My Fair Princess: The Queen's Rebirth

"Empress Ling, you and them should go back first."

"Yes, Lafayette."

After they all left Jingyang Palace.

Supported by the Emperor and the Empress, the Empress Dowager walked into the hall of Jingyang Palace.

However, Zhihua's body was still tightly restrained by Saiwei Saiguang.

The old Buddha sat in his seat, looking at Saiwei and Saiguang and ordered, "You two, let Zhihua go." Then he looked at Yongqi and said, "Yongqi, kneel down."

Sai Wei and Sai Guang looked at each other and quickly took the Fifth Lady to the Empress Dowager. Then they immediately released the Fifth Lady and then they retreated tactfully and closed the door of the hall.

Zhihua and Yongqi knelt side by side in front of the Empress Dowager.

The two of them lowered their heads and did not dare to look up at the old lady.

At this moment, Zhihua sat there slumped as if she had lost all her energy, and her whole mind began to become dazed.

"My child, my child." Zhihua gently stroked her belly with her hand, "Good child..."

The Empress Dowager, the Emperor, the Empress, and Yongqi were all shocked by the scene before them.

The old lady looked at Zhihua and asked, "Zhihua? Are you okay?"

"Old Buddha, I'm pregnant. I have a child from the Aisin-Gioro family in my belly. It's Yongqi's child." Zhihua laughed as she spoke. Then she turned her head to look at Yongqi and continued, "Yongqi, you'll be able to be a father soon."

"Yongqi, this..." The old lady looked confused.

Yongqi shook his head and said, "Master Buddha, I... Zhihua never mentioned that she was pregnant before, I didn't know."

At this moment, the Queen looked at the Emperor and the Empress Dowager and said cautiously, "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, in my opinion, it would be better to ask the imperial physician to come and take a look." After saying this, the Queen lowered her voice and continued, "Is Zhihua upset?"

The old lady said, "Don't worry about it. Let the imperial physician come and take her pulse first."

After a while.

Doctor Hu from the Imperial Hospital hurried over.

"Doctor Hu, please take the Fifth Lady's pulse immediately," the Queen ordered. "What's wrong with the Fifth Lady?"

Doctor Hu took the Fifth Lady's pulse and replied, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Fifth Lady's pulse is disordered, causing her mental disorder."

The Empress Dowager was surprised when she heard what Doctor Hu said. "What did you say? Zhihua is mentally ill? How could this be? Are you mistaken?"

"Your Majesty, I will never be wrong. The Fifth Lady is truly mentally ill." Doctor Hu said word by word.

"But what she just said...it seems like she was talking nonsense, about having a child or not." The old lady suddenly raised her hand and waved impatiently at Doctor Hu, "You should go down quickly."

Doctor Hu quickly retreated.

The Empress Dowager never imagined that Zhihua would become like this. She turned to look at the Emperor and the Empress, "What do you two think of this matter? How do you plan to deal with Zhihua?"

The Emperor looked at Zhihua kneeling on the ground and shook his head helplessly. "Your Majesty, she...she is truly unfit to be Yongqi's wife, let alone a member of our Aisin-Gioro family. Furthermore, her moral character is flawed. I believe she should be expelled from the palace and sent back to the Chen family immediately."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty," the Queen suddenly said, "I think since Zhihua has married into the Jingyang Palace, it would be more appropriate for Yongqi to deal with her."

The old Buddha nodded and looked at Yongqi and asked, "Yongqi, what do you say?"

Yongqi knelt on the ground and looked at the old Buddha, then turned to look at Zhihua, who had already gone crazy.

He bit his lip and said, "Your Majesty, Father Emperor, and Mother Emperor, this situation is entirely Yongqi's fault. If Yongqi had treated Zhihua well, she wouldn't have done these things. But now that it has happened, I should face it calmly and deal with it properly."

"Hearing you say that, it seems that you already have the answer in your mind." The old Buddha looked at Yongqi seriously.

Yongqi said, "Since I married her, she is my wife. However, she did something so unjust that I cannot tolerate her."

"Yongqi, please get to the point." The old Buddha urged.

"Let's lock her up in a side hall of Jingyang Palace for the time being. Tomorrow, after I write the divorce letter, I'll send her out of the palace as the emperor said. In her current condition, I'm afraid the best outcome is for her to return to her own home." After Yongqi finished speaking, he was about to go up and help Zhihua up.

But when Yongqi just reached out and touched Zhihua.

"Who are you?" Zhihua suddenly looked at Yongqi nervously and said in fear, "Go away, don't touch me, don't touch me."

Yongqi saw Zhihua and found she didn't recognize him at this moment.

In order not to upset Zhihua, he whispered soothingly, "Zhihua, I'm Yongqi. Can I help you get up and go back to your room?"

Zhihua raised her head and her eyes met Yongqi's. She smiled, "Are you Yongqi?" Then she started crying again and hugged Yongqi tightly, "Are you really Yongqi? Are you really Yongqi? Am I seeing things?"

Yongqi nodded and replied, "Zhihua, you are not mistaken, I really am Yongqi, please get up quickly."

Yongqi comforted Zhihua while carefully helping her up.

Zhihua said, "Yongqi, I'm pregnant with your child, did you know that? Please ask the imperial physician to come and check my pulse."

Seeing Zhihua's expression, the Queen quickly chimed in, "Zhihua, the Imperial Hospital's physician has just come to check your pulse. Would you mind going back to your room with Yongqi?"

After hearing this, Zhihua's emotions suddenly calmed down, but her hands were still stroking her belly back and forth, and a strange smile appeared on her face.

Yongqi helped Zhihua out of the room slowly and brought her into the side hall. Then, without saying a word, he had the door of the side hall locked.

"Zhen'er, Cui'er." Yongqi called Zhen'er and Cui'er over and said sternly, "From now on, the two of you will take turns taking care of Fu Jin, but her range of activities is limited to this side hall. If you let her out, I will definitely not forgive you, do you understand?"