An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

When Sang'er cried out, everyone's heart was in their throat. The Queen kept sending people out to urge the imperial physician to come. Her panic-stricken and impatient look made her look like a virtuous mistress of the harem.

If Lingrong did not know the Queen's true appearance, she would have been deceived by her appearance.

Concubine Tian, ​​who was lying on the bed, began to breathe rapidly. At first, there was also a violent coughing sound, but after a while, only the sound of strangled breathing was left.

Sang'er was crying anxiously in the inner room, but the Imperial Hospital was some distance away from Jingren Palace, so they couldn't arrive that quickly.

In less than a cup of tea, He Anming ran into Jingren Palace first. He hurriedly saluted the queen and rushed into the inner room.

"It's hay fever. Change Miss Tian's coat. Sonny, get some water and wipe her down."

Ling Rong and her companions were sitting outside and could only hear the urging voice of Doctor He.

The empress ordered the eunuchs and maids in Jingren Palace to follow the imperial physician's orders. All of a sudden, everyone was in action, and even Jianqiu was called out to boil medicine to preserve the pregnancy.

Soon, other doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau also rushed over. Jiang Cheng was an expert in gynecology and should have gone in to check Concubine Tian's pulse first, but he subconsciously glanced at Concubine Hua.

Concubine Hua pretended not to see it and urged them to go in quickly to check Concubine Tian's pulse. If the prince was ill, they would be in danger of losing their heads.

"Maybe the child is fine. I didn't hear Concubine Tian screaming, so I guess she doesn't have any pain in her abdomen." Concubine Qi had a worried look on her face. "Your Majesty, don't worry too much."

"It would be great if that were the case." The Queen chanted a Buddhist name. Concubine Qi always followed the Queen's lead, so naturally she followed the Queen in reciting the scriptures.

Ling Rong had no choice but to follow the crowd in chanting. She looked at Zhen Huan and found that there was still a butterfly following her, which landed on Zhen Huan's shoulder and slightly opened and closed its wings.

Could it be that the butterfly incense with borneol added had such an effect? ​​Ling Rong silently recalled the spices she had put in. The amount of borneol was very small, and after volatilization yesterday, it should have lost its fragrance-diffusing effect.

Suddenly, Lingrong saw the jade pendant beside Zhen Huan's ear. The butterfly was flapping its wings beside the jade pendant. Presumably, in order to maintain the auspiciousness of the butterfly, Zhen Huan put something in the jade pendant.

Maybe it is the butterfly scent that the queen gave to Fukuko.

Soon, an imperial physician came out from the inner room. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "Empress, Concubine Tian is having a continuous bleeding. I'm afraid..."

"What's going on? Lady Tian's pregnancy has been going well in the past few months."

“Your Highness, I and several imperial physicians have checked your pulse. Concubine Tian’s eyelids are swollen, her eyes are tearing, her face, neck, and throat are severely swollen, and she is coughing violently and having difficulty breathing.

The scorching sun today has made the symptoms more severe, and it looks like hay fever."

"Why is it so dangerous? Is there any way to treat it?"

"Imperial Physician He arrived just in time and has saved Lady Tian's life, but the heir in her belly is hard to save." The imperial physician trembled and bowed, fearing that the queen would vent her anger on him, and brought out several gynecological experts. "Imperial Physicians Jiang Cheng and Jiang Shen are both helpless. Imperial Physician Zhang is taking a close look, and the situation is not optimistic either."

"Tell the imperial physician to save the heir in Lady Tian's belly, no matter how precious the medicinal herbs are."

The emperor finally arrived. As soon as he stepped into the east side hall, people knelt on the floor. The queen took the initiative to apologize and said that she had not taken good care of Concubine Tian.

"How can I blame the Queen?" The Emperor heaved a long sigh. He had already lost two children in succession. He had been particularly looking forward to Concubine Tian's pregnancy since he knew she was pregnant. He even endured Concubine Tian's many tempers and patiently coaxed her and the baby in her belly to be happy.

But who could have thought that just a small flower-viewing party would turn out like this.

"What happened at the flower viewing party?"

"Your Majesty, during the flower viewing party, I was thinking that Concubine Tian was pregnant, so I didn't arrange any games that required physical strength. I just asked the sisters to play the flying flower game."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Concubine Qi hastily testified for the Queen, "Noble Lady Tian didn't even move from her chair. She played Feihua Ling just as well as Concubine Wan, and won quite a few prizes."

Seeing that she was mentioned, Zhen Huan also responded, "Noble Tian is a man of quick wits, and there was nothing unusual when she gave the order."

"Today's incident happened suddenly. The tea and snacks are still in the courtyard. Your Majesty may as well ask an imperial physician to check it out."

