Too high to reach

Chapter 389 Heavenly Sound
This was the first time Mo Yi had ever seen such an expression on the Queen's face.

A chill ran down her spine. No one would have imagined that the usually virtuous, gentle, and graceful Empress would have such a look in her eyes…

She's been pretending for years on end!

Mo Yuan is quite good at this, it works on the Empress Dowager, but in front of the Empress... she's nothing!
Princess Yu'an suddenly turned to the Empress and whispered, "Mother, why don't we take this opportunity to kill this vile woman?"

The Empress was somewhat surprised and turned to look at her.

"Don't worry about it anymore, it was bound to happen sooner or later anyway. If I fell into the water, she would be terrified, miscarry, and bleed to death... that's understandable. This is your palace! Li Jing's fate is unknown, how could word of this possibly get out?"

Although it seemed absurd, the Empress was unexpectedly swayed by it.

No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Today's incident... it's probably because Yu'an said something that angered Mo Yi. Drowning her is unlikely... but she definitely took action.

The Empress would only scold or be angry with this daughter if her behavior affected the Crown Prince. Everything else, everyone and everything else, had to take a backseat…

Having achieved his current status, if his daughter is still bullied like she was when she was little... wouldn't that be a joke?

It's a fight to the death with Li Jing!
Moreover, the Queen felt that the day when everyone would turn against each other was not far off.

Did you take action to vent your anger?
She turned to look at Mo Yi again. The woman was pregnant... Once things progressed to the end, the old women under her command would naturally know how to cause her to miscarry... Hemorrhage was also easy... Her eyes were deep and unfathomable, like a well on a cloudy night.

This incident is not in Mo Yi's usual way of doing things. She lost control of her emotions in a moment and only felt that she could do it and had to do it, but she hadn't thought about how to clean up the mess afterward...

Seeing the mother and daughter whispering to each other and then looking at me with that expression... what did it mean? Did they want to harm me?

This is insane...

Hongyan gently supported her and whispered, "Your Majesty, don't be afraid. We have already sent someone to inform the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and Consort Liang."

Just then, a palace maid entered through the door: "Your Highness, Consort Liang requests an audience."

With a sarcastic smile on her lips, the empress said softly, "I won't see you."

Hongyan was anxious, knowing that Consort Liang wasn't very capable, which was why she was the last to notify the Empress Dowager. Why hadn't she arrived yet? She was the closest and the first to be notified…

"That vile woman!" Princess Yu'an cursed under her breath, "Mother..."

The Empress shook her head, finally regaining her senses: she had fainted just now, and this kind of approach wasn't something she was good at...

“Before Consort Liang arrived, she would definitely have sent someone to inform the Emperor. You…”

"His Majesty has arrived!" someone shouted at the door.

really……

"Go inside and get dressed... and then..." Before the Empress could finish her instructions, the Emperor strode into the room.

He spotted Princess Yu'an immediately: she was wearing only her underwear and barefoot... He immediately became anxious: "What kind of appearance is this? Physician Chen is still here!"

Princess Yu'an was so angry she almost cried: Your daughter almost drowned, but all you care about is whether she is dressed properly.

She burst into tears right away...

The Empress quickly put her arm around her and gently coaxed her, but then she suddenly realized, "Her? How come she has no waist?"
Before she could even react, a palace maid had already come over and helped Princess Yu'an inside.

"Your Majesty, Yu'an was in great danger just now. It was only thanks to Physician Chen that she was saved... She was so frightened, please don't blame her anymore." The Empress regained her gentleness and spoke softly.

"Hmph..." The Emperor looked at Mo Yi and the maid beside him in their disheveled state, and was annoyed: "What is this mess? Sit down!"

"Her Majesty the Empress Dowager has arrived!" Consort Liang helped the Empress Dowager in.

The Empress Dowager was, of course, the first to receive the news, but she pretended not to know and didn't come... It wasn't until she heard that the Emperor was coming that she finally came out. Upon entering, she looked on curiously, "Oh dear, what's wrong with Seventh Prince's wife? She was perfectly fine when she left my place."

The Emperor, his face grim, sat down in the main seat. "Speak," he said.

"Your Majesty, I haven't been able to get the information out of Yu'an yet after she was just revived," the Empress said gently.

Who will speak?

"Father," Mo Yi said, still somewhat shaken, "why don't you tell me first?"

"Say!"

"Today, when I came out to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, I ran into the Princess. The Princess invited me to stroll in the garden and chat, and then we would come together to pay our respects to the Empress Dowager. I hadn't seen the Princess for a long time, so I agreed."

The princess… was acting strangely today. First, she wouldn't let her maids follow her, and then she spoke haltingly. When her daughter-in-law asked about her marriage, she became angry. Not wanting to provoke further unpleasantness, the daughter-in-law pointed to the flowers and plants in the garden and chatted with the princess. Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, she fell into the water, startling her daughter-in-law so much that she… fell to the ground.”

She took a few soft breaths. "When the princess was rescued, she was unconscious. Father, I was terrified... What's worse, after the imperial physician revived the princess, she... she said that I pushed her... Father, I'm innocent... Ah..." She clutched her stomach and cried out softly.

The beautiful woman dared not speak in front of the emperor, but pleaded with her eyes for the imperial physician to come and take a look.

