Lan Xinyanyi

Only her personal maid and concubine Yi knew about the pregnancy of Mrs. Yu.The three of them kept it safe for more than three months, and finally Yugui's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and it seemed impossible to hide it anymore.She quietly changed her clothes to make them looser, but she didn't dare to go out.Daily greetings or gatherings are all covered by complaints of illness.After a few days, the concubines talked a lot, and even Concubine Gao realized that something was wrong.

"Usually, you are always anxious about Meng, why are you alone these few days?" Concubine Gao asked with a strange ambiguity, which made Concubine Yi feel hairy.

Before she could reply, the concubine Jia had already picked up the conversation: "Sister Yipin, what is the imperial concubine asking you, where is Mrs. Yu?"

She gritted her teeth, this time she couldn't escape.Then he stood up and replied: "Returning to the words of the imperial concubine, Mrs. Yu is not feeling well, so she asked for leave."

Concubine Gao raised her eyebrows: "Oh? I'm feeling unwell again."

Yipin secretly groaned in her heart.She has never been a person who can lie, so she can only force herself to be calm and forcefully add more details to the lie. "Ayan just has a cough, and she doesn't like to take medicine, so she doesn't want to bother the doctor."

"Is it true that there is no need for an imperial physician to come and treat you?" Concubine Gao Gui still seemed suspicious.

"You really don't need to bother." Yipin replied.

Concubine Gao paused for a while, then turned to other topics.Concubine Yi breathed a sigh of relief, but when she raised her eyes to look at Concubine Gao, she found that she was staring at him meaningfully, with a vicious smile hidden in her eyes, as if she was saying: What kind of tricks are you doing, I can see clearly Chu.

On the way back to the palace, Yipin was restless.Concubine Gao must have felt something.If Concubine Gao knew that Yu Gui was pregnant with a dragon fetus, what would she do with her temperament?Yipin didn't dare to think about it, but she knew that if she didn't do anything, it would be difficult to keep this child.

Back in the palace, she thought of countermeasures, but there was nothing she could do. She was as anxious as ants on a hot pan, pacing non-stop.

"Sister, don't worry." Yu Gui said helplessly while sitting on the couch.

"How can I not be in a hurry?" Yipin sighed. "Gao Guifei has already suspected you and me. I don't know when she will come to make trouble..."

A eunuch's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Gao Guifei has arrived—"

It really means that Cao Cao Cao Cao has arrived.Mrs. Yu was startled, and quickly greeted Yipin: "Sister, go out from the back first." While sitting down, she pretended to be coughing.

Concubine Yi stumbled out of the Yonghe Palace, feeling very flustered.Yushu didn't know why, so he asked, "Ma'am, what's wrong with you?"

What to do, what should be done.Concubine Gao may have already started.There is no delay for a minute or a second.Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration—yes, go find the Empress.

When Concubine Yi rushed back to the Yonghe Palace with the Empress, it happened that Concubine Gao was instructing Imperial Physician Liu to pour a bowl of black stuff into the mouth of Mrs. Yu.

Fortunately, the empress is here.Seeing Ah Yan collapsed on the ground, coughing unceasingly because of being choked by the potion, Yipin felt a strange emotion rising in her heart - anger mixed with helplessness, furious but powerless.

"What's the matter?" asked the queen.

Concubine Gao looked very calm: "My concubine heard that Mrs. Yu was ill, so she kindly brought the imperial physician to treat her."

The queen turned to Imperial Physician Liu: "Is there such a thing?"

Imperial Physician Liu bowed and knelt down: "Returning to the empress's words, I have diagnosed that Mr. Yu is indeed suffering from a cough, so I prescribed a prescription of loquat cream to treat your illness."

Yi Pin angrily said: "Nonsense, Ah Yan is obviously pregnant, it's not a cough at all, how can you use random medicine!"

"Oh?" Concubine Gao raised her eyebrows again. "So, the so-called Yuegui's leave is a lie made up by your partner?"

Concubine Yi was at a loss for words for a while, and nobleman Yu bowed her head and said: "The empress, it's my concubine's fault. Concubine didn't dare to confirm it, so she discussed it with sister Yipin, and wanted to wait until the situation stabilized before reporting to the emperor..."

