Rebirth with my ex-husband

Chapter 80

The Grand Prince's Mansion.

An old palace maid of about 40 years old appeared outside the Grand Palace and said sternly, "We are here to visit the Grand Concubine on the orders of the Queen Mother."

The guard outside the door hesitated for a moment, then said, "Aunt, please wait a moment. I will go and inform you now."

The guard went to pass the message, and about half a minute later, a woman in her forties came out, bowed slightly to the palace maid outside the mansion, and said respectfully: "The Grand Concubine is ill and must rest. I am afraid she cannot see guests. I hope Auntie will forgive me."

The old maid raised her chin slightly and glanced at her sideways: "Who are you?"

The old woman replied, "I am the housekeeper of the imperial concubine's courtyard."

The old maid sneered: "Then let me ask you, was it you who made the decision not to see the guests, or was it the imperial concubine who made the decision?"

The old woman's expression froze for a moment, and she didn't know what to say. Then she heard the old palace maid say, "The Empress knew that the Grand Concubine was not feeling well, so she sent the imperial physician to see her."

The old woman's expression changed slightly, and she clenched her palms slightly, then said: "Dr. Liu came to see me yesterday, I'm afraid there's no need to..."

"Get out of the way!" Before the old woman could finish her words, the old palace maid interrupted her in a stern voice.

The old woman did not immediately move aside, so the old maid raised her chin again and said sternly: "The Queen has ordered that anyone who dares to stop us will be arrested!"

Glancing at the old woman, the old maid's face turned cold. Without any hesitation, she ordered the eunuch behind her: "Catch her for me!"

The old woman's face was full of astonishment.

Several eunuchs immediately arrested the old woman. Upon seeing this, the other guards in the imperial palace looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.

Someone quietly left behind the front gate to report.

Some went to the East Garden to report, and some went to the West Garden to report.

When Concubine Chen heard that the Queen had sent someone to arrest the housekeeper who was stationed in the East Garden by Concubine De in front of the palace gate, she immediately realized that the plot was exposed.

He was completely panicked. After being frightened, he hurriedly ordered someone to inform the palace guards and ask them to report the current situation in the palace to Concubine De.

But she didn't know that the people she sent out had already been targeted, and the moment they fought with the guards, both of them were captured.

The eldest prince was trying to persuade his wife: "We can't keep this child. We can't risk our lives for him."

Xie Yiran's face was calm, and she asked him back, "If I can't get pregnant again in the future, should Your Highness have a legitimate son from Concubine Chen, or should he divorce me and marry another wife?"

The eldest prince frowned and said, "Your father personally arranged your marriage, so don't say such nonsense again."

Xie Yiran chuckled, "Your Highness, do you mean to give birth to a son from Concubine Chen and then register the son under my name?" He paused and sneered, "But I don't want a child born by that woman. I'm afraid that after the child is born, he will be as corrupt as the Chen family."

The eldest prince choked and said, "It should be my child too."

Xie Yiran sneered again: "I don't want it. If I don't have any more children, I will kneel before His Majesty and beg for a divorce."

When the eldest prince heard the word "divorce", he frowned. He didn't really want to hear these two words.

Just as he was about to say something else, a servant came and said that the Queen had sent someone to visit the Crown Princess, and the person was now outside the palace gate.

Li Ji glanced at his wife, told her not to mention the matter again, and then put his daughter down.

Before leaving, he said to the imperial concubine, "I'll be back soon."

After saying that, she left the house. Xie Yiran, who stayed in the house, felt relieved when he heard that the Queen had sent someone.

In the past two days, she did not dare to be careless about food and asked her personal maid to keep an eye on it. However, there will always be times when there are mistakes. After careful consideration, she asked someone to secretly send a letter to the Marquis' Mansion.

She had to take a gamble, betting that she had not trusted the wrong person, and she believed that Madam Gu could help her.

Now that the Queen Mother has sent someone, she can finally breathe a sigh of relief. She was right in trusting Madam Gu.

He lowered his head and stroked his lower abdomen with a gentle look.

The daughter also came over and called out "Mom" without understanding anything.

Xie Yiran looked at her daughter and gently touched her cheek, her eyes were firm but her voice was gentle: "Mother will not let you and your unborn brother or sister be bullied."

