A concubine's daughter is reborn and I want to enter the palace!

When Concubine Rou spoke her bold guess, Qinxiang almost fell to the ground with black eyes...

Qin Xiang stroked her heart and said, "My queen, this is a crime of deceiving the emperor! Concubine Shen... shouldn't be so bold..."

Concubine Rou snorted coldly, "Women in the harem, in order to win favor, there is nothing they can't do!"

Qin Xiang still couldn't believe it. "But, but, if Shenpin wasn't pregnant at all, how could she hide it after ten months when the fruit is ripe?"

Concubine Rou said lightly, "There are only two possibilities. One is to put the blame for the death of this "child" on other concubines, so that the child will die a worthy death and others will be brought down at the same time."

Qin Xiang asked, "What about the second one, Madam?"

Concubine Rou smiled and said, "The second one is even simpler. At worst, we can just find a child. With Concubine Shen's family background, it is not difficult to find a newborn baby~"

Qin Xiang was stunned and said, "This is a stain on the royal bloodline! How dare Shenpin..."

Concubine Rou said calmly, "She dares to fake pregnancy, what else is there that she dares not do?"

"But what I want to prove most now is whether my guess is true. I still need to verify it."

Qinxiang: "How do I verify it, Madam?"

Concubine Rou: "That's easy. I'll prepare a plate of cakes. You go find the little palace maid who got the news and ask her to tell Concubine Shen that the imperial kitchen specially gave it to her. See what happens when she eats it!"

Qin Xiang said timidly, "But my lady, if Concubine Shen refuses to eat it, wouldn't it be exposed if we investigate the source of the cakes?"

Concubine Rou asked back, "With her current fame, so many people are chasing after her to curry favor with her. Do you think she will trace the origin of the pastries before eating them?"

Qinxiang nodded wisely, "Your Majesty is right, but I'm afraid that something has really happened to Concubine Shen, and the first thing I will do is to find out about it from Your Majesty..."

Concubine Rou said confidently, "No, she is not pregnant. I am absolutely sure. Even if there is something wrong, I have the prime minister behind me!"

After listening to Concubine Rou's confident speech, Qinxiang proceeded to act according to Concubine Rou's plan.

the other side

The little palace maid brought the cakes with "condiments" into the house.

"Your Highness, I have just brought in a plate of pumpkin cakes. They are specially prepared for you by the imperial kitchen. They say that eating them during pregnancy will be good for the fetus."

When Concubine Shen heard that the food in her belly was good for the fetus, she immediately said, "Bring it here, I'll have a taste."

The little palace maid lowered her head and brought the pastries over.

Concubine Shen reached out and took one and put it in her mouth, tasting it carefully. The little palace maid stared at it closely until Concubine Shen swallowed it.

Just when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Shenpin suddenly picked up the cake and said, "This color, this taste, it doesn't look like only pumpkin, there must be persimmon added in it!"

The little maid was so scared that she trembled and replied, "No, madam, maybe corn flour was added... Persimmons are cold and should not be eaten by pregnant women. Even a little maid like me knows this, so how could the chefs in the imperial kitchen not know this?"

Concubine Shen threw the cakes onto the plate. "That's true. Everyone knows how much the Emperor values ​​this baby of mine. They don't dare to do that!"

"Take it!"

When the little palace maid saw that Concubine Shen only took one bite and stopped eating, she wanted to say something, but looking at Concubine Shen’s arrogant face, she finally did not dare to say anything more.

As for Concubine Rou, if Concubine Shen didn't even finish one of the cakes on the plate, she would probably not get the money after the matter was accomplished.

So when the little palace maid faced Qinxiang's questioning, she chose to conceal the truth deliberately.

Qinxiang asked, "How was it? How much of that plate of cake did your young master eat?"

The little maid was afraid that if she said she ate less, she would give less money to Qinxiang. She looked at the full purse tied around Qinxiang's waist and said, "Sister Qinxiang, my mistress has eaten all the cakes you gave me!"

Qinxiang smiled and said, "Oh, really?"

The little palace maid nodded and said, "Yes, I told you that the cake was specially prepared by the imperial kitchen as a gift to you. You tasted it and said it was delicious. You ate it all in one go!"

Qinxiang took off the purse and handed it to the little palace maid.

"You did a great job on this matter. Here! It's all yours."

The little maid took the purse with bright eyes and said gratefully, "Thank you, Sister Qinxiang. If you need anything in the future, just come to me!"

Qin Xiang said, "Okay, I'll go back first, you should go back as well."

After parting with the little palace maid, Qinxiang quickly reported what she had seen and heard to Concubine Rou.

"Hahahaha, she once plotted against me, and I thought she was so smart, but I didn't expect she's such a fool!" When Concubine Rou heard that Concubine Shen had eaten up all the pastries, she couldn't help laughing.

Qin Xiang also laughed, "Yes, my lady, I didn't expect that Concubine Shen is just a cowardly person."

"But, Madam, what is in there?"

Concubine Rou said, "A large amount of purslane juice is added to it. It's fine for ordinary people to eat it, but if a pregnant woman eats it, it can easily cause miscarriage, especially for someone like Concubine Shen, who hasn't been stable in the first three months."

Qin Xiang curled her lips and smiled, "Then let's wait and see the show, Madam."

However, the good show did not happen. For several days, Concubine Shen did not seem to have any problems.

Qin Xiang looked at it anxiously, "Madam, this, this, she is fine..."

Concubine Rou said solemnly, "She ate so much, and the pastries with purslane juice were fine. It seems that it is just as I expected, she is not pregnant!"

Qinxiang "My Lady, what should we do next?"

Concubine Rou said viciously, "What should I do? She has brought disgrace upon me. I will definitely expose her and vent my anger!"

Then he called Qinxiang over and whispered something in her ear...

the other side

Concubine Shen lay on the bed and called Zhenzhu over.

"Pearl, come here for a moment and close the door."

After hearing this, Pearl came in, asked everyone else to leave, and then closed the doors and windows.

"Empress, what's wrong?" Pearl walked forward and asked in a low voice.

Concubine Shen frowned and said, "Something is wrong. The more I think about it, the more I feel that the cake is not right. I can't tell what is wrong, but it always feels different from what I ate before."

"Although I'm pregnant now, I'm not stupid. There must be something wrong!"

Pearl covered her mouth in shock and said, "Ah, could it be that someone wants to harm the queen? Is it someone from the imperial kitchen?"

Shenpin looked out the window and said, "Maybe... it's one of our own."

"Why don't we try to catch the turtle in the jar?"