Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 149: Legend of Zhen Huan 21

At this time, Concubine Hui also knew that she was being framed by Concubine Hua today. Even her hands that were unconsciously stroking her belly began to tighten - if the baby in her belly was fake, then Concubine Hua must have started scheming against her when she first arrived at the Old Summer Palace!

Concubine Hui hated herself deeply because Concubine Hua had used her eagerness to have a child as an excuse. She wanted to defend herself but had no words to say. She could say that she had asked for a pregnancy-aiding prescription from her fellow villager from Jeju, the imperial physician Liu Bin, and had carefully kept the prescription under her dressing box. But now it seems that the pregnancy-aiding prescription has most likely been replaced with something else, such as a prescription for delaying menstruation or false pregnancy.

Wanpin and An Changzai also looked at Hui Guiren anxiously, hoping that she could remember some suspicious points so that they could help Hui Guiren get rid of the crime temporarily. However, after the initial panic, Hui Guiren had no other expression, so they could only worry.

Wanpin barely thought of Fuling's identity, "Your Majesty, this Fuling looks unfamiliar. Meijie's trusted confidants are Caiyue and Jufang, and this Fuling is just a maid who can't move around freely. Even if the things in this package really belong to Meijie, why would Meijie leave her two trusted maids unused and instead find a maid like her who can't move around freely?"

Wanpin's words were a bit far-fetched, and Lipin directly refuted: "It is precisely because this palace maid cannot move around freely that even if she is caught, no one will know which palace she is from for a while. If this palace maid had not confessed that she was someone close to Concubine Hui, I am afraid that even the emperor would have to spend some time to interrogate her. This little time is enough for Concubine Hui to finish it off."

Wanpin was so angry when she saw the smug look on Huafei's group's face. Just then the imperial doctors' diagnosis results came out, and it turned out that Hui Guiren was not pregnant at all. She just took medicine to delay her period.

"Your Excellency caught a cold when you fell into the water before. This time, the medicine used to delay menstruation has damaged your health again. It will be difficult for you to have children in the future..."

Several imperial doctors originally thought that there might be some good news after being summoned by the emperor, but after listening for a long time, they didn't expect to encounter this false pregnancy. Especially since Concubine Hui would basically have no chance of having children from now on, they knelt on the ground one by one and wished they could disappear on the spot.

The emperor had not expected that Concubine Hua had set up a plan for Concubine Hui, and he was furious and said directly: "Remove her title and demote her to a concubine, and send her back to the rear hall of Xianfu Palace and confine her to house arrest!"

When Concubine Hui heard the doctors say that it would be difficult for her to have children in the future, she lost her spirit and knelt down to thank the emperor. But Concubine Wan couldn't bear to see her good sister suffer in this way, so she knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, everyone with a discerning eye knows that what happened to Sister Mei today was completely framed by someone. Please consider that Sister Mei has been in charge of public power and relieved you of your worries these days, and punish her leniently."

Of course the emperor knew that Shen Meizhuang was framed by Concubine Hua, but he did not expect that Shen Meizhuang, who looked smart and well-read, was so useless.

Besides, the emperor thought that he had already shown mercy by not directly banishing Shen Meizhuang to the cold palace. But Concubine Wan was still here and refused to give in, so he took his anger out on Concubine Wan.

The emperor left with a flick of his sleeves. Hua Fei and Li Bin immediately stood up and looked at Shen Ying and Wan Bin smugly and said, "Shen Ying is still young. There is no need to be so anxious about the issue of an heir. If you are anxious, you will easily do something stupid, which will hurt others and yourself, and the loss will outweigh the gain."

Shen promised to kneel on the ground and remained indifferent, but Wanpin suppressed the hatred in her eyes and replied solemnly: "It is true that Concubine Hua taught you a lesson. But I heard that Concubine Hua accidentally miscarried a male fetus when she was in the palace, and she has not had any children since then. I guess the little prince thinks that Concubine Hua's desire to have a child is not sincere enough."

Seeing that Concubine Hua's eyes were not right, Concubine Jing quickly stepped out to persuade her: "Madam Concubine Hua, recently the emperor has been asking Concubine Wan to accompany him every day..."

Hua Fei reluctantly let Wanpin go, and then turned around and shouted at the guards and eunuchs outside, "Hurry up and drive this bitch out of the Old Summer Palace!"

Shen promised to quickly whisper to Wanpin: "Huan'er, the emperor is angry, don't plead for me, wait until the emperor calms down before making plans."

Yi Xin did not attend the family dinner. It was not until the next day when Concubine Hua sent orders to all places that she found out that Concubine Hui had been demoted to the position of Shen Danying because of her fake pregnancy, and had even been sent back to the palace overnight and placed under house arrest.

After hearing this, Lady Guaerjia felt that the women in the harem were more and more resourceful. She immediately checked Yi Xin's delivery room and all the tools and medicines carefully again, fearing that she had missed something and would make Yi Xin suffer during delivery.

Xizhu was eager to find out the whole story, but was stopped by Yixin: "To put it bluntly, this matter is probably because Concubine Hua couldn't bear to see Wanpin's party doting too much, so she framed the relatively weak Shen Yingying. The emperor must also understand the whole story, so he just took away Shen Yingying's position and title and let her return to the palace for house arrest. Otherwise, it would be normal for someone else to die in the cold palace. It's good enough that her family is not implicated."

Mrs. Guaerjia heard this and couldn't help but sigh: "The emperor's love for Wanpin is really beyond the reach of ordinary people."

As she spoke, Mrs. Guaerjia stared at Yi Xin's expression carefully and found that Yi Xin did not have any emotion about this. She felt relieved but also a little sad. A girl of this age from an ordinary family would definitely think about what her future husband would be like.

Yi Xin was not in a position to talk to Lady Guaerjia about her relationship problems, and she was even less willing to tell her that she already knew that Wanpin was favored because she looked too similar to Queen Chunyuan. However, she thought that Lady Guaerjia might have seen Queen Chunyuan, so she asked someone to guard the door and said to Lady Guaerjia in private:

"Mother has also seen Wanpin. She is indeed as beautiful as a lotus emerging from the water. She is also gentle and intelligent. Even my daughter likes her very much."

"But it is said that on the day of the palace selection, the Empress Dowager saw Wanpin and tried again and again to make her lose the selection. In the end, the Emperor saved the Empress Dowager's face and kept Wanpin..."

Mrs. Guaerjia happened to meet Wanpin on the day she entered the palace, and she also talked to Wanpin for a while, so she naturally saw Wanpin's appearance clearly. At this time, she had nothing to hide, "Wanpin looks exactly like Queen Chunyuan reborn, but the things between the emperor and Queen Chunyuan are not clear at all, so you'd better stay away from Wanpin and others, so as not to bring disaster upon them."

Yi Xin was about to give birth, and the imperial physician bribed by Fu Cha had already confirmed that her baby was a prince, so Madam Guaerjia revealed the clan's plan: "Since the clan knew that the baby in your belly was a prince, they have become more obedient. The current emperor does not have the same tolerance as the previous emperor. As long as you teach the prince well and bring him up, the clan will definitely not hold you and your son back!"

Yi Xin thought it was a good idea for Fu Cha to take the opportunity to send more young people to the court. "The emperor is getting less and less patient with Nian Gengyao. He needs someone to tell him that he is now the emperor, not the Prince Yong when he was in the palace. Even if he is a big Manchu family, the children of the family who want to make achievements should be more proactive and be more flexible."

Lady Guaerjia agreed with this very much. Although she didn't understand the big principles, she did understand that a new emperor means new ministers.