After Xie Xun and others left, the entire main courtyard fell silent.
Qingzhi stood aside silently, not daring to speak.
This was the first time she saw the princess looking so hysterical. She was hesitating whether she should retreat and let the princess calm down alone, when she saw Qin Rushuang wiped away her tears.
"Qingzhi, come here."
Qingzhi hurriedly walked over and asked, "What orders does the princess have?"
Qin Rushuang put away the fragility in her eyes. Although her voice was still a little hoarse, she tried her best to restrain the choking in her voice.
"Go and find out what happened on the day Gu Meiren came to my yard. Find out who she met and what happened to her in detail."
Logically speaking, Qingzhi should be by Qin Rushuang's side at this juncture, but seeing Qin Rushuang ordering her to investigate the matter in an orderly manner, Qingzhi felt at ease.
The princess is still the same princess as before, and she has not been knocked down by this incident.
Even though she knew that the princess must be in agony, as long as the princess still had something she wanted to do, she wouldn't be afraid of anything.
What she was afraid of was that the princess would be devastated by this blow.
As long as the princess is willing, as long as the princess wants to investigate, she will definitely go through fire and water!
"Okay princess, I'll go right away, please have a good rest."
Qingzhi is very motivated and has never been so eager to do something for Qin Rushuang.
After she had given all the instructions to her trustworthy people and returned to the main courtyard, Qin Rushuang had already fallen asleep with her clothes on.
Only then did Qingzhi realize that after struggling all night, the moon was already in the sky.
But she suppressed her sleepiness and stayed with Qin Rushuang.
at the same time.
In Yu Zaizhong's house, a man wearing black robe came.
Yu Zaizhong had been waiting at the side door early. When he saw the person coming, he quickly welcomed him in.
"Is the news reliable? The child in Qin Fanghao's belly is no longer there?"
Yu Zaizhong nodded, asked the man in black to sit on the upper seat, and replied respectfully: "The news from Nail in Prince Huai's Mansion is indeed true."
After the man in black sat down, he took off his hood, and it turned out to be Prince Da Wanlie of Dayan who was supposed to be imprisoned in the palace as a hostage!
When Yu Zaizhong saw him taking off his hood, he immediately knelt down and saluted, "This is a trivial matter that my subordinates didn't do well, so I bothered my master to go to the house to ask questions in person."
Da Wanlie waved his hand, but there was no trace of the mindless and arrogant look he usually showed in front of everyone!
There was a flash of light in his eyes, and he looked like he was a man with deep roots in the city.
It turns out that his usual arrogant and brainless demeanor is all just an act!
"I don't blame you for this. Master Yu has been lurking in Daqi for several years and has been unable to meet with Dayan's relatives. He has made a lot of sacrifices. This time it involves your daughter..."
Yu Zaizhong's face darkened, "I don't have such an unworthy daughter! For the great cause of the Yan Kingdom, I just want her to use her mother's body to support the fetus, but she is so afraid that she ruthlessly aborts the child. This is your first priority, master."
A child!"
It turns out that Yu Zaizhong and Da Wanlie had no intention of letting Qin Fang survive from the very beginning!
They gave Qin Fanghao a secret medicine so that Qin Fanghao could become pregnant with Da Wanlie's child.
Moreover, the child's crazy absorption of nutrients from the mother's body made Qin Fanghao feel tired and skinny every day, just so that he could leave his mother and keep the child in the future, so that the blood of Dayan could be mixed into the royal family of Dayan!
If one day things are done properly and this child can inherit Da Qi's rule, then Da Qi will become Dayan's treasure!
Da Wanlie sighed, "It's really a pity. It's just one step away. The baby should be born in a few months."
"I'm afraid Qin Fanghao realized something was wrong, or learned that she would die during childbirth, so she took such a risk. I don't know where she got the news. Do you want my subordinates to investigate again...
?”
