Chapter 62 Musk
“…No?”
Su Ci pursed her lips and thought for a while before shaking her head: "Ever since returning from the festival outside the palace, I just feel that my appetite has increased a bit. The food I eat is nothing special. On weekdays, apart from Yufu Palace, the only other places I eat are His Majesty's Jingming Palace and Sister Xianfei's Huilan Palace..."
"His Majesty!"
Su Hui suddenly knelt down and took two steps: "Your Majesty, I know where the musk comes from!"
"W-what?"
Lin Sulan grabbed her shoulders in shock: "Do you know? Who wants to harm the queen? Who is it!"
Su Hui looked at Guyu and said, "Guyu, quickly take out the Empress's beads and let the imperial physician take a look!"
Guyu quickly took out the string of beads and handed it to Xu Lizhi.
“…”
Xu Lizhi first put it close to his nose and sniffed it, then took out a small knife from the box to pry open a cracked bead, scraped off the powder in the center and put it into his mouth, his face changed.
"The inner core of this bead is filled with cinnabar, musk, and pearl powder. Although the amount of cinnabar and musk is small, wearing it for a long time will definitely harm a woman's pregnancy. Even if she gets pregnant, it will be difficult to keep it..."
"What?!"
Yanyu jumped up in shock with her eyes wide open, rushed to the dressing table, opened the cabinet, took out a box and opened it.
From hairpins and step-shake ornaments to earrings and necklaces, the entire set of jewelry is themed on red coral beads, placed on velvet cloth, dazzling and brilliant.
"Your Majesty, this set of jewelry is a gift from the Empress to you!"
“…”
Snap!
The king's palm on the bedside table suddenly tensed up, and the solid wood table was actually cracked!
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
Su Hui's face was pale and her lips trembled. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, today at the banquet, Your Majesty accidentally broke this bracelet. My husband is a medical officer and has some knowledge of medicine. I smelled the beads and they smelled something wrong. And Your Majesty said they were given by the Queen, so I didn't dare to remind you right away. I thought I would ask Your Majesty in private..."
“…”
Xuan Yi took a deep breath and turned to look at the shivering person in the gauze tent.
"The women of the Su family will stay here to take care of Concubine Shu for now. Xu Lizhi, leave a few capable imperial physicians to guard Yufu Palace. You put on this harmful thing and follow me to see the Queen Mother."
"Your humble servant obeys your order!"
"His Majesty…"
Su Ci grabbed his hand, her eyes moist as she looked at him through the curtains: "I'll wait for you to come back, please come back soon..."
"Um."
Xuan Yi leaned forward into the gauze curtain and pressed his thin lips against her forehead. "Don't be afraid. Your grandmother is here with you. Go get some sleep. I'll be back soon."
Everyone in front of the bed bowed their heads.
Except for Yanyu Guyu who was already used to it, everyone else looked shocked.
His Majesty actually doted on Concubine Shu in public, and even called himself...
…
On this side, the Queen Mother had just been ecstatic about Concubine Shu's pregnancy, but then she learned that Concubine Xian had pushed her into the lake. She was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she hurriedly led a group of maids to Merlin to investigate the matter.
The virtuous concubine has been held in solitary confinement, and the palace maids and eunuchs around her are being tortured one by one.
The concubines and officials' wives present were already frightened out of their wits, and answered tremblingly the truth about what they had seen.
Only the Queen pretended to be calm and stood beside the Queen Mother, her lowered eyes filled with shock and bewilderment.
How could Su Ci be pregnant? !
Even if she had been wearing the musk beads for a short time and had become pregnant through frequent sleeping with the emperor, she also drank Zixi, so it was impossible for her to survive until now!
And that cup of plum wine that was laced with poison, Su Ci clearly drank it, so why didn't she vomit blood on the spot due to the poison? She fell into the water, so why was she still alive after being fished out?
What went wrong?
Why are the things happening today getting weirder and weirder...
"His Majesty has arrived!"
"emperor!"
