Chapter 237 Stay Overnight

Shui Ning Palace.

At this time, Miaoxia and Nanny Lin were standing around the bed with anxious looks on their faces.

Miaoxia held a warm handkerchief in her hand and kept wiping the cold sweat from her master's forehead, her movements gentle yet urgent.

"Master, Miaoyun has gone to invite His Highness. The imperial physician will be here soon. Master, please be patient."

Nanny Lin was comforting him softly, her face full of worry, her brows furrowed, and she didn't dare to take her eyes off her master for a moment.

The woman on the bed was as pale as paper. She curled up with her hands on her head, hitting her head from time to time. She closed her eyes, clenched her teeth, and was in so much pain that she couldn't even speak.

As soon as Jun Zechen came in, he was shocked by the scene before him.

His eyes suddenly became solemn.

It was fine when I just left, how come it suddenly became like this?

Miaoxia and Nanny Lin saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come in, and immediately greeted him in a panic, then hurriedly made way for him.

Jun Zechen quickly walked to the bed and sat down, holding Su Jingyao's hand tightly as she kept hitting her head, to prevent her from hurting herself again.

Then he carefully helped her up, held her in his arms, reached out his hand, and gently massaged her temples with a little force using his fingers.

Jun Zechen has practiced martial arts for many years, and at this moment the heat of his internal energy was continuously emanating from his fingertips. Su Jingyao indeed felt a lot more comfortable, and her wrinkled brows relaxed a little.

But he still kept his eyes closed, looking unconscious.

"What happened?"

Jun Zechen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Su Jingyao's expression of pain had lessened a little, and turned to Miaoxia and asked.

"Your Highness, the master has been unable to sleep since you left, so Miaoyue brought the warm soothing soup to the master. A quarter of an hour after the master drank it, he began to vomit, and then gradually began to have a headache."

Miaoxia answered with her head down.

"Has your master drunk this calming soup today?"

Is there poison in the tranquilizing soup?

"Originally, the master would drink a bowl of calming soup or beauty soup every day, but today..."

Miaoxia's voice became lower and lower, and she hesitated, not knowing how to start.

"What happened today?"

Jun Zechen's eyes became sharp.

"Today, the Highness went to Huamei Residence, so the Master was in no mood to drink any soup or meal, and did not drink the tranquilizing soup either. Miaoyue kept the tranquilizing soup warm."

Miaoxia bit her lip, mustered up her courage and finished her words in one breath.

As the prince's concubine, my master's behavior is jealousy and should not be spoken out loud.

Jun Zechen's eyebrows jumped suddenly.

When he came out of Huamei Residence and came to Shuining Palace, the woman was still playing cards blatantly and did not have the slightest headache at all.

Jun Zechen thought at that time that she was relying on his favor and had no fear.

After all, she sprained her ankle last time during the Flower Festival and she was too lazy to pretend.

In addition, this was not the first time that Su Jingyao sent people to other palaces to ask him to leave, so Jun Zechen did not have the slightest suspicion.

She even felt that she was smarter this time, as she knew to just send a random palace maid to ask for the favor. This way, even if her mother came to the rescue, there would be no loss by pushing an unimportant palace maid out.

But now it seems that this is not the case?

"Can your master send someone to Huamei House today to ask me to come and see her?"

Jun Zechen asked in a deep voice.

Nanny Lin then spoke up, "Your Highness, the master knew today that you went to Huamei Residence and was in a bad mood. He did not drink the tranquilizing soup. Later, Miaoxia played cards with the master to amuse him."

Nanny Lin observed Jun Zechen's expression as she spoke.

"Normally, if His Highness did not come to the Shuining Palace, the Master would read quietly, but tonight the Master could not read..."

Then Nanny Lin knelt down with a "thump" and said, "Your Highness, the master has a bit of a temper, but she will never be unruly. I am sorry to deceive your Highness! The master did not instruct anyone to go to Huamei Residence to invite your Highness tonight!"

So the reason why Su Jingyao admitted that she did it was because he didn't believe her, so she just admitted it?

Jun Zechen couldn't tell what he felt at the moment. It was indeed his preconceived idea.

He looked down at the pale-faced woman in his arms, and his heart ached.

She was still young, and she spoke and acted directly. When she first explained that it was the Crown Princess who framed her, he should have believed her.

"Today I will go to Huameiju to ask my maid to leave and call her in."

Jun Zechen's voice was icy cold without a trace of warmth.

