EBE Chapter 214: Zhen Huan becomes suspicious but doesn't want to make a big fuss
Chapter 214: Zhen Huan becomes suspicious but doesn't want to make a big fuss
Previously, Concubine Nian forcibly took Wen Yi away from her in order to gain favor. Not only that, she also force-fed Wen Yi sedatives because she disliked Wen Yi's crying at night.
How can such a young child take this kind of medicine? Doesn't it clearly show that Wen Yi is not treated as a human being?
She could allow herself to be treated like a dog by Concubine Nian, but she would never allow Concubine Nian to treat Wen Yi like a dog.
never!
"What's going on? She's been treated for so long but still hasn't gotten better. Didn't you put enough effort into treating the princess?"
The emperor questioned the imperial physician in a cold and stern tone.
"Your humble servant, your humble servant, I really don't know. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
The imperial physician knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging for mercy.
"Normally, babies spit up milk when they are one or two months old. Now that the princess is one year old, it is impossible for her to spit up milk."
The imperial physician gave a trembling explanation, trying to calm the emperor's temper, but the emperor was so angry at his explanation that he smashed the bracelet in his hand onto the table.
"useless!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't be angry. The most important thing now is to let the imperial physician take a good look. The princess just seemed fine, but now she's vomiting milk again. There must be some reason that we haven't thought of."
Seeing that the emperor was extremely angry, the queen reached out and touched his arm with some heartache, and spoke to him gently to persuade him.
The imperial physician knelt on the ground, placed his fingers on the princess's slender wrist, examined it carefully, and then spoke the lines he had prepared.
"I have thought about it carefully for a long time. At the princess's age, the only possible reason for vomiting milk is because of stomach discomfort. The princess is young and her stomach is not likely to be hurt. The only possibility is that she took something that hurt her stomach."
"Therefore, please allow me to check what the princess and her nurse have eaten recently."
The imperial physician looked up at the furious emperor and asked cautiously.
"Go."
The emperor looked at the imperial physician unkindly and then agreed.
Soon, after the imperial physician tasted everything, his face changed drastically as he walked up to the emperor, knelt down and said.
"Your humble servant is worried that I may have missed something, so I would like to ask the eunuch who is in charge of tasting the meal to come over and help me sort it out."
"Okay, Su Peisheng."
The emperor twirled the ring on his thumb impatiently and spoke in a cold tone.
Soon, the eunuch who tasted the food discovered something unusual in the water chestnut soup.
When Concubine Nian saw this scene, she couldn't help but reveal a smug smile on her face.
Zhen Huan, who had been paying attention to Concubine Nian, noticed the smile on her lips at the first moment. Her heart skipped a beat, thinking that there must be something fishy going on today. She immediately became very alert.
The eunuch knelt before the emperor and said, "This water chestnut soup is not poisonous, but it is mixed with some cassava flour."
"What is tapioca flour? Is it because of this tapioca flour that Wen Yi vomited milk?"
The emperor asked with a frown as he looked at the two people sitting below.
"Your Majesty, this cassava is ground into flour and used to make snacks, but the stems and leaves are poisonous, so you need to be careful when handling them."
The doctor explained cautiously:
Cassava flour.
These words immediately caught Zhen Huan's attention. If she remembered correctly, Huanbi had gone to the Imperial Household Department to get some cassava flour, saying that she wanted to make some pearl meatballs for herself. Could it be that Huanbi was being used by someone?
At this time, Zhen Huan did not feel that Huanbi had betrayed her. After all, Huanbi grew up with her and was her biological sister. She trusted her very much.
"You mean someone poisoned Princess Wen Yi?"
The Queen and the Emperor looked at each other and then took the initiative to ask.
"Reporting to the Queen, of course not. Although cassava flour is non-toxic, it can irritate the stomach and intestines of infants and cause them to vomit. In the long run, infants will become weak and die due to the inability to eat."
"Besides, the cassava flour and water chestnut flour are similar in color, so it is very difficult to detect the difference when mixed together."
The imperial physician did not continue speaking, but his meaning was very clear.
Someone took advantage of the similarity between tapioca flour and water chestnut flour and put some tapioca flour into the water chestnut soup, which eventually caused the princess to vomit milk.
The emperor's expression didn't reveal anything, but he knew that someone was causing trouble again.
This made him feel a little annoyed instinctively. After just a few days of peace and quiet, something strange happened again.
Seeing that the situation developed as she expected, Concubine Nian quickly took the initiative to speak.
"I remember that the princess especially loved to eat water chestnut soup these days. I think someone must have had ill intentions and took advantage of this incident to put cassava flour into the princess' water chestnut soup, which caused the princess to vomit milk."
"Your Majesty, the princess is so young, and the person behind this is so cruel and ruthless, using such vicious means to harm the princess. Your Majesty, please make a decision for the princess."
Concubine Nian wiped the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, looked at the emperor with pretended heartache and said.
The emperor glanced at Concubine Nian and spoke in a bad tone.
"Are all the people in the imperial kitchen dead? They can make mistakes on such simple matters."
The emperor naturally heard the urgency in Concubine Nian's words and had some guesses in his mind, but he had just spoken to lift Concubine Nian's house arrest, so naturally he didn't want to slap himself in the face, and only wanted to calm the matter down as soon as possible.
So he did not follow Concubine Nian's words, but instead directed his criticism at the imperial kitchen.
"The chefs in the imperial kitchen are all veterans, and I don't think they will make mistakes in this regard."
"So I boldly guess that someone must have evil intentions, so he attacked the princess."
When Concubine Nian saw that the Emperor did not track down the person behind the scenes as she had expected, she spoke anxiously.
As soon as Concubine Nian said this, the atmosphere in the whole room became stagnant.
The Queen's brows moved slightly, and she looked down upon Concubine Nian's impatience.
But his face still showed a look of shock.
"Such a vicious method is intended to kill my child."
The emperor's tone suddenly became stern.
Upon seeing this, the Queen quickly led all the concubines and servants to kneel before the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, Wen Yi is just a princess. If these people have any dissatisfaction, they can just come to me. Why do they want to hurt Wen Yi?"
Seeing that the time was ripe, Concubine Cao spoke to the emperor in a pleading tone.
"Get up."
Seeing this, the emperor waved his hand helplessly at Concubine Cao.
"I also ask His Majesty to have mercy on Concubine Cao and Princess Wen Yi, investigate this matter thoroughly, and find out who is behind this!"
Concubine Nian also quickly spoke up to agree.
"Well, let's check it out."
The emperor looked at Concubine Nian who was so excited and probably had something in mind. He really didn't want to make a big deal out of this matter, but now that things had come to this, he had no choice but to investigate.