Empress Xiao Zhaoren in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 94

The palace servant responded, and then neatly untied the rope wrapped around Ma Jiashi's body, and dragged her towards the center of the lake.

Ma Jia felt that his death was imminent, so he couldn't help struggling vigorously, took out the rag in his mouth, and howled hoarsely: "Yinzhi! My third elder brother! I am the third elder brother's mother! You can't treat me like this !"

The queen mother was so angry that her teeth chattered: "The third elder brother doesn't need a femme fatale like you!"

The water was getting deeper and deeper, and Ma Jiashi choked on her saliva. After coughing for a while, she still shouted unwillingly: "No, no... Your Majesty! Your Majesty, save me!"

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty is in Yikun Palace!" Concubine Hui couldn't hold back her face, and couldn't help laughing, "You will never see the Emperor again in your life!"

Ma Jiashi desperately shook her head, the water was already much deeper than her height.When the palace people saw her, they let her go slowly, allowing Ma Jia to struggle in embarrassment.

All the people on the shore stared at Ma Jia's embarrassing appearance, and they watched Ma Jia Anmin sinking little by little with different expressions until the water surface was silent.

"Is she dead?" After a while, Concubine Hui couldn't help asking.

"No," the Empress Dowager sneered, "she held her breath and was at the bottom of the water."

"Can hold it back for so long? She..."

Before Hui'er finished speaking, he saw a person popping out of the water with a "pop", it was none other than Ma Jia Anmin.

"Didn't you say that you don't know how to water?" the Queen Mother shouted angrily.

Maya was silent.

Due to her survival instinct, she had to hold her breath underwater.I couldn't hold back anymore and had to float up, and naturally I had to thump a few times when I floated up.In the face of death, she waved her limbs almost unconsciously.

The empress dowager is really too cruel.If she tied up Ma Jiashi and threw him into the water, then Ma Jiashi would definitely die.If you die, it's over.But now Ma Jia understood that the so-called execution just now was just a temptation by the Empress Dowager.Now, the Empress Dowager's goal has been achieved.

Ma Jiashi can swim, she lied just now.It would be an understatement to say that she would not save Huizhu.The actual situation is that she, Ma Jiashi, killed Huizhu.

When all the truth came out, Ma Jiashi naturally had nothing to say.But at this time, she still hid a glimmer of hope in her heart.The Empress Dowager didn't really want to kill her, so it means she is still useful!She, a noble person, committed such a great crime, what would the empress dowager keep her for?

Ma Jiashi knew without thinking that Xiaozhuang was for the spirit spring in her fairyland.

Concubine Hui was disappointed when she saw that Ma Jiashi was not dead.But after thinking about it, this has proved that Ma Jia's murder of Huizhu Gege is true, so Ma Jia's death is not far away, but the way of death is different.

Forget it, anyway, Ma Jiashi is bound to die no matter what, so it would be cheaper for her to drown like this.Thinking about this, Concubine Hui felt much better. Seeing that the two empress dowagers in front of her didn't want to talk to her, she pulled the palace servants behind her and walked quietly to Yikun Palace.

Hui'er didn't know yet that the Yikun palace was in chaos.No one knew what was wrong, the concubine Huang Guifei suddenly bled from her lower abdomen.Rong Huang was lying on the bed with a pale face, while Xuan Ye stood by the bed, holding her hand tightly, as if he was about to cry out of anxiety.

Finally, under Xuan Ye's expectant gaze, Rong Huang weakly opened his eyes.Seeing it was him, his eyes turned red, and he said in a low voice, "Xuan Ye..."

He hurriedly replied: "I'm here, stop talking and have a good rest. The imperial doctor is going to prescribe you a prescription, it's all right."

"Child..." She parted her lips, unable to speak clearly, but he already understood.

"The child is fine, don't worry."

Rong Huang nodded, and slowly closed his eyes.

Seeing that she was going to sleep, Xuan Ye let go of her hand, carefully stuffed the weak and boneless catkin back into the quilt, and then turned his head away.

As soon as he turned around, he began to cry.

Suddenly
The imperial physician just told Xuan Ye that the imperial concubine was poisoned, not only the child might not survive, but even the adult might die from the poison.

Xuan Ye has been emperor for nearly ten years, and he has never been so flustered.He didn't cry when he sat on the throne amidst the eyes of tigers, he didn't cry when Oboi didn't regard him as the emperor, and he didn't cry when his grandmother forcibly separated him and Roujia...

But on such an evening, Xuan Ye cried like a child.

He finally knew to be afraid.Afraid of losing the child, more terrified of losing her.Xuan Ye couldn't imagine what he would do without Little Phoenix by his side.

