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"The Empress, she fainted because she was too excited after hearing the news that the Third Prince was poisoned and unconscious and in critical condition!" As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present in Yongshou Palace could sense that something was wrong.

Even Su Peisheng and the imperial physician seemed to be aware of something and did not dare to speak. The emperor originally wanted to ask, "What is the connection between the third prince's poisoning and Concubine Rou? It can't be her fault, right?" But before he could ask, he realized that something was wrong.

Under what circumstances would a woman not be so shocked and angry that she would faint upon hearing the news that another man was in imminent danger and would not die soon?

At this time, the emperor finally realized that Concubine Rou's pregnancy was not a miracle. He took a deep breath, his chest rising and falling. He suppressed his anger and waved his hands in a trembling voice: "Su Peisheng, take everyone in Yongshou Palace to the Ministry of Punishment and investigate for me. No matter what, investigate it thoroughly!"

"Imperial Physician, please leave first! I don't need to say anything more about what should and should not be said about today's events." When the emperor said this, he stared at the imperial physician kneeling on the ground with a gloomy look. The imperial physician was sweating profusely, and the clothes on his back had already been soaked with cold sweat.

Originally thinking that he would lose his life after discovering the royal family's scandal, he did not expect that the emperor would be willing to let him go. The imperial physician immediately breathed a sigh of relief, kowtowed deeply with trembling lips, and assured: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. I understand!"

The emperor did not look at the imperial physician again. Seeing this, the imperial physician stood up and said goodbye: "I will take my leave!"

"Xia Qian! Go and find out what things are happening in my harem that I don't know!" After the imperial physician left, the emperor returned to the Yangxin Palace and pondered for a long time alone. It was not until dark that he seemed to finally figure something out. He stood up and issued an order towards an empty place.

A voice came from the darkness: "I obey your command!"

After the voice faded away, the emperor twirled the Eighteen Beads bracelet alone for a long time, then said to the outside of the palace: "Come, please invite a few imperial doctors!"

When Su Peisheng came back, the emperor was being treated by several imperial doctors in the Yangxin Palace. Su Peisheng saw that the door of the Yangxin Palace was closed, so he stopped and turned to ask Xiao Xiazi who was guarding outside the palace: "Is the emperor still in there? Does he have any other instructions?"

Xiao Xiazi whispered to Su Peisheng: "The emperor has called the imperial physician to examine the patient inside and has ordered that no one be allowed in. Master, you'd better not ask around!"

As soon as Su Peisheng heard what Xiao Xia Zi said, he understood that the emperor might have some health problems. No wonder he didn't even care about the child in Concubine Rou's belly when he heard that there was something fishy between Concubine Rou and the Third Prince.

Su Peisheng was panicking. He really didn't expect that Concubine Rou and the Third Prince were so bold that they would defile the harem in the palace. Just now the Fourth Prince had an accident, and it wasn't clear whether it was an accident, and then the Third Prince was poisoned. The poisoning of the Third Prince was already a serious matter, but who would have thought that the investigation would lead to Concubine Rou.

Su Peisheng didn't know how to report to the emperor. The maid in the Ministry of Punishment had been asking questions for the whole afternoon and had found out quite a lot of things. Now Su Peisheng just hoped that the emperor would not vent his anger on himself after reading the testimony he brought. Otherwise, he could not guarantee that he would still be alive after knowing so many things.

The emperor blocked the news from Yongshou Palace very promptly. Except for Noble Consort Jing who knew about Concubine Rou's coma, the other concubines had no idea what had happened.

Lingrong was still sighing with Baoli: "Noble Consort Jing is such a ruthless person. Some honest people just can't be provoked. Normally, if you provoke them, they will tolerate it, but if you provoke them into a rage, just like the emperor, you will be cut off from having children and grandchildren."

"However, I never expected that Imperial Noble Consort Jing would not even let Hongche go. If Hongche didn't dislike drinking mung bean soup, Third Prince Hongshi wouldn't be the only one poisoned."

In Lingrong's impression, Imperial Noble Consort Jing was not the type who would vent her anger on others. Logically, Imperial Noble Consort Jing should have to deal with only the Emperor, and at most the 'culprits' Zhen Huan and Zhen Yurao. Lingrong really didn't expect that first the Fourth Prince 'accidentally fell into the water' and died, and then the Third Prince, the Fifth Prince and Hongche all had the same poisonous mung bean soup.

Lingrong didn't know what happened to the Fifth Prince, but as for Hongche, it was because she had emphasized that he should not touch any food sent by others unless he asked for it. That's why Hongche escaped.

Only after the imperial physician confirmed once again that the emperor was truly infertile did he finally give up.

The imperial doctors looked relieved when they came out, and when they saw Su Peisheng, they didn't dare to say anything and left in a hurry. Su Peisheng, who originally wanted to ask the imperial doctors a few questions, suddenly became more nervous. After hesitating for a while, he stepped into the Yangxin Palace with his testimony in his arms, looking ready to die.

The emperor silently read the testimony of the Yongshou Palace servants about how Zhen Yurao met the Third Prince in the Imperial Garden, how they got along, how they fell in love and how they had secret meetings. However, his reaction was not as angry as Su Peisheng expected. The emperor put down the testimony and said to Su Peisheng: "Concubine Rou is weak and sick, and is not suitable for pregnancy. Let her die with the child."

"As for the third prince Hongshi..." The emperor was silent for a while, "Let's see if he can wake up first!"

"As for you, Su Peisheng, you are incompetent. So many things happened in the palace but the culprit has not been found. I will punish you with thirty lashes and let Gao Wuyong investigate!"

Su Peisheng should step down and be punished. The Third Prince is still being rescued, but the Emperor has never visited him once. Everyone in the harem feels that something is wrong here, but no one dares to investigate.

Lingrong keenly felt that someone was secretly observing her, and there were signs that some items in her study had been rummaged through. She guessed that the emperor must have ordered spies to investigate everyone in the harem. Baoli, who also found something wrong, was a little worried. She was afraid that Lingrong's correspondence with Prince Guo would be discovered, and then she would be really finished.

Ling Rong was calm, as she had hidden all her things in the shop. If someone bought them, she would recycle them as waste. If they were not sold, she would keep them as a special warehouse. If she wanted to take them back, she would just take the goods off the shelves, and no one would find out. As for Prince Guo, the emperor probably wouldn't check this time, and even if he checked the blank letter paper, it wouldn't mean anything.

After half a month of keeping quiet and pretending nothing had happened, Xia Qi's investigation was finally over, and a thick stack of investigation reports was placed on the emperor's desk.

After reading it, the emperor's frown relaxed a lot. Although the report mentioned many cases of concubines framing each other, the emperor's worry about the defilement of the harem did not happen. The concubines with the cleanest hands were Ling Rong and Shen Meizhuang. The emperor couldn't help but sigh: "Noble Concubine Jiao has been like this since she entered the palace, and she is still like this now. She has not changed at all."

He then looked at the report about Zhen Huan using flowers and plants to harm Guaerjia clan, and shook his head with a sigh: "A fake is a fake after all. The Zhen sisters have faces like that, which is really an insult to Chunyuan!"