How could Concubine Hua dare to go back? She didn't even bother to sit in the sedan chair. She just followed Yinzhen's imperial sedan chair quickly, wanting to know if there was any problem with Feng Ruozhao's child.

At this moment, she hoped more than anyone else that the baby in Feng Ruozhao's belly was safe.

Otherwise, she would incur the resentment of Yinzhen, and not only would she lose favor, but Songzhi might even lose her life.

Songzhi has been serving her since she was a child, and she must save Songzhi's life!

Fortunately, Yiku Palace is not far from Xianfu Palace.

Su Peisheng hurried over and brought Zeng Youming over in time.

After checking her pulse, Zeng Youming frowned and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Jing and the heir are fine for now. But Concubine Jing's fetus was unstable to begin with. Not only was she frightened this time, she also fell. I'm afraid she will give birth prematurely in the future."

Yinzhen was relieved to learn that the child was fine. He had already lost two children since he ascended the throne. If he lost another one, people in the previous dynasty would probably say that he was not a righteous emperor.

"Doctor Zeng, you must do your best to protect Concubine Jing's baby."

"The minister obeys the order."

For fear of disturbing Feng Ruozhao's rest, Yinzhen led everyone to the front hall of the main hall.

The queen behind Yinzhen was very disappointed, but Concubine Hua felt relieved.

Originally, she thought that since Feng Ruozhao was fine, the matter could be forgotten. However, Concubine Cao did not want to let it go. She quietly leaned over to Concubine Hua's ear and whispered a few words, then handed the things she had picked up in Yiku Palace to Concubine Hua. After listening to her, Concubine Hua immediately knelt in front of Yinzhen with her hands holding the thing and told him about her grievances.

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me, Concubine Jing, Concubine Cao, and Princess Wen Yi! Today is the first banquet I have held since I entered the palace, and it is also Wen Yi's full-month banquet. I attach great importance to it and am afraid that something will go wrong. But I never thought that everything was fine before, but at the end of the banquet, the Phoenix Peony Hairpin that you gave me, which is my favorite, suddenly broke, and the beads rolled all over the floor.

Your Majesty, please look at the silk thread in my hand. If it was broken accidentally, it should have broken into two pieces, but the silk thread in my hand broke into three pieces.

It is obvious that someone deliberately broke my hairpin. The purpose is not difficult to guess, that is, to get rid of the heir in Jingpin's belly and frame me. Then I will definitely make you dislike me and lose my power in the palace. It is obvious that their intention is to kill me."

At this point, Concubine Hua deliberately glanced at the Queen, and then continued: "If it weren't for Jingpin's luck to escape this disaster, I would have died unjustly. I believe that the Emperor will make the decision, find out the truth, and severely punish this person!"

The queen knew that if she didn't explain herself, she would be in trouble.

After all, whether it was the palace power that Hua Fei mentioned just now, or the look in her eyes, they were all directed at her.

So she hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, what Concubine Hua said does not make sense, but I still remember that Songzhi rushed straight towards Concubine Jing just now."

Songzhi immediately knelt down on the ground after hearing this, and cried out that she was wronged, "Your Majesty, I didn't do it on purpose, I was pushed over!"

Songzhi has served Concubine Hua since she was a child and is extremely loyal. Concubine Hua will definitely protect her, so she said, "Your Majesty, if it was me who wanted to harm Concubine Jing's child, wouldn't it be self-incriminating if I used Songzhi? I am also a person who has lost a child, so how could I want to kill someone else's child."

Concubine Qi was a staunch supporter of the Queen and immediately defended her. "You always bullied Concubine Jing in the palace. Who knows if you did it on purpose? Besides, you were the one who brought the thread just now. Who knows if you broke another section of the thread?"

At this time, Concubine Cao also quickly stood up and said, "I picked up the silk thread. When I picked it up, there were three threads. Concubine Qi will not think that I deliberately killed Wen Yi's brothers and sisters at my daughter's full moon banquet!"

Hanzhu showed hesitation and nervousness at the right time, looking here and there, which attracted the attention of Concubine Hua.

Hua Fei immediately pointed at Han Zhu and said, "You, Han Zhu is still Ruyi. I remember that you are Jingpin's maidservant. Did you see something with this expression? The emperor is here, why don't you tell me what you saw!"

Yinzhen looked in the direction of Hua Fei's hand and saw that it was Hanzhu, so he said in a deep voice: "If you have something to say, just say it, don't hide it!"

Hanzhu clenched her fists nervously and glanced at the queen cautiously. The queen immediately felt something was wrong and heard her say, "I saw... Aunt Jianqiu pushed Aunt Songzhi, and that's when Aunt Songzhi--"

"How dare you! You're lying!" The Queen quickly stopped Hanzhu from continuing and knelt down to defend herself, "Your Majesty, this servant must have seen it wrong. Jianqiu is the most steady person, how could she accidentally push Songzhi?"

With the testimony of the senior palace maid beside Feng Ruozhao, Concubine Hua completely relaxed and opened fire on the Queen.

"Of course I wouldn't be careless. Who can push someone away by accident? I think Jianqiu did it on purpose. She deliberately used Songzhi to get rid of Jingpin's child and framed me. Queen, you should take this opportunity to take back the power of the palace!"

The Queen and Concubine Hua were bickering with each other. Yinzhen frowned and thought while crossing the eighteen pieces in his hand. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly stood up.

"Enough!" The air suddenly became quiet.

Then he continued, "Jingpin is dignified and prudent, and has a virtuous and prudent nature. She is promoted to Jingfei, and the canonization ceremony will be held after one month."

Seeing that the number of concubines was about to be filled, the queen spoke out to stop him, "Your Majesty——"

Before she could finish, Yinzhen raised his hand to stop her from continuing. He then helped Concubine Hua up, "The Queen is old and has little energy. She should stay in the palace to recuperate for a month. Shilan, since I asked you to help manage the six palaces, you should take good care of them for the Queen. Also, you don't need to pay respects to her for this month."

After Yinzhen finished speaking, he strode away.

Concubine Hua rolled her eyes at the Queen and followed her away.

Just as Jianqiu was about to help the queen up, she was pinned down by someone.

When the queen saw that it was Su Peisheng who had returned, her pupils shrank and she quickly stood up and stood in front of Jianqiu, "Eunuch Su, what are you doing?"

Su Peisheng half-bent over, "I'm sorry, Queen. The Emperor ordered me to take Jianqiu to the Shenxing Division. Aunt Jianqiu, please come with us."

The queen wanted to stop him, but she knew she could not disobey the emperor's order. She just looked at Jianqiu deeply with red eyes. Jianqiu immediately showed an expression of fearlessness of life and death, which made the queen feel relieved.

After watching Jianqiu leave, the queen turned back to look at Hanzhu and said in a freezing cold voice, "You are a sharp-eyed girl. Serve your queen well and make sure she has a safe delivery."

Hanzhu nodded obediently, "I will do my best to serve my queen, so you can rest assured, Queen!"

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