Chapter 81 I'm here, I'll drink with you
There was chaos in the Zhuoyu Palace.
Judge Xiao rushed over and saw that the hall was brightly lit. The emperor was holding a woman on the couch and coaxing her softly. There was a glaring pool of bright red on the plain bedding.
Judge Xiao did not dare to delay any longer and hurried forward to take Yueli's pulse.
He Yanchen held the woman in his arms. Yueli's little face was pale, her slender fingers tightly grasped his clothes, and she called him in a low and weak voice.
He Yanchen felt a sharp dryness in his throat. She'd been complaining about feeling unwell during their playful banter, but he'd thought she was just being coquettish. If she'd truly gotten into trouble because of him...
Court Judge Xiao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and took Yue Li's pulse with bated breath. However, he did not speak for a long time and his frown was difficult to relax.
He Yanchen tightly grasped the ring in his hand, his throat as if blocked by wet cotton wool, and he spoke with difficulty: "How is Yu Zhaorong?"
Court Judge Xiao hesitated for a moment before saying, "Yu Zhaorong seems to have come into contact with something cold and yin. Furthermore, your Majesty has always been suffering from a deficiency of Qi and blood, which has led to her menstruation coming early, and..."
Xiao Yuanpan glanced at the palace servants around him. He Yanchen's eyes darkened and he ordered, "Everyone get out."
After Ji Ming led the other palace servants out, Court Judge Xiao said, "When Yu Zhaorong entered the palace, I noticed that she seemed to have used something extremely cold and sinister. I'm afraid she would have trouble having children. Today, the Empress has come into contact with something unknown, causing her old illness to relapse, leading to the continuous bleeding."
Although Yue Li was not selected into the palace through normal selection, she was examined by an imperial physician when she first arrived at the palace. He Yanchen remembered this incident.
But at that time he was not concerned about having offspring, and he did not cherish Yueli as much as he does now, so he did not take this matter to heart. Now when he thinks about it, he just feels a lump in his chest.
"What kind of cold thing is this?" He Yanchen noticed that the woman in his arms was trembling with pain and patted her back gently to comfort her.
Court Judge Xiao pondered for a moment, his voice gradually lowering, "Yu Zhaorong once stayed at Chunfeng Pavilion in Jiangning Prefecture. Girls in those places usually use drugs that can instigate infertility..."
These words made He Yanchen's face completely gloomy.
He lowered his head and looked at the little girl who had been acting coquettishly in his arms just now, now curled up in pain. She usually complained about the bitterness even when eating medicinal food, so how could she have drunk that kind of medicine at that time?
"Maybe a cure?"
Court Judge Xiao, bearing his cold gaze, could only nod insincerely: "Your humble servant can only do his best. As for whether Consort Yu can bear an heir..."
He Yanchen interrupted him: "I don't care whether she has an heir or not. I want you to cure her body. She feels uncomfortable every time she has her period, and it's because of this reason."
"It's probably because of the medicine. Yu Zhaorong was young at the time and her body hadn't fully grown yet, so the symptoms would have been more severe."
He Yanchen hugged the person in his arms tightly and closed his eyes: "Go down and boil the medicine."
When the palace maid brought the bowl of medicine, He Yanchen picked her up, let her lean on his arms, pinched her cheek with one hand and fed her the medicine.
"Be good, you'll get better only after you drink the medicine."
Yueli frowned and reluctantly opened her mouth as he pinched her. But after a few spoonfuls of medicine were poured in, she coughed and vomited awkwardly, crying non-stop: "Your Majesty..."
Lian Qiao took a handkerchief to wipe her, but a lot of the spitted-out medicine still flowed onto He Yanchen's hands and clothes. He didn't care at all, and just whispered to her, "I'm here, I'll drink with you."
He restrained her struggling hands and fed her medicine orally. It took him half a day to feed her a whole bowl of medicine.
Yue Li lay weakly and awkwardly in his arms. He Yanchen asked someone to bring hot water to wipe her.
She loves cleanliness, and she definitely won't be able to rest well in such a mess.
After finishing all this, He Yanchen closed his eyes and saw that the woman had curled up on the couch and fallen asleep.
At this time, Chu Yi walked in and said, "Your Majesty, I have thoroughly checked everything Your Majesty used today and found nothing unusual."
"But the Empress' lunch meal has already been cleared away by the palace servants, and no leftovers were found."
He Yanchen's tone was chilling: "For no reason, would Yu Zhaorong come into contact with cold and gloomy things?"
"Is it that you can't find out, or are you neglecting your duties?"
Ever since the incident with the virtuous prince, Ji Ming had never seen He Yanchen so angry again. The palace servants in the hall knelt on the ground in panic. He Yanchen swept his cold gaze over everyone: "Report everything that Yu Zhaorong came into contact with and who she met today."
Lian Qiao, who had been serving closely, quickly pondered, "Her Majesty returned to Zhuoyu Palace early this morning. She didn't see anyone on the way, and had only two cakes for breakfast in Linde Hall. For lunch, Her Majesty had a bowl of red bean porridge and a few side dishes, then took a short nap. When she woke up, she played chess with either Shen Zhaoyi or Jiang Ronghua."
The food is checked by palace servants. If you really think about it, the two people I met today are more suspicious.
“Go tell Shen Zhaoyi and Jiang Ronghua.”
The outer hall of Zhuoyu Palace.
After hearing that Yueli was in trouble, the other concubines came to Zhuoyu Palace one after another. Even the empress dowager hurried over when she heard that Yueli was bleeding.
They waited outside the hall for a long time until He Yanchen came out.
He had not had time to change into clean clothes, and his cuffs and chest were stained by the medicine. The emperor, who was always noble, now looked quite disheveled.
The queen looked a little stunned. She had been married to He Yanchen for seven years, and she had only seen him in such a miserable state twice.
Once was when Yueli fell into the water last time, and once was now.
She gave a short, self-deprecating laugh.
He Yanchen didn't pay attention to the queen, his eyes immediately stayed on Shen Zhaoyi's face.
Concubine Shen's brows were furrowed, her worry evident. She stared at the bedroom behind the curtain without missing a beat. When she saw him come out, she even looked over at the Queen and asked, "Your Majesty, how is Sister Yu?"
"I heard that Sister Yu had seen blood, but..."
The Queen Mother's heart was also lifted by Shen Zhaoyi's words. What she cared about most was the royal heir. Now Yu Zhaorong was the only one favored. If even she could not give birth to a royal heir, what would happen in the future?
He Yanchen looked worried and didn't say anything. Ji Ming quickly replied, "Don't worry, Empress Dowager and all the other ladies. Yu Zhaorong is not pregnant. She just accidentally touched something inappropriate."
They were all women who had been immersed in the deep palace for many years, so how could they not understand what he meant? But the Queen was a little puzzled. Zhuoyu Palace had just reported her period twenty days ago, and there was no sign of her pregnancy. Why did someone take action?
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