Xia Zhengqi and the Queen were both shocked when they heard their daughter's thoughts.
What? What's wrong with flowers?
Xia Miaoyuan walked up to the flower and carefully observed the petals and branches.
In fact, she didn't know much about flowers, but Maomao's reaction just now made her conclude that there must be something wrong with this flower.
Maomao is a mischievous child who loves to destroy green plants. He has destroyed almost all the flowers, plants, and low trees in the courtyard of Kunning Palace.
If the flowers are in bloom and very beautiful, it will bite off the flowers to play with. If the flowers are not in bloom or the flowers are not good-looking, it will pull the whole plant out of the soil.
After pulling it out, step on it a few times.
However, if the flower itself is poisonous, it will not touch it.
Once, Xia Miaoyuan took Maomao to play in another palace. Seeing oleander planted in the courtyard, Maomao just went forward to smell it and left.
So Xia Miaoyuan concluded that there must be something wrong with these pots of peonies.
She examined the peonies carefully but found nothing.
Xia Miaoyuan scratched her head in confusion, and at this moment, she felt a fragrance rushing into her nostrils.
"What's that smell!?" Xia Miaoyuan screamed in a baby voice.
She covered her mouth and nose tightly with her small fleshy hands, frowning.
"What's wrong, Miao'er?" Xia Zhengqi asked with concern.
Logically speaking, this precious peony should only have a faint, refreshing fragrance and not emit any pungent smell.
Why did Miaoer cover her mouth and nose?
The Queen and Xia Zhengqi had already walked to Xia Miaoyuan's side.
"There is a problem, there must be a problem!" Xia Miaoyuan pointed his index finger at several pots of peonies.
"Is it the smell that's the problem?" asked the Queen.
Just now, she also noticed that her daughter covered her mouth and nose after smelling the scent of peony, and Maomao seemed to be disgusted after smelling it.
"Yeah!" Xia Miaoyuan looked at the emperor and empress and nodded vigorously.
"Then Miao'er, do you know what the specific problem is?" the queen asked in a persuasive manner.
[Hey, I'm not a chemical detector, how would I know if there's a problem?]
[Maomao and I both smell something strange, so there must be something wrong with this flower!]
Xia Miaoyuan spread out her hands helplessly.
Seeing that her daughter couldn't get any more information out of her, the Queen asked Xia Zhengqi, "Your Majesty, where did this flower come from?"
Xia Zhengqi thought for a moment and said, "It was sent by the envoys from Dai Viet who visited a while ago."
"Could it be..." Xia Zhengqi glanced at the queen and had some new ideas in his mind.
"Debao! Go and invite all the senior doctors from the Imperial Hospital. And send someone to invite Doctor Yin to the palace as well."
[That's right! Professional matters should be left to professionals.] Xia Miaoyuan clapped his hands in satisfaction.
After an incense stick of time, five old doctors came in one after another.
"May I ask your Majesty, who is ill?" asked Lord Zhou, the director of the Imperial Hospital.
The other imperial doctors also had serious expressions on their faces.
Five imperial doctors were sent away at once, this must be a serious illness.
Xia Zhengqi asked the eunuchs to carry a few pots of peonies into the inner hall and asked, "Could the imperial doctors please check these flowers to see if there is anything wrong?"
The chief physician of the Imperial Hospital was shocked: "Treat Hua?"
"We are imperial physicians, we treat people, how can we treat flowers?"
Xia Miaoyuan rolled her eyes speechlessly.
[How did this person get the position of a court official? He seems to be not very smart!]
Xia Zhengqi rolled his eyes in disdain and patiently explained, "I'm not asking you to diagnose the flowers, I'm asking you to check these pots of flowers to see if there's anything wrong with them."
"Oh, so that's it!" Lord Zhou scratched his head a little embarrassedly.
Five imperial doctors came forward one after another and examined the patient carefully.
After a while, the five imperial doctors discussed in low voices.
After the discussion, the Imperial Hospital Director reported their conclusion to Xia Zhengqi: "Your Majesty, there's something wrong with the smell of these peonies."
"Oh?" Xia Zhengqi's eyes lit up. "Go on, what's the problem?"
Lord Zhou lowered his head, avoiding Xia Zhengqi's sharp gaze: "That... we don't know either."
[No way? That's it...] Xia Miaoyuan was even more speechless.
Xia Zhengqi also felt anger rising and was breathing heavily.
Lord Zhou seemed to sense Emperor Mingxi's anger and quickly added, "But what is certain is that these flowers have been tampered with. The smell is wrong. Perhaps some drug was added?"
"You are a bunch of good-for-nothings!" Xia Zhengqi couldn't help but shout.
The five doctors all knelt down in unison: "Your Majesty, I am not a good student. Please forgive me!"
Xia Zhengqi was just about to scold them when he saw a young eunuch winking at Debao at the door.
Xia Zhengqi instantly understood that Yin Xizi had arrived.
"Your Majesty, Doctor Yin is here!" Debao whispered.
"Please come in!" Xia Zhengqi said cheerfully.
Yin Xizi was still dressed in her usual cool attire. Seeing the Emperor and Empress were both present, Yin Xizi quickly knelt and bowed.
"Get up quickly, Doctor Yin!" The queen stepped forward enthusiastically and helped Yin Xizi up.
"I invited you here today not to see a doctor, but to see the flowers." Xia Zhengqi said straight to the point.
"Look at the flowers?" Yin Xizi was puzzled.
"It's like this. There are several pots of precious peonies in the greenhouse. We moved them to Kunning Palace today, but we found that Xiaolu and Miao'er were very disgusted by their smell." The queen explained patiently.
"We just asked a few imperial doctors to check it out. They all concluded that there was something wrong with the flowers, but they couldn't tell us what the problem was."
"So that's how it is!" Yin Xizi nodded.
After saying that, she walked over to the peony and examined it carefully.
After examining it, Yin Xizi asked, "Your Majesty, could I please remove a few petals and stamens?"
Xia Zhengqi raised his hand: "Please feel free to do as you please."
Yin Xizi took out a pair of small tweezers from the medical box, and then took out a small cup. She carefully used the tweezers to pluck off a few petals and stamens and put them into the cup.
She put the cup under her nose and sniffed it gently, then asked a palace servant for a fire starter and lit the contents of the cup.
In an instant, the petals and stamens in the cup burned, and a few wisps of green smoke came out, and a strong fragrance came with the green smoke.
“It smells so good!”
“I feel like I’m high!”
The five imperial doctors kneeling on the ground began to discuss in low voices.
The palace maids in the room also frowned slightly, and some even covered their noses.
"This smell is so strange!" The queen pulled Xia Miaoyuan into her arms and covered her daughter's mouth and nose with a handkerchief. Seeing this, Yingxue hurriedly took out a handkerchief to help the queen cover her mouth and nose.
"Open the window and the door quickly!" Xia Zhengqi ordered sternly.
"Everyone, go outside the palace!"
The emperor and empress held Xia Miaoyuan, the imperial physicians, Yin Xizi, and the palace maids, and they all walked into the courtyard.
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