The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 137 Astragalus Radish
Nian Shilan found it extremely boring listening to the princes complimenting each other and making witty remarks at the New Year's Eve banquet.

A gaze fell on Nian Shilan. Nian Shilan followed the gaze and saw that it was the prince.

He seemed to be looking at Nian Shilan unintentionally, and when her eyes turned to him, he turned his head slightly and chatted and laughed with the third prince Yinzhi beside him.

Nian Shilan sneered in her heart. Even her previous life would not have been easily fooled by such a crude trick. Why would this stupid prince think he would be fascinated by it?

Nian Shilan knew that no matter how glorious the prince was today, he would be abandoned by Emperor Kangxi, who had always protected him. However, Nian Shilan had never paid attention to the struggles in his previous life.

Yinzhen saw the prince's gaze from afar and felt unhappy, but he smiled and urged the prince to drink a few more glasses of wine.

It was not yet the hour of You when Nian Shilan returned home. Xiao Linzi watched the maid helping Nian Shilan change into her wedding clothes and remove her head ornaments, and then she came over with the white porcelain soup bowl in both hands.

Nian Shilan didn't understand what was going on and thought it was a soup from the small kitchen, so she reached out to take it.

Xiao Linzi dodged for a moment and quickly knelt down and said.

"My Lord, this soup was not made in our courtyard. This afternoon, Hu Gege came over and said she wanted to visit Feng Gege in the courtyard. I remember clearly that you told me before you left that no one should disturb Feng Gege's pregnancy, so I stopped Hu Gege."

Nian Shilan withdrew his hand and asked.

"Did Hu send this soup?"

"Yes. I dare not give any food to Feng Gege without permission, so I will keep this soup and wait for you to come back."

Xiao Linzi held the soup bowl in both hands.

Nian Shilan reached out and opened the lid of the soup bowl. She took a look and saw that the soup was clear with two slices of astragalus and a few wolfberries floating in it. She had no idea what was underneath.

"You are quite clever and did a good job. Take this soup to Dr. Wen tomorrow morning to ask what good things are put in it. If Mrs. Hu wants to do anything, I will report it to the master. Anyway, the master doesn't like her, so there is no point in keeping such a person."

Xiao Linzi responded with "yeah" and went downstairs with the soup bowl.

Nian Shilan called out to An San who was on the beam.

"Li Ke, are you there? Come down. I need your help with something."

An San quickly put the snacks in his hand into his arms, climbed down the beam, and saluted to Nian Shilan.

"What does Concubine Hua want?"

Nian Shilan held his temple and lazily rested his arms on the table.

"What did you do the other day?"

An San laughed.

"I went to deal with some matters in the martial arts world."

Nian Shilan rolled her eyes slightly.

"What's the matter with the underworld? I'm afraid your master has sent you to do something shameful."

An San was surprised and looked up at Nian Shilan.

"Why do you say that, Concubine Hua? I am just a commoner, how can I have a master?"

Nian Shilan was too lazy to play guessing game with An San anymore and went straight to the point.

"Although you call yourself a villain, you don't follow the etiquette of the underworld. You speak and act in a way that is unintentionally like a slave. Don't think my words are harsh. Although I don't know who sent you, and I don't know what your purpose is, you have never hurt me during the time you have been here. On the contrary, you have helped me with things several times. I heard from Xiao Linzi that you like to eat. As far as I know, people in the underworld are not obsessed with food. You are also very good at martial arts, so you must have suffered a lot since childhood. So, I guess your real identity is a secret guard. Who are you?"

An San had never seen many outsiders since he was a child. The only people who had seen him were those in the Dark Guard Camp, the Emperor, and Prince Yong. The rest were all dead.

In the case of Nian Shilan, because of a momentary mistake, he was threatened and appeared, and he also agreed to teach Xiao Linzi martial arts. An San had already violated what the Dark Guard Camp taught.

During this period of time, he himself did not even notice that the vigilance and hostility in his eyes dissipated a lot when facing Nian Shilan.

