Induce vomiting?
Qian Shengyan almost immediately realized the problem with her body, but she couldn't believe it: "I've been poisoned?"
"Your Majesty's body contains very little poison, and I am not certain. Physician Lü is very knowledgeable about poisons, so let's wait for him to come and take Your Majesty's pulse together." Physician Liu said softly, trying not to frighten her. "If I am right, Your Majesty should have been poisoned recently, and the poison has not yet entered the spleen, lungs, or other internal organs. Inducing vomiting at this time can still be effective."
So Qian Shengyan experienced the ancient method of inducing vomiting.
She vomited into the chamber pot until she felt dizzy and drank three pots of water, but the taste of medicine in her mouth just wouldn't go away. Qian Shengyan didn't even have the courage to ask Physician Liu what was in the prescription, afraid that she would want to vomit again if she asked.
Just after she finished vomiting, Physician Lü arrived. The two carefully examined Qian Shengyan's pulse, then whispered together for a while before returning, where Physician Lü reported to the Emperor.
"Let's talk outside." Yinzhen stood up, but after taking only one step, he felt his robe being tugged. He turned around and saw that Qian Shengyan's face was still flushed from vomiting, but her eyes were very firm: "Your Majesty, I want to know."
He paused for a moment, then sat back down on the edge of the bed and glanced at Physician Lü.
Physician Lü seemed to understand his meaning and explained the matter in a very slow and deliberate manner. It turned out that the poison Qian Shengyan had ingested was not strictly speaking a poison, but rather a blood-activating and abortifacient drug. However, if a woman was not pregnant, it would only promote the onset of menstruation earlier, and the effects of the drug would vary depending on her mood.
"So, the more agitated I am, the better the medicine works?" Qian Shengyan asked, frowning.
“Yes, anxiety, anger, rage, and sadness can all cause the medicine to take effect prematurely,” said Physician Lü. “It was thanks to Her Majesty’s timely discovery that the dosage has been reduced to a negligible amount after induced vomiting.”
Qian Shengyan immediately understood the poisoner's meaning. According to the imperial physician, the poisoning had not been administered for long, and any sadness or distress she experienced during the events of the night would trigger a physical reaction.
If there is no pregnancy, it's fine; it just means that menstruation has started early, but this also gives the newcomer time to be pampered.
But—since moving into the Summer Palace, she has been spending every night with Yinzhen. If she were to become pregnant and then shed tears because the Emperor had taken a new concubine, causing chaos, it would be questionable whether the imperial physicians could even detect the minute amount of poison. Regardless of whether she was drugged or not, she would still be in the wrong.
Jealousy, lack of virtue, and even harm to the imperial heir—she doesn't need to do anything to incur the emperor's neglect.
Good plan.
Qian Shengyan sneered inwardly. She didn't need to ask any more questions or need any evidence to know who was behind this tonight.
She wouldn't believe it if someone told her the medicine didn't come from the Mongolian grasslands!
Clearly, Yinzhen had the same idea as her. He snorted and first questioned Physician Lü in detail. He confirmed that the effect of the medicine on Qian Shengyan was that it caused her to have her period early. Because the diagnosis was timely and the vomiting was very strong, the other effects were not too bad. However, Yinzhen was still worried, so he arranged for Physician Liu and Physician Lü to prescribe some mild and nourishing medicinal diet for Qian Shengyan to take for a few days.
It was getting late, so after the imperial physician left, the two of them washed up separately and prepared to go to bed.
Taking advantage of the moment while serving the Emperor his washing up, Su Peisheng quickly said, "Your Majesty, I just asked Qingxue outside, and that person... was not arranged by the Imperial Noble Consort. The Imperial Noble Consort is unaware of it."
Su Peisheng thought he had uncovered a huge secret, and even though the Emperor had already asked the Imperial Concubine, he figured the Emperor would sigh and lament just like him.
But to everyone's surprise, the emperor only glanced at him with a look that seemed to say, "Aren't you just talking nonsense?" and didn't say anything at all.
