After Huanbi was reborn, she became the prince's favorite

A few days later, Wen Shichu came to Suiyuxuan to check Zhen Huan's pulse. Zhen Huan showed him the prescription given by the Queen. After reading it, Doctor Wen was convinced that the medicines listed in the prescription could indeed help women get pregnant.

Wen Shichu reminded her not to pin all her hopes of getting pregnant on these prescriptions. He was worried that Zhen Huan would be like Concubine Shen before her, who believed in these prescriptions and was taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives.

Zhen Huan understood his good intentions and kept her words in mind.

After the two finished talking about these things, Zhen Huan asked, "By the way, Lord Wen, people tend to get sick easily in winter. Now it's the end of the year, and Sister Mei has been feeling unwell. If you have time, would you be willing to go there for Huan'er?"

Wen Shichu has always treated Zhen Huan as his own sister, and because of the kindness of Lord Zhen who saved his father, he always agreed to any request made by Zhen Huan.

Early the next morning, Wen Shichu arrived at Cunju Hall.

In the huge house, there were only a few maids besides Concubine Shen, and it looked empty.

Wen Shichu put down the medicine box and held his hands in front of his chest, "Your servant Wen Shichu from the Imperial Hospital greets Lady Shen."

Mei Zhuang nodded calmly, "Did Huan'er ask you to come?"

Doctor Wen took out the pulse diagnosis pad and put it on the table, "Yes, Lady Wan asked me to treat Lady Shen."

Shen Meizhuang said "hmm" and stretched out her hand.

After Wen Shichu took Shen Guiren's pulse, he found that she was just a little weak and there was nothing serious wrong with her. He just prescribed some tonic medicine and left.

Mei Zhuang looked at Wen Shichu's departing back and couldn't help but feel a little envious of Huan'er. She was always so optimistic and considerate, while she had never left the house since she returned to the palace, let alone anyone visiting her. Now her place seemed like a cold palace.

She laughed to herself and stroked the fox fur on her sleeve.

Zhen Huan took care of herself for some time according to the prescription given by the Empress. The Emperor came to Sui Yuxuan quite frequently during this period, but it was already spring and there was still no movement in her stomach.

That day, after Zhen Huan finished drinking the extremely bitter medicine, she sighed, "I have been taking the medicine for such a long time, but my body has not shown any signs of improvement. Huanbi, why do you think this is happening?"

Huanbi took the medicine bowl with a smile and came over with a plate of candied fruit, "My lady, please eat something sweet to get rid of the taste in your mouth."

"Huanbi, since this prescription can help women get pregnant, why doesn't the Empress use it herself? The Emperor doesn't go to the Empress's palace very often, but he goes on time on the first and fifteenth of every month. The Empress is not very old, and she has the best imperial physician to take care of her body, so it is not difficult for her to get pregnant."

Huanbi knew clearly that since Queen Chunyuan passed away, the Emperor only slept with the Queen every time he went to her place, and he was afraid that he would never favor the Queen again. The Emperor would not take the initiative in such matters, and the Queen, who was born into a noble family, would not be able to bring it up on her own initiative. How could she get pregnant in the long run?

She thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Perhaps the Queen's body was damaged after giving birth to the eldest prince. Now she is not as young as the young lady. She is afraid that giving birth again will harm her body, so she doesn't want to give birth anymore."

Zhen Huan listened to Huanbi's guess with half belief and half doubt. Although what Huanbi said made sense, which concubine didn't want to have a child of her own? Especially the Queen Mother, who came from a noble family. If she could give birth to a legitimate son, it would be perfect for him to enter the Eastern Palace one day.

The master and servant were talking in the room when Liu Zhu came in, looking unhappy.

Huanbi joked, "Who offended my Liuzhu?"

Liu Zhu's eyes were a little evasive, "No one messes with me."

Zhen Huan noticed that Liu Zhu was not quite right. When she was about to ask, An Lingrong came in and said, "Sister, you have not been out these few days. Many things have happened outside."

