Chapter 34: Poisoning

"Imperial Doctor Lin came every day, but the concubine felt that it was normal to feel nauseous during pregnancy, so she didn't explain it to him in detail."

"Let's find a doctor to take a look, Your Majesty, it's always good to be careful in everything." The queen, who was invited by Tang Ningnan to play chess in the palace, put down her chopsticks and said.

"I also thought so, Su Ming decided to go to Lin Zhizhou to come over."

"Yes."

"How?" Feng Fei Han asked Lin Zhizhou, who had finished his pulse.

"Back to the emperor, Concubine Xiao's pulse is normal, Weichen didn't find anything abnormal, maybe the weather has been getting hot recently, so it has caused Niangniang's poor appetite, and it should be good to wait for Weichen to prescribe two appetizing and spleen-strengthening medicines to Niangniang."

"It's okay, the emperor and queen mother, you see, except for the concubine's appetite, everything else is fine, and she can still run and play with Chang Geng in the courtyard." Tang Ningnan stood up, picked up Chang Geng on the ground, and showed it to the two of them with a smile.

The queen looked at her and smiled slightly: "The child in your belly, you must be as lively and clever as you."

As soon as the words fell, Tang Ningnan felt dizzy, supported his forehead, and his body went limp.

"Your Majesty, concubine, a little dizzy......"

"!" Bizhu beside her hurriedly supported Tang Ningnan, who had fallen, and carried her into the dormitory with Hongzhu.

"Ning'er! Ning'er! Feng Feihan called Tang Ningnan's name in horror, turned around and shouted towards Lin Zhizhou: "This is what you said about normal pulse?" Can you faint normally? ”

Lin Zhizhou was also frightened, and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The emperor forgives the sin, Rong Weichen will show Concubine Xiao Niangniang again." ”

The queen on the side also persuaded: "Your Majesty, you know the medical skills of Imperial Physician Lin, and he has been serving Concubine Xiao's sister with all his heart, the concubine thinks that there must be other reasons for this, don't be angry first, let Imperial Physician Lin take a look." ”

Feng Feihan acquiesced, and Lin Zhizhou hurriedly entered the inner room to check Tang Ningnan's pulse again, but the pulse was still not abnormal.

"Bring me the silver needle from my medicine box." Lin Zhizhou said to his apprentice next to him.

"Yes."

After the silver needle was taken, Lin Zhizhou began to apply needles to Tang Ningnan at the tiger's mouth.

Feng Feihan, the Empress and others sat on the sidelines anxiously waiting for the results.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Xiao's body is poisonous." Lin Zhizhou presented the silver needle drawn from Tang Ningnan's tiger mouth to Feng Feihan.

"Your Majesty, the tip of the silver needle is black, which is a sign of poisoning, but fortunately, the poisoning is not deep now, it just makes the mother feel uncomfortable and want to vomit."

"This palace sees that you come to ask Concubine Xiao's sister for peace every day, why haven't you found it?" The queen, who was sitting on the side, asked.

"Back to the queen mother, this poison is a little bit infiltrated into Concubine Xiao's body, it should be someone in the mother's daily diet, the medicine moved hands and feet, each time the dosage is extremely small, so people can detect it."

"What would have happened if I hadn't found it today?" Feng Feihan spoke.

"This poison does not seem to have much effect, but in the long run, the fetus in the mother's womb will be damaged, and the mother will be uncomfortable in every way, and the body will gradually weaken, and the mother and child may die before delivery."

"How can there be such a vicious person, who is going to harm Concubine Xiao's sister, the emperor, you must investigate it carefully!" The queen pinched the corner of the table and said to Feng Feihan with a serious face next to her.

"Check! Check all the medicines that Concubine Xiao has eaten recently. ”

Xiao Gardenia immediately took out all the food and medicine that Tang Ningnan had used recently, but the silver needles were tried one by one, but there was no reaction, and the people in the dormitory looked at each other when they saw this.

"I don't believe it, I won't find it!"

"What about the fat powder perfume that Concubine Xiao used? A long time ago, I saw that Concubine Xiao had a bottle of perfume that was exactly the same as the one she gave me, but it smelled so bad that someone might be able to do something with it. ”

"Your Majesty, the bottle of failed products made by Niangniang, Niangniang said that it was a little palace maid who put the wrong raw materials, so the taste was wrong, Niangniang had thrown it away before she was pregnant, and since Niangniang was pregnant, the rouge gouache has stopped, I am afraid that it will not be good for the dragon fetus."

"What the hell went wrong?" The queen asked in a low voice.

The people in the temple fell into deep thought.

The sound of falling wooden chopsticks sounded, and Chang Geng jumped on the table that had not yet been cleaned up and knocked over the tableware used by Tang Ningnan.

"Chang Gung, why did you jump on the table, I'll take you to Qiming to play." Bizhu hurriedly hugged Chang Geng down and cleaned up the chopsticks and bowls that fell on the ground.

"Miss Bizhu, can you let Weichen see that pair of chopsticks." Lin Zhizhou saw that the wooden chopsticks were strange from a distance.

"Niangniang said that she was not used to using silver chopsticks, so she changed the wooden chopsticks, and this cicada summer is really, let her give Niangniang a new pair of wooden chopsticks, and she has not changed them for a few days, and these chopsticks have faded." Bizhu said as she handed the chopsticks to Lin Zhizhou.

"This wooden chopsticks are not faded, it is likely that someone has been poisoned, so they have changed color."

"What?" When everyone in the room heard Lin Zhizhou say this, their eyes widened.

"Your Majesty, this is Weichen's inference, as for whether it is poisonous or not, we will know after Weichen checks it."

