The whole family of villains listens to my heart, the Regent Prince treats me dearly.

"Miss Zhai, do you know what you're saying?" Consort Shu's gaze swept over Zhai Rongyu indifferently. "If you utter even a single falsehood, the entire Minister's mansion will be implicated."

Zhai Rongyu suddenly smiled at Consort Shu.

"Why is Your Highness so nervous? I haven't even said anything yet, and you're already thinking of punishing me?"

Consort Shu's expression darkened slightly as she said, "I'm doing this all for your own good. How can you treat this place like a game within the palace?"

Zhai Rongyu glanced at her but didn't say anything.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is awake!" A palace maid said with delight, supporting Consort Zhao.

Zhao Zhaoyi regained her senses and immediately checked her stomach: "My child...my child..."

The palace maid comforted her, saying, "Your Majesty, do not worry, the child is safe for now."

For a moment, no one dared to tell Consort Zhao that her child was dying.

Consort Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. Upon seeing the Empress, she immediately cried out, "Your Majesty! You must do justice for me! Consort Ling is trying to harm me!"

The Empress comforted her, saying, "You've only just woken up. Too much emotional fluctuation is bad for the fetus. Consort Ling was poisoned; she's a victim just like you."

“Poisoning…” Consort Zhao’s long eyelashes trembled slightly. “How is this possible…”

The Empress walked to the main seat and sat down, then said to Zhai Rongyu, "Second Miss Zhai, tell me, who exactly is the one who poisoned us?"

"The one who poisoned us is..." Zhai Rongyu's gaze slowly moved across everyone's faces, finally settling on a beautiful face.

“Zhao, Zhao, Yi”.

"What nonsense are you spouting!" a palace maid beside Consort Zhao shouted angrily. "How could Her Highness possibly harm herself!"

Zhao Zhaoyi's eyes flickered.

"How dare you!" the Empress shouted angrily. "I haven't even spoken yet, what right do you, a mere palace maid, have to interrupt!"

The palace maid immediately fell silent.

The Empress looked at Zhai Rongyu, her brows furrowed: "Does Miss Zhai have any evidence?"

“Of course.” Zhai Rongyu nodded.

"First, as I just mentioned, this poison is called Thousand Machine Powder. Physician Zhang, do you know the characteristics of Thousand Machine Powder?"

Physician Zhang nodded and said, "The Thousand-Mechanism Powder becomes even more toxic when it comes into contact with blood."

"That's right. According to the palace servants, Consort Ling's two illnesses were both related to blood. Once, Consort Zhao pricked her fingertip, and the blood stimulated the poison to accelerate its process; the other time was before Consort Zhao fainted, she lost blood from her lower body."

The palace servants present all gasped in shock.

Zhai Rongyu turned to look at the Empress, "Consort Ling is deeply poisoned and her mind is clouded. The smell of blood will make her even more agitated. Presumably, Consort Zhao already knew this, which is why she deliberately called out Consort Ling's name when she was losing blood."

The Empress looked at the palace maid beside Consort Ling and asked seriously, "Is this true?"

The palace maid nodded and said, "Consort Ling had already been subdued by us and calmed down. But when Consort Zhao was bleeding, she did indeed yell at Consort Ling and even said she wanted her to pay with her life. Only after that did Consort Ling..."

The palace maid met Zhao Zhaoyi's gaze and fell silent in fright.

Consort Zhao, her face pale, said, "Nonsense! Miss Zhai, I have never met you before, why would you want to harm me?"

She knelt before the Empress, supporting her pregnant belly, her eyes red-rimmed: "Your Majesty! I am innocent! How could I possibly risk the life of the imperial heir in my womb?"

The Empress seemed somewhat reluctant, saying, "You're pregnant, so don't kneel." She then turned to a palace maid and said, "Quickly help your mistress up!"

Consort Zhao Zhao stood up with the help of a palace maid, and swayed as she sat down in her seat.

Her face was flushed with tears, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"Which concubine would use the emperor's offspring as bait? Miss Zhai, I told you long ago, the palace is not a place for you to play around." Consort Shu adjusted the hairpin in her hair and said calmly.

