"Your Majesty, if we need the imperial physician to make a diagnosis, you should go out first," Xiao Shu'er said obediently, her brows furrowed, her face showing concern.
"What are you saying? Quickly treat Consort Lan. I want to stay here with her," the Emperor shouted, sitting back down on the bed and taking Consort Lan's hand in his.
Consort Lan gripped the Emperor's hand tightly.
The imperial physician hurriedly reached out to take Consort Lan's pulse, but was stopped by Xiao Shu'er. She earnestly advised, "Your Majesty, you do not know this. When a woman is pregnant, it is an extremely yin matter, but you are a dragon with the most yang body. Not only will you easily offend a pregnant woman here, but you may also bring disaster upon yourself."
Xiao Shuer made up a story with a straight face, but her face was full of sincerity and worry.
"Nonsense! My body is extremely masculine and strong, what trouble could it possibly bring? Imperial Physician!" the Emperor said displeasedly.
The imperial physician was about to step forward, but was stopped by a fierce glare from Xiao Shu'er. His knees buckled, and he knelt on the ground again, his body and voice trembling: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, what the Princess said is not without reason, and the matter is of great importance..."
Before he could finish speaking, the Emperor frowned and stood up. He looked deeply at the pale-faced Consort Lan and said helplessly, "Fine, I'll go out and give Consort Lan a proper pulse diagnosis."
Although Consort Lan was in so much pain that she felt dizzy, she refused to let go of the Emperor's robe and kept calling out for him.
The emperor finally managed to pull the hem of his robe from her hands with a heavy heart.
After the Emperor left, Xiao Shu'er, with a gloomy expression, instructed the imperial physician to take Consort Lan's pulse.
Lan Fei's tightly furrowed features relaxed, and although there was still pain on her face, it was no longer as unbearable as before.
"Imperial Physician, what's wrong with me?" Consort Lan asked, frowning.
The imperial physician's hand did not linger on Consort Lan's wrist for long before he recoiled as if it were a hot potato.
He knelt on the ground in terror, his face turning even paler than that of Consort Lan.
Xiao Shuer frowned, knowing that Consort Lan's condition was not good.
Consort Lan forced a smile that looked more like a grimace, and asked, "Imperial Physician, what's wrong with you? Tell me, how is my health? How is my child? What do you mean by this?"
The imperial physician stammered, "Your Majesty, the imperial fetus in your womb... is... is gone."
"What...what do you mean by that?" Consort Lan asked incredulously. "What did you say? What do you mean by 'gone'? Explain yourself! What do you mean by 'gone'!"
Lan Fei's pale face began to flush, and her voice grew louder and louder until it almost turned into a roar.
Xiao Shu'er pressed her back onto the bed as she struggled to sit up: "Can't you calm down? Do you want the whole world to know that you're no longer carrying the emperor's child?"
Consort Lan looked as if she wanted to cry, yet also as if she wanted to laugh: "How could this be? How could this be? I finally managed to conceive this child!"
Xiao Shuer turned her head and asked the imperial physician expressionlessly why Consort Lan had suddenly become like this.
The imperial physician replied tremblingly, "As the saying goes, 'Rome wasn't built in a day,' and Consort Lan's condition didn't develop overnight. Consort Lan's body was already weak and had a lot of coldness, but she also had a strong craving for seafood, and for a long time... a long time..."
Consort Lan, suppressing her pain, asked, "Long-term what?"
The imperial physician said weakly, "It's only today that we've discovered this, because of the long-term use of beauty pills that have negatively impacted the body."
Consort Lan was stunned, still muttering in disbelief, "It's not like that, it's not true. I know what I'm doing. I got the beauty pills from the imperial physician, who said they wouldn't harm my health!"
Xiao Shuer sighed, looking at Consort Lan with undisguised disgust in her eyes. She never expected that the scheming and intrigue in the palace would not have ruined the child in her womb, but that she herself would send her child to a dead end.
Consort Lan was still muttering in disbelief when Xiao Shu'er slapped her, which brought her back to her senses.
"Consort Lan lost her child not because she ate too much seafood, nor because she took beauty pills for a long time."
Consort Lan looked at Xiao Shu'er with a surprised expression, her eyes showing doubt and confusion.
The old imperial physician had spent many years in the palace and was well-versed in the power struggles and intrigues within it. He said nothing at this moment, taking it as an admission of Xiao Shuer's words.
After the pulse diagnosis was finished, the Emperor rushed into the room upon hearing the news, only to find Consort Lan with tears streaming down her face and Xiao Shu'er with a sorrowful expression.
The Emperor's heart skipped a beat, and he forced a smile as he asked, "What's wrong? How is Consort Lan's health? How is the young prince?"
Before the imperial physician could answer, Consort Lan burst into tears: "Your Majesty... the child... is gone..."
She burst into tears, and the emperor was stunned for a moment before going over and embracing her.
"What exactly is going on?" The emperor's face was extremely grim as he looked at the imperial physician.
The imperial physician lowered his head and after a long while said with difficulty, "Your Majesty, Consort Lan has indeed miscarried, it seems she has been poisoned."
"Poisoned?" The Emperor frowned.
Xiao Shuer looked shocked and surprised, while Consort Lan cried even harder.
"What exactly happened?" the Emperor demanded sternly. "All the food in the palace has been examined by the imperial physicians before it was allowed to enter Consort Lan's mouth. Where did the poison come from?"
Xiao Shuer said sadly, "Royal brother, it must have been because there were too many people at the banquet and something went wrong!"
Therefore, all the food that Consort Lan had just eaten was brought out to be tested for poison, but no poison was found.
Xiao Shuer continued, "Royal brother, since the poison isn't in the food, it must be somewhere else. So many people have come to offer their congratulations today; who knows if the gifts they bring are poisoned!"
The imperial physician quickly chimed in, "Yes, Your Majesty! The Empress has always been very careful in the palace. This time, she must have encountered some poisonous foreign object to be poisoned!"
"Foreign object?" Consort Lan asked, her voice trembling with tears.
“Yes, Consort Lan, think carefully about whether you ate anything that didn’t belong in the palace today, or touched anything that was brought into the palace from outside,” Xiao Shu’er said sincerely.
After much deliberation, Consort Lan said sadly, "I haven't eaten anything from outside today, and I haven't brought any of the congratulatory gifts... ah no, I forgot..."
As she spoke, she beckoned to her maid, who presented her with a small wooden box. Upon opening the box, a dazzling little gold lock was revealed.
"This..." The emperor was also stunned.
"If I had to say what kind of gift it was, I would say this is all I touched today. Miss Chang made this exquisite little thing, and I love it so much that I can't put it down. But I believe..." she said pitifully.
The Emperor frowned, his expression solemn and heavy, and after a long while said, "Test for poison."
The imperial physician hurriedly got up to get the silver needles. Consort Lan still looked aggrieved, but a cold smile flashed across Xiao Shu'er's face.
After the imperial physician took the silver needle to test for poison, the emperor and Consort Lan were shocked to see the needle turn black. Xiao Shu'er also pretended to be surprised, but in her heart, she was overjoyed.
She thought viciously, "Chang Lili, I'll make you wish you were dead! Meng Yuxiu, I'll make you regret choosing that woman!"
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