When I opened my eyes, Zhen Huan knelt in front of me and had a miscarriage

"My humble servant, according to your pulse, it seems that your body is empty, your stomach is cramping, and you have vomiting symptoms, but it does not seem like normal morning sickness. It seems to be caused by external force."

Nian Shilan was very upset at this time and could not understand the medical terms.

Waving his hands, he said, "Just tell me what led to this."

Imperial Doctor Xie glanced at Concubine Li and then swallowed.

"Your Majesty, according to what Miss Mo Hua said just now, it seems that Miss Li suffered from such symptoms in Baohua Palace. I need to find an opportunity to go to Baohua Palace to find out the details. However, the only thing that can be confirmed is that this time Miss Li encountered something that could harm the fetus in her body."

When Concubine Li heard this, she hurriedly grabbed Zhishu's hand, her eyes red and she was very anxious.

"This...what should I do? Who is it that wants to harm my child?"

Nian Shilan lowered her eyes and raised her chin slightly, her emotions fluctuating, and it was unknown what she was thinking about.

Instead, it was the Fourth Prince at the side who spoke.

"Mother, this is quite strange. Wherever Lady Li goes, all the concubines and palace maids will pass by. If someone were to do it openly, wouldn't it be too risky? It would also be easy for people to notice."

He sat at the desk, looking at Concubine Li, feeling doubtful.

Nian Shilan chuckled, "It is indeed risky, so we can only hide it in a place where no one will find it. It must be inconspicuous and difficult for anyone to find it."

"But how do we take action in a place like this?" the Fourth Prince asked again.

Nian Shilan did not respond to him, but asked Concubine Li instead.

"When you went out just now, did you feel uncomfortable or unhappy?"

Having said that, Concubine Li, who had been crying, suppressed her emotions and recalled the story carefully.

"It seemed that, apart from the hot weather, I didn't feel anything. However, I did meet Lady Qi on the way. I spoke to her for a few words, and then I went straight to Baohua Palace."

After saying this, she seemed to have thought of something and her voice became a little louder.

"Oh, right. I felt dizzy when I smelled the fragrance in Baohua Hall. I felt like vomiting after staying in there for a while."

Speaking of this, it is a key point.

Nian Shilan stared at her, "Fragrance? What kind of fragrance would Baohua Palace have?"

"My lady, maybe it's the sandalwood. People who worship Buddha love to burn sandalwood. Maybe it's the smell of sandalwood."

Songzhi lowered her head and replied behind her.

After that, Zhishu also said, "Yes, Madam, what I smelled was definitely sandalwood."

But here, something is strange again.

She asked Doctor Xie, "Does a woman have symptoms of not being able to smell sandalwood after becoming pregnant?"

Doctor Xie thought for a while and said, "This is rare, but everyone's constitution is different, so they may react differently."

After finishing speaking, Nian Shilan suddenly had a breakthrough, "What about Concubine Wan? Is she feeling unwell too?"

Lady Li seemed to have remembered something and continued, "When I came out to vomit, I also saw Concubine Wan coming out to get some fresh air. She also seemed to be feeling quite unwell, but I don't know if it was because of the hot weather or the sandalwood."

By the time she finished speaking, Nian Shilan had already made up her mind.

"It's not a good idea to guess here. I have to go meet this Tan Xiang later."

After Nian Shilan finished speaking, Songzhi stopped her from behind.

"Your Highness, you must not do this. You are still ill. Let me go. If this thing is harmful to your health, how can I live?"

When Songzhi heard that she was going, she became extremely anxious and hurried to stop her.

The Fourth Prince also stood up and said, "Yes, mother, you should have a good rest now. Let me go. Besides, I won't attract attention if I go. After all, I am praying for the Queen Mother, and I am also filial to her."

After hearing this, Nian Shilan felt quite shaken.

After thinking about it, I felt that what the Fourth Prince said was right.

At this time, Doctor Xie also started to persuade him.

Nian Shilan was relieved. "That's good. Then you should go to Baohua Palace today to find out what's going on. It would be best if you can bring back the incense."

Bring back the incense——

These five words seemed to touch Mo Hua's memory, and she suddenly spoke.

"Empress Hua."

Nian Shilan was about to sit down, looked at her suspiciously, and asked calmly, "What's the matter?"

Mo Hua has always been cautious. If she wants to speak, she will talk about important things.