Da Wanlie shook his head: "The child is gone, these things are not important anymore. However, she can turn Prince Huai's palace upside down with her own efforts, which is enough to give Xie Xun a headache for a while. It is always beneficial to us.
"
Da Wanlie paused and said, "The border war is imminent recently, and it is a good thing to be able to hold off Xie Xun."
…
The next day, Qin Rushuang woke up early.
"Qingzhi, help me wash up."
Qingzhi quickly prepared the toiletries and helped Qin Rushuang wash up.
After washing up, Qingzhi went to get clean clothes and a set of tassel-colored clothes. She was about to help her get dressed, but was stopped by Qin Rushuang.
"Put it down and bring me a set of plain white clothes. Also, take off all the hair accessories on my head, the earrings on my ears, and all the accessories on my hands."
Qingzhi was surprised, "The princess is dressed elegantly enough now! All the jewelry has been removed, which is against the rules..."
Qin Rushuang gave a sarcastic smile, "I'm going to plead guilty today."
"princess?!"
Qin Rushuang's eyes had long lost the fragility of yesterday.
"Do you think Xie Xun and Qin Fang can just let go of what happened yesterday? Rather than waiting for them to accuse me of more unfounded charges, I might as well find a way out for myself first."
She no longer calls Prince Xie Xun, but calls him by his first name, which shows that she has completely given up on Xie Xun.
Qingzhi was anxious, "But you, Princess, did not do this in the first place. Why should we plead guilty?"
Qin Rushuang shook her head: "It's not an admission of guilt. Yesterday, you heard the doctor tell me that something must not happen to my stomach again. I am planning to leave Prince Huai's Mansion to give birth elsewhere."
She gave Qingzhi a reassuring smile and said, "Don't worry, I will never admit the crime of harming the emperor's heir. I just found an excuse to leave the house."
Qingzhi was still distressed: "You are about to give birth. You should have been waiting peacefully in Prince Huai's Mansion for the arrival of your little grandson. What is going on now!"
"Rather than being upset when seeing Xie Xun in the palace, and guarding Qin Fang from causing trouble, it's better not to break it but to establish it. Qingzhi, you should understand that the most important relatives to me now, besides my mother and younger brother, are the ones in my belly.
It’s a child.”
Qingzhi sighed: "Okay, princess, I know this."
"That being the case, I'd like to hear you put on more powder and make yourself look haggard. Your Majesty should take pity on you."
Qin Rushuang did not comment on Qingzhi's proposal.
Pity? That's too ridiculous.
She didn't believe Xie Xun would have that kind of emotion towards her!
But Qingzhi's suggestion does make sense. After all, there will be a good show later, right?
…
Qin Rushuang had already made plans, so when Xie Xun walked to the main courtyard that day, he saw a circle of servants surrounding him.
He walked over and took a look, only to see Qin Rushuang, dressed in plain clothes, with all her accessories faded, her face pale, kneeling in the main courtyard with a big belly.
Xie Xun frowned, "What are you doing?"
Qin Rushuang had no intention of getting up, but still knelt straight and said to Xie Xun: "I know that I am guilty and have betrayed the trust that the prince has placed in me."
Xie Xun pursed his lips, "What's your crime?"
"First, as the royal concubine, I failed to take good care of the prince's back house, causing mischief in the prince's back house and causing miscarriage for the concubine."
"Secondly, as the concubine who is pregnant with the king, I am jealous by nature. I rely on the fetus in my belly to monopolize the prince. As a result, there are not many female relatives in the prince's house, and there are no heirs."
"Thirdly, I was pregnant with the prince's eldest son, but I failed to take good care of the child in my belly, which almost caused the eldest son to be born prematurely."
Xie Xun looked at her and said, "So, what do you want to do?"
Qin Rushuang kowtowed deeply.
"The sinful wife asked herself to leave the house and be imprisoned in the outer courtyard until the eldest son is born safely. If the prince does not agree, I will not be able to kneel down!"
