Lin Sizhuo carefully felt Concubine Xi's pulse and sighed, "Your pulse is healthy, there's nothing serious."

Concubine Xi was furious and scolded, "My face is like this, and you are still okay?"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. What I'm saying is that your pulse is fine. This means the rash on your face isn't caused by food, but rather something external. You should be using something, like rouge."

"Rouge?" Qiancao was taken aback. "All the rouge used in the harem is sent here by the Shangfu Bureau."

Imperial Physician Lin bowed and said, "Empress Xi, may I see all the rouge you have used recently?"

Xibin frowned and gestured to Qiancao to bring the things over.

Doctor Lin took it and examined it carefully. He found something wrong. "Your Majesty, if I'm not mistaken, someone must have put snow soul grass pollen in your rouge."

"What did you say, Snow Soul Grass?" Xibin's face froze. "Are you sure it's Snow Soul Grass?"

"Yes, Snow Soul Grass has a unique scent. If you don't understand medical principles, you absolutely can't smell it. I've seen this thing in Dongling Country before, and I won't mistake it."

Concubine Xi's eyes were grim as she suddenly asked, "How's Concubine Yi's face?"

Imperial Physician Lin was confused, but he still answered respectfully, "The Concubine Zhaoyi simply ate peanuts by mistake, which caused the rash on her face. However, the Concubine took the medicine according to the prescription and has recovered."

Hearing this, Xibin couldn't help but sneer repeatedly, "As expected, as expected!"

It was not until this moment that Qiancao realized that they had not only failed to gain anything but also suffered a loss, and that the loss was caused by themselves.

But the snow soul grass grows in Dongling. How did Fu Qianyu know about it? When did she secretly replace the real thing with the rouge mixed with the snow soul grass pollen and send it to Zhilin Palace?

Xibin asked with red eyes, "Do you have any way to heal my face?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. The Snow Soul Grass is extremely poisonous. Your Majesty's face is already festering. I am incompetent and cannot guarantee that Your Majesty can regain her former beauty, but I will certainly do my best."

"Then I'll have to trouble the imperial physician." Xibin tried her best to suppress the turmoil in her heart. "But when the imperial physician returns, there is no need to record that I was poisoned."

Although Doctor Lin was puzzled, he still bowed and agreed, "I will make a note of it."

"Come here, escort the doctor out properly."

"I will take my leave."

As soon as Doctor Lin stepped over the threshold, he heard the sound of something being smashed inside.

Although he had only been in the palace for a short time, he could clearly see what had happened.

But none of this has anything to do with him.

The door to the bedroom was closed again. Qiancao said angrily, "Your Majesty, should we tell the Emperor about this?"

"No!" Concubine Xi bit her bloodless lips with her teeth and said coldly, "If we tell the Emperor, he will definitely order a thorough investigation. By then, even we won't be able to stay out of it."

"Are you just going to let this go?"

"Forget it?" A cruel expression appeared on Xipin's beautiful face. "Unless I die!"

When the queen heard that Zhao Yuancheng had a nosebleed, she could no longer sit still and hurried towards the Zichen Palace. On the way, she met the empress dowager.

At that time, the imperial physician was taking Zhao Yuancheng's pulse, but he had already fallen asleep and his face looked a little ugly.

The Empress Dowager saw that the Imperial Physician hadn't spoken for a long time, and she immediately became extremely anxious and asked, "Imperial Physician, how is the Emperor's health?"

Doctor Xun withdrew his hand. He had already made up his mind, but he didn't know how to speak.

Seeing that he seemed to be hesitant to speak, the Queen Mother quickly waved her hand to dismiss the palace servants waiting in the room, "All of you, leave! No one is allowed to come in without my permission."

“Yeah.”

Led by Zhu Yu, all the palace people retreated.

Imperial Physician Xun then spoke, "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, when I examined the Emperor's pulse, I discovered that he seemed to have used aphrodisiac incense recently, which caused the internal fire to surge."

"Aphrodisiac?" The Empress Dowager frowned and said in a deep voice, "The palace forbids the use of aphrodisiacs to seduce the Emperor. Who dares to be so bold?"

The Queen knelt down and said in a panic, "It's all my fault. Please calm down, Mother."

"There are so many people in the harem, there are always places that cannot be taken care of. Queen, you should get up first."

Hearing that the Queen Mother had no intention of blaming her, the Queen finally breathed a sigh of relief. After she stood up, she heard the Queen Mother ask her, "Who has been sleeping with you during this time?"

"I checked the records of the Shangqin Bureau this morning. During this period, the emperor mostly went to Xiapin's place."

"Xiapin?" The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes. "Xiapin wasn't particularly favored by the Emperor when she was in the Eastern Palace. Now that these new people have arrived, why is the Emperor suddenly thinking of her?"

"Perhaps it's because the eldest princess is not feeling well, so the emperor always goes to visit her."

The Queen Mother thought more and more that something was wrong and called out to the door, "Madam Song."

Nanny Song was the Empress Dowager's personal attendant. After she came in, she heard the Empress Dowager instruct her, "Take two imperial physicians with you to Mingde Palace and search it thoroughly. Don't leave any place untouched."

"Yes, I obey your command."

This way, Mingde Palace.

Concubine Xia was accompanying the eldest princess in flying kites in the yard, and Chunxiao was talking about the incident where Zhao Yuancheng had a nosebleed when he went to court.

As the master and servant were talking, they saw Nanny Song leading a group of people walking in aggressively. The princess was a little timid and was frightened by the scene and burst into tears.

Concubine Xia loved her daughter dearly and subconsciously hugged the princess in her arms. Although she was angry, she had to endure it because Nanny Song was the empress dowager's person.

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