After my rebirth, I became the white moonlight in the Beijing circle

Upon learning that Lu Linzhi had dealt with Li Xue, Fu Guiyun was suddenly stunned.

The fourth young master is really becoming more and more considerate. He knows that those people are in the care of the Crown Prince and it is not easy to deal with them, so he took on this difficult task himself.

But thinking about it carefully, his concerns were really unnecessary.

Li Xue violated the government rules, so even if she was punished, it was just what she deserved. Even if Lu Linchu was in front of her, he couldn't explain it.

Besides, she heard that the three maids in Muxiangzhai had always been at odds with Chu Huaixi. Why would Li Xue take such a big risk to ask Doctor Liu to come over for her?

After thinking about it, she roughly guessed the reason. She thought that Chu Huaixi had instigated a few people, or had promised them some benefits.

While she was still thinking, Doctor Liu had already taken Fang Yi's pulse, wrote a prescription, and immediately asked the servant to boil the medicine for Aunt Fang.

After finishing all this, Doctor Liu came to Fu Guiyun, knelt down in shame and pleaded: "I am guilty of death, I beg the Crown Princess to punish me."

Fu Guiyun turned his head and glanced at Fang Yi who was lying on the bed, and first motioned for him to get up.

When the two of them got outside, Fu Guiyun said, "Doctor Liu has served my father and mother for many years and has always been diligent and responsible. He should not have made such a mistake. This time, I will not punish you severely. I will suspend your salary for three months. You must be extremely careful in the future."

Doctor Liu burst into tears of gratitude: "Thank you very much for your forgiveness, Princess."

Knowing that he was a coward, but his medical skills were not bad, Fu Guiyun did not continue to dwell on the matter of Muxiangzhai, and asked instead: "What is Madam Fang's condition?"

"I was poisoned by the cold."

Doctor Liu frowned and said, "Luckily the Crown Prince's wife arrived in time and handled the situation properly, otherwise if it had been a little later, Aunt Fang would have suffocated from the pain."

"Cold poison?"

Fu Guiyun frowned slightly: "I heard Aunt Fang say that she only ate half a crab, it shouldn't be that serious, right?"

"It's not the crabs."

Doctor Liu said thoughtfully, "I have also inquired carefully. Madam Fang only ate the roe of half a crab and did not eat the crab claws. The cold poison in Madam Fang's body is a complication of the disease. I am afraid that three or two crabs would not cause such a severe disease."

"Complications?"

Fu Guiyun had already concluded in his heart that Qin Wan must have been using a treacherous scheme of pretending to build a plank road while secretly attacking Chencang. She deliberately brought crabs to make people careless. He was afraid that the real problem was with those vegetarian dishes.

She immediately called over Nanny Zhang and Hong Xing, and asked them sternly, "Report to me the dishes that Aunt Fang, Aunt Qin, and Aunt Cai had yesterday."

"Apart from the steamed crab, the rest are potato cakes, glutinous rice dumplings, a kind of pancake, and brown sugar barley porridge. I don't even know the name of the pancake."

At this point, Xinghong suddenly laughed: "But the cakes and brown sugar barley porridge are indeed delicious. I saw that Aunt Qin ate them very happily and gave them to the maids in the yard. I and Aunt Zhang ate a lot. Aunt Cai ate the most, so there is no problem."

Doctor Liu shook his head secretly: "Some foods are fine for ordinary people to eat, but they are not necessarily suitable for pregnant women, especially Aunt Fang who is still in the period of pregnancy."

"Princess, please wait a moment."

After the painful lesson last time, Nanny Zhang was more cautious this time and took out the food samples from yesterday when she saw something wrong.

"Mrs. Qin had no ill intentions when she came yesterday. For the sake of harmony in the mansion, I couldn't drive her away. Moreover, she called me Mrs. Cai, so I had no choice but to secretly keep some of each dish."

Fu Guiyun was somewhat touched by her ability to be so meticulous.

The weather was getting colder, and even though it was overnight, each dish was well preserved and still smelled fresh.

Fu Guiyun and Doctor Liu checked each dish one by one, but Qin Wan did not poison the dishes, so it was really difficult to check, and even Doctor Liu became extremely hesitant.

First, they used a silver needle to test the poison, but the result was disappointing, as there was indeed no trace of the poison.

Just when everyone seemed at a loss, Fu Guiyun's eyes suddenly turned to the half bowl of brown sugar and barley porridge.

There were some dark-colored vegetable leaves sparsely scattered in the thick porridge, which made her frown.

Scenes from the past came to her mind, and the familiar vegetable leaves were still fresh in her memory.

It was as if she was back to that night again. She was certain that the woman was trying to harm her, but Song Weizhao's indifference made her desperate and heartbroken.

She took out a handkerchief and spread it flat on her hand, then used a silver needle to pick out the vegetable leaves from the porridge one by one. Finally, she managed to piece together a very small branch shape in the handkerchief.

"Doctor Liu, you should know what this thing is, right?" she asked in a serious tone.

Doctor Liu pondered for a while before he asked suspiciously, "If I remember correctly, this thing is a horsetooth worm?"

"purslane?"

Everyone was confused: "What is this?"

"You all serve the noble lady, so it's understandable that you don't recognize this thing. Although I have been practicing medicine for many years, I have never used this thing to make medicine. Speaking of which, this purslane is extremely common. If the Crown Princess hadn't pieced together the complete pattern, I really might not remember it."

Doctor Liu looked at Fu Guiyun in disbelief. How could she, the Crown Prince's consort and a lady from a wealthy family, know this thing?

Even in ordinary clinics in the streets, few doctors would use purslane as medicine, let alone in places like royal palaces.

If something is too cheap, no one will use it for earthwork unless it grows there.

Fu Guiyun couldn't help but smile coldly.

No wonder these maids thought the unknown cakes and brown sugar barley porridge were delicious. Although they were slaves in the mansion, their lives were not bad. It was natural that they felt fresh to eat cakes and porridge made of wild vegetables occasionally.

Doctor Liu quickly broke open the pancake and found some purslane leaf crumbs inside. His brows twisted into a shape of a "川" (Chuan) character.

At this moment, he finally figured out the cause of the cold poison complications in Aunt Fang's body.

"Purslane is a wild vegetable that grows in the mountains and fields of warm regions. In years of famine, poor families often dig this vegetable to fill their stomachs. However, it can also be used as medicine. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, and promoting the healing of ulcers."

Doctor Liu explained in detail based on the knowledge he had read in medical books: "But if pregnant women consume a large amount of this, it will cause uterine contractions and lead to miscarriage, especially in the third trimester, it will cause miscarriage."

Everyone was filled with indignation after hearing this.

"I didn't expect Aunt Qin to have such sinister intentions."

"Yes, no matter how vicious Yun Ling is, she wouldn't dare to tamper with the food. Aunt Qin looks harmless on weekdays, but she actually has this trick up her sleeve."

However, Nanny Zhang knew clearly that it was not that Yun Ling did not want to harm Aunt Ji with the food, but that the Crown Prince's Consort had already taken precautions, so she had no way to start.

Besides, although Yun Ling, that bitch, was of humble origin, she had never had a hard life thanks to her talents. I'm afraid only a washerwoman like Qin Wan would know about something as harmful as purslane.

She looked at Fu Guiyun silently and asked in a low voice: "Prince's Consort, do you want me to send someone to call Concubine Qin to question her immediately?"

Just at this moment, someone from the pharmacy came over and reported in a hurry: "Your Highness Princess, Concubine Qin is not feeling well. Doctor Shuisheng went to feel her pulse and found out that Concubine Qin is pregnant."