Queen Yun was young and beautiful. She thought at that time that if she gave birth to a prince early, she would not have to force the emperor to hold a selection.
But she didn't expect that because of nostalgia, she found all the palace maids who had left the palace that year.
Unexpectedly, during the chat, one of the palace maids said with emotion: "The emperor is really the emperor's destiny, stepping on seven stars. I'm afraid the emperor is the only one in the world who has this."
The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment.
She didn't remember having seven stars on the soles of the emperor's feet.
At first she didn't think much of it and blamed herself for not paying enough attention to her son.
So she just laughed it off.
But unexpectedly, a few nights later, she suddenly had a dream. She dreamed of Concubine Xie, who was smiling at her very proudly. When she asked her what she was laughing at, she didn't say anything. She looked as if someone who had been suppressed for many years had finally let out a sigh of relief.
And then she left just like that.
She was awakened in the middle of the night and thought of the seven moles for no reason. Once the suspicion arose, it could not be erased. The more the empress dowager thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. This was because they both gave birth on the same day, and she fainted without even having the chance to take a look at the child. And that bitch sent someone to deliver the child to her at that very moment. There was no telling what the servants would do.
She called the most trusted Nanny Rong and asked her about what happened back then. Nanny Rong tried to recall it carefully, but it was too chaotic to remember anything. But one thing she was sure of was that when she came to her senses, she didn't know how long the palace maid had been in the room holding the child.
She also mentioned that the children were swaddled in the same way.
She remembered this clearly, so she also remembered that the two children were placed far apart. As for whether they had been replaced before they were separated, she couldn't remember.
Nanny Rong felt deeply guilty, and she also knew why the Queen Mother had such doubts.
At that time, Prince Shou had already married, so it was impossible for her to go to see his feet for no reason. As for the emperor, she called the eunuch who was serving him to question him. She accidentally asked about the emperor's feet. The eunuch said that there were no seven moles on his feet. The empress dowager did not let the eunuch return to the palace, but directly found an excuse to drive him out. The emperor did not care about these trivial matters at that time.
The Queen Mother called Princess Shou again and talked about Prince Shou's childhood. She also talked about the seven moles on the soles of Prince Shou's feet when he was a child. She wondered if they were still there. Princess Shou told her very clearly that the moles on Prince Shou's feet were still there and were showing signs of growing bigger.
The Queen Mother was about to collapse at that moment.
She called the midwife back again, and she also remembered that the child she gave birth to had a mole on the sole of his foot.
This time she didn't want to sit still, and at this moment, the imperial doctors came to report the good news: Queen Yun was pregnant.
This heavy "surprise" made her fall ill all of a sudden. After waking up, she used the excuse that Empress Yun was pregnant and unable to serve the Emperor, and selected a concubine for the Emperor. She sent Murong Shu to the palace, and at the same time she put medicine in Empress Yun's food. However, she did not expect that the mother and son were so lucky. The imperial physician prescribed a few medicines, and they survived. Later, the Emperor arranged guards. At first, he suspected Concubine Shu and other newly selected concubines, but he did not find anything later. He would never think that it was him, so naturally he could not find anything.
However, I can't get close to them anymore. The emperor doesn't allow anyone to enter the harem except the imperial physician. If only my people go in and something happens, wouldn't that be tantamount to walking into a trap?
However, she thought that even if the child was saved, he would not live long.
But she still didn't expect that after Empress Yun gave birth to the child, her eyes were as bright as an eagle. She didn't have the chance to do it, but fortunately the poison was very obvious. She felt that it would take some time for Prince Shou to accept this reality, so she let them mother and son slowly get sick. So she found an opportunity to recognize Prince Shou. Prince Shou had always treated her as his biological mother from the beginning and raised him since he was a child. Although she was a little strict with him, he didn't feel abused. Now that he recognized her as his biological mother again, he really felt the difference. The concern was so real that it made people feel sad.
So she started to make moves in the palace, and finally made Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian successfully conceive children, and two other concubines also gave birth to princesses. In short, this harem was no longer Queen Yun's harem alone, so let them fight among themselves for a while.
So everything went according to plan.
However, she didn't expect that things would not develop as she expected. Queen Yun was holding on and not dying. The same went for the Crown Prince. He was so sick, but now he was still alive and well. The second concubine Shuxian was so incompetent that she was oppressed by the Queen. It was really disappointing.
When the Queen Mother thought of this, she sighed deeply. Princess Shou was the woman she was most satisfied with. This woman was beautiful and talented, no worse than Queen Yun. This was also what made her proud. However, this woman was too quiet and did not like to compete with the world. Perhaps because of this, Dongfang Run followed his mother and did not care about the affairs of the country.
Although Prince Shou was just trying to please the Queen Mother verbally, he was not indifferent to what happened. Was it a coincidence that Dongfang Jin met the palace maid from more than 40 years ago?
