Chapter 489 Something Happened
Just then, a palace maid's scream came from a side hall of the Morning Light Palace.
Jiang Fenghua heard it immediately, "Granny Wang, go and see what happened."
"The sound seems to be coming from the palace maid's room." Granny Wang hurried over.
People in the distance heard the noise and ran over. At this moment, Granny Wang returned and said, "Caiping has fainted."
Upon hearing this, another eunuch reported, "Little Fu has fainted."
Xie Shang stood beside Jiang Fenghua and glanced at everyone. "What's going on? Explain yourself."
The eunuch continued, "Your Majesty, Xiao Fu was tending the flowerbeds in the garden when, for some reason, he collapsed to the ground. No matter how I called him, I couldn't wake him up."
Caiyun, who lived with Caiping, said, "As soon as Caiping and I returned to our room, we opened the pastries that Steward Cheng had sent. After eating only a few pieces, Caiping's breathing became rapid and she fainted on the bed."
"I have no intention of sending someone to fetch the imperial physician," Xie Shang said in a deep voice.
Granny Wang recounted what she had seen, "Chief Steward Cheng did come by at noon... Could the pastries be poisoned?"
Hongxiu also came over. "Cheng Feng brought some snacks for me, but I didn't accept them. Later, he took the snacks and left. I don't think Cheng Feng intended to poison them." She had a feeling that Cheng Feng had no reason to poison them, the servants.
Jiang Fenghua wondered, "Caiping got poisoned after eating the pastries, but Xiaofuzi didn't eat any. Why did he also faint? What happened? The problem might not be entirely with the pastries, but rather with the Chenxi Palace."
Panic gripped the entire Dawn Palace. Everyone looked at each other, wondering who would poison the palace.
Just then, Xie Ziyan exclaimed joyfully, "Little Youyou, there are bees, buzzing!"
Jiang Fenghua heard her daughter's voice and saw that Xie Ziyan was quite bold. She saw a bee in the flower bush and wanted to catch it. Jiang Fenghua almost shouted herself hoarse, "Yan'er, don't touch it!"
Lin Yu was closest to Xie Ziyan, and she also noticed that the bees in the flower bushes were clearly not ordinary bees. She immediately picked up Xie Ziyan to avoid the hornets' attack.
Ao Xue then carried Xie Hongyou to the side.
Startled, the wasps began to fly out of the flowers to hunt. Lianye was bold; the Morning Light Palace usually provided Xie Hongyou and Xie Ziyan with nets for catching butterflies. She picked up the net and rushed to catch the wasps.
Seeing this, Lin Feng snatched the net from her hand, his eyes full of obsequiousness, "How can you women do this kind of thing? Let us men do it."
Jiang Fenghua cautioned, "Be careful not to get stung by them, and try to keep them alive."
Lin Feng quickly caught the wasps in the flower bushes; fortunately, there weren't many of them.
At this moment, Imperial Physician Mei also arrived. He was startled when he saw the bees in the wind-blown bag. "How could there be such wasps in the palace? These wasps are very venomous."
He examined the palace maids and eunuchs and found that they had been stung by wasps.
Xie Shang was shocked to hear this, saying, "Xiao Fuzi was stung by a bee, but Cai Ping was not stung by a bee."
Caiyun explained, "After Steward Cheng gave the servants some snacks, he didn't take them back to their rooms immediately. Instead, he placed them on the stone table in the courtyard. After entering the rooms, he shared them with everyone. However, Caiping fainted after eating the snacks."
Granny Wang said, "That's right, I saw it too. It's possible that the wasps flew to the pastries because of the smell, and one of the pastries happened to be slick with venom and was eaten by Caiping."
After a moment, Physician Mei said, "Xiao Fuzi has a poison needle on his forehead. The venom is too strong and has entered his body. He may not be able to be saved. Granny Wang is right. Caiping was poisoned in the same way as Xiao Fuzi. She also fell into a coma after eating pastries that had been crawled on by bees. Fortunately, the dosage was not large. I will do my best to save her."
Physician Mei examined Xiao Fuzi's injuries and explained, "This type of wasp is extremely venomous, also known as a hornet or a hornet. They typically live in sparsely populated areas such as forests and grasslands, and build their nests underground, in caves, and in trees..."
After hearing Physician Mei's explanation, Jiang Fenghua understood. She felt a lingering fear and her mind raced. Poisonous bees had been released into Chenxi Palace, and being bitten by them would almost certainly mean certain death.
Xiao Fuzi was stung directly by a wasp; the venom quickly entered his body, and there was no hope of saving him. Cai Ping's chances of survival are also very slim.
Seeing Xiao Fuzi's appearance, her face turned deathly pale. If Yan'er and You'er hadn't gone kite flying today, and had been playing in the garden, could they have also been stung, or even...?
She dared not think further, and she was also very angry. For the first time, she lost her temper with Xie Shang. "According to Physician Mei, there is no way that such wasps could appear in the palace. The fact that such things have suddenly appeared in the garden of Chenxi Palace must be because someone deliberately put them in. Chenxi Palace has always been heavily guarded. His Majesty also said that he sent people to Chenxi Palace to protect the safety of me and my child, but now the safety of my child and me is no longer guaranteed."
She said directly, "Although other concubines have come to pay their respects, even Consort Song and Consort Gao have come, nothing has happened for so long. But just two days after Xie Ling'er came to Chenxi Palace, something happened there. Are these all just coincidences?"
Xie Shang's face was extremely pale. Could it be Ling'er?
"Lin Feng has ordered people to investigate Chenxi Palace to see if there are any other foreign objects that could harm the Empress, princesses, and princes," Xie Shang said coldly.
"yes."
Lin Feng quickly sent people over. He never expected that someone would use such a method to poison the Empress and the imperial heir in the heavily guarded Chenxi Palace. It was truly impossible to guard against!
After a round of searching, Lin Feng caught several more wasps. Now the entire Morning Light Palace is in a state of panic. How could such a thing appear in the palace?
Fortunately, Lin Yu has been helping to play with the children these past two days, instead of having the wet nurse take care of them as usual. If they were really allowed to run around the palace, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Jiang Fenghua had the entire bedchamber cleaned and inspected before she dared to bring the child inside. Xie Shang said, "We won't be staying at Chenxi Palace for the time being..."
Before Xie Shang could finish speaking, Jiang Fenghua said in a deep voice, "If someone wants to harm me and my child, even if I move to His Majesty's Qianqing Palace, it won't be safe." She didn't want to talk to Xie Shang anymore; if he trusted Xie Ling'er, she would use her own methods.
After saying that, she led Xie Hongyou and Xie Ziyan directly into the bedroom.
Xie Shang watched helplessly as Jiang Fenghua closed the door. He wanted to go in and explain, but ultimately didn't go in.
Lin Yu was also furious. "If Your Majesty cannot do it, this humble servant can do it for you."
Xie Shang glanced at her coldly, then addressed the crowd, "Protect the Empress."
He then added, "Lin Feng, take these things with you."
Lin Feng originally intended to bring it along, but he just didn't know what to do with it.
He exchanged a few words with Lianye, then led his men and followed the emperor away.
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