The Empress of Zhen Huan Reborn

Chapter 179 Secrets of the Previous Dynasty

When Yun'er heard what Nian Shilan said, she also smiled and nodded, "Okay, if this servant wants to leave the palace in the future, I will tell the queen directly."

At this time, Lingzhi led everyone from Changle Palace back to Yikun Palace. Nian Shilan saw this and raised her eyebrows in confusion, "But is everything over?"

Lingzhi walked up to Nian Shilan, knelt down and saluted, saying, "To answer your Majesty's question, Concubine Chun has had a miscarriage. The Emperor has ordered her to move out of Changle Palace today. After the palace is cleaned, the Emperor will allow your Majesty to move back in."

Nian Shilan was slightly surprised when she heard Lingzhi's words, "Didn't the emperor send anyone to confront me?"

Lingzhi shook her head. "The emperor has always believed in the queen. On the contrary, Concubine Chun was reprimanded by the emperor several times for slandering the queen. I think her future favor will be cut off."

After hearing this, Nian Shilan didn't care about Chun Changzai's fate at all. She only knew that she won the battle, saved herself, and was not tricked by Chun Changzai.

"Well done, Lingzhi." Nian Shilan praised, "You all go down, I want to be alone for a while."

After everyone left, Nian Shilan sat down slowly, with a trace of fatigue in her eyes. She knew that although she had successfully saved herself this time, the struggle in the harem would never stop. She had to stay vigilant at all times to protect herself and her family's status.

At the same time, outside Changle Palace, a sedan slowly left. Sitting in the sedan was Concubine Chun, who had just lost her child. She was pale and haggard, with hatred and anger in her eyes. This time, she not only lost her child and the emperor's affection, but also lost a loyal maid. Fang Chunyi put all these accounts on Yixiu and Nian Shilan.

After Yixiu was deposed by the Emperor, he ordered her to move to Qianxi Palace. Jingren Palace has now been abandoned, and the Emperor is preparing to renovate it.

Yixiu heard from an informant in her palace that Concubine Chun had a miscarriage, but did not implicate Nian Shilan. Yixiu was so angry that she scolded Fang Chunyi in the palace, "This idiot! He lost a child in vain, but did not move Nian Shilan at all. I don't know how such a person could have survived in the palace for so many years!"

Bao Juan was beside Yi Xiu at this time, handing her a cup of tea and saying, "My lady, don't be angry. Originally, this Concubine Chun was the bait you released to attract other people's attention. Now that other things have been done, you will get what you want soon."

When Yixiu heard Baojuan's words, he looked at her with a hint of joy, "Are you telling the truth?"

Bao Juan quickly responded, "My young master's order, I will definitely carry it out properly, and no one will be able to find any problems."

After hearing this, Yixiu smiled happily and said, "The Emperor will take his concubines to the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer heat soon. Humph, let Nian Shilan run wild for a few more days."

A few days before leaving for the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer heat, news came from the palace that the Empress Dowager was ill and would not accompany the trip to the Old Summer Palace, but would stay in the palace to recuperate.

In Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother looked at the Emperor and asked with a questioning look: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?"

The emperor looked at the queen mother with a very cold look, "What do I mean? Doesn't the queen mother know?"

The Queen Mother was confused for a moment when she saw that the Emperor no longer had the respect for her as before.

The emperor sneered and said, "I heard a secret in the palace a few days ago. I think the old queen mother should know it. Can you answer my questions?"

When the Queen Mother heard the Emperor talking about the secrets of the palace, she had a bad feeling for a moment. The Emperor did not wait for the Queen Mother's answer and said to himself: "I heard that the late Emperor loved Imperial Noble Consort Tong Jia very much and made an exception for her, allowing her to raise her own child. However, in order to avoid criticism from the ministers of the previous dynasty, he registered Imperial Noble Consort Tong Jia's child under someone else's name."

When the Queen Mother heard what the Emperor said, she became even more uneasy and said agitatedly, "What nonsense!"

The emperor looked at the queen mother with a playful look in his eyes, "Mother, why are you so radical? I just heard about it and wanted to ask you for confirmation."

When the Queen Mother heard what the Emperor said, she said in a slightly hurried tone: "Emperor, you are the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. You should be able to distinguish right from wrong. Who is this person who is making up lies and trying to sow discord between you and me? This person has an evil heart. The Emperor cannot let him go!"

The emperor looked at the queen mother, the amusement in his eyes became stronger, "Oh? I didn't say that the child of Imperial Noble Consort Tong Jia was mine."

The Queen Mother immediately realized that she had spoken out of turn, and hurriedly said, "Yes, the Emperor did not say that, but if what others said was not the mother-son relationship between you and me, why would the Emperor come to me for verification?"

The emperor smiled, nodded, and said nothing. He just watched the empress dowager's performance quietly.

The Queen Mother spoke again: "The Emperor may have forgotten that the reason why Imperial Noble Consort Tong Jia died was because she gave birth to two stillborn babies in succession. She was so emotional that she died of hemorrhage."

When the Emperor heard the Empress Dowager mention the cause of death of Imperial Noble Consort Tongjia, the hatred in his heart became stronger and stronger, and for a moment he wished he could die together with the Empress Dowager.

The emperor barely suppressed the turmoil in his heart, looked at the empress dowager calmly and said, "This is why I don't understand. My investigation shows that Imperial Noble Concubine Tong Jia did not die from giving birth to a stillborn baby or bleeding. Instead, someone gave her drugs that caused the fetus in her belly to be born prematurely, which led to the bleeding."

When the Queen Mother heard the Emperor's words, her eyes widened and she couldn't find her voice for a moment. Did the Emperor find out the cause of Consort Tong Jia's death? When did the Emperor know about this, and where did he find out?

While the Empress Dowager was thinking, the Emperor signaled Su Peisheng behind him to present the evidence he had investigated to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager took it with trembling hands and looked at it carefully.

Zhu Xi had been standing behind the Queen Mother without saying a word, but he felt helpless in his heart that it seemed that the truth had finally been revealed, and he was afraid that none of them would have a good end.

The Queen Mother flipped through the results of the Emperor's investigation page by page. When she saw the end, she was finally too lazy to continue pretending and admitted, "I always thought you were easy to manipulate, but I forgot that you are the Emperor. How could you be so easily convinced by others' words? When did you start to doubt me?"

The Emperor looked at the Queen Mother with a strong disgust in his eyes, "I have always thought that you are my biological mother, so when you treat me and the Fourteenth Prince differently, I always comfort myself that I did not grow up under your lap, so I am not as easy to please you as the Fourteenth Prince, but I have never doubted you."

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