HLnovel Chapter 183 Despair
Chapter 183 Despair
Eunuch Liu took action himself and quickly stuffed a ball of cloth into Mrs. Zhou's mouth.
Mrs. Zhou's words were suddenly blocked.
She whimpered, her eyes full of dissatisfaction and resentment.
"Woooo..."
She was dragged away by two old women. When she left, she looked at Zhou Shiya, her eyes filled with tears of humiliation and unwillingness.
Zhou Shiya knelt down and reached out to grab Mrs. Zhou's hand.
"No, don't take my mother away."
She burst into tears, her eyes filled with despair.
She couldn't imagine why things had developed to this point.
She didn't do anything. They had no intention of harming Zhou Lingge today.
But... Zhou Lingge still didn't want to let them go and refused to live in harmony with them.
Zhou Shiya hated Zhou Lingge to death.
She wants her to die!
She didn't want to let this bitch live anymore.
She had already lost Nanny Zhou, and she must not lose her mother again.
Zhou Shiya held Mrs. Zhou's hand tightly, unwilling to let go.
"My mother was wronged. You can't just take her away like this."
"There are doubts about this matter. Your Majesty, you cannot put the blame on my mother just because you favor Zhou Lingge."
She rushed forward and hugged Mrs. Zhou tightly.
No matter how the palace maids pulled, she was unwilling to let go.
Mrs. Zhou cried heart-wrenchingly and held Zhou Shiya tightly, as if she had grabbed the last straw.
The Queen Mother looked at this scene, her eyes filled with gloom.
Her lips moved as she looked at Qin Feiling: "Emperor, Madam Zhou is a royal consort after all. It would be better to inform Minister Zhou first about this matter."
"Besides, the Queen is pregnant with your child. She's so emotional, what if she has a miscarriage? In any case, you should at least forgive Madam Zhou for the Queen's sake."
Zhou Shiya almost forgot that she still had an ace up her sleeve.
Her eyes moved, and she immediately covered her belly, her eyes full of pain: "Ah, my stomach... seems to hurt a little, could it be a miscarriage?"
Nanny Qian immediately broke free from the palace maid's grip and threw herself in front of Zhou Shiya.
"Your Majesty, please don't get excited. The heir is the most important thing..."
Zhou Shiya's eyes were red as she hugged Madam Zhou tightly. "If I remain indifferent and show no emotion when my mother is wronged, am I still worthy of being a child? Your Majesty, please forgive my mother for the sake of our children..."
Her face was filled with sorrow as she looked up at the cold-blooded emperor.
She only asked this man to give her some respect and forgive her mother for the sake of their past relationship.
But she was too naive after all.
Qin Feiling's attitude was very firm. He was not soft-hearted at all and would never give in.
"The emperor is guilty of the same crimes as the common people. Empress...are you allowing me to blatantly abuse my power for personal gain and pervert the law?"
"If this precedent is set, how will I govern the empire in the future? I have made up my mind. Please, Queen, do not make it difficult for me. Otherwise, anyone who pleads for mercy will be punished with the same crime."
Zhou Shiya's body trembled slightly, and she looked at the cold emperor in disbelief.
Her eyes were full of panic.
Qin Feiling's cold gaze was like a sword, piercing straight into her eyes.
"Queen, do you want to be punished with the same crime as Madam Zhou?"
"Or do you feel that you've had enough of being the queen and don't want the position anymore?"
Zhou Shiya's face suddenly turned pale.
Her lips moved, and she could no longer utter a word.
Qin Feiling looked at Eunuch Liu.
Eunuch Liu naturally understood what His Majesty meant. He immediately squatted down and forcefully pried open Zhou Shiya's hands that were holding Madam Zhou.
He twisted each of his fingers until they turned red.
Zhou Shiya's heart sank inch by inch.
Her fingers even bled.
She just stared at Qin Feiling, tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, I have a stomachache..."
Qin Feiling's expression didn't change at all. There was even a hint of annoyance in his eyes: "Queen, stop threatening me with the heir to the throne."
"If this child is really so useless, then he has no right to be my child."
Zhou Shiya looked at Qin Feiling with astonishment in her eyes.
Her fingers suddenly felt free, and Eunuch Liu immediately pulled Madam Zhou up and had two maids drag Madam Zhou away.
Mrs. Zhou cried.
There was despair in her eyes.
Zhou Shiya's heart was broken as she watched her mother being dragged away.
There was nothing she could do.
She only felt a fishy and sweet taste in her throat.
With a "puff", a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.
Then, everything went black before her eyes and she fainted completely.
The Queen Mother was terrified, fearing that something might happen to the baby in the Queen's belly.
She immediately had Zhou Shiya lifted up and placed on the couch so that other imperial doctors could take her pulse.
"We must ensure that the royal heir is not harmed."
Qin Feiling watched all this with indifference, without any guilt or heartache in his heart.
Whenever he thought of that vicious woman, Madam Zhou, and how she had tortured the imperial concubine over the years, he felt so angry that he wanted to skin her alive and tear her bones apart.
As the legitimate daughter of the Zhou family, Zhou Shiya could not have been unaware of the torture her mother had been doing to the imperial concubine over the years.
So how can the Queen be innocent?
Qin Feiling recalled that the Queen had drugged the Imperial Concubine and sent her to him as a tool to consolidate her favor.
What is the essential difference between the Queen and Madam Zhou?
Qin Feiling slowly turned around and returned to the inner room.
Chang Hui has found the source of the poison, so he is busy developing an antidote.
Qin Feiling picked up Zhou Lingge and carried him sideways... and brought him to his own Wolong Palace.
The imperial concubine is in danger now, and he is worried about letting her stay in Yuanchen Palace.
He can only feel at ease if he keeps the imperial concubine under his own supervision.
He hardly slept a wink that night.
Zhou Lingge was in a nightmare all night. No matter how he called her, he couldn't wake her up. She seemed to have suddenly fallen into her own world.
When the sky was about to brighten.
Chang Hui finally developed the antidote.
He hurried into the inner hall and carefully stuffed a black pill into Zhou Lingge's mouth.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine should be fine after taking the antidote."
Chang Hui wiped the sweat from his forehead. His eyes were red from staying up all night.
Qin Feiling breathed a sigh of relief.
He raised his hand and gently touched Zhou Lingge's cheek: "When will she wake up?"
Chang Hui replied cautiously, "It will probably take two hours."
At this time, Eunuch Liu walked in from outside and said, "Your Majesty, it's almost time to go to court."
Qin Feiling didn't move. At this moment... he actually didn't want to go to court.
This was the first time since he ascended the throne that he had considered not attending court.
But he curbed this dangerous and absurd idea in time.