Although Guiyuan is a palace maid, they are not bad at food and clothing. The princess would often give them food to make clothes, and they could also get rid of the food they had withdrawn.

But with such a sumptuous breakfast this morning, even Ginkgo has no appetite.

As for the others, Lianzi and Poria were busy with a bunch of little palace maids. I used to hear people say that when it rains, God tells people to rest, and it's nonsense. Suddenly the wind blew and it rained heavily, taking advantage of the fact that the rain was light, the little palace maids and little eunuchs were spreading to add a layer of cover to the flowers and trees in the courtyard, and quickly cleaned up the broken branches and leaves.

Seeing that the rain outside was lighter, Liu Yan couldn't sit still in the house, and ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair, and she was going to Yilan Palace.

Gui Yuan persuaded softly: "Princess, the rain hasn't stopped yet, why don't you go to say hello today." ”

In fact, she and Liu Yan clearly understood in their hearts that Liu Yan was in a hurry to go to Yilan Hall to ask for peace, and she was worried about yesterday's incident.

Don't look at the wind and rain last night, but Gui Yuan didn't dare to underestimate Min Hong's ability, let alone rain, even if it was a knife, he couldn't stop him.

"I'm so worried that I can't sit still even if I stay in the house."

What else can Longan say?

I could only serve the princess to change her clothes, and I called for someone to bring the clogs, so as not to wet the princess's shoes and socks. As soon as Liu Yan went out, he felt a chill, it was windy and rainy, and today and yesterday were like two seasons - it was still summer, but this coolness was like autumn.

Perhaps because of the rain, the whole palace seemed to be plunged into a gray smoke, and the guards standing at the palace gate were wearing dark brown ponchos and robes, their faces were blurred, and there was no breath of living people from a distance, as if they were lifeless dead things like the eaves tiles, bluestones, and bricks, and they were part of this old palace.

The Yilan Hall is on high ground, and Gui Yuan held an umbrella to cover Liu Yan from the rain and helped her get down from the sedan chair.

Yingluo's footsteps hurriedly greeted her, Liu Yan rarely saw her in such a hurry - in the past, Yingluo was always calm and relaxed.

"Say hello to the fourth princess, why did the princess come here now?"

"I'm coming to see the Queen Mother." Liu Yan was really relieved of Queen Cao: "Where did my father rest last night?" Does the queen mother sleep well at night? ”

Yingluo showed a wry smile: "The emperor and Niangniang didn't sleep well last night, and the breakfast was not good, the princess came here unfortunately, Niangniang ordered someone to bring the third princess into the palace, and she was about to ask questions at this time." There was some inconvenience in the presence of the princess. ”

Liu Yan nodded: "I know, then I'll go over from the apse and listen quietly, it shouldn't be in the way, right?" ”

Yingluo hesitated slightly: "It's okay, the slave maid will lead the princess over." ”

As he was talking, Liu Yan saw another apprentice of Min Hong, the young eunuch named Chen Yan, leading a person to hurry over.

That is Imperial Doctor Zhao, this person often goes in and out of Lu Jingxuan, so Liu Yan has seen him several times, and his medical skills are relatively outstanding in Tai Hospital.

Call the Imperial Doctor over at this time......

Liu Yan followed Yingluo around to the apse, Yingluo had a lot of things, he couldn't take care of Liu Yan, and went to the front to support him.

Through the screen and curtain, Liu Yan could only vaguely see the situation outside, but the sound was quite clear.

Empress Cao sat steadily, and there was a person kneeling in front of her, who should be the Xiao family.

Min Hong led Imperial Physician Zhao into the hall, and after kowtowing to say goodbye, Empress Cao instructed him: "The third princess is not very good, Imperial Physician Zhao will take a look at her." ”

Xiao's voice trembled, and his words trembled violently: "No, no...... Don't look at it. ”

But I can't help her, the two Shang Palaces supported her one left and one right, saying that it was helping, but in fact, it was more like holding her up from the ground and pressing her on the chair on the side, Imperial Physician Zhao went to take a pulse, but after a while, Imperial Physician Zhao let go of his hand and bowed down to talk back to Queen Cao.

"Back to the queen mother, the third princess is pregnant, and it has been two months."

Empress Cao snorted.

Xiao Shi let out a miserable **, the whole person couldn't sit still, her body slid down softly, if it wasn't for someone next to her pressing her arm, she would probably have collapsed under the chair.

Min Hong took out a paper bag from his sleeve: "Imperial Doctor Zhao, please take a look at this medicine, what kind of medicinal materials are prepared and how effective is it?" ”

Imperial Physician Zhao took the paper bag and opened it - in fact, he didn't need to open it, just by smelling, he could smell the main herbs used in it, and then open it to see, just to be safe.

"Back to the mother's words, there are a few flavors such as hyssop, banxia, grass, musk, etc., if a pregnant person takes this medicine, there is a chance that the fetus will not be saved...... But this medicine," Imperial Physician Zhao fiddled with the medicinal materials in the paper bag, looked at it carefully, and sniffed it again: "It looks like it has lost its effect for a long time, and I'm afraid that it won't work if I eat it." ”

This medicine ......

Liu Yan rubbed the corners of his forehead.

This medicine is the medicine prescribed by Zhou Langzhong that Lu Yi said, but Lu Yi said that this medicine is a family secret recipe and is very effective...... Why did Imperial Doctor Zhao say that this medicine was not useful?

Is it that Zhou Langzhong had a bad conscience, accepted the money but didn't do anything?

No, Liu Yan thinks not.

There must be something else going on here. If Zhou Langzhong always sells fake medicines, once or twice, his reputation will soon be ruined, how can others still believe him, and they will still ask him to buy this medicine?

Empress Cao nodded, and Min Hong led Imperial Physician Zhao to retreat.

Empress Cao's voice was still calm: "What else do you want to say?" ”

Xiao Shi covered his stomach and slowly knelt on the ground: "Niangniang, I was also confused for a while...... I am guilty and dare not beg the queen for forgiveness, this matter is my own fault, and has nothing to do with my mother and my people, and I beg my mother not to condemn them for my sake. ”

Empress Cao didn't speak for a long time, the hall was very quiet, and she could only hear Xiao's wheezing and sobbing, intermittently, which made people feel bored.

"Xiao, have you ever thought that you still have a biological son?"

Xiao's voice was suffocated, but she didn't answer Empress Cao's words.

Maybe she thought about it, maybe she didn't.

But now, that doesn't matter anymore.

The people from the outer palace came in and spoke, and their voices were cautious.

"Niangniang, Mrs. Xiao of the Wuyi Marquis Mansion asks to see you."

Shaw's mother came, and the old lady was really well-informed.

It can be seen that she has known about her daughter's incident for a long time.

Empress Cao said, "Pass it on." ”

She asked Xiao again, "What do you think your mother is here for?" ”

Xiao still knelt there, not answering.

"When you were confused for a while, most of you didn't think that you still had a mother."