Lianyi knew clearly why Rong Shijun's common cough turned into tuberculosis. It was all due to his own contribution. Her secret guards were very dedicated and conscientious. When she returned to the palace with these servants, the two volumes of scriptures also went back to Rong Shijun's bedroom.

In addition, he had not recovered before and had stayed in the dormitory the longest time, so he was naturally the most affected by the scriptures. The second most affected person was his personal servant, who had also started coughing, but had not yet developed tuberculosis.

"Queen Mother."

The eldest princess looked at her mother's expressionless face, and for some reason, her heart skipped a beat.

"Are Nannan and the others okay?"

Ripple asked.

"Nannan and the others hid in the tunnel that day and were not discovered. They were blindfolded when they came out, so they were not frightened. But they have been very close to me and my husband these days."

The eldest princess said immediately.

The eldest daughter, Nannan, was sensible and knew roughly what had happened, but after all, she didn't see it with her own eyes, so she was relatively calm. The second son and third daughter were young, but because their faces looked very ugly at the time, they had the instinct of little animals and did not cry or make a fuss, but just clung to their parents very tightly.

"Call Nannan here and ask her to accompany me to see Rong Shijun."

"Yes, Queen Mother!"

Although she didn't know why the Queen Mother didn't mention a word about Mei Yuanzheng, the eldest princess still refrained from asking and asked the people around her to take care of her eldest daughter, Nannan.

Lianyi did not change out of her court robes, but went directly to Rong Shijun's "Qingrong Palace" with her entourage.

"Granddaughter meets the Royal Grandmother!"

Nannan was wearing a little lotus pink dress today, with a double bun on her hair. Her hair accessories were also simple, just small pompoms of the same color. Her little face was as cute as ice and snow, and it seemed that she had been instructed before coming here. Her face was serious, like a little adult.

"Dear granddaughter, come to grandma."

Lianyi put away the serious expression on her face and smiled kindly when facing the little girl.

Nannan took two quick steps and came to the side of the Imperial Grandmother, who was dressed in court robes and looked very majestic. She stretched out her little hand, and after her Imperial Grandmother held her hand, she also looked up and smiled.

Lianyi held Nannan's hand, dismissed the female officials around her, and brought only the eldest princess into Rong Shijun's bedroom. Intermittent coughing sounds came from behind the curtains. As if hearing the movement, Rong Shijun asked softly:

"But He'er?"

"Father, it's me! The Queen Mother is here to see you, and it's your daughter."

The eldest princess stepped forward and said.

"Don't come near. Cough cough cough. Don't pass the disease to the Queen and Nannan. Cough cough cough. Don't come here recently."

After saying a word, Rong Shijun coughed twice, and it seemed that he was indeed seriously ill.

Lianyi did not come closer, but sat on the chair by the window beside the bed and waved to the eldest princess. The eldest princess immediately stepped forward and lifted the curtain, so that everyone could see Rong Shijun's expression clearly.

Rong Shijun was wearing a white inner garment, his hair was disheveled, his face was pale, his cheekbones were sunken, and he looked lifeless. He was coughing with a handkerchief covering his mouth. Because of the violent coughing, an abnormal flush appeared on his face. When the itching in his throat stopped, he raised his head and looked at everyone.

When he saw the empress in her court dress, he felt a little nervous and dazed for some reason.

"Grandfather, how are you? Nannan and the Royal Grandmother are here to see you."

Nannan's little voice broke the stagnant atmosphere in the room.

"Be good, Grandfather is fine, he's just old. Don't get too close to him, or he'll get sick."

Facing his most valued granddaughter, Rong Shijun spoke with a gentle expression.

"Then the granddaughter will stay here with you."

Nannan looked at Rong Shijun's expression and seemed to understand something. She bowed and came to Lianyi, leaning obediently beside the Empress Dowager, looking at her father and grandfather with her big eyes.

Lianyi patted Nannan's back gently, comforted the little girl, and then spoke:

"As soon as the morning court session ended today, He'er came to ask me to let the retired Mei Yuanzheng come to treat your cough. I didn't reply to her at the time, thinking it would be better to explain it to you in person."

Lianyi's words made both the father and daughter turn their eyes to her.

"Since Mei Yuanzheng has retired and she is old, don't bother her anymore."

"Queen Mother!"

The eldest princess's face froze and she looked at Lianyi in disbelief.

"As for why Rong Shijun got this disease and what the cause is, I'm afraid only he himself knows best."

After hearing this, Rong Shijun even forgot to cough. He suddenly raised his eyes to look at the Queen, not even having time to cover up.

"Phoenix head!"

Ripple called out softly.

"I am here."

"Take the stuff down."

Ripple instructed calmly.

"yes!"

The next moment, a black figure jumped down from the beam of the room and placed two scriptures on the table next to Lianyi.

"Do you recognize these two scriptures?"

When Rong Shijun saw two scriptures being taken down from the beams of his bedroom, he realized that it was too late.

The eldest princess' pupils shrank. She had personally delivered these two scriptures to the empress, so how could they appear in her father's room? She suddenly realized something and turned to look at her father.

"Why did you, Dao Meiyuanzheng, retire and return home?

When these two scriptures were placed in my bedroom, Mei Yuanzheng discovered something wrong. Although the scriptures were fumigated with the smell of incense and candles, Mei Yuanzheng was still able to distinguish the harmful things mixed in them.

This kind of thing will slowly invade the human internal organs and damage the lungs. However, if it is initially diagnosed by an unskilled doctor, it will be treated as a common cold and cough. If the best time for treatment is missed, it will slowly turn into tuberculosis after entering the lungs, and eventually the disease will become incurable. "

Anyway, Mei Yuanzheng has already retired and left the capital, so if he finds any problems with the scriptures, Lianyi has the final say.

After she finished speaking, the eldest princess' legs softened and she knelt on the ground, but Rong Shijun's face calmed down. After coughing twice, he wiped the blood he coughed up, smiled self-deprecatingly, and then said:

"So the Queen asked Mei Yuanzheng to take my pulse, just to make sure whether I had a common cold or was caused by this chronic poison."

"Yes, I also found out that you covered your face with a scarf when you copied the scriptures for me. As for the small Buddhist temple, it is real, and it is a temple far away from you. The three incense sticks for daily prayers were not burned by you personally as the eldest princess said, but by the little servant beside you."

"So the Queen returned the scriptures to me and let me reap the fruits of my own labor."

"Yes, after all, if the news spreads that you killed the king, He'er and Nannan will lose the chance to inherit the throne."

Ripple said lightly.

These words made the eldest princess raise her head in surprise, and Rong Shijun's cough became even more urgent.