He had lived for so long and had never heard of a palace maid coming back to make such a request. Could this be a trick of his?
Prince Shou sent people to secretly follow Dongfang Jin. As expected, Dongfang Jin went to see Granny Su every day in the past few days. He knew who was following him secretly, but those people did not make any big moves and just followed him.
Just this one thing made his heart tremble. It seemed that the Queen Mother was really involved.
He knew what was going on, he just wanted to protect Granny Su better, and he was hesitating whether he should tell his father about it. When he thought of his father, Dongfang Jin's heart sank. His father's health was getting worse and worse. He had discussed this topic with Qingqing, and Qingqing had also gone to see him, but now Qingqing had no way to do anything. He thought that the heart should be healed with the medicine of the heart, and it was the Queen Mother's behavior that made the Emperor sad.
I can't rub salt into his wounds anymore.
Dongfang Jin decided to handle it all himself.
Imperial study.
He and An Qingran sent the emperor the newly-arrived lotus root powder steamed cakes. An Qingran returned the Fuling powder, hoping to regulate his spleen and stomach. It is written in medical books that the spleen produces blood, and the five grains enter the stomach. The spleen is transformed into the heart and becomes red blood. Blood nourishes all the bones, and people have vitality. However, Emperor Yunqi was drowsy and couldn't lift his spirits. He drank all the medicines prescribed by the Imperial Hospital, but it still had no effect. An Qingran racked her brains. She reviewed the prescriptions of the Imperial Hospital and thought that if she also prescribed these prescriptions, she would go back to the East Palace and whispered to Dongfang Jin: "I'm afraid that my father's illness will not be cured."
Dongfang Jin froze there for a moment, the expression in his eyes kept changing, and finally he grabbed An Qingran's shoulders and said solemnly: "You must save father."
"I will." An Qingran looked at the pain flashing in his eyes, and her heart ached as well. "But I think my father is struggling. If this problem cannot be solved, I'm afraid the medicine will have little effect."
Dongfang Jin sighed deeply: "It must be because of the Queen Mother's matter. Father is very sad."
An Qingran nodded. In fact, she had another answer in her heart, but she didn't say it out loud. She felt that the emperor was sad because of Queen Yun's matter.
This was the case in the previous life. In the second year after Empress Yun passed away, Emperor Yun Qi died due to excessive worry. Is the tragedy going to happen again in this life?
She felt she should do something.
Should I tell him everything?
However, the Queen Mother's poisoning had not been confirmed yet, and An Qingran decided that she would tell him after everything was settled.
Dongfang Jin thought An Qingran's explanation made sense after hearing it. He lifted his skirt and sat down, his handsome brows knitted together, his cherry-colored lips lightly pursed. Although his face was still young, he had a man's firmness. An Qingran sat beside him and held his hand. His palm was warm, and the strength from his thick palm warmed An Qingran's heart. She held it back. Dongfang Jin turned his head and looked at her. His knitted brows began to relax, and the hostility in his eyes gradually disappeared, as if a snowy pond slowly turned into a pool of spring water, and the warmth slowly melted into his heart.
The two looked at each other, and silence was louder than words.
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Prince Ning's Mansion.
Qin Xiangning fiddled with the peony in her hand, tearing it off petal by petal. Her slender fingertips were stained with purple juice, but she still felt unsatisfied. Finally, she gritted her teeth, held the flower in her palm, and rubbed it. The juice splashed everywhere, and her moon-white dress was covered with scarlet spots like blood, which was shocking.
Taozhi had been watching from the side, and she finally spoke carefully: "Princess, would you like to rest for a while? Being so excited is not good for the baby in your belly."
As soon as Taozhi finished speaking, Qin Xiangning turned her head and shot a look at her, like a cold blade. Taozhi trembled: "This servant deserves death, this servant deserves death, this servant is tongue-tied..."
"Get out."
"yes."
Taozhi ran away in a panic and almost rolled over on the ground.
As soon as she closed the door, she heard a lot of noise in the room. She shrank her shoulders, secretly shocked. What happened to Princess Ning in the past two days?
With such a body, she doesn't even know how to be careful. Yesterday, she even beat two maids to vent her anger, just because she was not satisfied with the way they combed their hair.
This made everyone in Prince Ning's mansion nervous, but everyone thought that she was anxious because she was pregnant. However, for two consecutive days, doctors came into the mansion and no one else was allowed to accompany her. This was not an ordinary thing.
But what should I do?
Taozhi felt that the burden on her had suddenly become heavier. All the maids were looking at her. If she didn't make a decision, others would be even more confused and would not even dare to serve normally.
She was hesitating whether to tell King Ning about the current situation.
In the past few days, Prince Ning has been in the palace to show filial piety and has not returned because the Queen Mother is ill.
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