Soon someone came in with a decoction. Rui'er fed Concubine Xiang medicine spoonful by spoonful, and after drinking like this for a while, Concubine Xiang's originally pale face turned bloody, and her breathing gradually became smoother.

At the same time, the judge Liang, who was over 70 years old, dragged a half-foot-long white beard and was panting by the two inner prisoners. Without the emperor's permission, he knelt in front of Concubine Xiang's bed according to the rules, and used a silk handkerchief to check the pulse.

After a while, his slightly cloudy eyes stared at the palace maid who was serving Concubine Xiang to drink medicine, and after looking at it for a long time, he turned his head to look at the emperor and said: "Concubine Xiang Niangniang is poisoned, and the poison is called an inch of thought." ”

"What's that?"

"It is a strange poison produced in the Xia Kingdom of the Western Regions, and the royal family of the Xia Kingdom often uses it to secretly execute fornicating concubines, not only will the fetus be killed, but the pregnant woman herself will die of blood. The pregnant woman did not feel anything for a few hours after being poisoned, but her pulse was an inch stronger than usual. And once the poison is attacked, the fetus will be aborted within a quarter of an hour, and it will die in a quarter of an hour. ”

"So how is Concubine Xiang now?"

"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry. Niangniang took the antidote in time, and now it seems that the mother and son are fine. After Liang Yuan finished speaking, he couldn't help but glance at the palace maid Rui'er.

"Rui'er!" Concubine Xiang, who was still dying, was able to raise her hand at this time and grabbed Rui'er who was serving beside her. Rui'er comforted her and said, "Niangniang, you're fine. It's just that the next three days will be very weak, and you can recuperate. ”

"What a capable palace maid." Tuoba Hong looked at Rui'er, praised it without hesitation, and asked Liang Yuan with a smile: "You have always been my national hand of Great Qin, but today you met Shanwaishan?" ”

Liang Yuan's face did not have the slightest displeasure to be compared, but he smiled heartily: "What the emperor said is very true, the old minister can only know an inch of thought, but the prescription of the antidote has long been lost, and I heard that even the Xia Kingdom does not have it." This girl can have detoxification, which shows that she is much more clever than our doctors. ”

Tuoba Hong didn't mean to blame Liang Yuanju, nodded and said: "There is only a specialization in the art industry, she can do what you doctors can't do, but she doesn't necessarily understand what doctors are good at." ”

Saying that, he glanced at Rui'er: "Did you say, Rui'er?" ”

Rui'er had already knelt down, Concubine Xiang sat up strongly, and said to Tuoba Hong: "Your Majesty ......"

"Lili, don't speak." Tuoba Hong held down Concubine Xiang and continued to look at Rui'er and said, "I know that not all people who are good at medicine in this world are healers. Liang Shouchang is also here today, what you say may be able to deceive me, but you can't deceive him. ”

"Slaves and maids don't dare to deceive the emperor!" Rui'er kowtowed, and looked at Concubine Xiang who was hugged by the emperor.

Concubine Xiang's fingers were tightly clasped on the edge of the bed, and she exhaled a breath of turbid air for a while, without saying a word, but her face was a gloomy calm. Seeing her master's appearance, Rui'er knew that she couldn't cover it anymore, so she finally closed her eyes and said in a deep voice as if admitting her guilt: "The slave is indeed not a healer. ”

Takubahiro was satisfied with this answer: "Well, go on. ”

"The slave's surname is Lan." With these four words, Rui'er said with a face full of despair. She understood that the methods of this emperor could not be fooled in front of him, and if he was exposed today, he would definitely be found out if he was suspicious.

Tuoba Hong sneered: "I see. The Lan family is famous all over the world for making drugs, and he refuses to serve the royal family because of his stunts, and he can't imagine that he can do things for the Shangguan family. ”

"Your Majesty, please forgive ...... Emperor," Concubine Xiang said anxiously. She understood Tuoba Hong's imperial mentality, he didn't hate concubines calculating each other, and only those who survived that kind of struggle were qualified to raise his children and stand by his side. But he didn't want to see the concubine possess too much power, even beyond the control of the imperial power.

A Lan concubine's allegiance to herself is intolerable in the emperor's eyes. With Lan Rui'er in the harem, Concubine Xiang can not only protect herself absolutely, but if she wants to use poison against anyone, that person will not be able to fight back - including the emperor.

Three years ago, she let Rui'er enter the palace, and she has always only given her the position of a second-class palace maid, and she has never been reused on weekdays. It's just that she never thought that there would be such a change today, and Rui'er had to reveal her identity in front of the emperor in order to save her life.

"Lili," the emperor interrupted Concubine Xiang, "you have always been knowledgeable, you should know what I like to see and what I don't like to see." ”

"Your Majesty ......" Concubine Xiang smiled helplessly, reached out and pressed her chest and coughed twice: "The concubine wants this child too much." ”

Tuoba Hiroshi was silent, he didn't want this child.

However, this child is what he owes to Shangguan Li, even if his heart is cold, he will feel uneasy if he owes too much. So he faced Concubine Xiang at this time and didn't know what to say.

