in2ebook Chapter 162 The Death Talisman
Chapter 162 The Death Talisman
Zhou Shiya's eyes were red and full of grievance. She stroked her belly and knelt down towards Qin Feiling.
She couldn't help sobbing, tears streaming down her face.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am innocent. What Xie said has nothing to do with me. If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can send someone to investigate. I am upright and have nothing to fear from my own shadow. I am not afraid of having this dirty water thrown upon me."
Nanny Zhou's eyes flickered slightly. She looked at Xie Huilan, whose eyes were dull, and immediately said, "Your Majesty, I see that Xie seems to be crazy. Is there something wrong with her brain?"
"If she is truly mad, then her crazy words are completely unbelievable. Concubine Shu's child was born with congenital defects and died in the womb... It was not man-made. How can this be blamed on our queen?"
"As for Concubine Luo's death, it was His Majesty's decree that she should be put to death. How could our Queen have interfered? Our Queen is usually the kindest person, how could she have done such a vile thing? Over the years, our Queen has managed the harem and has never made any major mistakes. I'm sure His Majesty and the Queen Mother know her character best."
"I beg Your Majesty and the Queen Mother to promptly send someone to investigate and clear our Queen's name."
Zhou Shiya seemed extremely heartbroken. She choked and cried, "Over the years, I have treated Xie Shi well. I never thought she would frame me like this."
"If I had known earlier that she was such a despicable person who did so many evil things, I would not have extended a helping hand to her and let her serve His Majesty."
Everyone in the harem knew that Xie entered the Eastern Palace as a palace maid.
Nanny Zhou comforted Zhou Shiya and continued, "If our queen hadn't promoted her, she would still be a palace maid. How could she have the chance to serve the emperor and become one of the concubines in the harem?"
"She did so many evil things herself, and yet she begged our queen to help her fake her own death and escape. How could our queen do such a ridiculous thing? Seeing that our queen wouldn't help her, she turned the tables and framed our queen..."
Zhou Shiya wiped her tears and looked at Xie Huilan.
There was a hint of pity in her eyes: "She seems a little abnormal to me. Could it be that she is mentally disturbed? Is that why she can't control her nonsense?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Doctor Zhang's eyes flickered, and he immediately said, "I have observed... Mrs. Xie's eyes are dull, and her words and actions are particularly crazy. So I boldly speculate... she may have been given a drug to confuse her mind..."
Although the empress dowager was not very satisfied with Zhou Shiya as the queen, Zhou Shiya was the wife given to the emperor by the late emperor.
The late emperor had a good vision.
In the years since the emperor ascended the throne, Zhou Shiya has managed the harem in an orderly manner. Both the court and the people praised Zhou Shiya as a virtuous and gentle queen.
The Queen Mother looked at Xie Huilan, who was acting crazy and not knowing her mind clearly, and she also felt that there was something fishy about this matter.
"Check, check the Xie family, what's going on."
Doctor Zhang quickly agreed. He walked up to Xie Huilan, took out a silver needle, and pricked it into the back of Xie's hand, then began to check if she had been drugged.
Xie Huilan's reaction was very intense, and she kept struggling violently.
She growled in a low voice: "The amulet...the amulet worn by Concubine Shu is the evidence."
"Concubine Shu's amulet was stuffed with drugs that could cause miscarriage and infertility."
Doctor Zhang held the silver needle and inserted it directly into Xie Huilan's palm.
Xie Huilan let out a moan, her eyes went dark, and she fainted.
Qin Feiling frowned and looked at Doctor Zhang: "What's wrong with her?"
Imperial Physician Zhang quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied with deep fear, "As I suspected, Mrs. Xie was indeed drugged. The drug clouded her mind, causing her to become mad and irrational... leading her to commit such a heinous act as the attempt to assassinate Your Majesty and the Imperial Concubine."
The Queen Mother couldn't help but sneer: "How can you believe the words of a madman?"
"Who drugged Xie? What does the person behind this want to do?"
Zhou Shiya breathed a sigh of relief. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "Fortunately, it was a misunderstanding... Otherwise, even if I had a hundred mouths, I probably wouldn't be able to explain it."
Nanny Zhou sobbed and tried to comfort him, "Your Majesty is frightened. You are still pregnant. The heir in your belly should be alright, right?"
She quickly asked Doctor Zhang to take Zhou Shiya's pulse.
The Queen Mother quickly asked Nanny Zhou to help Zhou Shiya up.
Doctor Zhang took the Queen's pulse and said, "The Queen is fine, the Empress Dowager need not worry."
Zhou Lingge raised his eyes and glanced at Doctor Zhang indifferently.
She smiled with an ambiguous smile.
It turns out... Doctor Zhang is Zhou Shiya's man.
So, just now, Doctor Zhang had the audacity to insert a silver needle into Xie Huilan's palm, right under the emperor's nose, and they wanted to conceal the truth and pretend that everything was okay?
What courage and scheming!
Zhou Lingge sincerely admires Zhou Shiya!
The Queen Mother rubbed her brows and looked at Qin Feiling: "The matter of Xie being drugged must be thoroughly investigated... If the person behind this is not found, there will definitely be greater disasters in the future."
Qin Feiling nodded... He was just about to order Eunuch Liu to go to the cold palace to investigate the matter thoroughly.
The concubine Shu, who was originally in the inner hall receiving treatment for her injuries, staggered out of the inner hall with a pale face and holding her belly which had just been bandaged.
Her eyes were red, and she knelt in front of Qin Feiling, holding the slightly damaged amulet.
"Your Majesty... since you're going to investigate, check this amulet as well."
"Your Majesty, please consider that I just blocked a knife for you and nearly lost my life... I beg you to thoroughly investigate the matter of the amulet and seek justice for our deceased child."
"Over the years, I've always dreamed of that child who died in infancy, crying out for his mother. I haven't forgotten that child for a single day... Your Majesty, please, please send someone to investigate thoroughly..."
Concubine Shu cried hoarsely, she knelt on the ground, pressed her forehead against the cold floor, and kowtowed and begged.
Her crying voice echoed throughout the entire hall, making everyone who heard it feel heartbroken and uncomfortable.
Qin Feiling's face looked a little ugly. He stared blankly at the broken amulet in Concubine Shu's palm.
He suddenly remembered the child that died young.
A hint of sadness flashed in his eyes.
That was his first child.
The child was almost fully formed, and he once wondered whether it was a boy or a girl.
He had placed his hopes on the child.
So when Concubine Shu was pregnant, he went to the Buddhist temple to ask for this amulet for her.
Unexpectedly, not long after the amulet was obtained, the child died in the womb.
This amulet not only failed to protect the child, but instead became a death warrant!