() There are more than 10 kinds of spices. The two of them sniffed them one by one, and then carefully rolled them with their hands, and some of them put them in their mouths and tasted them.

Just as he was about to speak, the prince said on the side: "It's better to ask the two of you not to discuss, and write it on a piece of paper from left to right." ”

The emperor glanced at Gonggong Cao, and Gonggong Cao ordered someone to bring pen and ink.

For a while, I only heard the sound of pen and ink.

The two of them dried the ink on the paper and handed it to Grandpa Cao.

"Read it!" The emperor signaled that Gonggong Cao did not have to submit it.

"Yes!" Gonggong Cao unfolded two pieces of paper, glanced at them and said, "The Tang Yuan envoy and the Dong Yuan judgment are all written consistently. They are Angelica Angelica, Calamus, Huoxiang, Peilan, Chuanxiong, Xiangfu, Peppermint, Citron, Xinyi, Artemisia Artemisia, Borneol and Suhexiang. ”

"Musk and saffron in between?" The prince slowly guessed Sun Siyao and Xue Ke's plans, and asked loudly.

"Not really." Tang Yuan's envoy and Dong Yuan's judgment replied with confidence.

"Is there anything in the middle of this that is in the way of a pregnant woman?"

"Not really."

"Are there any of these spices that are close to the scent of musk and saffron?"

"The musk and saffron are so fragrant that this sachet has a light fragrance that even ordinary people won't be confused."

With the answer of the Tang Yuan envoy, the bodies of the two imperial physicians, Chen and Wang, fell lower and lower.

It's just that no one will ignore them, and the prince snorted coldly: "I don't know how the two imperial doctors can explain?" ”

"Negligence! Your Majesty forgives your sins! The two of them fell to the ground and pleaded guilty.

Concubine Li was also confused by this change and forgot to cry for a while.

"Negligence?" The prince just repeated it and stopped dwelling: "Tang Yuan envoy, what is the origin of these two imperial doctors?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, Imperial Physician Chen is specially asking for the pulse of the queen's mother, and the imperial physician is specially serving Concubine Li's mother." Although the envoy didn't understand what was wrong with the two of them, he still answered truthfully.

"It seems that someone is deliberately trying to slander the East Palace, and he also asks the emperor to make a holy judgment!" The crown prince glanced coldly at the queen and concubine.

The queen's face changed and changed.

Concubine Li cried in panic: "The concubine did not accuse the East Palace and the prince, and asked the emperor to know it!" She just subconsciously thought that the crown princess and the prince were in the same group.

The emperor, the queen and the crown prince also knew that it would not be Concubine Li who was holding the dragon descendant to accuse, but no one paid attention to Concubine Li's cry.

"Imperial Doctor Chen, let's talk first." The emperor waved his hand to stop Concubine Li's crying and said coldly.

"The minister deserves death, the minister" Facing the envoy and the verdict of the hospital, he really didn't have the face to say that he was negligent and did not distinguish between musk and saffron, but he didn't dare to say anything else, just blindly confessed.

"Your Majesty! The concubine has something to say. Sun Siyao, who had been kneeling aside, spoke.

"You say!"

Sun Siyao glanced at the queen and said a little provocatively: "Don't you think it's strange for the queen?" Why is there no musk and saffron in the sachet? ”

"You're bold!" The queen shouted: "This palace will not allow you to slander at will!" ”

The emperor was expressionless.

The crown prince shouted on the side: "Sun, you have something to say, don't be rude." ”

"Yes!" Sun Siyao responded obediently, and then said: "Please also ask the emperor to be clear!" The concubine was not intended to offend, but this sachet was indeed filled with musk and saffron. ”

Looking at everyone's surprised looks, Sun Siyao continued to say unhurriedly: "This sachet is not sewn by a concubine, but a Mid-Autumn Festival gift from Ma Daopo. ”

"Who is Ma Daopo?" The emperor glanced slightly at the empress sitting beside him and asked.

"Ma Daopo is a Taoist woman of the Jingxi Taoist Temple, and often goes in and out of the inner courtyard of the East Palace. This year, she specially gave me two sachets, saying that they could ward off evil spirits and instruct me to wear them with me. ”

"How are you sure of musk and saffron in the sachet before that?" The queen reacted quickly and continued to ask, "Since you found out, why didn't you say it in the morning?" It's not a harbor of evil! According to the palace, you just hurt Concubine Li's baby in a different way! ”

Concubine Li looked at the queen in confusion, and then looked at Sun Siyao.

The emperor also fell into contemplation because of the queen's words, this matter is obviously not as simple as it seems on the surface, is the queen being designed by someone or is the East Palace more skilled? Does the prince know about it?

"Your Majesty. The concubine didn't notice this sachet at first, but later," Sun Siyao said, glanced at the prince, and lowered her head: "Later, there was a problem with the fetus of a concubine in the East Palace, and the concubine found out." ”

The Tang lady in the East Palace was pregnant, both the emperor and the queen heard some rumors, but they didn't hear about the problem, and they all looked at the prince with some doubts.

