Chapter 197 The Queen is Bedridden
The next day.
News spread from the harem that the queen was ill.
Xie Zhenrong stood in the rain for a long time yesterday before being persuaded by Madam Zhuang to return to her bedroom.
At night, she developed a high fever and became unconscious, mumbling about the emperor and the child from time to time.
Nanny Zhuang looked at the queen lying on the sickbed and felt very distressed. She quickly ordered the palace maid to call the imperial physician.
After taking the queen's pulse, the imperial physician shook his head and sighed, saying that the queen was overly worried and had caught a cold, and she would probably not recover for a while.
The news reached the Cining Palace. After the Empress Dowager asked the reason, she immediately felt a headache.
She sent someone to invite the emperor over.
Yan Shixu hurried to the Cining Palace, only to see the Grand Empress Dowager sitting in the main seat with a rather ugly look on her face.
He immediately asked, "Grandmother, are you feeling unwell? Have you consulted the imperial physician?"
As he said this, he ordered someone to quickly call the imperial physician.
The Empress Dowager waved her hand and called the person to stop.
"Xu'er, it's not Ai, it's your Queen. You're really impressive! You've made the Queen so angry that she's bedridden. What were you thinking?"
Yan Shixu frowned. The queen is bedridden?
He has been very busy these past two days trying to find out who was the mastermind behind Qiu Lu, and no one dared to report the matter to him.
"Grandmother, the Queen was being unreasonable, so I scolded her. I never thought she would be so stubborn..."
The Empress Dowager glared at him.
"The Queen is the mother of a nation, so it's normal for her to be a little arrogant. Even if she made a mistake, you should have considered the relationship between husband and wife and advised her kindly. How could you reprimand her so harshly, confine her, and fine her salary?"
Yan Shixu was about to defend himself when the Grand Empress Dowager spoke again, "The Queen has been married to you for over six years. Even if she hasn't contributed anything, she's certainly worked hard. How will the other concubines in the harem and the ministers in the court react to you scolding her like that?"
Yan Shixu was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Grandmother, I feel that the Queen is becoming increasingly unreasonable. I used to be considerate of our relationship as husband and wife, and I respected her as my grandson's legal wife, so I always tolerated her. But in the end, she..."
The Empress Dowager interrupted him: "Then why can't you tolerate it now? She is still your legal wife."
Yan Shixu pursed his lips.
He couldn't tell the Empress Dowager that he was becoming increasingly impatient with the Empress' temper, and even considered deposing her.
The Empress Dowager looked at him for a long time and also sighed deeply.
One felt impatience, the other felt resentment.
When a couple reaches this point, they will either become a couple of enemies or go their separate ways.
But in the royal family, how could it be so easy to break up?
Moreover, Duke Rong has a large number of troops under his command, which is comparable to the strength of General Luo.
Can we just break up if we want to?
The Empress Dowager rubbed her aching brow and glared at Yan Shixu again.
Now it seems that Concubine Wen is less of a worry.
None of the others are worry-free!
The Empress Dowager stood up and walked outside.
"Come with me to see the queen."
Yan Shixu followed obediently behind.
When they arrived at Fengyi Palace, the Queen Mother had already arrived.
The hall was silent, and the palace maids all lowered their heads, serving carefully.
Xie Zhenrong was lying on the bed with a pale face and a sick look, but he was awake at the moment.
When she saw the emperor coming, a flash of surprise appeared in her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by sadness.
She turned her head away without saying a word.
Yan Shixu felt a little embarrassed, so he said, "Queen, take good care of yourself."
And then, nothing happened.
Xie Zhenrong sneered and asked hoarsely, "Your Majesty, come here to care about me. How sincere is that?"
Yan Shixu frowned: "Why do you say that, Queen? I came to see you sincerely."
Xie Zhenrong turned around and faced away from him.
Yan Shixu: "..."
Before the Empress Dowager could even sit down outside, she saw the Emperor coming out.
She frowned: "Xu'er, didn't I ask you to accompany the Queen well?"
Yan Shixu said, "Grandson, I think the Queen is doing very well and doesn't need anyone to accompany her. I will go and take care of government affairs first."
After saying that, he turned and left Fengyi Palace.
The Empress Dowager called out several times in a row, but Yan Shixu walked even faster.
The Empress Dowager was so angry that she slammed the table.
The Queen Mother stood up and tried to give some advice.
The Grand Empress Dowager glared at her, "Don't say anything! I get angry just by looking at you. If you weren't such a crooked leader, how could the younger generation have learned from you?!"
The Queen Mother: “…”
My aunt is really getting more and more unreasonable as she gets older. She is always blamed for everything.
Tourmaline Palace.
When Wen Li'er learned that the queen was seriously ill, she felt that she should go and see her.
After all, she is the queen. If she is not pregnant, she will have to serve the queen.
Nanny Qin didn't dare to persuade her not to go. The master's belly wasn't full yet, so there was no reason for her not to go.
As a result, Wen Li'er got on the sedan chair with the help of the palace servants and just left the Bixi Palace when her stomach started to hurt again.
The frightened palace maids carried her back and hurried to call the imperial physician.
When the emperor learned about this, he threw down the memorial and ran to the Bixi Palace again.
As a result, all the imperial doctors were unable to diagnose the cause of the disease and all said it was just a miscarriage.
Wen Li'er only felt pain for a moment and then it was gone.
Yan Shixu frowned, feeling vaguely uneasy.
That afternoon, Zhang Sicheng found out that Qiulu had sent away the palace maids three times when she went to the outer court before, and that she was not the only minister she met with, Yang Tongqin.
But two.
The other one was Feng Junjue, a doctor in the Ministry of Works. Qiulu met Feng Junjue twice.
His daughter Feng Yingying broke into the Qionghua Palace in the middle of the night, trying to catch Wen Li'er and set up a private altar, but later fell from the beam and died.
The Langzhong of the Ministry of Works was only a fifth-rank official and did not have much ability.
But the key point is that Feng Junjue's father-in-law is the Assistant Censor of the Censorate.
He was the one who was killed in the Golden Palace before.
This Qiu Lu is quite capable. She wants to use the Yang family and the Feng family to eliminate Wen Li'er and the baby in her belly, and make him bear the stigma of being stupid.
Pampering a concubine and forcing court officials to death is enough to shake the people's hearts.
But there was one thing that Yan Shixu didn't understand.
Even the seemingly plausible words that Qiulu said when she went to Bixi Palace were not enough to hurt Wen Li'er and the child.
It was not equal to her making a big fuss about contacting the Yang and Feng families and trying to form an alliance with them.
Unless Qiulu had some unfinished plan and failed first.
Or maybe her back-up plan is already complete, but it just hasn't happened yet.
For example, Wen Li'er had stomach pain twice, but the imperial physician could not find any problems.
Yan Shixu stood up suddenly and paced back and forth in the imperial study.
This matter concerns Wen Li'er and the child, so he dare not be careless in the slightest.
Yan Shixu directly ordered Feng Junjue and Yang Tongqin to be brought into the palace, and he wanted to interrogate them personally.
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