A beautiful daughter came to the Xiangfu

Chapter 143 Xiao's Lies

The Prince's Mansion was once again in crisis, and Cui Shi claimed to be sick and stayed in the yard and refused to come out.

Xiao wanted to fake a pregnancy to win favor, and then frame someone to pretend that she had miscarried the child. However, now that Lin was in the Lin Mansion, Jiang was in the palace, and Cui did not go out, she had no way to frame anyone else.

The prince himself was so overwhelmed that he had no time to care about her.

Xiao was only thinking about herself, but the prince was thinking that if the Xiao family was really investigated, then he would be in danger. Even if he was the emperor's only son, so what? The emperor looked strong and healthy, what if he had another son in the future?

Thinking of this, the prince felt that it would be better if he had taken action against the emperor earlier.

Unfortunately, I was too confident and the people around me also got the wrong goal.

It was very hard for Jiang to pretend to be sick in the palace. After all, she had to be like the empress dowager and could not eat too nutritious food. But it didn't matter. Safety was the most important thing.

Lin Qingyang still came to "treat" Jiang every day, and Jiang woke up from coma, and his health gradually improved.

"How did you know about Xiao's plan?"

"Of course there is a way. When you are well again, the emperor will send someone to question you. Just answer normally. It is best if you know nothing. And you can praise the Xiao family at the same time."

Jiang is not stupid either. This is a life-and-death situation. With the lessons learned from Cui and Lin, he will get into trouble sooner or later.

Jiang was probably "well" and the emperor came to visit her in person.

Jiang followed Lin Qingyang's instructions, saying she knew nothing when asked, and even praised Xiao.

Jiang was originally the one with the weakest background in the Prince's Mansion. Her personality was also indifferent in the eyes of others. She was not close to anyone, and she did not reject anyone. At this time, what she said about Xiao's goodness was a huge joke in the eyes of the emperor. After all, the emperor was sure that it was Xiao who poisoned her.

"What is the relationship between the Xiao family and the Lin family like?"

The emperor asked.

Jiang seemed to think about it for a while, "Lin is more outspoken and outspoken, while Xiao is more reserved and nice to everyone."

"Oh, really? Then if someone wanted to harm you, who would you definitely be?"

Jiang pretended to be stunned when he heard the question.

"Harm me, why do you want to harm me? I entered the Crown Prince's Mansion, but I never coveted the position of Crown Princess. I was born in a low family, I don't have the family power of Sister Xiao and Lin, nor do I have the Cui family to please the Crown Prince. Now Sister Xiao is pregnant, I have no competitiveness, I have never harmed anyone, why do you want to harm me?"

After hearing this, the emperor said, "Take good care of him!" and left.

After the emperor left Jiang's place, he ordered people to secretly bring Xiao into the palace, and also asked people to call several imperial doctors.

Xiao entered the palace by herself, and she was very scared. She kept thinking over and over again, wondering what was going on and why the emperor wanted her to enter the palace. Was there any evidence?

The emperor had only doubts.

After Xiao entered the palace, the emperor looked at her kneeling below and did not let her stand up. Instead, he waved his hand to signal several imperial doctors beside him.

"Dear doctors, please check the pulse of the Crown Prince Xiao."

Without any other instructions, three imperial doctors came to Xiao's side. Xiao panicked, and one of the three imperial doctors also panicked.

When Xiao was pregnant, it was this imperial physician who announced the good news.

"Your Majesty, Xiao from the Crown Prince's Mansion is in good health."

Yuan Zheng said.

The other two also echoed.

"Nothing is wrong. Is the baby in her belly okay?"

The director of the hospital and another imperial physician both said, "Your Majesty, Xiao's pulse does not indicate pregnancy, so she is not pregnant."

"Oh, that's never happened?"

The emperor asked again.

"From the pulse, there is no sign of miscarriage, and the body is in good health."

Yuan Zheng kept emphasizing that she was in good health.

"Since he is in good health, it will be easy to deal with. He is guilty of deceiving the emperor and is suspected of murdering the wife of the Crown Prince's Mansion. Come, lock him up first."

Xiao begged for mercy in panic, "Father, I'm not pregnant. It was the imperial physician who said I was pregnant. I didn't lie to you, Your Majesty!"

The imperial physician who diagnosed Xiao's pregnancy was already trembling with fear.

"The old minister dare not."

The emperor looked at them and waved his hand, and Xiao was taken away.

"Do you have anything to say?"

The emperor looked at the imperial physician who was shaking like a sieve.

That person thought, the Xiao family is so powerful that the emperor now arrests people directly, it seems that the queen's promise is not counted.

"Your Majesty, I was on duty that day. It was the Queen's personal maid who found me and asked me to tell the pulse of the person who was taking the pulse that it was a pregnancy. After that, every time Xiao came to see the doctor, they asked me. I was also afraid, but they said it wouldn't last too long and that they would let Xiao pretend to have lost the baby."

The emperor thought, is this fake pregnancy only for a while?

The doctor said, "It's not just pretending for a while, it's pretending to quarrel with others so that you can put the blame on others."

The emperor understood and decided to compete for favor and eliminate dissidents.

The emperor suddenly remembered something. The queen had used a similar trick before. At that time, the queen eliminated one of her new favorites. However, the emperor could not remember the name of that person and had forgotten it.

"You also go home and reflect on your past, and I will fine you three months' salary."

The doctor kowtowed immediately, thinking he would be beheaded, but he was only fined three months' salary.

The emperor went to the queen's palace, looked at her, and thought of everything that had happened over the years.

The emperor and the empress had a very good relationship, but that didn't mean the emperor never had a favorite concubine. Duke Qing's sister was once the emperor's favorite concubine, but she died in childbirth, leaving two lives.

When the queen saw the emperor coming, she bowed and kowtowed according to the rules.

But the emperor ignored him. After entering the room, he sat directly on the couch without helping her up as usual.

The queen was sensible and knew that recent events in her family had caused the emperor a lot of trouble, but she didn't know that her niece had just been thrown into jail.

"Sometimes I wonder why I only have one son."

After saying that, he looked at the queen.

The queen pretended to be calm, "The emperor is in his prime, and he worked hard for state affairs in his early years. He didn't have many concubines, and there will be more princes in the future."

"I was injured in my early years, otherwise I wouldn't have only one son."

Every time she talked about this, the queen looked weak.

This time the emperor did not comfort her, but looked at the queen coldly and asked, "What was the name of the concubine who harmed you?"

The queen was stunned. "I can't remember."

"The Queen is really magnanimous. You don't even hold a grudge against the person who hurt you like this." said the Emperor.

The Queen said, "It's no use holding a grudge..."

"Then the Queen remembers Concubine Zhuang, right?" The Emperor asked hurriedly before the Queen finished speaking.

"I remember, she is the sister of Duke Qing." The queen was curious. The emperor was a little strange today.

"The Queen remembers that if her child was alive, he would probably be about the same age as the Crown Prince!"

The queen's expression changed.

Yes, if that child were alive, he would be the same age as the prince. Fortunately, that child did not survive.