Chapter 105: I am the one who let her come!

As soon as Imperial Yu Fei saw Lin Jiaojiao's face, especially that the burn on her left cheek had somehow completely healed, and the new skin looked even more delicate and fair, the anger in her heart rose even higher!

Especially when she thought about her engagement with Song Shijie, her anger flared up instantly. If it were normal times, she would have loved to go up and slap Lin Jiaojiao a few times!

But hindered by the Emperor's presence, she could only endure it, turning to scold, "You, a daughter of a criminal official, don't even count as a lowly maid. Why are you running here to meddle? Is it not chaotic enough here!?"

"I am the one who let her come!" Qin Yuan retorted, and Imperial Yu Fei immediately shut her mouth, not daring to say anything more to Lin Jiaojiao even if she was angry.

Imperial Yu Fei turned and saw Fu'er crawling on the ground, her face stained with dirty dust, and she wanted to go up and punch and kick her directly! Just to vent her anger!

But the Son of Heaven was right in front of her, so Imperial Yu Fei could only maintain a calm appearance on the surface, go over and help Fu'er up from the ground, revealing a kind face, pretending to care, "Fu'er, you have suffered grievances. Now that the Emperor is here, no one will bully you anymore. The Emperor is fair and selfless, and will definitely give you a—"

"Stop putting on an act," Xi Pin sneered, "It was clearly you who gave me a slap first, and your palace maid punching the dragon fetus in my womb was just a dog bullying others to please you!"

"You—!" Imperial Yu Fei was so angry she pointed at Xi Pin, wanting to break into a curse, "If you hadn't deliberately angered me, how would I have disciplined you!?"

"Disciplined?" Qin Yuan clearly didn't believe Imperial Yu Fei's words. He saw the clear five-finger print on Xi Pin's face and felt a surge of pity in his heart, turning to glare at Imperial Yu Fei, "Slapping someone, ordering the palace maid beside you to punch a pregnant womb—is this how you discipline a concubine whose rank is only one level lower than yours?"

"This concubine wouldn't dare!" Imperial Yu Fei knelt down in a hurry! Although she knelt and kowtowed, her arrogance remained undiminished!

At this time, Lin Jiaojiao interjected, "Your Majesty, Imperial Yu Fei probably didn't mean it. Xi Pin Niangniang is pregnant, and now there is news of spotting. The dragon fetus is important. May I take Xi Pin Niangniang's pulse first?"

Qin Yuan nodded in affirmation, his tone becoming much gentler, "Lin Zhiyue, what you said is very true. My heir is important. I trust you to take Xi Pin's pulse."

The kneeling Imperial Yu Fei was shocked, her eyes wide, and she cast that poisonous gaze on Lin Jiaojiao, wishing she could tear her to pieces right here!

What a Lin Zhiyue! The Emperor even gave this little lowly hoof a new name! What a vixen!

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lin Jiaojiao bowed, then took the order and walked to the side of the bed, placing her hand on Xi Pin's right wrist to take her pulse.

While taking the pulse, Lin Jiaojiao asked Xi Pin, "Xi Pin Niangniang, have you felt unwell recently?"

Although Xi Pin had a fiery temper and often kept people at a distance, she was willing to show a friendly expression to Lin Jiaojiao, shaking her head slightly, "This concubine has practiced martial arts since childhood and is healthy. Even though I am pregnant, I have no symptoms of discomfort."

Lin Jiaojiao continued to ask, "When did you start spotting? Before spotting, did you eat anything?"

Xi Pin recalled and answered, "This concubine started spotting at the time of the sheep (1-3 PM) today. Before that, I had eaten two rose flower cakes at noon."

"Are there any rose flower cakes left? May this commoner take a look?"

"Yes," Xi Pin waved to the palace maid Wen Xing, "Wen Xing, go and bring some of the rose flower cakes we received from the Imperial Kitchen today."

After the palace maid Wen Xing responded, she soon brought a plate of rose flower cakes the size of a child's palm.

Lin Jiaojiao took the rose flower cake and, under everyone's gaze, broke it open, revealing the rose-red rose flower filling inside. A faint, clear, sweet scent of rose flowers wafted out, and she smelled the filling inside.

