During the New Year, the palace held a play in the Xianyin Tower, which lasted from the first to the fifteenth day of the lunar month.
The concubines often went to Xianyin Tower to listen to operas.
Because one day when your Majesty came to the harem, he also went to the Xianyin Tower to listen to a play, so now the Xianyin Tower is crowded with people hoping to meet your Majesty by chance.
Tang Miaoling and Wei Yingya often went to Xianyin Tower, not to see the emperor, but just to stroll around during the New Year holidays.
Since Qizhu was released from house arrest and restored to her position, she often played with Tang Miaoling and her sister. She went to Xianfu Palace to find them early in the morning and went to Xianyin Tower together.
The three of them were walking and talking on the palace road, when they suddenly heard a baby crying from the side of the road.
Tang Miaoling looked in the direction of the voice and saw Concubine Lin squatting on the side of the road.
A child wrapped in swaddling clothes was placed on the ground.
She covered the child's mouth tightly with her hands and muttered:
"Why is Winter Melon crying? Stop crying, Winter Melon, it's making so much noise!"
Tang Miaoling almost suspected that she was hallucinating. She tugged at Wei Yingya's sleeve in disbelief and said, "Look ahead... What is Concubine Lin doing?"
"Will this suffocate the child to death?" Wei Yingya also widened her eyes.
The two looked at each other, and the crying of the baby in the cradle became weaker and weaker.
"Pull her away... I think this child is dying!" Tang Miaoling didn't have time to think about what was going on. She walked forward quickly and pulled Lin Jieyu away. "What are you doing?"
Wei Yingya quickly picked up the child and said, "His face has turned purple. This... Dong Wu, go get the imperial physician!"
The accompanying palace servants were also shocked at this scene, and Dong Wu hurried to the Imperial Hospital.
"Steal my winter melon? Give it back to me!" Concubine Lin glared at Tang Miaoling with a pair of ferocious eyes and reached out to pinch her neck.
"Let your master go--" Cuiping and Xiaoqingzi hurriedly pulled Concubine Lin away.
Qizhu saw this and thought this was a good opportunity to get closer to Tang Miaoling. She rushed in front of Tang Miaoling and said:
"I'll stop her."
She grew up on the grassland, was skilled in riding and shooting, and had considerable strength.
He thought it would be no problem to subdue a weak woman from the Central Plains.
But after she held Concubine Lin, she found that she was incredibly strong and had such a crazy energy that she couldn't be restrained.
Cuiping and Xiaoqingzi saw their master escape from trouble and hurried to help Tang Miaoling.
Tang Miaoling had already told them in advance to keep a close eye on Qizhu. They didn't know whether they should go up to help.
"Master, how are you?" Cuiping asked with concern.
Tang Miaoling coughed violently twice, choking with tears in her eyes, "It's okay... I almost couldn't breathe... She strangled me to death, is she crazy?"
There was a red bruise on Tang Miaoling's snow-white neck.
"She almost suffocated her own child to death. She might really be sick." Wei Yingya glanced at the third princess in the cradle and looked at Concubine Lin in confusion.
Over there, Concubine Lin was already fighting with Qizhu.
Concubine Lin reached out and pulled Qizhu's hair, "You corn, you're stealing my winter melon..."
Qizhu screamed in pain, "Let go, why are you crazy..."
Concubine Lin punched and kicked Qizhu, and Qizhu was not willing to be outdone. The two wrestled with each other, and Qizhu's maid wanted to help...
But the two were fighting fiercely, and just as she got close, she was kicked by someone and flew far away.
The situation was very chaotic for a while.
It happened so quickly that it took only a moment from the time Qizhu blocked Concubine Lin to the time the two of them started fighting. The two of them pulled each other and rolled into the pool next to them.
The palace guards who were patrolling nearby heard the news and rushed over to save the man.
After Lin Jieyu fell into the water, she still held on to Qizhu tightly, almost drowning her...
When Qizhu was rescued by the eunuch, her face was as pale as paper and she almost lost her life.
She now had only one thought in her mind: Could it be that this palace was incompatible with her?
On the second day after arriving, he was bumped into by a pregnant concubine.
Not long after he was released, he was dragged into the water by the crazy concubine and drowned.
What kind of bad luck did she offend to be so unlucky?
Tang Miaoling walked forward and asked with concern, "Is Concubine He okay?"
"Cough cough cough——" Qizhu opened her mouth to speak and coughed up a mouthful of water.
Another eunuch who tried to save Concubine Lin was almost sent away by Concubine Lin. She fell into the water and refused to come out, so they finally managed to pull her out...
"Jieyi Lin is dead!" The eunuch sniffed her breath and said in horror.
Everyone was shocked.
What is going on?
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Ning Wanyin received the news that Concubine Lin had fallen into the water and died, and immediately rushed to the scene of the accident.
Qizhu choked on water and fell unconscious, and was sent back to the palace to recuperate.
The imperial physician took the third princess' pulse and she almost suffocated, but fortunately it was discovered in time and she was not seriously injured.
After checking on Concubine Lin...
"Your Highness, Concubine Lin has taken drugs that damage the mind. This drug can cause people to go crazy and have hallucinations..." Judge Zhao reported.
Tang Miaoling was dumbfounded. "No wonder she mistook the Third Princess for a winter melon and Concubine He for corn..."
"Seal off her palace and investigate!" Ning Wanyin said.
Since Concubine Lin became pregnant, she moved into the right side hall of Qixiang Palace. Ning Wanyin gave an order to seal off the side hall, and all of Concubine Lin's daily food and drink were taken out.
The palace servants who served him were also arrested.
When the leading maid heard that Concubine Lin had died and saw all this, she dared not hide anything at all. She was so frightened that she spilled the beans:
"My master heard that His Majesty had been to Xianyin Tower some time ago, so he went out early today and waited at the place where Ganxin Palace and Xianyin Tower must pass, hoping to meet His Majesty by chance..."
"The master only took the third princess out and didn't let the servants follow him, saying that the atmosphere was not good..."
In order to attract the emperor's sympathy, Concubine Lin created the image of a weak mother with a child. It would be inappropriate to have so many people serving her.
"I really don't know why Concubine Lin became like this..." said the head palace maid in panic.
After a while...
Wu Mi came out with several imperial doctors, holding a bag of medicine in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, there are two herbs in this medicine that counteract each other. The imperial doctors have verified that these counteracting herbs can cause hysteria."
"Where did the medicine come from?" Ning Wanyin asked.
The head maid knew everything and said hurriedly, "This was given by Zheng, the imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital..."
"Why does Concubine Lin take this medicine?" Ning Wanyin asked.
The head maid stuttered, "This... this Imperial Physician Zheng said it's a fertility medicine... it helps with pregnancy, and... it can give birth to a son..."
Ever since Concubine Lin kept her daughter by her side, she has wanted very much to get pregnant and give birth to a son to consolidate her position.
Therefore, he secretly went to see Doctor Zheng from the Imperial Hospital to ask for a prescription and took the medicine secretly.
I took one bowl of this medicine every morning and evening for half a month...
Ning Wanyin ordered, "Eunuch Wu, go and get Imperial Physician Zheng."
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