"I remember that the Queen had just ordered the concubines to bring back the items blessed by the magicians and burn incense to pray for the Queen Mother every day so that they could pray for her in the palace. She also specially gave incense to each palace."

As he said this, he went behind him and opened the incense box given by the Queen to show it to Nian Shilan.

Nian Shilan saw that it was just an ordinary incense, so she gave it to Doctor Xie.

"Thank you, Doctor. Can you take a closer look at this and see if there's anything unusual?"

Doctor Xie held it in his hand, smelled it, then crushed the powder into his hand.

Then he even cautiously asked Fu Dong for fire and lit it.

I didn't smell anything unusual after lighting it.

So he shook his head in surprise and said, "Your Highness, this is just ordinary sandalwood, nothing special."

Nian Shilan was quite skeptical and didn't believe it at all.

The Queen went through so much trouble today, but in the end she just let all the concubines in the palace take this away. Is there really no other intention?

"Could it be that the problem lies only with the incense in Baohua Hall?"

Lady Li asked, she indeed felt uncomfortable only when she smelled the fragrance of Baohua Palace.

"Now it seems very likely. I'll have to trouble Fourth Prince to make another trip." After saying this, Imperial Doctor Xie bowed to the Fourth Prince.

The Fourth Prince nodded. Although he was young, he had grown a lot now.

He is no longer the naive child in the Old Summer Palace. Now his face has more youthfulness.

He raised his chin slightly and said, "Mother, I won't waste any more time and will rush to Baohua Palace right away."

Nian Shilan was a little worried and called him, "Be careful. If you can't finish it, come back and don't let them suspect you."

"I will."

He said, and walked away.

Since Concubine Li was not feeling well, Nian Shilan asked her to move to her own palace first.

After everything is clear, I will ask her again.

Doctor Xie took the incense and returned to the Imperial Hospital.

He had dealt with two difficult medical cases this afternoon, so he had to come up with a solution quickly when he returned.

After everyone left, Nian Shilan was so tired that she almost fainted.

She didn't know why her body suddenly became so weak.

I don't even know where the disease came from or why it turned out like this.

Songzhi was filled with heartache when she saw this, and handed over the medicine that Fudong had just ordered to be prepared.

"My lady, take some medicine first, and then you can take a rest."

Nian Shilan was helped to sit on the soft couch, holding a soup of medicine in her hand, the bitter smell of which went straight to her nose.

She just felt the smell and leaned back.

But I was weak and had to drink it.

In the past, she would drink those unpleasant-smelling pregnancy-maintaining and pregnancy-care drugs without blinking an eye.

Now I don’t know if it’s because I drank too much of those medicines that caused my body to become like this.

Even the cause of the disease could not be found.

When she finished drinking, she was shivering with bitterness. Songzhi quickly took the bowl away and handed her sour plums to relieve the bitterness.

"Empress, please eat something." She said this in a soft voice, but her eyes were slightly red.

Seeing that she seemed about to cry, Nian Shilan smiled.

"Silly girl, why are you crying?"

"I feel that it is not worth it for Her Majesty. It is clear that Her Majesty is not pregnant, but Her Majesty treats Concubine Li so well. I just don't understand why Her Majesty said she wanted to go to Baohua Palace again when her body is already in such a state. If the Fourth Prince was not here, I am afraid that Her Majesty would really go."

Songzhi spoke word by word, clearly expressing her concern for Nian Shilan.

"Songzhi, I know what you are thinking." She forced a gentle yet pale smile, stretched out her slender white fingers, and wiped away the tears on her face.

"I, selfishly, don't want any more of my children to die in Yikun Palace. What's more, the Queen took advantage of my serious illness to attack me, and she is preparing to make fun of me. If I don't fight back at this moment, I will be trapped in my own web. It is important to get hold of something that the Queen can use against me."

She spoke slowly, with a more meaningful look in her eyes.

Songzhi knew that the queen could always see things that she couldn't see and wanted to be ahead of her.

But all she saw was the Empress suffering from illness.

Just this point, she didn't care about anything else.

"Your Majesty, I am stupid, but I just hope that Your Majesty will be in good health and happy." As she spoke, tears fell from her eyes.

Nian Shilan forced a smile, held her hand and said nothing more.

……

Side hall.

Mrs. Li never imagined that her decision would cause so much suffering to her daughter.

When he came back, he was almost carried in.

