vrcanaries Chapter 159 The Queen is Deposed
Chapter 159 The Queen is Deposed
Seeing this, a palace maid ran to the Imperial Garden and came to the Queen: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened. The Third Miss of the Shen family seems to be a little unwell."
Shen Jinhua was shocked: That cup of tea?
She looked at Ye Qingyan again, and she was fine.
She hurried back. Shen Yuru wanted to untie her bellyband, but was stopped by two maids. "Miss, let's go back to the Shen Mansion."
"No, I'm hot. I can't stand it."
When the queen arrived, she saw two maids putting clothes on Shen Yuru, but she was struggling.
Shen Jinhua came to her side and slapped her, "Come here, send her back to the Shen Mansion and throw her into the ice water."
Several guards came up and took Shen Yuru out of the palace.
The other women looked at her, smirked, and thought to themselves: The Queen's niece has such a bad reputation, who would dare to marry her in the future?
Shen Jinhua never expected things to turn out like this.
She smiled awkwardly: "Miss Shen is ill, we can't let her disturb everyone's interest, let's continue to appreciate the flowers."
Everyone walked back.
The queen covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and a pill went directly into her mouth, which she swallowed.
As they were about to reach the downhill slope, Ye Qingyan stopped and looked around.
Apart from Feng Yi, there were the maids and palace maids around the queen.
She waved her hand, and several ladies in the distance came directly here.
The queen felt that the time was almost up, so she stepped forward and pulled Ye Qingyan.
Ye Qingyan teleported back three or four meters to avoid the danger, and the Queen fell directly to the ground.
"Oh, Ninth Sister-in-law, why are you pushing me?"
The queen pushed the blame onto Ye Qingyan.
Ye Qingyan said coldly: "Empress, you wanted to hold my hand, but you fell down. I didn't even touch you. Why are you accusing me?"
Nanny Ruan ordered, "Call the imperial physician, and help the Empress back to her bedroom. Quickly inform the Emperor that the Regent Princess is harming the heir."
A guard quickly ran to the emperor's study, a palace maid went to find the imperial physician, and the others helped the queen back to her bedroom.
Ye Qingyan also accompanied them, and the Queen angrily scolded her: "Ninth sister-in-law, you are also pregnant, why do you want to harm me?"
Ye Qingyan's rage burned. She sternly said, "Your Majesty, you have harmed me three times today. I don't know what your intentions are. Please, Your Majesty, make the final decision."
The Empress Dowager was in the Imperial Study, advising the Emperor to select some daughters of high-ranking officials who caught his eye to enrich his harem and continue his family lineage.
At this time, a guard came in hurriedly and clasped his fists: "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. Nanny Ruan said that the Regent Princess pushed the Queen down, causing her to have a miscarriage.
The Queen Mother was stunned: "Is there some misunderstanding here? Xiao Qi would never do such a thing."
Leng Xiaoran was filled with anger: "Let's go and take a look!"
The Empress Dowager glanced at Nanny Yu and shook her head helplessly.
When they arrived at the Queen's bedroom, Ye Qingyan was also inside. Imperial Physicians Chu and Liu came in carrying small medicine boxes.
Since Doctor Chu was the Queen's attending physician, Doctor Liu just stood there and did not come closer.
People outside shouted, "The Emperor has arrived, the Empress Dowager has arrived!"
Everyone knelt down and saluted: "Greetings to the Emperor, and to the Empress Dowager!"
The emperor waved his hand and everyone stood up.
The Empress Dowager asked with concern, "Jinhua, what happened?"
Empress Shen had a look of aggrievedness on her face, and her tears became beads that fell like broken strings, "Mother, I wanted to hold my ninth brother's wife's hand, but I didn't expect that she, she actually pushed me away." She began to sob again.
Anyone who saw it would think that Ye Qingyan pushed her with bad intentions.
The Empress Dowager saw the blood on the ground and ordered, "Imperial Physician, quickly check for the Empress to see if the baby can be saved."
A palace maid placed a silk handkerchief on the queen's wrist, and Doctor Chu began to take her pulse.
After a long while, he stood up and walked to the Empress Dowager, saying respectfully, "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, please forgive me for my incompetence. The Empress will not be able to keep this pregnancy."
Leng Xiaoran looked at Ye Qingyan with murderous intent in his eyes. Ye Qingyan met his cold gaze without any fear.
At that moment, she made up her mind.
Leng Xiaoran's voice was icy: "Princess Regent, how can you explain why you want to harm my offspring?"
The Empress Dowager hurriedly stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Qi is not that kind of person. You need to investigate before making a decision."
