PDLP Chapter 135 The child is gone
Chapter 135 The child is gone
Eunuch Liu was so frightened that he dared not breathe and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
He thought about slipping away and sending someone to warn the imperial concubine.
Unexpectedly, just as he raised his foot, he heard Qin Feiling's annoyed scolding: "Don't go and tell her. If she wanted to come, she would have come long ago."
"Why wait until now?"
"Oh, I'm so ridiculous. I foolishly waited for her for the whole morning. She clearly promised, but in the end she broke her promise and didn't come. Is she deliberately playing tricks on me?"
Qin Feiling was so angry that he immediately threw all the memorials and writing materials on the desk.
Eunuch Liu's knees softened, and he fell to the ground with a thud: "Your Majesty, calm down."
The next moment, footsteps were heard outside. Eunuch Liu's eyes lit up: "There are footsteps. It must be the Imperial Concubine coming... I will go out to greet her."
Eunuch Liu was just about to get up from the ground.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Wan's voice, filled with anxiety, came from outside.
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. Liu promised that she suddenly had a stomachache..."
"It seems like there's some redness down there, which seems to be a sign of miscarriage."
Concubine Wan walked into the palace from outside with anxious eyes.
She knelt down in front of Qin Feiling in a panic.
"I have already summoned the imperial physician and sent him to Lady Liu's residence... I have also sent someone to inform the Queen Mother."
"Liu's situation seems artificial... This concerns the heir to the throne, a matter of national importance. Your Majesty, please go there quickly and take charge of the situation."
Qin Feiling frowned, suppressed the anger in his heart, slowly stood up, and followed Concubine Wan to the palace where Concubine Liu lived.
When they arrived, the Queen Mother had just arrived.
The Empress Dowager's eyes were filled with anxiety. She quickly asked Concubine Wan, "She was fine, why did she suddenly have spotting? Send someone to investigate. We must find out the reason why Concubine Liu had spotting. This is a matter of great importance concerning the heir to the throne. We must not be careless."
The emperor has been on the throne for several years, but no prince has been born. When he finally waited for a concubine to become pregnant, he naturally paid special attention to it.
Although she demoted Liu Da Ying and put her under house arrest, she also arranged for a nanny and palace maids to take care of her carefully. Who would have known that something would go wrong at this critical juncture?
There is no smoke without fire. The Queen Mother firmly believed that this was not an accident but must have been man-made.
She has been up and down in the palace for many years, how could she not see the trick here?
Concubine Wan had never presided over such a major event before, and she seemed a little flustered and absent-minded: "Your Majesty, I have sent people to investigate, but... after searching over and over again, we haven't found any useful clues."
"The most urgent thing is to see what the imperial physician says."
The Queen Mother rubbed her brows and turned to look at Qin Feiling: "Shu Fei was ill a few days ago, and Wan Fei has no experience in managing the harem. This huge harem is now in a state of chaos and disorder. It is worrying."
Qin Feiling respectfully helped the Queen Mother to sit down slowly: "The Queen's pregnancy should be stable soon. Let her manage the affairs of the harem from now on. If she doesn't have that much energy, then the Queen Mother should help share the burden."
The Queen Mother's eyes flickered. She had long wanted to manage the harem.
The harem was now in such a state of chaos, she had long been fed up with it. Now that the emperor had spoken, she naturally did not refuse: "I am old and my energy is not enough. I don't want to deal with these troublesome matters in the harem. But... there is no one available in the harem now. They are all sick and weak... They are really not useful. Concubine Wan is not good at managing the harem. Well, never mind, then I will take the trouble and manage the harem for a while."
"Wait a month for the selection. Select some high-ranking officials who are well-educated and proficient in managing the affairs of the harem and fill them with women. Then I can rest assured and not worry about the few concubines in your harem."
Qin Feiling lowered his eyes and agreed to everything.
Seeing that he still respected her as always, the Queen Mother couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and a hint of warmth appeared between her eyebrows.
Chang Hui, accompanied by several imperial physicians, quickly finished taking the patient's pulse.
They walked out of the inner hall tremblingly and knelt in front of Qin Feiling and the Queen Mother.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager... Liu promised her that she might have taken an abortion drug... Because the baby is still young and has already started bleeding, I'm afraid she won't be able to keep it."
"We, your humble servants, must immediately induce labor for Lady Liu and expel the fetus from her body. This is the only way to save Lady Liu's life. Otherwise, if we don't act in time, I'm afraid there will be two deaths."
Qin Feiling took a breath. He didn't expect things to be so serious.
"The child is gone?"
"Is there no possibility of salvation?"
Chang Hui's eyes were filled with fear, and he slowly shook his head: "There is no way to save her. Your Majesty, please give an order immediately and allow us to induce labor for Liu."
The Queen Mother's eyes couldn't help but turn red. She tightly grasped Qin Feiling's hand and said, "She was fine before, but suddenly she started bleeding and died... And she took abortion drugs. It's obvious that someone is trying to harm Liu Da Ying."
"Emperor, this is your own flesh and blood. If it were a boy, he would be your eldest son. But now... he is gone just like that..."
The Queen Mother gnashed her teeth in anger.
She tried her best to calm herself down and asked Chang Hui to go in quickly to induce labor for Liu Daxing.
Chang Hui agreed and led his men into the inner hall.
The Queen Mother was heartbroken. She clenched her fist and pressed it against her chest. "The royal heir is my bottom line. Anyone who dares to touch the royal heir will die..."
"Investigate, and get to the bottom of it. Whoever I find out, I will tear him into pieces."
Although Qin Feiling had no feelings for Liu Da Ying, the child in her belly was her own flesh and blood after all.
He naturally felt very uncomfortable.
He immediately looked at Eunuch Liu and said, "Send someone to investigate. We must find the real culprit as quickly as possible."
Eunuch Liu immediately agreed and began to interrogate all the servants in Liu Da Ying's palace.
Zhou Shiya walked in from outside, wrapped in a cloak and with a pale face.
She bent her knees tremblingly, wanting to pay her respects to the Queen Mother and Qin Feiling. When the Queen Mother saw the Queen's slightly bulging belly, she felt a little pity in her heart.
She didn't like the queen before, but now when she looked at her bulging belly, all her dissatisfaction and criticism disappeared.
Having just lost Liu Da Ying's child, the Queen's child cannot be in danger again.
The Queen Mother quickly waved her hand and asked Madam Zhao to support Zhou Shiya.
"Hurry up, don't be polite."
"Empress...why are you so pale? If you're feeling unwell, go back and take good care of yourself. Stop traveling back and forth. These things have nothing to do with you. You should take good care of the child in your belly."
Zhou Shiya didn't expect that the Queen Mother, who always had a bad face towards her, would actually speak to her in such a friendly manner.
She lowered her eyes to glance at her bulging belly, then smiled knowingly.
Seeing that the child Liu promised was gone, she began to feel that the child in her belly was precious.
Originally, her child was a legitimate prince, and was a hundred times more noble than the children of other concubines.
The Queen Mother didn't care about him before, but now she pretends to be sympathetic.