The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 48 Black Scum
Su Peisheng reported: "Master, there is indeed a loose brick here, no wonder the servant sprained his ankle."

There was no expression on Yinzhen's face.

"How could the bricks and stones be loose? Let's turn it over and see if there's water accumulated. Let's call a carpenter to fix it."

"Yeah." Su Peisheng responded.

Xiao Linzi spoke at this time, with doubt in his voice, as if he was talking to himself.

"Huh? Why are there so many dregs in this tea? I remember that this tea was given to me by my master a month ago. It won't go bad."

"What is it? Bring it here."

Yinzhen heard what Xiao Linzi said.

Xiao Linzi hurriedly picked up the tea leaves on the broken porcelain pieces and knelt in front of Yinzhen waiting for him to check.

Yinzhen looked down at Xiao Linzi, who was holding a bunch of things in his hands.

The broken white porcelain pieces were filled with Biluochun tea leaves, with bits of black residue between the tea leaves, looking like insect eggs.

When Xiao Linzi saw the prince checking, he quickly used his fingers to push away the tea leaves so that the prince could take a closer look at the black residue.

Near the door, Su Peisheng also pried up the loose bricks and stones.

There was no water under the bricks and stones, only a white paper bag was exposed.

Su Peisheng took out the paper bag, opened it, and found some white powder inside.

He held the paper bag and stood three feet away from Yinzhen so that Yinzhen could see it clearly, but without any sudden breeze blowing the powder away.

Yinzhen looked at the black residue on Xiao Linzi's hand, then at the white powder on Su Peisheng's hand, and spoke.

"Please ask Dr. Wen to show me what these things are."

Su Peisheng changed his mind and immediately went out to ask the eunuch to invite Doctor Wen.

Wen Xianqing was prescribing medicine for Nian Shilan in the palace, and the palace doctor was asking him for advice.

After Su Peisheng arranged for the imperial physician to be invited, he asked several of the prince's guards to cordon off Jinglan Courtyard and not allow anyone to go out.

When Wen Xianqing arrived at Jinglan Courtyard, he felt that the atmosphere was not right.

I have only been away for a while, but it seems like something big has happened in Jinglan Courtyard.

But the servants in Jinglan Courtyard were all doing their own work, and it didn't seem like anything had happened.

Wen Xianqing shook his head and went into the house after being informed by Su Peisheng. Maybe he was overthinking it.

Songzhi was still kneeling on the ground. She wrapped her injured left hand with her silk handkerchief. The handkerchief was covered with blood, but at least the blood had stopped dripping.

Xiao Linzi was kneeling beside him, holding broken porcelain pieces and tea leaves in his hands.

There were three servants and two masters in the room, and only Su Peisheng stood on Yinzhen's right.

Wen Xianqing bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am preparing medicine for Concubine Concubine. I wonder why you suddenly called me here?"

At a glance from Yinzhen, Xiao Linzi turned and knelt down towards Wen Xianqing.

"Sir Wen, I was serving tea in Jinglan Courtyard just now, but I slipped and fell, cutting my hand. I found this when I was cleaning up the leftovers. It doesn't look like something originally found in tea leaves, but more like insect eggs or something. Please take a look, Sir Wen." Xiao Linzi raised his hands high and said with his head down.

Wen Xianqing looked down at what was in Xiao Linzi's hand, and sure enough, he saw some black residue among the tea leaves, but it didn't look like insect eggs.

He leaned in closer and took a closer look, then said to Yinzhen.

"Your Majesty, I don't think these dregs look like insect eggs. They should be some kind of fruit or vegetable seeds, but I don't know what kind of seeds they are. I need to identify them further."

"In that case, please investigate further, Lord Wen. But there is another package here, Lord Wen, please take a look."

After Yinzhen finished speaking, Su Peisheng took two steps forward and held up the paper package in his hand to show Wen Xianqing.

Wen Xianqing looked over at Su Peisheng's hand and saw a bag of white powder.

He thought about it and replied to Yinzhen.

"Your Majesty, I have a simple way to identify this packet of powder."

"You said."

Yinzhen rubbed his brows. There was really nothing that made him worry-free recently.

"Yes. I would like to ask if there are any live chickens or ducks in the palace. If so, take one and pour this powder into it, and you will know immediately."

After hearing what Wen Xianqing said, Su Peisheng immediately bowed and said to Yinzhen, "My Lord, there are live chickens and ducks in the kitchen every day. Do you want me to send someone to catch one? But if we do it in such a high-profile manner, we may alarm the Xingfu Courtyard."

"Go and catch him. Tell him that I am having dinner at the concubine's place and want the small kitchen in Jinglan Courtyard to cook it for me."

Yinzhen said lightly.

Nian Shilan looked at Songzhi who was still kneeling on the ground, and secretly felt sorry for her servant.

In her previous life, there was only one Songzhi who had always been by her side. After her death, Songzhi was killed by a glass of poisoned wine.

Thinking of this, Nian Shilan hooked Yinzhen's left little finger with her right little finger under the table and spoke in a thoughtful manner.

"Master, who wants to harm me? I have only been in this mansion for a few months and have not offended anyone."

Yinzhen felt Nian Shilan's actions and softened his tone.

"Don't worry, I will protect you. No one can harm you."

Nian Shilan took the opportunity to speak.

"Fortunately, the master loves her, otherwise Shilan really doesn't know how to live in this palace. Although Songzhi slipped today, she was injured. Fortunately, she slipped and found these things. Master, can you let her get up?"

Yinzhen chuckled helplessly.

"I never punished your servant. She was just too timid to stand up."

After saying that, he turned to Wen Xianqing and said, "It just so happens that Imperial Doctor Wen is here too, please check this servant too. Don't really hurt your hand, or you won't be able to use it in the future and won't be able to serve Concubine. Concubine will cry and make a scene with me."

Songzhi knelt for a long time. Firstly, she didn't dare to stand up, and secondly, she couldn't stand up.

After hearing what Yinzhen said, she immediately kowtowed to express her gratitude, slowly stood up, limped to the side, and following Wen Xianqing's instructions, she stretched out her hand, peeled off the silk handkerchief on her hand, and allowed Wen Xianqing to examine the wound.

(End of this chapter)