Chapter 1046 - Chapter 1046: The Death of Consort Jing (1)
Chapter 1046: The Death of Consort Jing (1)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
At the end of the rockery was a long staircase. At this moment, there was a woman lying at the bottom of the stairs. At this moment, there were already large patches of blood under the woman. Shen Miao and the two maids were stunned and went forward to check, only to be surprised to find that the woman was Consort Jing.
At this moment, Consort Jing was holding her stomach, her face covered in sweat, and her face was as pale as paper. She curled up into a ball and groaned in pain. Shen Miao looked up and saw that there were bloody handprints of someone from the top of the long stairs to the bottom. Clearly, Lu Jing had rolled down from these stairs just now.
Seeing Shen Miao, Lu Jing reached out with all her might and suddenly said,
“Save me.” Then, she fainted.
Ba Jiao asked, “Madam, this…’
“Call someone over.” Shen Miao frowned and said, “After all, she’s pregnant with a royal descendant. Moreover, if word gets out that I turned a blind eye to it, it will not do any good to Prince Rui.”
Ba Jiao nodded and quickly went out. Hui Xiang looked around and shook her head. “There’s no one else.”
“The murderer ran away a long time ago.” Shen Miao narrowed her eyes. “To be able to hurt someone so openly in the palace, this murderer is quite bold.” She looked at Consort Jing, who was on the ground, almost dead, and sighed. Shen Miao had seen women having a miscarriage in the harem. With Consort Jing like this, she was afraid that the child in her stomach could not be kept. Shen Miao did not pity Lu Jing, but she felt sorry for the unborn child. If not for the fact that the child was reincarnated into Lu Jing’s stomach, it would not have suffered this calamity. At the thought of the child’s death, Shen Miao suddenly thought of the face of the young man she saw in the forest just now. Her heart skipped a beat. If that was really Fu Ming, why did he not want to see her? If that was not Fu Ming… why did he look so similar to Fu Ming?
Shen Miao thought to herself that there were only so many people in the palace. After she was done dealing with Lu Jing’s matter, she would ask Xie Jingxing or the empress to find the young man. She did not believe that she was hallucinating because she was clear-minded.
The people Ba Jiao called over quickly arrived. When they saw Consort Jing like this, they were all shocked. Although Emperor Yong Le did not seem to care about Consort Jing being pregnant, the child in her stomach still had royal blood after all. Looking at her now, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that she was going to die.
Without saying anything, these people quickly sent Consort Jing to the Jinghua
Palace and went to inform Emperor Yong Le and Empress Xiande. Because Shen Miao was the first person to find Consort Jing, no matter if it was related to her or not, she could not leave.
Hui Xiang was a little uneasy. The matters of the royal family were the most complicated, especially when it involved the death of royal descendants. Hui Xiang even suspected that this was a trap set up for Shen Miao.
Emperor Yong Le and Empress Xiande quickly rushed over. Shen Miao realized that Xie Jingxing was not around and did not know where he was. She wanted to tell him about Fu Ming.
After Emperor Yong Le came, he asked about the ins and outs of this matter. At that time, Consort Jing did not even have a palace maid by her side. Otherwise, she would not have fallen down the stairs without anyone around to help her. She could only ask Shen Miao for help. Empress Xiande frowned and asked,
“Isn’t Consort Jing talking to Miss Ye in the Jinghua Palace? Why did she go to the royal garden? Where is Miss Ye?”
Surprisingly, none of them suspected Shen Miao at all.
Shen Miao was a little surprised. Before she could speak, screams suddenly came from the room. Right on the heels of that, a few of Consort Jing’s maids ran out and knelt down to Empress Xiande and Emperor Yong Le.
The imperial physician walked out and wiped his sweat. He said in a low voice, “Your Majesty, I’m useless. Consort Jing is dead..”