Before Su Mama could finish speaking, she continued to report: "Your Majesty, I examined the princess's pulse and found that she showed signs of miscarriage because she smelled musk and safflower."
Emperor Qianlong knew that musk and safflower were both spices and medicines, but for pregnant women, they were poisons that could cause miscarriage.
Since becoming pregnant, Hejing has put away all the things that are harmful to pregnant women, and she is checked from time to time. How did these two things end up and come into contact with them?
Emperor Qianlong was furious, believing that the servants in the princess's residence were negligent and had not served Hejing well, which led to this incident.
He directly ordered a search of the entire princess's residence to see who had failed in their duties and, incidentally, to find and eliminate any bad elements.
But the servants searched all afternoon and still found nothing.
This puzzled Emperor Qianlong even more. It was true that Hejing had smelled those two things before the incident, but he couldn't find them.
Could it be that this thing has already been destroyed? And who has such great ability to evade my search?
Yunyi had been following Qianlong to the princess's residence. She was speechless when she saw that he had been investigating for a long time but had not found anything on her.
There was no other way but for her to take the initiative herself.
While Qianlong was pacing back and forth anxiously, Yunyi pretended to go over to persuade him, then accidentally fell to the ground and very carelessly broke the bracelet.
As the bracelet fell to the ground and shattered in two, its contents were finally revealed, and a strong musky scent filled the room.
Now everyone knows without even investigating why Hejing got into trouble.
Emperor Qianlong paused in supporting Empress Nara's hand, deeply shocked.
Once Yunyi had regained his footing, he quickly summoned Granny Su and the imperial physicians from the manor to examine what it was.
Only after the order was given did Qianlong have the mind to pay attention to the dazed-looking Empress Nara.
After the bracelet shattered, revealing the pills inside, Nara's expression changed instantly. She stared blankly, as if she had lost her mind.
Emperor Qianlong embraced Empress Nara, but heard her voice tremble: "Your Majesty, is it because of this that I have been unable to conceive all these years?"
When Empress Nara asked this, Emperor Qianlong naturally wouldn't say anything hurtful. He gently comforted her, saying, "This... don't overthink it. We're both healthy, and we'll have a child sooner or later."
Yunyi didn't say anything, but buried her head in Qianlong's chest and remained silent.
Soon, the results came out. After examining the pills, the imperial physician reported that they were indeed made from musk, safflower, and other blood-activating herbs.
If worn by a healthy person for a long period of time, it will have a contraceptive effect. And because it is not an oral medication, its effect will be gentler and will not harm the body.
Upon hearing the imperial physician's words, Yunyi pinched herself hard, burst into tears, and ordered that she should vent all the grievances she had accumulated over the years.
Emperor Qianlong held Empress Nara and gently comforted her, but he was also very sad. It turned out that the reason why he and Empress Nara had no children all these years was because of this.
After the initial grief subsided, Qianlong felt more anger than anything else. He reasoned that the bracelet was a gift from the Empress Dowager, and she would never resort to such underhanded tactics.
So who exactly tampered with this bracelet, preventing Empress Nara from conceiving for so many years?
It was getting late, so Qianlong checked on his daughter's condition again before taking Nara back to the palace.
That evening, he summoned the imperial physician to help Empress Nara recover.
But since he was still in mourning, he naturally wouldn't do anything. He would just focus on recuperating for now, and then, after the mourning period ended in three years, he could...
Privately, Emperor Qianlong did not let the matter rest either, and directly ordered Li Yu to investigate in secret to find out who was responsible for the poisoning.
After Emperor Qianlong and the imperial physicians left, Yunyi got off the bed, her face no longer showing any sadness.
She poured herself a glass of water. She had been crying for so long this afternoon and was completely dehydrated, so she desperately needed to replenish her fluids.
He drank three large cups of Yunyi wine before he felt better and was able to talk to Rong Xin next to him.
"Have everything I instructed you to do been prepared?"
Rong Xin nodded, her face full of relief: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I've already made arrangements. This time, all the clues point to Consort Shen. She framed you back then, causing you to be infertile for many years. Now, her crimes can finally be exposed."
Yunyi's expression didn't change much, but she only instructed Rong Xin: "Remember to clean up the mess, be careful in your actions, and don't let the Emperor find out."
Nodding vigorously to show she understood, Rong Xin practically patted her chest in assurance: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I am truly the most thorough and capable of handling matters."
"I've been preparing for this for a long time. I'll make sure to clean up the mess completely, leaving no trace. Even if His Majesty investigates, he'll only know that it was Consort Shen who did it, and it has nothing to do with our Chengqian Palace."
Because Yun Yi was pulling the strings behind the scenes, and because Niohuru's tactic was indeed too low, Li Yu soon discovered that she was involved in the matter.
From the moment the bracelet became suspicious, Emperor Qianlong began to think about who was most likely the murderer. After much deliberation, he concluded that Consort Shen, of the Niohuru clan, was the most likely culprit.
Only she could have access to the Empress Dowager and use her without being discovered.
So when Li Yu came to report that it was Consort Shen, Qianlong had only one thought in his mind: "Just as I thought."
Although the person responsible was found, Emperor Qianlong did not take direct action because Niohuru was the Empress Dowager's niece. Instead, he went to Shou Kang Palace to discuss the matter with the Empress Dowager.
"What? You mean, Fangzhen actually harmed Nala? How is that possible? Fangzhen has always been innocent and has no grudge against Nala. Why would she harm Nala?"
The Empress Dowager, of course, did not believe what Qianlong said, but when she saw the series of evidence and testimonies presented by Li Yu, she vaguely realized that she might not know this niece well.
The Empress Dowager kept turning the small notebook with her fingertips, becoming more and more alarmed as she looked at it.
It turns out that the incident in the Imperial Garden during the imperial concubine selection was also orchestrated by her niece, simply because she was jealous of Nara's beauty and feared that Nara would enter Prince Bao's mansion.
Even after being betrothed to Hongli as a secondary consort, Nara did not give up. She asked her family to make a defective bracelet, pretending to give it to her, but in reality, she wanted to use her to give the defective bracelet to Nara.
After reading it, the Empress Dowager sat in her chair in a daze for a long time before slowly speaking.
"Hongli, tell me your thoughts. How do you intend to deal with the Niohuru clan?"
The Empress Dowager was so angry that she refused to even call Niohuru by her given name, and simply referred to her by her surname.
Emperor Qianlong was somewhat surprised by his mother's reaction. "Empress Mother, you didn't even investigate before believing what your son said?"
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