bookcurios Chapter 163 Madness
Chapter 163 Madness
After the Queen came out of the Yanx Palace, she hurried back to the Jingren Palace without stopping. As soon as she entered the palace, she reached out and pushed over the fruit plate on the table, and several round oranges rolled all over the floor.
"What a waste!"
Seeing this, Jianqiu hurried to the Queen's side, carefully handed her a cup of tea, and whispered, "Your Majesty, calm down!"
The queen took the teacup and threw it hard to the ground, with broken porcelain pieces and tea splashing everywhere.
"That idiot Xia actually dared to act on her own!" The Queen's voice was filled with anger and disappointment. "She completely disrupted my plans!"
Jianqiu stood with her head lowered, and said cautiously, "Your Majesty, the maidservant beside Xia said that she couldn't find an opportunity to get close to Concubine Hui, so she had to put the blame on Concubine Hua. Fortunately, Concubine Hua was also punished!"
"What kind of punishment is this? Concubine Hua has committed so many crimes that she doesn't care about having this one more thing added to her. Concubine Hui has just taken power. If this crime is included, I can use it as an opportunity to take back power in the harem. What a pity, such a good chess piece is wasted!"
Jianqiu was a little worried: "My Lady, what should we do next?"
The Queen showed a hint of sneer on her face, her eyes flashing with cunning, and said, "What's next? Next, wait for Xia Shi to be deposed and sent to the cold palace, and the Xia family to be confiscated and imprisoned!"
"Then the Xia family won't be implicated by the Empress, right?"
"She doesn't dare. As long as there are still people alive in the Xia family, she won't dare to say anything more. Besides, I have a clean hand from beginning to end, and I don't have any handle left. If she wants to put the blame on me, she must have solid evidence!"
Everything Xia did had nothing to do with her. She even had the residue of the pregnancy-enhancing medicine carefully disposed of.
Despite this, the queen was still feeling a little restless. She was keenly aware that the situation in the harem was becoming increasingly complicated and beyond her control.
After a while, Huichun entered the palace and reported: "Your Majesty, Noble Lady Fucha is here!"
The Queen held the purple brush and wrote a large word "忍". Upon hearing this, she stopped what she was doing and asked, "Why is she here so late?"
"Your Majesty, Noble Lady Fucha looks unhappy, and there's blood on her sleeves!"
The Queen asked in confusion, "There's blood? What's going on?"
"She didn't say anything, she just wanted to see the Empress." Huichun answered respectfully. After speaking, she glanced at the Empress cautiously, lowered her head and continued, "This servant thinks the young lady seems a little angry!"
This made the Queen even more confused: "Angry? Let her in!"
Noble Lady Fucha hurried into the hall without even a word of greeting. She asked directly, "Empress, who murdered my child?"
The Queen looked up at her and saw that Noble Lady Fucha's eyes were slightly red, her expression was fierce, and her tone was harsh. She couldn't help but frown and look displeased: "What do you mean by this?"
Noble Lady Fucha did not retreat. Instead, she took a step forward and looked directly into the Queen's eyes, her eyes filled with hatred and anger: "Your Majesty, I heard that Ma Yong changed his confession and said that it was Concubine Xia's father who caused me to lose my child!"
The Queen's expression remained unchanged as she casually said, "It's him, so be it. Tomorrow I'll ask the Emperor to punish Xia!"
"Empress, Xia is on good terms with you, and it was you who released her from the cold palace. I would like to ask Your Majesty if my miscarriage is related to you!"
A flash of anger flashed across the Queen's face, but she quickly regained her composure and sneered, "Of course, this matter has nothing to do with me."
After saying that, she picked up the teacup on the table and gently moved the lid.
Seeing that the Empress didn't care about her child at all, Noble Lady Fucha was furious. "Your Majesty, it was you who ordered Concubine Xia to kill my child and then put the blame on Noble Lady Wen, right?"
