The imperial physician took the pastry from Jianqiu's hand, examined it carefully, tasted it, and then knelt down to pay his respects.

Without waiting for him to speak, the queen asked, "Are the cakes poisonous?" The queen's question was very direct.

The imperial physician was stunned for a moment, thinking, if it is poisonous, would I dare to taste it? "Replying to the Queen, the cake is not poisonous, but this is not pure black plum cake, hawthorn is added in it."

"So what if we added hawthorn?" the emperor asked with a frown.

"Your Majesty, hawthorn is non-toxic and is good for the stomach and digestion of ordinary people. However, Shunpin is about to give birth, and hawthorn has a great effect in inducing labor. If we prescribe the right medicine, it will not cause much harm to the body, but..." The imperial physician did not say anything else, because although Shunpin's child was barely full-term, it was not a natural labor after all. This sudden induction of labor would be bad for both the child and the mother.

At this time, Hepin happened to walk into the palace. She stepped forward, bowed, and asked, "Doctor, hawthorn can induce labor, but did I hear it wrong?"

"Your Highness, hawthorn does have the effect of inducing labor. You heard it right."

Hepin, who had already stood up, knelt down again. Everyone was shocked. "Hepin, what are you doing?" Jingpin asked.

"Your Majesty, I had clearly asked the nanny to check that day and found no signs of labor. However, I went into labor suddenly in the middle of the night and almost killed two people. I have been puzzled all this time. Today, I began to suspect something after hearing what the imperial physician said, because after dinner that day, my palace also presented me with a plate of black plum cake like this." Concubine He had long been puzzled by her sudden labor, but she never had the right opportunity to speak it out.

When the black plum cake was brought in that day, Hepin was a little surprised as to why the cake was sent to her at this time. She still remembered that the little palace maid said, "Your Majesty, I saw that your meal was a bit greasy today, so I brought you the black plum cake to help you get rid of the greasiness and prevent you from being hungry at night." After the little palace maid left, she asked the nanny to check that it was not poisonous, and she also ate two pieces. Now she thinks that it was because she ate too little, so the medicine was slow to take effect and took effect in the middle of the night.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Who could have thought that hawthorn could have such an effect? ​​Of course, Concubine Hua and Concubine Cao were not among the surprised people. They knew that it was because Concubine Cao had eaten too much hawthorn when she was pregnant. However, since she was only five months pregnant at that time, it did not harm her body. However, the imperial physician also warned that hawthorn should not be eaten too much.

Now that the old matter of Concubine He was brought up again, Concubine Hua and the others were all feeling uneasy. Because they had fooled everyone that day, no one had any doubts about the food, so they did not deal with the little palace maid who delivered the cakes. They thought that this chess piece might be useful in the future, and besides, dealing with it abruptly would also cause everyone to have doubts. They just didn't expect that it was a wrong move.

The emperor waved his hand, and Su Peisheng immediately went out to arrange for people to control the people in Qixiang Palace and find out the little palace maid mentioned by Concubine He.

Ling Rong, who was far away in Yongshou Palace, was eating melons in real time. When she heard that the emperor sent people to take control of Qixiang Palace, she guessed that it was probably Zhen Huan who led the emperor to suspect that there was a problem with Mei Jie's delivery. She knew there was a problem at that time, but she didn't know how Concubine Hua could achieve the effect of inducing labor without arousing suspicion. After all, safflower and musk are common sense, and even if there is no imperial physician, the concubines themselves will avoid them.

Ling Rong was in her advanced period and she had a general relationship with Shunpin, who was in trouble this time, so she didn't insist on going to see him. She just kept asking Zhang Qilin to go to Qixiang Palace to get information. When she knew that the fruit that had the effect of inducing labor was hawthorn, she was stunned for a moment. She had eaten hawthorn two days ago, but not much. She looked at Li Ma, "Ma, I ate hawthorn two days ago. Is everything okay?"

"You'd better not eat it in the future. I've already mentioned this to the imperial physician when he checked your pulse today. He said you're in good health and it's okay to eat less." Nanny Li said.

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