I insist

Chapter 129: Crying Out for Justice

Unfortunately, as his body stopped, his mind went blank for a moment, and he collapsed to the ground.

No one expected this to happen, and they could only watch helplessly as Song Miqiu's head slammed to the ground.

"What's going on!?"

"This servant doesn't know either. This person had just stepped forward when he suddenly fell to the ground."

Hearing everyone's answers, the concubine looked at Song Miqiu and noticed that he was covered in straw, his hair was disheveled, and his face was covered in dust, looking utterly wretched.

She still smelled strange, which made her take two steps back.

Upon seeing this, the palace maid immediately helped Consort Lin up and carefully led her to a seat nearby.

"Your Majesty, perhaps you should just let it go; this person is truly an eyesore."

"No, I have questions for her. Wake her up immediately."

The group looked at each other, and finally, they raised a cup of tea brought by Yu Songmiqiu and poured it on the other man's face.

With the water moistening her lips, she couldn't help but open them and lick the water droplets remaining on her lips.

With difficulty, she opened her eyes and met the gaze of the person in question. She struggled to sit up and look at Consort Lin opposite her.

"My lady..."

Hearing his own hoarse, saw-like voice, Song Miqiu couldn't help but shut his mouth and stare intently at the teapot on the table.

Upon noticing where she was looking, the other person didn't seem to mind at all, and simply waved their hand to hand over the entire pot of tea.

Song Miqiu didn't care about anything else, snatched the water jug ​​from the guard and drank it in big gulps.

"Your Majesty, I am innocent!"

Having regained some strength, Song Miqiu began to wail, her eyes constantly scanning the guards standing to one side.

Once you decide you want to do more, people will become defensive, leaving you kneeling in place, endlessly recounting what happened in the past few days.

“You don’t know, these days they’ve been depriving me of food and water, forcing me to confess three times a day.”

"But I didn't administer any medicine. In fact, when I discovered that the Empress's pregnancy pulse was weak, I even used acupuncture to try and save her, yet I ended up like this. If I had known this would happen, I should have continued to be a country woman. Why did I have to..."

Song Miqiu didn't know what to say next, so she simply replaced it all with wailing, hoping that the other party would take pity on her.

Persistence pays off; Consort Lin finally made a move, getting up to help Song Miqiu to her feet.

Unfortunately, just as they were about to touch, another pair of hands blocked them.

"Your Majesty, be careful. This woman may very well be staging this herself, trying to put on a show of suffering in front of you."

"A self-inflicted injury? At this age, torturing yourself like this?"

Consort Lin gave a mocking smile, but did not reach out again. Instead, she had a guard take Song Miqiu aside to rest.

"You don't know, that child's pulse was extremely weak at the time. If I hadn't administered the acupuncture through your abdomen, I'm afraid..."

"What could you possibly do? Don't spout nonsense here. You can't afford to frighten the Empress!"

Upon hearing this, Song Miqiu seemed frightened and dared not utter a sound, cautiously glancing at Consort Lin beside her.

The other party simply snorted coldly, causing the palace maid to retreat again, becoming as quiet as a doll.

Once he was sure he could continue, he nodded but didn't say anything more. Instead, he indicated that he wanted to take Lin Fei's pulse again.

But no matter whether it was explicitly or implicitly suggested, the other party did not reach out, so he could only give up the idea and quietly sit aside and talk about what happened back then.

Having talked until her throat was dry, Song Miqiu wanted to say that she wanted to eat something, but she was worried that if she left the Empress's sight, she would be poisoned again, so she didn't mention it.

In the end, perhaps due to the intense struggle, Song Miqiu even felt her vision blurring.

"Your Majesty, I am truly innocent. Please have mercy and do justice for me."

"I was already unconscious at that time, how could I..."

Before he could finish speaking, Song Miqiu's eyes rolled back and he collapsed to the ground again.

Seeing that she hadn't moved for a long time, Consort Lin looked at the palace maid again and ordered her to come forward and investigate.

Although they didn't know what Song Miqiu was up to, the palace maids were unwilling to get close, but they had no choice but to move forward because of the Empress's order.

After much hesitation, he finally stood in front of her and reached out to turn her over.

"Your Majesty, Physician Song has fainted."

"Summon the imperial physician."

The guard immediately responded and turned to run quickly toward the Imperial Hospital.

When the imperial physician arrived, he saw Song Miqiu still lying on the ground and was filled with emotion, but he immediately looked away when he saw Consort Lin.

"Is Consort Lin feeling unwell? Please allow me to take her pulse."

"It's not me, it's her."

The imperial physician followed Consort Lin's finger and looked at Song Miqiu on the ground. He frowned slightly, but immediately squatted down to examine her.

He quickly looked away with an expression of understanding, then stood up and secretly sized up Consort Lin.

"Your Majesty, she fainted from hunger. She will be fine after eating something."

"Are you hungry? Go and prepare the food, and be quick."

When Song Miqiu was fed some water again to regain consciousness, he was overwhelmed by the variety of delicacies laid out before him.

Unfortunately, because those people had drugged her, she didn't dare to reach out directly, but instead cautiously looked at Consort Lin.

"Thank you for your help, Your Majesty, but these foods are cold in nature and not good for your health, so you'd better eat less of them."

"You still care about me at a time like this?" Consort Lin smiled slightly and waved her hand at the food in front of her. "These are all prepared for Imperial Physician Song."

Upon hearing this, Song Miqiu wanted to reach out and put it in her mouth, but feeling the gaze on her back, she could only exert maximum control to prevent her hand from touching anything.

But she was so hungry that when she saw Consort Lin nod in agreement, she couldn’t resist picking up her chopsticks and stuffing food into her mouth.

Hot or cold, salty or spicy, Song Miqiu stuffed all the food she could reach into her mouth.

When Lin Fei saw this, she was stunned by the way the woman ate so roughly. She stared blankly as the table full of food disappeared.

When Song Miqiu stopped eating, the people nearby were so shocked by her enormous appetite that they didn't know how to describe it and could only stare at her as if she were a monster.

Knowing that her actions had startled people, she could only pick up a teacup and take a couple of sips to hide her embarrassment.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I was so hungry that I couldn't control myself and ate a little... hiccup."

Song Miqiu couldn't help but cover his mouth with his hand and let out a burp.

The crowd looked disgusted and tried to persuade the Empress not to get close to this person, but she stopped them with a look.

Sensing this, Song Miqiu's lips curled slightly, and he was still planning how to take revenge, but he frowned again because of another person who was slowly walking over.

"Why are you so late?"

"Your Majesty, I have truly been wronged. Please, please see the truth."