kvmb Chapter 175 Let me take a good look
Chapter 175 Let me take a good look
Everyone hurried forward and finally arrived in front of the Queen Mother's bedroom.
Before entering the door, I heard bursts of painful groans coming from inside. The sound was heartbreaking.
Zhao Guoan rushed into the bedroom in a hurry, only to see the empress dowager lying on the bed with her face pale and her hands tightly covering her abdomen.
She kept screaming and even vomited from time to time, with beads of sweat rolling down her forehead.
The imperial doctors standing beside him were helpless and looked worried.
Seeing this, Zhao Guoan was immediately furious and shouted at the group of doctors, "You are a bunch of useless people! What's the point of keeping you? You can't even cure a minor illness. Get out of here!"
The imperial doctors were so frightened that they trembled all over and quickly crawled out of the Empress Dowager's bedroom, not even daring to raise their heads to take a look.
Wang Xinyao walked quickly to the bed, stretched out three slender fingers, gently placed them on the empress dowager's wrist, and began to carefully take her pulse.
After a long while, her eyebrows relaxed slightly, and she seemed to have made up her mind.
Wang Xinyao took out the silver needles she carried with her and quickly inserted them into several acupuncture points.
After a while, the Queen Mother felt her abdominal pain eased a lot and her groans became quieter.
"Xiao Yaozi, why is the Queen Mother like this?" Zhao Guoan asked suspiciously.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother's unbearable abdominal pain this time is due to improper diet. She must have accidentally eaten some conflicting foods, which led to indigestion and the formation of hard lumps in the stomach." Wang Xinyao replied respectfully.
"Aunt Cui, what did the Queen Mother eat tonight?" Zhao Guoan raised his eyebrows and asked in a cold voice.
The housekeeper, Aunt Cui, was so frightened by the sudden and harsh questioning that she trembled all over.
She fell to her knees with a thud and replied tremblingly, "Your Majesty, tonight the Queen Mother ate the crabs that the prince sent to the palace yesterday."
"We have carefully checked these crabs and confirmed that they are not poisonous. Moreover, the Empress Dowager was safe and sound after eating them yesterday!" Aunt Cui continued to explain.
Hearing this, Wang Xinyao frowned and asked, "Besides crabs, did the Queen Mother eat anything else?"
The nanny kneeling on the ground looked at Zhao Guoan and saw that Zhao Guoan had a gloomy face and did not speak.
She didn't dare to be negligent and quickly replied, "My dear father-in-law, apart from crabs, I don't think I've ever eaten any other special dishes. They are just the common vegetables we eat every day."
However, Wang Xinyao did not give up. She stared at Aunt Cui who was kneeling on the ground in front of her with a sharp gaze.
He asked again, "Then, besides vegetables, has the Empress Dowager ever eaten anything else, such as fruit?"
"Besides the vegetables..." Aunt Cui began to recall, "Oh, Master, in addition to the vegetables, the Empress Dowager also ate the persimmons that the Imperial Concubine had sent over. The Empress Dowager said they were very sweet, so she ate a few more!"
"Your Majesty, I have found the reason why the Queen Mother damaged her body!" Wang Xinyao said respectfully with her head lowered.
Zhao Guoan's face was gloomy, and he shouted sternly: "Tell the truth now!"
Wang Xinyao quickly responded, "Your Majesty, crabs are extremely cold, and persimmons are also cold fruits. If they are eaten together, they will interact with each other in the stomach, forming lumps and causing abdominal pain, vomiting, and other adverse symptoms."
Hearing this, Zhao Guoan was shocked.
In this huge imperial palace, there is only one imperial concubine, Yin Ling'er, and the rest are just concubines, beauties, talented ladies and other of lower ranks.
Today, the Queen Mother suddenly fell ill, and the persimmons were sent by Yin Ling'er, who was his favorite concubine.
At this moment, Zhao Guoan's expression became increasingly solemn: "I believe that my brother and the imperial concubine will not do anything to harm the empress dowager."
Zhao Guoan then stood up abruptly and said in a deep voice, "No one is allowed to reveal a single word of what happened tonight. If I find anyone daring to disobey my order, don't blame me for chopping off your heads!"
Upon hearing this, all the eunuchs and palace maids present were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their bodies trembled uncontrollably, as if they were shrouded in an invisible fear.
You know, the emperor usually appears to be amiable and kind, and people rarely see him so angry!
Zhao Guoan turned his head abruptly and looked at Eunuch Xu beside him. He said in a deep voice, "Xu De, you should also go and tell the imperial physician about this."
Eunuch Xu quickly bowed and replied, "Yes, I will obey your majesty's orders and will go and make arrangements right away!"
After saying this, he hurriedly left the bedroom.
At this moment, the empress dowager, who had been lying on the bed with a weak breath, finally breathed a sigh of relief with difficulty.
She first moved her arms slightly, then slowly supported her body and tried to sit up.
Although her movements were slow, every subtle movement revealed her weakness and discomfort at the moment.
Seeing this, Zhao Guoan hurried forward, stretched out his hands to support Empress Dowager Luo Lan, and asked with concern, "Mother, are you feeling better?"
His tone was filled with worry and anxiety.
"It's okay now, An'er, don't worry!" Luo Lan raised his head slightly weakly, trying to force out a kind smile, as if he wanted to comfort the worried people in front of him.
She just waved her hand gently and said slowly: "This matter really is not the fault of Cheng'er and Concubine Yin. It was all because of my greed that this situation happened!"
"Yes, I know!" Zhao Guoan responded quickly, his face full of concern.
Even though Zhao Yucheng had previously harbored murderous intentions towards him as the crown prince, he still firmly believed deep down that Zhao Yucheng would never harm his mother.
As for Yin Ling'er, it must have been an unintentional mistake. After all, how could she know such a trivial matter as persimmons and crabs cannot be eaten together?
However, Wang Xinyao's thoughts were completely different. Not long ago, Zhao Meir had revealed to her that her master was in urgent need of beauty pills.
Anyone who can use a prince as a pawn must be a person of great power and high status.
Thinking about it this way, Concubine Yin is undoubtedly one of the few suitable candidates!
It seems that this trip to the Cining Palace was quite fruitful!
Wang Xinyao was secretly thinking in her heart, and she already had some doubts as to whether Concubine Yin was the mastermind behind the scenes manipulating everything.
"Eunuch Xiao Yaozi, this time it is really thanks to your timely rescue that I am safe and sound!" At this time, Luo Lan turned his gaze to Wang Xinyao, who kept her head down.
She spoke again in a gentle voice, "Raise your head quickly so I can have a good look at what this lifesaver looks like!"