilan had not returned, she knew that something was wrong, she couldn't help being frightened and anxious, she shed tears sadly.

At this time, Liu Shengfang, who was ordered by Kangxi to diagnose Nian Xilan's pulse, arrived.

(End of this chapter)