Chapter 450: Overwork and Illness

"emperor!"

"Quickly call the imperial physician!"

In the hall, the constant exclamations and the noise of tables and chairs colliding with each other made Zhaohua's ears tinnitus.

The royal family and concubines gathered around the high seat almost instantly.

The crowd surged into a wall of people, almost suffocating people.

Zhao Hua was closest to Xiao Jingheng. She called out "Xiao Lang" several times, but heard no response from him.

I had to muster up the courage to reach out and feel his breath.

Unfortunately, he still had a faint breath left.

Someone was heard saying, "Move the emperor to the side hall quickly!"

Zhao Hua hurriedly shouted, "Don't move! The emperor suddenly fainted and we don't know why. Don't move him before the imperial physician arrives, lest the situation gets worse!"

She calmed down, looked out through the gap in the crowd, and glimpsed Xiao Jingyan.

Although he vomited blood and his face looked not very good, fortunately he was still conscious and did not faint.

But Rong Yue was so concerned that she was confused. When all the concubines ran towards Xiao Jingheng, she stood still and slightly turned sideways, with a vague urge to run towards Xiao Jingyan.

If she makes the wrong decision at this time, what difference would that be from setting herself on fire?

In a hurry, Zhao Hua could only yell at the audience:

"Someone come! Capture Jing Changzai!"

A loud shout immediately drew everyone's attention to Jing Changzai who was standing blankly in the hall.

Rong Yue, who was ready to make a move, had to restrain herself under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Several palace maids received the imperial decree and immediately detained Jing Changzai.

Jing Changzai was filled with fear and shouted at the top of his voice:

"Your Majesty, please calm down. This matter has nothing to do with me!"

The eunuch who tasted the meal in front of the emperor also came to Jing Changzai's rescue and said:

"Your Majesty, the wine and food at the banquet have been repeatedly tested by the palace servants in the imperial kitchen. There will be no problems."

"You say it's okay?" Zhao Hua glared at the young eunuch fiercely, and said in a dignified manner:

"If anything happens between the Emperor and Prince An, will you take the responsibility?"

The young eunuch was frightened by Zhao Hua's powerful aura and dared not say another word. He just knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging the queen to calm down.

Zhao Hua ignored him and turned his gaze back to Jing Changzai.

"The Emperor and Prince An both had seizures after drinking the wine you brewed. Do you still dare to cry out for injustice?"

Jing Chang was crying and pleading, but before he could say two words, he saw Zhang Yuanpan and a group of imperial doctors rushing over in a hurry.

As he had to act on his own accord, he didn't even bother to follow the etiquette and was anxious to treat Xiao Jingheng first.

After taking his pulse for a while, Zhao Hua saw that his brows were gradually darkening with worry, so he asked:

"What happened to the emperor? Poisoned?"

Judge Zhang said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor is not poisoned. Judging from his pulse, the Emperor has been overworked with state affairs in recent days, which has consumed his heart blood, damaged his spleen, and depleted his kidney essence... Therefore, he has become ill due to overwork.

In my humble opinion, the emperor should be moved back to Chaoyang Palace to rest. It is not appropriate for the emperor to work hard during this period of time."

Judge Zhang only mentioned the heavy state affairs.

But whether it was the empress or the important officials in the court present, who didn't know that Xiao Jingheng came in and indulged himself excessively?

Busy with state affairs during the day and reveling every night, not to mention that Xiao Jingheng is already middle-aged, even a young and strong man cannot withstand such a torment.

However, this was the emperor's private matter and no one dared to interfere.

Zhao Hua heard what Zhang Yuanpan said, and hurriedly asked people to carry Xiao Jingheng back to Chaoyang Palace for treatment.

As for Xiao Jingyan, although she cared about him very much, she couldn't show it on her face.

He simply said, "Leave two imperial doctors here to check on Prince An."

After saying this, he hurriedly got on the phoenix sedan chair and went to Chaoyang Palace.

The emperor suddenly fell ill, and it was the time for the concubines to show their acting skills and show their courtesy.

Therefore, no matter whether these women were sincere or pretending, they had to go and wait outside Chaoyang Palace.

Those with lower status could only stand in the snow in the courtyard, freezing and waiting for news.

Those with higher status can sit and wait in the main hall.

As for Zhaohua and Ning Wanshuang, who have the highest ranking in the harem, they can wait in the warm room outside the inner bedroom.

When they were alone, Zhaohua saw Ning Wanshuang was fidgeting, and from time to time she would tiptoe and look towards the inner bedroom.

It can be seen that even though Xiao Jingheng hurt her so much, she still cares about Xiao Jingheng.

Zhao Hua did not comment much, but just asked her a question in a low voice.

"Just now at the banquet, after everyone had a toast, why did Sister Wan look at me like that?"

Ning Wanshuang's eyebrows furrowed unconsciously, "Fortunately you are fine. I just thought that Jing Changzai was really so ungrateful. She gave me something like that because she thinks she is too old to live."

"What?" Zhao Hua asked.

Ning Wanshuang said, "I don't know what the wine in your glass is, but when we drank the wine, we realized it was actually peach wine after the aftereffects of it."

Hearing this, Zhao Hua was stunned for a moment, and was stunned for a long while before saying:

"What's in my cup is just ordinary sweet-scented osmanthus drink."

Ning Wanshuang said: "On New Year's Eve, Jing Changzai wanted to offer her own wine to curry favor with the emperor. She must have told the emperor about this before. The emperor knows that you are dissatisfied with Taohua, so it is understandable that he asked her to change the wine for you. But I am puzzled..."

Ning Wanshuang's face became increasingly suspicious, and she asked in confusion:

"If the emperor vomited blood and fainted, it was because of overwork. Then what about Prince An? He was fine, why did he become so unwell?"