"I don't understand what Concubine Hua is saying. Just now Concubine Hua said she had something for me to do. What is it?"

An San avoided the main point and did not admit it.

Nian Shilan stared at An San for a long time and sighed.

"You don't have to tell me, but I hope you are not the one who comes to harm me." An San bowed.

"Don't worry, Concubine Hua, I will never harm you."

"Okay, go do something for me."

Nian Shilan waved her hand, and An San came closer. Nian Shilan whispered something to An San and sent him away.

Early in the morning on the 25th, Xiao Linzi went to invite Wen Xianqing.

Jiang Fuhai said to Ulanara.

"Master, Cheng'en Garden invited the imperial physician to come early in the morning, saying that he was checking Feng Gege's pulse. I can't ask any more questions. It's strange to say, the servants of Cheng'en Garden have become more and more strict about their mouths recently."

Ulanara skimmed the tea leaves with the lid of the teacup, expressionless.

"Didn't I tell you to release the people in Cheng'en Garden?"

Jiang Fuhai was silent for a moment and replied.

"Luolu was discovered a long time ago. There were two little girls who were only responsible for sweeping and cleaning, so they couldn't find out more."

Ulanara blew at the tea and said coldly.

"That's because the people under your command are useless. You should think of another way yourself. Hu sent some tonic soup yesterday, and Cheng'en Garden invited the imperial physician today. Let's wait and see what happens."

Xiao Linzi led Wen Xianqing into Feng's room and brought back the white porcelain soup bowl.

Nian Shilan had been waiting in Feng's room. Wen Xianqing greeted Nian Shilan and Feng first before going to look at the soup bowl.

After a night, the astragalus that floated on the surface of the soup yesterday sank to the bottom, and the wolfberries became more swollen.

Feng had heard about it from Nian Shilan before, and only then did she know that Hu Gege had delivered soup yesterday, but the soup was intercepted by Xiao Linzi.

Feng was puzzled. It seemed that Concubine Hua was really determined to protect her. Before leaving the house yesterday, she told her not to wander around. She didn't expect that she would also leave someone to protect her in such trivial matters.

Could it be that Concubine Hua has been in the mansion for so long but has not been pregnant, and he wants to wait for her to give birth to a child so that he can snatch it away to raise?
While Feng was lost in her thoughts, Wen Xianqing had already checked the soup and reported back to Nian Shilan.

"I have just checked carefully and found that this soup is non-toxic. I also tasted the herbs in the soup carefully and found that it is made of black chicken with a small amount of astragalus, wolfberry, codonopsis, and angelica. They are all warming and nourishing herbs."

Nian Shilan asked.

"Nothing else?"

Wen Xianqing scooped another small spoonful into his mouth, tasted it, spit it into the spittoon prepared by the maid beside him, and picked up the teacup on the table to rinse his mouth.

"I tasted it and found something else was added. It should be radish."

Feng couldn't help but ask.

"Carrot? Any idea?"

Wen Xianqing replied.

"For those with strong constitutions, eating astragalus and radish together is fine and can actually be a tonic. However, for pregnant women, especially weak women, eating astragalus and radish together can cause body rashes, diarrhea, nausea and other symptoms at best. In severe cases, breathing difficulties, throat obstruction, and death from suffocation can occur."

Nian Shilan snorted coldly.

"I don't believe that Mrs. Hu knows these medical theories. Xiao Linzi, go find out for me who made this soup. Go check it quietly. Mrs. Hu is quite smart and did it so covertly. I will take advantage of the New Year's Day to give her a big gift in return."

Feng was horrified and looked at Nian Shilan.

"I know that being pregnant will make me a thorn in the eyes of others, but I never thought that I would be in such a dangerous situation. Fortunately, I have Concubine Hua to protect me. I am very grateful. When the child is born, I will let her take good care of you."

Nian Shilan said lightly.

"Your child is yours to raise, and he will only need to respect you in the future. I just don't want you to get into trouble in my Cheng'en Garden. As for Hu, I have my own theory."

In Nian Shilan's eyes, Hu was already a living dead.

(End of this chapter)