Rebirth of Her Royal Highness the Princess

"Cough cough." A violent cough sounded, and the emperor leaned palely on the dragon throne, with a trace of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

"Ah! Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" The eunuch beside him was terrified and hurriedly supported the emperor, shouting in a trembling voice.

"Imperial Physician, call the imperial physician quickly!" The eunuch turned around and shouted to the guards behind him anxiously.

The emperor vomited blood and fainted. This was a big deal. The whole palace was thrown into chaos. The palace maids and eunuchs ran around in panic.

Soon, a group of imperial doctors came in a hurry. They looked nervous and did not dare to be negligent. The leading imperial doctor quickly stepped forward, carefully examined the emperor's condition, and began to use various diagnostic methods.

The atmosphere in the palace was solemn, and everyone held their breath, waiting for the doctor's diagnosis. The eunuch paced anxiously, praying in his heart that the emperor would be safe.

Soon the queen and the concubines gathered together. After some emergency diagnosis and treatment, the imperial doctors reported to everyone with heavy faces: "The emperor's condition is very serious and he needs to recuperate. During this period, the court affairs will be handled by the prince." Everyone was shocked to hear the news.

The queen, in particular, had a hint of barely perceptible worry in her eyes, while the other concubines, each with their own thoughts, began to plan for their own future.

At this time, in the emperor's bedroom, only the prince and several close ministers were guarding the bedside. The prince looked at the unconscious emperor with a sad face, and secretly made up his mind to manage the government well and live up to his father's expectations.

At the same time, the situation outside the palace has become turbulent, and various forces are ready to move. A struggle for power is about to begin...

In the Prince Duan's mansion, Prince Duan was standing by the window with his hands behind his back, staring at the scenery outside the window, with a lot of thoughts in his mind. He knew that his father's illness would inevitably cause undercurrents inside and outside the palace, and as a prince, he would inevitably be drawn into this vortex of power.

At this time, a confidant came hurriedly and reported the latest situation in the capital in a low voice. Prince Duan frowned slightly, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

"Pay close attention to the developments in the court, especially the Crown Prince." Prince Duan said solemnly, "Also, send someone to secretly protect my brother's safety."

The confidant took the order and left, but Prince Duan felt even more depressed. Now the situation was unclear, and he had to be careful and cautious in order to protect himself and the people in this power struggle.

In the following days, Prince Duan actively rectified the internal affairs of his fiefdom, and on the other hand, he kept in touch with various officials and dignitaries, trying to sort out the current situation. However, the struggle in the palace intensified, rumors spread, and people were in panic for a while.

The virtuous king in his fiefdom and the commoner king Xuan were plotting how to return to the capital properly.

There was also constant smoke of gunpowder in the palace.

"Empress, Empress, what's wrong with you?"

The virtuous concubine suddenly fainted, which frightened the palace maids.

"Imperial physician, go and ask for the imperial physician!"

The maids shouted in panic, but no one dared to leave easily. Because at this time all the doctors were waiting outside the emperor's bedroom, no one dared to go and ask them to come and treat him.

However, just when everyone was extremely anxious, a palace maid suddenly had an idea and thought of someone - Princess Zhaoyang. Wasn't she waiting outside the emperor's palace? Perhaps she could ask her for help and ask her to help find the imperial physician.

So, the maid ran out in a hurry and ran towards the direction of the emperor's bedroom...

The palace maid came to Princess Zhaoyang, bowed and said anxiously: "Princess, the virtuous concubine suddenly fainted and urgently needs treatment from the imperial physician." Upon hearing this, Princess Zhaoyang immediately followed the palace maid to the virtuous concubine's bedroom.

"Why did mother faint?" Hua Xiulan asked anxiously.

"Princess, your Highness only drank a bowl of yam porridge this morning." The maid replied with her head down.

"Is there any porridge left?" Hua Xiulan frowned and thought to herself.

"I'll go to the small kitchen to look for it." The maid left in a hurry, leaving Hua Xiulan alone to pace in the palace.

"Princess, the imperial physician has arrived." The voice of the young eunuch came from outside the hall.

Hearing this, Hua Xiulan quickly stood up and walked to the door to greet the doctor, saying, "Please come in!"

After the imperial physician entered the room, he bowed to Hua Xiulan, and then Hua Xiulan brought the imperial physician to the bedside and said to him, "Quick, show it to mother."

The imperial physician responded, then asked the palace maid beside him to pull out Concubine Xian's hand, took out a handkerchief and placed it under her wrist, and began to carefully feel her pulse.

After a while, the doctor let go of Concubine Xian's hand and stood up. Hua Xiulan asked hurriedly, "Doctor, how is my mother?" The doctor frowned and said in a serious tone, "The queen has been poisoned."

"Poisoned?!"

Hua Xiulan's face turned pale. "How could this happen? Is there a solution?" The imperial physician shook his head. "This poison is very strange. I cannot determine the source of the poison for the time being. It will take time to study it. However, I will do my best."

After saying this, the imperial physician wrote out some prescriptions and told the palace maids to give the medicine to Concubine Xian on time.

Hua Xiulan looked at the unconscious Concubine Xian with a heavy heart, and swore in her heart that she must find the person who poisoned her. She swept her cold eyes over the maids around her, "Don't tell anyone about what happened today, or you will be severely punished. Anyone who violates this will be beaten to death!" The maids knelt down and answered in unison, "Yes, Princess."

Hua Xiulan stayed by Concubine Xian's bedside, not leaving her side. She recalled the events of the past few days, and her doubts grew deeper and deeper.

"Who on earth wants to harm my mother?" she murmured to herself.

Suddenly, she thought of something and her eyes lit up.

"Someone, go and bring the eunuch who delivered the porridge this morning." Hua Xiulan ordered.

After a while, the little eunuch was taken to the concubine's bedroom.

"Princess, I am innocent! I definitely did not poison you!" The young eunuch kowtowed repeatedly in fear.

Hua Xiulan's face was as gloomy as water. "This princess wants to hear the truth. If you tell even a single lie, I will not let you off easily."

The young eunuch shuddered and said in a trembling voice: "Princess, please be careful. I really did not poison you... That bowl of porridge was cooked according to your taste, just like usual..."

Hua Xiulan stared at the young eunuch, trying to find flaws in his expression.

"Take the porridge to the imperial physician for examination," she ordered.

The imperial physician carefully examined the bowl of porridge and indeed found something unusual.

"Princess, this porridge is indeed poisonous," said the imperial physician.

Hua Xiulan's eyes turned cold, "You bastard, you still dare to say you didn't poison me?"

The young eunuch cried and begged for mercy, "I really don't know! I have always been responsible for this porridge, and I don't know why it is poisonous..."

Hua Xiulan's heart moved. Could it be that someone deliberately poisoned the porridge and put the blame on the young eunuch?

"Take the young eunuch away first," she said, "I will get to the bottom of this matter."

After the young eunuch was taken away, Hua Xiulan fell into deep thought. She decided to start with the people around her and investigate the matter.