Chapter 367: Questioning
As soon as the Queen Mother said this, the scene suddenly became quiet, and everyone at the scene had different expressions, they didn't expect that the imperial concubine who had saved the meritorious service would have such a blessing, and she would be pregnant soon after marrying into southern Xinjiang.
The faces of those concubines who made things difficult for the imperial concubine some time ago became very ugly, they were not favored by the imperial concubine before, but they made her suffer a lot openly and secretly!
"Congratulations to the Queen Mother, congratulations to the Emperor!"
And those princes and ministers who were fortunate enough to attend the Queen Mother's birthday banquet heard the good news and congratulated them together.
They didn't see that it was the queen mother who pushed the imperial concubine, they thought that the imperial concubine rushed up to save the driver.
Previously, when giving birthday gifts, the imperial concubine's ingenuity was praised by the queen mother, and in the face of the change just now, all the female dependents could not dodge, only the imperial concubine was not afraid of danger, and in the face of the assassin's dagger, she bravely rushed forward and helped His Majesty and Zhao Yun subdue the assassin, and this heroic and fearless performance alone was incomparable to other women.
"The Qing family is exempt from the ceremony, this is the most satisfactory birthday gift for the mourning family today, Your Majesty, you have to reward the imperial concubine well." The Queen Mother said with a smile, and then glanced at Jiuhu proudly.
On the other side, after Jiuhu heard that the imperial concubine was pregnant, his expression was wonderful.
"That's natural, I will definitely reward the imperial concubine well." Jiuhu forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said, he knew that he had never touched the imperial concubine, so the imperial concubine could have said in this child.
I can't imagine this woman is so bold! Both of them knew that it was impossible for the imperial concubine to conceive a dragon seed, but she dared to do this!
"My southern Xinjiang is stable, and now that you finally have an heir, the mourning family is finally relieved, I just hope that the imperial concubine's child is a son, and the emperor will be relieved if he knows." The Queen Mother said with a loving face.
Looking at the guests at the scene, Jiuhu forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and even squeezed out a smile on his face, and those who were familiar with him would find that there was a little cruelty in his smile.
The Queen Mother's birthday banquet ended hastily because of the assassin's matter, but the Queen Mother was not angry because of this, after all, her favorite imperial concubine was pregnant with a dragon seed, and nothing made the Queen Mother happier than this incident.
Those who came to attend the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet left the palace one after another, and the imperial concubine's wounds were bandaged and sent back to her bedroom by the palace people carrying a sedan chair.
As soon as the imperial concubine came to her senses and lay down on the bed to rest, she saw Jiuhu striding in.
"You all go down, I will serve the emperor."
The imperial concubine opened her mouth and said, she was naturally weak-hearted, and she didn't want the palace people to hear anything inside, so she retreated from the people who served around her before Jiuhu spoke.
"Your Majesty, are you here to visit your concubine?"
The imperial concubine forcibly suppressed the weakness in her heart, showed a smile that she thought was gentle, and looked at the nine foxes who walked in angrily and said.
"Whose seed is it in your belly?" Jiuhu looked at the imperial concubine's smile, a trace of disgust flashed in his heart, and he walked to the bed where the imperial concubine was lying on her side and glared angrily.
"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? I'm pregnant with your dragon species. The imperial concubine said with an innocent expression.
"Hehe, I'm afraid that the imperial concubine is playing me as a fool, you should be honest now, otherwise don't force me to do something that you regret."
Jiuhu laughed angrily, this imperial concubine made a mistake that all men in the world could not tolerate, but she was still pretending to be innocent here to play a dumb riddle with him!
said that this Nine Fox was approaching the Imperial Concubine, he reached out and grabbed the Imperial Concubine's arm hard, the Imperial Concubine felt the force on the Nine Fox's hand, she only felt that her arm was in great pain, and she couldn't help but struggle.
But as she struggled, the wound that had been bandaged was torn open again, and blood gushed out along the gauze.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you, it doesn't matter if you don't like me, but don't hurt our children!" The imperial concubine said delicately, with an innocent expression on her face.
In this case, the imperial concubine still insisted that her child was Jiuhu's, which made Jiuhu have to admire her ability to talk nonsense with her eyes open.
"Imperial concubine, there are only two of us here, I have already given you a chance, but you refuse to tell the truth and take me as a fool, you don't regret it for a while!"
Jiuhu showed a cruel expression on his face, saying this, he ignored the fact that the imperial concubine's body was still oozing blood, and directly ordered the guards guarding the door of the dormitory to come in and take the imperial concubine away.
Since the imperial concubine refused to take the initiative to tell the truth, then he found a place for her to speak!
At this moment, the voice of the Queen Mother came from the door.
"Slow, I'm here, I'll see who dares to touch the imperial concubine!"
It turned out that as soon as the queen mother returned to the palace, she heard the report of her subordinates, and they saw that the emperor seemed to be angry and went to the imperial concubine's bedroom, and the queen mother was worried that something would happen, so she hurried over, so that the emperor ordered his subordinates to punish the imperial concubine.
