"Of course, I was pregnant with twins." She whispered, "There is a rule in the Western Region Palace that if you are pregnant with twins, it's fine if they are both girls, or it doesn't matter if you have one boy and one girl. If you have two boys, the one born later must be killed, otherwise the Western Region will be overthrown in the future. Therefore, I have been worried all the time. Coincidentally, Concubine Wen was also pregnant at that time. I grew up with her since childhood. Although we are not biological sisters, we are better than biological sisters. The time between our two pregnancies was the same. The time of delivery is not too far away. The doctor who served her said that she was pregnant with a daughter, so I made an agreement with her that if I gave birth to a son, I would secretly exchange her daughter with hers, and I could keep both children. Although there is an ancestral precept, I am a mother, how can I watch my child being drowned alive? Besides, I never believe in the sorcerer's words, which are just nonsense to deceive those ignorant people. "
She took a few breaths and continued, "Even if we didn't give birth on the same day, it wouldn't be difficult to find a girl outside. We just had to wait until her daughter was born and then switch back. Coincidentally, we both gave birth on the same day. I gave birth to two sons and she gave birth to a daughter. The children I gave birth to looked different, so I ordered the nanny to switch the two children. At that time, the births of the two concubines were already chaotic, and no one expected such a thing to happen. Besides, I was the queen at that time, above everyone else, so naturally no one would offend me. That's how it was. In this way, the two children grew up together. Concubine Wen would bring 놛 to pay respects to me every day. I liked 놛 more and more. After all, which mother would not like her own child? But for 놛's safety, I wanted to take this matter to my grave. But no one expected that Concubine Wen's daughter was not the emperor's biological child, but her child with Prince Yong. I also discovered it accidentally. If such an ugly thing were known to others, the family would be confiscated and the clan would be exterminated. How should my son, who was raised by her, deal with it in the future? What should the princess do?"
Hearing her say this, Shang Ruoyi understood.
I think that in order to preserve the honor of her family, Concubine Wen committed suicide before the incident could get out. As long as she died, the subsequent events would be suppressed by the Queen and would not be spread out.
It turns out that this is the truth of the matter.
The City King, who was originally still angry, was stunned at this moment. How could it be possible?
"If you don't believe it, go ask your uncle. Although he is a senior official, he is not senile. You will know the answer if you ask him."
The King of the City's eyes turned red as he murmured, "Is what you said true?"
"Who do you think I am? If you were not my biological child, I would have ordered someone to drag you out based on what you just said in Ningshou Palace!"
Upon hearing this, the City King knelt on the ground and said, "Mother."
The queen mother stood up, still a little weak, and staggered to Wang and helped Wang up: "Hurry up." She waited for so long and finally heard the word "queen mother".
No wonder the Queen Mother's attitude towards me is so different, this is the reason.
"It's my fault. If I hadn't made that decision, we wouldn't have been separated..."
Before the Queen Mother could finish, Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "If we hadn't made that decision, it wouldn't be as simple as separation. I'm afraid we would be separated forever."
The Queen Mother burst into laughter upon hearing this, and nodded Shang Ruoyi's little head: "You are a child who is always good at making jokes."
"In that case, you are my grandmother."
The Queen Mother nodded and said, "Yes! Although your mother is no longer here, it would be perfect if she were to return to your father's side. These days, I feel so distressed watching your father worry about you and your daughter."
"When did you know that I was the Crown Prince's Consort?"
"When the emperor got the news, I knew it."
Shang Ruoyi raised her eyebrows slightly. There were the Queen Mother's people beside the Emperor.
Seeing her expression, the Queen Mother smiled and said, "You little devil, is there anything else you want to ask?"
"Nothing." Shang Ruoyi's eyes flickered: "You have a cough, let me take a look at you!"
"good."
After Shang Ruoyi felt her pulse, she said in a deep voice, "Your cough comes from your lungs. Did you have tuberculosis earlier?"
The Queen Mother nodded and said, "When the late Emperor was still alive, there was an epidemic in the palace. After I got sick, I couldn't stop coughing. Later, the imperial physician said it was tuberculosis. After treating me for a whole winter, the symptoms were relieved. I thought I had died of the disease."
"This cough is not fatal. The reason you often feel unwell is because there is poison in your body."
What?
"꿗Poison?"
The Queen Mother frowned: "What kind of poison?"
"It's a chronic poison." She used a needle to draw some blood from her fingertips and dripped it into the powder. The powder instantly turned blue and emitted a very light fragrance. Shang Ruoyi whispered, "This poison is extracted from the Bauhinia flower. The pods and seeds of this flower are poisonous, especially the seeds, which are extremely toxic. Generally, people use the seeds of this flower as medicine to remove pests. If you poison people, you only need a very small amount and mix it with food every day to kill people in a short time. If you use other methods to slowly penetrate into the body, it will be like a chronic poison. The body will gradually fail. In three to five days at most, or one or two days at most, you will die."
She looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Although there is poison in my body right now, fortunately the poison is not deep, and I am not at the end of my rope yet."
Hearing her say this, everyone's hanging hearts slowly settled down.
Fortunately, there is still time.
Shang Ruoyi took out a few porcelain bottles: "Here are the detoxification pills. For this kind of chronic toxin, you only need to take two pills."
Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother took out two pills and swallowed them directly without any hesitation.
Not long after I ate it, I felt a sweet and fishy taste in my throat, and then I saw a mouthful of black blood gushing out, mixed with a fishy smell.
After spitting out the black blood, the Queen Mother felt her body instantly relaxed, and even her breathing became much smoother than before.
Nanny Wang was a little anxious at first and wanted to say a few more words, but when she saw the queen mother's face turn red, she couldn't help but ask with surprise, "Madam, are you feeling well?"
The Queen Mother nodded and looked at Shang Ruoyi: "You little girl, you still say that your medical skills are not good. Many imperial doctors have seen my illness and they just said it was an old illness. No one diagnosed the poison, but you found it out."
Shang Ruoyi smiled and said immediately: "Based on the toxins in your body, this poison doesn't seem to be eaten. I think it can't be diagnosed by other methods. Ordinary methods can't diagnose it. By the time it is discovered, it is already incurable." If she didn't have the space and what she learned in her previous life, it would be difficult for her to discover such a hidden poison.
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