The scream drew everyone's attention to her.
Madam Xia, pale-faced, caught Xia Siqi, who was about to fall to the ground: "Siqi, what happened to you? Don't scare your mother!"
Xia Siqi's face was ashen, and blood kept seeping from the corner of her lips.
She clutched her stomach in pain, saying, "It hurts..."
She pointed to the dish on the table, her mouth full of slurred words.
Madam Xia didn't hear clearly what she was trying to say.
Xia Siqi fainted from the pain.
Madam Xia was startled. With one hand trembling, she wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, tears streaming down her face.
"Siqi, don't scare your mother! Please, nothing bad must happen to you!"
"As long as you're alright, your father and mother will listen to you from now on."
"My daughter, my precious daughter, you can't be hurt. If something happens to you, how will your mother live?"
"Don't you not want to get married? As long as you're doing well, your mother will do whatever you want from now on."
Madam Xia cried her heart out, and even those who had been watching coldly couldn't help but have tears in their eyes.
"What's wrong?" Emperor Yuanwu, holding Mu Qianqian, also stood up from the stool.
"It seems like...poisoning."
Consort Hui sat next to Xia Siqi.
He was already so frightened that his face turned deathly pale.
She stood up from the stool, trembling: "Could it be... that the pork knuckle she just ate was poisoned?"
What! ?
poisonous?
Upon hearing the word "poisonous," Lu Zhaofeng jumped out of the crowd on alert: "Protect the Emperor! Quickly! Imperial Guards, summon the Imperial Physician!"
The empress glanced down at the meat she had just brought to her lips, but before she could even put it in her mouth, she was so frightened that her eyes rolled back and she fainted.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Lan Xi shouted loudly.
The entire banquet hall was thrown into chaos.
The imperial physician arrived quickly.
Physician Li examined Xia Siqi's eyelids: "Your Majesty, I need a bed to properly treat Miss Xia."
"Let's take it to Qiluan Garden first, it's the closest to here," Consort Shu said urgently.
"Go." Emperor Yuanwu waved his hand: "Consort Shu, I'll leave things over there to you for now."
He turned his gaze to the Empress again, and said with some annoyance, "Carry the Empress back and find a royal physician to examine her."
Mrs. Xia tried her best, but she couldn't lift Xia Siqi off the ground. She was so anxious that she was sweating profusely.
She looked up and around; all she saw were the emperor's concubines and some relatives of high-ranking officials she didn't recognize.
For a moment, I didn't know who to ask for help.
Just when she was in despair.
Lu Zhaofeng stepped out of the crowd and said, "Make way."
He completely ignored the surprised looks of the onlookers and scooped Xia Siqi up from the ground in his arms.
Because the ride was too bumpy.
Xia Siqi frowned deeply and slowly opened her eyes: "Go...where to?"
She was trembling all over from the pain, but when she saw the man holding her clearly...
He mustered all his strength and struggled desperately: "Lu... Zhaofeng?"
"We'll be there soon."
As Lu Zhaofeng spoke, he quickened his pace.
Because he walked so fast, the imperial physicians, palace maids, and eunuchs behind him jogged after him.
"It hurts...it hurts so much..." Xia Siqi mumbled a few words through her teeth, and as soon as she finished speaking, she closed her eyes again in a daze.
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