Xia Dongchun from Legend of Zhen Huan: I want to live till the last episode

"Your Majesty is right. In this situation, the only possibility is that Ningfang's family is also in the hands of the person behind the scenes. Ningfang is just a teenage palace maid, so she refuses to admit it." Xiao Yanzi agreed, bowing his waist.

"But..." Xia Dongchun murmured, "If Ningfang continues to refuse to confess, and Concubine Duan has instructed the maids of the Ministry of Punishment not to harm Ningfang's life and to get a result, Ningfang will eventually collapse. Is the person behind the scenes really that confident?"

"I don't know about this." Xiao Yanzi shook his head and guessed, "Maybe... maybe the person behind the scenes has already made preparations to silence him."

"Okay, there's nothing to do here for now, you can go down and rest first." Xia Dongchun waved his hand and let Xiao Yanzi leave.

Who would have thought that at noon the next day, when Xia Dongchun was having lunch, she saw Xiao Yanzi running in in a hurry: "Madam, Madam, something terrible has happened, Ningfang has confessed!"

Xia Dongchun swallowed the food in his mouth and frowned slightly: "It's a good thing that she confessed, why are you panicking?"

Xiao Yanzi's facial features were almost wrinkled together: "But Ningfang said that it was the Queen who ordered her to do so. Now Jiang Fuhai is waiting outside, saying that the Queen has summoned you to go to Jingren Palace immediately!"

"What did you say?" Xia Dongchun thought there was something wrong with his ears when he first heard it.

Xiao Yanzi had a bitter face and didn't know what to say next.

Xia Dongchun put down her chopsticks and stood up immediately, having lost her appetite: "Go tell Jiang Fuhai that I will be there immediately."

"Yes." Xiao Yanzi stepped out.

"Your Majesty, what should we do?" Yun Ling said anxiously, "It seems that the person behind this is not only trying to drag Princess Wen Yi down with him to return Concubine Chun, but is also trying to drag us down with him as well."

"For now, we can only go to Jingren Palace and take it one step at a time." Xia Dongchun straightened his sleeves. "If I don't go, it will be confirmed that I was the one who did it. I must go. Only by going there will I have a chance to explain myself."

"Yes." Yun Ling and Yin Zhu looked at each other, and Yun Ling followed Xia Dongchun out.

Jiang Fuhai was waiting outside. When he saw Xia Dongchun come out, he curved his lips and said in a high-pitched voice, "Your servant greets Concubine Zhao. The Empress invites you."

Xia Dongchun glanced at Jiang Fuhai and raised his chin: "Xiao Yanzi, is the sedan chair ready?"

Just as Xiao Yanzi was about to reply, Jiang Fuhai interrupted and said, "Your Majesty, the Yanxi Palace is not far from the Jingren Palace. The Empress is still waiting. So, there is no need for a sedan chair...right?"

Xia Dongchun met Jiang Fuhai's gaze and smiled coldly: "How can you interrupt me when I am talking? I have also heard the reason why the Queen asked me to go for questioning, but no matter what, I have not been convicted of any crime. How can you decide how I go to Jingren Palace and whether I ride in a sedan chair?"

Jiang Fuhai didn't expect her to speak like this, and the words that were on the tip of his tongue were choked back: "I dare not."

"If you don't dare, just wait." Xia Dongchun looked away, "It doesn't matter if you wait a little longer. I think the Queen hasn't finished her lunch yet."

Jiang Fuhai dared to be angry but not to speak. Just as Xia Dongchun said, no one had convicted her yet and she was pregnant with the royal heir. It was indeed not someone that a slave like him could treat casually.

Soon, Xiao Yanzi came over quickly and said, "My lady, the sedan chair is ready. Let's go."

Only then did Xia Dongchun take a step forward and walk out.

Jiang Fuhai followed with a gloomy face.

When they arrived at Jingren Palace, they found that Concubine Duan and Concubine Jing had been invited over. Concubine Chun was not suitable to go out for the time being, so Zhen Huan came in her place.

"I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Queen. May Her Majesty be blessed with good health." Xia Dongchun bowed slowly before asking in confusion, "I wonder if Her Majesty the Queen has asked me to come here for something important?"

The queen said coldly without a smile on her face, "Please sit down first."

Xia Dongchun was not polite and sat down as he was told.

"You are pregnant, and the roads are slippery in the snow. You shouldn't be asked to go out." The Queen did the same thing again, using her usual tactics. She would first say some caring words to you, and then turn to what she really wanted to say. "It's just that the little palace maid named Ningfang couldn't stand the torture and confessed that you asked her to instigate Princess Wen Yi to knock down Concubine Chun. Although I don't believe it, I have to ask you to come here to ask."

After the Queen finished speaking, Concubine Duan, Concubine Jing and Zhen Huan couldn't help but look at Xia Dongchun.

Xia Dongchun stood up again, bowed, lowered her head and looked very respectful: "Empress, I dare not take your words. That maid named Ningfang...ah, is it Ningfang? I have never seen her, how can I point fingers at her? It was not until Concubine Duan found out the problem and found the maid named Ningfang that I knew that Princess Wen Yi bumped into Concubine Chun, it was not an accident, but a man-made one."

"But Ningfang keeps saying that it was you, Zhaopin, who ordered it. Although I believe you, but...but I have to ask a few more questions so as not to damage your reputation." The Queen seemed very worried about Xia Dongchun.

"Please look at this clearly, Queen. I am innocent. I have never seen this little palace maid Ningfang before. How could she have any relationship with me?" Since the Queen was willing to act, she played along. As she spoke, she knelt down, covered her face and started crying. "I am really innocent."

For a moment, Concubine Duan, Concubine Jing and Zhen Huan looked at each other, not knowing what to say. Xia Dongchun was also pregnant and was already in advanced stages of pregnancy. If they allowed her to continue crying like this, they were afraid that she would disturb the fetus.

Finally, Concubine Jing couldn't help but comfort her: "Sister Zhaopin, please stop crying. What if you disturb the fetus? The Empress and we all believe in you. That's why we asked you to come here to see what's going on."

"Sister Jingfei..." Xia Dongchun hardened her heart and pinched herself hard, tears welling up in pain. "I, your concubine, am really wronged."

"Empress, this, this..." Concubine Jing was helpless, "Let's get Concubine Zhao up first. After all, she is pregnant. What if something goes wrong with the heir to the throne?"

"What's going on?" Before the queen could answer, Yinzhen's voice came.

It turned out that as soon as Xia Dongchun left the Yanx Palace, Yin Zhu went to the Yangxin Palace to ask to see Yinzhen.