I insist

Chapter 415: He only has himself to blame

Ming Taicheng did not refuse, but simply turned his gaze to the Seventh Prince beside him.

Although the movement wasn't obvious, it still caught the attention of the Seventh Prince.

Although I didn't know what was going on, I still made up an excuse and left.

Once the Seventh Prince had gone far away, Ming Taicheng let out a sigh and stood wearily, looking around.

Knowing that there was a secret to be told, Song Miqiu exerted a little more force and quickly carried the person to a more secluded place.

After Mingtai took a short rest, he looked at the other person again.

"I know I shouldn't say what I shouldn't say, and I shouldn't ask what I shouldn't ask, but I already know about that miscarriage."

"But there are still things you don't know."

Upon hearing this, Song Miqiu knew there was more to the story and immediately looked away, staring intently at Ming Taicheng.

The intense gaze made him uncomfortable, so he pulled out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead before softly reciting a few medicine names.

Others might not know, but the imperial physicians, including Song Miqiu, understood exactly what was going on, and their brows furrowed once again.

"These are all musk, why would we need them..."

No, it wasn't something that needed to be used; someone had poisoned the Empress Dowager.

As Song Miqiu thought about this, his face grew increasingly gloomy. He was about to say something else when he saw Ming Taicheng make a gesture of holding something.

Although she had never given birth, she had seen other people holding babies.

In addition, although the Empress Dowager's pregnancy was not long enough, it was still seven or eight months, so the baby was still able to survive.

But since she hadn't heard the baby cry for so long, there was only one possibility: it hadn't been hidden away.

"It wasn't saved?"

"Despite the use of many precious medicinal herbs, he still passed away before the rooster crowed this morning."

It's gone.

Although giving birth to such a child was troublesome, the fact that such an innocent life could die like this still made people somewhat wary of the palace.

"The Emperor was quite excited when he saw such a small body, but no one dared to make a sound after it died."

"If I hadn't needed help, I'm afraid everyone would have been dragged out and had their heads examined."

"Since His Majesty is present, and the murderer has already been identified, who is he?"

Ming Taicheng was about to speak when a guard happened to pass by, so he immediately shut up, got up, and led Song Miqiu in another direction.

The two walked for a while longer before getting into the carriage, and then sighed once again.

"The investigation did uncover the truth, but if we're going to hold them accountable, we can only say... they brought it upon themselves."

"She brought it upon herself? Did the Empress Dowager do something that angered those in the know?"

Upon hearing this, Ming Taicheng's already frequent sighs became even more pronounced. It took him a while to finally look away and gaze at Song Miqiu beside him.

"We can only say that people are doing things, and heaven will see."

"If a baby that far along in gestation were stronger, it wouldn't have died at birth."

Upon hearing this, Song Miqiu became even more curious about who the poisoner was, and even made some bold guesses.

But several of the suggestions were incorrect, which made her even more curious.

"What kind of person could possibly drug the Empress Dowager, and only be discovered when the drug took effect...?"

"Could it be someone from the Cining Palace?"

But with Granny Hong in charge, how could anyone have any disloyal intentions?

Song Miqiu really couldn't understand it, so she could only look at Ming Taicheng, who was silent beside her, once again.

"Stop keeping us in suspense. You've already said so much, and suddenly stopping now would just be teasing us."

“It’s not that I’m unwilling to say, but I don’t really believe it either, after all…” Ming Taicheng frowned, and after a long while, he continued, “It’s a cowardly palace maid.”

"If there's one difference, it might be that she brought a younger brother with her."

younger brother?

There are no men in the imperial harem who have no connection with the royal family, unless that person is already a eunuch.

Song Miqiu asked with her eyes, and was even more surprised after receiving Ming Taicheng's approval.

"If that's the case, shouldn't she be even more careful in serving the Empress Dowager, since that's the only way for both of them to survive?"

"Even if her younger brother is dead, should she still live on?"

“They were her only family.”

Upon hearing this, Song Miqiu was taken aback again, then shook his head, indicating that he could not understand.

Ming Taicheng didn't know how to explain it, so he could only tell the Emperor all the results of his investigation.

Upon hearing that the Emperor had been so angry because of a eunuch's mistake that he hadn't visited Cining Palace for three days, Song Miqiu finally let out a sigh.

"This is really troublesome. It's pitiful to punish a little eunuch for such a small thing."

"Pitiful? That person was unwell and his temper got worse every day, so he was thrown into death row that very day."

Death row?

According to Song Miqiu, these were all descriptions of extremely vicious and wicked people.

If a young eunuch were imprisoned there, he would probably be tortured to the point of being unrecognizable before he died.

Thinking about this situation, she had no choice but to shake her head helplessly and get off the carriage to go back to work.

However, Mingtai Chengqun did not let the person go, but instead reached out and stopped him directly.

"Is there anything else you want to say? Can't you just say it all at once?"

"It's not that I can't, but I really can't say it all in one breath. I'm too old, and even taking a breath is difficult."

Song Miqiu was somewhat helpless, but she didn't say anything more. Instead, she handed over the ginseng slices from the box and asked someone to put them under the tongue.

With the support of ginseng, Ming Taicheng finally recovered quite a bit, and his pale face regained some color.

"When the Empress Dowager saw the corpse, which was no longer human, she still did not let it go. She simply threw it into the wilderness to be fed to the dogs, without leaving a trace of her thoughts."

"Then he deserved to be drugged like that, it's just a pity for that child."

"You still have the heart to pity him? You should worry about yourself instead."

What do you mean?

Song Miqiu suddenly remembered the other party's treatment that night and wondered what problems might have arisen.

"Has she suffered a fundamental injury, making her unable to continue..."

"Keep this to yourself, but don't spread it around. Otherwise, this kind of secret could cost us all our heads."

Song Miqiu nodded, then jumped off the carriage and walked quickly to her seat, where she checked the various medicinal herbs and the wounded as usual.

It wasn't that she didn't want to make time to absorb these things, but if she showed even the slightest sign of something amiss, the Emperor might find out.

If this is exploited by someone with ulterior motives, it won't just be a problem for Song Miqiu alone; even Ming Taicheng could be dealt with as well.

Helplessly, she raised her hand and rubbed her spiky head. She wanted to rest for a while, but then she saw a palace maid covered in injuries helping her sisters walk over.

“You are…” Song Miqiu noticed the pattern on their clothes and immediately understood what was going on. She placed the wound medicine on the table and said, “Twice a day. If the redness and swelling do not subside, come back to me for a dressing change.”