Dressed as a tyrant and kissing the little queen

Chapter 479

By the clear water lake of the imperial palace, the water waves are slightly rising, and the lotus leaves are in fields.

The little eunuchs rowed their boats to pick the emerald green lotus pods swiftly.

When the boat was on the shore, a young eunuch came up with a large handful of lotus pods and saluted respectfully:
"Concubine Jing, are these enough? If you don't have enough, the slaves will pick them up."

Xiao Li said with a smile: "That's enough. I don't want that much. Send the rest to the imperial dining room to make lotus seed soup for the empress."

The little eunuch quickly agreed.

Xiao Li asked the little eunuch to pick several pink lotus flowers, and handed them to Chao Yun, before going to Xinqing Palace.

The eunuchs and maids encountered on the road all respectfully saluted Xiao Li, and called her "Concubine Jing".

Chao Yun followed Xiao Li, quite elated.

On that thunderstorm night, after Ling Jian came to Yueli Palace to rest for the night, he suddenly made Xiao Li the Concubine Jing not long after.

Xiao Li remained calm as usual, but Chao Yun was overjoyed.

During this period of time, she was almost smiling, and she spoke with a lot of confidence.

The most important thing is that from now on, that Rufei will no longer dare to bully the master wantonly because of her higher status than the master.

When Xiao Li arrived at Xinqing Palace, Concubine Ru Concubine Chang Min was also there.

There is a brocade box on the table next to it. Inside the box is a hundred-year-old ginseng, which is very valuable at first glance.

Chang Min was talking to Empress Fang Qingyi with a smile: "Empress, this is the old ginseng that my mother specially found for you, so that your mother can replenish your body."

When Xiao Li walked in with Chao Yun, Chang Min heard footsteps and turned around.

She glanced at Xiao Li, and said in a strange way: "Oh, my sister is holding a lotus pod, so she came to see the empress? Now the empress is pregnant. If there is nothing to sell in Yueli Palace, why don't you go to my place?" , shall I give some to my sister?"

Before Xiao Li said anything, Fang Qingyi's eyes lit up on the couch: "Wow, lotus pod!"

Fang Qingyi especially likes to eat lotus seeds. When she was playing together when she was young, she once set a record of eating [-] lotus pods in one go.

Now that she is pregnant, the fetal image is a little unstable, and the imperial doctor wants her to have a good pregnancy.

She can't go out of the palace, because the lotus pods in the clear water lake are ripe, she can't pick them either.

Xiao Li knew that she liked to eat this, so today the eunuchs specially asked the little eunuchs to pick it up and give it to her.

"I didn't pick many lotus seeds for you. You are pregnant, so you can't eat too many lotus seeds."

Xiao Li smiled and said, "I just brought you four, to satisfy your hunger."

Fang Qingyi said happily: "My sister still understands me best, thank you sister!"

Chang Min's face froze.

She didn't know that Fang Qingyi still had this habit.

The lotus flowers were handed over to the maids for vases, and the lotus pods were also delivered in trays.

Xiao Li sat down by the couch, helped Fang Qingyi peel the lotus seeds, and carefully picked out the tender green lotus heart.

Fang Qingyi was in a good mood, eating lotus seeds while talking to Xiao Li, giggling from time to time.

Chang Min held his breath and said unwillingly: "Empress, this lotus seed is most cold in nature, it's best to ask the imperial physician, don't cause any problems when you eat it."

Fang Qingyi didn't take it seriously, "I just ate a few, what could be wrong. Let me tell you, don't talk too much, don't tell the imperial doctor, or they will find trouble for me again."

She is straightforward, speaks without pretending to think, and says what she thinks, Chang Min forced a smile and said: "How come, don't worry, my lady, I will never say it. After all, my lady is pregnant, it's better to be careful."

Xiao Li said lightly: "Don't worry, I asked the imperial physician, and the imperial physician said that the empress can eat lotus seeds, which is good for the fetus."

Chang Min laughed dryly: "That's good. Concubine Jing, you really have a heart."

Fang Qingyi sighed while eating the lotus seeds.

"This child came at an inopportune time. I was about to go on a tour south with the emperor, but I just got pregnant.

Fang Qingyi was very troubled, "If Ruo'er followed the emperor on his southern tour, I don't know how much fun he had. But I have to be locked in the palace, and I can't even get out of the Xinqing Palace."

More than two months ago, there was a plague of locusts in southern Chu, and Ling resolutely decided to tour the south.

Firstly, he came to understand the sentiments of the people, and secondly, he received news that Qin Luoyu and Ling Junxing were staying in Nanchu, and they happened to go to meet each other.

If Ling Ruo wanted to be together, Fang Qingyi also wanted to follow, Ling Jian agreed, and originally planned to bring Xiao Li together.

However, a few days before leaving, Fang Qingyi developed vomiting symptoms, and found out that she was one month pregnant, and the fetal image was slightly unstable, so the trip naturally had to be stopped.

Fang Qingyi couldn't go, so Xiao Li stayed behind, and in the end only Ling Ruo went to Southern Chu with Ling Jian.

