Today is Su Wanti's birthday party, and she is the focus of the party, so as soon as Ye Zi called out, everyone looked over.
Rong Zhou was extremely nervous. When he heard the movement from Su Wanti's side, he immediately stood up and strode towards her seat.
"Wan'er, what's wrong with you? Are you not feeling well? Why do you look so bad?" Rong Zhou said anxiously.
Su Wanti was barely breathing, and her eyes had lost their former luster. She was usually aloof, but now she looked weak and powerless.
"Your Majesty, for some reason, I suddenly felt abdominal pain and chills all over my body."
Her body was shaking like a leaf falling from a branch.
Rong Zhou became nervous. He hugged Su Wanti and comforted her softly, "It's okay. I'm here. You'll be fine."
"Doctor, come quickly!"
Because Su Wanti was pregnant, they were afraid that the imperial physician would not be able to arrive in time if she felt unwell, so they directly called the imperial physician to come to the banquet and serve at her side.
The imperial physician hurriedly took Su Wanti's pulse, his brow furrowing tighter and tighter. "Your Majesty, the fetus is unstable and there's a risk of miscarriage!"
"How could this be?" Rong Zhou's eyes widened, looking horrified.
"Blood! The noble concubine is bleeding!" a palace maid shouted.
Rong Zhou lowered his head and saw that Su Wanti's moon-white skirt was stained with large patches of bright red blood.
The person in his arms was getting weaker and weaker.
At this moment, Rong Zhou's heart became more flustered than ever before, and he felt fear for the first time.
This is the child he has been waiting for for more than ten years. Is he going to watch this child disappear before his eyes?
In that instant, it was as if a huge rock weighing a thousand pounds hit Rong Zhou's heart.
He was heartbroken and his eyes were bloodshot. His voice was gloomy, cold and sharp.
"Imperial Physician, please save Concubine Su! If anything happens to her or the baby in her womb, I will hold the entire Imperial Hospital responsible!"
The imperial physician was sweating profusely, shaking even more violently than Su Wanti. "We will do our best!"
At this time, Ye Zi held the bowl of sweet soup, knelt in front of Rong Zhou, and cried:
"Your Majesty, please help the Empress. The Empress's stomachache only persisted after drinking this bowl of soup."
Rong Zhou gritted his teeth and said, "Check!"
An imperial physician came immediately and carefully examined the bowl of sweet soup. After a while, the imperial physician reported,
"Your Majesty, this sweet soup contains safflower, moutan bark, aconite root, and peach kernel, all of which are commonly used to induce abortion."
Hearing this, the Queen was shocked.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Su is pregnant, so I specifically asked the imperial kitchen to prepare red dates and lotus seed syrup for her. The people in charge of Concubine Su's diet are all reliable and have been carefully screened. There shouldn't be any problems... Someone must have deliberately harmed Concubine Su!"
"I know. However, Queen, there is still such a hateful person in the palace, and he was given the opportunity to murder my offspring. Queen, you have failed in your duty."
The queen looked terrified and said, "It was my negligence. I know my fault."
At this moment, Rong Zhou's face was as cold and gloomy as a thousand-year-old iceberg, and anyone who saw him would tremble with fear.
"First, send Concubine Su to Zichen Palace and let her receive treatment there. We will take our time with the rest."
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Su Wanti was sent to Zichen Palace by palace maids and imperial physicians.
Rong Zhou knew that this matter was not simple, so he did not leave and did not allow any guest or concubine to leave.
He sat in his seat with a gloomy face, looking around with his leopard eyes, and there was a bloodthirsty desire in his cold and sharp eyes.
When he saw the bloodstains on Su Wanti's dress, he felt a strong urge to kill.
After suppressing this strong desire to kill, he ordered his men to investigate in each palace.
But in an instant, the atmosphere in the palace changed drastically. It became depressing and dull like before a storm. Even the bright sunlight coming through the window lattices seemed very dazzling. People felt not warmth but only chill.
Everyone in the hall was waiting anxiously, and no one dared to make a sound, for fear that they would accidentally offend the emperor and bring about a fatal disaster.
In the dead silence, the imperial concubine raised her eyes and glanced at Chi Liangdi, but Chi Liangdi's expression remained unchanged and she did not respond to her gaze at all.
The imperial concubine turned her head and looked at her personal maid. The maid nodded at her. The imperial concubine lowered her eyes, looking indifferent.
The people in front of the emperor were the fastest at doing things. In less than a cup of tea, the eunuch in front of the emperor came to report.
"Your Majesty, I have discovered some suspicious medicinal residue in the Imperial Concubine's palace. I don't know what it is."
Rong Zhou looked at the queen, who looked confused and shook her head at him.
The concubines in the harem had their pulse checked once every two weeks. In addition, if a concubine felt unwell, she had to ask the queen for permission before asking the imperial physician to diagnose her.
After the imperial physician's diagnosis, he would record the concubine's symptoms, illnesses, and medicines she was taking in a book and present it to the empress for review.
During the period when a concubine was taking medicine or receiving medical treatment, she could not serve the emperor in the bed. The empress would send someone to inform the eunuch in front of the emperor and ask him to record it and not list the concubine in the daily bedchamber.
Therefore, the queen knew clearly which concubine was sick and which concubine was taking medicine.
These days, the imperial concubine never asked her for permission, saying that she was not feeling well and needed to see a royal physician.
Moreover, concubines were not allowed to take medicine privately.
The decoctions and medicines that the concubines took were all prescribed by the Imperial Hospital, and they had to be boiled in the Imperial Hospital. The people in the concubines' palace only poured the medicine back to the palace and left the residue in the Imperial Hospital.
Therefore, it is very strange that there are medicinal residues in the imperial concubine's palace.
For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on the imperial concubine, with some questioning and some inquiring.
"Could it be the medicine given by the imperial concubine?"
"I heard that on the second day of Noble Concubine Su's service, the Imperial Concubine deliberately tortured her, causing her to suffer from heatstroke and fall into the water..."
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