Imperial Yu Fei sneered coldly, "Everyone in the palace has a share of these rose flower cakes today. Could it be that someone is adding medicine to these rose flower cakes to poison all the concubines!?"

"Why are you so noisy today!" Qin Yuan glanced at Imperial Yu Fei, his eyes full of undisguised disgust!

In an instant, grievance surged into Imperial Yu Fei's heart. She took a deep breath, held back the tears that surged into her eyes, and swallowed all her unwillingness into her belly.

"Is there a problem with these rose flower cakes?" Qin Yuan turned to ask Lin Jiaojiao, "I also ate a rose flower cake after lunch today."

Lin Jiaojiao took a small bite of the rose flower cake, tasted it carefully on the tip of her tongue, then frowned, picked up another rose flower cake, and handed it to Imperial Physician Chen, "Imperial Physician Chen, you taste it too."

"This..." Imperial Physician Chen looked at the Emperor's expression, and seeing the Emperor signal him to take it and taste it, he broke off a piece and put it in his mouth. His face changed slightly, "Reporting to Your Majesty, there is a small amount of safflower added to these rose flower cakes—"

"Added safflower?" Qin Yuan frowned.

"Yes," Imperial Physician Chen reported truthfully, "Your Majesty, not much safflower was added. Ordinary people can't taste it, and ordinary people can consume a small amount of safflower without harm. But Xi Pin is pregnant, and consuming safflower by mistake can easily lead to spotting and miscarriage."

Imperial Physician Chen put down the rose flower cake and reported, "Xi Pin Niangniang only ate two cakes today. If she had eaten two more, I fear the dragon fetus would be hard to save!"

"Then what is the condition of the fetus now?" Qin Yuan pressed.

But before Imperial Physician Chen could speak, Qin Yuan turned to look at Lin Jiaojiao, "Lin Zhiyue, I trust your medical skills. You tell me."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Lin Jiaojiao nodded, "Xi Pin Niangniang is healthy. Although there is a small amount of spotting, it has not harmed the fetus. However, she still needs to rest in bed for a period of time—"

"What?!" Imperial Yu Fei's eyes widened. The fetus hadn't been miscarried; this was the thing she least wanted to see!

Suddenly, everyone's gaze fell upon her!

"You don't seem to want to hear this news?" Qin Yuan narrowed his eyes and stared at Imperial Yu Fei, "I heard that you have always been at odds with Xi Pin. Does this matter have anything to do with you?"

"I am wronged, Your Majesty!" Imperial Yu Fei kowtowed and knocked her head frantically. Tears flowed out instantly, running down her cheeks and dripping onto the ground. This was the first time she had suffered such a grievance!

"This concubine knows that sister doesn't like me," Xi Pin asked with red eyes, "It's fine if you want to harm me, but I never thought you wouldn't even let go of the dragon fetus in my womb!"

"You are slandering me!" Imperial Yu Fei suddenly raised her head. Her forehead was already broken, revealing a piece of blood-red crimson. She tried her best to argue for herself, wanting the Emperor to preside over justice for her, "It was clearly you who tripped me time and time again. This time, you must have added safflower to the rose flower cakes yourself, just to spot, so you could frame me!"

"Your Majesty, you must preside over justice for this concubine!"

"Sister, it's true that I hate you, but I wouldn't be stupid enough to use my own child to frame you!" Xi Pin retorted, "Sister, you just can't stand me being released from the cold palace, right?"

"I, how could I not stand you being released from the cold palace!" When Imperial Yu Fei said this, her confidence was clearly lacking.

Xi Pin was almost laughed at by anger, "Sister, last time you used an aphrodisiac to frame this concubine, causing me to be sent to the cold palace. And not only did I come out of the cold palace, but I also conceived a dragon fetus. You must be furious, sister, right?"

"I didn't!" Imperial Yu Fei shouted to defend herself, "Don't distort the truth and turn black into white—"

But before she finished speaking, Fu'er, the palace maid beside her, suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowing frantically to the Emperor and Xi Pin, confessing her guilt, "Your Majesty, please forgive me! Xi Pin Niangniang, please forgive me! I beg the Emperor and Xi Pin Niangniang to let the Concubine go!"

"This has nothing to do with the Concubine. It was all this servant's own doing!" ===== CHAPTER 106 =====