"If the beautiful lady is gone... Concubine Kangde, will you be relieved?" Concubine Qian Shu smiled.
"Sister Concubine Qianshu, please don't talk nonsense. I have been taking care of Miao Meiren for more than a year or two. If you want to kill her, why didn't you take action for so long?" Concubine Kangde said angrily.
"Who doesn't know that you are the most patient? You didn't take action back then, maybe because you were afraid of being suspected. After so many years, if something happens to Miaomei, it's hard to say that it was you who did it, right? Why bother, why did the medicine come out? That’s right, you gave it to her.”
Concubine Kande could not refute this point.
"Even if I want to harm my concubine, I can't harm her with the things I sent. This is too obvious. Queen, please make the decision and restore my innocence." Concubine Kangde was willing to give up and knelt down immediately. .
Just as he was talking, he heard singing outside and the emperor arrived.
Concubine Kande couldn't even get up.
Qi Yixiu came in and everyone greeted him. He walked to the top and helped the queen to stand up.
"No courtesy." Qi Yixiu sat down and said, "I have listened, Concubine Kangde, what do you have to say?"
"Your Majesty, I have been wronged. No matter how much I harm others, I cannot use such methods. This is too direct." Concubine Kande said.
Qi Yixiu smiled: "Indeed, for you, this method is indeed simpler."
Concubine Kande's words were stagnant for a moment, and she couldn't say anything at all.
Everyone looked at the emperor and then at Concubine Kangde, each with their own thoughts in mind.
The emperor's words... are a bit interesting if you think about it carefully.
"Your Majesty, I am unjustly accused. I beg Your Majesty to understand clearly." Concubine Kande is still Concubine Kande. Even if she loses her composure for a moment, she is still stable after all.
"I have already asked people to start the investigation." Qi Yixiu took a sip of tea and sighed: "Queen, you have to worry about this matter. Although Miaomei is just a beauty, she has given birth to the third prince after all. We can't let her feel cold."
The queen responded: "I think so too. I will ask the imperial doctor to take a good look at her soon. At least she can get well."
"Well, the queen did the right thing. There is no need to be anxious about today's matter. Concubine Kangde should be grounded for now. I will find out carefully." After that, the emperor got up and left.
After everyone sent them off, their expressions were very interesting.
"The emperor is right. After all, she is the biological mother of the third prince. How can she be like this because she is so unclear? If she hadn't been lucky, she would have been gone. Tsk, it's really miserable. ." Li Fei smiled.
"Who says it's not the case? Hey, this beautiful woman is usually very honest, but she has suffered a lot." Shen Chuliu also smiled.
"Hey, the Third Prince doesn't know how uncomfortable it must be. If Concubine Kangde really did this, then your adoptive mother harmed his biological mother." Concubine Qianshu gloated.
The queen just listened calmly.
Concubine Kande's face turned pale with anger: "The matter is still unclear. Are you sisters afraid that what you say now will not be taken back later?"
Shen Chuliu smiled again: "That's right, I won't say more. Queen, if nothing happens, I will leave. I'm sorry, I'll go back and give some things to the beautiful lady."
The queen nodded: "Nothing, you can leave. Concubine Kande will stay here for a while."
Some of the people wanted to leave, and some wanted to watch the show, but they didn't dare, so they all had to leave.
In Fengzao Palace, the queen raised her hand: "Sit down and talk."
Concubine Kande thanked her and sat down at the bottom.
"What do you have to say about this matter? I don't want to doubt you, but the evidence is like this." In the Queen's heart, she felt that Concubine Kangde did not do this.
What she does is unfathomable, she is not such a simple person.
However, there is no accurate conclusion about Zhen Xiaoyi's matter, and now another incident has come out, and it is impossible for the queen to ignore it this time.
If she doesn't care, does that mean she is incompetent? Therefore, this time, no matter whether the emperor investigates or not, she is bound to investigate to the end.
"Your Majesty is aware of it, and I don't know what's going on. Now, I can only go back and investigate." Concubine Kangde bit her lip.
She felt very uneasy. This investigation, nothing else, was just because she was afraid that the people around her would not be able to bear the punishment.
Although she is a virtuous concubine after all, the person in front of her may not necessarily be sent to the Criminal Division, but what if the emperor wants to do this
After all, the emperor never said that the third prince had a wonderful life, but he did so this time.
The queen looked at her for a while, then waved her hand: "Go back. Since the emperor asked you to be grounded, then you should be grounded."
Concubine Kande was worried, but she didn't reveal anything.
It had been three or four months since Concubine Kangde delivered medicine to Miaomeiren last time, so if we check it now, we can't find out in one breath.
When she returned to Leshou Palace, she waved everyone out.
She needed to think quietly for herself, where exactly did someone take advantage of this loophole
Although the eunuch who delivered things to Miaomei last time was not as good as the palace maid in front of her, she had followed her from the palace, so she was naturally trustworthy.
Could it be that he also betrayed himself
Or is there something she overlooked
There were many things that only her two girls, Zhima and Dousu, knew, and it was impossible for them to betray her.
Soon, someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came and said that they would take away the person who gave something to Miaomei last time.
This is considered mild and polite. After all, he was not from the Criminal Division.
Concubine Kangde had no reason to stop her. Even as Concubine Kangde, it was a shame for those around her to be taken away for questioning, but this was what the emperor said personally.
There was no way not to do it.
Wu Qicai was taken to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but not directly to the Criminal Division.
He had no intention of executing him, but Wu Qicai accidentally said something shocking.
"I originally heard from Empress Wen Chongrong that our master is good at dispensing medicines. How could this... this medicine be wrong? It must be an external problem."
The Ministry of Internal Affairs officials looked at each other in shock.
Superintendent Luo was shocked: "What did you say? Concubine Kangde knows how to prepare medicine?"
"... I don't know, I don't know..." Wu Qicai hurriedly pretended to be annoyed and kept silent: "I just heard what Empress Wen Chongrong said... I really don't know anything else."
"Send to the Criminal Division, I will go find the emperor immediately!" This is a big discovery.
Superintendent Luo walked in front, and Wu Qicai behind him cried out: "All the slaves have been recruited, all have been recruited. Our empress can indeed prepare medicines and understands pharmacology. It's just that she is in a high position, so it's hard for people to know that she knows so much. This Empress Wen Chongrong also knew about it, but the servant only gradually found out about it after entering the palace. "
Regardless, he was sent to the Criminal Division.
In the Taiji Palace, the emperor frowned after hearing what Supervisor Luo said.
"Does she know medicine?"
"Back to the emperor, the eunuch has been sent to the Internal Punishment Department. I think he probably doesn't dare to lie." Supervisor Luo said.
Qi Yixiu raised his eyebrows and smiled amusingly.
(End of chapter)