Chapter 175 Unknown
"Ling Zhao, these clothes passed through how many hands when you brought them from the mansion to the concubine's hands?"
Chu Cong held the clothes and looked at Chu Zhaozhao and asked.
“…”
Princess Lingzhao's eyes instantly turned red with confusion: "Brother, you suspect I did something, I..."
Princess Lingzhao was holding these little clothes, which she had specially ordered made!
"Lingzhao, if I really doubted you, would I still come to ask you?" Chu Cong interrupted her and said, "Think carefully, who touched your things?"
Chu Cong's words were not gentle, and even had a hint of urgency, but Princess Lingzhao felt particularly relieved that her second brother did not doubt her at all.
Princess Lingzhao thought for a moment, then looked at the maid beside her and said, "Guanyun, who touched these things?"
At this time, Princess Lingzhao also felt that something was wrong. She said, "Second brother, I gave gifts to Concubine Fang and Concubine Shen. Which one's clothes were tampered with?"
“…”
Chu Cong looked at her worried expression and said, "Something has been done."
Princess Lingzhao stumbled and said self-reproachfully, "Second brother, are they okay?"
Could she have harmed the two concubines and the children in their bellies?
When Princess Lingzhao thought of this possibility, she became even more anxious and worried than Chu Cong.
"Don't worry, Musk, luckily we found it early."
Chu Cong comforted Guanyun and then asked her who had touched the things she brought.
You won't know until you ask, and you'll be shocked when you ask. In the princess's mansion, it passed through the hands of three embroiderers. When it was brought into the palace, Guanyun and Shangyue took it and first went to the palace of Concubine Shu to pay their respects, and then came to the East Palace to deliver the things.
These little clothes are like a sieve.
"Second brother, I have always asked them to guard the things and never let anyone else see them. The embroiderer in the mansion has also been following me all the time." Ling Zhao explained.
Chu Cong listened to Guan Yun and Shang Yue's words and said, "Outside the princess's residence, you ran into a carriage and it stopped for a moment."
"Just half an incense stick of time, it should be..."
Before Ling Zhao finished speaking, Chu Cong continued, "From the Shu Guifei Palace to the Eastern Palace, you encountered a palace maid who had spilled something. Did you help pick it up?"
"Are you sure no one touched your clothes?"
Qingwu on the side asked.
Guanyun and Shangyue were stunned for a moment. Lingzhao paused and asked hesitantly, "Shouldn't there be any?"
Chu Cong immediately sent people to check, and soon the two palace maids were found.
However, when they were found, the two palace maids had already sunk into the well and could not even speak.
As the night deepened, the East Palace was still brightly lit, as if they would not stop until the perpetrators of the poison were found.
Qiutang Courtyard.
"Throw it away."
Concubine Fang threw the clothes far away and looked at Aunt Gui with gritted teeth, "Didn't I ask you to tamper with the warm jade that the princess gave you? Why did you tamper with the clothes?"
Although clothes are easier to tamper with, they can be checked, but warm jade is more difficult to check!
The warm jade she prepared looked warm and smooth, but it was soaked in musk. If she was in contact with it for a long time, it would definitely cause her to have a premature birth.
The twins were born prematurely and narrowly escaped death.
"Concubine, something seems to have gone wrong." Nanny Gui was also anxious, but now the East Palace was guarded by people from the prince's palace, and they were thoroughly investigating the matter of musk being put into clothes!
"What should we do? Will they find out about us?"
Concubine Fang was worried. Although she had prepared several plans and even looked for a scapegoat, she probably wouldn't be the one to be blamed.
With this thought in mind, Concubine Fang was worried and felt hot when she woke up in the middle of the night.
"Oh no, the concubine has a fever."
Nanny Gui said this worriedly and immediately went to call the imperial physician.
Youlan Courtyard.
After Shen Lingshu vomited, she ate everything with relish and went to sleep.
Zhuxin was afraid that there was still some smell on her body, so she didn't dare to go over.
Madam Cui didn't sleep all night. She tore the clothes into pieces and actually found the place where the musk was placed. After finding the musk on the clothes, Madam Cui looked at the warm jade placed next to it.
Madam Cui reached out and picked it up. It was warm to the touch, and a faint warmth seeped into her heart. She said, "Zhu Xin, put this warm jade in the storehouse."
Madam Cui put it aside. Such fine jade must not be lost or damaged.
Just as she put it down, Zhu Xin lifted the curtain and walked into the room. A light breeze blew over, and Madam Cui seemed to smell something different.
"Don't move!"
Madam Cui stared at the warm jade and stopped it.
Zhu Xin was so scared that she almost dropped her hand while touching Nuan Yu. Zhu Xin asked cautiously, "Madam Cui, I, I didn't move."
Madam Cui played with it in her hand. As the warm jade gradually became warm, she shook it in front of her face. A faint musky scent came out, and also... musk!
Madam Cui gritted her teeth and said, "Send these things to the prince as well."
The other party wanted to harm the baby in the concubine's belly.
Not only is there musk on this clothes, but there is also musk in this warm jade!
Qiutang Courtyard.
"The concubine is now feverish, weak, and aching all over. Could it be that the concubine was caught in a cold wind today?"
When Imperial Physician Lin arrived, Concubine Fang was already afraid of the cold. Even with more than a dozen quilts covering her bed, she still felt cold.
After taking the pulse, Doctor Lin felt something was wrong. Because the concubine was suspicious, he did not dare to use strong medicine. That night, Doctor Lin kept an eye on Concubine Fang. At the same time, the entire Qiutang Courtyard was sealed off.
Chu Cong searched for the whole night and finally found the person who was hit by the carriage before dawn.
Chu Cong was about to go to court when Doctor Lin stumbled over and said, "Oh no, Your Highness, it's smallpox."
smallpox?
Chu Cong's pupils shrank, and his mind was in a state of confusion for a moment. Soon, he said, "Qingwu, lock the gate of the East Palace. From now on, no one in the East Palace is allowed to leave!"
After he finished speaking, Chu Cong sent a young eunuch to pass on the message through the palace gate, saying that there was smallpox in the East Palace!
There are no secrets in the deep palace. The news that the East Palace was infected with smallpox spread like wildfire.
The Emperor's face darkened as he immediately ordered the imperial physician to come over. Meanwhile, the entire Imperial Hospital became bustling with activity. Everyone was panicking, covering their noses with handkerchiefs and burning wormwood...
Soon, there was a rumor in the palace and even in the entire capital that God did not like Prince Chu Cong, and that the prince's fate was unknown, so God was punishing him!
After all, Chu Cong had only been the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace for two months when the Eastern Palace was infected with smallpox!
The emperor angrily ordered to seal the mouth, but smallpox could not be cured, so the mouth could not be sealed at all.
The emperor sent all the imperial doctors to treat smallpox and was thinking of a solution. He came to Qingyun Palace and looked at the tablet and thought for a long time: Could it be that the second son is really not suitable to be the crown prince?
In Weiyang Palace, Concubine Shu was so happy that she almost cried. She said, "The Crown Prince has been deposed, and the Eastern Palace has contracted smallpox. I wonder who dares to compete with Lian'er for the position of Crown Prince."
As for the Fourth Prince, the Fifth Prince and other little rascals, Concubine Shu didn't care about them at all.
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