Zhen Huan was puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"My sister just passed by the Yanx Palace and saw many imperial doctors coming out. After asking, she learned that Noble Lady Fucha is pregnant." An Lingrong's face looked very ugly. It would not matter to her if anyone in the palace was pregnant, but it happened that these two people who bullied her the most became pregnant one after another.

Zhen Huan's eyes flashed with bitterness, "Now there are two pregnant women in Yanxi Palace. It's really a good place for Feng Shui."

An Lingrong hurriedly explained, "What good place does she have? I just want to be with my sister. Even if we don't have children, Lingrong is willing."

Zhen Huan heard Ling Rong's eagerness to prove her point, waved her hand and smiled, "I just said it casually, sister, don't worry about it. If you really count, there have been heirs born in the palace throughout the dynasties. It's just that these things require the right time, place and people, and they can't be achieved by our meddling alone."

An Lingrong smiled with relief when she realized that Zhen Huan had no other intentions.

Both Zhen Huan and Huanbi have counseled An Lingrong more than once, hoping that she would take care of herself more and not worry too much about what others say. However, she has been like this since she was a child. Although she is trying to avoid it now, she still finds it difficult to stop thinking about it.

As time went by, Zhen Huan and Huan Bi stopped trying to persuade her and just told her to be more careful with her words.

The spring weather is getting warmer day by day. Zhen Huan has been looking for other witnesses or evidence about Liu Bin's incident at that time, so as to clear Sister Mei's injustice.

On this day, a letter came from the Zhen family saying that someone had found Liu Bin’s wife and children in the suburbs of Beijing, mixed in with the fugitives.

Huanbi stood by and listened to Zhen Huan reading the letter, feeling very happy. "Father said that Liu Bin's wife and children have been detained, but they have been infected with the epidemic and are now unconscious."

Before she had time to be happy, Zhen Huan felt a sense of shattered hope.

In recent days, people in many places outside Beijing have suddenly been infected with the epidemic, and many people fall ill every day. I heard that many people in Beijing have also been infected in the past two days.

During the morning court yesterday, a minister was infected with an epidemic. In order to avoid infecting other people, the emperor allowed him to recuperate at home. For a while, people were in a panic and no one could come up with an antidote to treat the epidemic.

"I heard that the emperor summoned ministers and imperial physicians to discuss this matter yesterday, and he did not sleep all night last night."

Just as Zhen Huan finished speaking, Xiao Yunzi came in in a hurry, "Your Majesty, something bad has happened. The epidemic has also been discovered in the palace."

Zhen Huan stood up suddenly in fear, "Which palace?"

"They were from Concubine Hua's palace. I heard they were two maids and a eunuch. They were thrown into a mass grave."

"The person is dead?" Zhen Huan became more and more frightened.

Xiao Yunzi sighed and shook his head, saying, "He was still breathing when we found him, but Concubine Hua was afraid that he would be infected, so she had him taken to a mass grave right away."

Zhen Huan sighed, "If someone had treated them, they might have survived. But what Concubine Hua did is going to kill them." But what they lacked most right now was the prescription.

She frowned and asked again: "Hasn't the Imperial Hospital developed a prescription yet? Even if it can alleviate the symptoms, we can use it as a temporary solution first."

Xiao Yunzi shook her head. "The imperial doctors have been reading medical books and researching prescriptions these past two days, but to no avail. However, the queen has already sent some mugwort and atractylodes to each palace. I think the ones from our palace will arrive soon."

Zhen Huan was anxious, she knew these things would not play much of a role in the face of the epidemic, they could only comfort people.

She rested her right hand on the table and gently stroked her forehead, feeling extremely anxious and worried.

"Where is the emperor now?"

Xiao Yunzi thought for a moment and replied, "The emperor just went to Shoukang Palace to visit the empress dowager. I guess he has returned to Yangxin Palace now."

The emperor had been worried about this matter for the past two days. He must have been anxious and angry, and had not been able to sleep or eat. So she sent Liuzhu to the small kitchen to make some delicious food, and said to Huanbi, "You will accompany me to the Yangxin Palace to see the emperor later."