Reborn Princess

Everyone was shocked when they heard the palace maid's words.

"What?" Zhou Hengyan frowned. "Isn't she being kept in Huining Palace? Why is she bleeding profusely?"

The maid knelt down and answered: "It was fine at first, but..."

"But what?"

"But in the afternoon, the Queen sent bird's nest to Concubine Jieyu. Less than an hour after she ate it, she had unbearable abdominal pain and heavy bleeding."

Hearing this, Crown Prince Zhou Yicong said in a deep voice: "Deceiving the emperor is a serious crime, are you serious?"

"I will never say a word of falsehood."

The maid knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty, please go and see Concubine Jieyu. I'm afraid she's not well."

For a time, the scene was chaotic.

Zhou Hengyan said to everyone: "Today's banquet ends here, everyone go back home first."

"Prince Ding'an and his wife will stay."

After saying that, Zhou Hengyan took Cao Shuyi's hand and went to the harem.

Zhou Chao raised his eyebrows when he saw this, thinking it was interesting. He decided not to leave either, thinking it would be fun to watch the excitement.

Several people rushed all the way to Huining Palace. Almost half of the attendants in Huining Palace had been transferred away, but at this moment the palace maids were all busy and in chaos.

When they saw Zhou Hengyan and Cao Shuyi, they all bowed in panic.

Zhou Hengyan didn't care about these things. After he excused himself from the formalities, he looked towards the bedroom and asked, "How is Concubine Yang?"

"The imperial doctors are all inside treating the queen."

Zhou Hengyan and Cao Shuyi walked into the hall. Zhou Cechen held Shen Yanlan back and said, "Don't go. It's dirty. Wait in the side hall."

Shen Lilan nodded.

Zhou Cechen pulled Shen Lilan to sit in the side hall and asked someone to light the stove in the side hall. After spending a long time with Shen Lilan, Zhou Cechen discovered that she was extremely afraid of cold and her hands and feet were cold all day long.

Seeing Zhou Cechen and Shen Xilan enter the side hall, Zhou Chao followed them in.

When Zhou Cechen saw him come in, her eyes turned cold and she stepped in front of Shen Lilan.

Zhou Chao sneered, "Why? Are you afraid that I will do something to my sister-in-law?"

Zhou Cechen's eyes were cold. "Do you dare?"

"Why don't you dare?"

"Do you think I am you?" Zhou Chao asked him with a smile.

"You couldn't touch me before, and you can't touch her now either."

"Zhou Chao, your stay or departure is up to me."

Zhou Cechen said in a low voice, "You'd better behave yourself."

Zhou Chao frowned and was about to speak when he was interrupted by crying from the next room. He scratched his ears and said, "It's noisy."

In the bedroom, Yang Ruowei propped herself up from the bed and pointed at Cao Shuyi and cursed, "You cruel and ruthless bitch, my child, give me back my child!"

At this moment, her hair was messy, her eyes were red, and her whole face was covered with tears. She was no longer as bright and gorgeous as before.

When the people in the hall saw this, they all lowered their heads. The child was gone, and no one had the heart to see her like that.

We are all human beings, and we have hearts made of flesh and blood. Even if one is in a low position and is ordered around every day, he or she will eventually show compassion, even if the person being pitied is infinitely nobler than they are.

"Ruowei, the matter is still unclear. You must not offend your superiors." Zhou Hengyan looked at her and said.

"It's not clear yet?" Yang Ruowei chuckled. "The evidence is in front of the emperor, isn't it clear? The emperor favors her every time, what about me? Who am I?"

"She has been in the palace for five years and has been with the emperor for five years, but the emperor only has eyes for her!"

Zhou Hengyan frowned, "Shut up."

"Investigate! Investigate now!" Zhou Hengyan said to the imperial doctors. He didn't believe Cao Shuyi would do such a stupid thing.

Cao Shuyi watched all this coldly. She was tired, annoyed and exhausted.

"There's no need to go to so much trouble." With these words, everyone turned their attention to Cao Shuyi.

