bayedsolid Chapter 317 It’s all your fault?
Chapter 317 It’s all your fault?
Before Wu Cairen could rejoice, she heard the following sentence: "But if the royal heir is harmed, you will see if you can bear the consequences with your life."
The emperor's calm words frightened Wu Baolin enough.
Wu Baolin said softly, "I will tell you everything I know."
The emperor said nothing, his expression was indifferent, and he seemed too lazy to pay attention to Wu Baolin.
Judge Jiang asked Wu Baolin in detail what he ate for three meals a day and what he used in daily life... Such detailed questioning was very time-consuming and brain-intensive.
Wu Baolin answered four or five questions, but he was at a loss for words and said awkwardly, "Why don't I let my maid answer Judge Jiang's questions..."
Judge Jiang nodded and said, "It would be best if you could answer in detail."
Wu Cairen: "Actually, I have some suspicions that the medicine used to apply to the wound may have been tampered with, so I brought some ointment for Judge Jiang to check, just in case."
Judge Jiang examined it and confirmed, "This medicine is indeed beneficial for wound healing and is not mixed with anything harmful."
"The person who wrote this prescription is quite skilled in treating external injuries and is very careful and meticulous in his use of the medicine. Based on my humble understanding of this prescription, I'm afraid it was written by Imperial Physician Liu, right?"
Wu Cairen: "That's right."
Judge Jiang stroked his beard and smiled.
The Queen next door heard these words and laughed, "She is quite capable. She even asked Imperial Physician Liu to secretly prescribe a prescription for her."
"Isn't it? She's pregnant and her wounds are getting worse. If anything goes wrong with the child, none of the doctors who concealed the truth will be spared. Doctor Liu is the most cautious and is actually willing to help her."
The queen has always believed that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the emperor's backyard, and now she feels that she was not wrong at all.
Even Wu Baolin, who seemed too arrogant, was not stupid. He simply harmed himself by being too clever.
Outside, Judge Jiang was still asking, "Master Wu said you use pearl powder on your face every day. Where is the powder?"
"And the beauty cream you take, could you show it to me?"
Wu Baolin is actually a careful person.
She had been suspicious for many days, but couldn't find where the problem was, so she decided to go to Xie Run and expose it herself.
When she asked Xie Run for help, she had already brought all the things she would use in daily life that might be stolen, and asked the palace maids around her to carry them.
When Judge Jiang asked, he immediately took out the things.
Judge Jiang first checked the pearl powder and then tested the beauty cream next to it.
After everyone else had been on edge for a long time, he stroked his graying beard and said, "Pearl powder and beauty cream are both non-toxic."
Wu Baolin breathed a sigh of relief.
Then Judge Jiang changed the subject: "It's just that the pearl powder used for facial cleansing contains peach kernel powder, which is not conducive to wound healing. The beauty cream you take contains Panax notoginseng powder, which is good for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, but it's also not good for fresh wounds..."
Judge Jiang paused. "It's common to add peach kernel powder to pearl powder, but Wu Baolin is already pregnant. How can she take a beauty cream containing Panax notoginseng powder?"
"Sanqi powder has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Pregnant women should never touch it casually, let alone take it every day."
"Who prescribed this beauty cream to Wu Baolin?"
As soon as Judge Jiang finished speaking, Wu Baolin's mind seemed to go blank.
It was common for women in the palace to love various beauty recipes, so it couldn't be considered Wu Baolin's fault.
But when she heard what Judge Jiang said, she suddenly felt a palpitation in her heart and her hands were shaking with panic.
Eunuch Shi'an stood beside the emperor, waiting on him. He waved his whisk, as if seeing through everything: "Wu Baolin, the baby you are carrying is the most important thing. The emperor and empress are here, why don't you confess?"
Wu Baolin was startled. He stood up suddenly, walked to the emperor and knelt down, "Your Majesty."
"This beauty cream is, is..."
The emperor's patience was always short: "What is it? You've been talking about it for a long time, why don't you tell me how it came about?"
Wu Baolin was so frightened that he could not speak. The palace maid beside him was glanced at by the emperor and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, this prescription was found by the master and sent to the palace by her family."
"The servants tried to persuade the master, but the master heard that this beauty cream has miraculous effects on beauty and skin care, and he saw the effects after using it, so he refused to listen and continued to use it."
Even after being murdered this time, Wu Baolin never suspected that there was anything wrong with the recipe of the beauty cream.
The emperor's face suddenly turned dark.
It turns out that Wu Baolin was not murdered, but murdered himself.
The emperor said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid you didn't mention the beauty cream when you asked the imperial physician to treat you privately several times before?!"
If she had mentioned it, and the imperial physician had checked the ingredients, she would not have been allowed to use it again.
Wu Baolin was in tears. She secretly hated the servants around her for being unfaithful and selling her out out of fear of being implicated. She also cursed the Wu family for being unreliable and the beauty prescription they sent to her actually harmed her!
"I don't know... I really don't know!" Wu Baolin cried aggrievedly, and knelt on the ground, looking very pitiful.
She cried out, "Your Majesty, someone must be trying to harm me. The notoginseng powder in the beauty cream is fine, but the pearl powder is mixed with almond powder. That thing is also harmful to me!"
Judge Jiang spoke up at the right moment: "I have checked the pearl powder and found nothing unusual. Almond powder is an important ingredient in making pearl powder. Occasionally applying some on your face can indeed beautify your complexion and will not harm your body."
