After giving her instructions, Tang Youyou began to eat the food at hand without a care. After a hearty meal, she said helplessly, "I just wonder how the emperor is doing at this moment."
In recent days, Rong Xun had been busy with state affairs in the court. For some reason, there had been repeated reports of victory, and thus, Rong Xun had been occupied for many days.
Seeing Tang Youyou looking dejected, Qingyu said, "Your Majesty the Queen, you don't need to worry so much about the emperor. Although the emperor has a multitude of affairs to attend to every day, he still misses you in his heart."
Seeing Qingyu frowning as she tried to console her, Tang Youyou relaxed her brows. After a moment, she said, "Of course I'm not worried about anything."
Their conversation came to an abrupt halt when they saw a young maid walking in through the door. In her hand was a medicine jar, from which steam was rising.
She walked towards Tang Youyou, bowed her head cautiously, and said, "Your Majesty the Queen, the people from the Imperial Medical Bureau sent word that you've been sleeping restlessly lately, so they asked this maid to bring you this medicinal soup."
Hearing this, Qingyu was slightly taken aback. Then she immediately took the medicine jar from the maid and presented it to Tang Youyou. "Your Majesty, when did you say you couldn't calm your nerves?"
Tang Youyou smiled faintly and said, "I just found out about it now."
Just as she finished speaking, a maid came hurrying from afar. Yi'er rushed towards the Cool Palace. Seeing Tang Youyou looking at the medicine jar, she explained awkwardly, "Greetings to Your Majesty the Queen."
Seeing this, Tang Youyou slightly raised her hand and said, "Get up."
As Yi'er got up, Tang Youyou casually glanced at the medicine jar and said, "You prepared this medicine jar, didn't you?"
Hearing this, the young maid nodded and said, "Recently, this maid noticed that Your Majesty the Queen wasn't in a good state. I thought that you couldn't sleep peacefully, so I went to find Doctor Wen."
Seeing Yi'er looking so serious, Tang Youyou fell silent.
"If Your Majesty the Queen doesn't want to take the medicine for conditioning, this maid will take it away."
As she said this, she walked towards Tang Youyou. Just then, Tang Youyou said again, "No need. Leave the medicine here. I'll take it for conditioning later. Maybe I can have a good sleep."
She blinked her eyes and motioned for Qingyu to test the medicine for poison. However, she found that there was still nothing wrong with it.
"Your Majesty the Queen, although this medicine is not poisonous, for safety's sake, you'd better not drink it."
Hearing this, Tang Youyou waved her hand, motioning for Qingyu to bring the medicine jar over. She just took a light sniff and noticed something was wrong with the medicine.
"There's Wu Guizi in this medicine. Taking this in the short term will help with sleep, but taking it for a long time will make one become dull, the sleeping time will get longer and longer, and finally one will die in their sleep."
One could say that it was a way to kill someone without a trace and harm someone's heart.
Hearing this, Qingyu immediately stood still, looking at Tang Youyou with a pleading look. She asked in confusion, "Your Majesty the Queen, should this maid pour this medicine away?"
"Be careful when you pour it. Don't let anyone see."
Just like this, Yi'er brought the medicine for ten consecutive days, and Tang Youyou pretended to accept it gladly, which earned the maid much praise and made many other maids envious.
In front of the Cool Palace, Yi'er walked forward.
"Your Majesty the Queen, it's time to take your medicine."
Hearing this, Tang Youyou always felt that this scene was familiar.
"Alright. Leave it there and go out. I'm so sleepy today and still a bit tired. You may leave first."
Hearing this, Yi'er couldn't help but look up at Tang Youyou secretly. Seeing her covering her mouth and yawning, she turned around and left.
In the blink of an eye, the maid had arrived at the Jiaofang Hall. Looking at the woman half - lying on the imperial concubine's chair, Yi'er said timidly, "Your Majesty the Imperial Concubine, this maid has taken care of the matter. The queen has already drunk the medicinal soup."
Hearing this, An Suzhi smiled and asked, "Did you really see her drink it?"
Hearing this, Yi'er was slightly stunned. She hadn't actually seen Tang Youyou drink the medicine herself, but all of the queen's current behaviors showed signs of being poisoned. There was no mistake about it.
Then she nodded and replied, "Yes. Your Majesty the Queen drinks the medicine at Chenshi every day and goes to rest at Maoshi."
"Very well. Then you should keep a good eye on that queen."
After saying this, their conversation came to an abrupt end. In the blink of an eye, An Suzhi walked towards the Yangxin Hall.
When Su Ningde saw this person coming, he immediately scurried over. "Your Majesty the Imperial Concubine, why have you come here?"
"I've come here, of course, to see the emperor."
Hearing this, Su Ningde had no choice but to let this person go to find Rong Xun.
At this moment, Rong Xun was still busy with official business in the main hall. There were even several ministers discussing important matters in the hall.
Seeing An Suzhi coming, Rong Xun gave her a cold glance, then turned to look at the ministers on the other side and continued talking about the next matter on his own.
But unfortunately, An Suzhi was a clueless person. As soon as she opened her mouth, it was like a bombshell: "Your Majesty, in the past few days, this concubine has been unable to eat or sleep well. But today, the people from the Imperial Medical Bureau came to feel my pulse, and only then did this concubine know that she is pregnant with the imperial heir."
As soon as the words "imperial heir" came out, everyone stood still on the spot. This was a national affair, and no one had expected to hear such a bombshell.
Xu Songming looked at the woman in front of him and felt inexplicably angry. He first coughed lightly and then said, "Your Majesty the Imperial Concubine, the harem and the court should not be involved with each other. Everyone is discussing state affairs here. It's not appropriate for you to be here."
Hearing this, An Suzhi said coldly, "Your Majesty, this concubine is not feeling well today. I'm afraid there will be problems with the imperial heir."
In just two sentences, everyone present gasped in shock.
Rong Xun glanced at Xu Songming beside him and finally said, "That's enough. Today's discussion ends here. You may all leave first."
Upon hearing Rong Xun's words, everyone present quickly left.
In an instant, only Rong Xun and An Suzhi were left in the hall.
Rong Xun looked up at the woman in front of him and said coldly, "Tell me, what are you doing here? I'm afraid it's not just to let me know that you're pregnant, right?"
Hearing this, An Suzhi smiled knowingly. "Your Majesty has misjudged this concubine. This concubine was just too excited and forgot her manners. I just wanted to let Your Majesty know as soon as possible."
However, those old - fashioned people in the court would surely spread this matter far and wide as soon as they heard it.
Just thinking about this situation, Rong Xun felt inexplicably annoyed.
"Alright. If you're not feeling well, then let the imperial doctor take a look at you. I can't do anything about it here."
Of course he couldn't do anything. After all, the child in this woman's belly wasn't his, was it?