The Queen was quite knowledgeable in medicine. Besides the Emperor, An Lingrong also knew this.

Therefore, when Yongzheng asked the Queen to check the spices in the boxes, An Lingrong remained calm, while Concubine Hua looked puzzled.

She understood that the emperor must have a lot of doubts and confusion about this matter, and might even doubt herself.

Therefore, even if the emperor ordered Su Peisheng to find the imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau at this moment, Concubine Hua would not feel surprised.

But the emperor just asked the queen to go over and take a look - what could the queen see?

"I haven't come into contact with these things for a long time. I'm afraid I can't see the clues in the fog."

Faced with the emperor's request, the queen was naturally unwilling.

After a brief silence, the queen made up an excuse.

This was obviously an excuse, but considering the queen's status, it was reasonable.

She was well versed in medicine in her early years, but after becoming the queen, she had a noble status and had to manage the six palaces and take care of all kinds of matters, big and small. How could she have the time to study these things?

"It's okay, just take a look. I don't need you to study it clearly."

Yongzheng did not care about the "excuse" given by the queen. Instead, he shook his head, signaling the queen to just go and say whatever she wanted after seeing it.

"Yes."

The emperor had already said so much, the queen naturally had no way to continue to prevaricate, so she had to ask Jianqiu beside her to get the boxes.

An Lingrong sat in her seat from beginning to end, looking unconcerned.

Based on her understanding of Concubine Hua, the spices in those boxes must have been prepared by her in advance, and her purpose was very simple, just to get close to her.

Concubine Hua's ability is obvious, and it is impossible for her to do it all by herself and take care of all these details, so these things must have been prepared by her subordinates and then sent over.

Regardless of whether Cao Qinmo contributed to this or not, these things added together would definitely constitute the "forbidden fragrance" that the other party referred to.

An Lingrong had already thought about all of this clearly on the way here.

Moreover, she had already prepared a response plan.

Throughout the ages, women in the harem have used an endless variety of methods to win the favor of the king, and using perfume can be said to be one of the best.

However, everything in the world is mutually dependent and mutually exclusive.

Take these spices for example. When combined with each other, they can both soothe the mood and intoxicate the mind. However, if the amount or type of them is slightly changed, the final product will naturally be far from the original.

Therefore, An Lingrong's way out of the impasse is to start from this aspect.

"Your Majesty, I noticed that some of the perfume powders in these boxes seem to be extracted from fragrant flowers. However, there are many spices among them that I have never seen before."

After reviewing it for a while, the Queen told the Emperor her conclusion.

Hearing this, Yongzheng looked puzzled, and said to Su Peisheng: "Go and see where the imperial physician is!"

Because it was Concubine Hua who sent someone to invite the imperial physician, Songzhi died quite quickly.

Now, half an hour has passed since An Lingrong arrived, but Song Zhi, who went to the Imperial Hospital, is still nowhere to be seen.

Yongzheng now clearly wanted to hear the imperial physician's professional judgment and then analyze the "truth" of the matter.

Before that, he naturally wouldn't show anything.

Su Peisheng took the order and left. After a while, he came back with a strange look on his face.

At the same time, there was another imperial physician following behind Su Peisheng.

"Your Majesty, may your majesty live in peace! May the Empress live in health and happiness! May the Imperial Concubine Hua live in peace! May the Imperial Concubine An live in good health!"

This imperial physician was a "newcomer" who had just joined the Imperial Medical Bureau not long ago. Although he had treated the ladies in the palace, on a daily basis he just checked the pulse of a few concubines and maids.

He was called over simply because his name was mentioned. As a result, when he entered Chuxiu Palace, he saw the Emperor, Empress and Concubine Hua. Even An Lingrong, who had the lowest position, was the mistress of a palace and was pregnant with the dragon offspring.

Doctor Xu was extremely nervous, with cold sweat on his forehead. When he stood up, he was trembling, making people wonder if he would faint on the spot in the next second.

"Eunuch Su, why are you and the imperial physician the only ones back? Where's Songzhi?"

Concubine Hua did not see her trusted maid, and when Su Peisheng came back just now, his face was obviously full of strangeness. All this made her feel uneasy.

"Reporting to the Imperial Concubine! I met this Imperial Doctor Xu on the way. As for Miss Songzhi..."

Su Peisheng knew that Concubine Hua would definitely ask him about this matter, but when he talked about Songzhi's whereabouts, his tone paused and his expression became more and more strange.

Su Peisheng is an old eunuch serving the emperor and has seen many ups and downs.

His pause not only made Concubine Hua feel something was wrong, but also made the emperor curious.

"What exactly happened?"

Yongzheng had already asked, so Su Peisheng could only say, "Your Majesty! I heard from Doctor Xu that Miss Songzhi had just arrived at the Imperial Hospital. She only said that she wanted to invite the imperial physician to Chuxiu Palace, but before she could explain the reason, she suddenly fainted!"

So, at this time, Songzhi was still lying in the Imperial Hospital, which was why Imperial Doctor Xu was casually pointed over.

Because there were not many people on duty in the Imperial Medical Bureau, everyone was shocked by Song Zhi's sudden fainting.

Although no one knew what had happened to this senior palace maid in the Yikun Palace, she was a favorite of Concubine Hua. Because of this, the doctors on duty in the Imperial Medical Bureau did not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

"Why did Songzhi faint when everything was fine?"

Concubine Hua didn't expect Songzhi to fail at such a critical moment, and immediately questioned Su Peisheng and Doctor Xu.

"Well, Madam Hua Guifei, I was not traveling with Madam Songzhi, so I naturally don't know what happened."

Su Peisheng looked innocent. He didn't expect that Concubine Hua could actually blame him at this time.

As for Doctor Xu, he was even more innocent. He didn't even know Songzhi and had never diagnosed her. How could he understand why Songzhi fainted?

According to Concubine Hua's original plan, after Songzhi went to the Imperial Medical Bureau, she would bring Geng Zhao, a newly "promoted" imperial physician, with her. Then everything would naturally fall into place.

However, man proposes, God disposes. Songzhi suddenly fainted. Apart from saying "send the imperial physician to Chuxiu Palace immediately", she didn't have time to say anything else before she fainted.

Geng Zhao wanted to volunteer, but he was new and was ignored. Doctor Xu, who had slightly more experience than him, was lucky enough to be named.

"Okay, don't bother talking too much here. Songzhi is in the Imperial Hospital, and the imperial physician will take care of her. Imperial Concubine, don't worry."

As soon as Yongzheng opened his mouth, Concubine Hua was instantly speechless.

Then, Yongzheng said to Doctor Xu: "You, come and take a look at these spices."

"Yes!"

Hearing the emperor's words, Doctor Xu's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he could only go forward to examine him with trepidation.

After a detailed inspection, Doctor Xu wiped the sweat off his forehead with his sleeve and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, according to my humble judgment, most of these spices are extracted from various flowers, which must have been distilled, dried and burned. Because more than ten kinds of flowers are combined together, the fragrance is very special!"

"Is there anything wrong with that?"

After listening to what Doctor Xu said, Yongzheng nodded first, and then asked if there was anything wrong with these spices.

As soon as the emperor opened his mouth, everyone's eyes instantly turned to Doctor Xu, which made him feel even more pressured.

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