The emperor had already suspected that someone had deliberately harmed Concubine Tian, ​​and had already ordered the trusted imperial physician Zhou to investigate.

Soon, the imperial physician Zhou found out the results. There were trace amounts of musk in all the teas and pastries, but the musk content was highest in Concubine Tian and Concubine Wan.

Many concubines drank tea and ate snacks, and now they all looked pale and felt that they were unwell.

The queen looked surprised. She shook her head desperately and said, "I really don't know."

"Queen..." The emperor had a heavy and unhappy expression on his face, and his eyes were almost on fire.

"Your Majesty, I really don't know." The Queen cried. This time even Concubine Qi didn't dare to speak for her. She stroked her chest and took a deep breath.

"Queen, you are too cruel." Concubine Hua pointed at the Queen, gritting her teeth and wishing she could rush up and slap her.

The concubines in the palaces thought that the Queen was going to punish everyone, and they all had bad faces towards her. Xia Dongchun wanted to speak for the Queen, but was held down by Ling Rong.

"But for this flower-viewing banquet, the Empress only proposed the idea. The arrangements for the banquet were made by Concubine Hua, Concubine Jing and Noble Lady Shen. The Empress was not aware of it." Jianqiu knelt down. What the Empress could not say, only she could tell the Emperor.

Concubine Hua glared at Jianqiu fiercely and was forced to bow and say that she was also unaware of the matter.

"Your Majesty, this musk powder was not placed in the tea from the beginning, but fell from the sky. The amount is small, and it will not have any effect on the ladies present who are not pregnant."

This time, the imperial physician was talking in a roundabout way. Even the emperor was confused by what he said, "Why is there musk falling from the sky?"

“It was a butterfly. Someone had sprinkled musk powder on the butterfly’s wings. When the butterfly was attracted by the scent of the flower, it would scatter the musk powder on its wings as it flapped its wings.

"Noble Lady Tian and Concubine Wan, because you won too many flowers with the flying flower order, you attracted more butterflies."

"But there are only a few flowers around Concubine Tian, ​​and the clusters of flowers next to her don't attract so many butterflies." Ling Rong let go of Xia Dongchun's hand and blinked, "Could it be that there is something on them that can attract butterflies?"

"Noble Lady Tian does have it on her body. It is a scented powder bestowed upon her by the Emperor. It was developed by me. Considering that Noble Lady Tian is pregnant, I developed a scented powder similar to butterfly scent, which can indeed attract butterflies." Imperial Doctor Zhou spoke very slowly. Lingrong's legs were numb from squatting before he finished speaking slowly.

The emperor exempted everyone from the formalities and ordered Doctor Zhou to check whether Concubine Wan had anything that could attract butterflies on her body.

Zhen Huan gripped the armrests of the chair tightly with her hands, yet she still managed to maintain some composure on her face.

Doctor Zhou was familiar with all kinds of spices and medicinal herbs. He only took a few steps beside Zhen Huan before he could smell the butterfly-attracting fragrance.

Lingrong guessed correctly, the thing was indeed in the jade pendant on Zhen Huan's ear. Doctor Zhou placed the jade pendant on the table and tapped it lightly, and a lot of powder shook out.

Zhen Huan looked at the powder and her expression changed immediately. Huanbi helped her squat and bowed, "Your Majesty, this powder was put in by me. It is only used to repel mosquitoes and insects."

"This powder is butterfly fragrance, a boudoir fragrance. When it is lit, it is like a hundred flowers blooming, attracting butterflies." Doctor Zhou picked up a little powder and sniffed it. "But butterfly fragrance has no effect on repelling mosquitoes and insects."

Upon hearing the imperial physician's words, Zhen Huan's face turned pale. She suddenly turned around and looked at Huanbi with a look of disbelief.

"Huanbi, didn't you say this is a mosquito repellent fragrance?"

"My lady," Huanbi knelt down immediately, and kowtowed several times under the emperor's serious gaze, "I asked for this spice from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Yesterday, butterflies were flying around the Yongshou Palace, and the emperor and the empress dowager were very happy.

I thought that if the young lady could smell fragrance everywhere and attract butterflies, the emperor would like her more.

The young lady has been depressed since she lost her unborn child. Yesterday was the happiest day for her. So... so I was wrong.

Your Majesty, my lady, I know I was wrong."

"Your Majesty, Huanbi is also thinking about me. Please don't blame me."

Just as the emperor was about to speak, the imperial doctors came out one after another.

"How is Lady Tian?"

Imperial Physician Zhang Mi shook his head. Concubine Tian’s bleeding had barely stopped, but the child was already gone.

"Your Majesty, I have always been responsible for Concubine Tian's health. Before Concubine Tian went to the flower-viewing banquet today, I even felt her pulse. The heir is doing well.

