Li Qingmu was speechless, what kind of trick was his little wife playing?

Neither of them would engage in futile efforts, so there must be something fishy.

"Woof, woof, woof..."

The dogs over there fought over some chilled fruits, while Long Yue walked to Li Qingmu’s side, snuggling against him.

"What exactly are you doing?"

The man asked in a low voice.

"Just watch, why so many questions?"

Long Yue was not polite to him at all, and the man’s face darkened further. His eyes flashed slightly, probably pondering how to deal with this disobedient little woman after the child is born?

"Woof... woo..."

The couple was quietly contending with each other, yet the surrounding atmosphere was filled with sweet love, while on the other side, several dogs were frantically fighting for food.

Suddenly, the mother dog that was brought over let out a choking whimper and fell to the ground with a thud.

Blood began to spread from beneath her.

"Oh no, something’s wrong, something’s wrong! A life has been lost... a dog’s life!"

A palace maid screamed, chattering loudly, and someone immediately pulled her aside, cautioning with a look.

His Majesty the Emperor and Ming Fei are here. If you alarm the dragon heir in Ming Fei’s womb, be careful not to lose your own life!

Li Qingmu saw the bleeding mother dog and thought of the playful situation Long Yue had set up. Suddenly realizing something, his gaze turned cold.

He no longer cared about that unruly palace maid and said coldly, "Get the Imperial Physician!"

For the dog to bleed and collapse while eating fruit, it was obvious that there was something wrong with the fruit!

All the people here were savvy, having survived in the harem, any truly foolish ones would not be seen alive.

At this sight, they knew something was about to happen.

The Emperor was likely to get angry!

Soon after, Doctor Wen from the Imperial Medical Bureau personally came to check the mother dog’s condition. His expression changed slightly, and he turned to say, "Your Majesty, this dog... ingested safflower, which resulted in the miscarriage."

"Ah, safflower?" Yu Zhu exclaimed, "This can cause a miscarriage, where did it come from?"

Doctor Wen said, "It’s the skin of these fruits. They were soaked in water infused with safflower; when eaten, some of it gets transferred."

"Oh, this is too vicious. Luckily, Her Majesty didn’t eat, otherwise... hey, phew, phew, phew..."

Yu Zhu mumbled tremblingly with fear, while on the other side, Li Qingmu let out a disdainful cold laugh, "Ha, safflower? I heard before that someone in the harem likes to use things like safflower to harm others, it seems to be true?"

Everyone around fell silent, lowering their heads deeply, afraid to be targeted by Li Qingmu.

Some timid ones were already trembling, ready to collapse at any moment.

This matter had nothing to do with them, but the invisible pressure released by Li Qingmu was truly terrifying; some frail ones could not withstand it at all.

"Hmph!" he suddenly shouted sharply, coldly saying, "Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! We must catch the person behind this and punish them severely without leniency!"

"Your Majesty, these fruit boxes were all sent from Empress’s side..."

A palace maid hiding among the crowd suddenly said. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Upon hearing this, someone immediately echoed, "Yes, yes, these were all sent from the Empress’s side..."

The palace maid who spoke was shut up by Li Qingmu’s icy glare.

"The Empress?" He thought these people were foolish beyond measure, "Does the Empress not want to live? Daring to meddle with things she sent herself? Clearly, someone wants to kill with a borrowed knife! Whoever devised this plan has excellent skills!"

Taking advantage of the Empress sending fruit boxes, the problematic ones were sent over, causing Long Yue to miscarry. It would certainly be said that the Empress did it.

But in fact, it had nothing to do with the Empress, and she would certainly deny it completely. Thus, the matter would surely be thoroughly investigated, but through back-and-forth struggles, any useful evidence might be buried, and ultimately, the truth might never be discovered.

"Your Majesty, forgive us!"

After hearing Li Qingmu’s analysis, those palace maids who shouted realized they had made a big mistake, kowtowing and begging for forgiveness.

Li Qingmu, feeling annoyed, ordered them dragged away for thirty strikes each, indifferent about their survival!

"Your Majesty, since the incident happened today, it should be resolved today. Otherwise, things may be forgotten if delayed."

Long Yue gently caressed her own belly, where a little life was growing. It should be a happy thing, but someone actually dared to target her child?

This cannot be tolerated!

Dare to harm her child?

If she doesn’t retaliate, then she isn’t Princess Consort Mu!

Li Qingmu knew his little wife’s character, so he asked, "Then according to Ming Fei, how should we investigate?"

"Simple, since the issue lies with the fruit boxes, start with the fruit boxes. Investigate who delivered the fruit boxes today?"

"Go investigate!"

The Palace Attendants immediately went to work, and soon, several palace maids were brought in.

Meanwhile, Empress Nianxi arrived as well.

With a cold face, she looked at Li Qingmu, "Does Your Majesty think this was my doing? Rest assured, though I do not like Ming Fei, I would not harm the child in her womb!"

Li Qingmu looked at the fuming Nianxi and frowned slightly, "I did not say the Empress did it, please return, Empress!"

Nianxi, ignoring Li Qingmu’s indifference, gritted her teeth harshly, "I won’t leave! I must also see who is trying to frame me to harm Ming Fei!"

Nianxi was furious this time. Thankfully, the plot was discovered. If Ming Fei had really miscarried, it would be difficult to shake off the blame!

So she refused to leave, determined to supervise the investigation.

Li Qingmu had no special liking or disliking for Nianxi, so he ignored her and turned to the several palace maids.

"Your Majesty, have mercy, have mercy! We don’t know anything; we didn’t know the boxes had problems, sobbing..."

"Your Majesty, Your Grace, please have mercy on us servants!"

"..."

The five palace maids and a female official trembled under Li Qingmu’s gaze, kneeling and kowtowing desperately.

They truly knew nothing and felt wronged!

Li Qingmu sat coldly on the Dragon Throne prepared by Chen Liu, Long Yue still reclined on the soft lounge.

"I have not accused you; you’re crying as if someone has died, what is this about?"

Long Yue smiled lightly, her smile like a spring breeze, but the palace maids on the ground felt a chill.

Which palace concubine would stay unmoved when someone tried to harm her child?

Each one could eat people alive!

This Ming Fei appeared to be highly capable, making them very anxious!

"Tell me, did you encounter anything unusual while delivering the fruit boxes today?" she said, then looked at Nianxi sitting beside, "Sister believes that the fruit boxes from her place had no issues, certainly tampered with midway."

Nianxi coldly said, "Ming Fei should know, I disapprove of such despicable methods!"

Long Yue believed that. She had interacted with Nianxi and knew she didn’t favor overly sinister means, but wouldn’t rule out small schemes, it came down to the bottom line.

She did have a bottom line.

Therefore, it must have been someone else.