AWB Chapter 587: I have few offspring. Is it my fault?
Chapter 587: I have few offspring. Is it my fault?
This "he" naturally refers to the emperor.
Zheng Miao lowered his voice, even lower and lighter than Fei Wan's, and whispered, "I see. I'll go back and write down a few key points, ponder them over and over again, and come up with a conclusion..."
He paused and looked back at the door.
I saw two palace maids standing far away.
Not to mention Fei Wan's men, even the emperor's men couldn't hear him speak.
Fang Dao: "Your Majesty may have secretly used a poisonous drug..."
"What?" Fei Wan didn't understand.
Zheng Miao said awkwardly, "It's... a drug to induce arousal."
He explained in a low voice that after he noticed this, he had found a way to get the dregs of the emperor's medicine and found that in addition to the normal dregs, there was also another kind of medicine attached to it.
It should be some kind of medicinal powder, which is added to the medicinal juice and becomes invisible, but some of it will remain on the medicinal residue when it is clarified.
By identifying by smell, the medicinal materials in this powder overlap and are similar to those used to treat injuries and aid healing, so if you are not careful, it is very difficult to distinguish them.
"So, did you find out who put the drug in?"
Zheng Miao shook his head slightly and replied, "From what I've observed, there might not be such a person in the Imperial Hospital or the Imperial Pharmacy. However, perhaps the time of observation is still short, so I'll keep an eye on him for a while."
Fei Wan nodded.
She had noticed something was not right with the emperor's healing process, not only because it had been taking so long and his body was weak, but also because it had only recently happened. She had only recently handed over the task of investigating the emperor's pulse and medical records to Zheng Miao, and with so little time and such a hasty investigation, it was understandable that she hadn't been able to conduct a thorough investigation.
It is already very impressive to be able to find out the strangeness of the medicinal residue.
You should know that the Imperial Hospital has special people to keep and store the medicine residues of the masters in the palace, and someone checks them regularly to prevent people from tampering with the medicine.
The people who checked the medicinal residue at the Imperial Hospital did not find anything abnormal, but Zheng Miao did, which was enough to prove once again that he was quite capable in medicine.
Fei Wan planned to find Chu Qingmu, the medical officer Zhishu knew, to investigate the drug residue later and compare the two to ensure the accuracy and authenticity of Zheng Miao's investigation.
Zheng Miao, from the moment he joined the Imperial Hospital, had always been a man of courage and had played a crucial role in several crucial matters. Other imperial physicians were timid and used to holding back on final decisions in order to shirk responsibility, but whenever Zheng Miao spoke up, his words were always powerful.
Ever since he joined Fei Wan, Fei Wan has been looking for an opportunity to make him fall in love with her.
Finally, a secret investigation revealed that his new concubine, whom he had taken in a year ago, was the descendant of a criminal, and that the elders in his family had been on the opposite side of the emperor when he was competing for the throne.
Fei Wan asked Lu Guinian to find a way to remove the slave status of Zheng Taiyi's concubine, and forged the original household registration, turning the woman into an orphan who lost all her family due to a natural disaster, thus clearing her identity.
It solved Zheng Miao's worries.
It also forced him to actually be in the same boat with her.
Otherwise, if the events after accepting the criminal were exposed, and this criminal was the type who had offended the emperor, he would not be able to stay in the Imperial Hospital.
This time, investigating the emperor's pulse case was the first rebellious thing he did after completely surrendering to Fei Wan.
Very well done.
Fei Wan gave him a few more instructions and asked Xiang Yi to give him a silver note worth one thousand taels as a reward.
The amount was a bit large, so Zheng Miao didn't dare to accept it.
Fei Wan smiled: "Why wouldn't you be afraid to accept this little bit of money? Do your job well, and you will get more than this in the future."
Upon hearing this, Zheng Miao simply took the banknote and left.
The drug that induces sexual desire...
Fei Wan narrowed her eyes.
Who gave it to the emperor?
Zheng Miao found out that the emperor's pulse had been showing those subtle and strange abnormalities intermittently for at least a month, or even longer.
There are not many people in the palace who can drug the emperor for such a long time.
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"Old lady, just focus on enjoying your retirement. Don't worry about anything else. Just live a carefree life. Your granddaughter knows what she is doing, so there's no need to worry. You've watched her grow up, so don't you know her temper? Sometimes, I get a little impatient, but I never do anything dangerous that I'm not sure of."
Fengming Palace.
Queen Yan smiled and spoke to her grandmother.
The old lady from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion came into the palace.
It was because Empress Yan had caught a cold a while ago, and after she recovered, the old lady sent a card to the palace to visit. The emperor agreed and set the date as today.
Since entering the palace in the morning, the old lady has been talking to Queen Yan.
All the palace maids were dismissed.
There were only the grandfather and grandson in the room.
As the atmosphere became harmonious, the old lady mentioned Gu Shu'er and asked Empress Yan to take good care of her. She didn't talk about kinship, but simply regarded her as a future arm.
The Duke of Zhenguo had previously wanted to send other girls from the Yan family into the palace, but he had not yet chosen a candidate, and the old lady also stopped him.
It wasn't long since Queen Yan took the throne, and her family couldn't wait to stuff more people into the palace. This was inappropriate.
Unexpectedly, by some strange coincidence, Gu Shu'er stayed in the palace.
Gu Shu'er had been staying at the Yan family for a while and was a good candidate to help Empress Yan. The Duke of Zhenguo persuaded the old lady to let her have a good chat with Empress Yan under the pretext of visiting her.
However, Queen Yan refused.
The old lady intuitively felt that her granddaughter was planning something, but she didn't understand why, so she gently reminded her not to act rashly.
Don’t do anything dangerous.
Queen Yan smiled and advised her grandmother to enjoy her remaining years in peace.
The old lady secretly and carefully observed her granddaughter, whom she had raised since she was a child, and found that her temperament today was completely different from before.
No longer a girl in the boudoir.
She is no longer like the virtuous concubine or the noble concubine she used to be.
The girl, who was only in her early twenties, had eyes so deep that she seemed to be indifferent to everything, yet she was planning everything.
"Your Majesty, I dare not say anything more, but you are alone in the palace, and I am worried about you."
"Old lady, you are speaking in a strange way again. There is no one else here, so don't call me your madam." Empress Yan Wensheng reminded her, "Don't say I am just the queen. Even if I became the Queen Mother in heaven, I am still your granddaughter."
These words made the old lady's eyes moisten.
Smiling, the old lady sighed, "In that case, let me speak frankly. Xiaorou, although you are young, you have been in the palace for several years. There has been no news from your body. Before, you could wait, but now you are the queen, and His Majesty has few children. He urgently needs a legitimate son. He needs it, and you need it even more. With a child, the position of the empress will be secure. Even if the first child is only a princess, it is better than having no children at all."
The old man took out a prescription.
"This is medicine to help you get pregnant."
Queen Yan looked at it and didn't answer it.
Instead, she smiled and said, "Old Madam, you're mistaken. I haven't had any pregnancy in years. Is it my body's fault? You just said that His Majesty has few children. Even among all the concubines in the palace, few have gotten pregnant. In the past, it was Zheng who was causing trouble, and the Queen Mother also took action. But now everything is peaceful. No one has gotten pregnant in over six months. What's the point of me taking medicine alone?"
This……
The old lady didn't expect that her granddaughter would be so bold as to directly accuse the emperor of having problems.