49【49】(1/2)
After Lin Feilu's birthday, the temperature rose a lot. The breath of spring has faded, and the palaces are preparing for the coming hot summer.
Emperor Lin has been busy with political affairs recently and rarely goes to the harem again. He is always thinking about the front dynasty. It is still Peng Man who took advantage of his time to submit a memorial and replied: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has told me that many imperial physicians have gone to Yiqing Palace during this period. I am afraid that they are in poor health."
Emperor Lin was quite filial. He immediately put down his government affairs when he heard about this and set up a place to visit the Qing Palace.
When I was over, I was surprised to find that his stupid son was there too.
Emperor Lin’s attitude towards Lin Zhanyuan has improved a lot now. Although he can’t say he likes him much, he at least no longer hates him. Sometimes he will feel rare when he sees his clear and innocent eyes.
But I didn't expect that the queen mother liked this stupid grandson so much. Lin Zhanyuan was playing with long ears in the yard. The queen mother was lying on the rattan chair in the yard and smiling, looking very comfortable.
As soon as Emperor Lin came in, he saw Lin Zhanyuan running with sweat all over his head. The Empress Dowager waved to him and said, "Yuan'er, come here, grandma, have some crisp tea."
Lin Zhanyuan ran over with his red little face, and finished drinking it with a small bowl and tons, and then ran back happily. When he turned around and saw Emperor Lin coming in, he looked a little nervous. He remembered what his sister taught her and saluted: "My son is paying homage to my father."
He saluted Emperor Lin, and Emperor Lin also saluted the Empress Dowager.
The queen mother sat up from the rattan chair and hugged her grandson who had been timidly hiding back in her arms, "Why is the emperor here?"
The palace servant quickly brought a chair over, and Emperor Lin sat aside and smiled and said, "Come and accompany your mother."
The Empress Dowager took a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from Lin Zhanyuan's forehead: "Just have Yuan'er to accompany the Ai family."
Emperor Lin looked at the close appearance of the grandparents and grandchildren, and was a little surprised: "I don't know that Lao Liu is so close to the queen."
The Queen Mother Youyou glanced at him: "It's much more relatives than you and Ai's family."
Emperor Lin was a little embarrassed, and then talked about the reasons for today, with a solemn tone: "I heard from them that my mother has summoned many imperial physicians recently, but she is not feeling well? What do I say about the imperial physician?"
The empress dowager paused for a sweaty hand and did not answer immediately.
After wiping Lin Zhanyuan's sweat clean, he smiled and touched his head, and said softly: "Good grandson, go and have fun with Chang'er."
Lin Zhanyuan pursed his lips and glanced at Emperor Lin, before running away.
The queen mother narrowed her eyes and looked at him and the puppy chasing in the yard. Her eyes were very gentle, but her tone of speaking was faint: "Ai's family is in good health, and Doctor Xuan is asking about some old things."
Emperor Lin responded, "Oh?"
The Empress Dowager took her eyes back and looked at him and said, "This time when Ai's family returned to the palace, and saw Yuan'er, they remembered some things when the late emperor was there. The late emperor had few children, and many concubines were pregnant and had aborted many fetuses. At that time, it was said that the late emperor was poor and had no children's connection, but in fact, the Ai's family saw all the wrongs in the harem. The emperor could grow up safely, and the Ai family also took great pains to do it back then."
Of course, Emperor Lin remembers how powerful his father's harem was in the last term, which is why he now prefers gentle, kind and talented women.
When the Empress Dowager suddenly talked about the old things, Emperor Lin thought she was a man who was old and thought a lot, so he comforted him: "My sons are blessed and have many children. Now they are all very outstanding, so the mother does not have to worry about this."
The Empress Dowager looked at Lin Zhanyuan in the courtyard: "If Xiao Lan could have given birth to a child safely back then, Yuan'er should be a smart and excellent prince now. The Ai family remembers that the emperor loved Xiao Lan very much at that time, right?"
Emperor Lin smiled a little embarrassedly.
