Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 147: Legend of Zhen Huan 19

In July, Yi Xin was extra careful about her food, clothing, housing and transportation. In particular, Yi Xin's mother moved into Zaishuifang to accompany her during the birthing process as per the custom, which made Concubine Hui, who was also "pregnant", jealous.

Concubine Hua once again forced Concubine Cao to give her advice, hoping to make Yi Xin give birth prematurely in July.

Concubine Cao hated Concubine Hua so much that she wanted to bite her to death. How could she be willing to give Concubine Hua advice to frame Yi Xin? So Concubine Cao didn't say anything for a long time, just pretending to be thinking, and ignored Concubine Li's sarcasm and indirect criticism.

Concubine Cao didn't say anything, but Concubine Li didn't intend to let her go, and said directly: "Concubine Cao, you were able to give birth to Princess Wen Yi safely, but it was all thanks to Concubine Hua. You should not be ungrateful. You are so smart to frame Concubine Hui for a fake pregnancy, how come you are so embarrassed by Concubine Jin, who hasn't even been canonized yet?"

When Concubine Cao heard this, she knelt down in front of Concubine Hua. Even though she wanted to kill Concubine Hua and Concubine Li, she and her daughter were now living under Concubine Hua's control and could not afford to offend her.

"Your Majesty, although Concubine Jin has not yet had her canonization ceremony, the imperial decree has been issued. She is already a legitimate consort. This canonization ceremony is just a formality."

"More importantly, the Fucha clan is very powerful. Even if we don't leak anything, the Fucha clan will not be a pushover. Your Majesty will definitely be implicated, and even the Nian family of the previous dynasty will be implicated!"

When she turned to look at Lipin, Cao Guiren's eyes were full of ill will. "Madam Lipin instigated you to harm Jinfei. Was it for your sake or for her own selfishness? She knew it very well. The imperial court and the harem were all watching Jinfei's belly, but Madam Lipin didn't seem to take Jinfei and Fucha seriously. I don't know where you got the confidence from."

Hearing this, Concubine Hua looked at Lipin with some hostility. Even though Concubine Cao's words seemed to be provocative, Lipin had indeed been criticizing Concubine Jin recently. She kept saying that if Concubine Jin gave birth to a prince, she would definitely surpass Concubine Hua, and even that the child in Concubine Jin's belly was most likely to inherit the throne because of her Manchu origin.

Well, this time Lipin also knelt down, she cried and said: "Madam Huafei, my father and brother both work under General Nian, and I have been taken care of by you for so many years, I dare not have any second thoughts about you!"

"As for Concubine Jin, I admit that I do have some selfish motives. After all, although Concubine Jin is not favored, as long as the baby in her belly is born, the emperor will never forget her for the sake of the child."

"My lady, I am only thinking of you!"

Concubine Cao did not intend to let Lipin off easily, and continued, "Your Majesty, even the Queen does not dare to easily provoke Concubine Jin. Our people can't do anything right now. If Your Majesty Lipin really wants to do this for your own good, you should come up with the idea of ​​killing someone with a borrowed knife instead of forcing me to do it directly so that Fucha can catch us."

Songzhi stood behind Concubine Hua and watched for a long time. She finally understood some things. She gently pulled the clothes on Concubine Hua's back, and Concubine Hua quickly sent away Concubine Li and Noble Lady Cao.

After everyone left, Songzhi arranged for someone to guard the door, and then said to Concubine Hua: "Your Majesty, Concubine Jin has a lot of influence in the former court and the harem. We knew this from the beginning, so there is no need to be afraid of her now."

Concubine Hua nodded reluctantly. This was indeed the fact. She didn't want to admit it but she had no choice. So Concubine Jin was promoted to concubine in less than a year. Concubine Hua only said a few sour words behind her back and never took any direct action against Concubine Jin.

Songzhi continued, "In my opinion, if Concubine Jin really gave birth to a prince, the people who would be most worried would be the Queen and Concubine Qi. After all, a third prince born to them would be completely worthless!"

After a moment's thought, Concubine Hua felt that Song Zhi was absolutely right. "The old queen has no children and no favor. Even the power of the palace is in my hands. There is really no point in targeting her. But she herself is very old, and she wants to support Wanpin and Hui Guiren to compete with me. If she wants to hide behind the scenes and be the oriole, it depends on whether I agree or not!"

Hua Fei knew that Lipin was not very smart and was impulsive and easily provoked, so after listening to Songzhi's words, she thought she had figured out the whole thing. She believed that although Lipin's recent behavior was due to her own selfish motives, it was probably due to the instigation of others, so she asked Songzhi to tell Lipin and quickly get rid of all the people around her with ulterior motives.

Concubine Hua thought she was doing this for Lipin's own good, but when Lipin heard Concubine Hua's words to send away his confidants, she thought that Concubine Hua was suspicious of her and wanted to use this method to warn her, so she had no choice but to keep one first-class palace maid and eunuch and replace everyone else.

When Yi Xin heard about this, she only told Xi Zhu to find out the inside story and did nothing else. However, after Wanpin and Hui Guiren heard about this, they got together to analyze it for a long time but still didn't understand what Hua Fei and the others were up to.

But things started to get very uneasy for Yi Xin. First, the two midwives injured their hands and feet "accidentally" and had to be sent back for new ones. Later, even the two wet nurses had to be replaced because they couldn't control their diet and had stomach problems.

However, these things were very simple to deal with. Ma Qi simply ordered people to control the families of all the midwives and wet nurses.

No matter whether these midwives and wet nurses were bribed with money or had evidence against them, as long as all their family members were under the control of the Fucha family, there was no need to worry about them having any second thoughts.

Seeing that this matter was not resolved, Yi Xin placed some flowers and plants that were not very friendly to pregnant women around her, such as lilies, hydrangeas, lily of the valley and tuberose.

On the first day, Yi Xin had lilies thrown away, and on the second day, hydrangeas appeared by the water; when the hydrangeas were thrown away, lilies of the valley were brought into the house; when Yi Xin had lilies of the valley replaced, what was sent was tuberose!

Yi Xin frowned and told people not to bring flowers and plants into the house. As a result, two oleanders with pink flowers appeared at the gate of Shui Yi Fang!

Yi Xin was no longer willing to describe the mastermind behind the incident, so she directly invited the emperor and all the doctors in the Imperial Hospital.

As soon as she saw the emperor, Yi Xin used her spiritual sense to stimulate her tear glands, causing her to cry and complain: "Your Majesty, I am about to be killed!"

The dozen or so imperial doctors on duty quickly lowered their heads and pretended to be dead, but someone always noticed the clues about the two oleanders in front of the door. Liu Bin was among them. His small exclamation interrupted Yi Xin's performance and gave the emperor a chance to reorganize his words.

Without waiting for the emperor to ask, Liu Bin quickly stood up and said to the emperor and Yi Xin: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, where did these two oleanders come from? Although the flowers of oleander are beautiful, the whole plant is poisonous. Even a little bit of pollen can kill people!"

The emperor then took the matter very seriously and realized that Yi Xin must have discovered something about the oleander, which led to what happened today.

"Don't worry, my beloved concubine. I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter."