Chu Lian remained unusually calm after learning about the situation, although she didn't know why Old Master Physician would mention the spice issue. Perhaps someone was instructing him from behind the scenes. Thinking about it, she knew that the person behind the scenes must be Shi Yu Yin, who wanted to kill two birds with one stone. It was indeed a good idea. However, if Xu Yang took Chu Taishang away, there should still be other plans in place, so she didn't need to worry. Moreover, her Yilan flower spice also needed to be combined with other things to take effect. After learning that Shi Yu Yin would make a move soon, she had already made preparations and cleared herself of any connection.

  Lotus stepped lightly into the Butterfly Lotus Palace, where Chu Lianruo calmly and politely greeted Xiurong. Yuan Mengdie looked at Chu Lianruo with an intense gaze, as if she wanted to devour her, but Chu Lianruo was completely unbothered. Seeing Chu Lianruo's calm demeanor, Xiurong's suspicions about her also decreased somewhat. The group waited in the Butterfly Lotus Palace for Old Doctor's results.

  An hour later, the old doctor returned to the Butterfly Palace with the results. Chu Lian Ruo was naturally innocent. Xiurong looked at her apologetically and let her go back to the palace to rest first. Yuan Mengdie heard about it and kept muttering to herself.

  "It's impossible, someone must have harmed my child, it must be so, my child has been harmed." Xū Róng saw Yuán Mèngdié looking so pitiful and was moved to pity, supporting her to the bedside and letting her lie down. The old doctor said that carrying a dead fetus is bad for the body, so she prepared medicine to abort the child. As they approached the bedside, they found some white powder under the pillow.

  "What is this? Why is it under the queen's pillow?"

  Yu Mengdie looked in the direction that Rong Zhi pointed to and shook her head strangely.

  "I don't know what this thing is either, let's call the imperial physician to take a look." The old imperial physician came over after being summoned and carefully collected the powder.

  "Beloved, it's getting late, even if you're still in pain, you need to rest." Xū Róng also knew that Yuán Mèng Dié was heartbroken and tried to comfort her, but Yuán Mèng Dié only cried more upon hearing his words.

  "Your Majesty, I'm in so much pain... our child with you..." Yuan Mengdie sobbed and leaned into Xiang Rong's chest. Xiang Rong held her tightly, his heart also aching, the two of them clinging to each other, sleepless for the entire night.

  The next morning, after the early court session, the old imperial physician came to request an audience. Xi Rong summoned the old imperial physician in the imperial study, and despite her advanced age, she had been busy all night and looked pale and tired. When she saw Xi Rong, she knelt down and paid her respects. At this time, Xi Rong was already impatient and waved his hand for her to get up and speak.

  "I report to Your Majesty, I brought back the white powder from Concubine Butterfly's palace last night and had it checked at the Imperial Hospital. It was discovered that this substance is the pollen of the Datura flower from the Western Regions. The Datura flower pollen itself has toxicity, but normally it does not harm humans. However, coincidentally, there is a rare Black Orchid in Concubine Butterfly's palace, and when the Datura flower pollen mixes with the fragrance of this orchid, it becomes an extremely potent poison. This is why Concubine Butterfly's fetus became stillborn." After hearing the old imperial physician's words, Xiurong's face turned pale as iron. There was such a sinister person in the palace, and she didn't expect that just two types of flowers could have such a change. If someone had an idea to secretly harm her, what would happen?

  "Li Zhao-ting, convey the emperor's decree, thoroughly investigate the rear palace."

  "Yes, I obey the imperial edict." Eunuch Li turned around and left to deliver the edict. Your Majesty is so furious, it must be because of Concubine Die's child in her belly. He had to do a good job with this task, otherwise, whoever provoked the emperor's great anger would not be able to escape unscathed.

  "Li Taifu, in your opinion, what should be done about the Butterfly Imperial Concubine now?" Xiang Rong thought of the Butterfly Imperial Concubine's condition after Li Gonggong left. What to do with this dead fetus? The prime minister will not let it go easily, thinking about it is really a headache.

  "Your Majesty, this child in her belly can only be aborted with medicine, otherwise it will harm the body of Concubine Gui over time."

  "Then let Dr. Li go and handle it."

  "Your humble servant takes his leave."

  He waved his hand to let Li Taichu go, closed his eyes and leaned on the dragon chair. For a moment, he felt very tired and wanted to rest, but sitting in this position had already abandoned everything. The high place is not cold, who understands oneself?

  On one side, Zuo Rong was secretly grieving, while on the other, Yuan Mengdie was bleeding profusely from her lower body after taking the imperial physician's medicine. She was furious and wanted to kill someone, but didn't know who had harmed her child. At present, the only people in the palace with a similar status to hers were Shi Yuyin and Chu Lianruo. Chu Lianruo had just entered the palace a few months ago and shouldn't have had the ability to plant spies in her own palace. The people around her were all trusted confidants who had grown up together, and only they could enter and exit the inner palace. If even among them there was someone who betrayed her, then that person's influence in the palace must be extraordinary. It couldn't be Chu Lianruo, so it must be Shi Yuyin. From the moment she entered the palace, Shi Yuyin had been secretly undermining her, and this time she had actually harmed her own child with such ruthlessness.

  Child, don't worry, Empress Mother will definitely help you avenge.

  Yuanyu Butterfly touched her abdomen and vowed that she would make Shi Yuyin pay for her blood debt. She called the palace maid beside her to let her mother enter the palace, as there were some things that needed to be handled by her parents outside the palace.

  Before long, the prime minister's wife handed in a memorial and entered the palace.