The queen mother asked, "At that time, she was pregnant, could the emperor have good care of her? Since she could give birth to Xiaowu so healthy and intelligent, there is no reason why she was damaged after her first childbirth."
After so long, Emperor Lin could not understand what she meant? His expression was a little solemn and hesitated: "My mother is suspicious. Someone who harmed Lan Guiren back then caused her to give birth prematurely, so that the sixth child was stupid?"
The Empress Dowager said indifferently: "The Ai family just suspects that the imperial physician summoned was also the one who treated Xiao Lan back then."
Emperor Lin said anxiously: "What did the mother ask?"
The empress dowager said: "Never. However, the imperial physician said that Xiao Lan did not see any abnormalities when she was pregnant, and her pregnancy was very healthy, so she should not have had a premature birth." She looked at Emperor Lin and said in a serious tone: "This matter must be investigated. It is a serious crime to conspire to kill the imperial heir."
Emperor Lin felt guilty because he had neglected Xiao Lan and Xiao Wu for so many years. Now he learned that there might be something else in the past. If Xiao Lan was harmed, she would have had a stupid child. Then wouldn’t his behavior be fooled over the years be played with?!
He said, his little fifth child was so smart and clever, how could his brother be stupid!
It's really outrageous!
It seemed as if he had suddenly found a vent of his guilt. Emperor Lin felt relieved. After the relaxation, he was furious and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Mother, since there is something wrong with this matter, my son must investigate it to the end!"
The Queen Mother nodded, and listened to Lin Zhanyuan's happy and light laughter, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Yuan'er has suffered so many years, you are the father, don't let him suffer any more."
Emperor Lin nodded solemnly.
After returning to the Yangxin Palace, Emperor Lin thought for a moment and asked the imperial physicians summoned by the Empress Dowager Xuan again, and asked them to take out the case recorded in that year and check it carefully. He also ordered Peng Man to go to the Internal Affairs Office to transfer all the information of the palace servants who served Xiao Lan at that time to see where they are on duty now and whether there is anything unusual.
When the emperor investigated, the movement became louder.
The Office of the Internal Affairs and the Imperial Hospital are both busy with this matter, so of course the news cannot be hidden.
The people in the harem soon knew that His Majesty seemed to be pursuing the truth about the premature birth of Concubine Lan.
Premature birth is actually not a big deal. In addition to Xiao Lan, there are several concubines in the harem who have had premature birth. However, unlike Xiao Lan, who has a good life, she gave birth to the child, and the mother and son are safe, and the other concubines have all given birth to stillbirths.
But after thinking about it, is Xiao Lan really lucky?
If her baby died, she might not have fallen out of favor at the beginning. His Majesty would pity her instead. Maybe she would be promoted to the position because of this, and there would still be a chance to get pregnant with the dragon vein in the future.
But it was because she gave birth to a fool that she lost favor and spent so many years in a bitter and tragic way.
If someone really hurts this matter behind the scenes, this move will not be poisonous.
However, everyone was talking privately. After all, so many years have passed, it is difficult to find out anything again.
Of course, if you have nothing to do with this matter, just watch it for a fun time, but the real mastermind behind the scenes can't sit still when they hear about this matter.
Concubine Hui was so shocked that she almost threw the teacup in her hand. The person who had always been calm and calm could not help panic: "Why did Your Majesty suddenly remember to investigate this matter?"
The personal maid said, "I heard that the Empress Dowager was the first to investigate. Since the Empress Dowager returned to the palace, the sixth prince was deeply loved by the Empress Dowager. I'm afraid it was because of this..."
Concubine Hui held the teacup tightly, and her heart was up and down.
Although so many years have passed since this incident, she has not come forward without knowing it. She has drugged and operated the medicine and used it, but...
She found the medicine that caused the fetus to be stupid!
This medicine is a folk prescription for harming people, and there is no in the palace. She asked her mother's family to find it after asking for more information. After secretly bringing it into the palace, she secretly handed it over to Concubine Mei, who was known to Xiao Lan's sister at that time.
If Your Majesty really investigates Concubine Mei, with Concubine Mei's character, he will definitely bite herself out.
