When I opened my eyes, Zhen Huan knelt in front of me and had a miscarriage

Chapter 148 Falling into the trap

Obviously this was Nian Shilan's voice.

Hearing this familiar voice, Hongli's eyes, which had been darkened by disgust, brightened a little.

The murderous intent on his face slowly faded away.

But Nian Gengyao had no intention of letting go, and even continued to increase his strength.

When Nian Shilan came forward and asked him to let go, Nian Gengyao frowned.

"What do you mean? Do you know that this vicious woman is cursing you behind your back? There is evidence of both human and material witnesses!"

Nian Gengyao felt sorry for his sister, and when this matter showed signs of happening.

In his eyes, Mrs. Li is no longer worthy of living.

Concubine Li was so frightened that she knelt on the ground sobbing and grabbed the corner of Nian Shilan's clothes.

"Please spare my life, Imperial Concubine. There must be another reason for this. Mother, mother would never do such a thing. Please be magnanimous and investigate it carefully."

The two of them were caught in the middle of what they said, causing Nian Shilan to have a terrible headache.

Nian Shilan frowned, tightened her long fingers with distinct features, and looked at her brother.

"Brother, don't be reckless at this time. This matter is definitely not that simple."

She whispered that no matter how angry Nian Gengyao was at the moment, he knew that he was now in the palace and was no longer as furious as before.

Now with my sister's comfort, I feel much calmer.

He threw back his sleeves and put his hands behind his back.

I didn't care about her.

Nian Shilan helped Concubine Li up again and said, "You are pregnant, come in quickly, I will give you justice in this matter."

Her light words gave Concubine Li some peace of mind.

She then ordered, "Mo Hua, help your young master in."

"Yes." Mo Hua said, raising his hand to support Li Guiren, and whispered, "My lady, let's go in first. Don't worry, the imperial concubine is here."

She spoke very quietly, and no one else heard it except Nian Shilan and Li Guiren who were nearby.

Then, Nian Shilan continued, "Brother, this is the concubine's bedroom. It's against the rules for you to stay here. You'd better come out with me."

After saying that, he glanced at the Fourth Prince again and said, "Hongli, follow your mother."

The Fourth Prince gritted his teeth, feeling somewhat unwilling.

Then he said, "Mother, what should we do with this person?"

Nian Shilan didn't even glance at him, and ordered coldly, "Zhou Ninghai."

"The slave is here."

"Take the man away and keep him under strict guard. Report this matter to Her Majesty the Queen immediately and see how she handles it."

"Yes." Zhou Ninghai immediately ordered several young eunuchs to help lift Madam Li.

Madam Li wanted to make a noise or struggle, but one of the eunuchs knocked her unconscious and dragged her out.

And Nian Shilan also brought the two of them back to the main hall.

She frowned and looked at her brother and Hongli with stern eyes.

"You are really too reckless in this matter!"

Nian Gengyao put his hands behind his back, "My sister has been cursed in the palace. If I don't take action now, when will I take action? Do I have to wait until that vicious woman has cursed you to death before I take action?"

Although his words were somewhat urgent and vicious, his heart was full of worry and concern.

Nian Shilan gritted her teeth, turned around and looked at him, "But brother, do you really think my illness is caused by a curse? Ghosts and gods are just nonsense. If the curse is really useful, then why would brother lead the troops to fight? Why don't you just stay in the barracks and make dolls for fun?"

Her words hit the nail on the head, pointing out the hidden blind spot.

Nian Gengyao stopped talking.

Hongli continued, "Mother, Madam Li is a court official's wife, but she actually cursed you in the palace. This is extremely disrespectful. Even chopping off her head would not be too much! If this matter is not investigated, wouldn't it be indulgent of the trend of great disrespect?"

What Hongli said didn't make sense, but Nian Shilan found it strange.

"This matter is not as simple as it seems. How dare a foreign woman do such a thing in the palace? You just happened to run into it today. Even if Madam Li is a foreign woman and doesn't know the rules of the palace, the people who serve her will definitely remind her. There must be someone behind this."

Nian Shilan pondered for a moment and then spoke immediately.

Hongli suddenly realized something and raised his hand with a look of surprise on his face.

He knew that he was being used as a knife.

"Mother, my son..."

Nian Shilan did not blame him. She took his hand and patted it. "You are still young, and it is good that you can find this out. Mother does not blame you, but if you encounter this kind of thing again in the future, you must think carefully and analyze the pros and cons."

