The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 52 Cat Disaster ([-])

More than a dozen masters and servants searched the main hall, but there was still no trace of Xuerong.

Wannai's brow was sweating in the cold winter when she kept climbing up and down. Rong Yue saw that she was like a headless chicken, and it didn't matter. Why are you still looking for it? Even if you find it, so what, Li Changzai has already seen the red, I reckon the emperor and empress have already rushed here, the person is from your palace, and the empress specially asked you to take care of it, Now that you fall down because of the cat's fright, she is going to find you trouble. Let's figure out how to explain it first."

When the two rushed to the side hall, Li Changzai had already passed out, and the doctor Liu who was in charge of fetal protection was checking her pulse through a plain white veil.After a while, he withdrew his hand with a solemn expression, and said back to Wanyu and Rongyue: "The afterbirth of the dragon fetus in the mother's womb has been torn, and I need to prescribe a drug to induce labor and feed it to her, so as to deliver the baby in advance."

Wan Lai's eyes lingered between Li Changzai and Imperial Physician Liu, she sighed and said solemnly: "Li Changzai is only six months pregnant, this"

Rong Yue touched Wanyu's shoulder to signal her not to speak any further, and told Imperial Physician Liu to decoct the medicine quickly, and the first thing to do was to protect Li Changzai Zhouquan.

The palace people surrounding the bedroom were afraid of being implicated and punished, they were all frightened and stood there in cold sweat, Rong Yue raised his hand and sent them all out, leaving only two maids to serve around.

Wanyu walked into the couch holding her breath, and gently lifted the quilt covering Li Changzai's body, but was frightened by the blood stained on the culottes, she took a few steps back, clutched her chest and said, "There's so much blood, The dragon fetus must be lost. Didn’t the imperial physician keep reporting that Li Changzai’s fetal image is stable, the steps are not high, how could the baby disappear after falling?”

Wan Yu looked at Rong Yue with a look of surprise, and Rong Yue stepped forward and hugged her thin shoulders and comforted her softly: "She was angry with the nobleman, and when she was in Meiyuan, she clutched her stomach and screamed for pain, maybe she moved on her own. The fetal gas is also unknown. It is superfluous to say these things right now, we have to think about how to return the words of the emperor."

Wanyu was silent for a moment, shaking her head and frowning: "This is strange, my sister thinks about it, Li Changzai's side hall is served by palace servants, how could Xuerong run out of the side hall and startle Li Changzai's pregnancy? "

Imperial Physician Liu took the decocted medicine and entered Li Changzai's bedroom almost at the same time as the queen.

Wan Lai and Rong Yue bowed to salute, the Empress only focused on Li Chang Zai, and ordered the imperial physician to diagnose and treat her quickly, making sure that she was safe.

She stood still and stared at the imperial doctor pouring soup and medicine for Li Changzai, then she breathed a sigh of relief and chanted a few Buddhist scriptures, her face turned gloomy to Wanyu, and she said angrily, "Your Majesty Wan, this is what you have done ?”

Wan Yu knelt down and replied: "Empress, my concubine does not know what your mother means by this."

"You don't know?" The queen snorted and flicked her sleeves angrily: "I have already asked everything on the way here, if it wasn't for that beast raised in your palace who lost its temper, how could it have bumped into Li Changzai and made her end up like this? Dilemma?"

Rong Yue's expression was complicated and hard to say, and Xu Yu said in a deep voice: "Empress, Li Changzai's safety is the most important thing right now, what's the matter, let's wait for Li Changzai to stabilize."

Before the words fell, Imperial Physician Liu's panicked voice sounded: "Go back to the Empress, the dragon fetus is in Li Chang's womb. There is no movement."

The queen was furious, and said solemnly: "No movement? How is that?"

"The only way to do this is to give up children and nanny."

Wannai and Rongyue were frightened, the queen slowly closed her eyes, replied that you should try your best, and asked Wanya where the beast is.