But today, under the combined effects of hay fever and musk, the heir in her belly is in danger. If I hadn't arrived in time, Concubine Tian's life would have been in danger, Your Majesty."

He Anming knelt down with his hands clasped. He knew Concubine Tian's physical condition best, and what happened today was definitely not just an accident.

"Musk was sprinkled on the wings of butterflies. Concubine Tian was the only one who was pregnant in the courtyard, so she was the only one who felt uncomfortable.

I checked the powder on your body and found a lot of pollen, musk, and scale powder from butterfly wings. The pollen caused hay fever, which almost killed you. "

He Anming knelt upright. He had just heard what Doctor Zhou said. After a little thought, he realized that someone was using butterflies to hurt people.

There were the most butterflies in Yongshou Palace yesterday, and Concubine Wan was wearing scented powder that could attract butterflies. It was hard not to think that it was Concubine Wan who used the butterflies to do this.

He Anming's thoughts made sense, and so did the emperor's. His intimidating eyes fell on Zhen Huan's face. Ling Rong only stole a glance and felt a chill down her spine.

This was especially true for Zhen Huan, who was facing the emperor's gaze. She looked up at the emperor with tears in her eyes, "Your Majesty, do you really want to doubt me? The Imperial Observatory also said that this butterfly flying into the Yongshou Palace is a sign of good fortune.

How could I possibly use the wings of a butterfly to achieve such a vicious purpose? I have also been plotted against and lost my child before."

When the Emperor heard Zhen Huan's crying, he did not show much emotion, but he still waved his hand, signaling Huanbi to help her up.

"Doctor He, Doctor Zhou, the two of you go to Yongshou Palace and check it out."

He Anshu immediately took the order, and he and Doctor Zhou went out one after another. When passing by Ling Rong, he quickly glanced at her.

For some reason, Ling Rong felt that Doctor He knew that she was also one of the people behind the scenes. She calmed down and treated herself as a puppet, not daring to even glance at He Anming.

"There was a butterfly on Concubine Wan's shoulder just now. It seems that this spice can really attract butterflies." Concubine Qi, who had not dared to speak for the Queen just now, spoke up. She looked at the Queen's face cautiously.

Thinking about how I just doubted the Queen Mother, I don’t know if I will be scolded by the Queen Mother later.

In this situation, only the honest and honest Concubine Qi dared to speak. The emperor glanced at her and could hardly suppress his displeasure.

"Before the Flying Flower Order began, Concubine Wan and Noble Lady Tian had an argument. They often quarreled before. Who knows if it was..." Concubine Hua was happy to see it happen whether it was a blow to the Queen or Zhen Huan. This flower-viewing banquet was organized by her personally. Someone actually dared to murder a concubine and put the blame on her. He was really courting his life.

Zhen Huan naturally knew that Concubine Hua wanted to take advantage of her misfortune, so she would not sit still and wait for death. Naturally, she would also bring up the fact that Concubine Hua organized the banquet. "This banquet was organized by Concubine Hua. There are so many flowers that Concubine Tian has hay fever. It's terrible."

“Except for Lady Tian, ​​no one else has ever had hay fever, which shows that there is nothing wrong with the placement of these flowers.

The problem still lies with the musk on the butterfly's wings. Wanpin might as well think about how to explain it later."

Lingrong watched silently from the side. These two people were really bold. Even though the emperor was sitting in the palace, they dared to quarrel about this matter.

Lingrong suddenly remembered that Zhen Huan had called Wang to sue Concubine Hua, and they had a huge quarrel in the palace. The emperor had a dark face, and in order to know more things he didn't know, he could only let them quarrel.

Fortunately, He Anming and Doctor Zhou, who had gone to Yongshou Palace to investigate, came back. Doctor Zhou poured the collected leaves on the table. Everyone came closer to take a closer look and saw that there were white traces splashed on the green leaves. No one knew what it was.

"Your Majesty, the white marks on the leaves are left by the powder of the Butterfly Fragrance. The flowers and plants in this palace have all been sprinkled with the Butterfly Fragrance powder.

It is for this reason that a large number of butterflies gathered in Yongshou Palace yesterday."

He Anming stood upright at the back. He was previously responsible for taking care of Concubine Tian's health, so naturally it was not appropriate for him to be the one to report back now.

His eyes were heavy as he stared at Ling Rong who was sitting at the end.

Lingrong felt frightened by being stared at. She slowly raised her head and met He Anming's eyes.

"Hmm..." The emperor still didn't want to believe that Zhen Huan was responsible for this. After thinking it over again and again, he sent all the doctors out. "He Anming, take good care of Concubine Tian. Everyone else, go investigate."