Princess Jingning nodded obediently.
The palace servants were dumbfounded.
You are the legitimate daughter of the Empress Dowager, how can you have the energy to fight with Princess Hui'an?
Su Xiaoxiao came to the bed.
The people in the Imperial Medical Bureau had experienced her medical skills, and after being slapped in the face by her several times, they no longer dared to underestimate her.
Imperial Physician Zhu and Imperial Physician Wan spontaneously made way for them.
They did not leave, but wanted to stay and observe Su Xiaoxiao's medical skills. It would be even better if they could learn something.
Just by looking at the queen's complexion, Su Xiaoxiao knew that the poison was no longer a problem.
She took the queen's pulse, examined her nails and pupils, and further confirmed her diagnosis.
"The two imperial doctors rescued her in time, and the Empress is no longer in danger of death."
After these words were spoken, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The two imperial doctors looked at her with complicated expressions.
She just specifically mentioned that the two of them were rescued in time, which was equivalent to giving the credit to them.
Although it was indeed their credit, if she insisted on saying that they did not perform the rescue properly, no one would question her based on her experience in previous times.
She could have kept the credit for herself.
At this moment, the two of them really looked at Su Xiaoxiao with new eyes.
Su Xiaoxiao gave the queen two small yellow pills to detoxify.
The two imperial doctors wanted to ask for the prescription for the pills, but they were not so shameless as to do that.
After the imperial doctors left, Princess Jingning dismissed the palace maids.
Su Xiaoxiao asked: "What happened? Why was the Queen poisoned?"
Princess Jingning patted the stool beside her.
Su Xiaoxiao sat down.
Princess Jingning then said, "Today, my second sister-in-law came to the palace to pay respects to my mother and told her the good news of her pregnancy. It turns out that she had already found out she was pregnant when she went to pray, but she didn't dare to make it public because she was less than three months pregnant."
Su Xiaoxiao recalled that when she was bandaging the wound of the Second Prince's wife that day, she had indeed been protecting her stomach with her hands.
It turns out she is pregnant.
Princess Jingning continued, "Sister-in-law and Concubine Qin are here too."
"Qin...Yanran?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.
"It's her." said Princess Jingning.
Su Xiaoxiao hadn't heard this name for so long that she almost forgot about this person.
Princess Jingning said, "You also know that my eldest brother has fallen out of favor with my father recently. In addition, the two of them lied about Concubine Qin falling into the water. My father wanted to cancel the marriage, but the royal family has made enough jokes. My father didn't want the royal family to lose face, so he had to recognize Concubine Qin. The banquet was cancelled, and a sedan chair was carried into the eldest prince's mansion."
This was probably the coldest time for the royal family to take in a concubine in history.
"The next day after entering the mansion, they went to the palace to pay respects to the empress. This is the rule set by our ancestors. At noon, my mother invited them to have a meal in Kunning Palace. In the afternoon, the group went to the Imperial Garden and happened to run into Concubine Xian and Hui'an admiring the flowers."
At this point, Princess Jingning added, "There are no classes in the palace today."
Su Xiaoxiao motioned for her to continue.
Princess Jingning said, "Later, everyone went to a nearby pavilion. My mother asked the imperial kitchen to prepare some snacks and sent them over. Concubine Xian asked for a bottle of fruit wine. After drinking it, my mother was poisoned."
Su Xiaoxiao asked, "Were you there at the time?"
Su Xiaoxiao said: "The poison was in the cup."
Princess Jingning nodded, "Yes, the two doctors found some poison on the rim of the cup. It was a juice made from Aconitum, which happened to be similar in color to the fruit wine. The eunuch who served the tea set had already committed suicide by hitting his head against a pillar. But because the fruit wine was ordered by Concubine Xian, she has been called to the imperial study by my father for questioning."
Su Xiaoxiao sniffed.
Princess Jingning looked at her strangely: "What's wrong?"
Su Xiaoxiao stood up and walked towards the queen's phoenix bed while smelling the scent.
She sniffed the bed, then lay down and looked under it.
She moved the pedal away and reached out with her hands, but couldn't reach it. She tried to crawl in, but got stuck again.
“The bed is too small!”
Never admit that I'm fat! Princess Jingning chuckled and said, "Yes, the bed is too small. I'll ask my mother to order a new bed. It's guaranteed to be big and tall."
Su Xiaoxiao stretched her chubby little legs in and swept the thing out with a sweeping kick.
It was a little man with needles all over his body, wearing the same clothes as Princess Jingning, with Princess Jingning's birth date pasted on his back.
There is incense on the little man that is commonly used by the White Lotus Sect.
Su Xiaoxiao had come into contact with quite a few White Lotus sect members, but not every one of them had this trait.
For example, Mr. Lin, the boss of the gambling house, and Mrs. Wei and sister-in-law Chu, they all didn't wear any perfume on them.
The room was filled with the smell of traditional Chinese medicine. If Su Xiaoxiao had not had a very sharp nose and was extremely sensitive to this smell, she might not have been able to detect it.
"How could... this happen?" Princess Jingning couldn't believe it.
Su Xiaoxiao said: "Princess, the poisoned cup today is aimed at you."
Princess Jingning was driven away by Princess Hui'an, and the poisoned wine cup could not be moved away, so it finally went into the Queen's stomach.
It seems that the White Lotus Sect has infiltrated the harem.
Mo Guiyuan's thirty years of planning is truly terrifyingly powerful.
How did he do it? Imperial Study.
Empress Xian pulled out her handkerchief and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty... I am innocent! I did not harm the Queen! Yes! It was I who wanted the wine! But I drank it myself! Did I poison myself? Besides, I am fine, and they were fine after drinking it... Who knew that something bad would happen to the Queen..."
Emperor Jingxuan said coldly: "You mean the queen poisoned herself and framed you by using a self-torture trick?"
Empress Xian's eyes flashed: "I didn't say that."
Emperor Jingxuan said coldly: "What good would it be for her to harm you? She doesn't have a son, why would she fight with you?"
Concubine Xian said aggrievedly: "But I have no right to harm the Queen..."
Her son is now in the limelight, and he will surely ascend to the throne one day. She will be the empress dowager, so why would she compete with the empress for a while? If she wants to compete, she will compete with Concubine Zhao and Concubine Yu, so that their sons will not have the opportunity to compete with her third son for the throne! Princess Hui'an grabbed Emperor Jingxuan's sleeve and said, "Father, you believe in my mother... My mother will not poison my mother..."
"Your Majesty, Princess Jingning requests to see you." Eunuch Fu reported.
Emperor Jingxuan said calmly: "Come in."
Princess Jingning entered the palace and handed over the little mannequin she had found under the phoenix bed in Kunning Palace to Emperor Jingxuan.
How could Emperor Jingxuan not see that the other party was coming for Jingning?
Emperor Jingxuan's expression became even colder.
Jingning carries the royal destiny. To touch Jingning would be to touch the royal family. His sons would not do that, and neither would Concubine Xian.
There is a little bit of emo today (end of this chapter)