Two midwives carried the baby out.
Looking at the two swaddling clothes, the concubines below wished they could grit their teeth.
Especially Yi Zhaoyuan, who has been having a lot of bad luck recently.
Watching Ye Jun being promoted to noble concubine and becoming the head of the harem, and giving birth to twins, a boy and a girl, she now had two sons and one daughter.
Family background, qualifications, offspring, and love, he has it all.
She can be a royal concubine now, and she can be a queen in the future.
For a moment, he seemed to be able to see Ye Jun wearing the phoenix robe, and he felt the jealousy and panic in his heart growing wildly like vines.
If Ye Jun really became the queen, then she, as a concubine, would not be able to get up after kneeling down.
No matter what the concubines were thinking, Ning Chen was only thinking about the woman in labor.
The child didn't even bother to look, he just grabbed Judge Zhang and asked how Ye Jun was.
"In reply to the emperor, the imperial concubine is fine, but she took drugs to induce labor, which caused some damage to her body, and she fell asleep now." Shen Pingzhi replied first.
After hearing him say this, Ning Chen felt relieved and went to see the child.
Because they were twins, the Sixth Prince and the Fourth Princess were much thinner than the Fourth Prince was back then.
A wrinkled little face, not full.
"Is this child a little weak? He is so thin and small." Ning Chen frowned worriedly.
The midwife explained, "Your Majesty, your Majesty gave birth to two babies in one pregnancy, so it's normal for them to be smaller than normal children. However, compared to twins, they are already strong. It was because of this that your Majesty suffered a lot during the birth."
This nanny came from the Ye family, so she was naturally good at speaking and she mentioned some of Ye Jun's difficulties.
"The Imperial Concubine has given birth to this auspicious pair of dragon and phoenix for me. You have also made great contributions by serving the Imperial Concubine. Everyone in Furong Palace will be rewarded with a year's salary, and the midwife will be rewarded with an additional 20 taels of gold each."
Ning Chen waved his hand without any ambiguity.
The midwife thanked her and took the two children away.
At this moment, Ning Chen wiped away the joy on his face and turned to look at the concubines behind him.
"The Imperial Concubine gave birth today. You were all here, and you all know what happened. Someone had evil intentions and was so bold as to murder the Imperial Concubine right under my nose!"
"You are all mothers, yet you do such evil things. Aren't you afraid that the consequences will befall your children?"
"He dared to do such a thing right under my nose. I wonder how many dirty things he has done behind my back. I will not show mercy no matter who he is during this thorough investigation!"
The words were spoken without mercy at all, and immediately all the concubines were stunned.
In the past, when encountering similar situations, the emperor would speak tactfully and would not speak like this without evidence. But today, he is obviously blaming everyone for the same thing.
Of course, some people felt uncomfortable, thinking that the emperor was dividing the harem into two groups, Ye Jun and other concubines.
This feeling is not good.
But there is also a kind of people who are upright and have nothing to hide and just feel gloating in other people’s misfortune.
Ye Jun survived, but the person who attacked behind the scenes will be in trouble.
Ning Chen felt annoyed just looking at this group of women, so after giving them a beating, he sent them all away.
Then all those who had come into contact with the basin of water were arrested and interrogated.
Even Huiyue was not spared.
Although she felt a little aggrieved, Huiyue knew that this was the emperor's high regard for her master, so she said nothing and cooperated as she was taken away.
The house has been tidied up.
Ning Chen went in to take a look.
Even though incense had been lit, the smell of blood could still be smelled in the air.
As soon as I walked in, I saw the pale little face lying on the couch, the eyes were closed, and the thick eyelashes like butterfly wings had lost their former vitality.
The sweat was wiped off, but the hair was still not dry.
It was moist and didn't smell very good.
But when Ning Chen got closer, he only felt heartache.
“The imperial physician said that the queen took drugs that induced labor, and she gave birth with the help of some external force, which caused her to bleed more. She was also unconscious for a long time, which was even more harmful to her body. It may take her three to five years to recover from this.” Nan Zhi whispered at the side.
If the Emperor really cared about the difference between men and women and refused to ask the imperial physician to go into the delivery room, I'm afraid the Empress would not be able to survive this time.
One corpse and three lives, just thinking about it makes me feel cold all over.
"I know. This time we will conduct a thorough investigation." Ning Chen's eyes darkened a little, revealing his murderous intent.
I reached out and touched Ye Jun's forehead. It felt a little cold. I wondered if it was because of the blood loss.
"Go and clean up the main hall, bring a thick blanket, and I will carry the concubine to the main hall."
He remembered that when Ye Jun gave birth to Jing'er, she said that she didn't like staying in the delivery room during the confinement period because the smell was too bad.
Nan Zhi nodded and went there immediately.
Soon, Ning Chen carried the sleeping Ye Jun into the hall.
At this moment, there was a slight noise at the door.
Ning Chen turned around and saw the Fourth Prince peeking through the door.
When the father and son looked at each other, the Fourth Prince's face fell a little.
She cried out pitifully, "Father."
"Jing'er, come here." Ning Chen waved.
The fourth prince ran over and hugged Ning Chen's arm, holding him tightly.
This little look reminded Ning Chen that Ye Jun also liked to hug his arm like this when they took a walk.
At this moment, this lively and agile woman was lying on the couch without any energy at all.
Thinking of this, Ning Chen became even angrier.
"Father, is Mother sick?" The Fourth Prince poked his little head towards the couch, his face full of worry.
Ning Chen withdrew his thoughts and touched his son's head.
"Be good, Jing'er. Your mother is not sick. She is just too tired after giving birth to her younger brother and sister. She needs to sleep for a while. Jing'er, go see your younger brother and sister, and then play with Nian Gao. Let your mother have a good rest, okay?"
When the Fourth Prince heard him say this, he felt relieved and nodded quickly.
Ning Chen waved to Bai Zhu to come over and carry the person away.
Yuan Jiu came in only after the Fourth Prince left.
"Your Majesty, I have found some clues."
"Speak." Ning Chen glanced over coldly.
Yuan Jiu bowed, "One of the maids who was carrying water said that before the queen fainted, she was stopped by a maid to test the water temperature. At the end, she was told to bring the water to Miss Huiyue to wipe the queen's face."
"Capture all the midwives and have the palace maid identify them."
Ning Chen stood up as he spoke, preparing to interrogate the person himself.
Yuan Jiu didn't dare to delay and followed immediately.
Because Madam Qu was skilled in correcting the fetal position, which made her particularly outstanding among midwives, the little palace maid recognized her and pointed her out immediately.
But of course Nanny Qu wouldn't admit it so easily.
Ning Chen became even less patient and simply threw the man down to torture him.
Because of Ning Chen's attitude, the people under him acted quickly and used all possible means to torture him, and Qu confessed in less than half an hour.
But the final result was quite surprising.
He actually confessed that it was Concubine Xie from Prince Kang's Mansion, the cousin of the deposed Queen Xie, who ordered it.