Over there, Li Ji came out of the East Garden, and the old palace maid led a group of people into the mansion, and the two met on the road.

Li Ji looked at the housekeeper being escorted by the eunuchs, frowned, and asked unhappily, "I heard that the Queen sent someone to visit the Imperial Concubine, but this scene doesn't look like a visit, does it?"

At the end of his words, Li Ji's eyes were sharp: "I wonder what you mean by this?"

The old maid was an old lady by the Queen's side. She was not afraid of him at all and said calmly, "Today in the palace, the wife of the Marquis of Zhongyi was feeling unwell, so she invited the Imperial Physicians Fu and Liu to Ciyuan Palace to check her pulse. Somehow they mentioned the Grand Concubine, and it just so happened that both of them had checked the Grand Concubine's pulse before."

Li Ji frowned slightly, not understanding why: "So what?"

Old palace maid: "Imperial Physician Liu said that the Grand Concubine is more than a month pregnant, and her pulse is extremely unstable, which will endanger her life. But Imperial Physician Fu said that she is three months pregnant, and although her pulse is weak, it will not endanger her life."

Li Ji was stunned for a moment, and then heard the old maid say, "So the Queen sent another imperial physician to check the pulse of the Grand Concubine, but she didn't expect that just now outside the door, the housekeeper in the mansion took the initiative to stop me and others outside the mansion."

Li Ji then looked at the housekeeper who was being escorted by the eunuchs. The housekeeper lowered her head guiltily and said in defense, "I saw that the Grand Concubine was not feeling well, and I was worried that it would affect her health, so I did this."

Li Ji's face was filled with anger, and he shouted angrily, "Who gave you the guts to even stop the Empress?"

The housekeeper didn't dare to say anything more.

But when Li Ji heard that the results of the two imperial physicians' pulse diagnosis were different, he vaguely felt something unusual in his heart, but now was not the time to think about it.

He actually hoped that Imperial Doctor Liu had made a wrong diagnosis and Imperial Doctor Fu was right.

Li Ji looked at the old palace maid and the imperial physician beside him and said, "The imperial concubine is in the room, follow me."

*

In the palace, Concubine De was very worried because her son was summoned to the palace two days ago and spent the night in a side hall. Today, for some reason, her brows were twitching, as if something was going to happen.

The palace maid handed the warm tea to Concubine De, and her brows twitched again when she took the tea.

Finally, she stopped drinking the tea, put the cup on the table, and asked the trusted maid beside her: "Do you think I was a little cruel to the Grand Concubine?"

The maid has been with her master for nearly thirty years. How could she not know what answer her master wants to hear?

So she picked out the words her master wanted to hear to respond: "Your Majesty, this is also for the sake of the eldest prince. Although the eldest imperial concubine has a gentle temperament, her family can't really help the eldest prince. And now your family has proposed that their daughter must be the principal wife, and the young prince must also be born by their daughter before they are willing to help with all their strength. Your Majesty has no other choice but to resort to this desperate measure."

After hearing these words, Concubine De felt relieved, but then she became worried again: "But I always feel that something unexpected will happen..." After a pause, she said worriedly: "Go to the Imperial Hospital and call Doctor Liu to me. We have to do it as soon as possible. Don't delay any longer, otherwise something unexpected will happen."

The palace maid responded and went to the Imperial Hospital.

Concubine De was waiting for the palace maid to come back with a heavy heart.

After the palace maid came back, she told the emperor that Doctor Liu was not in the Imperial Hospital but in Ciyuan Palace.

When Concubine De heard that Imperial Physician Fu and Imperial Physician Liu had gone to Ciyuan Palace, and that the wife of the Marquis of Zhongyi and the Crown Prince's wife were also there, the expression on her face became subtle.

After pacing in the palace for a while, he seemed to realize something, his face darkened, and he quickly ordered the maid to do other things, and then said: "We are likely to be targeted, so be careful when you leave the palace."

The maid responded and then left the inner hall.

Concubine De sat on the seat, her hands tightly holding the cup, her face cold.

I thought to myself, please don’t let anything bad happen.

*

Su Yun and her mother-in-law were waiting in Ciyuan Palace for news from the Grand Palace.

