Chapter 187 The Lost Son

This family letter was dictated by Concubine Chen and written by Liu Yue, and it is concise and to the point.

After the letter was completed, Concubine Chen urged Liu Yue to send it out quickly.

As soon as Liu Yue left, Kang Yubin walked in with a flattering smile.

He bowed to the Concubine Chen and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen's heart disease has recurred. This time it is so severe that almost all the doctors on duty at the Imperial Hospital have gone to Kunning Palace."

The concubine sneered wantonly, "Then will she die or not?"

"This..." Kang Yubin's smile froze, "I don't know."

"You know nothing, why are you nagging me?"

The summer weather was already hot and humid. The Concubine rolled her eyes at Kang Yubin and became increasingly impatient when she saw that he was standing there motionless.

"Still standing here? Go find out!"

"Ah, ah! I'll go right away!"

Kang Yubin disappeared in a flash.

About half an hour later, he brought back some fresh and exciting news to the Concubine Chen.

"Your Majesty, I have inquired with the Imperial Hospital. The Queen's premature birth and hemorrhage have seriously injured her body. Court Judge Chu said that the Queen already had a heart disease. If the heart disease relapses frequently, she may lose her life."

"Lose your life?" The concubine said this with a gloomy look in her eyes. After thinking for a moment, she suddenly smiled.

"Okay, if even the heaven wants to take this bitch away, I will follow the will of heaven! Go and call Concubine Yun, I have something to say to her."

Counting it up, this year marks the fifth year that Concubine Chen has entered the palace.

Before Song Zhao entered the palace, Concubine Chen was the favorite.

Although she was spoiled at that time, she still kept her duties to the queen and was very respectful.

Until she was six months pregnant, she fell down at the palace gate for no apparent reason and lost the baby...

Xiao Jingheng classified the incident as an accident, but Concubine Chen has been very cautious since she became pregnant. If her calf had not cramped severely that night, how could she have slipped and fallen?

Originally, Concubine Chen did not blame anyone for this incident, but later she asked the imperial physician why she always had calf cramps for no reason.

The imperial physician said, "I think it's because your Majesty's bones are weak."

After hearing this, the concubine was even more puzzled.

Before I was pregnant, I didn't have calf cramps like this.

How come taking supplements while pregnant causes problems?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this matter was strange, so she dug deeper into the cause of the weak bones.

The imperial physician said that this was probably caused by the mouth, so the concubine said to the imperial physician:

"But my daily diet is based on the recipes jointly drawn up by the Imperial Kitchen and your Imperial Hospital, and every meal is prepared in my own small kitchen in the palace. How could there be any mistakes?"

The imperial physician looked through the recipe and found nothing wrong, but at this moment he heard the concubine mutter,

"It's just that I don't like to eat vegetarian food on weekdays, so the vegetarian dishes on the menu are always picked out." ×

The imperial physician hurriedly said, "These dishes were specially prepared for the Empress. The Empress arbitrarily cut out the meat and disliked the vegetables, which might be the reason for the weak bones."

But the Concubine Chen said, "It's not that I don't eat vegetarian food, it's just that I don't like the vegetarian dishes on the menu.

The Queen also knew that I was picky about food, and she remembered my preferences. She said that I liked to eat spinach, lettuce, and Brussels sprouts, so she asked me to pick out the vegetables I liked and use more of them, so that the heir would not be deprived of nutrition because of my picky eating. For the sake of the child, I eat these vegetables almost every day. "

The imperial physician was shocked when he heard this. "The problem lies in your majesty's self-willed decision! The vegetables you mentioned are all dishes that will cause bone weakness during pregnancy. Your majesty eats them every day, and even if you drink a lot of milk or bone soup, it can't make up for the weak bones..."

The concubine suddenly realized.

It turns out that the reason she had a miscarriage was because of the Queen’s scheme!