After Consort Liang entered, she stayed with Mo Yi. "Your Majesty... shall we have Physician Chen examine Mo Yi? We cannot be careless at this time."

"Go and take a look," the Emperor ordered. The imperial physician examined her and said, "Your Majesty, your pregnancy is somewhat unstable. You must not get too excited."

"Your Majesty, why don't you ask the maids? You go first!" The Empress pointed to the princess's maid.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress, our Highness wishes to speak with Princess Qi. He requests that we send our servants and concubines... just that Princess Qi's maids stay away."

A moment later, I heard the princess scream. Looking over… it was indeed Princess Qi pushing our princess. Then, the princess fell into the water. Just now, Her Highness said that Princess Qi pushed her twice; what I saw was the second push.”

The Emperor looked sternly at Mo Yi.

"What do you say?" To show fairness, the Empress asked the beauty again.

The beautiful woman bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty, Your Highness. Just as the princess's maidservant said, things happened. However, nothing happened afterward. I only heard Your Highness calling for help for the princess. I didn't see the princess push her." She glanced at the maidservant again, "I was chatting and laughing with her, and before hearing the princess's cries for help, I didn't look in that direction..."

The maid shook her head: "You're wrong. We heard the princess cry out, and then we saw the queen pushing the princess. The queen only started calling for help after the princess fell into the water!"

"No... We were discussing how much reward you would receive while the princess was getting married... We weren't paying attention to what the princess and queen were doing."

Princess Yu'an changed her clothes, and before her hair was completely dry, she simply tied it back on her head and came out again.

She immediately ran to the Emperor's feet and knelt down. "Father, you must do justice for your daughter! It was Mo Yi who pushed her... I almost didn't get to see you again."

"Your Majesty, in my opinion..." the Empress said, "What Yu'an and this maid said is more true."

The Emperor squinted at Mo Yi...

Mo Yi defended himself by bringing up the same three questions again.

"Your Majesty," the Empress said, "as you know, Yu'an is straightforward, and sometimes his words are unpleasant to hear. And Princess Qi is pregnant, so she's probably a bit more irritable. I guess they had a disagreement and the two of them got into a fight... Princess Qi couldn't control her temper! I think she probably didn't expect the princess to fall into the water, did she? After all, this is in the palace!" She was truly furious.

"Unable to control your temper, you resort to harming others?" The Emperor was furious, clearly believing the Empress's words.

"Father, I am truly innocent! Today's conversation was at the princess's request. And she wouldn't even let the maids come along... Isn't that strange? These maids are all close to us. They know us better than our parents. What is there that we need to hide from them? And then... this happened. It feels like... it's aimed at me?"

"You're talking nonsense! Who do you think you are?"

"Yu'an!" The Emperor slapped the armrest of his chair.

"Why would I go after you?" Yu'an was startled and continued to ask.

"This... I don't know. Otherwise, I would never have gone with the princess..." Mo Yi carefully stroked her belly. "And... Father, the princess seemed different today. Her words were incoherent... and her expression was dazed..."

She looked at Princess Yu'an, mimicking the Empress's gaze, and said, "Or... should we have the imperial physician take the princess's pulse?"

Princess Yu'an suddenly realized what was happening. "No!" she cried out abruptly. "I'm not sick! It was because I mentioned your sister's death that you got angry with me!"

The Empress Dowager suddenly interrupted, "Your Majesty, the two of them have too much disagreement. They are both people of high status and wealth, and we won't get any answers by asking them. Why don't we take these two girls away? Under the punishment of the rod, someone will surely tell the truth."

“Yes!” Yu’an’s eyes lit up.

"I also think it's feasible!" the Empress said.

At this moment, Mo Yi felt immense regret... I was too reckless today!

"Your Majesty, I don't understand. The imperial physician is right here. Why is the princess avoiding medical treatment?" She tried to shift the blame onto the princess.

"Don't rush. Let's get a statement from the Empress Dowager first, according to her wishes! What do you say, Your Majesty?" the Empress asked the Emperor.

"Father, please agree! The truth will surely come out under the rod!" Princess Yu'an's eyes shone with excitement.

The Emperor nodded slightly, and immediately a palace maid came forward to pull him away...

Mo Yi was extremely anxious, clinging tightly to Hong Yan, "Father... this..."

Consort Liang quickly helped her up.

The palace maid, with her back to the Emperor, forcefully pried open Mo Yi's hand. Mo Yi cried out in pain as her hand was pried open, "Father! They've broken my fingers! Hongyan!" Her voice trembled...

This is the first time I've encountered something like this, and I've dragged my beloved down with me.

"Your Majesty, it's alright. Hongyan can handle it!"

“My beloved…” Mo Yi sobbed, and reached out to pull her back.

This is utter chaos! The Emperor is furious. It's just a servant, yet Mo Yi is being so indecisive. Most likely, she laid a hand on the princess!
Is this okay?

"Tear Princess Qi off me!" the Emperor roared.

Suddenly, someone at the door said, "What? I'm not in the capital, and you're so blatantly... bullying my queen?"

The sound was like heavenly music...

I'll send it out first; I didn't get a chance to review it again. I'll correct any mistakes later.