allonlinenovel Chapter 169 Innocent
Chapter 169 Innocent
"My child was killed by you, a vicious woman. You were the one who ordered Madam Zhou to kill my child. You are a vicious, cold-blooded and heartless woman... Give me back my child, give me back my child."
Concubine Shu cried and immediately threw herself towards Zhou Shiya.
The Queen Mother was shocked. She was afraid that Concubine Shu would hurt the heir in the Queen's womb in her impulse, so she quickly asked someone to stop Concubine Shu.
"Quick, stop Concubine Shu, don't let her hurt the Queen..."
The palace maids immediately rushed forward and hugged Concubine Shu.
"Empress Shufei, please calm down."
Concubine Shu was like a madman, screaming and crying: "Ah, let me go..."
"I will kill this vicious woman and make my child pay for his life."
Her violent movements pulled the wounds on her body, and soon the clothes on her belly were soaked with blood. She gradually became weak due to excessive blood loss.
Qin Feiling had Concubine Shu helped to the side and asked the imperial physician to treat her wounds.
Concubine Shu cried pitifully, her tearful eyes fixed on Qin Feiling: "Your Majesty, please make a decision for our child. I don't believe it. This matter has nothing to do with the Queen."
"She did all of this... including the birth of Concubine Jing's child. The Queen secretly instructed Xie to do it."
"If you don't severely punish this vicious woman, the next person to get into trouble will be your most beloved concubine... Just wait, the Queen will definitely take action against the concubine's child."
Qin Feiling's expression changed.
He couldn't help but clench his palms tightly, and looked at Zhou Shiya with cold eyes.
He asked word by word, "Queen, I give you a chance to confess..."
Zhou Shiya sniffed, her eyes red as she shook her head: "No, I am your concubine."
"I really have no idea..."
As she spoke, she prostrated herself before the Queen Mother.
She clutched the empress dowager's dress, tears welling in her eyes. "Mother, please believe me. I really didn't know that Madam Zhou had tampered with the amulet."
"That amulet, identical to the one Shufei carries with me every day. Look... I still have it on me now... If I knew, how could I wear this amulet that can cause miscarriage every day?"
"Now that I think about it, I've been feeling unwell from time to time since I became pregnant. Could it be that there's something wrong with this amulet?"
Zhou Shiya cried and took out a broken amulet from her arms.
Judging from the degree of damage, it is almost even more worn out than Concubine Shu's amulet.
It can be seen that he often picks it up and touches it on a daily basis.
The Queen Mother looked at the amulet, her eyes filled with surprise.
"Quick, Doctor Chang, come and check if there's anything wrong with the Queen's amulet."
Concubine Shu was stunned. Could there be something wrong with the Queen's amulet?
How can this be?
Chang Hui and other imperial doctors immediately took the queen's amulet and began to examine her.
Zhou Lingge frowned, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
If the amulet had been stuffed with medicine recently, then a quick check would reveal it was a fake...but looking at the degree of damage to the silk thread on the amulet, it means that the medicine could not have been sewn in recently.
But she knew that Zhou Shiya was having a false pregnancy and there was no baby in her belly. So even if she was wearing abortion drugs, it would not cause any harm.
She guessed that Zhou Shiya must have put the same medicinal herbs in the two amulets to be on the safe side. Even if the matter of the amulets was exposed one day, she would be able to exonerate herself by using the identical amulets!
Another thing that confused Zhou Lingge was that Zhou Shiya was clearly faking her pregnancy. Yesterday, all the doctors at the Imperial Hospital went to Fengluan Palace for a joint consultation. Why couldn't Doctor Chang and others diagnose that Zhou Shiya was faking her pregnancy?
Zhou Lingge clenched his fists tightly.
She raised her eyes to look at Zhou Shiya, who pretended to be innocent and aggrieved. It must be said that her acting skills were superb and there was no flaw at all.
Zhou Lingge narrowed his eyes slightly, a look of caution appearing on his face.
This woman is too meticulous, thinking ten steps ahead. Has she calculated this day long ago?
Half a minute later, Chang Hui and other imperial physicians checked the results.
"Your Majesty, Her Majesty the Queen Mother, the amulet used by the Empress does indeed contain the same medicine as the one used by the Consort Shu. The silk thread of this amulet is severely damaged, so it's impossible that the medicinal ingredients were sewn into it recently. The Empress has indeed always worn this amulet."
As soon as these words were spoken, the people in the hall were in an uproar.
This is enough to show that the queen had no idea that there was anything wrong with the amulet. She was completely unaware that the amulet contained drugs that could cause miscarriage and infertility in women.
All this has nothing to do with the Queen.
Doctor Zhang's eyes flickered as he added, "So, this also explains why the Empress has been unable to conceive for so long. Even now that she is pregnant, she often suffers from miscarriage and poor health."
"I've been thinking about this again. Last night, Your Majesty suddenly had a high fever and a miscarriage... Could this be related to this amulet?"
The Queen Mother was shocked when she heard this, and she completely believed that the Queen was innocent.
She quickly asked Chang Hui and Imperial Physician Zhang to check the Queen's pulse again: "Quick, check the Queen again. The child in the Queen's belly is the legitimate prince, and there must be no mistakes."
Chang Hui and other imperial physicians hurriedly took Zhou Shiya's pulse again.
They quickly came to the conclusion: "This amulet has left the Queen's body, and now the fetus seems to be more stable..."
"The high fever in your Majesty's body seems to have subsided."
Chang Hui frowned. It was so strange.
The queen seems to be in good health now.
She seemed to have recovered suddenly.
The speed of recovery is really surprising.
The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief. "It seems that the problem lies with this amulet."
"Luckily, we discovered the strangeness of this amulet in time, otherwise, wouldn't the Queen's child have died in the womb?"
Concubine Shu looked at all this in a daze, shaking her head in disbelief.
"No, it's impossible."
"How could the Queen be innocent? She and I both wore this amulet, so why couldn't I get pregnant while she did? There must be something wrong."
Zhou Shiya's eyes were red, and she couldn't help but sigh and explain.
"Actually, I was able to get pregnant thanks to my father, who has searched the world for famous doctors for me over the years. He spent a lot of money on a folk remedy that can help me get pregnant. I didn't believe it at first, but I tried my best and drank the remedy on time every day. I really didn't expect that not long after, I actually got pregnant."
She lowered her head with a loving expression and gently stroked her belly: "Perhaps, this is a gift from God to me."
"There are always many inexplicable miracles in this world."
Concubine Shu shook her head and stared at Zhou Shiya's slightly bulging belly.
"No, it's impossible."
"I don't believe it. This has nothing to do with you."