But from the beginning to the end, the only thing the queen did was to advise her to pick out the vegetables she liked and eat more of them, saying that only a combination of meat and vegetables could be good for the royal heir.

In this case, what can the Concubine Chen say?

She didn't even have the evidence to file a complaint against the Queen in front of the Emperor!

(Simplified version in human terms: weak bones refer to calcium deficiency. The above vegetables are rich in oxalic acid, which affects calcium absorption. Calcium deficiency in pregnant women can cause calf cramps.)

From then on, the feud between Concubine Chen and the Queen was completely settled.

The queen schemed to take her child's life.

How could she tolerate such a vicious woman sitting on the throne of the Empress unscathed, and standing shoulder to shoulder with Xiao Jingheng as his legitimate wife?

The imperial city in June was as hot and stuffy as a boiling jar.

But when Concubine Chen thought of her dead son, she felt a chill at this moment.

When no one was around, she shed tears sadly, looking fragile and helpless.

But after hearing the palace servant outside announce that "Empress Yun has arrived",

The concubine immediately turned her palm upward to wipe away the hot tears from the corners of her eyes.

Then the sadness on his face disappeared, and he became proud and unrestrained again. He straightened his back and sat upright in the first seat.

As soon as Concubine Yun entered, she greeted her with a smile.

"Sister, you are in a good mood today. Why did you think of asking me to come and sit with you?"

The Concubine Chen glanced at her and immediately saw that she was wearing a peacock pearl hairpin with kingfisher feathers on her head.

The craftsmanship of the pearl hairpin and kingfisher feather inlay is very exquisite, and the peacock is lifelike. You can tell at a glance that it is very expensive.

So she smiled and said, "The pearl hairpin on your head is made with kingfisher feathers. It looks like a precious piece of gold."

"This..." Concubine Yun looked a little embarrassed. She was silent for a while, then suddenly took off her pearl hairpin and presented it to Concubine Chen.

"If you like it, I will give you this hairpin."

The Concubine Chen did not take it, but raised her eyebrows and sneered at her, "This thing is precious, how can I take it from you?"

Concubine Yun hurriedly said, "If it weren't for Lord Ning who took care of the Qizhou issue for my father, how could I be so rich today? Sister, you should accept it."

She moved the pearl hairpin closer to the Concubine Chen.

However, after taking the pearl hairpin, Concubine Chen hastily pinned it on Concubine Yun's hair bun.

She looked at the bun that Concubine Yun had combed, and nodded repeatedly, saying, "This pearl hairpin suits you very well. You are the emperor's concubine, so of course you deserve such a good thing."

As he spoke, he leaned closer to Concubine Yun and sniffed lightly, "You are using Duyi incense today, right? It smells good, but it's a little vulgar and doesn't suit your status. The Evian incense I gave you before is the most suitable for you. Now that you have used it up, I will ask someone to get it for you later."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Yun immediately understood why Concubine Chen called her here today.

There is a medicine in the Evian fragrance that can slightly speed up the blood flow of the smeller.

It would not cause any harm to ordinary people if they smelled it, but the queen had a heart disease, and her condition was getting worse. If she smelled this smell again, she would probably suffer a heart attack and die.

Concubine Yun was also afraid. What if the Queen really lost her life because of this incense? Wouldn't she be in big trouble?

She lowered her voice and said in panic, "This...it was fine in the past, but now it's different. If the Queen smells this fragrance again, someone might die."

The Concubine Chen glanced at her and said disapprovingly: "She deserves to die because of her heart disease recurring. What are you afraid of? If you follow my instructions, I will definitely ensure that you and your family will live a prosperous life. But if you refuse and annoy me..."

She suddenly stopped talking, and a sinister smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

Shi Shiran walked up to Concubine Yun and patted her cheeks twice before speaking fiercely:

"If I am unhappy, then my father and brother will be unhappy. If they are unhappy, then you can think about the mess your father made in Qizhou by yourself, and who will cover it for you!"