Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1168 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 92

When he returned to the palace in October, Ningpin was exactly three months pregnant, so Da Pangju ordered him to take Ningpin back to the palace with him. Ningpin herself also agreed to go back to the palace, considering that there was a lot of water in the Old Summer Palace, so it was colder than the palace in winter.

The journey was originally only about two hours, and Jiang Xinxin thought that if she put a few more cushions in Ningpin's carriage, drove slower, and had two imperial doctors follow behind, Ningpin would surely be safe along the way.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xinxin still spoke too confidently. As soon as Ningpin returned to the palace, she immediately called the imperial physician, saying that she had seen blood. If the imperial physician had not come quickly, she might have had a miscarriage.

Such a vicious incident had not occurred in the harem for several years. Big Fat Ju even went to Yonghe Palace in person, but Queen Jiang Xinxin arrived a little earlier than him. She just found out that Concubine Ning was fine, and she didn't have time to find out anything else.

The aura of Big Fat Ju was not something that Concubine Jing, Concubine Qi and the others could resist. As soon as he entered the room, they all knelt on the ground. But at least he remembered to help Jiang Xinxin up, and asked Concubine Jing to stay and let the others go back.

As the first person in the room after the fat orange one, Jiang Xinxin always spoke first to explain what she knew: "I came here just a moment earlier than the emperor, and I just knew that Ningpin had just had an acupuncture injection to stabilize the fetus, but I didn't have time to ask anything else. But I have asked someone to keep a separate watch on the tea that Ningpin drank, and also asked someone to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check the carriage that Ningpin used when she returned to the palace and the furnishings on the carriage."

Jiang Xinxin did a good job, and Big Fat Ju was very satisfied with it, so he turned to Concubine Jing to ask for more information.

Concubine Jing also knew that Ningpin's belly was of great importance. She had come earlier and had already asked the imperial physician about Ningpin's condition, so she could answer: "Your Majesty, the two imperial physicians said that Ningpin was exposed to a large amount of cold medicine that hurt the fetus, which caused the dragon fetus in her belly to be unstable. I was anxious and didn't think too much. I just asked the imperial physician to save the heir in Ningpin's belly first, and didn't think about anything else."

It was only then that Jiang Xinxin realized that Concubine Ning had almost had a miscarriage because she had been exposed to a large amount of cold medicines. Now she could not stay out of it. She squatted down and apologized: "Your Majesty, I failed to discipline her, which led to such a vicious incident in the harem again. Please forgive me."

Concubine Jing also knelt down and said something asking Big Fat Ju to forgive her.

Of course, Big Fat Ju knew that neither Jiang Xinxin nor Concubine Jing could harm anyone. He was just angry that there were still people in the harem who dared to commit crimes against the law. However, Jiang Xinxin's face and dignity could not be damaged, so Big Fat Ju did not intervene openly and only asked Jiang Xinxin to investigate it thoroughly.

There were many things going on in the previous dynasty, so Fatty Ju went in to see the sleeping Concubine Ning and left in a hurry. He praised Concubine Rou who had been with Concubine Ning. Jiang Xinxin, who was outside the house, asked Concubine Jing to stay and look after Concubine Ning, and she hurried back to do her work.

As soon as they returned to Jingren Palace, Bi Tao and Bai He, who stayed behind, came up to report, "Your Majesty, we personally cleaned up Yonghe Palace. We can guarantee that even a brick in Yonghe Palace is clean, because when we cleaned it, we specially invited two imperial doctors to check it together."

The two of them talked about the movements in the palace. "I can confirm that during the cleaning of Yonghe Palace, there was no suspicious movement in the palace. If someone took advantage of the opportunity, it must be because Ningpin just returned to the palace, or someone took action when Ningpin was in Yuanmingyuan. Otherwise, it may be that someone tampered with Ningpin's carriage."

Jiang Xinxin asked Bi Tao and Bai He to stand up. She was very satisfied with their way of doing things. "Thank you two for your hard work. I know how hard you work. I will give each of you ten taels of silver. From now on, you just need to guard Jingren Palace. The rest will be left to your Aunt Jianqiu."

The ten taels of silver calmed down the frightened Bi Tao and Bai He. Jiang Fuhai went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to intercept the carriage used by Ning Concubine and the furnishings inside the carriage. Jian Qiu was also busy. Jiang Xinxin ordered, "Jian Qiu, have someone ask Ning Concubine what the cold medicine she was poisoned with actually means. The palace has been cleaned up several times. I don't believe that the old people in the palace can do such a thing."

There are not many old people in the palace now, and at most there are Concubine Qi, Concubine Jing, Concubine Xin, and Concubine Yu. Among these people, Concubine Qi is most likely to take action, but she is not smart enough, and the Li family has completely declined, so she probably has no ability to get the cold medicine.

As for Concubine Xin and Concubine Yu, they would probably be more willing to save money for their own children than Concubine Jing. How could they have the time to harm the pregnancy of a concubine from a Han Army Banner?

So after thinking about it, Jiang Xinxin has actually locked her sights on Shunpin, Qipin and Chunpin. Of course, among these three, Chunpin is more likely to take action than Shunpin and Qipin. After all, Shunpin and Qipin are at loggerheads again. Since Chunpin gave birth to the fourth princess, she has become completely invisible and has become closer to the former Concubine Duan.

Jiang Xinxin knew that her intuition was very accurate, so she secretly asked someone to investigate Chunpin's every move. Even though Jiang Fuhai did not get any clues from the carriage prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the furnishings in the carriage, she had already begun to target Chunpin, and also attracted Dapangju's sticky rod to turn his attention to Chunpin.

The methods used by the Sticky Rod Bureau are now becoming more and more outrageous. They even made all the people in Chunpin's palace fall asleep and turned the palace where Chunpin lived upside down. As a result, the secret medicines that Chunpin brought into the palace when she entered the palace were soon taken to Big Fat Ju by the Sticky Rod Bureau.

Big Fat Orange glanced at the bottles and jars from a distance and asked the imperial physician to come and check them carefully, but none of them was the cold medicine that Concubine Ning had been poisoned with.

The Sticking Rod Office certainly wouldn't think they had failed to do their job well. Even if the secret medicine they brought back didn't harm Concubine Ning, there were still medicines in it that could silently weaken the constitution of pregnant women and children. If they brought this kind of thing into the palace, Concubine Chun would not be able to escape anyway.

After listening to the imperial physician's introduction to the dozen or so tightly sealed porcelain bottles, Fat Ju suddenly became furious. He had known since childhood that the women in the harem and their families would not be content, but he had never expected that the women in his own harem would be even more despicable than those of the previous emperor.

As a result, Chunpin was directly demoted to a commoner and sent to the cold palace. The fourth princess Heng'er, whom she gave birth to, was also registered under the name of Jingfei and sent to Xianfu Palace for settlement.

Of course Fang Jia refused to give up, but Da Pangju directly took out the bottles and jars he had searched from Fang Chunyi's palace and asked Fang Jia if she wanted to kill the king. Fang Jia instantly became weak and begged Da Pangju for forgiveness.

Da Pangju was not someone who was so easy to deal with. He announced Fang Chunyi's crimes, executed three members of Fang Jia's clan, and exiled the rest of the clan to Lingnan. Because Da Pangju abolished the system of musicians, the women of Fang Jia's clan also went to Lingnan and were not enrolled in the Jiaofangsi or the Xinzheku.