Every time Fang Qingyi thought of this, Fang Qingyi felt relieved.

After all, it is a rare opportunity to go out of the night city, and she does not know how eager she is to visit Nanchu.

Xiao Li comforted softly: "The imperial doctor said, pay more attention in the first three months. After this period of time, the empress can go out, and the emperor and Ruo'er should come back by then."

Fang Qingyi said "Yeah" with a sad face, "Sister, you don't know, I was born with an active temper, and now I can't go out, I feel that I have no energy all day long, and I can't sleep well at night. I used to suffer I fell asleep on the pillow, but now I can’t fall asleep after tossing all night, it’s annoying me to death.”

Xiao Li asked: "Didn't the imperial physician prescribe any medicine?"

"I was prescribed some tranquilizing medicine, and I drank it together with the tocolytic every day, but I felt that it didn't work at all."

Fang Qingyi was depressed, "I still can't sleep at night."

Xiao Li remembered the tranquilizing incense that Yueli Palace used to light every night, "I have tranquilizing incense there, I will send it to the empress later, and the empress will give it a try."

"Yeah."

Fang Qingyi stuffed several lotus seeds in his mouth, his cheeks were bulging so cutely, he said vaguely, "Isn't sister sleeping well at night too?"

Xiao Li wanted to shake her head.

Thinking that there was Chang Min beside her, she was afraid of telling the whole story, and Chang Min would make trouble when she heard it, so she nodded.

In the past two years, Yueli Palace has always lighted tranquilizing incense at night, but it was actually because of Ling Jian.

More than two years ago, when she first married Ling Jian, Ling Jian asked people to prepare a lot of special soothing incense in Yueli Palace.

This soothing incense is said to be good for sleep.Therefore, in the past two years, Yueli Palace will burn incense every night.

But since the night of the thunderstorm, Ling Jian rested at her place for one night, and when he got up the next day, he didn't let her burn this kind of incense.

"This fragrance is nothing more than that, it's useless."

Ling Jian had some shadows under his eyes, obviously he didn't sleep well, "It smells uncomfortable at night, so there is no need to order it in the future."

After that night, Xiao Li asked Chao Yun to put away all the Anshen incense, and never lighted it again.

Originally Ling Jian asked her to throw away those incense sticks, but Xiao Li was not willing to do so, fearing that Ling Jian would want them again if he remembered one day, so he kept some.

After Xiao Li returned to Yueli Palace that day, he ordered Chaoyun to send some Anshenxiang to Xinqing Palace.

*
A few nights later.

The gate of Yueli Palace was slammed with a "bang bang".

"Your Majesty, something has happened to the Empress Empress!"

Xiao Li was woken up, and when she hurriedly dressed and came out, she saw Pang Shun, the chief servant standing outside the door covered in sweat, with a look of panic.

Fang Qingyi had a miscarriage.

The emperor was not in the palace, and the only person in the palace that Pang Shun could trust was Xiao Li.

After all, Xiao Li is the emperor's cousin, and now she is Concubine Jing, and her relationship with the empress has always been close.

So when Pang Shun got the news, he rushed to find Xiao Li immediately.

Xiao Li's heart sank, and she hurriedly followed Pang Shun to Xinqing Palace.

Fang Qingyi was lying on the bed with a pale face, clutching her stomach in pain, her snow-white inner dress was already stained red with blood.

Seeing Xiao Li come in, Fang Qingyi cried, "Sister, I obviously worked hard to raise the baby, why am I still doing this?"

Xiao Li felt sad, held her hand, and coaxed her softly.

The maid brought over the boiled medicine, Xiao Li personally fed Fang Qingyi a spoonful of it, scrubbed her body clean, changed her dress, fell asleep with her, and then quietly backed out.

Pang Shun and the imperial physician were waiting in the outer hall in fear.

Before the emperor's tour to the south, he ordered the imperial hospital to ensure that the empress had a good childbirth, and there must be no mistakes.

The diet of Xinqing Palace has always been personally supervised by the Imperial Hospital, the dining room and Pang Shun, so there will never be any problems.

Prior to this, the pulse condition of the empress had also been stable, and there was no abnormality.

But who would have thought that in the middle of the night, the empress would suddenly have a miscarriage.

The emperor will come back tomorrow, how will they explain?

Nine times out of ten, this head will be lost.

Xiao Li asked the imperial physician's order, "Why did your mother suddenly have a miscarriage? Do you know the reason?"

The Imperial Physician Ling looked a little ashamed, "I am dull, I don't know the reason yet."

He hesitated for a while, "However, in the empress's dormitory, I could smell a very faint scent of Lingling incense."

Unmarried women who often smell this fragrance can cause infertility, and pregnant women who smell this fragrance are prone to miscarriage.

Xiao Li was slightly startled, "How can there be such a fragrance in the empress' bedroom?"

Pang Shun said at the side, "The servant has ordered people to arrest all the maids and eunuchs of Xinqing Palace, torture them, and they will be asked soon. It's just..."

He paused, hesitated to speak.

