"Since you are so sure, I believe you." The Queen sighed, "Go, tell the Emperor, and invite Concubine Shu and Concubine De to come. Concubine Hui is in confinement, so don't disturb her."
Soon, everyone arrived.
Qi Yan frowned after hearing this and asked Wang Baolin who was standing below: "Did you see it clearly?"
“I will guarantee this with my life… and the child in my belly.” Wang Baolin knelt down.
"Child?" Concubine Yun De frowned: "Are you pregnant?"
"I am guilty. I have been at odds with Lady He for less than two months. I dare not say it." Wang Baolin bowed his head.
"Being pregnant is a good thing. Just don't say such things in the future. You are pregnant, and that means heir to the throne, how dare you brag about it? I won't punish you this time." said the queen.
"Your Majesty, since she is so sure, it must be true. But Concubine He is six months old now, and we dare not disturb her easily for fear of hurting the royal heir." said the Queen.
Qi Yan nodded: "Since you don't get along, there's no need to live together. You can move to... Qiushui Pavilion someday."
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Your Majesty."
"Well, go and tell them that I invite Concubine He to visit the garden. Let's walk for an hour or so, and Queen, ask someone to see what they have found. There is no need to move for now. Let's wait until she gives birth before we talk about anything else." Qi Yan said.
"Yes." The queen nodded.
In less than half an hour, Concubine He had dressed up and went to stroll around the garden with Sui Qi Yan.
The queen sent her chief eunuch to Caiwei Pavilion together with the people from the palaces of Concubine Shu and Concubine De.
With Wang Baolin's guidance, they indeed found something in a brick under the steps.
The servants in the pavilion were so frightened that they knelt on the ground.
"You didn't see anything today, so your crime will be less tomorrow. You are just serving outside." said the queen's eunuch.
Several eunuchs and palace maids responded tremblingly.
Returned to Fengzao Palace and waited for the emperor to come again.
Lady He herself didn't think there was anything wrong.
When she returned, she saw that the servants looked unhappy, but they were also very angry because Wang Baolin was pregnant and had to move away.
For a moment, I was really confused.
"I and others have looked carefully and found that the birth dates of the eldest and second princes are on the two dolls." The queen's eunuchs were stunned.
Really, I have never seen a beauty so bold.
"Don't win the battle first." Qi Yan waved his hand: "You guys go out first."
The servants hurriedly responded and then left.
"Empress Yunde, is it possible to keep silent about this matter?" Qi Yan asked directly.
Concubine Yunde blushed, extremely embarrassed: "Your Majesty! Even though I love to talk, how can I be so ignorant of the seriousness of the matter? Concubine He is not only ruining the heir to the throne, but she is also General He's cousin. I know that."
"That's good to know. There are only a few of you left here today. If anyone is missed, I will only look for you." Qi Yan said with a smile.
"Your Majesty is too partial! He behaves like this in front of the Empress and Concubine Shu. I have to save my face too." Concubine Yunde's eyes were red.
"Well, it was my fault. I will go to you today to apologize to you. Is that okay?" Qi Yan said with a smile.
Concubine Yunde wiped her tears and sat down.
"Where did the Emperor say you were ignorant? It's just that you are the most lively and the Emperor is close to you, so that's why he said that." The Queen smiled. "Yes." Concubine Yunde was a little shy.
"Logically speaking, this is a great sin. It is not too much to exterminate the entire clan, but I guess the He family would never dare to get involved in this. It is Concubine He who is asking for trouble." Shangguan Ji shook his head: "The He family is such an upright family, I'm afraid Concubine He has been spoiled."
"Yes. I am indeed angry about this matter. But I personally do not believe in this. There is no need to make the court uneasy because of this. If the case is really convicted and implicated, it will be more than just the extermination of the He family. There is no need for that. You sit down, I will ask Feiyang to come to the palace and explain everything to him."
"Yes, I respectfully send off Your Majesty." The Queen stood up.
After seeing him off respectfully, Concubine Yunde said, "I am waiting for the Emperor."
Qi Yan laughed: "Sir, don't joke. My beloved concubine, go back and dress up well."
In the Taiji Palace, He Feiyang knelt down after hearing this: "Your Majesty, I... I don't know about this matter. My family would never dare to have such thoughts. I..."
"Get out of here! Did I ask you to come and apologize?" Qi Yan kicked him.
"General He, what are you doing? You grew up with the emperor, and the emperor doesn't know what kind of person you are." Yu Lou smiled and pulled him up: "You don't believe in the emperor, do you?"
"No, no, of course I believe it, but this kind of thing has always been the case since ancient times... I am really terrified." He Feiyang smiled bitterly.
"Forget it, stop pretending. You don't know me yet. I don't believe this." Qi Yan waved his hand: "Sit there."
He Feiyang hurriedly thanked him and sat down.
"My mother once said that curses are a mental illness. Can a good person die because of a curse? If so, there would be no one left in the world. Who hasn't had unpleasant experiences with others? If a curse could kill someone, how could they still be alive? Besides, your He family is not crazy. With you here, a hundred years of prosperity is inevitable. But I'm not saying that your children are all good, and your sister is not bad either. That's why I arranged a marriage for you. This cousin is really not smart."
"Before, she was having a good time and I didn't say anything. Now that she has such thoughts, what should I do?" Qi Yan shook his head.
Yes, he did not believe in curses.
But since she wants the two princes to die, there is no doubt that she will do something.
"Your Majesty, I only regret that I did not stop my family from sending her to the palace. No matter what you want to do with her, I dare not say a word against it. My family would never dare to have such thoughts, nor would they have such thoughts. As for her, she really deserves to die." He Feiyang said.
"I am only telling you this, you don't have to hide it. I naturally know how to do it. You and I grew up together, and this friendship cannot disappear just because I became the emperor. I trust you, Yunze, and the guards who followed me at the beginning the most, so I didn't hide it from you."
"Yes, I understand your Majesty's intention." He Feiyang said with emotion.
"Well, that's fine. Go back. I won't keep you for dinner today. In order to shut Concubine Yunde's mouth, I'm selling myself to her today." Qi Yan said with a smile.
"The emperor is the most valuable person in the world, and Concubine Yunde has made a profit." He Feiyang said with a smile.
After chatting for a while, he left the palace and returned home.
He rode back to the He family and asked someone to invite his uncle and his family over.
I told it all in front of my father, uncle and cousins.
The emperor means the same thing.
He could not blame the He family, but there was no reason for the He family not to know that they had such a fool.
As expected, my uncle was so frightened that he weakened immediately.
"Fei Yang, Fei Yang... What should I do? What should I do?"
"What else can we do? The Emperor is a lenient man. He naturally knows that the He family is loyal. This was not the He family's idea, but the He family did not educate their daughter well, which is a capital crime. It is a capital crime that carries the extermination of nine generations of the clan. We will definitely not be able to keep Concubine He." He Feiyang said.
Meow.
(End of this chapter)