The emperor was furious at this time. He knew very well how important the three children were to him. As for the one in Concubine Liang's belly, it didn't matter because it hadn't been born yet.
Quanfu, who was standing by, also opened his mouth wide after hearing this, and immediately stepped forward to support the emperor.
"How are the Queen and the three children?"
The emperor calmed himself down before continuing to ask.
"Reporting to your majesty, it was Lanzhi who discovered the sneaked in socks. After realizing something was wrong, she immediately reported it to the Empress. The Empress was also a doctor after years of illness. She discovered the clues and was so shocked that she almost fainted. She immediately arranged for people in the laundry room to be arrested and the palace gates were immediately closed.
Then the clothes of the three princes were burned, and even Lanzhi was isolated. The queen was afraid of any accidents, so she summoned all the doctors and personally guarded the three princes. "
"How are the children?"
"It's just a little fever, it's not serious at the moment, but the Queen doesn't dare to take it lightly and has been staying by his side.
The Empress said that the Emperor had never had smallpox when he was young, so he should not enter Fengqi Palace for the time being, lest he be infected with smallpox. Once the crisis is resolved, the Empress will apologize to the Emperor."
The emperor felt relieved when he heard that the child was temporarily fine. He also knew that Lianyi's arrangement was the most reasonable. If it was revealed that his prince was murdered, there would definitely be turmoil in the court.
Besides, his child's life or death is unknown at this time. If the news gets out, it will definitely cause a shock in the court. If someone plots against him at this time, he will be in a passive position. He also realized that his good third brother's life or death is still unknown!
The emperor's eyes were dark for a moment, and Nanny Sun didn't dare to say anything. She just stood aside waiting for the emperor to speak.
After a while, the emperor calmed down and asked:
"Has word gotten out that the children are sick?"
"Your Majesty, rest assured. The Empress knows the seriousness of the situation, so she closed the palace on the pretext of being ill. All other news has been blocked."
“The Queen did a great job.
Was the person who brought the infected clothes into the palace caught?"
The emperor continued to ask.
"He was caught, but unfortunately he only said that he was seeking revenge for the Second Prince, and then he bit the poison sac hidden in his teeth and killed himself."
Nanny Sun replied through gritted teeth.
"Humph! A sinner who killed his father and his king is not worthy of being a human being!"
The emperor said coldly.
"It was the old slave who spoke out of turn!"
Nanny Sun immediately pleaded guilty.
"Okay, now the most urgent thing is to take good care of my three children and let the queen take care of her health. She was injured before, so she is recovering now."
The emperor was very sure that he could not put himself in danger, so it was the queen who had to bear the consequences. He was not at ease leaving the matter to others, so naturally he had to say nice things.
"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will take good care of the Empress and the princes."
After performing the kneeling ceremony, Nanny Sun also retreated back to Fengqi Palace and closed the palace gate, completely blocking the emperor from sight.
"Your Majesty, with your protection, the princes will be safe."
Quanfu looked at the emperor who was worried and immediately comforted him.
"Send some more medicinal herbs to Fengqi Palace later. Arrange your eldest disciple to inquire about the situation every day. Do not let out any information. If there is any leak, I will hold you accountable!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Quanfu agreed immediately. He also knew that if anything went wrong with the princes, the emperor would also be criticized, so after returning to the imperial study, he personally brought the medicinal herbs that were to be awarded to Fengqi Palace and his eldest disciple Quan'an, and went to the central palace in a grand manner.
When the empress fell ill, it was common for the emperor to give her medicinal herbs. This also proved that the emperor and empress had a harmonious relationship. Quanfu also announced the emperor's oral order that the concubines in the harem were not allowed to disturb the empress's recuperation under the pretext of visiting her.
After hearing the news, the concubines in the harem were secretly delighted. They had long known that the current queen, Meng Lianyi, was from the Meng family on the border, and had been frail and sickly since childhood. It was a life-threatening experience for her to successfully marry into the Eastern Palace and give birth to three sons. It seemed that she was seriously ill this time. If she passed away, the position of queen would be vacant, and they all would have a chance to compete for it.
Only Concubine Liang was disappointed because her plan could not be carried out. No one would believe that the terminally ill queen would plot against the child in her belly.
Just when Fengqi Palace had been closed for more than a month, Concubine Liang fell in the imperial garden and had a miscarriage. What remained was a five-month-old male fetus. When she learned the result, Concubine Liang fainted. After waking up, she screamed that someone had harmed her child and that she was tripped by something and did not fall on her own.
After hearing Quanfu's report, the emperor's face became so gloomy that water could drip out of it. His good son was gone. If someone said that Concubine Liang did it on purpose, he would not believe it. After all, in the royal family, a mother is honored by her son. He knew how much Concubine Liang cared about this child, so he immediately ordered a thorough investigation.
After much investigation, the investigation led to the discovery of Concubine Liang herself. There was a pool of oil where she fell, and she had bribed someone to pour the oil. The emperor was so angry about this result that he actually tried to pierce her own belly. She was two-faced and did this because she didn't want to give birth to a child for him.
"Send Concubine Liang to the cold palace!"
The emperor was too lazy to investigate and decided Liangpin's fate with just one sentence.
Although the women in the harem had calmed down a bit because of Concubine Liang being banished to the cold palace, everyone still focused their attention on Fengqi Palace.
Lianyi also received the news that Concubine Liang was banished to the cold palace. She persisted for more than twenty days before opening the gate of Fengqi Palace.
After listening to Quanfu's report, the emperor learned that the three children were safe and that Fengqi Palace had been reorganized again to ensure that there were no problems. Only then did he take his men to Fengqi Palace.
Lianyi applied white powder on her face, making her complexion look pale and haggard.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. This time, I failed to manage the harem properly, allowing someone with ulterior motives to sneak into the harem, which almost caused irreversible consequences."
Lianyi apologized as soon as he came up, and was very humble.
The emperor happened to see the three children being carried over, and immediately helped Lianyi up, then he spoke:
"This matter is not the Queen's fault. It must be the remnants of my second brother who sneaked into the palace and did it in order to shake my position."
At this point, the emperor thought that he was the one who had implicated the child.
"Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty. Thanks to your blessing, the children are all fine!"
The emperor has already held the eldest prince in his arms. He hasn't seen him for more than two months. Only when he holds the child in his arms does he feel a sense of security.
"Father!"
The eldest prince had already recognized the person and called out in a baby voice, which made the emperor even happier.
The second princess and the third prince also stretched out their hands to ask their father to hold them. This was what their mother taught them.
When the emperor saw that he was such a popular father, he hugged the three children one by one, teasing them to call him "father" a few times, and then let the palace maids take all the children away.
"Have the children recovered?"
"Thanks to the Emperor's blessing, the children are in good health. They were safe this time. They just had a fever. They took the prescription prescribed by the imperial physician Quan and were taken care of carefully, so they recovered well and there is no root cause of the disease."
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