si-mexico Chapter 452: Medicine from Huichuntang
Chapter 452: Medicine from Huichuntang
Liang Hengrui said to Concubine Xiao,
"Mother, what Yao Ma said is right. Grandfather sent a message to warn me to keep a low profile and behave well in front of my father. Don't rush for success and make mistakes. But you are doing this?"
Upon hearing this, Concubine Xiao felt even more annoyed about her behavior today, and nodded reluctantly.
"Okay! Mother will listen to my advice. I really hope that the baby in my belly will be born soon, so that it can be used as a bargaining chip to help you become the crown prince."
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"Mother, please don't think too much! You have to..."
"Your Majesty!"
Liang Hengrui was interrupted by Concubine Xiao before he could finish his words.
Concubine Xiao suddenly thought of buying medicine from Huichuntang.
So he interrupted his son's words with a bad look on his face.
"My son, please leave quickly! Your mother has something urgent to ask you. Remember to work hard in the future and don't go to the harem often to make your father unhappy."
Liang Hengrui, who was confused, saw that his mother didn't want to stay with him any longer. He had said everything he wanted to say, and he also had something waiting to be dealt with when he got back.
So he stopped talking and stood up.
"Yes, I know. Mother, please take good care of yourself. I will take my leave."
"Well, let's go!"
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Concubine Xiao watched her son leave the inner palace gate, and before he could get far away, she stopped Yao Ma, who was escorting Prince Rui.
"Nanny, come back!"
"Yes, madam."
Yao Ma said something to Prince Rui at the door and hurried into the inner hall and closed it.
Concubine Xiao asked anxiously,
"I suddenly remembered something. Three months ago, you went out of the palace to buy abortion pills, right?"
Aunt Yao was startled and repeated,
"Three months ago?"
As Yao Ma approached Concubine Xiao, she frowned and thought for a moment, then stretched out her hand and counted with her fingers, and suddenly realized,
"Isn't it? Madam, you forgot that you were weak when you were pregnant and your nurse was worried about your health. So..."
Upon hearing this, Concubine Xiao reached out and grabbed Madam Yao's arm, digging her nails into her flesh. Madam Yao cried out in pain, and only then did Concubine Xiao let go.
"Tell me quickly, which pharmacy did you go to buy it?"
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"Huichuntang! Madam, what's wrong with you? Why did you suddenly think of asking this?"
Aunt Yao asked while rubbing her arm that was pinched.
However, as soon as she finished her words, she heard a crisp "slap" and a hard slap hit her in the face.
Caught off guard, Aunt Yao lost her balance and fell heavily to the ground with a thump.
The sound startled Chunhua and Qiushi who were waiting at the entrance of the palace. They ran in with gritted teeth.
"My Lady, what happened?"
At a glance, they saw Aunt Yao lying on the ground.
"Madam Yao, why are you sitting on the ground?"
Before the two of them could panic and help her up, they heard a roar.
"Get out!"
Chunhua and Qiushi were so frightened that they trembled.
"Nonono."
In response, he crawled out.
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Aunt Yao, who was sitting on the ground, had already covered her beaten face in shock and became stunned, with tears filling her eyes.
"My lady, what did the nanny do wrong?"
She asked heartbrokenly.
"What did I do wrong? Don't you know?"
Concubine Xiao asked angrily, still not satisfied, she stretched out her foot and kicked her hard in the chest.
"Ah? Ouch!" With a scream, Aunt Yao fell backwards in pain.
Concubine Xiao then shouted harshly,
"Tell me, did you send someone to bribe Miaoyin, that slave girl? And instigate her to give abortion drugs to the slaves in the palaces?"
When Aunt Yao heard such a serious crime was charged, she was so frightened that she almost lost her soul. She hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground and said,
"My Lady, what are you talking about? Miaoyin is the personal maid of Queen Qin.
Is the nurse so bold or so foolish as to dare to go to her? Isn't that just asking for trouble?"
"You? Still being stubborn!"
Concubine Xiao looked at her with eyes wide open.
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Yao Ma looked at Concubine Xiao's increasingly gloomy face, tears streaming down her face. Her chest was aching slightly from being kicked.
"My lady, even if I am stupid, I will never bribe such a person!
Before, you gave those bitches abortion pills to prevent them from getting pregnant.
The nurse is looking for people in the palaces who can be bribed and controlled by us. Have you forgotten all this?"
Concubine Xiao also remembered these things after hearing this, but she still asked angrily,
"You didn't bribe her, so how did she know that someone went to Huichuntang to buy abortion pills three months ago?"
"This? This!"
When Aunt Yao found out that she was being followed, her face turned pale and she got up and stammered,
"My Lady, did Miaoyin say this in front of the Emperor?"
Concubine Xiao frowned and said coldly,
"Is there still a holiday?"
The more Aunt Yao thought about it, the more frightened she became. She sat back on the ground and kowtowed to Concubine Xiao.
"My Lady Imperial Concubine, please save me! The nanny really didn't bribe Miaoyin, but I don't know how she knew that I went to Huichuntang to buy the abortion pills.
This? What should I do? If the Emperor knew that I, the nurse, had wanted to abort the dragon seed, then... that would be a capital crime punishable by death!
And... and the wet nurse had given so many drugs to those bitches in the palaces."
The more Nanny Yao spoke, the more frightened she became. She was shivering all over and breaking out in cold sweats.
When Concubine Xiao saw her like this, she thought of all the bad things she had done and her heart started beating wildly.
"What should I do? What should I do if the Emperor is angry with me because of what happened to you?"
She was bulging with a big belly, walking back and forth in a daze, with her hands clasped together and muttering to herself.
I can only pray to God that Emperor Kun did not take Miaoyin’s words seriously and that he will not delve into it any further!
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After a while,
Concubine Xiao didn't even glance at the desperate Madam Yao lying on the ground, and walked straight back to the inner room.
Seeing that Concubine Xiao abandoned her at the critical moment of her life, Nanny Yao felt a sudden surge of grievance in her heart.
Her tears fell drop by drop.
Thinking about how he had sacrificed his best years and happiness, and worked like a slave for her all his life.
But in the end, before the incident was investigated, the imperial concubine decided to protect herself!
Aunt Yao was extremely disappointed.
Thinking of Miaoyin, who was beaten to death by the emperor with just one word, and whose life was worthless, her tears burst out again.
She bit her lip, suddenly got up, wiped the tears from her face, covered her aching chest and walked out of the palace.
"Oh, Aunt Yao? What happened to you?"
Qiushi hurriedly approached Chunhua, who had been waiting obediently at the door, and expressed his concern.
"Nothing, my chest hurts a bit. I need to leave the palace for a while. If the queen asks, you can tell her that I went out to see a doctor!"
The two senior palace maids looked at the red and swollen slap marks on Yao Ma's face and her painful expression with her hands pressed on her chest. They nodded quickly with sympathy on their faces, as if they knew what was going on.
"Well, please go slowly."
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