The Queen looked at the person in front of her with interest: "Did Xia Dongchun say that?"
"That's what she meant!"
"Oh? Then let Xia come and confront me!"
Noble Lady Fucha sneered, "I'm afraid we can only carry it over!"
"Why?"
Her voice was cold, and her face became ferocious and terrifying: "She killed my child, I will avenge my child!"
"Jianqiu, go and take a look!"
Jianqiu took the order and left quickly.
Thinking of the unborn child, Noble Lady Fucha's heart felt like it was being cut by a knife, and tears rolled down her cheeks uncontrollably: "Empress, I have been loyal to you since I entered the palace. Why would you harm my child? Why?"
Listening to her crying, the queen became more and more impatient. Why were all the people under her command so stupid?
"Alright! You said it yourself, you belong to me, why would I harm your child? Don't listen to other people's one-sided words!"
"Your Majesty is worried that if I give birth to a child, it will threaten your position. Also, your eldest prince is gone, so you don't allow anyone else to have children, right?"
She used up all her brain cells to come up with these two reasons.
"How outrageous!" These words successfully ignited the queen's anger, and her usually dignified and gentle face was now replaced by anger.
The eldest prince is her Achilles' heel, and she doesn't allow anyone to mention him.
Noblewoman Fucha wiped her tears and revealed a look of determination: "Your Majesty, if you don't admit it, I will ask the Emperor to uphold justice. Although I am only a noblewoman, I have the entire Fucha family behind me!"
Seeing that she wanted to break up with her, the Queen's expression turned cold and she stared at Noble Lady Fucha who was sitting below her.
At this time, Jianqiu hurriedly ran into the hall and whispered something in the queen's ear!
The Queen raised an eyebrow: "Dead?"
Jianqiu bowed and walked out quickly.
Noble Lady Fucha felt a tightness in her heart.
The queen raised her lips slightly, and looked at the person on the ground with a hint of teasing in her eyes. She slowly said, "Xia is dead. You were so cruel!"
Upon hearing this, Noble Lady Fucha was shocked all over. The string that had been taut in her mind broke instantly. Her face turned pale as paper and her body trembled constantly.
Her eyes widened, her lips slightly parted, but she made no sound. Finally, she could no longer hold on, her body softened, and she collapsed to the ground, muttering to herself, "Dead, dead..."
After a while, Noble Lady Fucha's eyes suddenly turned scarlet, and a crazed smile appeared on her face. She sat up abruptly, her hands clenched tightly into fists, her nails digging deep into her palms, and blood dripped from her fingertips. Her voice was low and hoarse, revealing endless hatred and pleasure: "She died well, she deserved to die, she deserved to die!"
The Queen's voice came faintly, as if floating from the underworld, making people shudder: "Although Xia is guilty, she cannot die in your hands. Now that you have a life on your hands, do you think the Emperor will continue to favor you?"
However, Noble Lady Fucha seemed oblivious, completely lost in her own world. She muttered to herself, "I've finally avenged my child, revenge... No, that's not right. The Queen killed my child! I must tell the Emperor!"
After she finished speaking, she suddenly stood up and prepared to walk out the door with quick and decisive movements.
"Stop her!"
Huichun brought two young eunuchs and quickly walked up to Noble Lady Fucha, blocking her way.
Fucha Guiren had completely lost her mind at this point. Her hair was disheveled and her eyes were empty, as if her soul had left her body. She kept muttering to herself, "I'm going to find the emperor..."
At the same time, Jianqiu returned to the palace and said, "Your Majesty, everything has been handled!"
The Queen nodded in satisfaction, expressing her appreciation. Then she turned to look at Noble Lady Fucha who had been stopped, a hint of disdain flashing in her eyes.
"Then how do we deal with Noble Lady Fucha?"
"Haha, you should send her back to the palace yourself!"
"I understand, I know what to do!"
"Ok!"