For three days, there was no news from Ayan. Originally, in addition to the orbs, Yue Slave and the others could come and go at will, but now not even a bird is allowed out of Weiyang Palace.
Baozhu sat on Qianqiu blankly, looking at the sky in all directions.
"Mother, be careful of catching a cold." Haitang brought a blanket and wrapped it around Baozhu's body.
Baozhu's eyes were empty, and his face was full of sadness.
Then she turned to Haitang, who had been in the palace for many years, and asked: "Haitang, I heard that in the Shenxing Department, the gods have to shed a layer of their skin, right?"
Haitang's expression was a little dodgeful, not daring to look at Baozhu's direct gaze and whispered: "It's not that scary. Your Majesty, you are worrying too much."
Baozhu shook his head and smiled helplessly. "You don't have to be afraid that I'll have fetal irritation. Don't dare to say anything to me."
Haitang couldn't bear to raise her head, as if she was about to speak but hesitated.
"I am now locked up in this palace, and I don't even have the ability to defend myself." Bao Zhu murmured, raising his head and letting out a long sigh, "This palace really knows how to eat people."
Haitang looked around nervously and said anxiously: "Mother, you can't say this."
"Ha..." Baozhu sneered, the guilt in his heart almost overflowing.
"Haitang, at that time I was thrown into the palace like an abandoned concubine. Apart from Yue Slave, you were the best to me." Baozhu looked at Haitang with sore eyes and said.
"At that time, we even had to save money on food. If Ayan hadn't made it easier to get out of the palace and let us sell some things, how could we have survived!" Baozhu said choked with sobs.
Listening to Baozhu's words, Haitang also had tears in her eyes.
"I don't understand, I really don't understand. How come this is too close a relationship, how can it be selfish?" Baozhu's voice was filled with anger, and he clenched his fists tightly.
Haitang quickly held Baozhu's hand, only to find that her hand was extremely cold.
"Good empress, you can't be angry now." Haitang persuaded Baozhu, hoping that she could calm down when she was so angry that she was shaking all over.
"I just want to live a stable life, but now not only am I behind bars, but innocent people are also implicated." Baozhu cried, and her tears fell to the ground.
Baozhu covered her face helplessly, tears overflowing from her fingers. Haitang hugged Baozhu's shoulders in distress.
"If I harm Ayan, I will really live with guilt for the rest of my life." Baozhu said choked with sobs.
Snowflakes were falling, and the courtyard was desolate.
After nightfall, Baozhu summoned Yue Slave into the inner room and told others not to enter.
Baozhu first asked Yue Nu to take his pulse. After Yue Nu took the pulse seriously, he told Bao Zhu that everything was fine with the child.
Baozhu gritted his teeth and hesitated for a while, but still said: "Yue Slave, it is not an option for us to be locked up passively like this now."
Yue Nu nodded and spread the quilt for Baozhu and said, "Yes, His Majesty didn't even give the girl a chance to explain. There has been no news from Ayan for so many days."
Baozhu continued: "I have a way, which may help us get out, or even remove Ayan's suspicion."
Yue Nu stopped what he was doing when he heard this, and quickly sat next to Baozhu and asked what the method was.
Baozhu's heart skipped a beat, and he leaned close to Yue Nu and whispered a few words into Yue Nu's ear.
Just as he finished speaking, Yue Nu immediately exclaimed in a low voice: "Girl, are you crazy!?"
Baozhu immediately put his index finger to his mouth and shushed, "Shh... don't say it so loudly."
Yue Nu lowered her voice and asked in disbelief: "Girl, do you mean you want me to poison you?!"
Baozhu's face was full of indifference and he nodded solemnly.
"But, you are still pregnant with the child. The risk is too great." Yue Nu refused quickly, not even daring to look into Baozhu's serious eyes.
Baozhu grabbed Yue Nu's hand and said anxiously: "Yue Nu, judging from the situation, if Ayan can't ask anything, you and Haitang will be next."
Yue Nu was a little moved when he heard this, and turned around to look at the orb.
"Should everyone in Weiyang Palace die in the Queen's conspiracy? When you are all gone, it will be me in the end." Baozhu said seriously.
Yue Nu replied hesitantly: "But... girl, if this is not controlled well, it will be very dangerous for you and the child."
Bao Zhu sighed. She didn't know that this method was dangerous. But if he wasn't ruthless and didn't let Qi Junce become suspicious of this matter again and again, Ayan would really be doomed.
This matter was obviously directed at Baozhu. For so long, Qi Junce only captured Ayan and did not interrogate Baozhu or anyone else in Weiyang Palace.
Based on Baozhu's understanding of Qi Junce, firstly, he did not think that Baozhu would be stupid enough to give up his current favor and status because of a eunuch.
Secondly, all of this happened very strangely, and everyone was aiming at the orb, so Qi Junce was inevitably suspicious.
Now that things have already started, let's make the noise even bigger. It would be best if the person involved's orb is in danger, so that Qi Junce becomes more suspicious of someone trying to harm the orb.
"Yue Slave, I have to do it for this journey." Baozhu said thoughtfully.
At the third watch, Haitang's scream came from Weiyang Palace, "No, no, no, no, Concubine Chen is vomiting blood!" The dead silence in the palace was broken for a while.
When Qi Junce rushed over wearing a cloak, Baozhu was lying on the edge of the bed vomiting blood.
Behind him was the queen who also had a sleepy look on her face, looking at the orb with a complicated expression.
