Story of Yanxi Palace: Fu Ying's banner will never fall

Chapter 166: A Pot of Orchids

Upon hearing this, the emperor's face turned even darker.

Li Yu, who was standing by, saw this and immediately kicked Zhang Yuanpan, saying, "Go now."

Judge Zhang nodded repeatedly and began to write the prescription.

However, due to his nervousness, his hands kept shaking. He wrote on several sheets of paper, but was not satisfied with any of them, so he crumpled them all up and threw them away.

After some effort, he finally wrote out a prescription and then handed it to Mingyu tremblingly.

The emperor sat beside the queen's bed, gently stroking her hand, his eyes full of concern and love, and gently called her name, "Rong Yin, Rong Yin."

However, the queen still kept her eyes closed and showed no reaction, as if she was sleeping in a deep dream.

The emperor sighed helplessly, and turned his gaze to Zhang Yuanpan, who was sweating profusely. His anger grew stronger and stronger. He glared at Zhang Yuanpan fiercely and said sternly: "Li Yu, go and call Wei... No, call Ye Tianshi! Go quickly!"

Li Yu did not dare to be negligent and immediately turned around and left.

A moment later, Ye Tianshi hurried over, bowed, and went straight to the bedside to take the queen's pulse.

In just a moment, Ye Tianshi's face changed drastically, and he blurted out: "The Queen has been poisoned!"

"How could this be!?" The Emperor and Concubine Xian exclaimed almost at the same time.

The emperor turned to look at Mingyu, his face livid, his eyes full of anger, "Mingyu, what did the queen eat today? I asked you to take good care of the queen, is this how you take care of her?"

After saying that, he slammed the table hard, scaring everyone to kneel down.

Mingyu replied tremblingly: "Reply, reply to the emperor, the queen had a poor appetite this morning. She only drank a bowl of porridge, and then a bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine, and then fainted..."

Concubine Xian didn't care to avoid suspicion, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, the medicine that the Empress drank to maintain her pregnancy was boiled with the dew that I collected in the morning, but I don't know why it happened."

"Bring us the residue of the abortion-stabilizing medicine!" the emperor ordered.

Hearing this answer, the emperor frowned even more tightly. He turned his head and stared at Ye Tianshi coldly, "Find out carefully what kind of poison the queen was poisoned with!"

Ye Tianshi immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "I obey your order!"

Afterwards, he hurriedly ordered the imperial doctors to begin checking whether the food the queen had eaten was poisonous, and carefully examined the queen's bedroom, hoping to find clues.

Ye Tianshi looked at it carefully and said, "Your Majesty, these medicinal residues and the decoction are non-toxic. This matter should have nothing to do with Empress Xian."

The emperor sighed. He knew that these things in the harem were complicated, so he wanted to put them aside for the time being and save the queen first.

Then he turned to look at Ye Tianshi, "Doctor Ye, let's not talk about where the poison is for now, but can you tell me whether this poison can be cured?"

"This..." Ye Tianshi hesitated, "I cannot detect the full extent of the poison just by feeling the pulse. If I knew the type of poison, maybe I could find a solution."

"Your Majesty, I think the Queen is in good health, but she is a little weak now that she is pregnant."

Judge Zhang disagreed with Ye Tianshi's words because he had taken the patient's pulse for a long time and found no signs of poisoning.

"You quack, just because you haven't found out the result doesn't mean there is no result. If we keep dragging it on like this, the Queen won't be able to eat and won't live for more than a week!"

Ye Tianshi was extremely anxious, but there was nothing he could do.

He knew very well that although he had excellent medical skills, he was helpless in the face of such a complicated situation.

However, Zhang Yuanpan was convinced that his diagnosis was correct, and the two were deadlocked.

The emperor looked at them and felt very annoyed. He also knew that he must find a solution as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

The emperor was furious at this time. He slammed the table and shouted, "Enough! Stop arguing! Are all of you imperial doctors good-for-nothings? Go back to the Imperial Hospital and do everything you can to cure the queen's illness, otherwise I will kill all your clans!"

After saying that, he leaned back in his chair tiredly, supporting his head with one hand, his brows tightly furrowed, his face full of pain.

Seeing the emperor in such pain, Concubine Xian felt very sad, so she said softly, "Your Majesty, you are too tired. Let me help you massage your temples."

As she spoke, she reached out and gently placed her hand on the emperor's temple, massaging it gently.

The emperor did not appreciate it, but just waved his hand and said coldly: "You should go back to the palace first."

When Empress Xian heard this, the light in her eyes dimmed instantly, and her heart was filled with loss and helplessness.

But she still nodded obediently, said "yes", then turned and slowly left.

The emperor looked at Concubine Xian's departing back and was still wary of her. After all, she was present when the Queen had the accident, and that bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine had a great relationship with her.

Thinking of this, the emperor always remained a little wary of Concubine Xian.

Looking at the motionless queen in front of him, the emperor felt more and more uncomfortable.

He leaned close to the Queen's ear and whispered, "Rong Yin, as long as you can wake up, I am willing to do anything. Even if you want Fu Heng to marry that... Wei Yingluo, I can make it happen for them."

However, the queen still did not respond, as if she was sleeping in an endless dream. The emperor sighed helplessly, his eyes full of despair and sadness.

The emperor thought about it and suddenly shouted angrily: "Where is Wei Yingluo, that daring Wei Yingluo! Why did she hide somewhere when something happened to the queen?"

Wei Yingluo walked in front of everyone holding a pot of orchids. That pot of orchids was the one that the queen had always placed in the reception room.

"Your servant pays respects to His Majesty."

It turned out that after Wei Yingluo had checked the places the Queen often went outside the Changchun Palace, she was about to search for items inside the palace.

"Qingyun, you are usually responsible for organizing and putting away the supplies in Changchun Palace. Has the Empress' bedroom recently added any new items? Especially those sent by other ladies."

Qingyun began to think carefully and counted them one by one, "Let me think about it. Since the Queen became pregnant, there has been a white jade fan given by Concubine Chun, a jade ruyi given by Concubine Yi, and a pot of orchid given by Concubine Qing in the Queen's bedroom..."

Wei Yingluo asked, "Orchid? The one in the reception room? Wasn't it a gift from the emperor?"

"Yes! It was originally an orchid gifted by the Emperor, but for some reason, it has wilted since the last time Concubine Chun came. Although we don't have much contact with Qing Ying, the Empress likes this pot of orchid very much, and it is exactly the same as before, so she kept it." Qingyun recounted the whole story in detail.

"So that's it." Wei Yingluo suddenly realized.

As soon as she finished speaking, Wei Yingluo ran into the reception room.

She looked at the pot of orchid and already had the answer in her mind.