The emperor had high hopes for the queen's pregnancy this time. The queen's preferences this time were different from her previous pregnancies, and he predicted that this baby would definitely be a prince.
At this moment, his hopes were shattered and he even wanted to kill Ye Qingyan.
Ye Qingyan smiled calmly, "Your Majesty, can you please find another imperial physician to see what medicine the queen took that caused the miscarriage?"
Doctor Chu was stunned. "Princess Regent, why do you say that? Do you doubt my medical skills?"
Ye Qingyan's face was calm: "Doctor Chu is such a quack, can't you even tell that the Queen took abortion pills?
If you smell the room again, you can clearly smell the scent of mugwort. I originally wanted to keep this pregnancy, but now it’s gone.
The Queen wanted to use this pregnancy to overthrow the Regent's Palace.
It's a pity that our prince went to the Xiongnu to quell the rebellion for the emperor, but the queen ended up killing her princess and child. It really makes the soldiers on the border feel disheartened! "
The Emperor looked at Doctor Liu and said, "Doctor Liu, please take my pulse. I want the truth. If you dare to deceive me, your entire family will be executed."
Doctor Liu kept saying, "Yes, yes!" He wiped the fine beads of sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.
He came before the queen and began to take her pulse.
He examined the patient for a long time and came to the conclusion. He then came to the emperor and whispered, "Your Majesty, the Regent Princess is right. The Empress did take the abortion pill.
There was indeed a lot of mugwort smell in the house, which was originally intended to protect the fetus."
Ye Qingyan looked at the queen and said, "Your Majesty, you have harmed me three times today. First, you gave me a gold bracelet, but you put musk beads in it.
If I wear it, I will have a miscarriage soon. How can you be so cruel?
Other concubines in the palace also have this gold bracelet, and I guess they all have musk beads inside.
You ordered someone to put a love potion in the tea, but I didn't drink it, and your niece drank it instead.
Look at your niece, she took off her clothes and ran after the guards, and you falsely accused me of pushing you.
You were the one who pulled me and I dodged, and that’s when you fell. You’ve done this three times, and you’re not done yet.”
Ye Qingyan took out her phone and turned on the video. "Mother, come and see if I pushed the Queen."
The Queen Mother was also curious when she saw this strange thing. She looked at the little man in the video and reconstructed the scene of the incident.
Ye Qingyan showed the video to the emperor again.
The emperor would have been fine if he hadn't read it, but after seeing it, he was furious and slapped Shen Jinhua in the face: "You vicious woman, you actually framed my ninth brother's wife. You really deserve to die!"
The Empress stood up and knelt: "Your Majesty, spare my life. I am doing this for you, and you agreed!"
The Empress Dowager saw Ye Qingyan's expression change and hurriedly stopped her: "Shen Jinhua, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Concubine Ning took off the gold bracelet on her hand and knelt down: "I beg Your Majesty to make the decision for this concubine.
This is the bracelet that the Empress herself gave to me. It is exactly the same as the one worn by the Regent Princess, and it also contains musk beads."
She threw the bracelet to the ground, the gems fell out, and the musk beads inside rolled out.
Doctor Liu picked up two beads and smelled them, "Your Majesty, these are indeed musk beads.
If a woman wears it for a long time, she may become infertile, and even if she becomes pregnant, she will have a miscarriage."
The other concubines also took advantage of the situation and presented the emperor with gold bracelets. The emperor took them and, in a rage, threw the bracelets to the ground, and the musk beads rolled all over the floor.
Leng Xiaoran's forehead veins popped out, and he glared at Shen Jinhua: "Queen, you can't stand seeing others have children.
A mother of a country cannot be a vicious person.
Come, depose the queen, demote her to a commoner, and banish her to the cold palace, where she will never be allowed to leave."
The Empress burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty, I am doing this for you. If the Regent is not removed, he will force the emperor to abdicate sooner or later."
The Empress Dowager was immediately furious: "Madame Yu, the Queen is talking nonsense. Why don't you shut her mouth?"
Shen Jinxin was dragged out by two maids. She stared at Ye Qingyan and said, "Xiao Qi, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost."
"You're reaping the fruits of your own actions. You can only blame yourself for believing what others say. Don't you know that failure will cost you a price?"
The Queen Mother said, "Xiao Qi, I have a few small items in my palace that I've left for you. Do you think you'd like them?"
Ye Qingyan couldn't refuse, so she nodded.
This flower-viewing banquet ended with the queen being deposed and sent to the cold palace.
Ye Qingyan followed the Empress Dowager to the Cining Palace...