"Wu Baolin's wounds haven't healed for a long time. This is probably because he's been exposed to almond powder and Panax notoginseng powder every day. The two together have subtly affected Wu Baolin's body bit by bit."
Judge Jiang also said, "Fortunately, Wu Baolin's arm injury caused symptoms to appear, and they were discovered in time, preventing harm to the unborn child. If the wound hadn't persisted, the discovery would have been delayed until Wu Baolin consumed too much Panax notoginseng powder and developed abdominal discomfort. By then, both mother and child would have been in danger."
The emperor raised his hand and swept the hot tea that the palace servant had just brought to the ground.
The cup filled with tea fell to the ground and broke into pieces, making a scary sound.
Wu Baolin was so frightened that he trembled all over and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy from the emperor.
The emperor, however, did not feel the slightest pity for her. If he had not considered that she was pregnant, the cup of tea would have fallen on her.
At this moment, the queen came out supported by someone.
"Your Majesty, rest your anger."
When the emperor saw the queen, his anger subsided a little. "You're not feeling well. Why didn't you stay in bed and recuperate? Why did you come out?"
Having said that, the emperor remembered that the queen was unwell and he had to go to great lengths to deal with the stupid things Wu Baolin had done, and he became even more dissatisfied with Wu Baolin.
The Queen smiled faintly and said, "I am here to plead for Wu Baolin."
The concern on the emperor's face faded a little.
The Queen glanced at Wu Baolin, who lay dazed on the ground, and said calmly, "Wu Baolin is at fault. I have already demoted her to Baolin according to palace rules. She is still pregnant with the Emperor's child. If she is punished again, she will inevitably be frightened, which will be detrimental to the unborn child."
"No matter how big her mistake is, Your Majesty, please consider the heir in her womb and we'll talk later."
The emperor slowly suppressed his emotions and said, "Since the queen has pleaded for her, I will not punish her for now."
He stared at Wu Baolin coldly and said, "If you give birth to the child safely, I can forgive you and even restore your status as a talented person."
"But if the royal heir is harmed in the slightest, you will be sent to live in the cold palace from now on."
Wu Baolin took a while to react, and quickly kowtowed to admit her mistake, "I know I was wrong. I will definitely protect the child in my belly and will never dare to touch anything again!"
After Wu Baolin kowtowed for a while, the queen said coldly, "Help Wu Baolin up."
The palace maids around her helped her up.
The Queen added, "There are many clever people in the palace, but the two who love to be clever are you and Lady Duan."
"When Concubine Duan entered the palace, she was a concubine. The Emperor himself arranged her marriage. Now, she's disliked by the Emperor. She's bedridden all day and only has the title of Beauty... Don't try to follow her example."
This was the Queen's sincere advice to Wu Baolin.
Wu Baolin lowered her head and wiped her tears. "I know I was wrong. I will never do it again. Thank you, Your Majesty, for not holding it against me and for pleading for me."
The Queen: "I am not pleading for you, but for the child you are expecting."
"Go back. I'll have someone send you the prescription that Dean Jiang has prescribed later."
"Yes." Wu Baolin wiped his tears all the way, and only dared to raise his head to look at the road after he left Fengyi Palace.
She walked back to the palace in a daze.
When I passed by Ye Cairen's pavilion, I met her. I didn't know where Ye Cairen had just come from.
Ye Cairen glanced at her coldly, turned around and took his people into his residence.
"Look at her gloomy face. I wonder what she did wrong to get picked on again."
Ye Cairen did not hide her words, and Wu Baolin could vaguely hear them.
She suddenly ran back to Magnolia Pavilion, holding her skirt, and threw herself on the couch, crying loudly.
The servants around him hurried forward to persuade him.
After crying for a while, Wu Baolin looked at the palace maid who had betrayed him today and said coldly, "Go out and kneel!"
The palace maid didn't dare to argue and knelt at the door with her head lowered.
Wu Baolin sent everyone away, leaving only a trusted palace maid behind, who then expressed his true feelings in a tearful and hateful voice.
"Today I was demoted and suffered great humiliation, all because of the Empress and Consort Zhao Shu!"
"They rely on their high status to not take me seriously and bully me wantonly. Sooner or later, I will make them get their comeuppance!"
When the trusted palace maid heard this, her legs almost gave out and she fell to the ground.
The maid was shocked at what kind of master she was following?!
A little Baolin actually dared to hold a grudge against the Queen and the most favored Concubine Zhao Shu in the palace, and even wanted to go against them.
Who gave her the courage? !
The palace maid didn't want to die, but she was the one who followed Wu Baolin from the Wu family, and her indenture contract was still in Wu Baolin's hands, so she couldn't say no at all.
She didn't dare to offer any advice and could only respond to Wu Baolin timidly, occasionally saying a few words of advice.
From today on, Wu Baolin lived in fear every day, only remembering the emperor's words to settle accounts with her, and her personality became more and more gloomy.
After the emperor dealt with Wu Baolin, he did not really forget the matter.
"Jing Wu, go check it out."
"I don't believe this was caused solely by Wu Baolin's own cleverness."
The emperor also knew that he had many capable people in his harem and did not dare to be careless.
Another person who didn't believe that Wu Baolin was not harmed was Concubine Jing.
Ever since her appearance was ruined, she didn't dare look in the mirror during the day. She could only light a candle in her bedroom at night and quietly look at the scars on her face in the mirror.
When she heard the news that Wu Baolin's wound had not healed but had worsened, she immediately became alert.