If His Majesty started with the medicine, there were few people using this prescription in the people, and it would be impossible to find her mother's head.
No matter what kind of result it was, she couldn't get away with it.
Concubine Hui was upset and held the teacup and paced back and forth in the house for several times. After all, she was a person who had been sitting in the concubine's position for many years. She quickly calmed herself down and told the maid: "You can immediately pass the message outside the palace and let them control all the relevant people involved in the search for medicine. The country doctor who gave the medicine must immediately find the medicine..."
She gave a look, and the maid immediately understood what she meant, nodded and was about to go out.
Hui Fei thought of something again, her expression became darker. After calling the maid, she whispered a few times in her ear, then said in a deep voice: "Go, this matter needs to be done quickly, and you must not leave traces with water."
...
Lin Feilu was a little surprised when she heard that Emperor Lin was investigating what happened back then.
Although she suspected that 90% of this was done by Concubine Mei, she had no evidence and it was difficult to talk nonsense in front of Emperor Lin.
He just held Lin Zhanyuan's chubby little face and kissed him heavily, praising him: "It's all my brother's credit."
Lin Zhanyuan was shocked.
After reacting, he screamed and ran into Xiao Lan's room: "Sister kiss me!!!"
Xiao Lan was both funny and blamed, and gently scolded Lin Feilu, who had no idea of giving a man or a woman to teach and not marry each other: "Lu'er is already six years old this year, so you can't be like this without rules anymore."
Tsk, this old-fashioned feudal era.
Lin Feilu felt sorry for her heart and nodded obediently.
Emperor Lin was a decisive emperor. He said that he had to do whatever he wanted to do. He had been honest and upright counselors before and said that he was stubborn and self-righteous, and he was indeed an arrogant and conceited emperor. He thought that he was the most awesome in his subordinates all over the world.
Such a personality is sometimes good and sometimes bad. For example, if it is now, it is a big one.
With Emperor Lin's relentless investigation, Concubine Hui was really frightened every day, fearing that one day an imperial edict would come, so she would be arrested for trial at Dali Temple.
Fortunately, before she was waiting for the imperial edict, she waited for the news from her mother's house.
The doctor who gave them the prescription before had been found. They sent someone to make the illusion of falling into the water. The doctor was dead. Two of the people who looked for medicine to buy medicine were trusted by their mothers. They were absolutely trustworthy. The other two who could not be completely relieved have been dealt with.
The line of seeking medicine was completely cut off. Concubine Hui was no longer worried, but another news came from her mother's family.
While searching for the doctor to cut off clues, they also noticed another wave of people who were also investigating the matter. At first, they thought it was His Majesty’s man, but after secretly following up and investigating, they found that it was actually from the Liu family!
Concubine Hui's heart was condensed.
It is Meipin’s mother’s home!
Why did they look up this clue?!
Concubine Hui just hesitated a little and figured out the key to this matter.
Meipin must have known that His Majesty was investigating the matter back then. She was the drugmaker who directly applied the medicine back then. Compared to Concubine Hui, the risk of being found is greater. Once she was found on her head, with her personality, she would inevitably confess Concubine Hui and drag her to hell together.
And to make His Majesty believe that Concubine Hui is also involved, evidence is needed.
The best evidence is the source of the package of medicine.
She had known that Meipin was not a good-for-nothing lamp, and she had been preventing her from jumping into the water. She didn't expect that she was so thoughtful and had already started to prepare for the backup.
However, Meipin is not as strong as before. She was short of chess and was still robbed by herself. The doctor is dead and the clues to seek medicine have been cut off. Now the only threat is only one Meipin...
Hui Fei looked out the window at the blue sky and the sun, and her eyes gradually deepened.
...
The once proud Yinshuang Palace is now only depressed and deserted.
As the summer comes, the sun gets stronger and Meipin finds her face feels even more uncomfortable. She forgets that the purple scars have not subsided. She stays in the room for too long and occasionally wants to go out to bask in the sun and breathe fresh air, but her skin feels unbearable when it comes into contact with the sun.
To be continued...