Concubine Li suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, feeling extremely uncomfortable all over, so Mohua and Zhishu served her in the room.

"Oh, it was fine when I left, how come it became like this when I came back?"

Mrs. Li was so anxious that tears welled up in her eyes and she was about to break into the house.

He was stopped by the palace maid guarding the gate.

"Madam, the young master cannot stand the wind right now, so you should wait outside. It won't be too late to go in and visit her after she drinks the medicine and feels better."

What the palace maid said made sense, and Mrs. Li did not dare to disobey her.

At this time, she was afraid that a wrong decision on her part would bring trouble to her daughter.

So he anxiously pulled the palace maid who had just spoken and asked.

"You went out with the young master today. Tell me, what happened?"

The palace maid knew nothing about what happened in Baohua Palace, so she could only tell the lady what she had seen and heard.

"I don't know about this either. I just know that the young lady met Concubine Qi on the way. Concubine Qi always bullies our young lady, so she said a few unpleasant words to the young lady. After that, the young lady went to Baohua Palace and kept vomiting for no reason and felt unwell."

Upon hearing this, Madam Li asked again, "Lady Qi? Whose family is she from? Is she pregnant? Is she very much loved by the Emperor?"

The maid shook her head, "She was not pregnant. On the day when he entered the palace with my young master, the emperor still picked our young master's name card. But everyone in the palace knows that it was that night that Concubine Qi completely started to hate our young master. From then on, whenever she met her, she would ridicule her. Once, she even wanted to hit our young master. Fortunately, Concubine Jing rescued her."

"What? You want to hit my Ying'er?"

In such a long paragraph, Mrs. Li only heard this sentence.

She was furious. "She's not pregnant yet she dares to act so arrogantly in front of Ying'er. I think she must have deliberately poisoned and cursed Ying'er behind her back, that's why she's like this!"

She gritted her teeth and hated Concubine Qi, whom she had never met, to the extreme.

Suddenly Mo Hua ran out and prepared to go out.

Madam Li grabbed her and asked, "How is our Ying'er?"

"The young lady has just taken the medicine and has cleaned up. Madam can go in and take a look."

Mrs. Li opened the door without saying a word and ran in.

Sitting at the head of the bed, the first thing he did was to stare at Concubine Li's belly.

"How is it? Is the child still alive after all this trouble?"

Li Guiren held her belly, her eyes full of fatigue, "Mother, don't worry, I'm still here, I'm still here."

"The child is in a rage now. How could this happen? With such a big thing happening, why doesn't the emperor come to your palace to take a look?" Madam Li complained.

Concubine Li's voice sounded noticeably weak. She was already very tired, but she had to respond to her mother's nagging but caring questions.

"The Emperor is a very busy man, how could he care about me? Besides, Concubine Hua said that it is not appropriate to spread the news, so she has suppressed the matter for me."

"Suppress this matter?" Mrs. Li's voice was much louder, and she seemed very dissatisfied.

Concubine Li closed her eyes, feeling quite helpless, and pressed her chest, trying not to care about what she said.

"This Concubine Hua is very strange. She always deliberately finds excuses to prevent the emperor from seeing you. Now that you are sick, it is a good opportunity to play the victim and get the emperor's pity. How can you hide it like this?"

Li Guiren interrupted immediately, "Mother, Concubine Hua has her reasons for doing this. Besides, I know that she is kind to me. I regard her as my benefactor. If you say this again next time, I will be really angry."

If she didn't interrupt quickly, she was afraid her mother would say something unpleasant.

"Silly girl, I want to remind you that even your aunts and I have so many intrigues in our house, and there is no such thing as ridiculous sisterhood in this palace."

Mrs. Li rarely said something from the heart, but Concubine Li ignored her as if she didn't hear it.

Seeing that her daughter wouldn't listen, she was helpless and couldn't say anything else.

So he asked again, "What's going on between you and that noble lady Qi?"

Speaking of Concubine Qi, Concubine Li has a lot of grievances to express.

When his mother asked him about it, he started talking as if he had opened a box of chatterboxes, and he talked incessantly about his dissatisfaction with Concubine Qi and how Concubine Qi had targeted him.

The more she talked, the more Mrs. Li felt sorry for her daughter.

I really don't know, she suffered so much in the palace, her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.

He hated the legendary Concubine Qi with gnashing teeth.

I think she is just jealous and domineering, bullying her own daughter.

So a dark idea gradually grew in her mind.