Lin Zhizhou ordered his apprentice to take a bowl of clean boiling water, soak the tips of the wooden chopsticks in the water, and after half a moment, test the water in the bowl with a silver needle.

"Sure enough, as Weichen deduced, these chopsticks have been soaked in poison." Lin Zhizhou looked at the silver needle that was gradually turning black and said.

"Who did you just say was responsible for setting up the tableware for Concubine Xiao?" Feng Feihan turned his head to look at Bizhu.

"Back to the emperor, it's the palace maid Cicada Xia, and the bottle of perfume that failed was also because she misplaced something, so the slave went to find her."

After a while, Cicada Xia was brought into the hall by Bizhu, and everyone also sat in the main hall from the dormitory at this time.

After Cicada Xia came in, she cowered and saluted Feng Feihan and Tang Huanrong, burying her head and not daring to raise it.

"Cicada Xia, the emperor and the queen said that you served the little master very well, and I want to reward you with food." Bizhu said.

At this time, Cicada Xia raised her head slightly and looked at the queen timidly.

"The palace and Concubine Xiao have always had clear rewards and punishments, and if you do a good job, I will naturally reward you." The queen looked at Cicada Xia and said with a smile.

Bizhu brought a bowl of bird's nest at this time and handed it to Cicada Xia: "This is the bird's nest that Niangniang has been using, today's Niangniang has a bad appetite, I will reward you, you have to be on an errand in the future after eating, understand?" ”

But Cicada Xia took the bird's nest, but found that the chopsticks handed to her were the pair of poison-soaked chopsticks used by Concubine Xiao, so she hurriedly lay on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the queen mother, it is the duty of a slave to serve the concubine and concubine well, and the slave and maid cannot afford such a heavy reward."

"If you want to eat, you will eat, this is a reward from the good queen mother who is your own errand, and we can't ask for it." Bizhu said, obviously a nice word, but there was anger in her tone.

But Cicada Xia was still lying on the ground and didn't dare to raise her head.

"Little Gardenia." Feng Feihan signaled that the little gardenia was about to pull it up, and he was going to pour the bird's nest into it with chopsticks.

The cicada Xia struggled desperately, knocked over the bird's nest, tears flowed down her face, and she collapsed on the ground.

"Who poisoned you?" At this time, Feng Feihan asked coldly.

"No one, the slave did it alone." Cicada Xia lay on the ground and replied with a sob.

"Nonsense, how did your little palace maid have those poisons! Someone must have instructed you to kill my master, didn't he? Bizhu on the side didn't hold back and asked sharply.

But Cicada Xia still insisted that she did it alone, and seeing that she couldn't ask, Feng Feihan motioned to Su Mingzhu to send her to the palace and torture her carefully.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor spares your life! The Emperor ......"

The voice of the temple begging for mercy in the cicada summer gradually faded away.

"Queen, you go back to the palace first, I want to accompany Concubine Xiao alone for a while." Feng Feihan spoke.

When the queen left Rong Yuxuan, Feng Feihan walked into the inner hall alone and sat on the edge of the bed looking at Tang Ningnan.

After a long time, Su Mingzhu came in, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the people from the palace have sent news that the medicine was given by Cicada Xia's cousin Dequan on an errand in the Tai Hospital, but she always denied that someone instructed her behind her back, and the slave also investigated, Cicada Xia was arranged into the palace of Concubine Xiao when Huang Guogui was serving as the general director, and has been serving in Concubine Xiao's palace."

"I remember that Huang Guogui is the person who is Concubine Hua?"

"Yes, does the emperor want it?"

"I can't touch her now, I can't let people talk about this matter casually today, so as not to have any gossip out, you go and tell Concubine Hua, let her go to Bodhi Garden to chant and pray for Concubine Xiao every day, and tell her that I will remember her kindness to Concubine Xiao." Feng Feihan said coldly, but his eyes were as gentle as water, and he never left Tang Ningnan.

"Yes, the slave understands, Your Majesty, what should I do with Cicada Xia and Dequan?"

"Ling Chi."

"Yes, the minion will do it."

When Tang Ningnan woke up, everyone in the palace left, and only Feng Feihan sat at the head of her bed and watched her.

"Your Majesty." Tang Ningnan's hands climbed to his abdomen, "Is my child okay?" There was a slight tremor in his voice.

"He's in your belly."

"Are you feeling better?" Feng Feihan stroked Tang Ningnan's forehead and asked softly.

"It's a little better, did Imperial Doctor Lin say why the concubine suddenly fainted?"

Feng Feihan did not answer

After a long time, he spoke: "Ning'er, you were poisoned, fortunately, you were not poisoned early, and the person who poisoned me has already been dealt with, but the person who instructed them behind the scenes, I can't do anything to her now, I'm sorry Ning'er, I ......"

"Your Majesty, it's okay if the child is fine, the concubine knows that the emperor has a last resort, the concubine can understand, the emperor doesn't have to apologize to the concubine, it's the person who poisoned the person who is too vicious, it's not the emperor's fault, the emperor puts the overall situation first, and the concubine puts the emperor first." Tang Ningnan opened her mouth and said with relief, she understood that this palace wanted to poison her, and the only one who dared to poison her was the Hua Concubine in the Yuechi Palace.

It's just that his father, Prime Minister Sima Cheng, has a lot of power in the court and is quite popular, if he makes a move against Concubine Hua, the previous dynasty will inevitably be turbulent, in this case, Feng Feihan is really helpless, she doesn't want him to feel embarrassed.

"Ning'er, I have urged Lin Zhizhou to pay more attention to your diet and medicine, and let Cry Lu come to your palace tomorrow to take care of you personally, don't be afraid."

"But the emperor, Aunt Weeping Lu is an aunt who has taken care of the emperor for several years, and the concubine doesn't dare to be a concubine."