Rebirth of the Princess Pearl

In the palace, everyone was still busy preparing for various preventive matters after the emperor recovered, and the days passed quietly in seemingly calmness.

On this day, Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei were playing with Ruixuan in the imperial garden. Xiaoyanzi was holding a small rattle, which made Ruixuan giggle.

"Oh, look at this little guy, he's laughing so happily!" said Little Swallow with a smile on her face.

Ziwei also smiled and nodded, "Yes, I really hope I can always be so peaceful and happy."

As he was talking, a young eunuch came running over and reported anxiously, "Girls, it's bad! The Queen is sick and is lying in bed and can't get up. The Emperor has already rushed over and asked me to ask you to go and see her!"

When Xiaoyanzi heard this, her eyes widened and she said in surprise, "Ah? How could the Queen be sick? This is terrible! Come on, Ziwei, let's go and take a look!"

Ziwei also looked worried and quickly responded, "Okay, let's go!"

The two of them took Ruixuan and hurried to the queen's bedroom.

When they arrived at the bedroom, they saw the emperor sitting beside the bed, looking at the pale queen lying on the bed with concern.

Xiaoyanzi stepped forward and asked anxiously, "Father Emperor, what happened to the Empress? Why did she suddenly fall ill?"

The emperor frowned and said solemnly, "I'm not sure either. I just came here and the imperial doctors are treating him inside."

Soon, the imperial doctors came out from the inner room, all with solemn expressions.

Yongqi also rushed over at this time. He asked hurriedly: "Imperial Physician, how is the Queen's condition? What's going on?"

The leading imperial physician sighed and said, "Your Highness, ladies, the Queen's illness is strange. Our preliminary diagnosis is that she has been poisoned by some kind of chronic poison, but this poison is very rare. We are unable to determine what kind of poison it is at the moment, and there is no effective treatment for the time being."

"What? Poisoned?" Xiaoyanzi screamed, "How is this possible? Who is so bold as to poison the Queen?"

Ziwei also said angrily: "It must be the work of those evil forces! They failed to attack the emperor, so they turned their target to the queen. It's so hateful!"

The emperor's face was gloomy, and he said angrily: "No matter who it is, if they dare to poison people in the palace, I will not let them off easily! We must thoroughly investigate this matter and find out who is behind it!"

Yongqi nodded and said, "Father, I will arrange for someone to investigate the Empress's diet and daily life. We must get to the bottom of it!"

After saying this, Yongqi hurried away to arrange the investigation.

Xiaoyanzi walked to the Queen's bedside, gently held her hand, and said in a tearful voice: "My Queen, you must get better! If anything happens to you, what will we do?"

The queen opened her eyes slightly and said weakly: "Xiaoyanzi... Ziwei... I don't know how... it became like this... cough cough..."

Ziwei also stepped forward and said softly, "Don't worry, Queen, the imperial doctors will definitely find a way to cure you, so just rest assured and recuperate."

At this time, Nan'er also came with Dong'er.

As soon as Nan'er entered the room, she shouted, "Grandpa Emperor, Grandma Queen, we are here! Grandma Queen, why are you sick?"

Dong Er also said, "Yes, Queen Grandma, you must get better soon. We are still waiting for you to take us out to play."

The queen forced a smile and said, "Children... I feel much better because of your kindness..."

Just as everyone was anxiously waiting around the Queen's bed, a palace maid ran in and said, "Your Majesty, Princes, and Princesses, this is bad! There is another group of people making trouble outside the palace gate. They say they want to go into the palace to look for someone, and they keep saying it's related to the Queen's illness!"

When everyone heard this, their faces changed.

Little Swallow jumped up angrily and shouted, "Humph! It's these bad guys again! They must be the ones behind this. How dare they come and cause trouble? I'll beat the crap out of them!"

Ziwei quickly grabbed Xiaoyanzi and said, "Xiaoyanzi, don't be impulsive. We don't know the specific situation yet. We have to find out first. Don't act rashly."

The emperor stood up and said solemnly, "Let's go out and take a look. I want to see what these people are trying to do. How dare they come and cause trouble at this time!"

So everyone followed the emperor to the palace gate.

When we arrived at the palace gate, we saw a group of people in strange costumes standing there making a lot of noise.

The emperor stepped forward and asked loudly, "Who are you? Why are you making trouble here? And you said it's related to the Queen's illness. What's going on?"

The middle-aged man in the lead stepped forward, bowed slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, we are from the Spirit Snake Cult. We heard that the Queen was ill and we know the reason, so we came to help. As long as Your Majesty agrees to one of our conditions, we can cure the Queen's illness."

Yongqi frowned and shouted, "Humph! You guys suddenly showed up and said you can cure diseases. Who would believe your lies? You must have ulterior motives. Tell me, what do you want to do?"

The middle-aged man said calmly, "Your Highness, we are not lying. The Queen's illness is indeed caused by a special poison of our religion, but we have an antidote. As long as the Emperor agrees to let us enter and leave the palace freely and allow us to preach, we will offer the antidote."

"Bah! You wish!" Xiaoyanzi cursed, "You must be trying to take advantage of this opportunity to cause trouble in the palace, and you even want to preach. Dream on!"

Ziwei also said angrily: "Your Majesty, you must not agree to them. They must have bad intentions. This may be another conspiracy!"

The emperor's face turned pale, and he said angrily: "You traitors, how dare you use the Queen's illness to threaten me, how audacious! Even if the Queen's illness is incurable, I will not agree to your unreasonable demands!"

Seeing the emperor's firm attitude, the middle-aged man's face changed slightly and he said, "Your Majesty, please don't regret it. The longer you delay the queen's illness, the harder it will be to cure. By then, it will be too late for you."

Yongqi stepped forward, drew his sword, pointed at the middle-aged man, and shouted, "If you dare to threaten the emperor again, I will chop you down right now!"

The middle-aged man took a few steps back in fear, but still said stubbornly: "Humph! You will regret your decision today, let's go!"

After saying that, the group of people left in disgrace.

Little Swallow looked at their departing backs and said angrily, "Humph! These bad guys will definitely not let us off. We better be careful!"

Yong Qi nodded and said, "That's right. It seems that there is something fishy behind the Queen's illness. Those forces must be causing trouble again. We must speed up the investigation and find out the truth to cure the Queen's illness!"

Ziwei also said: "Yes, and we must continue to strengthen the palace's preventive measures and not let them take advantage of the opportunity again."

The emperor looked at everyone and said solemnly, "You are right, my dear ministers. The Queen's illness is related to the stability of the palace. We must go all out to cure the Queen's illness and find out the mastermind behind it. We must not let these treacherous people succeed!"

Everyone responded in unison: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

In the days that followed, Yongqi led his men to the palace to carefully investigate the Queen's diet and daily life, trying to find clues to the poisoning. Ziwei, Xiaoyanzi and others stayed by the Queen's bed, accompanied her, comforted her, and hoped that she would recover soon. The palace's preventive measures were also further strengthened. Everyone was wary of whether those ill-intentioned forces would stir up trouble again. No one knew how the storm surrounding the Queen's illness would end. All they knew was that everyone was working hard to protect the palace and their loved ones.