"The palace maid is chosen from a good family, poison and witch are taboos for the royal family, and people from such backgrounds cannot enter the palace." Tuoba Hong stretched out his hand to touch Concubine Xiang's cheek, and the words he said were soft, but they made Concubine Xiang's heart fall to the bottom completely.

Concubine Xiang sighed and closed her eyes. She is almost five months away from giving birth, once Rui'er is expelled from the palace, how can she survive such a long time? Can she really guarantee that she will be safe after losing Rui'er?

Before Concubine Xiang could come up with a way to change the emperor's mind, there was a voice outside, and there was a lot of movement. The inner supervisor guarding the door ran over and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the queen asks to see you." ”

"Let her in." Tuoba Hong agreed, and then instructed Yao Fusheng: "Concubine Xiang is no longer in trouble, there are many noisy people here, you lead these indispensable minions down." As he spoke, his finger was pointing at Rui'er.

Yao Fusheng understood what the emperor meant, this was because he didn't want the queen to interfere in Rui'er's affairs, and the busy imperial inner supervisor took Rui'er down. Several imperial doctors looked at the current situation, and they all wanted to leave the land of right and wrong, but Concubine Xiang was still sick and couldn't leave the imperial doctor, so they all retreated to the side hall and waited. The room was suddenly much cleaner.

Seeing these people leave one by one, Lin Yuan, who had been standing by the door as an ornament since he entered the house, also hurriedly stepped forward at this time and saluted Tuoba Hong: "The concubine will only add chaos here, the queen mother is here to deal with things, Concubine Xiang is not in good health and needs to rest, the concubine should not be disturbed, so she will retire......"

"No, it's good for you to stay." Tuoba Hong shocked Lin Yuan with a single sentence.

Lin Yuan really didn't want to stay, she waved her hand desperately and said: "Your Majesty, the concubines don't know how to do palace affairs, and they don't know medical science, so they can't help anything." And the queen mother talks to the emperor and the concubine Xiang, where is the concubine and the concubine can stretch out their ears......"

"With you, it's okay to serve me, and then take care of Concubine Xiang." Tuoba Hong said without shirk: "I talk to the queen and Concubine Xiang, what does it matter if you listen?" As he spoke, he took her finger and made a place for her to sit: "Yuan'er doesn't have to be so careful in front of me. ”

Speaking of which, it is impossible for Lin Yuan to refute the emperor's intentions. She complained bitterly in her heart, she knew that she shouldn't have followed the emperor to see Concubine Xiang at that time, and left the place of right and wrong as soon as possible...... But at that time, she had just been put on a move by Concubine Xiang and almost lost her life, and when she heard that Concubine Xiang had made the whole thing happen again, she felt uneasy, thinking that if it was related to herself, maybe she would be killed again, of course, she had to hurry over to see the situation, and people could be improvisable in front of the emperor.

But now it's self-defeating. As soon as Rui'er's matter came out just now, Lin Yuan felt bad, Rui'er's identity The emperor obviously didn't want to make it public, but he heard it on the side, and he didn't have a chance to retire. Now that the queen is also here, it is clear that she is here to fulfill the duties of the lord of the harem and thoroughly investigate the poisoning of Concubine Xiang.

I'm just a concubine! How can such a royal private matter be qualified to participate! Those who know too much are to be silenced. Of course, if you want to live long and climb high in the palace, it is necessary to know some key secrets, but that premise is that you know that others still think you don't know!

Forget it, right now, the emperor is pulling her to ask her to know. She thought that the emperor didn't mean to kill herself now, so she shouldn't force herself to listen to the secret and finally use this as an excuse to kill her!

So I sat down honestly and watched what happened.

After waiting for a while, the curtain in front of her was lifted one after another, and the queen had already stepped into the inner hall. She is wearing a lotus blue peony satin dress with gold embroidery, which is not a dazzling color, only the delicate gold silk carved phoenix pattern at the cuffs can show undisguised dignity. She raised her head, and a dongzhu as warm as a jade thumb trembled slightly at the end of the hairpin, and she gracefully bowed her knees to her husband in such a graceful manner, and said gently to his face:

"Something happened here in Lintoe Palace, and the concubine should have come over a long time ago, but it was delayed due to some things, and I hope the emperor will forgive me."

Today's events have long been known throughout the palace, the emperor lost a fetus in vain, and the Bai family died together, and everyone felt that it was a bad day. The queen unloaded the usual vermilion palace costume and wore a lotus blue, and Tuoba Hong looked pleasing to the eye, and the anger in her heart would not reach the queen. He stretched out his hand and motioned to the queen's seat, and said to her, "It's okay, even if you come, it won't change anything." ”

The queen did not sit down, but walked to the edge of Concubine Xiang's bed.

Concubine Xiang was lying on the bed, and Lin Yuan, who was sitting next to her, stood up and saluted the queen. As soon as the queen saw her, her face was shocked, and then she said as usual: "It turns out that Guiji is also here." This palace heard that the noble concubine was wronged today. ”

She didn't expect the emperor to let Lin Yuan stay here.

Lin Yuan bowed her head and replied: "Compared to the grievances suffered by Concubine Xiang and Rong Ji, the concubine is nothing here, and the queen is worried." ”