Su Peisheng nearly choked. He remained silent for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that His Majesty... His Majesty knew from the very beginning?"
"How could I not know what the Imperial Noble Consort is like?" Yinzhen said lightly.
Su Peisheng: "...The Emperor was so angry..."
"Ha, Borjigit has grown too big for her britches, daring to casually associate herself with the Imperial Noble Consort and even plotting against me." Yinzhen sneered as he spoke. "What does she take me for? What does she take the Imperial Noble Consort for? Willing to take anything, no matter how filthy?"
Su Peisheng: ...
Su Peisheng still had several questions he wanted to ask, but he tried his best to hold them back. Yinzhen glanced at him and said as he walked back, "What do you want to ask?"
"This servant doesn't understand. If Your Majesty knew the truth, why did you still bestow the title of Noble Lady Ru?" Su Peisheng's question was actually quite treasonous, but Yinzhen did not get angry. Instead, he explained to him, "Since Borjigit has this intention, it would not be right for me to bestow her upon someone else. I'm afraid it would only cause more trouble. It's just giving the harem an extra Noble Lady's allowance. Besides, with you, my noble mistress, watching over her, I feel at ease."
Su Peisheng: ...
He also wanted to ask, wasn't the Emperor very angry just now? He was so furious in Suicheng Palace, and he was also furious when he first came to Yanbo Zhishuang Palace! Moreover, the Imperial Noble Consort was poisoned by villains, so why does the Emperor seem to be in a better mood now?
It was fortunate that he didn't ask, because Yinzhen was indeed in a good mood at the time, but it was not something he could tell outsiders.
He had originally conferred the title of Consort Ru and gone to Suicheng Palace, but Qian Shengyan made no move. He was almost driven to death with anger, and he simply couldn't believe that the woman could be so cold-hearted.
They've been together for nearly twenty years, and since he entered the palace, it's been just the two of them. Yet she doesn't even ask him when he goes to favor other women?
She can go out day and night to visit her daughter, but can't she come and ask him about him?
It was truly laughable that the Emperor, a man of such high status, would have such thoughts. Yinzhen didn't want to discuss it in detail; he just wanted to hear her say something nice. But who knew that she had been poisoned again? Fortunately, the poison wasn't too serious, and it also indirectly revealed something—that she actually cared a lot.
She cared that he had appointed a new concubine, and she cared that he hadn't come to Yanbo Zhishuang Palace. After all, the imperial physicians had said that the amount of poison was actually very small, and if she hadn't been so emotionally disturbed, she wouldn't have developed symptoms so quickly.
So Yinzhen was happy, but he also felt that he shouldn't be happy after Qian Shengyan was poisoned, as that would be inappropriate. So he maintained a blank expression, but he was really willing to chat with Su Peisheng a little more.
Unfortunately, Su Peisheng was stupid and never understood what he meant, nor did he understand what emotions were.
Yinzhen sighed, suddenly missing his thirteenth brother who was far away in the capital. If his thirteenth brother were here, the two of them could discuss everything from the affairs of the Mongol Empire to the affairs of the inner palace, and have a very pleasant conversation.
Thinking this, Yinzhen returned to bed. The bed had been changed, and Qian Shengyan was leaning against the bedside, supported by Qingxue. Lvliu brought a bowl of brown sugar and eggs and fed her little by little.
"Your Majesty." Qian Shengyan tried to get up, but Yinzhen went over and pressed her down. He glanced at the bowl of eggs and said, "Give me a bowl too."
I didn't eat much at the dinner, but now I'm a bit hungry.
Qian Shengyan: ...
Alright, alright, it's just brown sugar and eggs. If the Emperor wants to eat it, who can stop him?
But she still added a reminder: "Just add five parts sugar."
The palace maid obeyed and left. Yinzhen chuckled, sat down on the edge of the bed, took the bowl from Green Willow's hand, and waved for everyone to leave.
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