The emperor, empress and their entourage went to the main hall.

"Your Majesty, I want to stay and take a last look at Concubine Li." At this time, Nian Shilan suddenly spoke.

Yinzhen paused, turned slightly and looked at her.

He pondered for a moment, "That's good. She will feel more at ease if you accompany her. Please see Concubine Li off for me."

Nian Shilan bowed and said, "Yes, I understand."

Yinzhen nodded and left.

Nian Shi turned his head and motioned the Fourth Prince to follow.

The Fourth Prince understood what she meant, gave her a reassuring look, and followed her with long steps.

After everyone left, the side hall became much quieter.

The bustle just now disappeared in an instant, and the silence at this moment seemed unreal.

Nian Shilan turned around and hurried towards the inner room.

She walked very fast, Songzhi carefully supported her and watched the road for her.

Concubine Li just lay on the couch, her face looked very ugly, but there was a gentle smile at the corners of her pale lips, and her hands slid down to her sides.

Looking from Nian Shilan's direction, she vaguely felt that Concubine Li's fingertips seemed to be pointing at her.

Nian Shilan gritted her teeth and felt a little cold in her heart.

There were a few sobbing sounds coming from the corner.

She looked over and saw Zhishu and Mohua crying, along with several other palace maids who were serving Concubine Li.

Nian Shilan signaled to Songzhi to dismiss everyone else, leaving only Zhishu and Mohua.

"Tell me the truth about what happened today."

Zhishu's shoulders were shaking from crying and she couldn't speak at all.

Mo Hua lowered her head, wiped away her tears, and began to speak, "To answer your Majesty's question, there was nothing wrong today. We servants have been carefully serving you. Suddenly in the afternoon, your Majesty felt unwell, and then she started to have stomachaches and even some bleeding. We servants immediately went to invite the imperial physician and did not dare to delay."

Nian Shilan frowned and just stared at the woman on the bed.

Then Xie Yun walked in from outside and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I have already found out what you asked me to investigate."

"Say it!"

"When I came just now, although the situation was urgent, with my medical skills, I could at least keep one of the mother and child safe. But after the Emperor and the Empress arrived, I came out to report, and when I went back in, I found that Concubine Li had already died. I suspect that there was something wrong with those imperial doctors."

"What's the evidence?"

Nian Shilan's voice became a little colder, like a cold wind blowing from hell.

Xie Yun raised his head and said, "Lady Li was not in good health to begin with. When I came out to report, the bleeding had stopped and I put some Baoqi powder in her mouth. But when I went in again, I found that the Baoqi powder in her mouth had been replaced with Foshou powder."

"Who changed it? Did you see it?"

Nian Shilan asked Mo Hua and Zhi Shu.

Zhishu thought about it carefully and shook his head, "Your Majesty, those midwives and imperial doctors didn't let us get involved or see at all, saying that it would disturb the imperial doctors, so they asked us to stay aside."

"Obviously someone did it on purpose, but why would something go wrong when I used Buddha's Hand Powder?"

"Your Highness, you don't know that Baoqi Powder and Foshou Powder were originally used to save the lives of pregnant women. However, due to different body constitutions, they are used differently. Your Highness is weak, so you can only use the mild Baoqi Powder. If you use Foshou Powder, both mother and child will perish."

Nian Shilan didn't say anything, but just looked at Concubine Li who was lying on the bed with her eyes closed.

She walked forward slowly, stretched out her slender white fingers, and stroked Concubine Li's face.

I just felt that wherever my fingertips touched, it was cold.

Nian Shilan said softly, "I'm sorry for wronging you."

After a while, she suddenly raised her eyes.

There was a hint of murderous intent in his eyes, "I will definitely do what you entrust to me."

Then she stood up, her voice cold and emotionless.

"Immediately tell someone to notify the Li Mansion and Li Bin to pick out some good things from my storehouse and send them over. Jiapin's funeral must be held in a grand manner and not be neglected in the slightest. Zhishu and Mohua will stay with me from now on, and everyone else will be dismissed."

"Yes."

After saying this, Nian Shilan came out from the side hall.

Supported by Songzhi, he walked towards his main hall.

"Your Majesty..." Songzhi was worried when she saw that the Empress looked unhappy. She wanted to say something, but she was tongue-tied and didn't know how to comfort her.

Nian Shilan suddenly asked, "Songzhi, is Concubine Li really dead?"

Many people died in front of Nian Shilan, and countless people were killed by her.

But the death of Concubine Li brought her a great shock.

This shock was not because she felt sorry for Concubine Li. She did not have such unnecessary emotions.

But invisibly, the queen had won one step further over her.

Originally under her control, Concubine Li was the safest move.

If nothing unexpected happens, after Li Guiren gives birth to the child, she will arrange for Li Guiren to "discover" the things inside the pure white jade Guanyin statue, and then she will be able to expose the queen.

But I didn't expect that the Queen's people were omnipresent.

Songzhi looked at the queen distressedly, "Your Majesty, now it's Jiapin... Jiapin has a shallow fate with you, it's fate."

"Fate?" Nian Shilan took a deep breath, "But what I don't believe in the most is fate."

She had lost everything in the past, but now that she has a fresh start, she can still flourish despite adversity.

She was proud, she was secretly delighted, and she had carefully planned out a game of chess.

But now, she has lost half a piece!

"Then, Madam, do we want the Sixth Prince?"

When Nian Shilan raised his head again, his expression became a little more stern.

She spoke, word by word.

"of course yes."

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