Otoharu

Chapter 606 Musk
After hearing Zhou Hanhan's words, the old emperor looked very solemn, and she immediately asked Eunuch Xu to find the imperial physician, and asked someone to summon nobleman Yan to come over.

The palace where Zhou Yuyan lived was not far from Luhua Palace, so she came over soon.This was the first time she was summoned by the emperor, and she went to the Luhua Palace again, she was uneasy and inevitably a little nervous.

After Zhou Yuyan and the old emperor Zhou Hanhan finished their salutes, they stood there at a loss, not even daring to lift their heads.

"Your Majesty Yan, did you give Concubine Yun the Anshen Xiang you used a few days ago?" The old emperor looked at Zhou Yuyan with a cold expression and asked.

When Zhou Yuyan heard the emperor's question about this, she immediately had some bad guesses, and quickly knelt on the ground and replied, "It was given to the imperial concubine by the concubine."

Zhou Yuyan didn't quibble, because she knew that all she could say at this moment would be wrong.

"Have someone fetch the incense." The old emperor said to the palace servants around Zhou Yuyan.

Soon, the palace servants took back the Anshen Xiang from Zhou Yuyan's palace, and just in time, Xu Yizheng also arrived at Luhua Palace.

"Physician Xu, check this incense to see what ingredients are in it." The old emperor handed the Anshenxiang to Imperial Physician Xu and asked him to examine it.

Imperial Physician Xu immediately responded, and carefully went to the side for inspection.

About a quarter of an hour later, he came over and told the old emperor, "Your Majesty, the officer has checked it clearly. There are indeed some precious medicinal herbs added to the tranquilizing incense, which can relax the mind and calm the nerves to sleep."

"Is there any medicinal material in it that can cause a woman to have a miscarriage?" the old emperor asked again.

Zhou Yuyan, who had been kneeling by the side, trembled uncontrollably when she heard this.

Doctor Xu was a little hesitant, and after hesitating for a moment, he replied: "Your official is not sure, because there are many spices added to this tranquilizing incense, the smell is mixed, and some things are hard to distinguish, but... the official did find some suspicious things. A powder of musk powder."

"Musk? Isn't that the medicinal material that can make women infertile and have miscarriages!" Zhou Hanhan suddenly covered his mouth and cried out in horror.

Seeing that the emperor and Dr. Xu were looking at him, Zhou Hanhan immediately explained: "When my concubine first found out that she was pregnant, she asked Imperial Physician Xu about some precautions and taboos during pregnancy. This musk is the blind medicinal material mentioned by Imperial Physician Xu. , It is easy to cause pregnant women to have miscarriage. Because musk is used in many face powders and facial oils, Imperial Physician Xu told concubines not to use these things containing musk as much as possible.”

"The imperial concubine has a really good memory, and the official mentioned it at the time." Doctor Xu was apprehensive, and responded accordingly.

"Have you checked clearly, it is indeed musk?" A gleam flashed in the emperor's eyes, and his tone became colder.

Dr. Xu was already sweating on his head, he hesitated and said: "The incense cake is complicated in craftsmanship, mixed with other powdered medicinal materials, I can only...can only guess..."

The old emperor snorted heavily, as if he was not satisfied with Xu Yizheng's words.

At this time, Zhou Hanhan said from the side again: "Your Majesty, don't make things difficult for Doctor Xu. In fact, there is another way to distinguish between concubines."

The old emperor looked at her when he heard the words, and asked curiously: "What else can Aifei do?"

Zhou Hanhan glanced at Zhou Yuyan who was kneeling on the ground, and said slowly: "Your Yan has been using this soothing incense recently, if there is really musk in that incense, then nobleman Yan's body will definitely be affected, and Xu The imperial doctor will help her feel the pulse, and she will know it soon."

The old emperor nodded, thinking that this was indeed a good idea.

He looked at Zhou Yuyan, and his tone softened a bit, "Your Majesty Yan, you should get up first, and let Imperial Physician Xu take your pulse."

Only then was Zhou Yuyan supported by the maid beside her, her face was very pale at this time, and her body seemed to be weak, and when she was walking, most of her body was leaning against the maid beside her.

Doctor Xu was waiting for Zhou Yuyan to settle down on the chair before going over to take her pulse. He watched it very carefully and asked Zhou Yuyan to change hands once. After about a quarter of an hour, he turned around and reported to the emperor.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Lord Yan does have some physical problems, but I still have a few questions I want to ask Lord Yan."

"Ask." The emperor nodded in agreement.

"Is the nobleman's menstruation disordered in recent months?" Imperial Physician Xu asked directly.

Zhou Yuyan's cheeks were slightly red, but she replied truthfully, "I'm a little bit inaccurate, but I've been inaccurate since I had my period."

Dr. Xu nodded, and asked her carefully when was the last time she had her period and what was the color of her period.

Zhou Yuyan also answered all five to ten.

After asking all the questions, Xu Yizheng reported to the emperor again, "Mr. Yan's current physical condition does seem to use excessive musk, but she didn't use it for a long time, and the damage to her body is not too great. She can still be recuperated and recovered. .”

After hearing Xu Yizheng's words, Zhou Yuyan's small face turned pale again in an instant, and she couldn't help being afraid for a while. If she kept using this tranquilizing incense, she wouldn't be able to have children for the rest of her life.

Not only did Zhou Yuyan's face look ugly, but Zhou Hanhan's face was also pale. She didn't say anything, but looked at the old emperor in fear.

The old emperor's face was so gloomy that he could drip ink. He looked at the trembling Zhou Yuyan and asked, "Where did you get this tranquilizing fragrance?"

Zhou Yuyan knelt on the ground again with a "plop", and replied tremblingly, "Return to Your Majesty, this incense... is... it was given to my concubine by the Empress Yingfei..."

"Shadow Concubine?" The old emperor frowned slightly, apparently not expecting Zhou Yuyan to say this name.

A look of astonishment flashed across Zhou Hanhan's face. After all, she knew that the secret recipe of this incense was special. She had seen it in the Queen's Palace many years ago, and she boldly distributed it because she was sure that it was made by the Queen. won this game.

"Concubine Chuanying, come here." The old emperor didn't ask Zhou Yuyan any more, after all he also knew that Zhou Yuyan was just a pawn being used by others.

A quarter of an hour later, Song Ziying came over.

As soon as she entered the hall, she realized that the atmosphere was not right, and she couldn't help feeling 12 vigilant in her heart.

Song Ziying and the emperor saluted.Seeing the gloomy expression on the emperor's face, he felt more and more ominous, but he couldn't guess why the emperor called her over.

The old emperor didn't play tricks with her, and asked straight to the point: "Concubine Ying, did you give this tranquilizing incense to Lady Yan?"

As soon as the old emperor finished speaking, a court lady handed An Shenxiang to Song Ziying.

Song Ziying looked at the box of Anshen Incense, feeling more and more apprehensive, and nodded slowly under the burning eyes of everyone.

"You are so brave! How dare you murder the emperor's heir!" The old emperor snarled, and a teacup had already shattered in front of Song Ziying.

Song Ziying's mind went blank for an instant, and she didn't even realize what happened.

(End of this chapter)