Luo Lan sighed helplessly, "I don't want to eat anything. I don't know what's wrong. I've been feeling bland and sleepless lately. It's really not easy for a woman to take care of a child."
Concubine Li nodded in agreement, and while picking up a piece of pork ribs and putting it in her bowl, she persuaded her:
"Every woman feels the same when raising a child. Everything will be fine once the baby is born. But you need to eat something good to nourish your body so that the baby can grow faster. You can't just starve all the time."
Listening to her words of insincere concern, Luo Lan's heart was filled with contempt.
She wished her child would be aborted sooner rather than later, and she also hoped that her child would grow up quickly? Her ability to say one thing to one person and another to another is truly admirable.
But she was still grateful and nodded while chewing the ribs.
"Thank you for your concern, Madam Li. Now that you've said that, I really feel like I can eat again."
As she spoke, she picked up another piece of pork ribs, but this time she was not careful and the ribs fell directly on her body. She screamed in surprise. Seeing this, Concubine Li hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe it for her.
She smiled a little embarrassedly, "I'm sorry to bother you, but your handkerchief is dirty. I'll go back and wash it for you!"
Concubine Li threw the handkerchief on the table in disgust, pouted and shook her head.
"No need, it's just a handkerchief. There are plenty of them in Liyuan."
Luo Lan took the handkerchief without hesitation and nodded happily.
"I happened to be in a hurry today and forgot to bring a handkerchief. Let me use this one."
Concubine Li rolled her eyes and waved her hand nonchalantly, "Take it and use it."
A subtle glance flashed across Luo Lan's lips. He raised his hand and put the handkerchief to his mouth, wiping the corner of his mouth gently while rolling his crystal eyes.
Suddenly, she covered her stomach with her hands and screamed.
"Ah! I... my stomach hurts..."
Hearing this, Yu Qiaoqiao hurried over to support her and asked anxiously,
\"What's wrong, sister?\"
The women sitting at this table were instantly panicked when they saw this. Leng Yu noticed something was wrong and ran over quickly. He directly took Luo Lan in his arms and shouted,
"Quick, call the imperial physician."
He leaned over her face anxiously and worriedly and asked:
"Lan'er, what's wrong with you?"
The Emperor and Liu Dechang also hurried over to ask, "What's going on? What happened to Princess Yu?"
"Why does Lan'er suddenly have a stomachache? Did you eat something bad?"
Luo Lan held Concubine Li's handkerchief in her hand, wiped her tears and shook her head, saying:
"I don't know either. I was fine just now. Empress Li was so kind as to give me a handkerchief to use, but...but the smell on this handkerchief makes my stomach ache when I smell it."
Hearing this, Concubine Li's face turned from red to white. She shook her head in panic, "It's true that this handkerchief is mine, but why did you get a stomachache after smelling it? Princess Yu, please don't say anything nonsense in front of the Emperor."
Leng Yu had a cold face, held the handkerchief in his hand, bent down to pick up Luo Lan, and comforted her softly:
"Let the imperial physician check and we'll know what's going on."
After saying this, he ignored everyone's surprised looks, picked up Luo Lan horizontally, and quickly walked towards the ear room next to the Qianqing Palace. At the same time, the imperial physician also hurried over.
The imperial physician took Luo Lan's pulse in the inner room, leaving only Ah Hong to serve inside.
The emperor, Leng Yu and Liu Dechang sat in the hall outside the ear room, quietly waiting for the results of the imperial physician's examination. The rest of the people were all waiting outside.
After a while, the imperial physician came out from the inner room. He came before the emperor, bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, I have examined Princess Yu's pulse and determined that she inhaled a drug that can cause miscarriage. The fetus is in an unstable position and needs to rest."
Hearing this, the emperor suddenly frowned and slammed the table angrily:
"How could Princess Yu have inhaled drugs? What kind of drugs were they? Where did they inhale them? Investigate this thoroughly for me. If you can't figure it out, I will charge you with deceiving the emperor."
Hearing this, the imperial physician's forehead broke out in sweat and he looked at a loss.
Leng Yu suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and took out a handkerchief from his sleeve. He stood up and walked to the imperial physician, and asked in a stern voice:
"Excuse me, Imperial Physician, is there anything wrong with this handkerchief?"
The imperial physician took the handkerchief, sniffed it, and replied solemnly:
"Where did you get this handkerchief, Your Majesty?"
Leng Yu saw that he looked a little nervous and concluded that there must be something wrong with the handkerchief, so he did not answer his question, but continued to ask,
"Is there something wrong with this handkerchief?"
The imperial physician frowned and nodded.
"If I'm not mistaken, this is stained with fennel. Normal people won't feel anything when they smell this kind of thing, but if a pregnant woman smells it, it can easily cause miscarriage. Therefore, Princess Yu must not touch this thing."
Hearing this, Leng Yu suddenly swung his handkerchief and said angrily:
"Father, this handkerchief was given to Luo Lan by Concubine Li. Please make a decision for Luo Lan."
When the emperor heard the words of the imperial physician just now, his face had turned pale and blue. Now that he heard that this matter was related to Concubine Li, his anger suddenly rose. He waved his arms and shouted loudly:
"Someone, come and summon Concubine Li."
At this time, Concubine Li was waiting for news outside the door with a group of people. When she heard the emperor calling her, she hurried in with a gloomy face.
Before she could salute, the emperor suddenly threw the handkerchief in front of her and asked sternly:
"Concubine Li, do you recognize this handkerchief?"
Concubine Li looked at the handkerchief and replied in confusion:
"This is my handkerchief..."
"snort!"
The emperor suddenly roared in anger:
"Concubine Li, you are so bold! You knew that Princess Yu was pregnant, yet you gave her a handkerchief that smelled of anise. What is your intention?"
Hearing the emperor's questioning, Concubine Li picked up the handkerchief in a daze, held it to her nose and smelled it. It was indeed the smell of fennel. This was impossible. Her handkerchief was newly changed in the morning, so there was no way there could be fennel in it.
Thinking of this, she knelt hurriedly to explain, "Your Majesty, I am innocent. My handkerchief is clean. There is no way there is fennel on it. Someone must have framed me!"
"Someone framed me? This handkerchief has only touched you and Princess Yu. Could it be that Princess Yu would harm me?"
The emperor's questioning left Concubine Li speechless, but she still tried to explain.
"Your Majesty, I really don't know about this matter. Please investigate."
The emperor, however, ignored the question and shouted at the people outside:
"Someone, come! Confine Concubine Li to Li Garden and make a decision after the matter is fully investigated."
Hearing this, Concubine Li, who had just held onto a glimmer of hope, suddenly turned pale and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent. Please, Your Majesty, look into this matter. I really don't know what is going on. I am innocent!"
Just as several guards walked in quickly, a faint voice came in.
"etc……"
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