"Queen Mother, you were frightened at today's birthday banquet, you should go back to the palace to rest, why did you run out again?"
Hearing the voice of the Queen Mother, a trace of helplessness flashed in Jiuhu's heart, and he walked up to the Queen Mother and said to her with concern.
"If the mourning family doesn't come, I'm afraid that the grandchildren of the mourning family will be buried by you!" Saying that, the Queen Mother ordered those who were going to take the imperial concubine out of bed to stop.
"What are you still doing in a daze, don't you let go of the imperial concubine quickly, if the grandson of the mourning family is on a business trip, how many heads do you have to pay?"
Hearing the Queen Mother's order, the people brought by Jiuhu looked at him with inquiring eyes, but they did not let go of the hand holding the imperial concubine.
"Go down first." Seeing this, Jiuhu had no choice but to order his subordinates to leave this place first, and at this time, only their mother and son and the imperial concubine were left in the room.
"Queen Mother, you are here, just now the emperor suddenly got angry and wanted to dispose of the concubine, the concubine really doesn't know where she did something wrong to anger the emperor, please look at the face of the dragon fetus in my womb, spare the concubine this time, the concubine will be more careful in the future and will definitely not provoke you."
Seeing that the queen mother came here, the imperial concubine breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, since the person who supported her came, she naturally wanted to make a foot show, so she began to cry pitifully.
"Fox, the mourning family knew that you were not pleased with the imperial concubine at the beginning, and agreed to marry her into the palace because the mourning family threatened you, but the person has already married in, it is related to the relationship between the two countries, even if you don't like her, don't be too ugly, before you connived at the harem concubines to bully the imperial concubine, the mourning family will not care about you, now she has a dragon seed in her belly, and the mourning family can't let you mess around!"
The Queen Mother's gaze shot sternly at Jiuhu and then said.
"Hahaha, it's ridiculous, the queen mother, you let the retainers tolerate her for the child in the imperial concubine's womb, but do you know that the child in her womb is not my child at all, I have just given her the opportunity to let her explain the truth of the matter, but she doesn't appreciate it, so I have to resort to extraordinary means, this matter naturally has a way to solve it, and please don't interfere with it again."
Nine Fox sneered and told the truth.
"What? It's about the dragon heir, fox, don't talk nonsense! Listening to Jiuhu's words, the Queen Mother's face was shocked, and her inquiring gaze swept towards the imperial concubine, who hurriedly made a crying expression, as if to say, look, not only does the emperor not like her, but even the dragon species in her belly is not recognized.
"Queen Mother, do you believe her or do you believe me?" At this time, Jiuhu couldn't even sneer, he looked at his mother and said.
"Mother naturally trusts you, but this kind of thing fox still don't talk about it, the harem rules are strict, how could the imperial concubine be pregnant with someone else's child, she is pregnant now, and she was injured again in order to protect you, how can you break her heart at such a time! The imperial concubine lives here and the mourning family is not at ease, and from now on, the imperial concubine will raise the baby in the Cining Palace of the mourning family! ”
Saying that, without waiting for Jiuhu to refuse, the Queen Mother directly sent the palace people standing at the door to come in and clean up the imperial concubine's softness, and then took her away from here.
Looking at the back of the Queen Mother and the imperial concubine leaving in a hurry, a trace of doubt flashed in Jiuhu's heart.
I can't imagine that the Queen Mother would rather trust the imperial concubine, the Dongying woman, than trust her son, there must be something greasy in this!
On the way back to the imperial study, Jiuhu gradually calmed down, he thought carefully about the whole thing, and a bold guess flashed in his mind.
Maybe the assassination of today's birthday banquet was known to the Queen Mother, the Imperial Concubine and others, or maybe the matter was planned by several of them.
After all, the Queen Mother inexplicably asked him to marry the sister of the Dongying envoy, and even threatened him for this, but now it seems that the Queen Mother may have reached some kind of cooperation with the Dongying envoy at that time!
This conjecture made Nine Fox shudder, and at the same time, he felt a little glad that they still leaked the horse's feet and were detected by themselves, so that they could take precautions.
In Cining Palace, the Queen Mother brought the imperial concubine back to her bedroom, ordered her to be placed in the nearby side hall, and then sent the palace people around the two.
"Imperial concubine, you honestly explain to the mourning family, why did the emperor say that the child in your womb was not his? Did you deceive the mourners before? ”
In front of Jiuhu just now, the Queen Mother already had doubts in her heart, but she didn't say it in front of Jiuhu.
"Queen Mother, how dare a concubine do such a thing! The child in the concubine's womb is indeed the emperor's, but the emperor is afraid that he has some concerns, so he doesn't admit it, the concubine is wronged! ”
Looking at the Queen Mother's suspicious look, the imperial concubine insisted that the child in her womb was Jiuhu's, after all, if the Queen Mother learned the truth, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"You'd better not deceive the mourning family, otherwise the mourning family will naturally make you regret it." The Queen Mother glanced at the imperial concubine and warned her coldly!