An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

After Su Peisheng returned to the palace, he immediately went to the Yanx Palace to find out about Concubine Xia's situation.

Although Concubine Xia did not see Lingrong and Concubine Tian, ​​she showed a good face when she saw Su Peisheng and did not make Su Peisheng too embarrassed.

But for her, the emperor assigned Su Peisheng back just to show his concern, and it was not necessarily sincere.

But Su Peisheng was a man of good words. He keenly noticed that Concubine Xia was in a bad mood, so he explained the current situation one by one, including why the emperor did not come back, and naturally why Lingrong and Concubine Tian did not send anyone to follow her.

"So what you mean is...I was murdered?"

Concubine Xia's question stunned Su Peisheng. He did not expect that all the masters of the Old Summer Palace knew about the situation, but Concubine Xia herself knew nothing about it and even thought she had just fainted.

"My young lady, you, you are too careless. Fortunately, you are blessed with great fortune, and nothing went wrong with you and the heir."

"I just went to enjoy the flowers, who knew I would be tricked. Now I know who attacked me."

"My lord," Su Peisheng was really helpless. He resisted the urge to sigh. "I just rushed back to the palace. I barely had time to catch my breath before I came to see your condition. I haven't had time to check it out yet."

Xia Dongchun frowned, hummed and said nothing more.

Su Peisheng knew that Concubine Xia was like this, so he wouldn't take it too seriously. However, he did feel a little emotional and was unwilling to continue comforting her.

He bowed, saluted to Xia Dongchun and was about to leave, but unexpectedly Xia Dongchun suddenly spoke up and told him to take a rest before investigating the case and not to rush.

If he ignored Mingyu who was making faces at the side, Su Peisheng would probably really think that Concubine Xia was a good master who cared about her subordinates.

He even turned around to look at Mingyu, but the latter was unaware and was still busy giving advice to Concubine Xia.

"I thank you for your concern, my lady, but even if I want to rest, I will have to wait until Imperial Doctor He takes your pulse before I can rest assured."

Even though Su Peisheng could tell that Concubine Xia was not sincere, he still expressed his gratitude without revealing anything.

With Xia Dongchun's permission, He Anming immediately stepped forward to take her pulse.

I thought it would be over soon, but after taking the pulse, He Anming asked Xia Dongchun to use another hand.

His expression became more and more solemn. Not only was Su Peisheng a little worried, even the usually careless Xia Guiren noticed something was wrong and looked at He Anming cautiously.

"My dear, have you been feeling pain in your lower abdomen or waist recently?"

Xia Dongchun nodded. She had all these symptoms. At first she thought someone had drugged her with musk or safflower, so she called several imperial doctors to take her pulse.

However, all the imperial doctors did not find anything abnormal and only advised Concubine Xia to reduce her movements and rest well in the palace.

"The imperial physician also said that many women experience this in the early stages of pregnancy. As long as there is no bleeding, there is no need to worry too much."

Mingyu recalled what the imperial doctors had said, and took out the medicine Xia Dongchun had used, "I followed the instructions of Concubine Sheng and kept a copy of the medicine used by the young lady in case of emergency.

Now all the medicines are here, Doctor He, please take a look, is there any problem?"

He Anming looked at the medicinal materials, one package after another, there were indeed a lot of them. But fortunately, they were not drug residues, and it was easy to tell what kind of medicine they were.

"I checked and found that the herbs were all pregnancy-preserving medicines. I just made some adjustments based on Lady Xia's physical condition. There is nothing abnormal."

"Then..." Mingyu repacked the herbs and put them back into the cabinet in the hall, "Then how did the young lady's symptoms come about?"

"I'm not sure at this moment, but when I was taking Lady Xia's pulse, I felt that it was very weak and slippery, almost nonexistent, which was really surprising."

"Doctor He, please explain clearly what this pulse condition means."

Xia Dongchun didn't understand what He Anming was saying, so she became anxious. She urged He Anming to explain, "Don't be so nagging, but what happened to my child?"

"Lady Xia, it's not that I intentionally delayed, but your pulse is strange, and I can't figure out what caused it for the moment."