During this time, the two imperial doctors were in the palace. She glanced at the imperial doctor Liu, who was pale and had sweat on his forehead. He repeatedly wiped the sweat with his wide sleeves, revealing his mood at the moment.

He looked so flustered, as if he was afraid that others wouldn't be able to see what was going on.

The queen also glanced at him and understood what was going on. Then she looked at her nephew's wife.

Su was a dignified and beautiful woman, but she had not been optimistic about her before, firstly because of her background and secondly because she did not know her well.

Although she was not very optimistic, after all, her sister and nephew liked him at the same time, so Marquis Gu had no objection. If she acted arrogantly and tried to hinder the marriage, it would only end badly for her, so she just let them do it.

But today, Su was able to bring Concubine De's handle to her, which was something she had never thought of. It was a pleasant surprise.

It seems that my nephew did not marry the wrong wife.

Today's events made the Queen somewhat satisfied with Su Yunsheng.

After more than an hour, the palace maid and the imperial physician who had been out returned to the palace and entered Ciyuan Palace.

The palace maid told the story of being stopped before entering the palace, and then the imperial physician recounted it.

The imperial physician said, "Reporting to Her Majesty, the Grand Concubine is indeed more than three months pregnant. Although her pulse is weak and there are signs of miscarriage, it is not serious enough to endanger the mother's life. With careful care, she can sit still. There is one more thing, the situation is a bit serious."

At the end of his words, the imperial physician's expression became more serious.

The Queen asked calmly, "What is it?"

The imperial physician replied, "I checked the medicine that Imperial Physician Liu had prescribed previously, and found a small amount of Five Elements Herb in it. According to what the Grand Concubine said, she took it for several days and felt something was wrong, so she gave the medicine residue to Imperial Physician Fu for inspection. Imperial Physician Fu said that there was Five Elements Herb in it that could cause miscarriage, and that if she took two more doses of the medicine, she would have a miscarriage. Imperial Physician Fu then prescribed a pregnancy-preserving medicine for the Grand Concubine, and the Grand Concubine replaced the previous medicine with the pregnancy-preserving medicine."

Hearing this, the Queen looked at Doctor Liu, whose legs were shaking, and said softly, "Doctor Liu, how do you explain this? The pulse has been weak for more than a month, and you prescribed a prescription that can cause miscarriage when the Grand Concubine is pregnant. What is your intention?"

Doctor Liu's legs were unstable for a moment, and he knelt down with a plop: "I was confused for a moment, and I was bribed by Concubine Chen, so I harmed the Grand Concubine..."

Su Yun frowned when he heard what Doctor Liu said.

Imperial Doctor Liu stopped making excuses and easily gave away Concubine Chen. But was he trying to exonerate Imperial Concubine De?

When Su Yun thought of this, the Queen naturally thought of it as well, and her brows slightly frowned.

The Queen's voice gradually turned colder: "Did Concubine Chen bribe you? For such a small amount of silver, is it worth it for you to murder the heir of the royal family? This is a capital crime!"

Doctor Liu said in a trembling voice: "Concubine Chen not only gave me five thousand taels, but also gave me two shops and two farms. She also promised me that when she becomes the principal wife, she will persuade the eldest prince to help me take the position of the head of the Imperial Hospital."

Doctor Liu's words clearly showed that he had already prepared for what would happen after the truth was revealed. I'm afraid the two farms and two shops also existed, and the source of the rumors also pointed to Concubine Chen.

Su Yun finally understood why Concubine De had tricked Concubine Chen into coming in. It turned out that she was preparing a way out for herself.

Even though they all knew that the affairs of the Grand Concubine were definitely related to Concubine De, they had no evidence.

Imperial Physician Liu confessed everything and pointed out Concubine Chen, but the Queen could not guide him to identify Concubine De, otherwise there would be suspicion of frame-up.

The Queen did not continue to question him, but instead asked the eunuchs to take Doctor Liu away: "Take him to the Dali Temple and keep him in custody temporarily."

Doctor Liu's legs and feet were so numb and weak that he was almost dragged out.

After the person was dragged out, the queen looked at Doctor Fu and said, "Please pay more attention to the Grand Concubine from now on."

Doctor Fu responded.