Wan Lai hesitated and couldn't answer the trace of Xue Rong, the empress was furious, she walked out of the side hall a few steps with the wind blowing, and rushed to the crowd of palace people kneeling on the ground outside the door: "If you search the whole Yanxi Palace, you have to take that Let me find the beast!"

The main hall of Yanxi Palace was carefully searched by more than a dozen court ladies and eunuchs, and the displays in the hall were in a mess, but after nearly a stick of incense, there was still no trace of Xuerong.

The queen sat firmly in the main seat of the main hall, and ordered all the palace people in the side hall to be taken to the yard to be punished for [-] years. Then she glanced sternly at the palace people in Wanyu's palace, but was stopped by Wanyu when she was about to send her a sentence.

Qingyue cleared her throat, and questioned: "Your Majesty Wan, how dare you stop the empress from her edict? The cat ran out of your palace. If the servants are not careful, you, the master, cannot get away with it."

"The cause and effect have not been clarified yet. It's not a big deal for the empress to punish the slaves. It would be bad if she suddenly got angry and hurt the phoenix's body." Wan Yu knelt on the cold ground of the main hall, and Rong Yue stood beside her and tried her best to confess to her .

The empress showed displeasure. When the situation in the palace was tense, the emperor who got the news rushed in almost like the wind was blowing on his sleeves.

Everyone bent down to salute, but saw the emperor anxiously asking the queen: "How is Li Changzai?"

"I'm afraid it's not good." The queen spoke cautiously, and did not say that the dragon fetus would not be safe. She shifted her gaze to Wanyu, and glanced at her condescendingly: "Your Majesty, the palace servants came to report that Li Changzai was taken by nobleman Wanyu's palace." Only when the cat I kept bumped into it would I accidentally fall down the steps and cause a tragedy.”

The emperor looked at Wanyu with a flat face, and he stretched out his hand to help her up in silence for a moment: "Beasts are the most difficult to figure out, and I can't blame nobleman Wan for this matter."

The emperor's words were carefully defended, which warmed Wanyan's heart.She held the emperor's hand even tighter, and then half-bowed to plead guilty: "After all, the matter happened under the eyes of the concubine, and it was also the concubine's negligence."

The emperor's face was as pale as a pool of water, and he didn't respond politely, he only said that he wanted to go to see Li Changzai first, but was stopped by the queen.

"Your Majesty, the imperial physician is inside, and is inducing labor for Li Chang."

"What?" The emperor looked terrified, frowned and looked at the queen and said, "The fetus in the womb is..."

The queen nodded sadly: "Poor Li Chang is here, the imperial physician just came to report, it is a well-formed male fetus."

There was unspeakable pain in the emperor's eyes, his right hand rested on his forehead, and the emerald green finger was very bright at this moment.

Wan Yu caught a glimpse in a daze, the emperor's eyes seemed to be flushed, and his chest couldn't help but tugged.

Seeing that the emperor was very sad, the empress should have spoken out to comfort her, but unexpectedly she would entangle her with the cause of the matter as soon as she opened her mouth.

There were tears in her eyes, her words choked up, and she showed a gesture of compassion and compassion: "Li Changzai and the unborn child are really pitiful, and the concubine, as the aunt, is also deeply saddened. At this moment, the imperial physician is busy, and the delivery room is bloody." It is not appropriate for the emperor to enter the house. There is no room for change. Li Changzai wakes up and knows that the death of the dragon fetus will inevitably lead to investigation. How does the emperor plan to appease her? A woman's miscarriage will damage the body, and if it hurts too much, it will be even worse. not good."

Wannai knew what the empress was thinking as soon as she heard it, but she just wanted to direct the sharpness to herself, and the matter involved the life of the emperor's heir, even if the emperor sat idly by, the empress dowager would come forward to inquire.

She thought about it for a while, and immediately figured it out in her heart. At this moment, she can only disassociate herself from this matter by asking the emperor to investigate thoroughly.So she knelt down suddenly, bowed her head to pay homage to the emperor, and said in a deep voice: "I think what the queen mother said is very true, this matter needs to be thoroughly investigated, and Li Changzai will be treated fairly."

(End of this chapter)