The Empress of Zhen Huan Reborn

The emperor sighed and looked at the queen, "You get up first."

When Nian Shilan saw the Queen mention Chun Yuan, the Emperor softened his attitude. He was very unhappy in his heart, but he said with a very considerate expression: "Yes, the Queen is a sister of the late Queen after all. I have also heard the servants in the palace talk about Queen Chun Yuan before. She is a very gentle and considerate master."

When the emperor heard what Nian Shilan said, his face changed. "Someone in the harem is talking about Chun Yuan? Who told you that?"

Nian Shilan pretended not to know and looked at the emperor in surprise, "Your Majesty, don't you know? On the way back from paying respects to the Jingren Palace, I often heard servants from some palace mentioning Empress Chunyuan, always praising her."

The emperor was very angry when he heard what Nian Shilan said. How could his wife be mentioned by the servants? He looked at the queen with a bit of anger on his face, "Is this how the queen helped me manage the harem before? She is gone, why do you want her to have trouble in her grave?"

When the queen heard the emperor's words blaming her, she panicked and hated Nian Shilan. "I know I was wrong. I didn't know there would be someone in the harem who would talk nonsense about the master. It was my negligence."

The Queen changed the subject again, "Come to think of it, the decoction I gave Concubine Mi today was prepared by the Imperial Physician Jiangcheng of the Imperial Hospital."

The Emperor and Nian Shilan both changed their expressions after hearing this. Nian Shilan knew that the Queen was going to attack her, and she felt quite amused.

Nian Shilan did not speak. Seeing this, the emperor ordered Su Peisheng: "Send Doctor Jiang over."

When Jiang Cheng heard the emperor summoning him, he knew that the emperor might know about it. He was mentally prepared, so he was not very panicked. He just felt a little guilty towards Concubine Hua.

When Doctor Jiang saw that the Emperor, the Empress and Concubine Hua were all there, his heart skipped a beat. Being mentally prepared was one thing, but accusing Concubine Hua in front of her was another.

"Your humble servant Jiang Cheng pays respects to His Majesty, the Empress, and Concubine Hua."

The emperor watched Jiang Cheng kneel down and salute, and did not let him stand up. He just looked at him with murderous intent in his eyes and asked.

"The Queen said that she asked you to prescribe a decoction for Concubine Mi a few days ago. Is that true?"

Jiang Cheng heard the emperor's question and did not dare to hesitate. He quickly replied: "In reply to the emperor's question, the queen asked me to prepare a medicine for her health, saying that it was for Concubine Mi."

When the emperor heard the answer from the imperial physician Jiang, he laughed out of anger, "What a good way to take care of your body, but did you know that Concubine Mi will never get pregnant again after drinking the medicine you prepared?"

When Doctor Jiang heard the anger in the emperor's words, he shrank back, lowered his head and said stutteringly, "This...can't be... Your Majesty...Your Majesty, I don't have it."

Su Peisheng handed the pulse diagnosis case from the Imperial Hospital to the emperor. After reading it, the emperor was furious and threw it at Jiang Cheng. "Look for yourself, what did you prepare?"

The emperor didn't know much about pharmacology, but he knew about the safflower mentioned above. Wasn't it because Shi Lan fed Concubine Duan a pot of safflower that her body was ruined and she could not bear children?

Jiang Cheng didn't expect Su Peisheng to find out his private pulse diagnosis and hand it to the emperor. He began to panic, "Your Majesty, please listen to my explanation. Is someone framing me?"

The emperor was furious when he heard what Doctor Jiang said. "Fraudulently accused you? Are you saying that someone planned all this in advance just to frame a servile doctor like you? Do you think I'm stupid, or do you think everyone else is stupid?"

Doctor Jiang was so flustered by the emperor's anger that he didn't know what to say for a moment.

The emperor said angrily: "Su Peisheng, the imperial physician Jiang Cheng is plotting to murder the concubines in the harem. Drag him away and beat him to death immediately."

When Jiang Cheng heard that the emperor wanted to execute him, he was really scared this time, "Your Majesty, please don't do it. I know I was wrong, and I was just following orders."

When Nian Shilan heard Jiang Cheng's words, she knew that he was determined to slander her. She stopped Su Peisheng from taking Jiang Cheng away and asked first, "Then tell me, who ordered you to do this? Murdering a concubine is a serious crime. How brave do you have?"

Jiang Shen looked at Nian Shilan and was about to say that he was instructed by her, but he saw Nian Shilan looking at him meaningfully, "Doctor Jiang, you must think carefully. Falsely accusing a concubine is a capital crime. Don't have any other thoughts."

When the Queen saw Nian Shilan threatening Jiang Shen, she quickly asked, "Noble Concubine Hua, are you threatening Imperial Physician Jiang by saying this?"

Upon seeing this, the Emperor glanced at the Queen and Nian Shilan and said nothing, but there was a hint of scrutiny and suspicion in his eyes.

Nian Shilan smiled and said, "I have nothing to threaten Doctor Jiang with. I have nothing to fear from something I have never done."

Jiang Cheng hardened his heart, bent down and kowtowed to the emperor to confess his guilt, saying: "Your Majesty, I am only following the orders of Concubine Hua, and I have no choice."

Seeing that everything was going according to her arrangements, the Queen felt a little relieved and looked at Nian Shilan with a hint of gloating in her eyes.

Nian Shilan ignored the Queen's gaze, but laughed out loud when she heard Jiang Cheng's accusation, "You said I threatened you to do this?"

Jiang Cheng looked at Nian Shilan without looking away, and said firmly: "If it weren't for your instructions, how could I dare to attack Concubine Mi? You said that Concubine Mi has been very popular with the emperor recently, and you were afraid that Concubine Mi would threaten your position in the future, so you asked me to do this."

The emperor's eyes were somewhat obscure and difficult to understand, and he just stared at Nian Shilan steadily.

When Youlan heard Imperial Doctor Jiang say that it was Concubine Hua who ordered Imperial Doctor Jiang to attack her own concubine, she was a little surprised and did not speak for a while.

Nian Shilan looked at the emperor without looking away, her eyes were clear, and she opened her thin lips slightly, "Your Majesty, do you believe that it was done by me?"

The emperor still had some doubts in his heart, because he had indeed hinted to Shilan some days ago that he did not want Concubine Mi to give birth to a child. For a moment, he was unsure whether Shilan had resorted to this desperate measure just to be on the safe side.

Nian Shilan looked at the emperor. How could she not know what the emperor was thinking? She also understood that no matter what, this was the result the emperor wanted at the moment, and the emperor would not really punish her.

However, Nian Shilan still didn't want to leave any hidden dangers, lest the emperor fall in love with Concubine Mi in the future. If she was named the mastermind behind today's incident, the emperor would definitely blame her.

Seeing that the emperor had been thinking and not speaking, Nian Shilan smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need for me to do this, right?"

Seeing the emperor's silence, Jiang Cheng was afraid that the emperor would not believe him, so he kowtowed and apologized to the emperor, "Please understand, Your Majesty, I am just following your orders."

When An Lingrong heard Concubine Mi asking for the imperial physician, she knew that the fish had been hooked, so she secretly went to Yikun Palace to find Yun'er. Yun'er went to Luoyang Palace with the evidence that she had prepared long ago.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the gate of Luoyang Palace, he was stopped by Lingzhi.