Where prosperity ends, flowers never end

The next day, the gate of Chunyang Palace was finally opened. The concubines, as if seeing the momentum of letting a tiger back into the mountains, all came eagerly to ask for an audience and pay their respects.

"Concubine, please give your regards to the Queen."

The queen sat on the phoenix chair with her eyes high above the rest. Although she knew the reasons and consequences of the lifting of the ban, she did not feel grateful at all.

"My sisters seem to have lost a lot of weight."

The concubines sat there and didn't say anything. The queen had a hypocritical smile on her face. She glanced at Concubine Wan's belly and started gossiping.

"You are already so advanced in the month, Your Majesty should go and accompany your sister more often."

Concubine Wan was speechless, as if Baili Yong had forgotten that she existed.

"Ever since the Imperial Noble Consort regained favor, Your Majesty has never come to see me again..."

The Queen sighed in mock sympathy, but in fact she was adding fuel to the fire and making the situation worse.

"Oh, really? That's a pity. He looks like a prince."

Concubine Chen looked at Concubine Wan's sad expression, sometimes distracted, sometimes exploring.

"That's right. Yesterday, the Imperial Concubine encountered a snake and was not hurt at all, but the Emperor was already very anxious. Alas... it was a pity that the Imperial Uncle saved her life but still got bitten."

Concubine He glanced at Concubine Chen, with helplessness in her eyes. Concubine Chen seemed to feel her gaze and turned her head to reveal the same emotion.

Kepin sat aside in silence, and noticed something fishy was happening.

"Brother is a minister after all, and I don't care about any reward for saving the imperial concubine, but brother's health has always been poor."

Concubine Chen turned her gaze to Concubine Wan. She needed to make the situation more and more muddy.

Concubine Wan glanced at her and instantly understood what she meant.

"I heard that the Queen has been under house arrest for some time, and the Crown Prince and the Imperial Concubine have been unusually close. Now that she is pregnant, what should we do? I think the Crown Prince treats her like his own mother."

The Queen's eyes darkened. Concubine Wan's words deeply irritated her!

"Oh my, look, what are you saying? You are the prince's biological mother, and the master of the harem."

The concubines all had their own ulterior motives and plans, but no one was willing to step forward.

Concubine Chen looked at the joke in the hall and pointed the finger at Ran Qianxi.

"Yes, I also don't accept that you are always being bullied by her."

In an instant, the queen's face became even uglier, and she wished she could chew Ran Qianxi and the baby in her belly into pieces.

"Okay, I'm a little tired, so the sisters will go back first."

Concubine Wan took the lead and stood up with a smug smile on her face.

"Concubine, please retire."

When the concubines walked out of the main hall, Concubine He saw the palace maids picking plums and hesitated to move forward.

The Concubine Chen passed by her and looked at her, but Kepin obviously saw that something was wrong between the two of them and focused her thoughts on the plums.

After all the concubines left, the queen called her personal maid.

"Do you know what to do? She's the Royal Concubine, be careful!"

"Yes."

Three days later—

Baili Yong brought Ran Qianxi with him every day. When he went to court, he asked her not to leave the palace yet and to wait until he came back to eat all the food and drinks. The queen was at her wit's end, so that night she sent people to the pond in the royal palace and started a big attack.

Ran Qianxi's belly was bulging, and she was stroking her belly while watching the fish. She never understood what was so interesting about fish, but Tan Qianhuan always watched them with fascination. Until today, she realized that the days were boring because of the long time.

At this moment, a sneaky little eunuch came quietly behind him. Suddenly, a pebble hit him from the pavilion diagonally opposite, knocking the little eunuch to the ground.

When Ran Qianxi heard the sound of the eunuch falling to the ground, she immediately turned around. When she looked back again, she saw a back figure left in the pavilion, with camellia flowers embroidered on the hem of her skirt.

The little eunuch ran away in a hurry, and she was instantly horrified!

"Oh my God... is he trying to kill me? What about that concubine just now... did she save me?"

Ran Qianxi quickly rushed back to the back hall!

"I have to go back quickly."

