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

Chapter 840

"My lady, this is bad."

"Consort De has fallen and is having trouble with her pregnancy."

Just then, someone rushed in to report.

"Why did she suddenly faint?" Yun Xiyue and Jiang Sijin looked at each other in bewilderment and quickly went to the Imperial Garden together.

At this time, Qi Yumin had been sent back to Yongning Palace, while the palace maids around Han Lian had been arrested.

"Your Highness, it was a maidservant from Consort Shu's side who deliberately tripped up Consort De. A maidservant like her wouldn't have the guts to do that; she must have been instructed by someone."

If someone is Han Lian's person, then they are acting under her orders.

Han Lian looked flustered and hurriedly explained, "It's all a misunderstanding. I have the best relationship with Consort De. I would never harm her. It was really an accident just now. Xiao Tao didn't push Consort De either."

The palace maid Xiao Tao kept explaining that she had not pushed Consort De.

"Hmph! I saw it with my own eyes. It was you who pushed it." Granny Su sneered. "Do you think I saw wrong?"

Yun Xiyue asked, "How is Consort De now?"

"The imperial physician is treating her; she has fallen and is in danger of miscarriage. The Empress Dowager hopes to find a skilled physician as soon as possible to help Consort De with her pregnancy."

Yunxi Yue said, "Master is not in the capital."

The Empress Dowager did not believe it, thinking that she deliberately prevented the Ghost Hand from helping Consort De with her pregnancy.

They sent someone to find Murong Yu, but the result was the same.

The Empress Dowager still didn't believe it. "You just can't stand to see Consort De's child born. Guards, take Consort Shu away and interrogate her thoroughly. I want to see who's behind this."

Jiang Sijin said, "Empress Dowager, the Ghost Hand Doctor really isn't in the capital. Also, the Emperor and Empress don't have a problem with Consort De's child. If they didn't, they would have arranged for Consort De to receive the medicine from the beginning."

"Hmph, that's because I had people keeping a close eye on them and didn't allow them to do that."

Jiang Sijin's expression stiffened slightly, feeling that the Empress Dowager was generalizing from a single case and had too much of a problem with Yun Xiyue.

"Empress Dowager may not believe me, but surely you must believe the Emperor! Even tigers don't eat their cubs, so the Emperor wouldn't lay a hand on his own flesh and blood." Yun Xiyue was already used to it; whatever the Empress Dowager said, she could let it go in one ear and out the other.

“No one instructed Consort Shu, and I also believe that Consort Shu would not harm Consort De.”

The Empress Dowager sneered, "So you mean an accident? How could it possibly be an accident?"

They sent someone to invite Murong Yu.

They demanded an in-person interrogation.

Xiao Tao has already confessed, saying that Han Lian instructed her to do it.

"Consort Shu, what else do you have to say? Why did you harm Consort De's unborn child?" Yun Xiyue was somewhat incredulous.

Han Lian and Qi Yumin have an excellent relationship and no conflict of interest between them, so why would they want to harm her?

"Your Majesty... I did not instruct Xiao Tao. She is slandering me. I don't know why Xiao Tao did this." Han Lian knelt down, but her back was straight, and she looked completely open and honest.

"Summon Xiao Tao," Murong Yu said.

Xiao Tao came in quickly, but she had to be carried in.

"Was this a forced confession?"

Murong Yu looked at the Empress Dowager, a cold, mocking smile playing on his lips.

The Empress Dowager said, "She was stubborn. It was a normal interrogation, and there was no forced confession."

"I believe Consort Shu is innocent; this palace maid is slandering her mistress." Murong Yu didn't want to investigate further and directly convicted the palace maid.

The Empress Dowager felt that he was protecting Consort Shu, but this was also the first time he had ever protected another woman.

"Is the Emperor protecting Consort Shu?"

"It's a miracle that you actually show affection to any of the concubines other than the Empress."

Murong Yu frowned, disliking the Empress Dowager's words.

“I have not been protecting anyone, but I know it was not Consort Shu who instigated it. Since entering the palace, all the concubines have been law-abiding citizens.”

"If it were Consort Shu, she wouldn't have resorted to such low-level tactics. The Empress Dowager has lived in the harem for many years and should be very clear about the scheming and fighting among the concubines."

"If Consort Shu really wanted to harm Consort De's child, she would have taken advantage of their close relationship and secretly tampered with the food, thus eliminating the child. Instead, she would have sent a palace maid to push Consort De in full view of everyone."