Hibiscus Palace
Luo Lan brought Ah Cai and Ah Hong to Empress Li and bowed.
"Your Majesty, are you feeling better?"
Empress Li waved her hand and said, "Stop being polite and come sit over here!"
She hurriedly said to the servants around her:
"All of you please go down. Princess Yu and I have something to talk about."
Today, Concubine Li's behavior was different from yesterday. Luo Lan looked at her with some confusion, and she smiled a little embarrassedly.
Luo Lan instructed Ah Cai and Ah Hong behind him:
"You guys go down too!"
After Ah Cai and Ah Hong paid their respects, they all retreated with the maids from Furong Palace.
When they were the only two left, Madam Li hurriedly pushed the snack plate towards her.
"This is the snack sent by Concubine Li. It tastes good. Try it."
Hearing the three words "Empress Li", Luo Lan felt inexplicably disgusted, but at the same time she was also doubting whether she was so kind as to send snacks over?
So, she chuckled and shook her head, and asked curiously:
"I never thought that Concubine Li would be so kind to Empress Li and even send her snacks."
When this was mentioned, Empress Li nodded repeatedly, seemingly unable to conceal her joy.
"Not only that, after she found out I was pregnant, she sent me a lot of things. Look at the decorations in my room, many of them were sent by her. I used to hear people say she was difficult to get along with, but I didn't expect her to be so nice to me. She even said that looking at me was like looking at her sister, and that we had a special rapport."
this……
Luo Lan felt a little creepy when she heard this. Concubine Li was nice to her? That was simply impossible, unless the sun rose from the west.
Seeing how energetic Empress Li was when she mentioned Concubine Li, Luo Lan knew that a woman who was probably even younger than herself probably didn't have any scheming or guard against others!
Thinking of this, she sighed secretly and asked with concern:
"Why did Empress Li suddenly show signs of miscarriage yesterday? Has this happened before?"
Thinking of what happened yesterday, his mother covered her stomach and shook her head vigorously.
"I don't know either. Speaking of what happened yesterday, I have to thank you. If you hadn't been there, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to keep the child. I apologize for what I said to you yesterday. Actually... actually, I wanted to establish myself as someone who was difficult to get along with in this harem. I was afraid... I was afraid that I was too honest and would be bullied..."
Her words shocked Luo Lan. How insecure must she be to want to portray herself as an arrogant, domineering and rude person?
But from her words, Luo Lan suddenly felt that she was a bit pitiful. She was so young, but she had to think about how to please the emperor, an old man, every day, and also had to guard against other people's envy and jealousy.
Thinking of this, she blinked her crystal eyes, smiled bitterly and shook her head.
"You didn't blackmail me and nearly caused you to miscarry. I'm already grateful. No need to thank me."
After she said this, Li Niangniang blushed even more embarrassedly, lowered her head, and murmured,
"I didn't mean to blackmail you. I just heard Sister Li say that you're a very difficult person to get along with, and you have a vicious mind. She told me to stay away from you when I meet you, so I thought of giving you a warning. I didn't expect that I would suddenly have a stomachache. Luckily, you are here..."
She didn't find it strange at all that Concubine Li said this about her behind her back.
She smiled calmly, "Since Concubine Li made up this story about me, why do you still believe me? I mean that little pill..."
Empress Li looked down at her belly, her face flushed, and she bit her lip as she continued:
"Actually... I noticed I was spotting this morning. At the time, I thought I was just too nervous and didn't dare alert the imperial physician. I was also afraid the emperor would find out and blame me. Then, in the back garden, I started spotting again. Under those circumstances, if I didn't trust you once, there was a chance I'd have a miscarriage. If that happened, the emperor wouldn't bother to see me anymore. I'm really afraid that if that happened, I wouldn't be able to stay in this palace anymore..."
At this point, Empress Li's eyes began to turn red. Seeing this, Luo Lan hurriedly whispered to comfort her:
"The baby is saved, you should be more careful next time. Spotting is not a good sign."
At this point, Luo Lan's eyes swept towards a pot of green plants not far away, and his face suddenly darkened, and he frowned in surprise and said:
"Why is that pot of green plants placed in the house?"
Empress Li followed Luo Lan's gaze. When she saw the pot of green plants, her face lit up with joy as she introduced them:
"That pot of green plant is very interesting. It's flexible and moves. If you touch it, its leaves will close. Sister Li gave it to me. She said it was to help me entertain myself. I also like to play with it."
Luo Lan was not interested in Empress Li's cheerful introduction, but murmured solemnly:
"I think I may have found the reason why you slipped."
Luo Lan's words made Empress Li look at the pot of green plants in surprise, and a bold idea came to her mind.
She looked at Luo Lan alertly and asked with a puzzled look:
"You mean... that potted plant? There's something wrong..."
She was a smart woman, otherwise she would not have climbed onto the emperor's bed, won the emperor's favor, and then climbed to the position of imperial concubine.
Luo Lan's eyes narrowed, his face turned cold, and he said seriously:
"That green plant is called Mimosa Pudica. It's a very interesting plant, but it contains a poison called mimosa alkaloids. If a pregnant woman comes into contact with it too much, she may experience hair loss, general discomfort, and even miscarriage or fetal malformation..."
Before she could finish her words, Empress Li was so frightened that she raised her hands to cover her mouth.
She shook her head vigorously in horror.
"I touch it many times a day and even play with it before going to bed. How could such a lovely plant be poisonous?"
After saying this, a chill suddenly flashed across her eyes. She then clenched her fists, bit her lips, and muttered coldly:
"Could it be that... Noble Concubine Li has ulterior motives for being so kind to me? No wonder everyone says she's bad, but I'm the only one who thinks she's good. It turns out I'm being manipulated by her without even realizing it."
Seeing Empress Li's grief-stricken expression, Luo Lan sighed sympathetically.
"As a doctor, I'm just pointing out what might happen. Your miscarriage might have nothing to do with this incident. Don't overthink it. Anyway, as long as the baby is in your belly, you need to stay away from anything dangerous."
Her words were an unintentional reminder, but also a kind warning.
After all, the woman in front of him is pregnant. She is the most vulnerable group and wants to survive in this harem. If one day she is forced to have a miscarriage, she will probably go crazy.
But what she didn't expect was that Empress Li suddenly picked up a piece of dessert with a solemn and gloomy expression. As she looked around, she said in a low voice:
"If the baby in my belly were to slip away because of her, would the emperor blame me or her?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