Zhai Rong raised an eyebrow slightly, ignoring the sarcasm in Consort Shu's words, and continued, "Secondly, Consort Zhao already knew that her imperial fetus could not be saved, so she resorted to this desperate measure."

"This is utter nonsense!" Consort Zhao was furious, her face slightly flushed.

"Is that so?" The Third Prince said in a chilling tone, "Zhao Zhaoyi doesn't seem very surprised that she knows her imperial heir is in danger."

Zhao Zhaoyi's face suddenly turned pale, and her ten fingers dug fiercely into her palms.

Zhai Rongyu walked to Physician Zhang's side and asked, "Physician Zhang, did you find anything unusual when you took the Zhaoyi's pulse just now?"

Physician Zhang: "What does Miss Zhai mean...?"

"Has Consort Zhao been given any medication to prevent miscarriage?"

Physician Zhang frowned and said, "When Consort Zhao was three months pregnant, the pregnancy was slightly unstable, so she took medicine to prevent miscarriage. After taking the medicine, the pregnancy gradually stabilized."

"Was it Imperial Physician Zhang who always examined Consort Zhao's pregnancy?"

Physician Zhang shook his head. "It's not that I'm an old minister. It's just that Consort Zhao's pregnancy is very precious, so the Imperial Hospital is naturally paying close attention to it. When the pregnancy was unstable, we also had a joint consultation. I've seen the medical records, so I know a little about it."

Zhai Rongyu said, "Zhaoyi is now six months pregnant. If what you said is true, she took medicine to prevent miscarriage in the third or fourth month, then the pregnancy should be very stable now. But when I took her pulse just now, I found that she had recently taken dragon heart grass."

Physician Zhang was greatly alarmed.

"Dragon Heart Grass? What is that?" the Empress asked.

Physician Zhang replied, "Your Majesty, the Dragon Heart Herb is potent. While it can enhance a person's physique in a short period, its effects are short-lived. If a pregnant woman takes it, it can stabilize the fetus for several months, but once the effects wear off, it will inevitably cause a miscarriage!"

He was in a bit of a rush just now and failed to diagnose these things!

He stepped forward, intending to take Zhao Zhaoyi's pulse again, but she brushed him away with one hand.

"Get away! Don't touch me! You're all trying to harm me!"

Consort Shu looked at Zhai Rongyu and said, "Miss Zhai, how confident are you in saying this? Don't let your lack of medical skills lead to the loss of a life."

However, he felt somewhat surprised and uncertain.

She was just a young girl who had just come of age, how could she have such great abilities? She easily diagnosed what even the head of the Imperial Medical Academy couldn't.

The Empress's face darkened, and she ordered, "Go and fetch Imperial Physician Shen, who is in charge of Consort Zhao's pregnancy!"

Zhai Rong approached the Third Prince and whispered a few words in his ear. The Third Prince's eyes darkened, and he nodded.

The guards around the Third Prince left silently.

Before long, a palace maid led Imperial Physician Shen in. As soon as he entered the pavilion, he knelt on the ground and said, "Your humble servant respectfully wishes Your Majesty the Empress and Your Highness the Consort well."

He had already heard about the discovery of the Dragon Heart Grass on the way.

"Imperial Physician Shen, I ask you, has Consort Zhao taken any Dragon Heart Grass recently?" the Empress asked.

"This..." Imperial Physician Shen suppressed his unease and said, "Consort Zhao is six months pregnant. How could I possibly give her such a potent tonic?"

He raised his head and said, word by word, "All the medicines I have used are recorded in medical records and can be consulted throughout the Imperial Medical Academy. Consort Zhaoyi has never taken Dragon Heart Grass. Moreover, Dragon Heart Grass is extremely precious, and there are only a few plants in the entire Imperial Medical Academy."

"Your Majesty, you are wise! Everything Physician Shen said is true, and I am innocent!"

Consort Zhao pointed her slender finger at Zhai Rongyu and said, "How can this matter be based entirely on Miss Zhai's one-sided account? Words are not enough! She must be acting under someone's orders to frame me!"

Having said that, he looked at Consort Ling with a venomous gaze.

"You want evidence?"

Zhai Rong crossed her arms, looked at the guards who had just entered outside the door, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "Here they come?"