The prince was stunned by Sun Siyao's words, and it took him a long time to react, and he shouted angrily: "Sun! Shut up! You are so bold that you dare to curse the lonely child! ”

Sun Siyao lowered her head and did not speak.

The prince felt that it was not good, so he immediately went over and grabbed her by the collar and asked in disbelief, "What nonsense are you talking about?" ”

"The prince mourns." Sun Siyao said in a low voice.

The prince stared at her for a long time, slowly let go of his hand, and muttered, "Impossible, you are talking nonsense." Lonely children are good! ”

Sun Siyao didn't speak. The prince took two steps back.

The emperor saw the prince's scene, but he believed that the prince did not know about it.

"Sun, you go on." The Emperor ordered the crown prince to step aside and continued to ask.

"After the Tang family's miscarriage, the concubine ordered the East Palace to investigate the matter thoroughly, and finally found that there was a problem with the concubine's sachet, which happened to contain musk and saffron!"

"You!" The prince wanted to step forward again, but Gonggong Cao hurriedly ordered someone to hold him.

So yesterday the concubine ordered someone to control Ma Daopo, and she was still in the future and asked. But the concubine remembered that Ma Daopo gave the concubine a sachet and deliberately confessed, saying that this style was in vogue in the palace now, and that it was just right for the concubine to wear it when she entered the palace. ”

Sun Siyao glanced at Concubine Li and continued: "So the concubine kept an eye on her body and changed the spices in the sachet. I thought that there would be nothing wrong with this, but I didn't expect Concubine Li Niangniang to be spared. ”

Li Concubine was stimulated by her sympathetic gaze and screamed, "Who is it?" Who is trying to harm my child? ”

It's just that except for Concubine Li, everyone else is like a mirror. Although the queen still maintained calm on her face, her hands were already trembling slightly, and Rong Ruo gently pulled the queen's sleeves without leaving a trace, covering her hands.

"Imperial Physician Wang, you are serving Concubine Li's baby, you can tell me." The Emperor glanced at the two imperial physicians who were trembling like chaff.

"Damn it! The sin deserves death! ”

"Doctor Wang has been in the Tai Hospital for many years, why did he accidentally confuse musk and saffron so much, why did he refer to the people of my East Palace?" After the prince knew that something was wrong with Xue Ke's child, his words were sharper than the ice blade: "Who instructed it?" ”

"It's the minister who is dizzy." Imperial Physician Wang's face was defeated: "Niangniang's pregnancy is not good, the minister's medical skills are not good, Concubine Li Niangniang failed to save the fetus, and the minister found out this reason in order to shirk responsibility." ”

The queen breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had already grasped the handle of the imperial physician before.

"Then how did you guess it was musk and saffron? So Ma Daopo was instructed by you? Do you know what it is to deliberately murder an orphan child? ”

Doctor Wang kowtowed like pounding garlic: "Minister, minister don't dare!" He thought that taking the responsibility was just his own lack of medical skills, at most his own life, but if he deliberately murdered the emperor's heir, it would be a crime against the nine clans.

The prince snorted coldly: "Imperial Physician Wang has to think about it carefully. As soon as the conversation changed, the prince continued to ask aggressively: "Imperial Doctor Chen, you are serving the queen's mother, why do you make the same mistake?" ”

Imperial Physician Chen has always been the queen's confidant, and the queen trusts him very much, and at this time he also knows that he can't bear this matter, so he just looks at the queen pleadingly.

The emperor followed his gaze and looked at the empress, and asked lightly, "Does the empress have anything to say?" ”

The queen stood up, stepped down from her seat, and knelt on the ground: "Now the concubine has a hard time speaking, please ask the emperor to be clear." ”

"Mingcha?" The emperor sneered: "How can you let me know?" Is it to send these two imperial doctors to the Criminal Department? Or send that Taoist woman to the Internal Affairs Office for interrogation? The emperor paused for a moment and shouted, "It's a shame that I trust you so much!" ”

"Your Majesty!" The queen glanced at the emperor, and tears suddenly rolled down: "The concubine has known the emperor since she was seventeen years old, and since then she has only had the emperor in her heart. When the concubine was twenty years old, the emperor made the concubine the queen, saying that he would have a white head with the concubine and die in the same hole. The concubines deeply felt the emperor's love, and they always respected the emperor, and they didn't dare to disobey him. ”

She didn't defend herself, she just talked about all this in detail, and the emperor remembered that the queen had worked hard in the harem and raised her children for so many years, and her face softened slightly.

