Caidie and Caiyi were very curious when they saw the brocade box in Su Lingyue's hand.

"Miss, what is this?"

"The imperial decree allows me and the prince to divorce."

"what!"

Both of them showed an expression of disbelief.

Caidie took the box from Su Lingyue and asked, "Miss, do you want to divorce the prince?"

Su Lingyue shook her head. "This is the way out my aunt left for me. I'll keep it for now."

Considering what had happened recently, the two of them probably understood the Queen's intention and stopped asking.

The entrance to Chonghua Palace was still heavily guarded as before.

Caidie Caiyi was stopped outside, and Su Lingyue entered Chonghua Palace with the food box by herself.

Su Lingyue walked in and did not see Concubine Zhen in the courtyard.

Every time I visited her in the past, when the weather was good, she would be basking in the sun in the yard, but today she was not there.

Seeing a little palace maid cleaning the yard, Su Lingyue called her over.

"Where's the Toffee?"

The little maid knelt down hurriedly, looked in the direction of the bedroom with a somewhat nervous expression, and said tremblingly: "Princess, the Queen Mother is resting."

Su Lingyue followed the little palace maid's gaze and then looked at the little palace maid who was kneeling on the ground and trembling slightly.

Noticing that something was wrong with the little palace maid's expression, Su Lingyue walked straight towards the bedroom.

When I arrived at the bedroom corridor, I saw two older palace maids dozing off on the railing.

"What are you doing!" Su Lingyue said in a very cold tone.

"Greetings...Greetings to the princess!"

Seeing her coming, the two palace maids were so frightened that they fell to the ground.

Su Lingyue walked up to the two of them and looked at them coldly, "Why are you being lazy here instead of going in to serve the Concubine?"

The maid trembled as she explained, "I...the Concubine Dowager fell asleep and asked me to stay here to watch over her."

Worried about the Concubine Dowager, Su Lingyue glanced at the two of them coldly and walked towards the bedroom.

"Princess, no!" A maid kneeling on the ground tried to stop Su Lingyue, but Su Lingyue was one step faster and had pushed the door open a crack.

It was just a small gap, but a foul smell came from inside.

She had smelled it before; it was the smell of excrement that had not been cleaned up for a long time.

"You bold slave, don't let go!"

Su Lingyue looked at the hand that was holding her dress with cold eyes.

When the palace maid saw that Su Lingyue had opened the room, she trembled and let go of her hand.

Su Lingyue pushed open the door and walked quickly into the bedroom.

Walking around the screen, I saw Concubine Zhen lying on the bed with a pale face, her hair disheveled and messy, stuck together by sweat. In just a dozen days, she seemed to have aged by a dozen years.

And the closer you get to the bed, the stronger the smell.

Gently lifting the quilt, an even stronger smell hit me in the face.

The clothes and bedding under the quilt were covered in excrement and were extremely dirty.

In this situation, it is hard to believe that this is the experience of a concubine.

Feeling a dull pain in her heart, Su Lingyue suppressed her anger and placed her hand on her wrist.

After a moment, the hand moved away with a slight tremor.

It turned out to be Gelsemium elegans!

The dosage is deliberately controlled to cause constant abdominal pain and diarrhea, but it will not be fatal.

"Come in!" Su Lingyue shouted at the two palace maids outside.

The two people kneeling at the door heard Su Lingyue's anger and were so scared that they crawled into the room and knelt beside the bed.

"How is this going!"

"Princess...Princess, this is the medicine sent by His Majesty."

"When did this happen?"

"Two days ago."

It happened after I returned from Prince Su’s Palace.

It was I who saved Xiao Yu, leaving him with no place to vent his anger, which led him to attack the concubine!

Su Lingyue stood up and walked in front of the two palace maids, looking at them with cold eyes, "Why don't you wash the concubine's body!"

The two of them flinched, and one of the older ones replied, "Princess, it was also His Majesty's request."

Su Lingyue's heart seemed to be tightly grasped by a big hand, causing severe pain.

She was glad that Xiao Yu didn't come today.

Su Lingyue could hardly imagine how painful Xiao Yu would be if he knew that his mother was treated like this.

Su Lingyue said in a deep voice: "Bring hot water to wash the concubine's body and change her into clean clothes and mattress."

The two maids did not move, and looked at Su Lingyue hesitantly, "Princess, His Majesty has instructed..."

Su Lengyue said coldly: "I will take responsibility if anything goes wrong, go quickly!"

The most important thing at the moment is to detoxify the toffee.

Although the dosage is not lethal, the stomach and intestines will be damaged over time due to the toxicity of the herb.

Hearing that Su Lingyue had arrived, the other palace maids also came to the outside of the bedroom one after another, stood with their heads down, waiting for Su Lingyue's scolding.

Su Lingyue's cold eyes swept across the palace maid in front of her.

She didn't have much time to scold them. After assigning them the tasks of boiling water, cooking, and wiping their bodies, she went straight out of Chonghua Palace.

When Su Lingyue visited the concubine, she usually stayed inside for an hour before leaving.

Caidie Caiyi was a little surprised that she came out so soon today, "Miss, why did you come out so soon?"

Su Lingyue answered as she walked: "Something happened to the Concubine Dowager. Come with me to the Imperial Hospital."

On the way, Su Lingyue briefly told Caidie Caiyi about the situation of Concubine Zhen.

"This is really too much. Concubine Zhen is old and a woman. How can you bully and torture her like this!"

After hearing about what happened to Concubine Zhen, the outspoken Caidie kept speaking up for her in a low voice all the way.

Caiyi was afraid that she would say something that could lead to her death, so she kept persuading her to speak more quietly.

She was not the only one who felt aggrieved. As someone who witnessed the incident with her own eyes, Su Lingyue's heart could not calm down for a long time.

There was no time to vent the anger and pain in his heart. Saving Concubine Zhen was the most urgent thing at the moment.

When I arrived at the Imperial Medical Bureau, Doctor Zhang was there too.

After hesitating for a moment, Doctor Zhang responded and bowed, "Greetings, Princess!"

Su Lingyue didn't have time to exchange pleasantries. "Please stand up, Doctor Zhang. I'll get some herbs."

Doctor Zhang straightened up and asked, "Are you here for Concubine Zhen?"

"Yes." Su Lingyue replied.

"Please follow me, Princess." Imperial Doctor Zhang brought Su Lingyue and the other two to a medicine warehouse in the Imperial Hospital.

After entering, he took out a packet of medicine from the cabinet and handed it to Su Lingyue.

"Your Majesty ordered the medicine to be sent over. This old minister really had no choice. Knowing that the princess and the princess would definitely come, I prepared the antidote in advance as a way of atonement."

Su Lingyue glanced at him and saw that he was full of respect, so she didn't embarrass him. "I understand. Doctor Zhang, don't blame yourself."

Just in case, Su Lingyue opened the medicine bag and checked the herbs.

After confirming that everything was correct, Su Lingyue was about to leave but was stopped by Doctor Zhang.

"Princess, His Majesty has instructed that you are not allowed to give me any medicine. I can only pass this matter on to you. Please forgive me."

Su Lingyue tilted her head and said calmly: "Let's do it this way. Thank you for your hard work. I will tell the prince."

Doctor Zhang bowed respectfully again and watched Su Lingyue leave.

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