When Miaoxia turned around and walked out, the anxious expression on her face disappeared instantly, and was replaced by a sneer.

With a cold sneer, he realized that if he hurt his master, he would not be able to escape unscathed, even if there was a Crown Princess behind him.

Soon, Miaoxia came in with Aokiji.

Aokiji was already panicking about having to invite His Highness tonight, and he tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. When he was suddenly summoned, he was frightened out of his wits and was extremely scared.

"Your servant greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Her voice was trembling violently, and she knelt on the ground trembling.

Jun Zechen didn't shout or say anything, but his big hands continued to gently massage Su Jingyao's temples.

Aokiji knelt on the ground with his head buried, not daring to look up at the prince's expression, but when he just came in, he quickly glanced at the concubine's pale face.

What happened?

She was extremely scared now. The unknown direction of events made her hands tremble constantly, and her body also trembled slightly.

Jun Zechen has been the emperor for decades and is best at psychological games. When interrogating someone, he naturally has to do so when the other person's psychological defenses are at their weakest, so he remains silent to create a depressing atmosphere.

After a cup of tea, An Shun came in hurriedly with Doctor Li.

"Your humble servant greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Doctor Li bowed, looking a little tired.

"Come and see why Concubine has a headache."

Jun Zechen's eyes never left Su Jingyao.

Imperial Physician Li was on duty tonight and was sleeping in the Imperial Hospital. He was hurriedly pulled out of bed by An Shun. He was terrified all the way, thinking that something had happened to the Crown Prince, but he didn't expect it to be the concubine.

But he did not dare to complain at all. He quickly picked up the medicine box and walked to the bedside. Then he took out a handkerchief and placed it on the concubine's slender wrist, and began to take her pulse carefully.

Doctor Li frowned, his expression becoming more serious.

The pulse rate has increased and is rapid, which is not good.

Then he asked in detail about the concubine's symptoms, what she ate and drank.

Miaoxia did not dare to be negligent in the slightest and answered all the questions in detail.

"Bring the tranquilizing soup here for me to take a look." Doctor Li said seriously.

Miaoxia hurriedly brought it over, and Doctor Li dipped a little on his finger and gently put it into his mouth to taste it.

Then, his expression became more serious, "Your Highness, this tranquilizing soup contains the juice of the bamboo peach."

"If the concubine drank this, it would be normal to have a headache. Fortunately, she didn't drink too much. The juice of the bamboo shoot is poisonous. Drinking too much would be extremely dangerous."

When Miaoxia heard the words "Peach Blossoms", anger flashed in her eyes, and she immediately reported to Jun Zechen: "Your Highness, now is the season when the peach blossoms are in full bloom. The master likes the gorgeous scenery of the peach blossoms, so he asked the flower house to send a lot of them here."

"But the palace maids in the flower room have repeatedly warned us that this flower can only be viewed and not eaten. I never thought that someone in the Shui Ning Palace would use this flower to harm the master."

"Aokiji, you took care of this flower, and you also made the fire and watched over this calming soup. Are you the one who plotted to harm the master?"

Miaoxia suddenly turned around and shouted at Aokiji, her eyes seeming to spit fire.

Qingzhi raised her head with a trembling body, her face full of fear, "I have never harmed the master, I have never done anything, this is not what I did."

As he spoke, he kowtowed desperately, his forehead hitting the ground with a "bang bang" sound, and soon it became red and swollen.

She just followed the Crown Princess's orders to go to Huamei Residence to ask His Highness to leave. She knew nothing else. Could it be that the Crown Princess sent someone to poison the concubine?

Does the Crown Princess want her to be a scapegoat?

Junze Chensi ignored Aokiji's fearful pleas for mercy.

"Doctor Li, please prescribe medicine for the concubine first. She has a severe headache now."

Jun Zechen didn't dare to loosen his hand on her temple for a moment. If he loosened his grip even a little, she would show a look of pain, which would make his heart tighten.

"yes."

However, Doctor Li hesitated again, and said, "Your Highness, the concubine..."

"What happened to Concubine?"

Jun Zechen hated to see these imperial doctors hesitant in their words. He became more and more annoyed and his voice became heavier.

"The concubine seems to have contraceptive drugs in her body." Doctor Li said stiffly.

"What did you say?"

Jun Zechen almost squeezed out words one by one from between his teeth.

Jun Zechen had only favored her since she entered the East Palace more than three months ago. He originally thought that she was not pregnant because she was still young, and he also thought that pregnancy depended on fate, so he did not suspect anything else.

but!

