Steal my marriage? Turn around and marry the tyrant to take the throne

Chapter 151 Verification Method

"What did you say?" Shen Zhinian's eyes were full of astonishment.

Madam Xiao pointed out, "My lady, if this is true, Concubine Liu's secret will be exposed sooner or later. She must be doing this to drag someone down. You and her have been grudges for a long time, so you have to be on guard!"

"Mammy has a point."

Shen Zhinian gradually calmed down, looked at Tang Luochuan and asked, "How sure are you about this?"

Tang Luochuan shook his head: "Everything is just my guess..."

"Doctor Luo is the confidant of the Empress, and he has been guarding Lady Liu's dragon fetus very closely. No one else can get close to it. I discovered this incident by accident, so I connected it with what I saw and heard outside the Great Wall."

A hint of contemplation flashed across Shen Zhinian's eyes.

Although Liu Ruyan had lost the emperor's favor, she was pregnant with the emperor's heir after all, and Queen Jiang was backing her up. If she acted rashly without absolute certainty, she would definitely be blamed by them!

Shen Zhinian narrowed his fox eyes slightly and asked in a deep voice, "Is there any way to prove whether Liu Ruyan is really pregnant or whether the secret medicine has taken effect?"

Tang Luochuan thought for a while before saying, "When I was outside the Great Wall, I heard that if the secret medicine really caused the happy pulse, there would be no abnormality in the pulse; but if the fingernails of the person who took the medicine were mixed with the crushed perilla, it would produce a foul smell!"

Handan said, "Although Concubine Liu only has Xunyou to serve her, it is not easy to get something as close to the body as a fingernail. If we alert them, won't they be on guard?"

Shen Zhinian sneered, "Liu Ruyan used to have a very strong following around her. But she was too unkind. When something went wrong, she always wanted her personal maid to be the scapegoat. Seeing Xunmei's three clans exterminated, is Xunyou still as loyal to her as before?"

Madam Xiao had seen a lot of this kind of thing in the harem, and she saw it clearly: "Palace maids are also human beings, and they will be disappointed. Especially when they are loyal to their masters and are regarded as abandoned by their masters, they will be more disappointed."

"It's just that Xunyou was brought into the palace by Concubine Liu. If Concubine Liu is finished, she will not have a good ending either. If there are other ways to save her life, she may not be willing to continue to be loyal to Concubine Liu."

Shen Zhinian glanced at Fuqiu and said, "Fuqiu, you are steady and prudent. Find an opportunity to contact Xunyou in the next few days to see if we can use her for our benefit."

"Slave, you obey!"

Tang Luochuan still remembers the first time he met Lady Rou, she appeared like a fairy and brought hope of life to his family. At that time he vowed to repay her with his whole life!

I didn't expect that in less than four months, Lady Rou had already learned so many tricks.

After all, the palace is dangerous, and in order to protect herself, she has to be cautious at every step.

And he will always protect her! Just like she saved his parents and sister.

"It's getting late. My lady is pregnant, so she needs to rest early. I will take my leave now and come back another day to check your pulse."

"Xiao Zhouzi, it's dark and the road is slippery. Send Doctor Tang back to the Imperial Hospital."

"Yes!"

……

Kunning Palace.

Fanghua put the medicine bowl aside and helped Queen Jiang up: "Queen, it's time to take the medicine."

Queen Jiang opened her eyes weakly: "What time is it?"

Fang Hua fed the medicine while saying, "My Lady, it is just the hour of midnight."

"At midnight? Then the Shangguan family's matter should be settled. Has His Majesty punished Concubine Rou and stopped her from studying the affairs of the six palaces?"

Fang Hua's action of feeding the medicine froze: "My queen, drink the medicine first..."

The master and servant have been together for many years, and Queen Jiang can tell any slight abnormality with Fanghua.

She pushed the medicine bowl away and asked in a deep voice, "What happened? Tell me!"

Fanghua didn't dare to hide it anymore, and she couldn't hide it: "Empress, that Concubine Rou is too cunning!"

"Since the Cold Palace came under her jurisdiction, she has established a series of rules. There are several large water tanks in the Cold Palace. Every day... Every day someone breaks the ice... Before the fire starts, it is put out by the patrolling guards..."

Queen Jiang gritted her teeth and said, "How can this be possible! Shen Shi is really not an easy person to deal with!"

"Does your majesty suspect anything?"

Fanghua said: "Shangguan Shuren has family members outside the palace. She dared not reveal that this matter was instigated by the queen. She only said that she hated Concubine Rou and wanted to drag her into the water."

"The guard who brought her kerosene and fire starters was the most greedy and often did similar things."

"Don't worry, Madam. No matter how we investigate this matter, we will not find it in Kunning Palace. It's just that..."

Queen Jiang asked in a deep voice: "Just what?"

Fang Hua lowered her voice: "It's just... the emperor was furious. His Majesty ordered that Shangguan be beaten to death..."

"what?!"

Queen Jiang's haggard face was full of surprise: "Although His Majesty is passionate and ruthless, he will always show some mercy to the women he favors. Even if he wants to sentence Shangguan to death, he will give her a decent death. How could he be beaten to death..."

"Shangguan was once a concubine of the imperial court. Your Majesty has not even given her the last bit of dignity, has he?"

Fanghua said bitterly, "Not only that? Even Shangguan Ming, who was demoted to Lingnan as a county magistrate, was stripped of his position by His Majesty on the grounds that he failed to teach his daughter well. People in the palace said that His Majesty gave them such a severe punishment because he favored Concubine Rou."

Queen Jiang looked a little anxious: "As winter approaches, my health is getting worse and worse. I don't know how long I can hold on to the position of Queen for the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion..."

“Once I go there, the Imperial Concubine and the Duke Dingguo’s Mansion will pounce on this position like jackals smelling blood!”

"Forget it. Anyway, with the trump card in Lady Liu's belly, Shen Shi can't be so arrogant for long. Did father say when the new bride will be sent to the palace?"

Fanghua said, "The Duke had someone deliver the news during the day, but the queen drank the medicine and fell into a coma, so I dare not disturb her."

"The Duke said that everything has been arranged, and we are just waiting for the New Year's Eve banquet!"

Queen Jiang drank the rest of the medicine and closed her eyes weakly: "That's good, that's good..."

As long as after her death, the one who ascends the throne is still someone from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and gives birth to an imperial heir to inherit the throne, then she will have done her ancestors justice!

……

Yongshou Palace.

As soon as the emperor and Concubine Liu got off the carriage and walked into the palace, a cute little girl wearing a snow fox fur coat ran out with her chubby little legs and called out in a baby voice, "Father! Mother!"

The nurse followed behind and said nervously, "Princess, please run slower, don't fall!"

Thinking of her mother's usual instructions, the eldest princess stopped, stretched out her two small hands and saluted in a naive manner: "Your son greets the emperor!"

The emperor's cold brows softened instantly, and he stepped forward and picked up the princess: "It's so late, why is Ming Zhao still not asleep?"