Emperor Mu took a breath, and his voice was as cold as ice: "Princess Chen, find a doctor to check with the concubine. If you are still alive, take her back to the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment. If you are not angry, as the mistress of the house, you will In addition to organizing the funeral, you also need to comfort the concubine's family, and you should forget about the rest."
Jiang Ying felt cold all over.
Does this mean she is not allowed to plead with King Chen?
The queen turned around and ordered: "Ah Cai, go and call the medical girl to see how the concubine is doing."
"yes."
The royal guard escorting the emperor pushed King Chen to the ground, and heavy wooden sticks hit him. He shouted heartbreakingly: "Father, my son is wronged! Some people plot against my son, and some people scheme against my son." My lord! My concubine is pregnant... ah!"
A scream rang out, and King Chen struggled in pain, his face turned pale, "Even if my son has lost his humanity, I will never do such an animal thing to her in my seventh brother's house. I beg your father to see clearly and give me a favor." Justice, father—ah!”
It was almost deathly quiet.
In the whole courtyard, the nuns, maids and servants were kneeling on the ground and shivering.
Rong Cang and Chu Yunfei stood in the corridor without saying a word, their expressions calm.
Qi Jin and Uncle Xie Xiaoguo were also silent, but their eyes would fall on Jiang Ying's face from time to time, with deep thoughts in their eyes.
The Seventh Prince looked very angry. Firstly, no one could calm down when such an unfortunate thing happened on his big day. Secondly, he was also very scared.
If something like this happens in his palace, if the emperor is not so wise, and someone throws dirty water on it from the side, he will not be able to live with it.
It took Emperor Mu a while to finally calm down: "Lao Qi, go back and accompany your wife. Don't let such unlucky news spread to the new house and cause trouble for the bride."
"Yes." The seventh prince saluted, "My son, please leave first."
The doctor woman lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes as she entered the room. In an atmosphere so quiet that you could hear the drop of a needle, she checked carefully, walked out and knelt on the ground: "Report to the Emperor, the Queen, the concubine just fainted, her life is fine, but her stomach is The child inside is gone.”
As soon as the words fell, the temperature in the air dropped rapidly, and everything around him seemed to have turned into ice.
The cold wind is hunting, carrying a chilling air.
The queen's expression changed and she couldn't believe it: "Child?"
"yes."
"Princess Chen." The queen turned to look at Jiang Ying, her face darkened, not angry but powerful, "Since the concubine is pregnant, why not let her rest at home? Today's wedding of the seventh prince is crowded and noisy, so she Why did you bring her here? How did you become a princess?"
Jiang Ying lowered her head, her face pale and dejected: "My daughter-in-law knows her mistake. The prince has been having a cold war with his daughter-in-law recently. The concubine is serving the prince. The prince wants to take the concubine out, but the daughter-in-law does not dare to stop her."
Poor King Chen has been beaten with a stick until his eyes are black, and his head is dizzy from the pain, otherwise he would have known that she was lying.
It was obviously her suggestion today that the concubine should come out and have some fun, so as not to get bored staying in the mansion, but she didn't expect that she would play the role of a disgraced and disgraced princess.
Emperor Mu's brows were filled with a stern look, and his hatred for King Chen was deep in his bones, and nothing could be done to restore it.
He said coldly: "Xie Lin."
Uncle Xie Xiaoguo took a step forward, bowed and said, "I'm here."
"Find out all the maids and maids who had contact with the Crown Prince and Prince Chen today, and bring them to the Ministry of Punishment for interrogation." Emperor Mu's voice was as cold as a bone, "I want to know who made them eat the courage of a bear's heart and a leopard's guts, and dare to The Seventh Prince did such an act on his special day!"
"yes."
Emperor Mu turned his head, glanced at the pale-faced King Chen, and said in a cold tone: "After fifty sticks, send King Chen back to the palace and send an imperial doctor to have a look. If you can cure it, cure it. If not, prepare early." thing."
After leaving these words, he walked away: "Go back to the palace."
The queen took a step behind and her eyes fell on Jiang Ying's face, with a bit of scrutiny and suspicion in her eyes.
"Rong Cang." The Queen spoke calmly, "It is not a blessing for him to have something like this happen in the Seventh Prince's Mansion. You stay here to appease the guests and tell the Seventh and Eighth Princes not to think too much. What happened today has nothing to do with them. We’ll wait until the truth is found out.”
Rong Cang nodded: "Yes."
The queen and Concubine Li walked out surrounded by the palace people. Emperor Mu was waiting on the dragon chariot. The royal guards stood majestically in front and behind, and the emperor's chariot was huge and grand.
Until the emperor and empress left, there were still many people in the courtyard who had not recovered from their shock.
The fainted concubine was sent back to Prince Chen's Mansion. Jiang Ying was still kneeling on the ground, looking at Prince Chen whose screams gradually stopped and fell into coma under the heavy cane punishment. Her heart felt chilly, and a trace of fear and uneasiness filled her heart. .
Things didn't develop as she expected.
The concubine's child was gone, but King Chen became the one who paid the most. If he died, would he become a widow? If he becomes disabled, he will have to live in the nightmare of serving a disabled person for the rest of his life...
This was not the result she wanted.
Jiang Ying closed her eyes gently, her heart filled with endless hatred. She hated God for being unfair and always opposing her. She hated King Chen for being stupid. He not only ruined her plan, but also took the initiative to fall into a trap.
He is a complete idiot!
Rong Cang turned around and gave a few orders. All the guests went back to their seats. The maid who was responsible for passing the dishes to Rong Cang today, the maid who accidentally poured the tea on Rong Cang, the aunt who took Rong Cang to change clothes, and the maid who just knelt down The maids of Prince Chen's palace who were shouting "Prince's reputation" on the ground were all controlled by Uncle Xie Xiaoguo and taken away one by one.
Deathly silence soon returned to Songtao Courtyard.
A pair of beautifully embroidered satin shoes appeared in her sight, standing two steps away from her and no longer moving.
Jiang Ying slowly raised her head, and then met a smiling face. Her cold and clean eyes reflected everything with understanding and ridicule.
"Sister-in-law Six's outing today, is she stealing the chicken but losing the rice?" Chu Yunfei bent down slightly, lowered her voice and spoke, every word was as cold as a poisonous snake's letter, "If you are not completely sure, don't do it. Take action easily, otherwise all these clumsy schemes will only push you into hell."
Jiang Ying's eyes suddenly shrank and she stared at Chu Yunfei: "Is it you?"
"It's clearly your own fault." Chu Yunfei stood up straight and smiled condescendingly, "You wanted to murder the child in the concubine's belly, and you also wanted to frame Rong Cang, so that Rong Cang would cause a scandal on the seventh prince's big day. , kill two birds with one stone? It's a pity that your methods are not high enough and your ability is not strong enough, so you can only suffer the consequences."
At the end, she added: "Those who do too much injustice will be punished by death. This sentence is for you and your wife."
