Inside the Sui Yuxuan, Zhen Huan's face was pale and she was weakly held in the emperor's arms.

The emperor asked Wen Shichu with a gloomy face: "What kind of poison did Huanhuan get?"

Wen Shichu was covered in cold sweat. He never thought that someone would add Gelsemium to the medicine he prescribed for Zhen Huan to replenish qi and blood. He answered carefully: "Your Majesty, it is Gelsemium. Fortunately, Concubine Wan was favored by the emperor. She only took a small sip and realized something was wrong. Otherwise, Concubine Wan would have died now."

The emperor's face was so dark after hearing this that water could drip from it. He laughed in anger and said, "There is such a vicious person hidden in my harem. Interrogate all the servants in Sui Yuxuan carefully and find out who is behind this."

Su Peisheng obeyed the order.

Zhen Huan cried silently after hearing Wen Shichu's report. She cried like a pear blossom in the rain. The emperor felt even more distressed when he saw her. He whispered to her, "Huan Huan, don't be afraid. I am here. I will find the person who hurt you and punish him severely. No one will dare to hurt you again in the future."

Zhen Huan gave a weak smile and said, "I believe that Si Lang will protect Huan Huan, but Huan Huan has never quarreled with anyone since entering the palace. How did she bring about a fatal disaster? When Si Lang finds the mastermind behind this, Huan Huan will definitely ask him about it. Please allow me to do so."

The emperor naturally agreed to such a request. Coincidentally, the imperial physician brought the medicine at this time. The emperor carefully fed the medicine to Zhen Huan, and then called Su Peisheng in after she fell into a deep sleep.

Today the Queen had a headache again. When she heard that Zhen Huan was poisoned and vomited blood, she endured the headache and brought the concubines to visit her. The Emperor kept them all in the flower hall for tea on the grounds that there were too many people and it was not convenient for the imperial physician to treat them.

When everyone was getting impatient, Xiao Xiazi came in and delivered the order: "The emperor has ordered that Gelsemium elegans was put into the medicine of Lady Wan. For the safety of all the ladies, please wait for a while and leave after the matter is clarified."

The queen had a piercing headache and was hammering her head with her hands. Upon hearing this, she just nodded slightly: "I understand. Tell the emperor that I will control everyone."

Hua Fei started to make a scene: "The Queen has a bad temper. Does the Emperor mean that we are all suspects by doing this? I want to talk to the Emperor and have it all clear."

Xiao Xiazi bowed and said, "You are worrying too much, Concubine Hua. The Emperor's order only said that all the concubines should wait for a moment. Please don't embarrass me, Concubine Hua."

Hua Fei wanted to make more trouble, but the Queen stopped her with a shout: "Hua Fei, please calm down. The Emperor is afraid that someone behind the scenes will take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble. You must understand the Emperor's painstaking efforts."

Hua Fei glanced at everyone and saw that everyone had speculative eyes on their faces. She felt upset. She rolled her eyes at everyone and said, "Sister, I am thinking about the Queen. You are still having a headache. Why did you come here? Besides, sister is not anxious. The one who poisoned me is anxious."

Xin Changzai said sarcastically, "Could it be that Concubine Hua knows who is behind this?"

Hua Fei knew that Xin Changzai was a talkative person and could say anything. She glared at her and said, "The Emperor has asked someone to investigate, so why are you waiting so anxiously?" After saying that, she closed her eyes, as if she didn't want to talk to her anymore.

When Xin Changzai saw that Hua Fei ignored her, she didn't look annoyed at all. Instead, she turned around and whispered to Chun Changzai to comfort her.

An Lingrong was terrified. In her previous life, Zhen Huan was poisoned by a chronic poison, so how come it was replaced by the highly toxic Gelsemium elegans in this life?

But on second thought, Zhen Huan was confined to her room for a month before she was favored in this life. Her Sui Yuxuan must have been planted with people from all sides, so it is normal for someone to kill her.

Half a day later, Su Peisheng carefully entered the bedroom and bowed to reply: "Your Majesty, I have carefully examined everyone in Suiyuxuan, including the personal servants of Lady Wan, and there is no problem with them. However, I was negligent and one person escaped."

The Emperor looked at Zhen Huan who was still sleeping soundly and motioned for Su Peisheng to continue.

"A young palace maid named Hua Sui has run away. I have already sent someone to look for her. Hua Sui used to serve Yu Shi. When Yu Shi was demoted to a court lady, she was sent back to the Imperial Household Department. Later, the Imperial Household Department sent someone else in."

The emperor's eyes were filled with chills: "Are you saying that someone wanted to kill Concubine Wan a long time ago?"

Su Peisheng lowered his head even lower, and replied cautiously: "Everything will have to wait until I find the person."

The emperor waved his hand at him and said, "You go ahead. I'll wait here."

In the evening, Su Peisheng found Huasui, who had been strangled to death in the rockery in the imperial garden.

In the Suiyu Pavilion, the Emperor had been guarding Zhen Huan. After hearing Su Peisheng's report, he said, "She was silenced. Is everything normal in the Flower Hall?"

Su Peisheng thought for a moment and replied, "Except for Concubine Hua who made a few noises, the other consorts were very quiet."

The emperor said in a deep voice: "That's her personality. Let them all go. You can continue to investigate the matter of Huasui."

After night fell, Zhen Huan finally woke up. Jin Xi hurried forward to help her up and whispered to her the results of Su Peisheng's investigation.

Zhen Huan sneered: "You want to kill people to silence them? Are you sure I have no other way to deal with them?" Then she called Jin Xi to discuss in a low voice.

After the queen returned from Sui Yuxuan, her headache became even more severe and she was bedridden.

As soon as the emperor left, the queen fell ill, and all the palaces became relaxed for a while.

Noble Lady Fucha wanted to invite An Lingrong to Baohua Palace to chant sutras and pray for the Queen, but An Lingrong refused on the grounds that she was having her period and it was inconvenient for her to enter the Buddhist temple.

Given Fu Cha's family background, neither the Queen nor Concubine Hua dared to do anything to her openly. All An Lingrong had to guard against was covert tactics.

Unexpectedly, Fu Cha still got into trouble. On her way back from praying in Baohua Temple, she was frightened by a ghost in white and fainted.

The news that the harem was haunted caused a sensation.

The concubines who were on good terms with Noble Lady Fucha came to visit.

An Lingrong looked at the frightened Noble Lady Fucha. She was negligent. She thought that Yu was dead in this life and Hua Sui was silenced. Zhen Huan would never let Xiao Yunzi pretend to be a ghost to scare the person behind the scenes again.

However, if they are going to start a fight, they should find the person with the greatest suspicion. Noble Lady Fucha did not even have any verbal conflict with Zhen Huan, so she should not be used as a warning to others.

An Lingrong was very annoyed, but she couldn't expose Zhen Huan's tricks, so she could only secretly blame herself for being careless.

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