  "My poor daughter, what's wrong with you? I received the news in the mansion and was so anxious that I couldn't calm down. Fortunately, someone from your side let me enter the palace. Where are you uncomfortable? Tell me quickly." The prime minister's wife entered the Butterfly Lotus Palace and saw her own daughter pale-faced lying on the bed, immediately tears welled up in her eyes. Yu Mengdie saw her mother and also cried until she became a tearful person. The mother and daughter cried for half a while in the Butterfly Lotus Palace before gradually stopping their tears.

  "Mother, it must be that wicked Shiyu Yin who harmed my child. Mother, you must help your daughter." Yuandong Die told her mother her deduction, and the prime minister's wife also thought it was highly likely. Seeing her daughter so pitiful, she softened and agreed to her daughter's request. After talking with her daughter for a while, she reluctantly left the palace gate.

  The prime minister's wife returned to the mansion, tearfully telling the prime minister about her daughter's miserable state. The prime minister was also an old man who doted on his daughter, otherwise he wouldn't have spoiled Yuan Mengdie into having such a proud temperament. When the prime minister heard that his daughter had been harmed in such a way, he immediately became furious, puffed out his beard and glared, calling several trusted people to investigate further and also asking the wet nurse by his daughter's side to check for any internal traitors. If it was indeed Shi YuYin who did this, then he would not let her off easily. After the general's mansion was searched, Shi YuYin's greatest reliance was the emperor's favor, secretly harming the imperial bloodline. As long as evidence was found, even if Shi YuYin didn't die, she would be stripped of her skin.

  Chu Lianruo was pretending to sleep in the Xiyuan Palace, when Qingqing reported to her about the movements of the three parties. For now, there were no movements within the Shiyu Yin palace, but Chu Lianruo knew that person's character all too well - at the latest by tomorrow evening, or as early as today, Shi Yuyin would definitely make a move in the Xiyuan Palace. Therefore, she instructed Qingqing to secretly observe the behavior of the people within the palace and told Si Wei to strengthen his defenses.

  As expected, at the hour of hai in the evening when almost everyone in the Xiyuan Palace had gone to bed, a black-clad person appeared. As soon as he arrived at the palace gate, Qing and he engaged in a fight. The people inside the palace quickly got up to help, but the black-clad man turned around and ran away when he saw many people. Qing and the palace guards chased him to the Imperial Garden, where the black-clad man jumped and disappeared without a trace.

  She hastily arrived at the Xiyuan Palace upon receiving the news, and as soon as she entered the palace gate, she saw Chulian sitting on a couch wearing only her undergarments, looking pitiful with her face upturned, her three thousand black hairs scattered behind her, making her look even more charming. She quickly quickened her pace to walk to her side.

  "The empress has been frightened, is there any injury?"

  "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty, I am not seriously injured."

  "I don't know where this bold thief came from, daring to break into the palace at midnight. Unexpectedly, the maid beside the beloved concubine also has martial arts skills, truly unfathomable."

  Chu Lian knew from Xiang Rong's tone that his suspicious mind was acting up again.

  "Your Majesty, she is the daughter of the former head of the Huwei Escort Agency in Qin Prefecture. Growing up in the agency, she never liked needlework and was only interested in martial arts. Her father had no other children besides her, and after her mother died giving birth to her, he spoiled her even more. Unfortunately, five years ago, her father was killed by bandits while on a mission, and the second-in-command of the agency took advantage of his position to bully her and drove her out of the agency. It was so difficult for her as a young girl. On New Year's Eve that year, I accompanied my mother to the temple to worship and encountered some thugs, but it was she who saved me."

  Xu Rong listened to Chu Lianruo's words and indeed stopped suspecting anything. He was delighted that Qingqing had saved Chu Lianruo and rewarded her with many things.

  In casual conversation, Chu Lian seemed to hint that the man in black and the Butterfly Imperial Concubine's affair might be related. Xiurong thought about it and felt it was possible. Originally intending to rest in the Evening Color Palace, she felt uneasy and returned to the Imperial Study Room to question several palace eunuchs carefully about today's events.

  The black-clad man who had been chasing after him was now in Shi Yu Yin's palace. He entered the palace from a hidden place and arrived at where Shi Yu Yin was. Shi Yu Yin, dressed neatly, looked like he had been waiting for this black-clad man. After the black-clad man saw Shi Yu Yin and paid his respects, he went behind the screen to change his clothes.

  "Your Ladyship, I have failed in my mission. Please punish me." The black-clad man also knew that he had returned empty-handed today, and from now on the defenses of the Evening Fragrance Palace would be even more stringent, making it impossible to get close again. As soon as he came out, he knelt down and begged for forgiveness from Shi Yu Yin.

  "Why? Tell me the truth about what happened." Shi Yuyin's face was filled with discontent, this was a big deal, if there were any discrepancies, wouldn't it affect everything that followed.

  "Returning to the young lady, I was waiting outside the Yuxuan Palace until everyone inside had gone to bed before entering. I just arrived at the palace gate when Qinger, a maid beside Yu Fei, suddenly appeared from nowhere. When I fought with her, it startled the guards and maids inside the palace. Seeing that there were too many people, I could only run away." The maid also lowered her head in shame, and Shi Yuyin's face twisted even more in anger at how stupid this was.

  "Now that you've alerted them, there won't be any chance to make a move in the next few days either. Go to Auntie's place to receive your punishment for doing something wrong."

  "Yes, I'll withdraw." After the maid withdrew, Shi Yu Yin became more and more angry, lifting the teacup in her hand to smash it heavily on the ground. The crisp sound was followed by shards of porcelain scattering everywhere, while Shi Yu Yin's gloomy expression seemed to be thinking about something.

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