"Jieyu, your period is coming soon. You must keep warm in the next two days. Put less ice in the room. I will fan you."
Huiyue is always very careful.
Ye Jun thought of his home and nodded listlessly.
Nan Zhi thought for a moment and said, "If Concubine Jieyu is really worried, why not send the first letter to the Chu family?"
"No." Ye Jun shook his head. "Delivering the letter now will make it seem like there is something fishy going on in the Chu family. Grandfather and uncle are used to the intrigues in the business world, so I think they can handle it."
"Since Concubine Jieyu knows, don't worry too much. You have just recovered from your illness, so you can't worry too much." Nan Zhi advised, "How about I bring in the rice cakes to entertain Concubine Jieyu?"
Ye Jun was really bored, so he nodded.
Soon, a ball of white rushed in barking.
He walked around Ye Jun and suddenly called out to the plate of pastries on the table.
"You greedy guy, do you want to eat it too?" Huiyue scolded with a smile.
"Then take a piece and feed it." Ye Jun touched the dog's head and felt much better.
Huiyue responded and handed over a piece, but the rice cake smelled it and didn't eat it.
Ye Jun glanced at it with disdain, then took a piece and stuffed it into his mouth.
"It's delicious. You really don't know what's good."
After saying this, he ate two pieces in a row.
As soon as I took one bite, I slowly felt that something was not right, especially the third piece, which seemed to taste a little different.
"Who sent this cake?"
"Oh, it was delivered by the kitchen this morning. It's always like this, once in the morning and once in the afternoon," Nan Zhi said.
It was Huiyue who noticed something was wrong first, "Jieyu, do you think there is something wrong with this cake?"
"I didn't notice much difference, but I felt that the taste of the last piece seemed different." Ye Jun frowned, "Go and call Dr. Shen to check his pulse."
Huiyue responded and went there quickly.
Unexpectedly, after just a short while, Ye Jun began to feel discomfort in her stomach, like mild menstrual cramps, which was bearable.
This made her feel even more that there must be something wrong with the pastries.
When Shen Pingzhi comes, let him check it immediately.
Shen Pingzhi smelled the cakes on the table one by one, picked out two pieces, broke them open and smelled them, and his face became a little gloomy.
"Jieyu, some of the cakes on this plate have safflower in them, and the safflower juice is mixed in the filling. This thing is cold and can cause great harm to a woman's body. This amount can cause a pregnant woman to have a miscarriage."
Nan Zhi was startled and said hurriedly, "Doctor Shen, please check our Concubine's pulse. She just ate three pieces of meat!"
"Don't panic, young lady. The concubine is not pregnant, so it should be fine." Shen Pingzhi said calmly.
But he still took Ye Jun's pulse.
"Jieyu doesn't eat much, so I think only one piece of cake is problematic. Just drink more hot tea, there's no need to worry." Shen Pingzhi said.
Ye Jun nodded, but was still a little worried. "I should be due in the next two days. Will it be okay if I eat something cold?"
"It won't have much of an impact, but I'll still prescribe a medicinal tea for you to drink. I think it will help relieve your abdominal pain."
Shen Pingzhi did not ask any more questions and remained calm. He did not give any other instructions, just wrote down the prescription and left.
There were only three people left in the room, the master and his servant, and they all felt a chill down their spines.
If Ye Jun was really pregnant today, she would probably have miscarried by now.
The women in the palace are really vicious.
"Huiyue, go to Jingqian Palace in person, bring these cakes, and tell the emperor everything that happened today. Just say, I don't want to disturb the emperor at this moment, but I am really scared. However, some people speculated that I was pregnant and took this action. I dare not have children in the future."
Ye Jun's eyes were icy cold, and his whole body was so chilly that even the two girls who had followed him since childhood were a little scared.
I thought the previous misunderstanding was just a mistake, but I didn't expect it to actually cause trouble. Although nothing really happened, the person behind the scenes dared to attack her this time, and there will definitely be a next time.
She won't give up until she finds him out.
Huiyue was efficient. She knelt down as soon as she arrived at Jiuchen Palace and explained her purpose in a few words.
Finally, he kowtowed again.
"Your Majesty, although our Concubine has a bad temper, she is kindhearted and never does dirty things. A few days ago, Wang Xiuyi came to visit and mentioned that someone in the harem misunderstood that Concubine was pregnant. Concubine just thought it was a joke, but she didn't expect to find red flowers in the cakes today. How vicious are the people behind the scenes? They are unwilling to let go of things that are just unconfirmed and groundless. Our Concubine is very scared and said that she dare not give birth in the future. Please, Your Majesty, make the decision for our Concubine!"
When Ning Chen heard this, he was already furious about what happened in the previous dynasty, and now there was more trouble in the harem. For a moment, his blood was boiling.
He immediately ordered Yuan Jiu to take people to the kitchen for a thorough investigation.
But this matter had to be handled without someone to preside over it. He was too busy to do it. Looking around Lingxi Garden, every female member was a suspect and he was not competent for the job. Finally, he sent a message back to the palace, asking the queen to go to Lingxi Garden immediately to investigate the case thoroughly.
Conspiring to murder the royal heir is an unforgivable crime and a serious matter. The empress received the order and did not delay for a moment.
He left Suqin behind to pack the luggage and rushed over with Nanny Ding and Su'e.
He arrived at Lingxi Garden in the evening and immediately took over the case from Yuan Jiu.
"No matter who it is this time, Your Majesty, just go ahead and investigate. The person behind this must be regretting now for doing such a stupid thing." said Nanny Ding.
The reason why they let the investigation go was, of course, because the Queen had cleared herself of all suspicion this time.
So no matter who it is found out in the end, it will be a good time to suppress the harem.
"Such recklessness is really stupid." The queen was speechless.
He didn't even have accurate information and just acted based on speculation. Now he hasn't gained any advantage and is instead getting into trouble.
However, it also shows from another perspective that the Ye family is now feared by everyone in the harem.
Even if it's just hearsay, someone will take action.
The queen is confident and gets things done efficiently.
On the second day after arriving at the garden, everyone who had touched the plate of pastries was arrested.
Except for the people in the kitchen, no one touched the cakes, so someone must have bribed the servants in the kitchen.
The Queen immediately asked Madam Ding to take people to search the servants' residence. Sure enough, they found one hundred taels of silver under the bed of the little palace maid who was in charge of making fire.
Seeing that the matter was exposed, the little palace maid became ruthless and took advantage of the situation and banged her head against the wall, dying on the spot.
At this point, the clue was cut off, and the queen was so angry that she wanted to curse.
In the end, it was Nanny Ding who was able to keep the situation calm. She immediately ordered someone to call the imperial physician and cordoned off the scene.
"Today, this slave girl failed to commit suicide out of fear of punishment and was saved by the imperial physician. If you dare to go out and say a single word, not only will you die, but none of your family members will survive. Do you remember that?!"
The servants kneeling below nodded hurriedly.
After sending them away, the queen spoke, "But Madam, the girl is dead."
"My queen, just listen to me. Tell everyone that the girl is not dead. Anyone who comes to take her life will be the one who poisoned her." Nanny Ding narrowed her eyes.