Chapter 976 Rest

"You should know how much your man protects you. If he knows about my junior brother's affairs, he will never forgive him. So you have to help me plead with him later, otherwise I'm afraid Shuisheng won't even be able to save his life..."

Madam Qin spoke with a hint of joking, but after she finished speaking, she found that Tang Ning's expression was not right, and the smile he had originally had disappeared between his eyebrows.

She immediately stopped talking: "What's wrong with you?"

Yue Jian stood aside and said, "Madam Qin, you may not know that His Majesty was attacked in Pingchong Mansion a few days ago."

"What did you say?"

Lady Qin looked up suddenly, her eyes filled with astonishment: "Your Majesty is returning with the army, how could he be attacked?"

Yue Jian said, "The Empress had been keeping her pregnancy a secret until His Majesty learned of it a while ago. His Majesty was worried about the Empress giving birth, so she left the army and returned to the capital early. She was attacked when she passed through Pingchong Prefecture."

Madam Qin couldn't help but look at Tang Ning. She knew that when the battle in Beiling was tense before, Tang Ning had concealed the fact that she was pregnant. She even didn't send a message to the northwest when the Empress Dowager passed away, for fear that Xiao Yan would be distracted on the battlefield and something would happen.

But I didn't expect that now that Beiling had won a great victory, an accident would happen when the army returned to the capital.

Thinking of what happened recently, Madam Qin asked in a serious tone, "Is it related to Lu Zhinian?"

Tang Ning hummed softly: "My brother's early return to the capital with his men was a secret, but Lu Zhinian was able to find out about his attack and used it to inform the palace. Even if he was not the mastermind, he must be related to it to some extent." But it is not certain at the moment whether he borrowed the help of others or did it himself.

Madam Qin asked anxiously, "So what is he doing now..."

Tang Ning shook his head.

She also wanted to know whether Xiao Yan was safe.

Madam Qin had personally witnessed Tang Ning and Xiao Yan's journey together, and she knew the depth of their relationship. Now that Xiao Yan was in trouble and Tang Ning was being forced to escape, seeing her lowered eyes and furrowed brows, Madam Qin did not dare to ask any further questions, but only whispered:

"Don't worry too much. He's always been lucky and had a long life. He even made it through such a dangerous situation back then. How could he die at the hands of such a villain now?"

Lady Qin was afraid that Tang Ning would feel uncomfortable, so she quickly changed the subject.

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, is the baby born safely? Is it a girl?"

Tang Ning's eyes softened. "It's a daughter. Although the process was a bit dangerous, fortunately she was only a little weak after giving birth and was not infected with the poison in my body. The imperial physician said that she will be fine after nursing her."

"I was in a coma the whole time after giving birth. I was forced to wake up and then left the palace right after. I didn't even get a close look at the child. I don't know if the child looks more like my brother or me."

Madam Qin chuckled when she heard this: "You two are both extremely good-looking. No matter who your child resembles, he will be handsome in the future."

As the topic of children came up, the atmosphere in the room relaxed. Lady Qin felt her pulse while gossiping about the little princess in the palace. After a while, she withdrew her hand and said:

"Although the poison in your body is a bit troublesome, it can be eliminated in a few days. However, this childbirth has damaged your body. Not only are you suffering from a loss of Qi and blood, but the poison has also affected your internal organs. Fortunately..."

"cough!"

Madam Qin was just about to say that fortunately it wasn't a serious problem and she could recover with acupuncture and medicine, but Tang Ning opposite her suddenly coughed, reached out and put his hand on her pulse-taking hand and pressed it lightly. Yue Jian on the side also looked at her nervously.

Madam Qin thought of the people she met when she came here just now, and the covetous Lu Zhinian, and her tone suddenly changed.

"Fortunately, you saw me in time, otherwise your body would have been completely ruined."

Yue Jian quickly responded, "Madam Qin, what should our queen do now?"

Madam Qin said, "Her five internal organs are damaged, her qi and blood are deficient, and she suffered a great ordeal during childbirth when she was poisoned. Her body is severely damaged. She cannot afford to be angry or upset, nor can she be exposed to the cold."

"A normal woman should rest and recuperate after giving birth, but Aning is running around like this. If I hadn't taken great pains to nurse her back to health for several months, she would have been too sick to get up by now."

Madam Qin had vaguely guessed something, and now seeing Tang Ning's gesture, she naturally exaggerated the severity of her condition.

As soon as she finished speaking, the door was suddenly pushed open.

Lu Zhinian stood in front of the door: "Then how should she recuperate now?"

Madam Qin's face suddenly darkened, and Tang Ning's expression was not in a good mood either.

Lu Zhinian: "Qin Miaoshou?"

Madam Qin said expressionlessly, "If you want to recuperate, you must first detoxify. After that, you can take medicine and rest, supplemented by acupuncture. It will take about half a year to recover about 60% to 70%."

Lu Zhinian's palms tightened. "Sixty to seventy percent? Zhuo Shuisheng clearly told me that this poison won't hurt anyone if it's detoxified in time..."

Madam Qin sneered, "People eat all kinds of grains, and everyone's physique is different. The poison in An Ning's body wouldn't be fatal to an average healthy person, but it's undoubtedly as arsenic-like as a poison to her body."

"You know, childbirth is a life-threatening experience for women. A little carelessness could result in two deaths. She was poisoned at this time, and the fact that she survived is a stroke of luck. I was able to help her recover to 60% or 70% because I happened to be here, and the poison in her body hadn't completely penetrated her internal organs yet."

"If it had been three or five days later, even if she didn't die, she would have spent the rest of her life bedridden and never recovered!"

This was not the first time that Lu Zhinian had heard such words. When he was at the Lu family before, Xue Ru had also said the same thing to him, saying that he had harmed Tang Ning and used Tang Ning's life to fulfill his self-righteous deep affection.

Now when he heard Madam Qin say the same words again, his face turned pale and his eyes trembled as he looked at Tang Ning.

Although Tang Ning didn't say a word, he felt as if he was slapped hard in the face.

When Lu Zhinian spoke again, the corners of his eyes turned red: "Treat her."

Madam Qin said coldly, "You don't need to tell me. I can heal An Ning myself, but I don't have anything on hand."

Lu Zhinian turned his head and said, "Return Madam Qin's things to her."

"master!"

Shi An was about to speak up. This Lady Qin had amazing skills in treating poisons. She had injured many of them with her silver needles before. If they hadn't caught Zhuo Shuisheng later, they would never have been able to capture this woman. If they returned the things to her now, what if something happened to her...

Lu Zhinian's voice became even deeper: "Give it to her!"

Shi An's expression changed instantly. Seeing that Lu Zhinian was angry, he picked up the things and walked forward, placing them heavily on the table in the room.

Madam Qin opened her medicine box and took a look at the contents. While checking the needle bag, she said, "Besides these, I also need some medicinal herbs."

She glanced around and saw pen, ink, paper and inkstone in the room. She walked aside and wrote down what she needed before handing the paper over.

"I'll detoxify Aning first. The herbs above need to be prepared as soon as possible. Aning needs a medicinal bath to remove the toxins that have already invaded her internal organs. Also, two of the herbs are for her to recover from the injuries she sustained after childbirth. Any of them cannot be missing."

Lu Zhinian looked down at the densely packed herbs and said, "I'll prepare them right away."

Pause:

"Brother Zhuo is feeling much better now. I'd like to trouble Qin Miaoshou to take care of Aning for the next two days."

Anger instantly filled Madam Qin's eyes. This shameless fellow, if she wasn't in a disadvantageous position now, she really wanted to go against the teachings of her ancestors and kill him with a needle!