Seeing her son's evil spirit, the Queen Mother stood up in shock: "What happened to Concubine Shu? The child, the child..."
"Don't worry, mother. Concubine Shu and the child are safe and sound."
Xuan Yi said as he slowly looked towards the Queen, his eyes cold as he raised his hand slightly.
"search."
"yes."
Zhuang Yu and Nanny Qin responded and led a group of palace servants and eunuchs to each frightened concubine. They took away the red coral jewelry from them one by one and handed them to Xu Lizhi and several imperial doctors.
“…”
The queen's face suddenly turned pale and she took a step back as if struck by lightning.
When the empress dowager learned that the dragon heir she had finally obtained was saved, she was relieved and murmured "Amitabha". She did not ask any questions about the emperor's actions, but just twirled her Buddhist beads to thank her ancestors for their blessings.
Nearly twenty red coral ornaments of various sizes were placed on the table, with only three bracelets kept separate.
Xu Lizhi was secretly shocked and lowered his voice slightly.
"Your Majesty, these beads and jewelry are..."
"Louder."
Xuan Yi lowered his eyes coldly: "What's inside these jewels?"
"…report back to Your Majesty!"
Xu Lizhi raised his voice, "These eighteen pieces of red coral bead jewelry are all mixed with cinnabar and musk powder. Only the Empress Xian, Wei Xiuyuan, and Wu Chongyuan are wearing real red coral!"
Bang.
The Buddhist beads in the Queen Mother's hand fell, and the sandalwood beads rolled all over the floor.
"What? Vermillion, musk?!"
The Queen Mother clutched her chest and shook it, then raised her hand tremblingly: "You, you dare!"
Whether it was the concubines or the wives of officials who mostly came to visit their daughters today, they all looked at the mother of a country with wide eyes in astonishment.
Bang!
Xuan Yi threw the entire box of Su Ci in front of the Queen.
"Your Majesty, mother, you know this is the gift the Empress bestowed upon Concubine Shu when she entered the palace. She is also the only concubine in the harem who has been so generous as to receive a complete set of musk beads from the Empress."
"Luckily, Concubine Shu doesn't like the bright colors of the beads, so she only wears them when she pays respects to the Empress. Fortunately, I've been staying in Yufu Palace these days, so she doesn't have to get up early to pay respects to the Empress. That's how she managed to get pregnant."
Xuan Yi walked over to the main seat and sat down, his whole body emitting a chill that was permeating. "Xu Lizhi said that Concubine Shu didn't inhale much musk, so she hasn't shown any symptoms yet. If she hadn't caught a cold from falling into the water today and disturbed her fetus, I'm afraid he wouldn't have noticed it for a while. But if more time passes, Concubine Shu and the fetus will be damaged, and even a god can't save them."
"you!"
The Queen Mother trembled all over, pointing at the Queen and gritting her teeth: "No wonder, no wonder the harem has been childless for all these years, it turns out it was all your tricks! Chen Qinrong, you are so brave!!"
Although only a few of the concubines had slept with the emperor, cinnabar and musk were poisonous to women's bodies. If they were exposed to it for a long time, they would not be able to get pregnant even if they had the chance to sleep with the emperor in the future.
At this moment, they all stared at the queen with horror and resentment.
"No…"
The queen knelt down and reached out to pull at her husband's clothes. "Your Majesty, I have no idea why these beads have musk. I am the mother of a country and your first wife. How could I do such a thing?"
"Your Majesty, it was Consort Xian, and all of them were made by Consort Xian. She presented these beads to me. Even if I had a hundred guts, I would not dare to harm the heir of the royal family..."
"There is no cure for this stubbornness!"
Xuan Yi kicked her hand away expressionlessly, his face as cold as ice: "Madam Qin."
"yes."
Nanny Qin raised her hand and beckoned, and a group of imperial guards appeared, escorting the pale-faced Nanny Li and a disheveled mother and daughter.
The queen's body went limp and she fell to the ground, closing her eyes in despair.
It's over, it's all over...
…
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