Chapter 14 Someone Poisoned

Concubine Yao walked over with Ying'an in her arms, teasing, "I thought your sister didn't plan to see me anymore."

As she spoke, she pouted and raised her eyes, rolling her eyes at Chang Zhiyu.

Chang Zhiyu laughed for a moment, raised her handkerchief to cover her mouth and said, "You are already my mother's, but you are still so unruly. Be careful that Ying'an will become like you in the future, naughty and dishonest."

Concubine Yao also laughed.

Hongyan, the personal maid behind Chang Zhiyu, also joked, "Your Majesty, you know our young master best. When you came a few days ago, she almost looked out the window. Now, you are a little late today, and she can't sit still, and she has to come out to greet you in person."

Chang Zhiyu frowned and looked back at Hongyan in reproach, and raised her hand to hit her sleeve in a pretentious manner.

She cursed coquettishly, "You are the only one who talks too much."

Concubine Yao looked at the master and servant bickering, and also bent her waist with laughter.

Ying'an was also curiously looking at the beautiful lady in front of her in Concubine Yao's arms, thinking about the characters in the book.

Suddenly, she remembered.

[Chang Zhiyu in the book is a proud person. As the only daughter of Duke Dingguo, she had a bright future. She was about to marry a man of her dreams, live a peaceful and smooth life, and have a loving couple. However, Emperor Qingling was cruel and forced her to enter the palace as a concubine. ]

[Although being the emperor's concubine is the best way out in this capital, in Chang Zhiyu's view, this is like being a concubine, which is a burden on her. However, as the daughter of a minister in the court, she had no choice for the sake of her family. 】

【The book focuses on her origins, but only briefly describes her ending. She wasted half her life in the harem. After the death of Concubine Yao's daughter, she was disheartened and ended her life with a cup of poisoned wine. 】

Listening to Ying'an's voice, Concubine Yao shuddered.

She thought that Yi Zhiyu's character could make her a transparent person in the palace. Although she was not favored by the emperor, she could live a stable life.

But she didn't expect that she would take their sisterhood so seriously.

The palace door was wide open, and she shed two lines of tears in the cool autumn breeze.

Chang Zhiyu's heart trembled when she saw the two lines of tears, and she hurriedly said: "Sister, what happened? Did you suffer any injustice in this palace?"

Concubine Yao raised her hand to wipe away her tears: "Nothing, I just thought of some sad things and felt a little sentimental."

In Lianxin Palace, Chang Zhiyu held Ying'an and played with her for a few minutes, and asked Hongyan to take a gold lock from the jewelry box.

She put it on Ying'an and said: "The gold lock guarantees safety. May our little Ying'an be safe and worry-free in the future."

Concubine Yao curled her lips and looked at Chang Zhiyu, her heart was touched.

"Have you heard about Concubine Chun's matter a few days ago?" Concubine Yao spoke suddenly.

Chang Zhiyu paused and nodded: "Although I don't go out, Hongyan will tell me about the things in the palace, especially the things related to Concubine Chun. I know everything."

Concubine Yao thought again and again and said: "I heard that the baby in your belly in the cold palace that day..."

Chang Zhiyu hugged Ying'an, teased her little hand, looked up, and tried to control her tears from falling.

"I know it was her, but sister, I can't do anything. I can only be sad in this palace and recite scriptures for the deceased baby."

Concubine Yao looked at Chang Zhiyu's appearance and felt very uncomfortable.

On the day she left the cold palace, all the concubines in the palace went to Chengqian Palace to congratulate her, except Zhiyu. She guessed that the miscarriage that day was too much of a blow to Zhiyu, and she couldn't let it go.

But looking at her appearance, for Zhiyu, that incident was still not over.

Ying'an tried hard to hold Chang Zhiyu's hand, and continuously transferred the divine power in her body through her fingers to Chang Zhiyu's body to cure her hidden illness left by the miscarriage.

