Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 696

Pei Shang accidentally shook off Zhang Chuhuan while trying to protect her, and it was just a flick of his sleeve.

Then Zhang Chuhuan fell down, and immediately she cried out that her stomach hurt.

The Empress Dowager glared at Gong Shu with displeasure and said, "You too, who let you into the palace?"

“I invited Xiao Shu to the palace. There’s no rule that says if Princess Rui enters the palace, no one else is allowed to enter,” Yun Xiyue retorted immediately. The Empress Dowager is just biased.

The Empress Dowager looked displeased. "Knowing she was pregnant, why did you summon her to the palace?"

“Xiao Shu and I are sisters, and I welcome her to Jiaofang Palace whenever she comes. But Princess Rui came uninvited, and besides, she was the one who took the initiative to cause trouble for Xiao Shu.”

“If she doesn’t cause trouble, she won’t harm the fetus,” Yun Xiyue said coldly.

The Empress Dowager was about to speak when Pei Shang knelt down. "Aunt, it's all my fault. Princess Rui suddenly came over and stopped us. Xiao Shu was frightened, so I instinctively shook off Princess Rui."

"At that time, I couldn't take care of anyone else; I could only take care of Xiaoshu."

"If Aunt wants to punish someone, then punish me!"

"It was I who pushed Princess Rui; it had nothing to do with Xiao Shu. Ever since Princess Rui became pregnant, nothing good has ever happened to Xiao Shu when she's around her; she even nearly lost her and her unborn child..."

The Empress Dowager's expression changed slightly. When the topic of the two deaths was brought up, she couldn't scold her nephew. Both were her flesh and blood, and Princess Rui was not her own daughter-in-law.

If we protect Princess Rui and punish Pei Shang, the Pei family will definitely have objections.

"Get up! It was all an accident. I hope Princess Rui and her child are safe. If the child is alright, consider this a lesson learned."

Pei Shang stood up. "Thank you, Aunt."

Prince Rui, however, did not think so.

His face was grim; if anything happened to the child, he would definitely not let the child in Gong Shu's womb go.

We must trade her life for hers!

No one spoke again; they waited quietly for the result.

An hour later, the delivery room door was opened, and Ghost Hand came out. "She has been infected by a Gu worm."

"What? How could I have been infected by a Gu worm?" The Empress Dowager was shocked, her vision blurred, and she could hardly believe it.

Ghost Hand glanced at Pei Shang, "You'll have to ask Princess Rui. Because she wasn't infected with the Gu worm for long, it was right when she was having trouble conceiving."

“Young Master Pei had a sachet on him, which was used to expel poison. If he hadn’t blocked it, it would probably have been Young Madam Pei who was poisoned.”

Upon hearing this, Pei Shang's face instantly turned ashen. He understood why Zhang Chuhuan had suddenly come to stop them.

It turns out she wanted to use a curse to harm Shu'er.

My cousin gave me this sachet.

Murong Yu's expression was also not good. When he went to Jiangnan, he was afraid that something might happen to him, so he gave Pei Shang a sachet to suppress the Gu poison.

This sachet for warding off evil spirits was given to me by Nan Yin; it's very useful.

"Prince Rui, how dare you!"

Murong Chen was startled and knelt down, saying, "Brother, what does this prove? Huan'er wouldn't cast a spell on herself, would she? There were so many people present at the time; it could have been someone else. Huan'er was just taking the blame for Madam Pei!"

Murong Yu sneered, "I don't want to hear your excuses. Now get out of here and go to the imperial mausoleum. You are not allowed to return to the capital without permission."

"Princess Rui has finished her postpartum confinement and will be with you!"

Murong Chen's face turned deathly pale instantly, "Royal brother..."

"Mother, I have done nothing wrong. You judged me to be wrong based on just one sentence from Ghost Hand. I do not accept that."

"I beg Your Majesty to grant me justice!"

The Empress Dowager glanced at the ghost hand and said, "Enough! This matter is currently very complicated. Let's wait until Princess Rui has recovered before bringing it up again."

"I will have someone investigate this thoroughly."

“Your Majesty, this happened in the Jiaofang Palace. If we really investigate, the fact that Princess Rui is now under the influence of poison will also be related to the Jiaofang Palace.”

Fearing that Murong Yu would disagree, she insisted on punishing Princess Rui.

The Empress Dowager immediately threatened him with Yun Xiyue.