Could it be that someone had given her contraceptives after she entered the East Palace?

So you've never gotten pregnant?

Who is it?

Ling Yue has been targeting Su Jingyao ever since she entered the Eastern Palace. She is ruthless and has taken charge of the internal affairs of the Eastern Palace. The only one who has the opportunity and purpose is Ling Yue.

"Anshun, check for me. All the personal belongings of the Concubine in the Shuining Palace should be carefully checked to find out why there is contraceptive medicine in the Concubine's body."

Jun Zechen's voice was so cold that it seemed to freeze the air around them.

"Your Highness, there aren't many contraceptives in the Concubine's body, but judging from her pulse, she has been taking them for some time."

Doctor Li continued to speak carefully.

Jun Zechen's face became increasingly gloomy, his lips were tightly closed, and he said nothing.

"Your Highness, I will go and prepare some medicine for the concubine to relieve her headache and remove the poison from the bamboo peach."

After Doctor Li finished speaking, he hurriedly left.

Jun Zechen then turned his icy gaze to Aokiji.

"An Shun, take him to the Ministry of Punishment and torture him severely. Don't let him die unless he spits out something."

Even though he said that he didn't want to let people die, the way he looked at Aokiji at this moment was as if he was looking at a dead person.

"Your Highness, please spare my life. Your Highness, please spare my life. I know nothing. I have never poisoned the concubine."

Aokiji cried out at the top of his lungs, his voice was mournful and desperate, his frightened eyes seemed to be begging for the last bit of mercy.

She struggled desperately, trying to break free from the eunuch's hands that were dragging her.

An Shun simply raised his hand and gestured expressionlessly, and several strong eunuchs quickly stepped forward, grabbed Aokiji tightly, and dragged her out mercilessly.

Not to mention that His Highness was irritable and angry at the moment, An Shun's mood had also become much more irritable after going back and forth all night.

I'm afraid this palace maid is completely useless.

Doctor Li's medicine was brought up soon. Jun Zechen helped Su Jingyao up and fed her the medicine himself.

Seeing her headache ease and her complexion gradually become rosy, I felt relieved.

Su Jingyao was not actually unconscious, she just drank a little bit of the juice of the bamboo shoots, which made her dizzy and she had to close her eyes.

After drinking the medicine, I felt my eyes slowly open.

Jun Zechen saw her close her eyes and asked softly, "How is it? Does it still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore. Thank you, Your Highness, for calling the imperial physician for me. I want to rest now."

Su Jingyao had an indifferent expression, her eyelashes drooped, and she didn't even look at Jun Zechen. She struggled out of his arms and lay down.

"I'll be with you tonight."

Jun Zechen's voice became much softer.

"Your Highness, please don't force yourself. I won't make trouble. Your Highness, please go back to Yude Hall and have a good rest."

Su Jingyao's tone was cold and filled with alienation.

Jun Zechen knew that she was sulking. It was normal for a little girl to have a temper when she was wrongly accused. He sighed helplessly in his heart.

Jun Zechen took off his outer robe and lay down. The two of them looked at each other face to face. Su Jingyao was very reluctant and didn't want to see him. She was about to turn around, but Jun Zechen stretched out his hand to stop her.

"Why do you admit that you sent someone to ask me to leave?" Jun Zechen looked deep.

Su Jingyao regained some strength, stared at him with her beautiful eyes, and refused to give in: "It was I who did it!"

"Your Highness has been punished. Since I have been confined for three days, Your Highness should not break the rules and come to Shuining Palace again."

There was obvious resentment in Su Jingyao's words.

"Since I can't have children anyway, please go to the new sisters."

Su Jingyao's voice was filled with self-mockery. Her originally pretty face was now filled with sadness. Her eyes were red and tears were welling up in them, but they stubbornly refused to fall.

When Jun Zechen heard her say the three words "can't have children", he felt as if his heart was hit hard by a heavy hammer and was deeply saddened.

He never thought that Ling Yue could be so cruel. Su Jingyao was only fifteen years old and had been in the East Palace for only three months, but she was given contraceptive drugs.

Jun Zechen felt so distressed that he quickly held the person in his arms and coaxed her with a gentle voice.

"Be good, I will investigate this matter thoroughly, and Doctor Li will definitely take good care of your body. How can Jiaojiao be unable to have children?"

His eyes were full of tenderness and he rested his chin gently on the top of her head, stroking it softly, trying to soothe her inner pain and anxiety.