Chapter 175 There is something wrong with this flower

Xia Zhengqi and the Queen were both shocked when they heard their daughter's thoughts.

What? How could there be something wrong with the flower?

Xia Miaoyuan walked up to the flower and carefully observed the petals and branches.

In fact, she didn't know much about flowers, but just now, Maomao's reaction made her conclude that there must be something wrong with this flower.

Maomao is naughty and usually likes to harm green plants. The flowers, plants, and low trees in the courtyard of Kunning Palace have basically all been destroyed by it.

If the flowers are blooming and very beautiful, it will bite off the flowers to play with. If the flowers are not blooming or the flowers are not good-looking, it will pull the whole flower out of the soil.

After pulling it out, it will step on it a few times.

However, if the flower itself is poisonous, it will not touch it.

Once, Xia Miaoyuan took Maomao to another palace to play. Seeing the cycads planted in the courtyard, Maomao just went forward to smell it and left.

So Xia Miaoyuan concluded that there must be something wrong with these peonies.

She carefully checked the peonies, but found nothing.

Xia Miaoyuan scratched her head in confusion. At this time, she felt a fragrance rushing straight into her nostrils.

"What's that smell!" Xia Miaoyuan screamed in a childish voice.

She covered her mouth and nose tightly with her little fleshy hands, and her brows were wrinkled.

"What's wrong, Miao'er?" Xia Zhengqi asked with concern.

Logically, this precious peony should only have a faint and refreshing fragrance, and will not emit a pungent smell.

Why did Miao'er cover her mouth and nose?

The Queen and Xia Zhengqi had already walked to Xia Miaoyuan's side.

"There is a problem, there must be a problem!" Xia Miaoyuan pointed at several pots of peonies with her index finger.

"Is there a problem with the smell?" asked the Queen.

Just now, she also noticed that her daughter covered her mouth and nose after smelling the smell of peonies, and Maomao seemed to be disgusted after smelling it.

"Yeah!" Xia Miaoyuan looked at the Emperor and the Queen and nodded vigorously.

"Then Miao'er, do you know what the specific problem is?" The Queen asked in a persuasive manner.

[Hey, I'm not a chemical tester, how do I know what the problem is! ]

[Maomao and I both felt something was wrong after we smelled it, so there must be something wrong with this flower! ]

Xia Miaoyuan spread her hands helplessly.

Seeing that her daughter couldn't get anything out of this, the Queen asked Xia Zhengqi, "Your Majesty, where did this flower come from?"

Xia Zhengqi thought for a moment and said, "It was sent by the envoys from the Kingdom of Dai Viet who came to visit a while ago."

"Could it be..." Xia Zhengqi glanced at the Queen and had some new ideas in his mind.

"Debao! Go and invite all the experienced doctors in the Imperial Hospital. And send someone to invite Doctor Yin to the palace as well."

[That's right! Professional matters should be left to professionals.] Xia Miaoyuan clapped his hands with satisfaction.

After an incense stick of time, five old doctors came in.

"May I ask who is sick, Your Majesty?" asked Lord Zhou, the director of the Imperial Hospital.

The other doctors also looked serious.

Five imperial doctors were asked to leave at once. This must be a serious illness.

Xia Zhengqi asked the eunuch to move a few pots of peonies into the inner hall and asked, "Please ask the imperial doctors to check these flowers to see if there is anything wrong?" The director of

the Imperial Medical Bureau was surprised: "Treat the flowers?"

"We are imperial doctors, we treat people, how can we treat flowers?"

Xia Miaoyuan rolled his eyes speechlessly.

[How did this director get the position? Why does it seem that his brain is not working well! ]

Xia Zhengqi also rolled his eyes in disdain and patiently explained, "I am not asking you to diagnose the flowers, I am asking you to check these pots of flowers to see if there is anything wrong with them."

"Oh, so that's it!" Lord Zhou shook his head a little embarrassedly.

Five imperial doctors came forward one by one and began to examine carefully.

After a while, the five imperial doctors discussed in low voices.

After the discussion, the director of the Imperial Hospital reported their conclusion to Xia Zhengqi: "Your Majesty, there is something wrong with the smell of these peonies."

"Oh?" Xia Zhengqi's eyes lit up, "Go on, what's the problem?"

Lord Zhou lowered his head and avoided Xia Zhengqi's sharp eyes: "That... We don't know either."

[No way? That's it...] Xia Miaoyuan was even more speechless. Xia

Zhengqi also felt his anger rising, panting heavily.

Lord Zhou seemed to sense the anger of Emperor Mingxi, and quickly added: "But what is certain is that these flowers must have been tampered with, and the smell is not right. Maybe some medicine was added?"

"You good-for-nothings!" Xia Zhengqi couldn't help but yell.

The fifth brother's imperial physicians knelt down in unison: "Your humble servants are not well-trained, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Xia Zhengqi was about to scold them, but suddenly saw a little eunuch winking at Debao at the door.

Xia Zhengqi understood instantly that it was Yin Xizi who came.

"Your Majesty, Doctor Yin is here!" Debao whispered.

"Please come in!" Xia Zhengqi said cheerfully.

Yin Xizi was still dressed so coldly. Seeing that the emperor and empress were both there, Yin Xizi bowed and knelt down.

"Hurry up, Doctor Yin!" The Queen stepped forward enthusiastically and helped Yin Xizi up.

"Today I invited you here not to see a doctor, but to see the flowers." Xia Zhengqi said straight to the point.

"To see the flowers?" Yin Xizi was puzzled.

"It's like this. There are several pots of precious peonies in the greenhouse. Today we moved them to Kunning Palace, but we found that Xiaolu and Miao'er both disliked their smell." The Queen explained patiently.

"We just invited several imperial doctors to check, and they all judged that there was something wrong with the flowers, but they couldn't tell what the problem was."

"So that's it!" Yin Xizi nodded.

After that, she walked to the peony and examined it carefully.

After the inspection, Yin Xizi asked, "Your Majesty, can I take off a few petals and stamens?"

Xia Zhengqi waved his hand and said, "Please do as you please."

Yin Xizi took a small tweezer from the medical box and a small cup, and carefully used the tweezers to pull off a few petals and stamens and put them into the cup.

She put the cup under her nose and sniffed it gently, then asked the palace maid for a fire starter and lit the contents of the cup.

In an instant, the petals and stamens in the cup burned, and a few wisps of green smoke came out, and a strong fragrance came with the green smoke.

"What a good smell!"

"It feels like I'm high!"

The five imperial doctors kneeling on the ground whispered.

The palace maids in the room also frowned slightly, and some covered their noses.

"This smell is so strange!" The queen pulled Xia Miaoyuan into her arms and covered her daughter's mouth and nose with a handkerchief. Seeing this, Yingxue quickly took out a handkerchief and covered the queen's mouth and nose.

"Open the window and the door!" Xia Zhengqi ordered sharply.

"Everyone, go outside the palace!"

The queen hugged Xia Miaoyuan, the imperial doctors, Yin Xizi, and the palace maids, and all walked into the courtyard.