After taking the wet nurse away to look after her, Xia Dongchun brought Bai Zhi into the inner room. By then, the imperial physician had already prepared the medicine. Xia Dongchun held Ling Yuan in his arms and sat on the couch, freeing up one hand to take the spoon. However, Ling Yuan was too young and already had a fever and was feeling uncomfortable, so it was impossible to feed her the bitter medicine.

Xia Dongchun was so worried that she was at a loss as to what to do for a moment. She just wanted to kill Noble Lady Fucha and the wet nurse alive.

It was Bai Zhi who spoke up last: "My lady, why don't I drink this medicine and turn it into breast milk to feed to the princess? Even though it may take a while for her to recover, it will be much better than not being able to feed her now."

Xia Dongchun then realized that others used this method to feed Ling Yuan the medicine that she could not take, so she could naturally use this method to make Ling Yuan better.

"Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you, Yunling, you stay with Baizhi." Although Xia Dongchun was panicked, he did not forget to ask Yunling to stay with him. It was true that Baizhi was not bribed, but after the incident with the wet nurse, Xia Dongchun could not completely trust Baizhi for a while.

"Yes." Bai Zhi and Yun Ling nodded at the same time.

Bai Zhi also knew that Xia Dongchun was worried that she would do something bad to the princess again, but she didn't mind. After all, such a thing had just happened. Which mother could hand her child over to someone else without any precautions?

If Xia Dongchun didn't ask Yun Ling to follow him, Bai Zhi would have suspected that Xia Dongchun was testing him.

Xia Dongchun felt a little more at ease leaving Yunling behind. She took Yinzhu and Xiao Dezi, tied up the wet nurse, and left the Yanx Palace and went to the Jingren Palace.

Sang'er, who was beside Noble Lady Fucha, saw this and quickly ran back to the house: "My lady, my lady, Noble Lady Zhao somehow had someone tie up Princess Lingyuan's wet nurse and take her out."

"What?" Noble Lady Fucha was drinking a tonic and looked up when she heard it. "What's going on? It's so lively, why don't you ask me to go and watch? Come on, come on, see who you can find to find out what's going on."

Noble Lady Fucha looked like she was enjoying the show, but she didn't know that this matter would soon involve her.

When they arrived at Jingren Palace, after Huichun gave the message, Xia Dongchun led his men in.

When the Queen saw that she had brought someone in tied up, she knew that she must have sufficient evidence. After all, it was not that no one had harmed her before, but it was Yinzhen who had directly taken the initiative to punish people. Xia Dongchun had never spoken in person, nor had she clearly stated how to punish them.

"Your concubine pays her respects to Her Majesty the Queen. May Her Majesty be blessed with good health." No matter how angry Xia Dongchun was, she didn't want anyone to find fault with her, so she still performed the ceremony in a proper manner.

The queen raised her hand: "Stand up, sit down and talk if you have anything to say."

Xia Dongchun sat down and said, "Your Majesty, you may not know. After lunch today, I asked the wet nurse to bring the princess here as usual. Unexpectedly, the princess kept crying and had a high fever. After asking her carefully, I found out that the wet nurse herself had a fever due to the medicine she took, and she even deliberately fed the princess milk, which caused the princess to suffer."

When the queen heard this, she showed concern and asked, "How is the princess now?"

Xia Dongchun nodded: "I have asked the imperial physician to come and see him. He also gave him medicine. The imperial physician said that if he gets some more sleep, the high fever will go away."

"That's good. Otherwise, the princess is still so young and I really can't bear it." The queen breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the wet nurse again, "You are so brave to murder the princess like this! Tell me, who ordered you to do that?"

The nurse was trembling with fear. She knelt on the ground tied up, not daring to look up. However, she still remembered what Xia Dongchun had said to her, so she did not dare to hide it anymore: "Your Majesty, it is... it is Sang'er who is beside Noble Lady Fucha."

"Noble Lady Fucha?" The Queen's face was serious, and she immediately ordered Jiang Fuhai, "Jiang Fuhai, go to the Yanxi Palace and invite Noble Lady Fucha here!"

"Yes." Jiang Fuhai took the order and hurried to Noble Lady Fucha's place in the Yanx Palace with his men.

Noble Lady Fucha had just finished drinking the tonic soup and was about to lie down for a nap when she heard someone say that Eunuch Jiang, who was by the Empress's side, had arrived. She thought that the Empress was going to reward her with something again, so she hurriedly called for him to come in.

Jiang Fuhai bowed first: "I pay my respects to you, my lady. Your Majesty, please go to Jingren Palace immediately."

"Did the Empress say what it was about?" Noble Lady Fucha was puzzled when she saw that she was not there to deliver a reward.

"It's an important matter after all. The Queen is still waiting, so you'd better come in quickly, young lady." Jiang Fuhai said.

Noble Lady Fucha had no choice but to stand up and said, "Since the Queen has summoned you... Sang'er, please come with me."

"Yes." Even without her saying anything, Sang'er would have gone with her. She and Ju'er were the most capable people around Noble Lady Fucha. Ju'er had already entered the Ministry of Punishment, so naturally she had to follow Noble Lady Fucha all the time.

When Noble Lady Fucha arrived at Jingren Palace, she knew from the situation that this time she was called here had nothing to do with rewards.

I'm afraid Xia Dongchun is jealous of her pregnancy and is causing trouble again!

Noble Lady Fucha glared at Xia Dongchun.

Little did she know that this further confirmed that she had ordered someone to drug and murder the princess.

"I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Queen, and wish Her Majesty good health. I wonder why Her Majesty has asked me to come here?" Noble Lady Fucha bowed, asked for her regards, and looked at the Queen with a puzzled look on her face.

The Queen sighed, "Noble Lady Fucha, you are about to become my mother, how can you bear to let your subordinates do such a thing?"

Noble Lady Fucha was even more puzzled, but at the same time she became more convinced that this must be a self-torture trick directed and acted by Xia Dongchun to frame her!

"Why don't I understand what the Empress said? I don't know what nonsense Concubine Zhao talked about with the Empress that made the Empress misunderstand me like this. I feel so wronged." After realizing this, Concubine Fucha no longer gave Xia Dongchun a look and concentrated on talking to the Empress.

"Please wait a moment." The Queen comforted her, "I have already asked Huichun and Xiuxia to bring people to search your maid's room. If you are really wronged, I will naturally clear your name."

Noblewoman Fucha felt confident and stood up straight. Sang'er behind her also pouted, but did not dare to express her dissatisfaction with the Queen, so she just stared at Xia Dongchun.

Not long after, Huichun and Xiuxia came back with medicine bags in their hands. They walked to the queen and presented them to her.

The queen was also quite knowledgeable in medicine. She checked it herself and then her face turned cold. She slammed the table and said, "Noble Lady Fucha! You are so brave!"

Fucha Guiren and Sang'er panicked and looked at each other. Sang'er quickly helped her kneel down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I am truly wronged."

The Queen looked at her coldly, "You still dare to say it's an injustice? This was found by Huichun and Xiuxia in the room of your personal maid Sang'er. The wet nurse also personally identified that it was Sang'er who was by your side who ordered her to drug and murder the princess. There are witnesses and evidences, yet you say it's an injustice. How can I believe you?"

Noblewoman Fucha looked up at the medicine bag in the Queen's hand, then turned back to look at Sang'er, her eyes full of disbelief: "Sang'er, you..."

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