HBWnovel Chapter 463: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (213)
Chapter 463: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (213)
Chapter 463: The Imperial Concubine Is Pure and Elegant (Two Hundred and Thirteen)
"Xiaolan, please help me get the clothes."
Wu Lan frowned slightly, but still quickly tidied up Ji Wei's appearance and changed her into palace clothes.
Just then, Xiao Fu and Aunt Du, who was beside the Queen Mother, came in.
"Empress Ji, why are you up? The Queen Mother saw that Mrs. Wang hadn't come out for a long time, so she asked this old servant to come in and see."
Xiao Fu quickly stepped forward to support Ji Wei, while Wu Lan lowered her head to feed Ji Wei the tonic.
Nanny Du picked up the baby girl next to her and looked at the midwife who was obviously injured on the ground. She realized that a dispute had just occurred here.
"My Lady, what's going on? Why is this midwife injured?"
"Madam Du, this lowly slave has murdered me and the little prince, and has also framed the Imperial Concubine. Please report this to the Empress Dowager."
"Yes, I will report this to the Queen Mother right away."
Nanny Du was the first to carry the crying baby girl out to find a wet nurse. Soon a maid came in and carried Ji Wei out.
Ji Wei looked at her son's pale face and burst into tears. She hurriedly asked Doctor Li and learned that her son would most likely not live to see a full month. She immediately shouted that the evildoers who had harmed her and her son should pay with blood.
When Nanny Du came over with the baby girl who was well fed and sleeping soundly, Empress Dowager Cui took a look at the baby girl and asked Li Yuanzheng to take the baby girl's pulse.
Upon learning the baby girl was healthy, the Queen Mother offered some comfort, "Thankfully, the little princess is healthy and unaffected. It's just that her brother, the Emperor, is pitiful. Alas, Li Yuanzheng, you must do your utmost to heal the little prince." Li Yuanzheng said with embarrassment, "Your Majesty, I've tried my best, but the little prince's condition is truly dire. I can do nothing more. Even if I use every possible medicine, I can only delay his recovery by three months."
The Queen Mother looked at the baby boy who didn't even cry and asked Li Yuanzheng to think of another solution.
Li Yuanzheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Perhaps the retired Court Judge Qiao Zhi may have other methods to treat the little prince. The Queen Mother should send someone to find Court Judge Qiao as soon as possible."
"President Qiao? How would I know his whereabouts? By the time we issue a notice to find him, will it be too late? My grandson, who is so vicious as to attack a baby? Come, bring the midwife here for a thorough interrogation!"
While Doctor Li was speaking, Ji Wei had already learned from Wu Lan that even with the Wu clan's secret techniques, her son would not live past one year old, and if she forcibly saved her son's life, the child might suffer a lot. Ji Wei felt that she had too much to lose!
"Empress Dowager, it was the Imperial Noble Consort who ordered me to harm Concubine Ji! I was forced to do what the Imperial Noble Consort ordered. Please forgive me!"
The Queen Mother naturally didn't believe it, so she had the midwife dragged away and beheaded.
When she was about to die, the midwife took out the token and said that it was Cuiyun, who was by the side of the Imperial Noble Concubine, who contacted her and that the sachet was dropped by Cuiyun before she left.
"Your Highness, everything I said is true! If you don't believe me, bring Cuiyun here. I can confront her right here! She gave this to me three days ago because the Imperial Noble Consort was really afraid that Concubine Ji would give birth to a prince."
The Empress Dowager was so angry that she laughed. Three days ago? The real Cuiyun was still in Baiyun Temple. The Cuiyun in Chengqian Palace was fake, actually a secret guard in disguise. How could the emperor's secret guards harm the royal heir?
Seeing that the Queen Mother didn't believe her, Wang Po swore to the sky that it was the Imperial Concubine's maid who contacted her, and she also stated the time and place very clearly.
"Your Highness, at first I didn't know who was trying to instigate me. Later, I followed the maid and discovered she was from Chengqian Palace. The second time we met, she used threats and bribes to coerce me. How could I, a mere servant, dare to disobey the Imperial Noble Consort? The Imperial Noble Consort is the most beloved of His Majesty! If you don't believe me, just call Miss Cuiyun and confront me right there!"
The Queen Mother saw that she did not seem to be lying, and saw that the word "cloud" was embroidered on the sachet, so perhaps it really was Cuiyun's sachet.
The Queen Mother wondered if someone was impersonating Li'er and doing something bad.
But who is this person?