"Doctor Zhang, may I ask what abortion drug is put in the bird's nest?"

"My lady, it's red flowers."

Cao Shuyi sneered, "Isn't Concubine Yang's diet checked by the imperial physician every day? Why didn't they check it today?"

"Today is my duty. Concubine Yang said at noon today that she had trouble sleeping every night, so I went to prepare a tranquilizer for her, but I didn't pay attention to her for the moment."

"Safflower tastes sweet and slightly spicy. Can't Concubine Yang taste it?" Cao Shuyi looked at Yang Ruowei.

Yang Ruoxu avoided her gaze and said, "I dare not refuse the gift given by the Queen."

"When did Concubine Yang become so obedient? I remember that you are the most arrogant and domineering person in the harem, aren't you?"

Yang Ruowei grabbed the quilt and said nothing.

"Honghua, when has my palace maid ever been to the Imperial Hospital?"

"Replying to the Queen, the duty book records that a maid from your palace went to collect it yesterday."

This sentence ignited Yang Ruowei's arrogance again, "It's you! You can't have a child yourself, so you want to kill my child too!"

Zhou Hengyan slapped Yang Ruowei on the face. "Yang Ruowei, your words are disrespectful."

Yang Ruowei covered her face and looked at Zhou Hengyan in shock, "You hit me? I'm the one who lost the child!"

"Don't forget what you did before, Yang Ruowei." Zhou Hengyan's words were a warning.

Cao Shuyi watched this farce. She winked at Xi Yuan, and Xi Yuan went out and brought in a palace maid.

"Take Concubine Yang's people back to your own palace, and don't throw dirty water into our Renming Palace."

Yang Ruowei looked at the kneeling palace maid and pretended to remain calm.

"Why? Queen, do you think I will harm my own child?"

Cao Shuyi: “It’s possible.”

"Do you think I'm as cruel as you?" Yang Ruowei's voice trembled.

"The bird's nest only passed through your hands. Tell me, at which step can this medicine be made?" Xi Yuan said to the kneeling palace maid.

The maid knelt down and trembled. "The Queen ordered me to do this."

"I ordered you to do it? I threatened you with your sick mother and brother outside the palace?"

The palace maid looked up with a look of horror.

"She threatened you with the lives of your mother and brother, are you still going to work for her?"

The palace maid lowered her head and said nothing.

"I will give you one last chance, a chance to save your mother and brother. Will you tell me?"

The palace maid crawled to Cao Shuyi as if she saw a savior and wanted to move forward but was blocked by Zhou Hengyan.

"Empress, save me, save me, I was forced, I was forced." She cried and sobbed.

"Speak slowly and make yourself clear." Xi Yuan looked at the palace maid.

"Yang Jieyu threatened me with my family members and asked me to put drugs in her things and put the blame on the queen. If I didn't obey, my family members would be in danger."

"This is not my original intention. I was forced into a situation where I had no other options."

Cao Shuyi looked at Yang Ruowei and said, "Yang Ruowei, I have given you a chance. If you behave yourself, I will not pursue you. But don't forget that I am the Queen and the Empress."

"You can see for yourself that these methods are full of loopholes."

Yang Ruowei seemed to suddenly understand, "Are you setting a trap for me?"

"It's you who has brought about my own doom." Cao Shuyi replied.

Zhou Hengyan frowned, "You can even harm your own child, Yang Ruowei."

Yang Ruowei laughed.

"My child? Isn't that also the Emperor's child?"

"Does the Emperor want me to have a child? Are the medicines delivered every day tonics?"

"How can I get pregnant and keep the baby after drinking that medicine? Doesn't the emperor know?"

"Come to think of it, isn't the emperor just like me? He doesn't even let his own children go."

After saying this, Yang Ruowei looked at Cao Shuyi and shouted, "You will be punished!"

Cao Shuyi frowned, wondering what tricks she was playing.

The eunuch outside came to report, "It's bad, Your Majesty, there's a fire in the little prince's bedroom."

"What?" Zhou Hengyan's face turned completely cold.