jdhmnovel Chapter 147 Aftermath
Chapter 147 Aftermath
There was a knock on the door, and An Lingrong's hand holding the teacup tightened.
It was still dark and they had no idea what was happening outside.
She winked at Xiao Linzi.
Xiao Linzi, holding a kitchen knife, shouted loudly.
"Who is this person?"
"I am a patrolling guard. The rebellion outside has been suppressed, and I have come to pay my respects to the Concubine Shu."
Although the voice was no different from that of an ordinary man, An Lingrong still heard something unusual in it.
She shook her head at Xiao Linzi.
"Your Excellency, there is no need to be so polite. My master has already gone to bed and was not disturbed."
The person outside paused for a moment before agreeing to leave.
"Xiao Linzi, the gate of Hanyue Tower must not be opened before dawn. Please lead your men to patrol the front and back several times."
An Lingrong not only had a one-year-old Hongzhan, but was also pregnant with twins.
Neither the rebellious prince nor the queen of Taohuawu will let her go.
The best option is to stay in Hanyue Tower and not go out.
"Bao Ge, make a few more pots of strong tea and prepare some simple food."
There is still more than an hour before dawn, so we must stay alert.
After giving the order, An Lingrong returned to the inner room.
"Bao Que, how's things going with Sixth Prince upstairs?"
"My Lord, the Sixth Prince was not awakened by the noise outside. Baoli and two maids are guarding upstairs."
Ever since they received the Queen's reminder, they have been on high alert against the bad guys outside.
Except for the Sixth Prince who was sleeping soundly on the second floor, everyone else in the Hanyue Tower stayed up until dawn.
"Master, I saw guards cleaning up the battlefield from upstairs."
Xiao Linzi counted and found that there were no less than ten young eunuchs in gray clothes on the three carts.
It seems that quite a few people came to Shangxiatianguang to cause trouble last night.
"You can take turns taking a nap and leave after you're sure it's safe."
More than an hour later, Xiao Xiazi and his men knocked on the door.
"Your Majesty, the rioters in the garden have been cleared out. Please rest assured."
"The Emperor has ordered me to bring the imperial physician to examine the masters."
The imperial physician he brought with him happened to be Wei Lin.
Looking at Xiao Xia Zi, who was full of murderous aura, An Lingrong guessed that something might have happened to one of the concubines.
"Eunuch Xia, are the Emperor and Empress all right?"
"Your Majesty, the Emperor is fine. Only Consort Rou, who was singing in the Qinzheng Palace, was slightly injured."
"The Empress's Taohuawu has also invited the imperial physician to take her pulse."
"Thank you, Eunuch Xia, for telling me."
When Xiao Xia Zi mentioned the queen just now, he specifically pointed to his own belly, which means that there is a high possibility that there is something wrong with the queen's dragon fetus.
An Lingrong immediately decided to pretend to be sick to avoid the limelight.
Her guess was correct, Taohuawu was indeed shrouded in a dark cloud.
When the rebels attacked the Qinzheng Palace last night, they also divided their troops into three small teams to besiege Taohuawu, Qingliang Palace and Shangxiatianguang.
The queen, who learned the news of the prince's rebellion in advance, was ready to take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and eliminate dissidents in the name of rebels in order to eliminate the concubines she disliked.
Therefore, he had already sent his trusted aides to ambush outside Qingliang Palace and Shangxia Tianguang Palace. This resulted in the defense personnel of Taohuawu not being as sufficient as the emperor thought.
The rebel group rushed directly to the outside of the main hall and injured most of the palace servants who were fighting hard.
The queen was so frightened that she cried out that her stomach hurt.
"Doctor Yang, is the dragon fetus in my belly safe?"
"Your Majesty, you have a miscarriage and need to rest. I will prescribe some medication to help you recover from the miscarriage."
Imperial Physician Yang bowed his head and reported in a deep voice.
Afterwards, Doctor Yang hurriedly left with his apprentice, using the excuse that he was in a hurry to return to the Imperial Hospital to get medicine.
He finally understood why that old fox Zhang Mi insisted on retiring and returning home.
Doctor Yang gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, tripped over his left foot with his right, and fell heavily into the ditch.
The last thing that remained in my ears was the little apprentice's exclamation.
Imperial Physician Yang did not leave behind any prescription for pregnancy-maintaining medicine. In order not to affect the Empress's health, Jianqiu had to send someone to invite the imperial physician again.
After taking the Queen's pulse, one imperial physician after another knelt on the ground tremblingly.
When Jianqiu saw the expressions of the imperial doctors, she knew there was nothing she couldn't understand.
She quickly sent someone to invite the emperor.
"Tell me honestly, what happened to the Queen's dragon fetus?"
The emperor was afraid of alarming the empress in the inner room, so he pointed to an elderly doctor and asked in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, I agree with several of my colleagues that the Empress is experiencing miscarriage."
This is why all the imperial physicians who have taken the patient's pulse dare not speak.
Anyway, there are more than ten people kneeling in this room, and the emperor can't drag them all out and chop them all into pieces.
The other imperial doctors who were not named lowered their heads even lower, fearing that they would be unlucky enough to be named by the emperor.
The emperor took a deep breath. This was his and the queen's third child, and he couldn't save it.
"I understand. Give the Queen the medicine and try your best to preserve the dragon fetus."
Jianqiu, who was standing guard on the side, felt relieved when she heard the imperial physician say this.
It would be better if the dragon fetus could not be preserved!
The last few times that Imperial Physician Yang took the Empress's pulse, he always looked solemn, which made Jianqiu even more certain that the dragon fetus in the Empress's belly might be the same as last time.
If the Queen really gave birth to another blood clot, she really didn't know how to deal with it.
A childless queen can enjoy the honor of empress dowager after the emperor's death, but a queen who gives birth to a heretic is a bad omen.
At the very least, her position as queen will be lost, and at worst, her life may be in danger.
"I still have government affairs to attend to. Jianqiu, please take good care of the Queen."
The emperor also has to deal with the rebellious party quickly and decisively, and really has no time to accompany the queen.
As soon as he returned to the Qinzheng Hall, he issued several imperial edicts in succession.
Prince Dun was demoted to a commoner and imprisoned in the Imperial Clan Court, and his wife and children, who had been demoted to commoners, were imprisoned in the Prince's Palace.
The Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince, who were connected with him, were demoted to commoners and also imprisoned in the clan house.
After completely solving several of his biggest concerns, he looked at Su Peisheng who was guarding on the side.
"How's the Concubine Shu doing?"
"Your Majesty, the Concubine Shu was frightened and her fetus was disturbed. The imperial physician said that she will be fine after resting."
"Sixth Prince slept until dawn, and after getting up he ate a big bowl of egg custard."
Su Peisheng quickly told the good news he had just received.
"Okay, send someone to deliver some supplements."
"The slave obeys the order."
As soon as Su Peisheng stepped out of the door, Xia Qi knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, while cleaning up the battlefield, I discovered that among the criminals who besieged the Upper and Lower Tianguang Palaces and the Qingliang Palace, there were some rootless people."
"Then the siege of Taohuawu... forget it. There's no need to investigate this matter any further."
The queen's dragon fetus is doomed to be in danger, so he will pretend to be deaf and dumb for the sake of the empress dowager.
"Is everything okay over at Penglai Island?"
"Your Majesty, the three young eunuchs who went to the island in the dark have been apprehended, and the nobles on the island have not been disturbed."
"Let your people continue to guard outside Penglai Island."
He was afraid that there were still some fish that slipped through the net, so after thinking it over, he also sent a few good men to Taohuawu.