Ning Yuxi tactfully stood up and left.
The emperor took her hand and shook it: "Tell Cheng Zhao and his sister not to worry about me. I will visit you when I have time."
The queen who had just entered looked at their clasped hands with a dark look in her eyes.
Ning Yuxi bowed to the queen and withdrew.
As he walked out the door, he faintly heard the Queen say, "Your Majesty, Concubine Lan is gone, and the Sixth Prince is still young. He can't be left without someone to take care of him..."
It seems that the purpose of the Queen's trip is to raise the Sixth Prince.
The queen is infertile. Although she has raised the second prince, the second prince is already grown up and sensible, and there is still a gap between him and the queen. Moreover, the second prince is not talented, so the queen probably raised the sixth prince to provide an extra layer of protection.
Ning Yuxi didn't hear what the emperor replied, so after returning, she asked Luoying to keep an eye on the movements in Lanpin's palace.
Towards evening, Luoying returned to report, "Master, the Emperor has probably not agreed to the Empress's request. I just saw someone from the Empress Dowager's palace go to Jingyang Palace to pick up the Sixth Prince."
Ning Yuxi felt slightly relieved. She could give it to anyone except the Queen. The Queen was her biggest threat now.
She had no intention of competing with others. It didn't matter who became emperor in the future as long as it didn't interfere with her and her children. However, the queen had obviously long harbored a grudge against her. If the queen were allowed to sit on that position, she and her children would probably not have a good ending.
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Half a year later, time flew by and it was August.
Ning Yuxi's pregnancy is already eight months old, but it looks only six or seven months old. Her fetus is congenitally deficient, and she has been carefully nursing and nourishing herself for the past six months. Fortunately, the imperial physician said that her pregnancy is now stable and there is nothing serious.
It’s a pity that Doctor Zhong couldn’t eradicate the poison in the emperor, and could only suppress it with medicine and slowly recuperate.
More than a month after the emperor fainted due to Concubine Jing's death, her brother Ning Chen found Doctor Zhong, who said that the emperor's poison was very similar to a rare Western poison he had seen in medical books.
However, there are only a few brief records in medical books, without any specific explanation, let alone an antidote.
Doctor Zhong had no choice but to give the emperor acupuncture every month to suppress the spread of the poison, and then use warming and nourishing medicine to slowly regulate his body.
Although it cannot detoxify, it is better than nothing. During this period, Doctor Zhong ordered his apprentice to go to the Western Regions to look for it. If he had not wanted to give acupuncture to the emperor, he would have wanted to go there himself. After all, he had never seen this poison before.
When Ning Yuxi learned that the poison came from the Western Regions, she thought of Princess Xiao of Western Chu in the cold palace.
After she reminded the emperor several times indirectly, the emperor went to the cold palace to see Xiao several times, but Xiao was too crazy to get anything out of him.
Ning Yuxi went there once, and found that Xiao was indeed crazy. She cried and laughed at times, and kept shouting "Ayan".
Ning Yuxi was cautious because she thought her brother had been to Xichu during the war, so she asked about it without much hope. Unexpectedly, Ning Chen knew something.
He said that the A'yan mentioned by Xiao might be the former great general of Western Chu, Lei Yan, who was killed by him during the war between the two countries. Later, Western Chu surrendered, and Xiao, as the legitimate princess of Western Chu, was willing to marry him and insisted on marrying him.
He was somewhat puzzled at the time, and specially sent someone to Xichu to inquire about it. He then learned that Xiao and Lei Yan had been childhood sweethearts, and since he had killed Lei Yan, Xiao's desire to marry him was naturally not out of good intentions.
Later, Xiao entered the palace. He thought that Xiao should have figured it out. After all, she represented Western Chu. If she made any move, the entire Western Chu would suffer.
I didn't expect her to be so bold as to murder the emperor.
Ning Yuxi did not tell the emperor about this matter. After all, if she really told him about it, her brother would also be suspected of knowing about it but not reporting it. Although this matter was unpredictable, it did happen after all.
Compared with the emperor, her brother is naturally more important, so Ning Yuxi buried this matter in her heart.
It was for this reason that Ning Yuxi later indirectly reminded the emperor that the poison might be related to the Xiao family, but unfortunately, the Xiao family had already gone crazy.
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The Emperor's birthday is coming up in a few days, and the Empress Dowager is preparing a grand celebration to help the Emperor get rid of his illness.
Everyone in the palace was busy at the moment, which made Ning Yuxi seem particularly free. There was nothing she could do about it, as she was already in her advanced stage of pregnancy and should have rested well.
At noon that day, Ning Yuxi went to Chonghua Palace carrying Cheng Zhao's favorite dishes.
Since she got the emperor's permission, she went to Chonghua Palace to see Cheng Zhao every few days. After all, he was still too young and she was always worried about him.
Ning Yuxi came according to the time. As soon as she entered Chonghua Palace, Cheng Zhao had just finished his get out of class. Cheng Zhao was very happy to see her. The mother and son went to Xiangyun Palace where Cheng Zhao lived together.
Ning Yuxi noticed that Cheng Zhao was the only one coming back from get out of class, and did not see the Second Prince. The two of them were teaching in the same class, so they should have left get out of class together.
Ning Yuxi asked, "Why don't you see your second brother?"
"Mother, my second brother caught a cold and didn't go to class today." Cheng Zhao replied.
Ning Yuxi frowned slightly. The second prince was now being raised by the queen. The queen took care of every aspect of the second prince, so how could he still get sick?
Ning Yuxi didn't take it to heart. After all, it was the Queen's business to worry about, so she didn't bother to meddle in it.
It would have been fine if she didn't know, but now that she knew, she naturally had to express her feelings. Ning Yuxi ordered Ruyi to go to the warehouse to find some expensive supplements to send to her, but asked Ruyi to take them to the Imperial Hospital first to have the imperial doctors check them, and then have the Imperial Hospital send them to her on her behalf.
Better safe than sorry.
A few days later, Ning Yuxi was getting ready to have breakfast this morning when Fang Quan suddenly ran in in panic.
Ning Yuxi's heart tightened. She had placed Fang Quan in Chonghua Palace to take care of Cheng Zhao. She asked anxiously, "What's going on?"
Fang Quan panted and said, "Your Majesty, the Third Prince has caught a cold and is ill."
As he spoke, he knelt down with a thud and blamed himself: "It is all my fault that I did not take good care of the Third Prince. I am to blame for this, and please punish me, Your Majesty."
The Empress sent him to take care of the Third Prince's daily life, but he caused the Third Prince to fall ill. He really felt guilty towards the Empress.
Ning Yuxi said in a deep voice: "Now is not the time to pursue responsibility. Please tell me what happened."
Ning Yuxi stood up and hurried to Chonghua Palace while listening to Fang Quan's report.
Fang Quan only said that when he went to wake up the Third Prince this morning, he found that the Third Prince was a little tired. He immediately wanted to call the imperial physician but was stopped by the Third Prince. The Third Prince said that he did not sleep well and did not want to make her worry.
Fang Quan couldn't persuade the Third Prince, so he thought about reporting it to the Empress quietly later. However, the Third Prince fainted before he even reached the study.
Fang Quan was terrified and hurriedly sent the man back to the bedroom and asked someone to call the imperial physician, while he himself hurried to Shuqing Palace to inform the empress.
As they were talking, Ning Yuxi arrived at Chonghua Palace. She was in a hurry and was worried about Cheng Zhao. Just after she walked a few steps into the yard, she heard Ruyi and Luoying's screams, and then she felt a sudden bump in her stomach.
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