Chapter 176: Stillbirth
When everyone's attention was diverted by the turmoil of the outside world, my plan to divert the troubles to the east also entered the final implementation period. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Shortly after the Mid-Autumn Festival in the 57th year of Kangxi, I fell ill. Very sick, at first just vomiting, and then began to abdominal discomfort, slight diarrhea, the doctor saw that it was caused by the change of seasons caused by the weakness of the pregnant woman, and prescribed a warm tonic and fetal protection medicine. However, after taking a few doses of medicine, it did not get better, but there was abnormal fetal movement, blood in the stool and blood in the urine, and I would wake up from a nightmare in the middle of the night. Eventually, he was unable to eat at all, had a fever all over his body, and became lethargic.
The Ulanala clan, who had been looking forward to the arrival of this child, was very anxious, and when the imperial doctor was helpless, he heard that it might be an evil spirit, and even the shaman who exorcised the evil spirit was invited, but there was still no sign of improvement.
Under such a toss, the child will inevitably not be saved. With the help of the fetal inducing drugs, I used the last strength of my body to let Wen Po take out the long-dead formed male fetus from the abdomen, and the grief of losing the child and the physical and mental exhaustion made me completely fall into a deep coma.
The child's death made the imperial doctor in the palace see the clues, and he asked Xiao Shunzi to check all the residues of the food I had eaten, and finally found traces of saffron and mandala in the kimchi sent by the old family.
The Wulanala clan was shocked, and Yinzhen was furious, while detaining the old clan and thoroughly investigating the origin of the poison, on the other hand, he asked the imperial doctor to come up with a way to cure me no matter what.
In fact, if the cause is found, it is not a problem to treat it. Under the methods of repeated vomiting and traditional Chinese medicine detoxification, my condition was effectively controlled.
While I was seriously ill, Ulanala took over the investigation and trial of the case directly. But no matter how the Wulanala clan used the vicious punishments in the palace to force the old man to confess, she only admitted that she put saffron in the kimchi, but it was not to murder me, but she didn't know that pregnant women could not eat saffron, she only felt that the north was cold, saffron had the effect of nourishing the spirit and nourishing blood, and saffron was a very precious medicinal material, and the dose in kimchi was very small, and it would not cause discomfort. Otherwise, there should have been a problem from the day I started eating, and how could it be that it was only now.
The words in Lao's confession, and the fact that she was known to me on a daily basis meant that even the Ulanala clan felt that Lao's motive for murdering me did not seem to be motivous. So he specially invited an old lady doctor with high medical skills and high reputation from outside to help find the root knot.
After all, the old lady had been a deacon in the palace for many years, and he was obsessed with the study of various incurable diseases, and after listening to the causes and consequences of the cause and effect, he personally came to see my symptoms, and concluded that the main reason for this incident was the mandala.
The whole grass of mandala is poisonous, especially the fruit, especially the seeds, is the most toxic, followed by the young leaves, and the dried leaves are less toxic than the fresh leaves. Mandala poisoning, generally half an hour after eating, the fastest 20 minutes to appear symptoms, no more than 3 hours at the latest, the symptoms mostly disappear within 24 hours or basically disappear, severe cases after 24 hours into drowsiness, spasms, cyanosis, and finally faint death. The taste of the mandala is a little spicy, and if you use it alone, it will be easy to notice, but if you put it in kimchi, you will not be noticed if you are suppressed by the sour and spicy taste of the kimchi itself.
The old lady doctor said that at first I was already feeling a little unwell because of the long-term consumption of kimchi mixed with saffron, but then the dose of saffron gradually increased, causing me to start to have saffron poisoning reactions. However, the doctor who treated me did not find any problems in my diet, so he only prescribed tocolytic medicine for cold and discomfort. It was because I was unwell and had a poor appetite that I continued to eat with kimchi, and I don't know when someone grinded the dried leaves of the mandala into powder and mixed them into the kimchi, which made the situation worse and showed signs of mandala poisoning, but Xu me and the child's vitality was too tenacious, and there was no sign of miscarriage, so someone mixed the mandala flower seeds into the tocolytic pill, and finally made the trick succeed. Fortunately, I was careful to come to this conclusion, and the dregs of each decoction were left, and the first few times were fine, only the last two doses of medicine found mandala flower seeds.
The Ulanala clan had always looked forward to this child, but it was ruined by life under her nose, how could she not hate, and found the real reason for the destruction of this child, and she began to order the royal palace to check the source of the mandala and the people who had come into contact with the kimchi jar and medicine jar in my small kitchen.
I was quickly out of danger under the treatment of the old doctor, but my body became very weak under the double injury of poisoning and miscarriage. Even when Xiao Shunzi told me with a heavy face that I couldn't get pregnant again because of the injury, I no longer had the strength to grieve and regret.
Gently caressing the flat lower abdomen, the whole person is unusually calm. Only I know that this peace comes from the softest part of my heart, where all the sadness, regret, and guilt that I don't want to be perceived, as well as the deep guilt of this child and the fear that I can be so ruthless.
I didn't kill this child with my own hands, but it was even more cruel than killing him with a bowl of pottion. While everyone was investigating the murderer, I was the only one who knew what this child was suffering in my womb. I don't know the medicinal properties of saffron and mandala. But from the very beginning, I did not refuse to take kimchi mixed with saffron, so that the medicinal properties could erode the body little by little, and the child became weak. Then I kept revealing my hesitation in front of Yi Shi because of the appearance of this child, and then repeatedly when Yi Shi asked me to dispose of this child, I seemed to inadvertently reveal my concern about the great crime of "murdering the royal heir", and even suggested that she could use this child to get rid of Lao Shi, who had an unclear position and was full of threats.
I'm gambling, betting that they don't want me to keep this child, gambling that Yinyu is reluctant to let me be convicted, and also betting that Yishi will help me complete this matter with the intention of helping me get rid of the old clan and making me get out of the way.
Sure enough, Ishi did. I didn't use musk, which was stupid enough to use much, but directly used a mandala that few people would notice.
When I first found out that the kimchi I ate had a mandala flavor, I knew what she wanted to do, but I ate it anyway, and even let the little girl who had placed the mandala in the kimchi jar next to me take care of the medicine jar.
From beginning to end, I only hinted at the guidance, and I didn't do it myself from beginning to end, but I watched them do everything, conniving and refusing. The moment the dead child left the body, I didn't feel sad, but felt a long sigh of relief.
It turns out that I am such a selfish and cold-blooded person, and I still haven't kept that original intention after all. (To be continued.) )