The next day—

The queen was furious in the palace. The young eunuch knelt on the ground last night and did not dare to raise his head.

"You can't even do this properly, and she found out about it. What a bunch of rubbish!"

Xie Ying, who came to the palace to visit, heard this as soon as he reached the door. He knew clearly that she wanted to harm Ran Qianxi, so he walked in calmly.

"Why is the Queen so angry?"

"Brother, you've come at the right time. I have something to discuss with you."

The Queen is his biological sister, and Ran Qianxi is his teenage beauty, and no matter what he does, he can't have the best of both worlds.

Two days later, Ran Qianxi felt more and more sore in her waist and knees. That afternoon, she suddenly felt dizzy and fell to the ground unconscious!

"The Imperial Concubine!"

Liu Xun, who was visiting her, immediately ran over and picked her up, leaving a pool of bright red blood on the ground.

"Go and call the imperial physician."

Liu Xun carefully put her on the bed, and when he pulled out his hand, it was already covered in blood!

The imperial physician had not arrived yet, but Tan Qianhuan arrived first. Looking at the unconscious Ran Qianxi, his heart was broken, but his eyes were cold as he looked at Liu Xun's hand.

The imperial physician and Baili Yong rushed over, and saw all the concubines kneeling outside the bedroom.

"How's Xi'er?!"

He walked in hurriedly and saw Ran Qianxi's face pale, with beads of sweat on her face and she was unconscious.

"My stomach...feels uncomfortable..."

The imperial physician knelt down to feel Liu Xun's pulse. In fact, there was no need for further examination. Just by looking at Liu Xun's hand, he knew that the child could not be saved.

The imperial physician withdrew his hand tremblingly and fell to the ground with a plop!

"I am incompetent!"

Bai Liyong has heard this sentence "I am an incompetent minister" countless times since he ascended the throne, but today he feels that he is the most incompetent one. He loved her so much and took care of her so attentively, but in the end he ended up like this.

He was silent for a moment, his tone sinister!

The emperor’s wrath left millions of corpses and shook the heaven and earth.

"who is it?"

Yuqing and Suixue had no clue at all. Baili Yong walked out angrily, and all the concubines in the palace fell to the ground!

"Who is it I ask?!"

Concubine He and Concubine Chen looked unusually calm, but Concubine Wan was silent.

After a moment, Concubine He stood up first.

"Your Majesty, it's the Queen!"

She said it without hiding anything, obviously she was already confident about the outcome.

"What did you say?"

"Your Majesty, when I went to the Queen's palace to pay my respects that day, it was Concubine Wan who conspired with her to murder the Imperial Concubine!"

Baili Yong looked at Concubine Wan sharply. Concubine Wan was horrified. The knife that fell on the Queen's head suddenly fell on herself.

"How dare you slander me!"

"Everything I said is true. That day, I heard with my own ears that the Crown Prince regarded the Imperial Concubine as his own mother. You must think of a solution quickly. I also said something nonsense that I would like to help Your Majesty."

Concubine Wan, despite her adult body, grabbed He Xiaomeng by the collar.

"What are you thinking, Concubine He?"

He Xiaomeng looked at her without any panic, pulled Kepin over and spoke confidently.

"How can I feel at ease? But I have heard all this."

Kepin frowned slightly. Although she heard the words of discord, she did not hear the two people's blatant conspiracy.

"What's wrong with you, Madam Kepin? Are you trying to protect Concubine Wan? She hurt the Imperial Concubine!"

He Xiaomeng was obviously hinting at something. She seemed to know that Xu Yuanchao had repeatedly instructed Kepin to protect Ran Qianxi.

Concubine Wan fell to the ground at Baili Yong's feet with a plop.

"I don't have any, Your Majesty, please check it out!"

At this time, Fu Shuang rushed over with strong evidence. The corners of Chen Fei's mouth raised with pride, everything was ready, only the east wind was missing.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother asked me to bring you someone who I think may be of use."

A palace maid knelt on the ground timidly, not daring to look up. Fu Shuang handed Baili Yong a small box of medicine powder.