0p0 Chapter 553: Secretly Giving Birth to a Child
Chapter 553: Secretly Giving Birth to a Child
The pain brought by giving birth to a child, and the planning and efforts of more than ten years, were all wasted and turned into nothing.
Empress Dowager Yuan clenched her fists, her eyes were red, and her expression was gloomy.
She gritted her teeth and ordered the leader of the imperial guards beside her: "Investigate, investigate for me, and find out who is playing tricks in the palace!"
After she finished speaking, she looked at Qi Huaichuan and said, "Master Qi, I also want to know what this voice is about. I have never been alone in a room with the Imperial Master, let alone heard such a ridiculous statement!"
"As for Yuan Chao, he was the grandson of my cousin. His mother died of severe bleeding during childbirth. His father was too sad and died of illness not long after, leaving him alone as a baby."
"My father felt sorry for him, so he took him home to raise him. He bought him a quiet courtyard suitable for recuperation and arranged for someone to take care of him personally."
"Due to his poor health, he rarely went out these years, so you haven't seen him!"
"It's ridiculous to say that Yuan Chao was born to me. Use your brains and think about it. I was sent to the palace when I was sixteen years old and served the late emperor. How could I have the guts to have an affair?"
"If I really had a child with the Imperial Master, how could it have escaped the eyes of the late Emperor and Empress? Do you think everyone in the palace is a vegetarian?"
The ministers' brains froze for a moment, as what Empress Dowager Yuan said was exactly what they did not understand.
Although Yuan Chao is sickly, he now looks to be at least sixteen or seventeen years old.
At that time, the late emperor had not yet passed away, and Empress Dowager Yuan was still just a concubine.
Any concubine in the palace who becomes pregnant must report it to the Empress.
If she was really pregnant at that time, why did no one in the harem know about it?
Furthermore, if Empress Dowager Yuan wanted a child, why didn’t she go to the late emperor and get pregnant with his son, but instead went to the fake imperial teacher and got pregnant with his illegitimate child?
This didn't seem to be of any benefit to her situation at the time.
Everyone couldn't understand why Queen Dowager Yuan would do this?
In just half an hour, General Yuan's old face turned blue and red, as colorful as a palette.
For him, who attached great importance to family tradition, this was like adding insult to injury. It was like a huge pressure on his head and made him unable to raise his head.
The slap on Empress Dowager Yuan's face hurt as much as a slap on his own face.
General Yuan never imagined that after living for most of his life, he would end up losing all his face because of his proudest daughter.
But at this time, if he didn't stand up and say something, it would seem that he was a little inhumane!
Thinking of this, Yuan Taiwei bit the tip of his tongue hard. He frowned in pain and slapped his thigh wildly, saying, "What nonsense! What nonsense!"
"How did my daughter offend these people, so that they not only used the portrait to spread rumors, but also spread rumors to falsely accuse her of having a relationship with the Imperial Master, and wrongly accused her of secretly giving birth to a child."
"Everyone knows that the late emperor doted on her, but the Empress Dowager's body is difficult to conceive. Which concubine in the palace doesn't want to have a child of her own? If she could have a child, she would have done it long ago. Why did she have to wait until she was in her thirties to have an affair with someone and have a child? Do you think this is reasonable?"
Nanny An stood aside, not daring to breathe. Upon hearing this, she immediately felt that her chance to show off had come, and she immediately had an idea and stood up.
"Your Highness, ladies and gentlemen, I have heard that there is a drug sold outside that can change a person's voice and imitate another person's voice, making it sound flawless."
"Perhaps the voices of the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Master were deliberately imitated by someone who took voice-changing medicine and used their internal energy to transmit their voices?"
"I have served the Empress Dowager personally for so many years, and I know her whereabouts very well. I can guarantee with my own life that these words were definitely not said by the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Master. There is no relationship between her and the Imperial Master."
Empress Dowager Yuan glanced at Nanny An and gave her an appreciative look.
She was originally quite angry with Nanny An, thinking that it was her negligence that caused her and the Imperial Master's secret to be leaked.
Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, the other party was quite sensible.
Empress Dowager Yuan said, "Madame An is right. Someone must have taken medicine to deliberately frame me and put such a big blame on me."
"I promise you that I will find this person and prove to you that the relationship between me and the Imperial Master is innocent."
When Yuan Chao heard what Queen Mother Yuan said, there was a hint of disappointment in his clear eyes.
She pushed herself to be the emperor, but was unwilling to admit her identity in front of everyone.
After all, maybe Empress Dowager Yuan herself looked down on him and didn't want him as a son!
It would be a lie for Yuan Chao to say that he was not sad.
He felt his chest getting tighter and he had trouble breathing.
But he didn't want to leave. He wanted to see what else his mother and father would do.
Empress Dowager Yuan sent out the imperial guards to conduct a carpet search of the palace, trying to find the source of the sound, but to no avail.
Even the secret guards she brought with her did not find any suspects at the scene, and did not even discover any clues of internal energy fluctuations.
Queen Dowager Yuan was very angry. She felt that someone was deliberately playing a trick on her.
The purpose is to disrupt today's ceremony of establishing the crown prince and prevent Yuan Dynasty from becoming the emperor.
Although she and the imperial teacher had explained it once, the ministers present were all shrewd people. How could they possibly believe that?
Once that kind of rumor came out, it would inevitably plant the seeds of doubt in their hearts. In the future, both she and the Imperial Master would be nailed to the pillar of shame, and it would be difficult for them to meet again.
Her intuition told Queen Dowager Yuan that the people who wanted to bully her were most likely among the ministers below her.
Yuan Jiuan is undoubtedly the most suspicious of all.
This made her want to kill Yuan Jiuan even more.
Yuan Jiuan naturally saw the ferocious expression of Empress Dowager Yuan and the murderous intent in her eyes, but he smiled slightly and did not take it to heart.
Here, Queen Dowager Yuan didn't dare to attack him at all.
And calculating the time, his 100,000-strong army would be able to enter the capital in less than two hours.
If a war really breaks out at that time, it is not certain who will win or lose!
These ministers were afraid of Empress Dowager Yuan, but Yuan Jiuan was not. He said directly what the ministers dared not say.
"In fact, it is not difficult for the Queen Mother and the Imperial Master to prove their innocence."