"No." Yipin firmly interrupted Mr. Yugui.Now that the matter has come to this point, it is obvious that Concubine Gao Gui came to Yonghe Palace with a murderous heart.If not, why did you use a few servants to force Yugui to drink medicine?I'm afraid that the bowl of medicine is either poisonous or abortion medicine!

As she thought about it, she couldn't help but say: "The concubine was worried that someone wanted to murder the emperor's heir in Ayan's womb, so she came up with this test and concealed it."

"Who do you think is going to murder the emperor's heir?" Concubine Gao sneered slightly.

"Is the imperial concubine still not clear?" Yi Pin raised her head.The words have already reached this point, and just reached this level, it is like an arrow in the bow, there is no turning back, and we can only be tough to the end. "That bowl of medicine is the evidence that the noble concubine murdered the emperor's heir!"

"Presumptuous!" Concubine Gao stared angrily. "How decent is it for a small concubine to slander a high-ranking concubine so much!"

"Toxic or not, you can tell if you test it." The Queen said unhurriedly.

Zhang Yuanpan, who was summoned, picked up the bowl of medicine and tasted it himself.

"Go back to Empress," Zhang Yuan judged, "This bowl of medicine is indeed loquat paste."

Yipin opened her eyes wide in disbelief.

"Nothing else?" The queen was obviously surprised.

"Yes, nothing else." Zhang Yuanju replied.

Yipin felt a burst of panic, and cold sweat gradually crawled on her body.

Yugui fell on the ground, not daring to move.

Concubine Gao sneered: "I kindly brought the imperial physician here to treat Mrs. Yu, but I was so slandered by Concubine Yi with nothing but white teeth. I really don't understand the rules! According to the palace rules, committing the following crimes is a felony, if not severely punished , will definitely follow the example, criticism will become a trend, and the atmosphere will be completely ruined!"

The empress said in a deep voice: "Concubine Yi also speaks unscrupulously because she cares about the nobleman, so it's not such a big crime."

There was an imperceptible smile on the corner of Concubine Gao's mouth: "The empress is the lord of the six palaces. If you want to protect me, the concubine will not be able to say anything. It's just that the old ancestors have broken the rules, and anyone will question the empress. The ability to govern the harem."

The queen was so angry that she couldn't speak, and only squeezed out three words: "You are presumptuous."

Seeing Concubine Gao gradually gaining the upper hand, the Empress Empress was about to be dragged into the water.Concubine Yi looked at the queen's face and turned pale with anger, but because she was too well-bred, she didn't know how to explode, and the scene became more and more embarrassing.She sighed secretly in her heart.In the current situation, no one else could be blamed, only herself was to be blamed, she blamed the noble concubine at will without any conclusive evidence, but was instead caught by the noble concubine Gao.Today, Zhang Yuan's verdict is conclusive, and the situation cannot be reversed.For such a farce, there must be someone who will bear the final result.

On one side is Ah Yan, whom she wants to protect, and on the other side is the kind-hearted and gentle queen who just saved Yugui.Yipin took a deep breath.If she could bear all the guilt, she would rather not have anything affect either of these two people.

She turned, faced the queen, and knelt down.

"It's my concubine's fault that she made a slip of the tongue and offended the noble concubine. The concubine will always remember the empress's great kindness." She said firmly, and then kowtowed.

Then she knelt down and turned to Concubine Gao.When she saw the sinister and mocking eyes, fear still seized her heart, and she trembled all over, but no matter how scared she was, she had to do this thing.

"There are thousands of mistakes today, and they are all the concubine's fault." She said word by word. "Mr. Yu is pregnant with a dragon heir. I ask the noble concubine to hold her hand high and don't embarrass her. The concubine is willing to bear all the responsibility for the crime and let the noble concubine handle it."

"No, no." Yugui raised her head suddenly, and Yipin saw her tears streaming down again.

This little crying bag.She smiled bitterly in her heart.There's nothing to do but cry.She couldn't help looking at her with loving eyes.But in the end she still pretended to be stern, and yelled at her sharply: "It's not your turn to speak here!"

The queen was silent.Concubine Gao showed a smug smile.