He Anming frowned, still thinking about the strangeness of Xia Dongchun's pulse, "The pulse is intermittent, proving that the heir to the throne is in very poor health and has problems.

But apart from fainting and lower abdominal pain, Concubine Xia did not show any other symptoms.

Even Lady Xia's complexion is ruddy, and one can tell from looking at it that her Qi and blood are full, which makes her pulse seem strangely tight."

Xia Dongchun had no idea what he was saying. He just had a stern face and looked extremely angry.

But He Anming seemed unaware. He hesitated for a long time before expressing his guess, "Now it seems that there is only one possibility, that is, the queen was poisoned. This poison is mild and has a long incubation period. It was not until now that the clues were revealed.

Fortunately, the pulse is still there, proving that the heir to the throne is not in serious trouble. The most urgent task is to find out what the poison is."

Su Peisheng finally understood that Doctor He wanted to check Yixingxuan to see if there was anything abnormal.

But Xia Dongchun and Mingyu obviously didn't realize what He Anming meant. The two looked at each other, and it was Mingyu who spoke up, "Doctor He, would you like to check the Madam's diet? But Doctor Zhu always checks before the Madam eats, and there is nothing abnormal."

"No," He Anming shook his head, "According to my guess, the effect of this poison is peculiar and takes a very long time to take effect, so it is almost impossible to take it in through daily diet.

It is very likely that someone has put poison in the palace without knowing it. Lady Xia, can I check the candles, incense burners and other items?"

"This candle is often used, but the incense burner has not been used since the young lady became pregnant."

Mingyu was not sure which candle had the problem, so without thinking, he brought all the candles from the warehouse.

He Anming did not think it was troublesome, so he sat down at the table and started checking them one by one.

Su Peisheng looked tired, and thinking of Concubine Sheng's instructions, he took his leave first, using the excuse of going to check Chengqian Palace first.

"Eunuch Su...Eunuch Su," Xia Dongchun almost called out Su Peisheng's name, she paused, "I went to Chengqian Palace on my own, it actually has nothing to do with Concubine Sheng.

The flowers there are in full bloom, and no one except me dares to go there."

Su Peisheng was a shrewd man. He sensed something unusual in Concubine Xia's words. He turned his eyes and said, "Concubine Xia, do you mean that whenever you go for a walk in other places, someone will come to disturb you?"

"Yeah, that Kang Da Ying is like a follower, she follows me wherever I go.

I've told her so many times, but it's no use. I can't go anywhere now.

Even when I went to see Concubine Jing, she would follow me closely, and Concubine Jing would not refuse her, which made me feel uneasy.

Finally, I had to wander around the Yanxi Palace, but I would get tired of the scenery, so I went to the Chengqian Palace. Concubine Sheng didn't like Kang Da Ying very much, so she naturally didn't dare to follow me. I was able to live in peace for a few days."

"In that case..." Su Peisheng deliberately stopped talking. He had realized that Kang Da Ying was not afraid to follow Concubine Xia to Chengqian Palace, but was just doing it on purpose.

The purpose is to make Concubine Xia make a wrong judgment and fall into their trap.

But Su Peisheng naturally would not say this immediately. After he realized it, he stopped talking, thinking that Concubine Xia would understand after she figured it out.

However, he overestimated Xia Dongchun. Not only did the latter not understand, but he urged Su Peisheng again, "Why are you hesitating today? Say it quickly if you have anything to say."

"Lady Xia, I only have some guesses, but I don't have any evidence right now so I can't tell you in detail. Once I find out the whole story, I will tell you everything."

Xia Dongchun frowned and thought, but he still couldn't figure out what problem Su Peisheng found in his words.

She even began to think that there was indeed a problem with Chengqian Palace, and Su Peisheng was hesitating just to save An Lingrong's face.

But she quickly dismissed the idea, because she really couldn't think of any reason why An Lingrong would murder her, and could only conclude that she was wrong.

"Could it be that all this was planned by Kang Da Ying? But how did she know for sure that I would go to Chengqian Palace?"

Hearing that Concubine Xia could come up with such an answer, Su Peisheng felt excited, as if his concubine had grown up.

It’s a pity that Xia Dongchun didn’t think much about it, and the rest of the things still need Su Peisheng and He Anming to investigate.