The Queen then instructed the maidservant who had just returned to the palace: "The Grand Concubine is not feeling well, and the people who are taking care of her are slack, which is why someone has the opportunity to harm her. I guess there are no people who can be used in the Grand Palace. You should go to the Grand Palace and take good care of the Grand Concubine until she gives birth to the child."

The old maid replied, "Yes."

Su Yun glanced at the old palace maid, thought for a few breaths, and understood the Queen's intention. One was to help the Imperial Concubine, and the other was to arrange her own people in the Grand Prince's Mansion with good reason.

After the Queen gave the order, she sent someone to go to the eldest prince's mansion immediately to arrest Concubine Chen.

After everything was arranged and everyone left, Madam Gu said, "This matter is obviously not that simple. I'm afraid that Concubine Chen is just a scapegoat."

The Queen sneered, "So what if he's a scapegoat? First there was the matter of Prince Dinghuai, and now there's the extremely favored concubine who is plotting to murder the principal wife and her children. If this matter falls on your Majesty, then the eldest prince is just a waste who was blinded by women. He still wants to turn things around?" The Queen sneered, "I'm afraid it's hopeless."

When Su Yun heard this, a hint of light flashed in his eyes, but the next moment he returned to normal.

After the queen finished speaking, she looked at Su Yun and said, "Ah Yun, His Majesty said that the eldest prince was wrong in the matter of Prince Ding Huai, and he has implicated you. He will compensate you one day."

Compared with the previous times Su Yun visited the palace, the Queen's tone this time was much better.

Su Yun bowed slightly and said sincerely: "It is the best compensation for me to marry a good husband. There is no need for any other compensation."

This statement is half false and half sincere.

The so-called against one's will, the first time she married Gu Shixing, she suffered for several years in vain. And then the second time, she enjoyed happiness, which can be considered half sincere.

The Queen loved to hear Su Yun's words, and Madam Gu loved them even more. Her serious face broke into a smile because of her daughter-in-law's words.

After staying in the palace for nearly two hours, the Queen let them go back first, and she would tell them about the rest of the matter after it was dealt with.

Before leaving, Su Yun still spoke to the Queen, saying that although she had only known the Crown Princess for a short time, they got along very well, so she was worried and wanted to visit her more often during this period of time.

The Queen arranged for someone to stay at the Grand Concubine's place to keep an eye on the movements of the Grand Prince's mansion. After hearing what Su Yun said, she couldn't help but think that maybe Su could get some information out of the Grand Concubine, so she agreed.

After coming out of the palace, Madam Gu said to Su Yun earnestly, "The eldest imperial concubine is also a pitiful person. Next time you visit her, send more supplements. Although she may not need them, it is also a token of your thoughtfulness."

Su Yun responded that she would do as her mother said.

Along the way, Su Yun did not show much emotion. Only after returning to Qinglan Garden and closing the door, the corners of his lips slightly curled up.

very good mood.

When Gu Shixing came back, he could clearly sense that she was in a good mood, so he asked her, "Did anything happy happen today?"

Su Yun poured him a cup of tea and said, "Today, the Grand Concubine sent me a letter asking for help."

Su Yun told him what happened today. At the end, Su Yun did not hide her words: "I feel happy when I see him in trouble."

Gu Shixing looked at the undisguised joy on Su Yun's face, his eyes gradually softened, and even a faint smile appeared on his face.

He knew what was bothering her, and felt relieved to see her gradually getting out of the shadow of that incident.

At the end of the conversation, the joy on Su Yun's face slowly faded, and she said sincerely: "I know very well that the person who harmed me was Li Ji, not the Grand Concubine, so I still hope that the Grand Concubine can give birth to a child and live a good life in the second half of her life."

Gu Shixing took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and then said slowly: "The old abbot of Pu'an Temple often said that good deeds will be rewarded with good, and evil deeds will be punished with evil. Those who do evil will naturally be punished with evil, and the Grand Concubine's ancestors for three generations were all upright people, and they can be regarded as a family of good people, so they will be rewarded."

Su Yun knew that he was trying to comfort her and relax, so she didn't insist on this. She smiled and said, "After I celebrate my mother's birthday tomorrow, I will go to visit the Grand Concubine the day after tomorrow and let her relax and take care of herself."