Chapter 149 Call the Queen

Nian Shilan looked at the Queen Mother and then the Emperor, "Should we wait until Doctor Jiang comes back?"

This is a fool. Zhang Mi serves the Empress and Chen Zhao serves the Empress Dowager. The imperial doctors who usually take care of her are not here. Who could frame her for a fake pregnancy?

"No need."

The emperor held Nian Shilan's hand and said with a smile, "If so many doctors can't even tell a happy pulse, they should all go down and kowtow to the Grand Master and admit their mistakes."

To put it in more popular terms, if it is a misdiagnosis, all the doctors in the Imperial Hospital will be beheaded.

Zhang Mi knelt down with everyone and reported, "Her Majesty the Queen Mother, His Majesty, and Concubine Hua, Concubine Hua is indeed pregnant, and the fetus is stable, there is no mistake."

[A bunch of liars! Last life, Zhen Huan was about to have a miscarriage, and you, the Imperial Hospital, also said that the fetus seemed stable. You want to deliberately paralyze me so that when something goes wrong, you can say that it is all my fault, right? ]

【None of them has good intentions! 】

The emperor thought this made a lot of sense.

Nian Shilan cursed in her heart, her eyes fell on the chicken soup, [After all this fuss, I'm actually a little hungry. ]

"Your Majesty, I am a little hungry. Maybe I can drink this bowl of chicken soup?"

[There is a problem with peach kernel tea, but chicken soup shouldn’t also have a problem, right? 】

[It looks really delicious. ]

I'm shouting in my heart that everyone has bad intentions, so now I'm letting my guard down?

The emperor glanced at Nian Shilan and frowned slightly: When will she be more careful?

"Doctor, take a look at this soup."

What is going on?

The emperor has guessed that there is something wrong with the soup, right?

I'm doing this for his own good. Is he trying to break up with me now?

The Queen Mother's expression was a little awkward.

"What does the emperor mean by this?" Sun Zhuxi spoke up for the empress dowager. "Could it be that the empress dowager would harm the noble concubine?"

"Don't worry, Aunt Sun. The Queen Mother just found out that Xiao Shilan is pregnant. I don't have many children. It's hard to believe that God has blessed me. I can't let God down."

When the Queen Mother heard the words "May God have mercy on you", she felt as if she had been slapped in the face.

The hint she had just given turned out to be a boomerang that hit her back.

The emperor raised his hand to signal, and the imperial physicians tasted the soup one by one. A few people murmured in the back, and Imperial Physician Chen stepped forward. Just as he was about to answer, the emperor asked the eunuch who was in charge of tasting the food to taste it as well.

There is no room for lying.

Imperial Physician Chen glanced at the Empress Dowager subconsciously, and this glance was the answer the Emperor wanted.

"Your Majesty, this soup contains precious medicinal herbs, all of which are very tonic."

Want to just let it go?

The emperor asked, "Do you mean that Concubine Hua Gui can drink it?"

Doctor Chen clenched his fists and said, "It's just that there are red flowers added to it..."

"Red flower?"

The Red Flower Emperor is cooked, and Concubine Duan drank a large pot of it.

"Yes, if the queen is not pregnant, safflower can promote blood circulation, relieve pain, and calm the nerves. Taking it in moderation will be of great benefit to a woman's body. But if she is pregnant, it is easy to..."

Doctor Chen's forehead was already sweating as he spoke, "It's easy to have a miscarriage."

【Old woman! So bad! 】

Sun Zhuxi explained: "The Queen Mother didn't know that Concubine Hua Gui was pregnant."

The emperor said nothing, but picked up the almond tea beside him and took a sip. "The recipe for this almond tea, Empress Dowager, should have been left by Chun Yuan."

"Yes, the emperor still remembers it."

"Remember, the almond tea that Junyuan drank before he died tasted exactly like this."

The Queen Mother felt a chill in her spine: Could it be that the Emperor suspected that he had poisoned Chun Yuan?

Suspicion is the most abominable thing. You and I know it, but it is difficult to explain.

Once explained, it is confirmed.

The Queen Mother watched helplessly as a black pot hit her head without saying a word.

"The Queen Mother doesn't know you're pregnant. It's not intentional. Don't take it to heart."

The emperor said this sincerely, but it was clear that he meant: Did you see that? The empress dowager wants to harm you. If you come to Shoukang Palace in the future, don't eat or drink anything, and throw away anything she gives you when you go back.

"Yes, it's all my own carelessness. If I had known earlier that I was pregnant, I wouldn't have been in danger of causing the Empress Dowager to bear the charge of plotting to harm the heir to the throne."

Another mouthful of black pot fell down.

The Queen Mother had to smile and agree, "It's because my eyes are dim and old that I almost made a big mistake."

The emperor did not respond, but said to Nian Shilan: "I have already issued an order to let Jiang Cheng and Jiang Shen return to the palace."

He also warned Songzhi to take good care of Concubine Hua Gui, and the empress dowager listened carefully, knowing that every word was spoken to her.

"You go back first, I will come to see you later."

After Nian Shilan left, the imperial physician and the servants of Shoukang Palace all withdrew.

Only the emperor and the empress dowager were left in the palace.

"My son has few children, so please help me, Madam Queen."

The emperor's directness shocked the empress dowager, "The emperor is blaming me."

"The Queen Mother also said that my son just lost the Fourth Prince, and God has mercy on me and allowed me to have another son. This is my son's blessing."

The emperor was direct, so the empress dowager did not beat around the bush. "Nian Gengyao holds military power, is feared in the western frontier, and has many followers in the court. If he knew..."

"There are so many followers in the court?"

The Queen Mother: “…” State affairs had always been his sensitive spot, and he would get irritated if touched.

"The Nian family has a very close relationship with its siblings. If Nian Gengyao knew that his sister was pregnant, he would definitely be very happy."

The Empress had already mentioned the threat from the Nian family in great detail, and the Emperor no longer wanted to hear it. All he could think about now were Longkodo and the Fourteenth Prince.

"Nian Gengyao was ordered by me to pacify the northwest, not to use military force without authorization. He will immediately request permission to return to the capital after completing the affairs in the northwest. My son thinks there is nothing wrong with that."

"If something happens to Concubine Hua Gui again at this time, I really have no way to explain it. I hope Your Majesty will understand."

"Concubine Hua Gui had a miscarriage that injured her body, and she has been using Huan Yi Xiang for so many years. She even got pregnant right under your nose, hiding it for more than three months, and you didn't suspect anything..."

The Queen Mother wanted to remind the Emperor that Concubine Hua Gui was not as simple as he thought.

However, the emperor took the opportunity to redirect his "suspicion" elsewhere.

"suspicion?"

He looked at his own mother. "The Queen Mother lives in seclusion and doesn't know what kind of person Shi Lan is. She spends all day either studying how to dress or thinking about food and drink. There are many people outside the palace who want to give her gifts, but she refuses to accept anything except those from her own brother."

"Shilan is a sensible person and would never overstep the line with a man outside her family."

Brother, propriety, outsider, overstepping the boundaries… these words, one by one, were like huge rocks hitting the Queen Mother’s head.

Times have really changed.

The empress dowager knew that the relationship between them as mother and son was fragile and would break sooner or later. She thought it would be because of the Fourteenth Prince and Longkodo, but she never thought it would be broken by Nian Shilan.

After the emperor left, the empress dowager held her head with her hands and remained silent for a long time.

Sun Zhuxi said worriedly, "Empress Dowager..."

The Queen Mother took her hand away, her face solemn, "Go and call the Queen to me."