"I will have to investigate this matter to find out the truth. Please don't worry too much, my lady. With the Emperor on your side, you will be safe."

"Of course I trust the emperor and you," Xia Dongchun casually replied to Su Peisheng, and her eyes fell on He Anming, "Doctor He, have you found anything abnormal? You are not exaggerating."

"Please forgive me, Lady Xia. I haven't noticed anything unusual yet."

He Anming was also a little helpless. The pulse was clearly abnormal, but he didn't find anything unusual in the store. He couldn't understand it no matter how hard he tried.

"Lady Xia, I, Eunuch Su and I, will go to Chengqian Palace to check first. I'm sure there will be some clues left there."

"Go ahead. If you can't find any information, you two don't have to come back. Just go back to Yuanmingyuan and report your uselessness to the emperor."

"Please rest assured, my lady. Doctor He and I will get to the bottom of this matter."

The two men finally left the Yanxi Palace, and when they stood on the side of justice, they couldn't help but sigh together.

"Noble Xia and her maids in the palace know nothing about the current situation. It is really difficult to get any useful information from them."

Su Peisheng almost couldn't help laughing. It was the first time for him to see a concubine who was so indifferent to him. She knew nothing about anything, but he didn't expect that she trusted her sisters so much.

"Lady Xia..." Su Peisheng also sighed, but since both of them were serving these masters, they didn't dare to say anything more. "Doctor He, let's go directly to Chengqian Palace."

After arriving at Chengqian Palace, the two knocked on the door for a long time before Tang Di came to greet them. Since Xia Dongchun's accident, Chengqian Palace had not been open, so the door opened much more slowly.

But fortunately, Tang Di was an obedient person and kept everything from that day as it was. Even the rocking chair that Xia Dongchun touched was still lying on the ground.

As expected, He Anming found insect repellent powder under the tree, and even a lot of it was sprinkled under the roots of the flowers in the flower bed.

Because these things were well preserved, He Anming easily found the toad venom in the medicinal powder, and thus understood the reason why Concubine Xia fainted.

"Is Lady Xia's current health condition caused by this toad venom?"

"No, it seems there is another drug. If Concubine Xia is exposed to toad venom for a long time, she will definitely not be able to keep her pregnancy."

But fortunately, this trip back to the palace was not completely fruitless. With the toad venom, I was able to catch the person behind the scenes.

"Then Imperial Doctor He should go back to the Imperial Hospital and check whether the toad venom came from the Imperial Hospital.

I'll go check the Ministry of Internal Affairs to see if there has been any toad venom flowing into the palace."

The two hit it off and acted separately, but Su Peisheng came back to investigate Tang Di.

The palace maids and eunuchs of Chengqian Palace all said that they did not find anything unusual about Tangdi. In fact, Tangdi had never seen anyone except the people in Chengqian Palace.

Su Peisheng also knew that this showed that Tang Di was indeed loyal to Concubine Sheng. It seemed that Tang Di was not aware of the anthelmintics that were spread beforehand.

In this way, Concubine Sheng could rest assured that there was no nail in the palace, and if anyone could get away with it, it was only because the master was not there.

After instructing Tang Di to take good care of Chengqian Palace, Su Peisheng finally left. However, he did not check the situation of the medicinal materials, but instead found out the person in charge of spreading the anthelmintic.

The dosage of medicine sprayed in Chengqian Palace was far greater than that in other palaces, even three times more than that in Yanx Palace.

Therefore, the person in charge must have been bribed, and Su Peisheng knew it very well.

After all, Su Peisheng was the emperor's man, so the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not dare to delay, and the person they were looking for was soon found. He trembled in front of Xia Dongchun, crying and howling that he was wronged.

With just a look from Su Peisheng, the servant fell silent. Xia Dongchun held her stomach and looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression.

"Lady Xia, this person spread anthelmintic medicine mixed with toad venom all over the palace, and Chengqian Palace even deliberately spread it several times, which caused the young lady to faint."

"Tell me, who ordered you to do this?"

When Xia Dongchun heard that he had fainted because of this servant, he immediately became angry and said with raised eyebrows, "You are so bold, you don't want your dog life anymore!"