[R18] Harem chaos (NP High H) – “Harem Chaos (NP High H)” 35. Blood collapse, miscarriage and bitter meat plan succeeded [English]

“Pastry? There’s still some left, bring it to me to see.” said the Queen Mother.

The eunuch took the leftover cakes from the back room. The Queen Mother looked at them in her hand and handed them to Ambassador Liu without knowing why.

Liu Yuanshi broke open the cake, put it under his nose, smelled it, tasted it again, and frowned: “Sure enough, someone added safflower to this cake.”

“What! Safflower!” The Queen Mother exclaimed. Safflower is a traditional Chinese medicine that has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. However, it is taboo for pregnant women. Once eaten, it will cause hemorrhage and miscarriage.

“Where did you just say this pastry was sent?” The Queen Mother raised her head and asked again loudly.

“Go back to your Majesty, it’s Tianji Palace!”

“Tianji Palace? Concubine Xiang? Why did she want to harm Xin’er? Xin’er has never offended her and has never argued with her.” The Queen Mother sat beside the bed and stroked Lin Xiner’s pale cheek, complaining, “My poor Xin’er’s…”

Lin Xiner’s eyes were closed tightly, her life was safe, but she hadn’t woken up yet.

“Yi Weichen is probably because of Long Si.”

“That shouldn’t be the case. Concubine Xiang has a son of her own, and her status is only lower than that of the queen. Is she still afraid that someone else will give birth to a child and take away her position and favor?” The Queen Mother’s words were obviously to defend Concubine Xiang, but she also secretly said that that woman was ambitious.

“What the empress said is true, but the minister also discovered something strange…” Liu Yuanshi swallowed his words here, as if he had something to hide.

The Queen Mother looked at Lin Xiner in a daze, as if she had not heard what Ambassador Liu said.

The air was solemn and the room was eerily quiet. Emperor Ming suddenly said: “What’s weird?”

The corners of the Queen Mother’s lips raised inadvertently. Some words would appear deliberate if she asked them, but it would be different if Emperor Ming asked them.

“I don’t know if I should tell you or not!”

“You are forgiven.”

“Has your Majesty noticed that since Concubine Xiang gave birth to the fourth prince, her concubine’s belly has never moved again…”

After Liu Yuanshi finished speaking, he shook his head, “No, no, my concubine was pregnant three years ago, but she had an unexpected miscarriage within two months, and the fetus was not yet formed. I should say that no other concubine has given birth to another child.”

“Queen, she is not…” Emperor Ming had just finished saying these words, but he thought of something and took a breath, and did not say another word for a long time.

At this time, the Queen Mother stood up again: “As you said, I just remembered that the Queen had a difficult delivery, and the child was breathless after leaving the mother’s womb. Concubine Qiao also had a difficult delivery, but God provided for it, and the child was rescued. However, she is still weak and sick, and she still has to be fed medicine every day. Could it be said that they are all fragrant concubines…”

Speaking of Concubine Xiang, the Queen Mother quickly covered her mouth, leaving Emperor Ming with an unforgettable look.

Emperor Ming naturally listened to the chorus of the Empress Dowager and Liu Yuan’s envoy. He didn’t believe that Concubine Xiang would do such a thing. Although she had a little temper, she acted vigorously and resolutely, just like she had punished Concubine Jiang and Xia Wanyuan before, and she never used hidden tricks.

But after hearing their words, Emperor Ming also hesitated.

At this moment, Lin Xiner woke up, and Emperor Ming hurriedly sat by the bed and comforted her. Her face was pale and without any bloodshot eyes, which made Emperor Ming feel a little distressed.

Naturally, the whole show was done. Although Lin Xiner was not really pregnant, Honghua had really eaten a lot. Coupled with the help of other medicines, her lower body was showing signs of hemorrhage.

The large amount of blood loss also caused her current weakness and fainting, just like a real miscarriage.

As for the fetus, it was a stillborn fetus that had been prepared by Yuan Yuan Liu in advance and received outside the womb at about a month old.

Emperor Ming didn’t dare to take a closer look at the stillborn fetus, and he couldn’t tell whether it had just been shed.

The Queen Mother was comforting her niece. When she mentioned that the child was gone, Lin Xiner exclaimed and pretended to faint again.

Emperor Ming was furious and ordered people to investigate the matter thoroughly. Naturally, the palace officials found a lot of red flowers in Tianji Palace.

This was considered a gain for everyone. Concubine Kexiang only admitted that she had sent someone to deliver the cakes, but she refused to admit that she had added any safflower.

The Queen Mother wanted to punish Concubine Xiang severely, but Lin Xiner pretended to persuade the Emperor, telling him that there must be some misunderstanding and asking the Emperor to find out more.

Emperor Ming was a little confused for a while and didn’t know how to deal with it. At this moment, the two noble concubines suddenly appeared and explained their intention.

It turned out that the pastries were owned by several ladies in the palace, but Concubine Min was not the only one given as a gift.

Concubine Xiang was panicked before, but now she remembered that these pastries were a specialty of her hometown. Someone in her family came to Beijing for business, so she sent some to the palace for her.

There are unwritten rules in the palace. If someone from any family brings special products, they must be shared among the concubines. Concubine Xiang gave some to all the concubines and above.

“I discovered that there are red flowers in my pastry.”

Concubine Xiang, who was kneeling on the ground, felt her heart tighten when she heard this.

Although they are both noble concubines, they have never had any friendship, but they don’t know whether what the two noble concubines said is to help her or to add insult to injury.