The abandoned concubine is charming and charming, and the sickly prince breaks his waist

"Your Highness, someone put drugs in Concubine Rou's food, causing her to have a miscarriage. The maid in the imperial kitchen said that your maid Zhang had touched Concubine Rou's food today, so the emperor asked me to invite you over."

He Zhong still had his head down, and there was no change in his facial expression.

Empress Liu stood up suddenly after hearing what he said and asked in a deep voice, "Are you saying that Concubine Rou had a miscarriage?"

But after asking, she realized that she had grasped the wrong point. What He Zhong just said was that someone in the imperial kitchen said that Nanny Zhang had touched Hua Shu's food today.

Did the emperor suspect that she was responsible for Hua Shu's miscarriage?

Thinking of this, she did not wait for He Zhong to answer and asked in a cold voice: "Your Majesty suspects that I was responsible for Concubine Rou's miscarriage?"

He Zhong hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter whether the emperor suspects you now. What matters is that you get out of this matter as soon as possible."

After that, he added, "Your Majesty, the Emperor is still waiting, you should pack up quickly and go with me."

Empress Liu knew what he meant. She sat in front of the dressing table and asked Nanny Zhang to rearrange her hair.

In fact, there was nothing to tidy up. She just took off a hairpin and put it back.

Empress Liu glanced at the box containing the love hairpin given to her by the emperor, and subconsciously reached out to take it out and put it on.

But she pulled her hand back halfway and decided not to wear it tonight.

After Nanny Zhang had tidied herself, Empress Liu stood up and walked out, followed by He Zhong and Nanny Zhang.

After taking two steps, Empress Liu hesitated and called Chunxi to whisper something in her ear.

Chunxi nodded after listening to this, and followed her out of Chonghua Palace and headed in the opposite direction.

He Zhong glanced in the direction Chunxi left, with no other expression on his face.

Empress Liu's face was very solemn. Now that she had calmed down, she couldn't help but wonder if Concubine Li Shu and Concubine Qi Hui had taken action against Hua Shu in advance.

Emperor Wu Ren did not try to suppress the matter, and since Hua Shu knew about it, almost everyone in the palace knew about her miscarriage.

When Empress Liu arrived at Chuxiu Palace, Concubine Fu, Concubine Lin, Concubine Li, Concubine Qi, and Concubine Yun who lived nearby had all arrived.

After Empress Liu glanced at them, she stepped forward and bowed to Emperor Wu Ren. Then, led by Concubine Fu, they also bowed to her.

Empress Liu glanced at Hua Shu, who had fainted again from excessive grief, and then turned to look at Emperor Wu Ren and asked softly, "Your Majesty, Concubine Rou was fine when she went to Chonghua Palace today, why did she suddenly have a miscarriage?"

Emperor Wu Ren looked at her with a sharp gaze without saying a word. After a long while, he said, "Don't you know why she had a miscarriage?"

Before she came, Emperor Wu Ren had asked the people in the imperial kitchen again, and they all said that when they were making fish soup and ginseng sauce duck for Hua Shu today, Nanny Zhang was by her side.

This made Emperor Wu Ren, who didn't want to doubt her, also become suspicious. He didn't believe it was such a coincidence that Nanny Zhang happened to run into them cooking for Hua Shu twice.

When Empress Liu heard Emperor Wu Ren's words, she was stunned for a moment, then looked at him in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, do you suspect that I was the one who caused Concubine Rou to have a miscarriage?"

Emperor Wu Ren felt a strange feeling for the first time when he looked at her. He could understand that she was afraid that Hua Shu would threaten her position so she didn't let her give birth to the child.

But what he couldn't understand was that after so many years of relationship, she would choose to drug her when he was in Chuxiu Palace, and even put it in her food. Wasn't she afraid that she would accidentally eat it?

But after thinking about it carefully, Emperor Wu Ren figured it out. The two dishes that were drugged tonight were ones he didn't usually eat. Maybe she didn't expect that he would eat ginseng sauce duck.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Empress Liu tightened her grip in her sleeves. She looked at Emperor Wu Ren and asked, "Your Majesty, why do you think it was I who caused Concubine Rou's miscarriage?"

Emperor Wu Ren glanced at the people trembling on the ground and said, "Ask them yourself."

On the way here, He Zhong had already briefly told Empress Liu about the incident. To be honest, the emperor did not have conclusive evidence to prove that she was the one who poisoned him.

Even so, Empress Liu did not dare to be careless. She looked at the maid on the ground and asked, "I have never treated you harshly. Why do you want to join others in wrongly accusing me?"

The old nanny who was shivering on the ground trembled even more violently when she heard what Empress Liu said.

"Empress, everything I said is true. Today, only the people around you have touched Concubine Rou's food."

Empress Liu glanced at Zhang Ma and thought carefully. She had indeed been to the imperial kitchen twice today. Once was to get bird's nest for her and the second time was to get it for Concubine Li Shufei.

But she didn't believe that Nanny Zhang would take the initiative to poison Hua Shu without her permission.

When Emperor Wu Ren saw that she didn't speak, his face darkened a little: "What else do you have to say?"

Empress Liu withdrew her thoughts and looked up at Emperor Wu Ren: "Your Majesty, we cannot conclude that it was Nanny Zhang who poisoned us just by her words."

After saying that, she scanned the room, finally stopping at the pale-faced Hua Shu.

Concubine Qi Hui hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, even if Nanny Zhang had been to the imperial kitchen, we cannot conclude that Concubine Rou was poisoned by her. Perhaps someone tampered with her on the way to Chuxiu Palace."

Concubine Li Shu also echoed, "Your Majesty, I also feel that we cannot conclude that it was Nanny Zhang who poisoned her. Besides, Nanny Zhang is not a fool. Even if she wanted to poison someone, she wouldn't be so blatant."

Seeing that they were honestly speaking for Empress Liu, Concubine Fu and Concubine Lin frowned slightly.

Forget about Concubine Qi Hui, but wasn’t Concubine Li Shu very close to Empress Hua Shu because she offended her last time? Why is she starting to speak for the Empress again?

Concubine Li Shu felt their gazes on her, but she didn't care.

She walked up to Emperor Wu Ren and said, "Your Majesty, I think we can't just interrogate these two old maids. We should also interrogate the people who delivered the food to Chuxiu Palace."

Hearing this, Emperor Wu Ren suddenly remembered that Caiyue had just said that she would go to the imperial kitchen to bring the fish soup herself, and his eyes instantly turned cold.

He had already begun to suspect that Hua Shu had staged today's events herself in order to plot against the Queen.

Even if she didn't direct or act it out herself, it was the people around her who were bribed and framed the queen.

Thinking of this, he looked at Caiyue coldly: "Did you just say that you were the one who served the fish soup?"

Caiyue's heart trembled slightly, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I did bring the fish soup from the imperial kitchen, but I did not poison the Majesty, and I will not poison the Majesty."

Concubine Qi Hui glanced at Hua Shu on the bed and said, "Who knows if you were bribed by someone with ulterior motives, or if Concubine Rou directed and acted out this incident herself."