When Fu Dong explained the matter to her in detail, she immediately realized that something was wrong.

Then everything soon made sense again.

I guess all this was the Queen's plan.

Hongli bit his lip, then pursed his thin lips into a line and looked at Nian Shilan worriedly.

He said, "But mother, will the matter between my uncle and me today affect you? It's all my fault. I messed up everything."

Nian Shilan patted his shoulder and told him to be at ease.

"Well, now that things have come to this, there is no need to think about it any more. A blessing in disguise. No one knows who the winner will be until the end."

Then he looked at him again, "Do you have any homework today? Why did you come here so early?"

Although he changed the subject, the Fourth Prince still looked a little worried, and spoke in a low voice.

"I had finished my homework a long time ago and wanted to come over to see my mother and uncle earlier, but I didn't expect..."

Nian Shilan really didn't blame the Fourth Prince.

He was just a teenager, how could he understand the secrets of the deep palace? No one expected that he would be dragged into the muddy water like this.

"Mother just drank the medicine and cried so hard. I asked them to make cakes, but they couldn't make what I like. Why don't you tell them to make some of your favorite food on behalf of mother, so that I can change my appetite."

Nian Shilan found an excuse to send Hongli away.

Hongli nodded obediently.

How could I not know what my mother meant?

He hurriedly pushed the door open and went out. After taking a few steps, he turned the corner and leaned against the wall.

He had a sad look on his face, his starry eyes were tightly closed, and his hands, which were hanging naturally, were clenched into fists with veins bulging on them.

Then he slammed heavily on the wall behind him.

Yes, how could everything be so coincidental.

I have never seen any palace maids fetching mud in the corner before.

I happened to see it today, and it was so conspicuous.

The matter of Madam Li's curse was discovered so smoothly, and Madam Li was almost dealt with in the palace.

Now when I think about it, I’m really scared.

This matter should be left to the Empress Dowager. He is overstepping his authority and is dragging down his uncle and even the Empress Dowager!

Fu Dong walked forward, somewhat curious, and saw that the Fourth Prince looked unhappy.

He hurriedly asked, "Fourth Prince, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing," the Fourth Prince turned his back, stood with his hands behind his back, and said in a cold voice, "Go and serve Mother."

"Yes." Fu Dong didn't dare to ask more questions and left.

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"Brother, you took a really big risk today. Fortunately, nothing happened, but I'm sure the emperor will know about this. Brother, you should go and apologize to the emperor in person later."

At the annual meeting, Lan urgently thought of a countermeasure and analyzed the situation again in her mind.

But Nian Gengyao didn't care, he killed so many people in the northwest.

She was just a foreign woman, and it was killed without any hesitation.

Do you still need to care about these?

Besides, the emperor had not posed any threat to him from yesterday till today.

All this made him doubt whether his sister was being too cautious.

"That's a small matter. What are you going to do with that vicious woman? The Imperial Concubine has been cursed. This matter cannot be let go like this."

Nian Shilan bit her lip, seeming a little conflicted.

"This matter is really a bit tricky. The Queen is really good at planning."

Nian Gengyao frowned, "Sister, what is going on? Why are you so afraid of the queen now? This is not like you."

"Brother, it's not that I'm afraid of the Queen, but the Queen has far-reaching plans, and I have to be on guard. Besides, now..."

Nian Shilan narrowed her eyes and didn't say the rest.

"Humph, if the Queen dares to make you angry, even if the Emperor is now afraid of me and suspicious of me, I can still stand up for you. Why do you have to be so scared!"

In order to protect his sister, Nian Gengyao was determined to do so.

All those worries and concerns were thrown out of my mind.

In the final analysis, Nian Gengyao did not really believe that the emperor would put him to death.

After all, he was a hero who helped build the country.

Nian Shilan suddenly felt a headache and didn't know what to say.

At this time, there was a knock on the door from outside.

"My lady, it's time to give the medicine. Please ask me to bring it to you now."

Songzhi's voice broke the awkward silence.

Nian Shilan closed her eyes and then let out a heavy breath.

Then he said calmly, "Send it in."

Songzhi's voice came from outside the door, "Yes."

Then the door was pushed open, Songzhi held the medicine and placed it steadily in front of Nian Shilan, then went out immediately.

Didn't stay a moment longer.

Nian Shilan picked up the bowl of medicine in front of her and spoke in a soft voice, as if she was relieved and was finally going to tell a shocking secret.