Black blood flowed down Baozhu's pale cheeks, dyeing one side of his neck red. Baozhu leaned weakly in Yue Nu's arms, not even having the strength to raise his eyes.
"Your Majesty." Yue Nu looked at the approaching Qi Junce with tears in her eyes, and wisely stood up and gave way.
Qi Junce hugged Baozhu and realized that her whole body was hot through her clothes. Qi Junce's eyes widened as he watched Yuenu Haitang carry away pots of blood-soaked handkerchiefs.
The stern emperor in front of him also had a rare hint of panic.
"What's wrong? What's really wrong? Doctor, go and call the doctor!" Qi Junce yelled. Ma Dong was about to run out in a panic, but was stopped by Ah Zi.
"Return to your majesty, we have already called, but...but..." Ah Zi cried out in anxiety, her tone full of grievances.
Qi Junce's eyes were bloodshot and he asked with a gloomy face, "But what?"
Ah Zi sobbed and replied: "But the guard at the door said that Concubine Chen is under house arrest and is not allowed to call the imperial doctor. Fortunately, Weiyang Palace is not far from Concubine Cheng, so we can inform Your Majesty."
Qi Junce's eyes fell on the queen, and there was a hint of unnaturalness in Gu Linqing's eyes.
"I just wanted Concubine Chen to raise her baby with peace of mind. When did I say that we are not even allowed to invite imperial doctors!" Qi Junce scolded, and Gu Linqing quickly bowed and admitted her mistake.
"I asked the people below to take more care of Concubine Chen's sister. I didn't expect these slaves to act according to the wind. I will definitely punish them severely." Gu Linqing just said a few words and wanted to clean herself up, but Qi Qi Junce didn't buy her fault.
"Hmph, is it the slave who takes advantage of the situation, or the master's benefit?" Qi Junce asked coldly, and Gu Linqing raised her head in disbelief.
Before Gu Linqing could reply, Qi Junce said, "Then don't bother the queen. I'm of no use to you, just kill her."
With a wink, Ma Dong immediately had the guard drag out.
Gu Linqing bit her lip and was about to defend herself when Baozhu vomited out another mouthful of black blood.
Blood spattered and even the corners of Qi Junce's clothes were stained.
Qi Junce's eyes were filled with distress, and he wiped the residual blood from the corner of Baozhu's mouth with a handkerchief. But Baozhu stretched out his hand with difficulty and rubbed the blood on the corner of Qi Junce's clothes with his fingers.
"It's my fault that I soiled His Majesty's clothes." Baozhu raised his head pitifully, wondering which man could withstand such an impact.
Regardless of the blood stains on Baozhu's face, Qi Junce held Baozhu's face and said, "Why do you care about clothes at this time? You are still pregnant. How could this happen?"
Hearing this, Baozhu lowered his eyes and shed a few drops of pearl-like tears, and replied in a hoarse voice: "I am terrified because my affairs have caused Your Majesty and the Queen Mother to worry about me. And even if I die today, I still want to cry out for injustice. "
Qi Junce sighed, "You can't talk nonsense about whether you will die or not."
Baozhu raised his head and held Qi Junce's chest tightly: "Your Majesty, I suddenly had unbearable chest pain while sleeping, and the blood I vomited was black. This is a sign of poisoning!"
At this moment, Ma Dong also echoed and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, I have seen people with poisonous hair, and the blood they vomited was black."
Qi Junce's face turned a little darker, and Gu Linqing didn't dare to express her anger.
"Your Majesty, if I die, I must die innocently. I have never done anything to regret you. It is precisely because I have not done anything that those who slandered me want to poison me!"
Bao Zhu shouted with all his might, then closed his eyes and fainted.
Baozhu listened with satisfaction to Qi Junce's anxious shouting of his name and the chaos of the crowd. She knew that it was difficult for the queen to ride a horse.
Baozhu slept contentedly, and when he woke up, Qi Junce was still sitting next to the bed, dressed in clothes. His handsome face was frowning, and he was listening to Yue Nu's report on today's events with his hand on his forehead. .
Baozhu had already taught Yue Nu how to respond, and Yue Nu's tearful performance was also very moving, and Qi Junce's face was horribly ugly.
Yue Nu complained about being treated differently by other palace residents in the past few days, and even being deducted from food and clothing. But Baozhu cried bitterly every night, feeling ashamed of Qi Jun's policy.
Bao Zhu listened happily and gave Yue Nu a thumbs up in his heart.
Baozhu coughed a few times, but still looked pitiful and said, "Your Majesty, don't blame anyone else. It's all my concubine's fault."
Qi Junce saw Baozhu awake, and his eyes were filled with joy.
"You're awake. The imperial doctor said you're fine and haven't eaten much, otherwise I would never see you and your child." Qi Junce said, holding Baozhu's hand.
Baozhu struggled to get up, and Qi Junce gently helped her up and fixed the pillow for her.
"Who is it that wants to harm my concubine and your Majesty's child?" Baozhu asked with tears in his eyes, the tip of his nose was red and touching.
"We haven't found out who poisoned you yet, but we found out that the poison was put into your dinner." Qi Junce said.
Baozhu hugged her belly in panic and asked with fear on her face: "Where is the child? Where is the child?!"
"Concubine Chen, don't worry, everything is fine." The imperial doctor on one side bowed and said.
Baozhu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and leaned in Qi Junce's arms with aggrieved words: "I am really scared, my concubine."
Qi Junce glanced at Ma Dong, and then said: "Investigate this matter thoroughly, and no one will be spared. Anyone who dares to treat Concubine Chen lightly will be punished!"
