Chapter 127: No coincidences happen

Snowflakes are floating in the dark night sky.

The hand on the cheek moved very gently, and the owner of the hand had a serious expression on his face, which he had never seen on any other woman's face.

Because of the height difference, Xiao Jinyan kept his head down, and his eyes naturally fell on the pink lips nearby, which he could not avoid.

Snowflakes as big as goose feathers were floating in the air, easily passing over the tip of her nose and landing on her lips.

He stretched out his hand and was about to wipe it off for her, but before his fingers touched her lips, her tightly closed lips suddenly opened and the snowflakes on her lips were eaten.

Shen Chuwei ate the cool snowflake ice cream and felt so greedy that she wanted to eat strawberry ice cream when the next batch of strawberries were ripe.

There was some heat in Xiao Jinyan's eyes, and even the cold wind blowing towards him seemed to carry some heat.

"Why do you want to eat snow? What if you get an upset stomach?"

Shen Chuwei frowned, "Don't worry, Your Highness, it's just a snowflake, I will be fine."

Xiao Jinyan did not comment.

Shen Chuwei stared at the handsome face for a while in the light of the palace lamp, making sure that all the red spots were applied.

"Your Highness, it's done."

Xiao Jinyan stood up straight, and the distance between the two of them suddenly became much farther.

The effect of the medicine came very quickly, and after a while, the redness was healed.

"Let's go."

Shen Chuwei put away the cream and followed Xiao Jinyan on her short legs.

When they arrived at Fengyi Palace, there were palace maids and eunuchs kneeling on the ground inside.

Three or four doctors gathered around the bed, examining the patient and talking at the same time, all of them looking nervous.

The emperor paced back and forth in front of the bed with a very gloomy face.

Xiao Jinyan took a few steps forward and greeted him, "Father, how is Mother?"

Shen Chuwei bowed and stood obediently behind Xiao Jinyan.

The emperor stopped and looked up at his son. "It's not clear yet. Doctor Yu is treating him."

"I don't know why your mother's face suddenly turned red. She must have been frightened." The emperor said worriedly, looking at the queen lying on the bed. His eyes fell on her rosy cheeks and his brows were furrowed.

Doctor Yu's diagnosis has not come out yet, so Xiao Jinyan cannot make any conclusion and can only wait.

The emperor waited for a long time and became impatient. He asked in a cold voice: "Doctor Yu, how is the queen's condition?"

Doctor Yu bowed and reported: "Your Majesty, the Queen's face is just caused by the discomfort of the perfume powder. It will disappear in two days and there is no serious problem. However..."

The emperor asked, "Just what?"

Xiao Jinyan raised his eyes and looked at Doctor Yu, his brows furrowed.

"Your Majesty, judging from the Queen's pulse, she has been poisoned by a chronic poison." Doctor Yu said cautiously.

The Queen had just breathed a sigh of relief, but when she heard that she was poisoned, she stared at Doctor Yu with her eyes wide open in fear.

Qingying personally took care of her food, clothing, housing and transportation on a daily basis, so there was no chance for anyone to poison her.

With three palaces and six courtyards and so many concubines, naturally there were quite a few who wanted to become empress.

She frowned and thought carefully about who was more likely to be the poisoner in the past six months.

The emperor was furious: "How could the queen be poisoned by a chronic poison?"

"Your Majesty, the Empress has been poisoned for half a year. Fortunately, it was discovered in time and the antidote was found in time, so there is no serious harm." Doctor Yu said.

The emperor said anxiously, "Then prepare the antidote as soon as possible. If anything happens to the queen, I will only ask you for the answer."

"Your Majesty, the Queen was poisoned by a toxin extracted from Datura pollen. She needs to use the roots of Datura as a medicine to detoxify."

"Datura flowers grow in cold and gloomy places and are extremely difficult to find. The long journey back and forth will also delay the best time to detoxify." After Doctor Yu finished speaking, he knelt on the ground, trembling.

When the queen heard this, even though she knew nothing about poison, she felt a chill down her spine.

She hasn't had a grandchild yet, she's still young and hasn't lived enough, she can't die.

The emperor glanced coldly at the palace maids and eunuchs kneeling on the ground, and his eyes fell on the head nanny Qingying, "You have always been the one who served the queen personally. How come you didn't know that the queen was poisoned by a chronic poison?"

"Your Majesty, I have been serving the Empress closely and did not notice that anyone had poisoned her. I deserve to die." Qingying prostrated herself on the ground.

Xiao Jinyan took a few steps forward and bowed, "Father, I am willing to take people to find Mandragora and come back as quickly as possible."

Upon hearing this, the Queen looked at the Prince in disbelief and was stunned for a long time.

The emperor looked at the prince with some relief and approval, "Then I'll leave the task of finding Mandragora to you. You must return as soon as possible."

Xiao Jinyan lowered his brows and nodded: "I obey your command."

After leaving Fengyi Palace, Xiao Jinyan ordered, "Liu Xi, ask Prince Yu to come see me."

"Yes." Liu Xi walked quickly towards Qiancheng Hall.

Shen Chuwei clutched the handkerchief, raised her eyes and secretly looked at Xiao Jinyan. She could see that he was very anxious and worried about the Empress's condition at this moment.

Datura may have been extremely scarce in ancient times, but it is not a rare species in modern times.

Coincidentally, there were some datura seeds in her space.

What's more coincidental is that a few months ago when she was planting chrysanthemums, she accidentally scattered two seeds, which have now grown more than 20 centimeters.

Xiao Jinyan turned his head to look at Shen Chuwei. Fortunately, he brought her to pay respects to his mother today, otherwise he would not have discovered so easily that his mother was suffering from a chronic poison.

And that packet of incense powder.

He smeared perfume powder on his younger brother, Sammul Siu, because his brother was very close to the Queen Mother and was easily stained with perfume powder.

The queen mother will have a red face.

"Fortunately you discovered it in time, otherwise my mother's life would be in danger."

Shen Chuwei said, "Your Highness is overjoyed. I just happened to hear it. Your Highness is smart to let Doctor Yu treat the Empress so quickly."

Xiao Jinyan chuckled. He had seen Shen Chuwei's ability to flatter others. He didn't mind it, unlike others who just flattered him blindly.

Not long after entering the East Palace, we arrived at a fork in the road. One road led to Xiyun Pavilion, and the other led to the Prince's bedroom.

Xiao Jinyan stopped and turned to face Shen Chuwei. Seeing a lot of snowflakes on her dark hair, he reached out and put on her fox fur hat.

"You go back and rest first. I still have things to deal with."

Xiao Jinyan walked towards the bedroom after he finished speaking. Just as he took a step, his sleeve was grabbed by someone. He turned around and looked at Shen Chuwei in confusion, "Xiaojiu, is there anything else?"

"Your Highness, I want to take you to see something." Shen Chuwei hesitated before because she didn't know how to explain the origin of the mandragora. In fact, even if there is no mandragora, the spiritual spring water can cure all poisons, but it is difficult to explain the origin of the spiritual spring.

Xiao Jinyan asked, "What are you looking at?"

Shen Chuwei kept it a secret for now, "Your Highness, please follow me and you will know."

Xiao Jinyan hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Shen Chuwei brought Xiao Jinyan back to Xiyun Pavilion, holding a lantern, and walked towards the backyard.

Xiyun Pavilion was originally a remote and warm pavilion, covering a large area, with a bamboo forest deep in the backyard.

There is a rockery next to the bamboo forest. Usually no one comes here, and there are no palace lanterns or even stones to illuminate it.