After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 392 The Art of Witchcraft and Gu
"What on earth is going on? Wasn't he fine yesterday? Why did he suddenly become like this?" The Queen Mother asked the imperial physician anxiously.

Yesterday, Concubine Shun stayed in Shoukang Palace until late at night. Before she left, the Empress Dowager was still worried and asked several imperial doctors to consult her. She still remembered that they all said that Concubine Shun's pulse was stable and healthy, but how come she suddenly cried out in pain after a few hours.

The Empress Dowager actually suspected that Concubine Shun was pretending to be in pain so that Niu Niu could leave the palace, but Concubine Shun's appearance at this time could not be faked.

In just a moment, Concubine Shun's originally rosy complexion turned extremely pale, her teeth were clenched, her face was full of pain, a layer of fine cold sweat appeared on her forehead unknowingly, and the veins on her neck were bulging, obviously she was in extreme pain.

"Empress Dowager, our medical skills are not very good. Concubine Shun's pulse was definitely not like this last night. Her pulse today is extremely disordered. We have never seen such a situation." Several imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau said this.

Only Doctor Yan frowned, and no one knew what he was thinking.

The Queen Mother was always shrewd. Seeing him like this, she immediately said, "Doctor Yan, if you have anything to say, just speak up! Have you seen this kind of disease anywhere else?"

A look of difficulty flashed across Doctor Yan's face.

The Queen Mother said, "What can't be said? You are really going to drive me crazy!"

Doctor Yan spoke helplessly, "I once encountered a similar pulse condition when I was treating a woman, but I tried everything I could to save her pregnancy."

When the Queen Mother heard this, her body shook. This was obviously an extremely difficult answer for her to accept.

Doctor Yan continued, "The woman had a miscarriage and was too heartbroken to be bedridden. She died within a year. But half a year later, the concubines of that family had a fierce quarrel, which led to a scandal that became known to everyone."

"And this scandal is related to this dead woman. It turns out that her miscarriage was not an accident. It was one of her husband's favorite concubines who colluded with a Taoist who practiced witchcraft and performed witchcraft on her mistress."

Doctor Yan was reluctant to talk about this at first. It was because witchcraft had been a taboo in all dynasties. Once it got out, it was not something that could be resolved by just a few lives.

The Empress Dowager heard Concubine Shun crying out in pain. Without any hesitation or even consultation with the Emperor, she directly ordered Li Shunfu.

"Search the palace! Start from Guanju Palace and search every place in the palace! Don't even let Shoukang Palace go!" the Queen Mother said in a cold voice.

Li Shunfu naturally knew the seriousness of the matter. Without any hesitation, he bent his body and quickly retreated.

The entire palace was in motion.

The palace maids and eunuchs serving in Guanju Palace had been replaced a long time ago, and now they were all the emperor's men. Seeing that it was Li Shunfu who led the team personally and that the order was given by the empress dowager, they did not resist at all.

Only Li Zhaoyi felt as if she had suffered a great humiliation: "I don't know what I have done wrong to deserve such humiliation from the Empress Dowager! I will report today's incident to the Emperor!"

But even though she tried her best to stop them, she was unable to stop these people from turning Guanju Palace upside down inside and out, and even shoveled up the soil in the yard for a careful inspection.

Li Zhaoyi actually didn't understand what had happened. She secretly asked Miss Li San in private: "Did your father do exactly what I said in the letter? Did he do anything unnecessary?"

Miss Li San shook her head and said, "Aunt, Daddy never likes to meddle in the affairs of the harem." What she didn't say was that her father was actually quite impatient when he saw the letter. How could he possibly do something like using a letter to communicate with others?

Li Zhaoyi also wanted to ask the group of people who were conducting the search what had happened, but they were all tight-lipped and Li Zhaoyi was unable to extract any useful information.

What made Li Zhaoyi happy was that although this group of people were like a swarm of locusts, they did not find anything that was against the rules.

She only hated that she was now confined to Guanju Palace. Even though she had her own spies in the palace, she couldn't go out and the spies had no way to send news in. She was now in the palace, truly deaf and blind.

"You, go out and find out what happened?" Li Zhaoyi can only count on Miss Li San, the only one who can still move freely.

Miss Li San looked very reluctant. She entered the palace to enjoy herself, not to be her aunt's personal maid.

Before Miss Li San could leave Guanju Palace, she was stopped by someone.

"Third Miss, the palace is being searched everywhere right now. If you run around outside at this time and get involved in something serious, won't you be a burden to your aunt?" said the nanny in charge of Guanju Palace with a serious face.

This housekeeper was sent by the emperor. Whatever Li Zhaoyi said was of little use to her. Miss Li San, a little girl, was no match for her at all and was sent back with just a few words.

Li Zhaoyi was never a good-tempered person. Seeing her niece return with nothing, she couldn't help but scold her: "Useless thing, you can't even do a small thing!"

Miss Li San lowered her head in grievance, but couldn't help thinking in her heart, my aunt is useful, so why was she demoted from a noble concubine to a Zhaoyi?
In Shoukang Palace, Concubine Shun was in so much pain that she wanted to roll on the ground. Beads of sweat the size of beans kept dripping down her forehead. In a short period of time, her face turned pale as gold paper, and her condition was extremely bad.

The emperor hurried over after receiving the news after the morning court. Seeing Shunfei's condition, the emperor was very worried.

"Mother, please make a prompt decision. Your son has already asked someone to invite the imperial master over. If there really is someone practicing witchcraft in secret, once that person is caught, the imperial master can immediately cast a spell to remove the spell." said the emperor.

When the Queen Mother heard the word "State Master", she immediately felt bad and said, "Emperor, the State Master has frequent contacts with the Li family. I don't trust him!"

Since it concerned her only grandson, the empress dowager did not have so many reservations when speaking, and directly said that she had sent people to keep an eye on the Li family.

The emperor frowned and said, "The Imperial Master is a capable man. I have personally witnessed his extraordinary abilities. I don't think he would dare to play tricks on such a matter."

The Queen Mother did not trust the Li family: "The Emperor must not forget that there was a problem with the spices in Concubine Shun's palace."

The accident with spices in Concubine Shun's palace was closely related to Concubine Li.

"Forget it, forget it. I will send someone else to invite the eminent monk from the Huguo Temple to the palace."

The emperor and his son had discussed how to remove the witchcraft, and even though Concubine Shun was in excruciating pain, she tried her best to walk to the mother and son of the royal family and knelt down to beg for mercy with the help of the palace maids.

"Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, if I am not lucky enough to keep this child, please let Niuniu leave the palace for the sake of this child..."