The next day, Zi Yan carefully entered Queen Jing'an's studio. Queen Jing'an was painting a bronze mirror and motioned Zi Yan to speak directly.
Zi Yan said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Concubine Zhuang, Concubine Zhuang she."
Queen Jing'an put down the tools in her hands, looked up at Ziyan, and her expression was different from before: "Speak."
Zi Yan knelt on the ground and said in pain, "Concubine Zhuang was instructed by the Imperial Noble Concubine to kill the Second Prince, and the high-ranking concubines in the harem were involved. Concubine Zhuang personally ordered someone to treat the Fifth Prince's smallpox, but Concubine Li also had help. There are many other things, all on these papers, please see."
Queen Jing'an's vision went dark, and just as she was about to faint, she pinched her thigh fiercely, grabbed the paper Ziyan handed her, and began to read. The more she read, the more blurry her eyes became, until big tears fell onto the paper.
Queen Jing'an shed tears for a while, then suddenly burst into laughter: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, I didn't know people well, I killed my own son."
Zi Yan hurried forward to protect Queen Jing'an. Zi Shu came in and saw Queen Jing'an's excited expression, and hurriedly asked the imperial physician Ouyang behind her to come in.
Imperial Physician Ouyang asked Ziyan and Zishu to help Empress Jing'an to a soft couch. He took out a pulse pillow and examined Empress Jing'an's pulse. Then his face darkened. He looked at Empress Jing'an, who was sitting there in a daze, and said, "Your Majesty, you called me here to treat you?"
Empress Jing'an turned her head in a daze to look at Doctor Ouyang, then nodded heavily and said, "Treat him quickly. I want to live well."
When Doctor Ouyang heard what Queen Jing'an said, his eyes lit up, and his dark face suddenly turned rosy. He smiled and said, "Your Highness, I will definitely cure you."
Everyone worked methodically on the subsequent diagnosis and decoction, while Empress Jing'an sat quietly, half leaning back on the couch, lost in thought. Zi Yan handed her the medicine, and she drank it all in one gulp. Suddenly, she spat out a mouthful of black blood.
Frightened, Ziyan went to the Imperial Hospital in the middle of the night to consult Imperial Physician Ouyang. Knowing that Empress Jing'an would detoxify at night, Ouyang had requested a leave of absence for the day. He took a small path to Fengyang Palace and examined Empress Jing'an's pulse. Fortunately, the pulse was as he had predicted. After explaining the dietary restrictions and the expected symptoms in the coming days, Imperial Physician Ouyang withdrew.
Zi Yan looked at Queen Jing'an's pale face and said angrily, "Your Majesty, you were so kind to Concubine Zhuang. If it weren't for you, she would have given birth to the princess. How dare she repay you with hatred for your kindness?"
Zishu pulled Ziyan's arm and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. Once you're well, dealing with Concubine Zhuang will be a piece of cake, right?"
Empress Jing'an smiled and said, "Yes, don't be angry. If you get sick from anger, who will take your place?"
The next morning, before dawn, there was a knock on the gate of Fengyang Palace, and the eunuch outside said, "Open the door quickly, the emperor is here." The gatekeepers ignored them as usual, but this time, when the people outside saw that the door was not opened, they directly broke it open with bricks and wood and came in.
Fortunately, the gatekeeper was not standing behind the door, otherwise he would have lost his life.
When Zishu learned about this, the emperor had already walked quickly to the main hall. Zishu immediately knelt down to pay his respects. The emperor ignored him and went straight to the inner room. Ziyan saw the emperor kneeling down to pay his respects when he came in.
The emperor walked to the bed and looked at Queen Jing'an lying on the bed. Her face was pale with a slight blue hue, and his heart ached.
The emperor signaled Ziyan to come out without saying anything, and then he began questioning her in the side hall. Zishu and Ziyan, who were kneeling on the ground, remained silent. The eunuch chief spoke up, "Quickly confess! If you don't speak, you'll be tortured."
Zishu and Ziyan kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, please have mercy. If the Queen doesn't allow us to speak, we will never speak even if we die."
The emperor rubbed his temples with a headache and said, "It doesn't matter if you die. Even if thousands of you die, I won't blink an eye. But if anything happens to Jing'an, all nine of your clans will die miserably."
Zishu and Ziyan continued to kowtow tremblingly, still without saying a word. The emperor waved his hand, and two eunuchs came in and dragged the two away.
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