Just when Xiao Shushen was getting angry, the maid ran in in a panic, "The Queen is in trouble."
"How dare you! The sky hasn't even fallen yet, why are you so flustered? Come on, drag him out and give him fifty lashes of the cane."
Xiao Shushen was filled with rage.
The maid fell to her knees, her body shaking like a sieve, crying out, "Queen, please spare my life! Queen, please spare this servant, yes, it's the princess, the princess is sick."
Xiao Shushen raised her hand, motioning them to go down, and said in a deep voice, "Princess, are you sick?"
"Yes, your majesty. The nanny who serves the princess sent someone to tell her that the princess suddenly fainted in the imperial garden today. The imperial physician came to diagnose her, but she hasn't woken up yet and has a high fever. She is in danger. Please ask Your Majesty to go and make the decision." The maid's voice trembled. She almost lost her life and had already lost two of her three souls.
"You go down first and report to the princess's nanny. I will go there later." Xiao Shushen looked at Nanny Gui beside her, thoughtfully. The princess' illness this time might be a godsend!
The emperor insisted on appointing Shen Qingwan as a female official, which was against the ancestral rules. If a woman like her who seduces the emperor is not eradicated early, she might become a big trouble in the future! It would be better to take advantage of the princess's illness this time to frame Shen Qingwan and get rid of this big trouble in advance, "Gui Ma, you see..."
Nanny Gui has been with Xiao Shushen for many years, so she naturally understands Xiao Shushen's thoughts best. "Madam, if you want to take a risk, you still need to be careful and not give anyone a handle."
"Madam Gui, you are the one I trust the most. Take my badge and go out for a while." He played with the armor in his hand, thinking in his heart.
"Yes. Madam, I will definitely live up to your trust."
Xiao Shushen packed up and left the palace, but did not go directly to the princess's residence. Instead, she went to the Imperial Medical Bureau, found the imperial physician on duty that day, talked to the physician secretly for a while, and then took the imperial physician to the princess's residence.
"The Queen has arrived." The eunuch announced in a shrill voice.
"Meet the Queen."
The courtyard was full of maids and nannies kneeling. Xiao Shushen went straight to the princess' bedroom and started to yell, "How do you take care of the princess? If anything happens to the princess, I will send you all to the Ministry of Punishment."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Everyone was trembling and didn't dare to look up.
"Imperial Physician, please take a look at the princess to see what's wrong with her. Is she seriously injured?" The imperial physician knelt on the ground and carefully felt the princess' pulse, feeling uneasy.
"Doctor, how is it?"
Xiao Shushen sat upright in the chair and asked with concern.
The imperial physician stretched out his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead and stammered, "Well, hiss, Princess, Princess..."
Xiao Shushen flew into a rage and slammed the table. Her majestic voice frightened everyone present, "Why are you hesitating? Speak!"
The imperial physician immediately knelt on the ground and apologized, "Please forgive me, Queen. The princess's illness came suddenly, and I can't be sure for the time being. But I feel that the princess is not sick, but someone poisoned her to murder her."
Xiao Shushen got the answer she wanted, and the corners of her mouth curved up into an imperceptible arc. "Come here, check for me. I want to see who is so bold as to murder the princess. I will never allow such a thing to happen."
The princess's place was in chaos, and everyone was in a state of panic, fearing that if they were not careful, they would lose their heads in the next second.
Shen Qingwan was holding a book and reading it with great interest. She was so absorbed in reading that she forgot the time.
"Master, drink some water. You have been watching for two hours. Be careful. Your eyes must hurt."
Lianyun went up to bring a cup of tea, took the book from Shen Qingwan's hand, put it aside, and grumbled with some concern.
"If you hadn't said it, I wouldn't have felt it. Now that you've said it, my shoulders are starting to feel even more sore."
Shen Qingwan took the tea brought by Lianyun, sipped it lightly, and tasted it slowly, enjoying Lianyun's care, feeling very comfortable. Lianyun's shoulder massage skills are getting better and better!
"Master, I heard that the emperor was determined to make you a court lady this morning. The prime minister tried to stop him but failed. He almost banged his head against a pillar and died."
Lianyun felt that the emperor was treating his queen better and better.
"Lianyun, walls have ears. You can't just say this casually. I'm afraid there will never be peace after this incident!" Shen Qingwan became more and more worried. She knew that this request would be full of difficulties, but she didn't expect it to be so difficult.
Shen Qingwan became more and more worried. She put down the teacup in her hand and felt as if something was about to happen. She felt very uneasy.
"Lianyun, go find out if there is anything going on in the palace. I feel very upset and always feel like something big is going to happen."
"Well, master, Lianyun will go right away." Lianyun went out and came back running in less than a moment, panting.
"What's going on? Why are you so anxious?"
Shen Qingwan felt even more uneasy when she saw her so flustered.
"Yes, the princess is sick."
"Princess?" Shen Qingwan seemed to be thinking about something. How could the princess be sick for no reason when she was fine a few days ago? She frowned and asked, "What's wrong with the princess?"
"I don't know. I only know that the doctor invited by the Queen said that the princess might have been poisoned!"
Poisoning? Shen Qingwan's uneasiness deepened. Who in the harem was so bold as to poison the princess? And what benefit would she get from poisoning the princess
"The princess' place is in chaos, and she's looking everywhere for the person who poisoned her."
Fu Yuheng was reviewing memorials when he heard the eunuch announce that the princess was ill. He immediately put down what he was doing and went to visit the princess.
"The Emperor has arrived."
Fu Yuheng saw the queen and helped her up, "Queen, how is the princess?"
"Your Majesty, the imperial physician said that the princess's symptoms don't seem like she's sick, but more like..." The queen did not continue, but instead hesitantly pretended to be panicked.
Fu Yuheng was too lazy to say anything high-sounding. He rubbed his aching brow and said, "Queen, please feel free to speak."
"The doctor said the princess doesn't seem to be sick, but rather poisoned."
He was a little surprised. "Poisoned, who poisoned it?"
"I am incompetent and have no idea for now, but the princess once drank a bowl of porridge sent by Concubine Xian." Xiao Shushen lowered her head and said carefully.
"Investigate, investigate for me." Fu Yuheng was a little angry. He naturally didn't believe that Shen Qingwan had done this.
"Yes, I will investigate it thoroughly and will never let anyone wrongly accuse my sister, the virtuous concubine."
Although Xiao Shushen was the queen, she was still a little afraid when she saw Fu Yuheng's anger. She forced herself to straighten her back.