Concubine Pang thought she was hallucinating, rubbed her eyes in disbelief and said:
"Juncai, why did you enter the palace?"
Cao Bin glanced at Li Meiren, who was slapped to the ground, covering her face and wailing, flicked her wrist and said:
"I'm here to expose Li Meiren's conspiracy!"
With that said, he stepped forward and helped Concubine Pang up and said, "My queen, are you okay?"
For several days, Concubine Pang was helpless and humiliated.
Now that I saw Cao Bin, I just felt like I was seeing a relative and couldn't help crying.
Queen Mother Liu curled her lips and reminded impatiently:
"Okay, don't cry. This is the palace. Please be careful about etiquette."
Only then did Concubine Pang stop crying, wiped her tears, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet her.
At this time, Li Meiren also noticed Cao Bin's clothes, covered her face and asked sternly:
"You are not a eunuch in the palace! Who are you? How dare you hit me..."
Before Cao Bin could speak, Queen Mother Liu said with a cold face:
"It was the Ai family who brought him into the palace. Are you dissatisfied?"
Li Meiren suddenly lost her temper and cried aggrievedly: "Queen Mother, I have been wronged!"
Empress Dowager Liu ignored her, turned to the old eunuch beside her and said, "Invite the emperor here!"
Seeing that the old eunuch was about to leave, Cao Bin quickly added:
"Old sir, don't forget to call the imperial doctor first, and then go to the imperial kitchen to order something to eat!"
The old eunuch looked at Cao Bin speechlessly, "Do you think I know how to clone myself? This is the palace, are you too rude?"
However, the old gentleman's title was quite comforting, so he gave instructions to the other two young eunuchs:
"You go to the imperial hospital and the imperial kitchen and do as Uncle Zhongjing orders."
After finishing speaking, he left in a hurry.
Empress Dowager Liu couldn't help but glance at Cao Bin, but Concubine Pang's heart was filled with tears and her eyes became moist again.
It was really hard these days, I couldn't eat well, couldn't sleep well, and I was often retaliated by Li Meiren.
Both physically and mentally, it was extremely uncomfortable.
After a while, the two young eunuchs had already brought food and the royal doctor over.
First, he treated Concubine Pang's injuries, and then put the food on the table so that she could rest her belly first.
There had been no decent food for several days, so Concubine Pang ate a little bit ravenously, and she choked up again while eating, and asked:
"Juncai, were my father and others killed?"
It was now past noon, and logically speaking, it was already past the execution time.
She put down her bowls and chopsticks and cried: "It's because I acted too harshly that I hurt them..."
Cao Bin quickly stopped her and said:
"Don't worry, Madam, I have asked Mr. Bao to postpone the execution."
As he spoke, he became very serious and said righteously:
"Empress, you are not guilty at all. You have done nothing at all. Why should you blame yourself?"
Concubine Pang looked at Cao Bin in surprise. Seeing his determination, she immediately reacted.
This was to reverse the verdict for me, so with some joy, I nodded quickly and said:
"Juncai, I didn't do anything."
"It's all framed and framed by this bitch Li Meiren!"
Seeing this, Queen Mother Liu nodded with satisfaction.
However, Li Meiren was already panicking. In such a blatant "collusion", the Queen Mother was clearly with them.
Just as her mind was racing, the emperor hurried over.
After everyone bowed, Li Meiren hurriedly threw herself into the emperor's arms and cried:
"Officials, help me, Queen Mother, Queen Mother... I can't survive!"
The emperor looked at the slap mark on Li Meiren's face and said angrily: "Who slapped her?"
Just as Li Meiren was about to identify Cao Bin, Queen Mother Liu said: "The Ai family beat him!"
The emperor hesitated and said: "Mother, Li Meiren has just had a miscarriage and is weak..."
Queen Mother Liu sneered and said, "Miscarriage? The Ai family thinks she is very strong!"
Before the emperor could speak, Queen Mother Liu continued:
"Didn't the emperor thoroughly investigate the interactions between the Ai family and King Xiangyang?"
"How come even Beauty Li can coax you into running around? It seems like your Imperial City Department is also very incompetent."
Hearing this, the emperor suddenly looked at Cao Bin.
The Imperial City Division was investigating the Queen Mother, and only Cao Bin knew about it.
Cao Bin said innocently: "Guanjia, don't look at me. This is not what I said."
Queen Mother Liu suddenly laughed, shook her head in disappointment and said:
"Emperor, you have been in charge for so many years, but you have not made any progress at all! What a disappointment to the Ai family!"
Hearing this, the emperor was angry and confused. Before he could react, Empress Dowager Liu threw out an account book and said:
"This is evidence of the contacts between Li Tang, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the King of Xiangyang."
The emperor flipped through the account books and asked doubtfully: "What does this have to do with Li Meiren?"
He knew that Li Tang was Li Meiren's uncle, but since he was already dead, there was no proof that Li Meiren had any conspiracy.
Empress Dowager Liu was waiting for the emperor to ask questions, so she took out a prescription again and said:
"What about this thing?"
It was the "Cui Zi Fang" found in the Prince of Xiangyang's Mansion.
Seeing this prescription, not only the emperor, but also Li Meiren's expression changed drastically.
The Queen Mother sneered:
"What kind of urging method? This is just an evil method that Zhao Jue came up with in order to harm the emperor's body."
"Your concubine, some people were really deceived, but some people used it as a tool to frame others!"
"The Empress Wu killed girls, this method is very effective!"
Li Meiren was very anxious and cried:
"Guan family, I am wronged. I have never seen this kind of prescription."
"Since the Queen Mother said so, I am willing to die to prove my innocence!"
As she spoke, she gritted her teeth and slammed into the wall.
Before the emperor could react, Cao Bin was already on guard against her, jumped over and grabbed her and said:
"Li Niangniang, please don't commit suicide. Cao believes that you are innocent..."
You believe shit, do I trust you?
Li Meiren struggled for a long time, but could not break away from Cao Bin. She was so anxious that she almost sweated. In the end, she had to "belch" and "faint" to the ground.
Cao Bin quickly expressed concern: "Imperial physician, come and check Empress Li's pulse! Rescue her immediately."
Hearing this, Li Meiren almost jumped up in anger and gave him a slap in the face.
Seeing Li Meiren's performance, Cao Bin was already determined.
Originally, he was not sure whether Li Meiren had ever used the prescription to induce pregnancy. If she had not, Cao Bin would find a way to arrange it for her.
With the cooperation of the Queen Mother, she cannot make trouble.
Now that she has actually used it, it is more secure.
She thought that if she fainted, the emperor would care about her and interrupt the confrontation, but the emperor didn't care about her at all.
He just held it and looked at "Ji Zi Fang" and said in a deep voice:
"Imperial physician, please check the effectiveness of this prescription immediately."
The imperial doctor took the prescription, shook his head after a long while and said:
"Guan Jia, this recipe is too strange, even the minister is not sure."
"However, the medicine is indeed too strong. Even if it has the effect of stimulating pregnancy, the fetus cannot bear it."
The emperor felt cold in his heart. He glanced at the fainted Li Meiren, held on to his last hope, looked at the Queen Mother and asked:
"Mother, is that child really the result of aphrodisiac?"
Queen Mother Liu sighed and said:
"This prescription for inducing children is actually a medicine for exterminating offspring. Once this medicine is used, it will be difficult to have a 'normal' childbirth."
When the emperor heard this, he almost fell to the ground...