Xiao Li said, "There are no outsiders here, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Thinking of the importance of the empress's miscarriage this time, Pang Shun decided to go all out, "Since the empress's pregnancy, all the people who have come to Xinqing Palace to visit her, except you, Concubine Jing, are empresses Rufei."

He lowered his voice and said: "Concubine Jing and Empress Empress have always been close, the slave will naturally not doubt Concubine Jing, but if it is Concubine Ru."

Pang Shun didn't say any more, Xiao Li already understood what he meant.

She didn't want to embarrass Pang Shun, "As long as everyone who has been in and out of Xinqing Palace, let's check together, I am no exception."

Apart from the maids and eunuchs of Xinqing Palace, the only people who have come into contact with Fang Qingyi in the past few days are her and Chang Min.

If only Chang Min was investigated and she was not investigated, it would be difficult to convince the public.

Xiao Li insisted on being frank and innocent, and was not afraid of investigation.

Pang Shun was very grateful, and bowed to salute: "I thank you, my servant."

Without Xiao Li's words, he really didn't dare to find out about Xiao Li.

Others don't know how the emperor treats Xiao Li, Pang Shun has been in the palace for many years, how can they not know.

Although he believed that Xiao Li would never do harm to the empress, but no matter what, the procedure still had to go through.

Even if it's just a show, you have to investigate Xiao Li.

Pang Shun did not expect that this investigation really found out the problem.

That night, the maids of Xinqing Palace who were investigated all said that Xiao Li had asked her maid Chaoyun to bring soothing incense to Xinqing Palace.

This point was also personally confirmed by Concubine Chang Min and Empress Fang Qingyi.

Fang Qingyi was still a little weak, but when Pang Shun asked about the Anshenxiang, he stared at him several times.

"Don't deliberately wrong a good person just to explain to the emperor. The tranquilizing incense that Sister Xiao Li gave me is to help sleep, how could it harm me?"

Pang Shun also found it impossible.

He took the rest of Anshenxiang and went to the imperial physician order.

As a result, after the imperial physician Ling smelled the fragrance, his complexion changed, "There is indeed Linglingxiang in this fragrance."

Concubine Jing knew that the empress was pregnant, but she sent the empress incense that could cause miscarriage, and said it was incense for calming the mind.
Pang Shun glanced at the imperial physician's order, and both of them saw panic in each other's eyes.

The affairs of the royal family are kept secret and cannot be announced.

Pang Shun didn't dare to investigate any more, nor did he dare to ask Xiao Li anything.

Although the empress' miscarriage was related to Xiao Li, Xiao Li had a special status after all.

I am afraid that this matter can only be resolved when the emperor returns.

*
The next day.

Wei Wushu got the news and immediately rushed to the palace to visit Fang Qingyi.

She asked the reason for Fang Qingyi's miscarriage, but Pang Shun didn't dare to hide it, so he could only tell the truth.

Wei Wushu's first reaction was disbelief.

She personally went to ask Fang Qingyi if Xiao Li had sent Anshen Xiang.

Fang Qingyi said, "Yes. I can't sleep well at night, so my sister specially sent it to me."

Wei Wushu still couldn't believe it, so he went to Xiao Li again, and gently mentioned the matter of An Shenxiang, and he got an affirmative answer.

"I heard from Qingyi that the tranquilizing incense you gave her a few days ago is very useful."

Wei Wushu said calmly, "If you still have some, you might as well give some to aunt."

There were not many Anshenxiang left, so Xiao Li gave them to Wei Wushu without reservation.

Wei Wushu took these incenses and went to the hidden medical hall to find Xue Yuheng.

"Lingling incense, the fragrance of contraception and abortion."

Xue Yuheng only smelled the scent of the incense, and then revealed the ingredients of the incense, "Although there are soothing herbs in it, it is to cover up the original fragrance of Lingling incense."

If it is not a person who is proficient in medicine, it will definitely be difficult to smell it.

Wei Wushu felt cold in his hands and feet, as if he was thrown in the ice water and rolled around in the winter, and he was shaking a little.

She almost watched Xiao Li grow up.

She is quiet, well-behaved and sensible, and Wei Wushu likes her very much.

Back then when Xiao Li was learning how to ride a horse, Wei Wushu entrusted his daughter and little princess Ling Ruo to her husband Fang Qian to teach him, but he taught Xiao Li himself.

Because of her background, Wei Wushu always had a little more love for Xiao Li.

Unexpectedly, this child actually did such a thing.

Now that Ling Jian is not in the capital, Wei Wushu is inconvenient to say anything more, and he is unwilling to do anything to Xiao Li, so he just takes her back to Fang's house on the grounds that Fang Qingyi needs to recuperate.

The harem is an uneasy place, and there will be three layers of waves if there is no wind.

Right now, the empress had an accidental miscarriage, and the real culprit was not investigated, but she returned to her mother's house, so there were naturally rumors in the palace.

In the end, all the rumors pointed to Xiao Li:
The tranquilizing incense that Concubine Jing gave to the empress was the real culprit that caused the empress to have a miscarriage.

(End of this chapter)