"Brother, do you know what's in here?"

Nian Gengyao turned around and looked at her strangely, "Medicine? Why are you asking this suddenly?"

"Do you really think that my sister has weakened herself for no reason and is about to become terminally ill? If someone hadn't pushed me from behind, I would never have been willing to do this unless it was absolutely necessary."

After listening to this, Nian Gengyao seemed to have thought of something.

His brows gradually furrowed, "You mean..."

He looked at the bowl of medicine, wondering what he was thinking.

"The emperor is wary of your power in the northwest, and I raised the Fourth Prince and was promoted to Imperial Concubine. The emperor is afraid that if I have a prince, I will join forces with the Nian family to rebel, so he came up with this plan. Make me sick, so that I have no ability to resist."

Nian Shilan held the bowl of medicine and looked at her brother.

There is a sense of coercion in this.

"I know it's filled with poison, but as long as it can keep my Nian family safe and my brother alive, it doesn't matter if Shilan drinks it!"

As he said this, he raised his hand and was about to drink it all in one gulp.

Nian Gengyao quickly stepped forward and snatched the bowl from her hand.

The medicine was scattered all over the floor. He put it on the table and gritted his teeth. "You are crazy! How can you drink this? If you knew, why didn't you take precautions?"

"Because even if I can prevent it this time, I can't prevent it next time. As long as my brother is here, as long as the King of the Northwest is here, the emperor will not let it go." Nian Shilan's voice was as calm as water, but it was like the turbulent sea.

All of Nian Gengyao's previous thoughts were submerged.

"Also, brother."

While he was still thinking, Nian Shilan spoke again.

"Do you know why I haven't had any children in all these years?"

Nian Gengyao looked up in astonishment, "Isn't it because you were injured when you lost that child four years ago?"

Speaking of this, Nian Shilan's eyes were filled with despair.

"No, the child I gave birth to four years ago did not hurt me at all. What kept me from getting pregnant was the Huan Yi Xiang that the Emperor had given me for many years."

"Huan Yi Xiang?"

"Yes, there is a lot of musk in it, which has already damaged my foundation. I will never have children again. You can ask Xie Yun about this. As for whether the medicine just now is poisonous, I can ask Xie Yun to pack up the residue and send it out of the palace for you. Didn't you bring a group of doctors to guard outside the palace?"

Hearing this, Nian Gengyao gritted his teeth in anger, waved his hand and threw the medicine bowl on the table to the ground.

The medicine bowl made a crisp 'pop' sound.

Just like when she heard the truth from Zhen Huan's mouth, her heart was broken.

"how so!"

Nian Gengyao only hated himself for being useless and unable to protect his sister.

He knew how much his sister wanted a child, and she often begged him to get some good pregnancy-maintaining medicine from outside the palace, and she also invited doctors and looked for prescriptions.

Although he always said that he was a great general and went to find these things.

Others will have different ideas.

But every time he would do it himself and look for it for his sister.

She never failed, but she didn't expect it.

It was the emperor who caused my sister to be childless!

"Why is the emperor like this? Could it be that..."

"My brother guessed correctly. The male fetus that had already formed was killed by the emperor himself. The concubine Duan who brought the medicine to me was just a scapegoat."

There was no trace of strangeness on Nian Shilan's calm face.

Even saying these things sounds like the plot in a storybook, clear and straightforward.

She continued, "The emperor is afraid that I will have a prince, and that you will support the prince to ascend to the throne. The emperor has always been wary of my brother."

After saying this, Nian Gengyao gritted his teeth and remained silent for a long time.

Finally, he raised his hawk-like black eyes and stared into Nian Shilan's eyes.

"What do you want your brother to do?"

Nian Shilan finally put down the stone in her heart.

"After you leave Beijing, don't do anything. Don't let anyone see your intention. Slowly dismiss the servants. When the time is right, I will be seriously ill. If you hear that I am seriously ill, you should resign immediately. Then, let the news of your illness spread and retire from the world."

Nian Gengyao clenched his fingers, "What about Nian Fu and Nian Xi..."

"When the time is right, I will contact the various ministers to impeach them. I will send them to a cold and bitter land to suffer for a few years. When the time is right and your influence in the court gradually fades, I will invite them back."

After saying the last sentence, Nian Shilan slowly raised her eyes.

She is weaving a very big web, and it depends on whether she can succeed.