The Empress of Zhen Huan Reborn

Before the emperor opened his mouth, Nian Shilan said anxiously, "You just spread rumors outside the palace about the Fifth and Seventh Princes, but what happened to the Seventh Prince?"

Liuzhu knelt on the ground. She had rested for a while while waiting for Nian Shilan to pass on her message. Her breath became more stable. "My queen, the Seventh Prince was in a coma all the way to Suiyuxuan. When my queen carried the Seventh Prince to the bed to rest, I found that there were large red rashes on his body. My queen was very worried and sent the imperial physician to come. My queen thought that the Seventh Prince was playing with the Fifth Prince today, so she asked me to come and ask how the Fifth Prince is doing now."

When Nian Shilan heard this, she quickly ordered Songzhi, "Go and bring the Fifth Prince here."

Songzhi hurried to the room where the Fifth Prince lived. When Songzhi was holding the Fifth Prince in Shilan's bedroom, she felt a little confused. In the past, the Fifth Prince was the lightest sleeper. If he was held like this, he should have woken up and cried. But today, no matter how she moved him, he was sleeping soundly, as if he didn't feel anything.

Songzhi carried the Fifth Prince into the palace, and Nian Shilan hurriedly said, "Put the Fifth Prince on the couch."

Songzhi put the Fifth Prince on the couch, but the Fifth Prince still did not respond and was still sleeping soundly. Nian Shilan felt a sinking feeling in her heart.

Nian Shilan quickly lifted up the Fifth Prince's sleeves, and both the Emperor and Nian Shilan discovered that the Fifth Prince's usually fair arms were now covered with densely packed small red rashes.

Liuzhu had been observing the Fifth Prince carefully since Songzhi put him on the couch. When she saw the rash on the Fifth Prince's arm, she exclaimed, "It's exactly the same as the Seventh Prince's."

Nian Shilan was also startled when she heard Liuzhu's words. The emperor noticed that Nian Shilan's hands were stiff for a moment, and he quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, my beloved concubine. Take off the Fifth Prince's clothes and see if there is anything on him."

Nian Shilan and the emperor took off the Fifth Prince's clothes together, and saw that the Fifth Prince's body was covered with dense red rashes from the neck to the ankles, as if a bunch of gorgeous flowers had bloomed.

Nian Shilan exclaimed in a hurry: "Songzhi, go and call the imperial physician!"

The imperial physician arrived soon. This time it was Imperial Physician Zhang. After a diagnosis, Imperial Physician Zhang reported to the emperor and Nian Shilan: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, the Fifth Prince seems to have been poisoned. But I need to examine the specific poison carefully."

Nian Shilan and the emperor were also shocked when they heard what Doctor Zhang said. The emperor looked at Doctor Zhang and ordered, "Check it immediately and treat the fifth prince for me."

When Songzhi went to summon the imperial physician, Zhen Huan had been waiting for Liuzhu to come back, but seeing that she had not returned for a long time, she confirmed her guess in her heart that the Fifth Prince had also been infected this time.

Zhen Huan looked at Wen Shichu and said, "Doctor Wen, can we move the Seventh Prince now?"

Wen Shichu hesitated for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay."

Zhen Huan stood up and said firmly, "Huanbi, I will hold the Seventh Prince in my arms. You and Doctor Wen will go to Yikun Palace with me."

When Huanbi and Wen Shichu heard what Zhen Huan said, they did not object. The three of them took the Seventh Prince and hurried towards the Yikun Palace.

When Zhen Huan and her companions arrived at the gate of Yikun Palace, they were not stopped by the servants of Yikun Palace. They walked to the bedroom of Yikun Palace unhindered.

Zhen Huan was walking in front, holding the Seventh Prince. As soon as she reached the door of the bedroom, she heard the emperor say, "Check it immediately."

Zhen Huan quickly carried the Seventh Prince into the bedroom, knelt on the ground and saluted, saying, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty, and to your Highness the Imperial Consort."

The Emperor and Nian Shilan saw Zhen Huan coming. The Emperor took a deep breath and asked, "Empress Xi, how is the Seventh Prince?"

Zhen Huan knelt on the ground, her voice choking with sobs as she said, "Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince is not in good condition."

Nian Shilan looked at Zhen Huan and said, "It's just right that Concubine Xi came. Otherwise, I would have sent someone to bring you and the Seventh Prince. Since the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince were both poisoned, let the two imperial doctors treat the two princes together."

Zhen Huan looked at Nian Shilan gratefully and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty the Imperial Concubine."

After Zhen Huan finished speaking, she stepped forward and placed the Seventh Prince on the couch, next to the Fifth Prince.

Zhen Huan looked at the red rash on the Fifth Prince's body, and sure enough, it was exactly the same as the Seventh Prince's, and her face showed some anxiety.

The emperor frowned as he watched his two sons sleeping. He looked at Doctor Wen and Doctor Zhang and asked, "Is there any way to detoxify?"

Doctor Wen and Doctor Zhang looked at each other. Doctor Zhang hesitated for a moment and replied, "For now, we can only seal the acupuncture points with silver needles to prevent the spread of the poison. But to completely detoxify, we need to find an antidote."

After hearing this, the emperor signaled the two imperial doctors to immediately use silver needles to seal the acupoints of the fifth and seventh princes.

After the two doctors were done, the emperor looked at Doctor Wen and Doctor Zhang and said in a heavy tone, "What kind of poison was it? Don't you two doctors have any idea?"

Doctor Zhang shook his head. Wen Shichu hesitated at this time. After a moment's consideration, he said, "In reply to your Majesty, I have read an ancient book that records that there is a kind of poison that will cause people to fall into a coma after being poisoned. The longer the poisoning lasts, the shorter the time they will be awake. In the end, their kidneys will fail and they will die."

Wen Shichu paused for a moment before continuing, "I suspect that the two princes may have been poisoned."

When Nian Shilan heard what Wen Shichu said, she quickly asked, "If I am poisoned, is there a cure?"

Wen Shichu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then replied: "I need some time to first determine whether the two princes have been poisoned, and then study the books to see if there is a way to detoxify."

Upon hearing this, Nian Shilan quickly ordered, "Songzhi, go and get the Fifth Prince's wet nurse."

At this time, Zhen Huan said, "Your Majesty, I have just interrogated the Seventh Prince's wet nurse in Suiyuxuan and found nothing wrong. Besides, the two princes did not take food together today."

After hearing what Zhen Huan said, Nian Shilan regained some of her sanity. She then remembered that the two princes had been to the Imperial Garden together, so she said anxiously, "Go and bring Xiao Xiazi to me."

Xiao Xia Zi had been standing outside the door, paying attention to what was happening inside the bedroom. When she heard Nian Shilan calling her, she went straight into the bedroom without waiting for Song Zhi to come.

After Xiao Xiazi entered the palace and knelt on the ground, Nian Shilan asked, "Eunuch Xia, I want to ask you, did the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince touch anything when they were playing in the Imperial Garden today?"

Xiao Xiazi thought carefully and said, "To answer the Imperial Concubine, the two princes did not eat anything when they went to the Imperial Garden, they just picked some flower petals."

At this moment, Xiao Xiazi suddenly thought of the ice-blue butterfly and spoke again, in a somewhat anxious tone: "Madam, I remembered that when the Fifth and Seventh Princes were picking flower petals, an ice-blue butterfly circled around the two young masters."