At this time, the imperial physician came back after prescribing a prescription, and was about to discuss Ronghuang's situation with Kangxi in detail, but suddenly seeing this astonishing scene in front of him, his mind went blank, and he didn't hold the prescription in his hand. The wind blows away.Hou Zheng was taken aback, regained his senses and hurriedly chased after him.When Xuan Ye heard the movement, he wiped away his tears and walked out of the bedroom.

Xuan Ye quickly recovered the appearance of an emperor in front of people, and asked calmly: "How is the imperial concubine?"

Hou Zheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, and carefully replied: "Your Majesty is poisoned by chronic poison, and this poison does not seem to be a daily thing. If it is not for the fact that Your Majesty is pregnant and the fetus is sensitive, the poison of Your Majesty will be poisoned." I’m afraid it won’t be discovered until it’s poisoned.”

Xuan Ye's eyelids twitched non-stop when he heard that.He felt that he had no way to think calmly now, because there was only one crazy thought in his mind, which was to catch the murderer, execute him swiftly, and tear him into pieces!
If Rong Huang and the child have any troubles, he will punish the murderer Jiu Clan and let everyone bury their mother and child with them!
Kangxi had always been a gentle and easy-going young emperor in everyone's eyes, Hou Zheng had never seen such a tyrannical look in the eyes of the emperor, and he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

It wasn't until Xuan Ye spoke again that Hou Zheng shivered and came back to his senses.

"Can this poison be cleaned up?"

Hou Zheng felt that if he said a word "no" now, the emperor would have to peel off his skin.He really wanted to follow his master's previous instructions and say that there is no cure, but seeing Xuan Ye's appearance, he couldn't help changing his words temporarily: "If the murderer is found and the antidote is obtained, I think there is still hope."

"Murder, hand..." Xuan Ye gritted his teeth and repeated it word for word.

Hou Zheng held his breath and concentrated, not daring to make any movement.

It wasn't until Xuan Ye took the prescription in his hand and read it several times that Hou Zheng got the grace from the emperor and left.

In just one day, Huizhu Gege fell into the water and died, and the imperial concubine Zhaohuang was poisoned by chronic poison, and all the people in the palace were panicked for a while.Everyone in the palace was in danger, for fear of doing something wrong and being embarrassed by the master.This oppressive atmosphere lasted until the day when Rong Huang's poison was almost cleared and he was able to get up.

In fact, Rong Huang was not poisoned at all, she asked Hou Taiyi to cooperate with her in that play, in order to prevent Xuan Ye from softening his heart towards Ma Jiashi.

Her informant in the Compassion Palace told her that Ronggui had poisoned the water used by Xiaozhuang.Not only water for drinking, but also water for cooking and bathing contains toxins.At first, Rong Huang wondered how Ronggui could have such a great ability to control the water supply of the Compassionate Ning Palace, but now she understands everything.

Because that water was exactly what Xiaozhuang and Ronggui wanted.Xiao Zhuang tolerates and shows mercy to Ronggui in every possible way, for the sake of Ronggui's fairyland spirit spring.

Rong Huang was just guessing at the beginning, but what Ma Jia said inadvertently in the Compassion Ning Palace that day confirmed Rong Huang's thoughts.When she heard the words "Spiritual Spring Water" from Concubine Yi, Rong Huang suddenly realized.

It turned out to be the case.

There is indeed an ulterior reason for Xiaozhuang to protect Ma Jiashi so much.

In fact, there are two things about the Ma Jia family that are particularly envied by outsiders.First, most of the women in Ma Jia's family can give birth to sons, and one person can give birth to seven or eight sons.Of course, this is the reason why Ma Jia Anmin killed all the girls in their family.The second is that most of the old people in the Ma Jia family live a long life. For example, Ma Jia Anmin's grandfather is now over [-] and still as strong as a cow.

The Empress Dowager was not only interested in Ma Jia's ability to have a son, but also the longevity of their family.When Ma Jiashi was thrown into limbo, they made a deal. Ma Jiashi offered spiritual spring water to help the Empress Dowager live longer, and the Empress Dowager came forward to protect her and let her give birth to her third elder brother safely.This is a good deal for everyone, the premise is that Xiao Zhuang has no intention of killing Ma Jia, and Ma Jia has not poisoned the Lingquan water.

But these two women were too wary. They were afraid that the other party would attack them, so they both chose to strike first.

So there is the current situation.

Because Ma Jia's tribute to the Empress Dowager was a lot of water, Niu Hulu's people quickly extracted similar toxins from it, and then announced to the public that the imperial concubine was poisoned by this poison.In this way, Xiaozhuang knew well that the poison of the imperial concubine was also caused by Ma Jia.

At this time, Ronghuang and the baby in her belly were weak, and they were considered to be on the same side as Xiaozhuang, so the Empress Dowager would not embarrass her anymore.Because even if Xiao Zhuang didn't make a move, Rong Huang's child and her life would not be safe.

(End of this chapter)