Chapter 3 Counterattack
Half an hour later, Fengming Palace.
"How did you manage to keep the mother and daughter alive? Tell me, did you not do what I told you to do?"
The queen looked at Doctor Liang kneeling in the palace and trembled with anger.
"To answer the Empress, I really did it. I put all the safflower I had been collecting for several months into the medicine."
Doctor Liang was so frightened that she trembled like a sieve and kowtowed continuously.
She prepared the medicine herself, adding not only safflower but also aconite that she had brought into the palace with great difficulty.
As a female doctor, she certainly knew the consequences of adding safflower and aconite to the medicine for women in labor.
I thought the Crown Princess would bleed to death in the middle of the night, but until she couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep, there was no movement from the delivery room.
When she woke up, the little princess had been born safely, and both mother and daughter were safe.
Of course, she would never dare to tell the Empress that she had fallen asleep inexplicably in the middle of the night and had not delivered the Crown Princess's baby.
"Forget it. You can go down first. Let your youngest son stay in my manor for a while. The nineteenth prince likes him very much."
The queen did not suspect that Doctor Liang would deceive her. After all, no one would want their son to become a eunuch after being castrated.
As for the matter of the East Palace, although it did not meet her expectations, she would never give up.
No one can have children with him, because if they do, those bastards will live a life worse than dogs.
As for the person who gave birth to his child, sooner or later she would be unable to escape from her clutches.
"Madame Zhu, go and deliver the message. It will be lunchtime as usual."
The Queen's eyes were cold, and her complex and cruel emotions seemed to be about to burst out.
"Yes, I will go right away."
Nanny Zhu's cruelty is even worse than that of the Empress.
At least, all the shady things around the Queen were caused by her.
At noon, the court was still arguing, and Emperor Yongping was getting a headache from the noise.
None of these ministers are really useful.
After the flood in the south was allocated for disaster relief, some people had the audacity to embezzle money.
It has been more than two months since the Prince went to investigate the matter of disaster relief funds.
However, the subsequent disaster relief money and food were never enough. I really don’t know how they do their job on a daily basis?
"Your Majesty, something bad has happened in Fengming Palace."
Outside the Qinzheng Hall, a eunuch was shouting loudly.
When Emperor Yongping heard that something happened in Fengming Palace, he gave a look to Lin Fu, the chief eunuch beside him.
Lin Fu retreated from the side hall and walked outside the palace, where he saw a eunuch being held back by the imperial guards at the bottom of the stairs.
"What happened in Fengming Palace?"
"Eunuch Lin, a lot of crows suddenly appeared in Fengming Palace, and the Empress was so scared that she fainted... fainted."
The eunuch was so frightened that he was incoherent. He had been working in the palace for several years and of course knew that the Qinzheng Hall was not the place for him.
But the gate of Fengming Palace was blocked by crows, so people inside could not get out and people outside could not get in.
He was the only one on duty outside the door. What else could he do if he didn't come here to ask for help?
Lin Fu was also shocked when he heard this.
There were people specially assigned to drive away these unlucky birds around the palace, so how could they be allowed to take advantage of the opportunity?
The crow entering the palace was no small matter, and he could not make the decision, so he had to return to the palace to report to Emperor Yongping.
"Where are the Imperial Guards? Go to Fengming Palace immediately."
After hearing Lin Fu's report, Emperor Yongping immediately issued an edict and left without even paying attention to the civil and military officials in the court.
"Retreat~"
Lin Fuyu finished speaking, flicked his whisk, and retreated immediately.
The civil and military officials looked at each other in bewilderment, but did not dare to go to Fengming Palace to find out what was going on, so they could only return to their own places.
Emperor Yongping soon arrived at Fengming Palace. The imperial guards had already opened the palace gates and were clearing away the crows.
Inside the palace gate, the black crow carcasses covered the entire yard, with crimson blood looming in the distance, leaving no place to step.
There were still crows in the air that kept diving down. The guards waved their sticks to drive them away, but to no avail.
"How is the Queen? Can you summon the imperial physician?"
Emperor Yongping saw that there was nowhere to go and did not dare to take a step forward. He could only stand outside the door and ask questions.
Lin Fu stood beside him, fearing that he would be hit by the crows rushing down from the mansion.
"In reply to the emperor, I have sent for the imperial physician."
After the captain of the guards finished his reply, he quickly joined the team chasing the crows.
Emperor Yongping frowned and looked through the door, hoping that the imperial guards would quickly clear a path so that he could go in and see the empress.
Inside the palace, the empress's hair was disheveled, her face was covered in blood, her clothes were stained, and there were dead crows on the floor and on the couch.
The palace maids and eunuchs were trembling with fear, but they had to force themselves to clean up.
Nanny Zhu, who was standing beside her, looked confused.
What kind of plan is this, Queen?
Didn't they say they were going to deal with the East Palace? Why did Fengming Palace suffer?
"Madam Zhu, go and invite the Imperial Master."
The queen couldn't understand it either. These crows were clearly tamed by the imperial teacher, so how could they fly to the wrong place?
"My queen, the sky…the sky…the ground…the ground are full of crows. I can’t…I can’t get out."
Although Nanny Zhu is a cruel character, she is just an ordinary middle-aged woman.
She really didn't dare to step on that black and red area.
"You can't get out, you can't get out. You won't even want to pass on a message when I ask you to? Then there's no point in keeping your life. Someone, come..."
"My lady, I will go now."
Seeing that the empress was furious and was really going to attack her, Nanny Zhu was so scared that she immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
"Why don't you go quickly? If I find out that you sent the wrong message, I will skin you alive."
"Yes, I will go and invite the Imperial Master now."
Nanny Zhu crawled out of the inner hall, and as soon as she walked out of the hall door, she was surrounded by a swarm of black crows.
"Help~Help...Help..."
The guards who were clearing the crows were so frightened that they forgot what they were doing.
In just a moment, the crows dispersed and only a bloody skeleton was left of Nanny Zhu.
"Your Majesty, Imperial Guards, quickly, quickly, protect the carriage."
Lin Fu was so frightened that he stuttered when he spoke.
Emperor Yongping was even more shocked.
He knew that crows liked to eat carrion, but this was the first time he saw a crow eating a living person.
If I say I'm not afraid, that would be a lie.
"Get up and go back to the study."
After saying this, Emperor Yongping turned around and left. How could he care about the empress who had been doted on by him for many years and was trapped in Fengming Palace by crows?
If his legs weren't shaking, he would have been able to run.
The sharp-eyed guards noticed that something was wrong with him.
It just so happened that they didn't want to stay here and be pecked by crows, so soon a dozen people rushed out and carried him away in a hurry.
"My lady, Madam Zhu she...she..."
Hongye, the chief maid beside the Queen, witnessed with her own eyes the scene of Nanny Zhu being eaten by a crow.
She was so frightened that her legs went limp and she fainted before she could finish her words.
"Come here, go and invite the Imperial Master. Whoever can leave the palace and invite the Imperial Master today will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver."
As soon as the queen finished speaking, the eunuchs and palace maids who were lying on the ground cleaning up the crows all fell to the ground in an instant.
"You...you..."
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