Concubine Qing saw Concubine Yu suddenly appear.

She reminded, "Noble Lady Yu, you have just entered the palace and are not familiar with the place. I am afraid you have seen it wrong. You should think carefully before answering!" Her tone was filled with warning and threats.

Concubine Yu nodded to Concubine Qing, walked to the front and said, "Your Majesty, I was standing not far away just now, and I happened to see Concubine Qing suddenly throw Concubine Yu away. When Concubine Yu was about to fall to the ground, she nodded to Yan'er, and Yan'er pressed on Concubine Yu like that."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Concubine Qing and Yan'er.

After all, Xiao Rui had been married to Concubine Qing for many years, so he still had some doubts about Concubine Yu's words.

"Lady Yu, Concubine Qing is kind and lenient to her subordinates. Did you see it wrong? Why would she shake off Concubine Yu's hand and order the maid to press on her?"

Xiao Rui's words seemed to be a question to Concubine Yu, but also seemed to be a question to his own heart.

Concubine Yu replied calmly, "Your Majesty, I am a princess of a foreign tribe. I am not familiar with the concubines in the palace. There is no need to lie to frame the concubine."

"I am only telling you what I have seen and heard. If I really have selfish motives, I should try to please the Imperial Concubine, who is the same as the Vice Empress, and speak to her."

Xiao Rui looked at Concubine Yu's sincere eyes, which did not seem like she was lying. He then looked at Concubine Qing beside him, whose face was full of grievance and helplessness. He did not know how to make a decision for a moment.

"Where are the others?" Xiao Rui asked.

Since the last warning, Rupin has become much more restrained. It is better to have less trouble than more, so she said, "Your Majesty, I didn't see it. It was snowing heavily at that time, and I was only busy blocking the snow."

Others did hear Concubine Qing asking Concubine Yu to let go and arguing with her, but Concubine Qing was present at the scene, so many people did not dare to speak directly and pretended not to see it.

Xu Yinshang suddenly said, "Your Majesty, please let me speak frankly. If Imperial Concubine Qing and the palace maid Yan'er hadn't done anything, how could Concubine Yu fall to the ground for no reason, and fall so hard?"

Yan'er argued, "Perhaps it was because Concubine Yu didn't stand firmly... At that time, Haitang didn't know where she went, so how can we blame the Imperial Concubine?"

Haitang stood up with red eyes, knelt down and said, "It snowed suddenly at that time, and the queen said she was cold, so I went to get some clothes. Before I left, I was still worried, but the queen said it was okay, and Imperial Concubine Qing was here, so I held Imperial Concubine Qing's arm tightly. But Imperial Concubine Qing shook the queen off..."

Imperial Concubine Qing immediately retorted, "I did not shake off Concubine Yu's hand, I just gently pulled it out, Concubine Yu fell down on her own!"

Then, she felt Xiao Rui's burning gaze, and her tone softened again, saying, "I didn't mean it, but I still had to arrange for someone to take Lu Mei away, so I asked the palace maid Yan'er beside me to help Concubine Yu..."

Yan'er followed up and said, "Yes, the queen asked me to help Concubine Yu. When Concubine Yu was about to fall, I wanted to help her up, but it seemed that... Concubine Yu pulled me down and we fell to the ground together."

Yan'er didn't say that she suspected someone was pushing her behind the scenes at this time. Because she couldn't find that person, it made the emperor more suspicious, and he directly threw the dirty water on Song Qingwan.

Haitang cried and said, "Yan'er, how can you confuse right and wrong like this? First the imperial concubine pushed my queen away, and then you pressed on her. Can these be faked? Could it be that my queen deliberately let you press on her?"

Yan'er argued, "That's unknown! Maybe it was Concubine Yu who staged this all by herself, framing me and the Imperial Concubine!"

At this time, Xu Yinshang suddenly laughed out loud, "Yan'er, what you said is too funny, isn't it? Everyone in the palace has seen how much Yupin cherishes her unborn child. She even skips the morning and evening visits. If it weren't for the imperial concubine's invitation, Yupin would not come out on weekdays."

"How could such a cautious person abandon his beloved child just to slander you and the imperial concubine?"

Xiao Rui looked at Song Qingwan who had not yet woken up, and thought of the day when she told him with a beautiful smile that she was pregnant again, and he was going to be a father again, and Chen Yi and Chen Zhi were going to have younger brothers and sisters.

Just the day before yesterday, he had placed his hand on her belly, and the two of them had said that when the child was born, they would let the older brothers and sisters take it out to play, but now it had turned into a pool of blood...

I don’t know how Wan’er will accept it when she wakes up.

"The maid Yan'er was ordered by the Imperial Concubine to look after Concubine Yu. Not only did she fail to protect Concubine Yu, but she fell on top of her, causing the heir to die. She is sentenced to death by hanging!"

Yan'er was horrified upon hearing this. She had never expected the emperor to issue such an order. She shouted, "Your Majesty, please spare my life! Your Majesty, please spare my life!"

Xiao Rui closed his eyes and opened them quickly again.

"Princess Yu is still not awake and she's already yelling here. Go pull out her tongue first."

After hearing this, Concubine Qing's legs softened instantly and she quickly held onto the wall. Ying'er and Yan'er had died one after another... Forget it, using Yan'er's life to exchange for the heir in Song Qingwan's belly was worth it...

Gradually, Song Qingwan opened her eyes and found many people sitting around the bed.

She rubbed her relaxed eyes, then sat up excitedly, "My child! Is my child still here?"

Xiao Rui held Song Qingwan's hands tightly and said with distressed eyes, "Wan'er, we will have another child."

Song Qingwan was shocked when she heard this! She wailed like crazy, "My child! I don't want this child! It's almost three months old! How can it leave me!"

Then he pointed at Concubine Qing and said, "Concubine! You have to compensate me for my child! The road was slippery on that snowy day, why did you push me away... and let Yan'er fall on me..." As he spoke, his eyes were like beads that had broken off the string.

Xiao Rui hugged Song Qingwan tightly. "Okay, Wan'er, we can still have children. The palace maid Yan'er has been executed."

Song Qingwan wanted to roar, but Xiao Rui held her tightly in his arms. Finally, she was tired of crying and put her head on Xiao Rui's shoulder.

She said sadly, "I don't understand... I don't understand why it snowed on the day designated for plum blossom viewing. I don't understand... why the soles of my shoes are so slippery that I can't even stand steadily. I don't understand why I told the imperial concubine many times, but she insisted on letting go of my hand..."

After hearing this, Concubine Yu whispered, "I also find it strange. I heard that the green plum blossoms arrived a few days ago, so why did they choose today as the day to appreciate them..."

Xiao Rui asked, "What shoes? Someone bring them up and see if there's anything strange about them!"

Haitang replied, "These are the shoes that the Imperial Household Department sent to the Empress yesterday. The Imperial Concubine said she wanted to enjoy the plum blossoms, and then the Imperial Household Department sent a pair of shoes embroidered with plum blossoms. The Empress thought it was appropriate, so she put them on today."

When Xiao Rui heard this, his eyes became somewhat gloomy.

The Imperial Household Department and the Imperial Observatory, he hated the collusion between the former dynasty and the harem, buying people's hearts and extending their hands to places where they shouldn't be extended.

"Xiao Fuzi, call the chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the chief envoy of the Imperial Observatory over here!"

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