All the civil and military officials in the court can hear my voice

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Chapter 31 Oh, I vomited!

　　Empress Dou personally escorted Qin Zheng out of the palace.

　　——Originally, as she had just had a miscarriage, the queen wanted to rest her for another two months and then give her some money to let her leave the palace secretly, but Qin Zheng insisted on leaving the palace first. The queen thought of a compromise and let her go to the imperial estate under her name to recuperate.

　　"Here is twelve thousand coins." Empress Dou took out enough money for a family of five to spend in a year, and walked Qin Zheng to the carriage. She covered the floor with thick blankets to keep her out of the cold. "Take it well. When you get better, use some of the money to buy a new business."

　　Daxia did not restrict women from going out to earn money to support the family, either by selling wine or opening teahouses. There were women selling food on the streets, changing soup and pouring wine for diners in hotels, women hired to carry sedan chairs, women hired to be cooks for banquets, women invited to practice medicine at home... There were all kinds of women, and there was no need to worry about Qin Zheng eating up all the money.

　　Qin Zheng sobbed as she got on the carriage. She suddenly lifted the curtain again and said, "Your Highness..." The girl's fingers moved nervously on the wooden side of the carriage, "Why are you so nice to me?"

　　She bit her lip lightly: "I... am not a faithful wife and have brought chaos to the palace..."

　　Shouldn't they just order someone to drag me away and beat me to death with sticks?

　　Empress Dou firmly pulled down her hand, stuffed her into the carriage, and wrapped her in a quilt: "You can't catch a cold." Then she said: "Your Majesty has recounted the scene to me. He said..."

　　——The emperor's retelling was filled with anger and disdain, and his tone of comment was very contemptuous. At this point, he only said: "They hid in the cave and lived in obscurity. What's with the 'You smell so good' and 'Your Highness, don't be like this'? It was all pretentious and artificial, and they were half-hearted."

　　But the Queen saw it...

　　"You're shouting 'no' to the Grandson."

　　Empress Dou looked at Qin Zheng and said, "You said: Don't be like this."

　　Qin Zheng's whole body was shaking.

　　Her voice was trembling: "If I was reluctant to accept it!"

　　Empress Dou's voice was still gentle and calm: "I can't judge that every woman who says 'no' is not being coy, but I can't let the world become such that every woman who says 'no' is being coy."

　　Qin Zheng was already in tears.

　　She cried and said incoherently, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I'm sorry. I didn't intend to cause trouble in the palace. I know a little bit of medical skills. Before entering the palace, His Majesty didn't force me. I was too cowardly and only dared to say that I was not a virgin. His Majesty said that he didn't care whether I was a virgin or not, so I didn't dare to refuse. After entering the palace, there was fish soup for lunch. I felt nauseous, so I took my own pulse, and then I found out that I was pregnant. I didn't dare to say it. I'm sorry, Your Highness..."

　　She knelt down on the quilt, crying louder and louder: "The crown prince came in, I asked him to leave, but he refused. He dragged me to the rockery, I said no, he thought I was flirting, and I thought, he loves me so much, so I gave him my life, and I didn't die to prove my loyalty."