The Self-cultivation of a Salted Fish Concubine

Chapter 214 Poison

Mother Li, standing by, looked anxious: "What should we do?! The master has been unwell for a long time, how can he withstand such hardship?"

The princess's face immediately turned cold, "Mom! The Royal Concubine Chen has passed away. Everyone in the palace and outside the palace is mourning. This is my duty as the daughter-in-law of the royal family."

As soon as the word "trouble" came out, it seemed that the princess, the royal daughter-in-law, did not respect Concubine Chen enough.

Mother Li immediately tried to make amends: "I was talking about the assassination attempt in the palace..."

Prince Jing and the princess never cared about these little details of conversation.

After a while, news came from Chunshanyuan.

Jing Wu personally led his men here. "Your Highness, I found some poisonous snakes, scorpions, and centipedes in the bedrooms of Master Xie and the Fifth Young Master..."

Xie Run was so frightened that he stood up immediately, "What did you say?!"

The heart in my chest was beating so hard that it almost flew out of my chest.

"Where's Taotao? Is he okay?!"

King Jing stood up and patted her shoulder to comfort her. He asked calmly, "Have you checked everything thoroughly? Is anyone hurt?"

Jing Wu: "My Lord, Concubine Xie, the Fifth Young Master is fine. Only a few maids were startled, but no one was injured."

"I've sent people to search the area over and over again, spread realgar and sulfur powder all around, and fumigated the area with herbs several times, but there's no trace of these poisons."

"Okay, let's go down first."

Xie Run clenched the handles of the chair, his eyes red as he said, "There's three feet of snow right now, where are there venomous snakes, centipedes, and other poisonous creatures?!"

"Someone is deliberately trying to kill me and Taotao!"

"Fortunately, Your Highness was alert... If something unfortunate had happened, Taotao and I would have died!"

Thinking of the scene of poisonous creatures crawling all over the room in his dream, Xie Run felt a chill all over his body.

"The person behind this is too sinister!"

This is not just about taking the lives of Xie Run and Tao Tao, it is clearly about wanting to kill dozens of lives in Chunshanyuan!

If there are poisonous snakes and insects running around, a bite from them can take a life.

King Jing patted her hand and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry. I have said that I will not let you and your son suffer in vain."

King Jing then asked Jing Wu, "Have you caught any suspects?"

Jing Wu nodded and said, "Eunuch Chunjuan of Chunshan Courtyard has caught a maid with strange whereabouts. When I led my men there, I also found traces of her on a young eunuch and a young maid. We are just waiting to get the results from the interrogation."

King Jing waved his hand and said, "You can interrogate him as you please, using any method you want!"

"Yes!"

Dan Tao helped the frightened Xie Run sit down, and both of them looked a little absent-minded.

Suddenly, a panicked sound came from the side room of Yunbi Pavilion. The princess frowned and asked, "What happened in the delivery room?!"

Having learned from the previous two times, the princess arranged for a maid to be in the delivery room early this time.

Someone immediately stepped forward to report the news: "Princess, it was Concubine Lian who fainted from exhaustion. The palace doctor is treating her..."

Xie Run asked puzzledly: "How's the production going?!"

"It's been so long since the baby was born, is the fetus doing well?"

In fact, Xie Run wanted to ask whether the child was horizontal or vertical, and why it couldn’t be born?

Since only King Jing was here, she didn't dare to ask too many questions.

"Replying to Concubine Xie, the child is standing upright, but Concubine Lian has been unable to exert any strength. She is about to faint and has to rely on acupuncture from the palace doctor..."

Xie Run: "I just hope Sister Lian has a smooth delivery."

Normally, I could send a note to ask the imperial physician, but it is already so late today.

Moreover, a big thing has just happened in the palace, and the imperial physician must serve in the palace first, so I am afraid he cannot be invited.

Now we can only rely on the methods of a few palace doctors.

In the delivery room, Concubine Lian was pricked by an acupuncture needle by the palace doctor and woke up slowly.

But she felt like she couldn't breathe, and her scattered eyes took a long time to focus. She reached out her hand towards Wan Linlang tremblingly.

In order to help her give birth, Wan Linlang stayed in the delivery room for an entire afternoon, and now she looked a little embarrassed.

She held Concubine Lian's hand and asked gently, "Sister Lian, what do you want to say?"

"The midwife said she can already see the baby's head. If you just push a little harder, you'll definitely be able to give birth smoothly!"

Wan Linlang's face was full of sincerity, without a trace of selfishness, and worry and heartache almost overflowed from her eyes.

Concubine Lian opened her mouth, tears falling from the corners of her eyes, "Sister, sister, I really have no strength left..."

Wan Linlang held her hand and said, "Someone has gone to make ginseng soup. Drink the ginseng soup and you'll have strength... hold on a little longer."

Concubine Lian shook her head with difficulty, breathing heavily, and felt as if her nose and mouth were blocked by something.

Wan Linlang noticed something was wrong, "Sister Lian, what's wrong with you?!"

The maidservant beside her heard the sound and came over to take a look, "Why does Concubine Lian look like she can't breathe?!"

Wan Linlang immediately called the court doctor over. The doctor took one look and was immediately shocked: "Is Master Lian allergic to something?! Go and look inside the room!"

Wan Linlang shouted, "She can't stand the smell of lilies!"

"Go and look, is there any lily in the room?!"

The maids and servants looked around but did not find any lilies in the room.

Places like the delivery room are decorated in advance, so it is impossible to place flowers there.

Wan Linlang stood up and led the search of the room. A maid was the first to find fresh lily petals in the sachet hanging at the foot of the bed.

"This sachet is stuffed with lilies..."

Wan Linlang said with a cold expression, "Take out this sachet first and hand it to the prince and princess."

She paused, "No, if it was just these lilies, why would Sister Lian feel so uncomfortable?!"

"Search again!"

Before the maids and servants could move, Concubine Lian's personal maid, Yuyan, cried out miserably, "No, no, Master Lian is dead!"