novelaction Chapter 617: The Foolish Woman Who Fakes Her Death for a Man (24)
Chapter 617: The Foolish Woman Who Fakes Her Death for a Man (24)
Chapter 617: The Foolish Woman Who Fakes Her Death for a Man (Twenty-Four)
When the queen received the bad news, she fell ill in bed.
Later, after receiving news from Beiyun that the eldest princess had died of childbirth complications, the queen vomited blood and died.
He glanced at Xile beside Li Xiangyu and suddenly covered his stomach.
"Ouch, my stomach hurts, please call a doctor."
When Li Xiangyu heard that Shuangshuang had a stomachache, he turned pale with fright and picked her up and carried her to the soft couch in the main courtyard.
He shouted to Xile, "Hurry up and get everyone from the Imperial Hospital over here."
"and many more!"
Shuangshuang grabbed Li Xiangyu and said, "Prince, let's go back to the palace first."
Li Xiangyu also realized that it would be better for them to go back directly instead of waiting for the imperial physician to come out of the palace.
"Yes, yes, let's go back to the palace!
Xile, you should ride back first and take everyone from Huatai Hospital to Zhaoyang Palace!"
Xile looked at Li Xiangyu and Shuangshuang worriedly, responded respectfully, and quickly rode back to the palace.
Shuangshuang and Li Xiangyu drove the carriage back to Zhaoyang Palace at a moderate pace.
The queen, who was always keeping an eye on the developments in Chaoyang Palace, was already waiting there anxiously.
Seeing Li Xiangyu with tears in his eyes, holding the weak Shuangshuang in his arms, his face turned pale instantly.
I learned from Xile before that Shuangshuang returned to the palace because of stomachache.
I had a lucky guess that it was just because he was tired, but when I saw him posing, I took it for granted.
Li Xiangyu put Shuangshuang on the bed and called loudly to the imperial physician next to him.
"Come here quickly and show my sister Shuangshuang."
The two imperial doctors had been waiting in Zhaoyang Palace for a long time, and they were also panicked when they saw Shuangshuang like this.
The baby in her belly is the emperor's first grandson. If anything goes wrong, I'm afraid they will also be in trouble.
They hurried forward to take Shuangshuang's pulse. After a while, after they took turns taking Shuangshuang's pulse, they looked at each other suspiciously.
Confirm again, then kneel respectfully in front of the queen.
"Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with the princess's pulse."
"Nonsense! If she were alright, would she be like this?"
Then he instructed Su Lan beside him, "Go to the Imperial Hospital in person and give me the certificate. Please come here."
In the Qinzheng Palace, a young eunuch leaned close to Yao Fugui's ear and reported that the imperial physician was being requested from the Zhaoyang Palace.
Yao Fugui's face changed, and he quickly came up to the emperor without caring that he was reading the memorial.
"Your Majesty, a palace maid just came to report that the Chaoyang Inn has summoned the imperial physician."
"What!?"
The emperor paused with the red brush he was using to mark the folded paper.
"Didn't Yu'er and Chang'an go to see their mansion?
Why did you invite the imperial physician again out of the blue? "
After saying that, he could no longer sit still, threw down his red brush and said, "Let's go and take a look!"
The emperor quickly came to Zhaoyang Palace. At this time, he had already learned from the palace servants that Shuangshuang had a miscarriage, so she had to return to the palace early.
When they arrived at the palace where the two lived, the queen was walking back and forth anxiously in the hall.
The emperor hadn't seen the queen lose her composure like this for a long time, and his mind was filled with thoughts.
It seemed that her most recent hysteria was when she was inwardly disregarding her wishes and insisting on marrying the eldest princess.
He blinked and quickly walked up to the queen.
"Queen, how is Yu'er's daughter-in-law?"
The queen glanced at him coldly, turned her head and ignored him, just looking anxiously through the curtain at the inner room.
Just at this moment, the director of the Imperial Hospital rushed over with his medicine box.
It was natural to bow when meeting the emperor and empress, but the queen interrupted him directly.
"Alright, alright, it's already this late and you still care about these empty formalities.
Hurry up and show Princess Jianning what's going on."
After hearing this, the director quickly got up and ran to the inner room.
As expected of the dean, his expression changed instantly when he placed his hand on Shuangshuang's wrist.
He said to Li Xiangyu who was standing on the side waiting anxiously, "Your Highness, can you please take a look at the princess's other hand?"
Another quarter of an hour passed, and Li Xiangyu was about to urge them impatiently, but the dean finally let go of Shuangshuang's hands.
Without saying anything, he planned to go out.
Li Xiangyu pulled him back and said, "Where are you going? Hurry up and get the medicine!"
Yuan Zheng looked at Shuangshuang in embarrassment. Ever since the two got married, everyone tacitly accepted that Shuangshuang was the one who made the decisions in Zhaoyang Palace.
Shuangshuang also knew what Yuan Zheng wanted to do. It was simply that the medicine was too strong and he didn't want her to hear those words and be disturbed.
Gently tugged at Li Xiangyu's sleeve, "Your Highness, I feel uncomfortable."
Li Xiangyu instantly forgot about Yuan Zheng and held Shuangshuang's hand.
"Tell your brother where you feel uncomfortable."
Yuan Zheng was kneeling in front of the emperor and empress, sweat pouring down his forehead.
I silently pondered in my mind what to say so as not to bring trouble upon myself.
Ever since Li Xiangyu became like this, the Queen knows their nature.
"Can it be cured?! If not, I will go find a famous doctor among the people."
To say that the director of the Imperial Hospital couldn't treat illnesses was naturally the greatest insult to him. So he bowed deeply and sang.
“Replying to the Emperor, Your Majesty!
Princess Jianning was poisoned by a forbidden drug from the previous dynasty called Chanmian.
This medicine is too strong, even adults can't stand it, let alone children."
"what!"
When the emperor heard about the banned drugs of the previous dynasty, he became furious.
In the early days of his reign, there were always problems of one kind or another in the palace. Later it was said that they were all caused by the secret medicine of the previous dynasty.
He was so angry that he searched the place thoroughly and even destroyed the prescription, and only then did he feel much better.
I didn't expect that after so many years, this drug would come back to life again.
The queen was not interested in whether the medicine was secret or not. She only cared about whether her eldest grandson could be saved.
"Stop talking nonsense and just tell me whether Princess Jianning can keep this baby."
The court director could only kowtow and said, "Your Majesty, I can only do my best."
The queen was not a violent person, and she knew that what the director said was true, so she closed her eyes.
"Then hurry up and get the medicine! There's no need to tell the prince or princess about this."
After Shuangshuang drank the medicine and lay down to sleep, the queen began to investigate where Shuangshuang had encountered these filthy things.
The first place was naturally Zhaoyang Palace, which was searched thoroughly by the imperial physician.
Although several medicine packs that were harmful to offspring were found, the so-called key was not found.
Then the imperial physician followed his routine and asked the people serving Shuangshuang.
"What has the princess eaten these days? What has she used? What has she come into contact with?"
Cuilan said to the imperial physicians, "Everything our princess eats, drinks, and uses on a daily basis has always been prepared by this servant personally.
To be honest, the princess only complained of stomachaches when she was near the main courtyard of the palace."
The emperor's expression changed and he immediately gave orders.
"Yao Fugui, take the Imperial Guards to the Prince of Jianning's Mansion. Also, lock up all the people responsible for the renovations and await interrogation."
He glanced at the people in Zhaoyang Palace and said, "Any palace servant in Zhaoyang Palace who fails to serve the prince and princess properly will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane!"
Except for Xile and Cuilan, the two personal servants, everyone knelt down and begged for mercy.