"The concubine has been in charge of the middle palace for many years, the emperor knows the concubine's temperament, and the emperor always laughs at the concubine's lack of means and soft temperament, where can he dare to commit such a heinous crime? The concubine didn't know who Su Ri had offended, so she put this kind of thing on the concubine's head! The concubines have a hard time arguing, and they only ask the emperor to see it. ”

The queen also knew that the evidence was irrefutable at the moment, so she simply stopped talking about the imperial doctor and Ma Daopo, but just thought that the emperor would take care of the old feelings. As long as the emperor doesn't investigate on the spot, she must be able to make up for it slowly.

Seeing that the emperor was no longer talking, Sun Siyao glanced at Concubine Li, who was shocked by the facts in front of her and forgot to cry, and said softly: "Concubine Li's Niangniang mourns!" The concubine knows that the mother is sad! The pain of losing a child hurts more than the skin! Niang Niang Mo cried and broke her body. ”

Concubine Li was reminded by her, struggled to stand up, walked to the queen's side, and knelt down in a shaky manner: "The emperor is the concubine's master!" The concubine's child, the emperor, that's our child! Queen Mother, you are so ruthless! Even the emperor's children are not spared! ”

Concubine Li's eyes have already been swollen from crying, just because she is young, she doesn't feel hateful, but on the contrary, she is pitiful. And the queen on the side, despite her meticulous makeup, has already climbed a few wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

The emperor's heart slowly shifted a little more.

"Is there anything else the Queen has to say?" The emperor asked coldly, "Sun, where is Ma Daopo now?" ”

"Back to the emperor, Ma Daopo was controlled in the Taoist temple in western Beijing, and the concubine did not dare to ask without permission, and asked the emperor to mention someone."

The emperor nodded and said slowly: "Rongda, you go to Situ's side"

It's just that, before he could say a word, an attendant hurriedly ran outside the hall, his steps were flustered, he almost tripped up, and crawled into the hall.

"Your Majesty!" The chamberlain held up a letter in both hands, stamped with a red seal of fire paint.

The emperor frowned dissatisfiedly, but when he saw the urgent seal on the letter, he stopped speaking and motioned for Gonggong Cao to present it.

After reading it, the emperor did not say anything for a long time.

The atmosphere in the hall seemed to be condensed.

The emperor glanced at the empress who was kneeling at the bottom, motioned to hand the letter in his hand to the prince, and said after a while: "This matter is like this, Rongda, send the empress back to Kunning Palace." ”

Concubine Li was unwilling, but when she saw the emperor's expression, she didn't dare to say a word.

The prince took the letter, first read it at a glance and ten lines, then carefully read it, and looked at the emperor.

The emperor nodded.

The crown prince handed the letter in his hand to the queen, whose face was surprised.

When the queen read the letter, she screamed and fainted.

Sun Siyao was called to the prince's carriage, and she sat upright with her eyes and nose and heart.

"When did the lady have no children?"

"The concubine's body is not clear."

The prince was a little puzzled, obviously Xue Ke looked as usual yesterday.

"Don't you know?"

Sun Siyao looked at the prince like an idiot.

The prince also understood that his words were a little bizarre: "What did the lady do after she found out?" ”

"I opened the sachet and changed the medicinal herbs." Sun Siyao still didn't want to answer and didn't bother to answer.

"Why?"

Sun Siyao glanced at the prince, but this time he really didn't answer.

There is no need for her to answer, the prince also knows, of course, it is to lure out the people behind the scenes and fight the queen.

The prince looked at Sun Siyao and had nothing to say for a while.

The two were silent all the way to the East Palace, Sun Siyao gave a proper salute, first went to Baopu Courtyard and said a few words, and then returned to Furong Garden.

The prince arrived outside the Baopu Courtyard, but lingered for a long time.

Ah Liu whispered to Xue Ke in the room, "Your Highness is here." ”

Xue Ke put down the lid of the tea bowl in his hand and rubbed his brows: "Ah Liu! Or do you say I'm sick and can't see people? ”

Ah Liu looked at Xue Ke, who was a little withdrawn, angrily, and said, "It's really not good, just like Lord Nangong said, hide it to the end?" ”

Nangong made a special analysis two days ago, starting from the prince's joyful expectation of Xue Ke's birth, if Xue Ke confessed that he was a fake pregnancy, he must have a gas, it is better to make a mistake, just say that he lost the child, the prince just hates the queen, anyway, the two sides are not bad at this matter.

Xue Ke sighed, she didn't put the blame on the queen and felt guilty, it was precisely because she knew how much the prince valued this baby that she couldn't bear to let him be sad and blame herself for a child who never existed.

Xue Ke got up and walked slowly to the courtyard.

The moon shadow is mottled under the osmanthus tree.

The prince's back was gloomy and lonely.

"Your Highness." Xue Ke walked over and gently wrapped his waist around him from behind: "I lied to them, I'm not pregnant." ”

The prince turned around slowly in disbelief, pulled her away, and after making sure she wasn't joking, he still asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Xue Ke lowered his head and looked at the prince's burning eyes: "I haven't been pregnant since the beginning." ”

"Why?"

"Isn't today's result good?" Xue Ke vaguely brought it over.