Looking at her dejected expression, he was thinking deeply.

[Looking at Chang Zhiyu's appearance, in addition to the hidden illness, she also seemed to have postpartum depression as described in the storybook. If she is allowed to continue like this, I am afraid that it will cause a big mistake. Let me think about how to resolve it.]

Concubine Yao raised her eyes and looked at Ying'an, her eyes were full of shock.

What is postpartum depression?

Isn't it that the imperial physician often says that a weak pulse is related to a bad mood and depression?

She coughed lightly, thought again and again, and persuaded Chang Zhiyu: "Zhiyu, you are still young, you will still have a child, don't worry about it."

Chang Zhiyu took a deep breath and said: "Thank you for your concern, sister. It's been so long, I have figured it out. It's probably because the fate between me and the child has not yet come, so she... abandoned me and left."

As she spoke, she shed two lines of tears.

Originally, she thought that she would definitely not cry today, and she couldn't let sister Yaohe worry, but as long as she thought of her child who died before he was born, she couldn't help but feel sad.

As soon as she finished speaking, the eunuch entered the room and knelt down, saying, "My lady, the imperial physician is here to check your pulse."

Chang Zhiyu handed Ying'an to Concubine Yao and said in a deep voice, "Let him in."

Concubine Yao stood up with Ying'an in her arms and said indifferently, "Then we won't bother you anymore. We'll come to see you another day."

Chang Zhiyu stood up and knelt down to greet her, saying, "Goodbye, sister." Concubine

Yao looked up at her, nodded and smiled, and turned to leave.

Coincidentally, she happened to meet the imperial physician who had rushed over.

The doctor bowed and said, "Madam Yao."

When Madam Yao saw the person coming, she frowned and asked in confusion, "Madam Zhao? Why are you here? I remember that it was Doctor Ma Hong who had been taking Zhi Zhaoyi's pulse?"

Doctor Zhao did not stand up, but replied, "Madam Yao, Doctor Ma just had a sudden illness in the Empress's palace and had diarrhea. He has now asked for leave and returned home. The Empress heard that Doctor Ma had been taking care of Zhi Zhaoyi since she gave birth, and it happened that Doctor Ma was the doctor who took care of her. Feng Chen is in the palace, so I was sent here to check Ping'an's pulse."

Concubine Yao frowned slightly, turned her head to look at Hongyan, and smiled, "Oh, I didn't notice it. I just talked to Zhiyu for so long, and I'm a little thirsty. Hongyan, go and pour me a cup of tea, and I'll also taste the tea in the Lianxin Palace."

Hongyan glanced at Doctor Zhao meaningfully, lowered her eyes and replied, "Yes, Concubine Yao."

Concubine Yao walked into the house again with Ying'an in her arms.

Seeing Concubine Yao coming in again, Chang Zhiyu was about to speak, but Concubine Yao frowned and signaled her not to say too much, so Chang Zhiyu swallowed the words in her mouth back.

She was just lost in thought about her deceased child, so she didn't hear what happened at the door, and she knew nothing.

I guessed about 70% when I saw Doctor Zhao come in.

Doctor Zhao has always been on the side of the Queen.

But she has been obedient since she gave birth and has never offended the Queen?

Doctor Zhao put away his things and began to take Chang Zhiyu's pulse.

Seeing that his expression was getting more and more serious, Concubine Yao also changed her expression.

"Doctor Zhao, could it be that something has happened to Zhi Zhaoyi? Why does she look like that?"

Doctor Zhao knelt down and replied, "Replying to Concubine Yao, Zhi Zhaoyi's body seems to be..."

Concubine Yao saw that something was wrong and said angrily, "Tell the truth! If you dare to say a lie, I will report it to the Emperor and the Empress and convict you!"

Doctor Zhao kowtowed in fear and said in a muffled voice, "Zhi Zhaoyi seems to have been poisoned."