The Empress Dowager was very concerned about Ouyang Wu. Now that Ye Chonghua was not around, she was afraid that Ouyang Wu would get bored staying in Prince Ning's Mansion all day.
After thinking it over again and again, she was still worried, so she brought Ouyang Wu to the palace and protected her meticulously.
Ouyang Wu always felt that Ye Chonghua's shadow was everywhere when she stayed in Prince Ning's Mansion every day. She missed him more and more, and she was even more uneasy.
Now that she lived in the palace, she could know the situation on the front line faster, so she agreed.
When Ouyang Wu arrived at Fanghua Palace, the Empress Dowager greeted her with a smile on her face. She didn't know why, but she felt that Ouyang Wu was particularly interested in her and liked her very much.
It's just that she was getting thinner, which she didn't like at all. The Queen Mother held Ouyang Wu's hand, looked at her thin face, and said with some distress: "Wu'er, why are you so thin? You must cherish your body, even if not for yourself, but for the baby in your belly."
Ouyang Wu smiled, she could see that the Queen Mother really cared about her, so she nodded and said: "Yes, Wu'er will remember."
But I didn't sleep well these days. Every night, I would open my eyes involuntarily in the middle of the night, and then I would open my eyes to dawn, and I didn't feel sleepy at all.
The Empress Dowager smiled slightly, looking at Ouyang Wu's slightly bulging belly, with loving concern in her eyes. After thinking for a while, she remembered her other pregnant granddaughter-in-law and said with a smile: "Minxuan's child is about to be born. She is weak. I wonder how she is now."
Ouyang Wu thought of the third imperial concubine Zhao Minxuan, whom she had not seen for a long time, and smiled: "Then wait until Wu'er is ready, and then go to see Minxuan."
She liked this once courageous general's descendant very much. She used to go to see her before, but now she has a lot of things to do, and seeing that she is being taken care of by the imperial physician, she neglected it.
The two were talking and laughing, and Yang Ma, who was close to them, came over in a hurry. Her face was not good. She looked at Ouyang Wu with some hesitation, and said a few words to the Empress Dowager's ear because of her belly.
Ouyang Wu looked at Yang Ma curiously, but saw that the Empress Dowager's face suddenly darkened and her brows were tightly frowned.
After the nanny stepped aside, the empress dowager sighed heavily and said "Amitabha".
Ouyang Wu couldn't help but ask, "Grandmother, what happened?"
The empress dowager looked at Ouyang Wu and was also a little hesitant. After hesitating for a while, she said, "Minxuan just gave birth."
Ouyang Wu was immediately happy, but when she saw the empress dowager's dark face, her heart skipped a beat.
"But, it was a dead fetus." The empress dowager uttered these words with difficulty. The third prince still had no offspring. Finally, Zhao Minxuan became pregnant and gave birth to a child, but this happened.
Ouyang Wu's eyes flashed with surprise. Even though she was busy with her own affairs during this period and had no time to visit Zhao Minxuan, she had often checked Zhao Minxuan's pulse before, and the baby in her belly was very healthy. She also followed her pregnancy-preserving prescription, so how could she give birth to a dead fetus?
Unless someone had done something wrong.
Ouyang Wu was anxious and worried, so she stood up in a hurry: "Grandmother, Wu'er wants to go see Minxuan."
The Queen Mother was unwilling at first: "Wu'er, you should avoid this kind of thing."
"Wu'er is a doctor, so she has no such taboo. Minxuan is weak now, so I'll take a look for her, so that she won't be upset."
The Queen Mother sighed, and sent someone to follow Ouyang Wu to the Third Prince's Mansion, while she took the rosary and started chanting. Third Prince's Mansion.
Today's sky is gray, just like the atmosphere of the Third Prince's Mansion, low and gloomy.
Ye Feili's heart was like a turmoil at this time, lost, depressed and angry!
His child was supposed to be born in a month, but his wife suddenly had unbearable abdominal pain because of premature birth. He hurriedly called the midwife and the imperial physician. In his nervousness and expectation, he was told that his child died at birth.
When he saw the baby in the swaddling clothes with a pale face and no breath, he almost fainted!
How could the child he had been waiting for, the child he had been waiting for for so long, just disappear like this?
At this moment, his mind could not help but emerge with Zhao Minxuan's pale face and weak shouting: "Someone has touched my food!"
"Come on, bring up the kitchen people!" Ye Feili's handsome face flushed at this moment, "And investigate this matter thoroughly!"
Soon, several servants in the kitchen were brought over and knelt in front of Ye Feili.
The bowl of soup that Zhao Minxuan had used at noon was not finished yet. The imperial physician examined it and said to Ye Feili: "There is nothing special about it, but someone added a small amount of crabapple flowers."
"What?" Ye Feili looked at the imperial physician in disbelief. Few people knew that Zhao Minxuan was allergic to crabapple flowers. She would feel dizzy and convulsed when she smelled crabapple flowers.
Begonia flowers are non-toxic and have a light taste. If they are ground into powder and added to the diet in small amounts, they will naturally not be discovered. So, this time, Minxuan's premature birth and stillbirth are related to the begonia flowers?
He even asked Minxuan to eat more!
There was a flash of guilt in his eyes. So... who wanted to kill Minxuan? !
When Ouyang Wu arrived, he saw Ye Feili clenching his fists tightly, and his eyes were almost on fire. There were several servants kneeling in front of him. He shouted loudly: "Tell me, who asked you to harm the third imperial concubine?"
The people kneeling in front of him trembled and said, "No, I didn't want to harm the third imperial concubine!"
Ye Feili said: "Who made that bowl of soup?"
"It was the servant..." The head cook stuttered, shaking violently.
Ye Feili was so angry that he kicked her hard: "Bitch, the Third Imperial Concubine behaved like this because she ate the food you cooked. Did you put the crabapple flowers in it? Who instructed you to do that?"
The cook kowtowed heavily to the Third Prince: "Please spare me, Third Prince! How could I harm the Imperial Concubine... By the way, when the soup was finished, the housekeeper asked me to go out. I guess the bad guys put the crabapple flowers in it at that time! I was framed!"
The cook kowtowed desperately, and her forehead bled.
Ouyang Wu's eyes were so deep that she was about to ask something, but she heard a woman crying. She turned around and saw Liu, who was wearing delicate makeup, standing beside Ye Feili. Her innocent eyes like a little deer were red from crying, and crystal tears fell from her eyes drop by drop.
She pointed at the servants on the ground, and her voice was a bit shrill and harsh: "Your Highness, you must investigate this matter thoroughly. It's all the fault of these servants. They have implicated the baby in my sister's belly!"
It was obviously a weak voice, but there was a hint of ferocity on her face.
Her face, as white as porcelain, was full of tear marks, and her makeup was all over with tears. She looked so pitiful and delicate that if you didn't know, you would think she was the one who lost the child.
Ye Feili saw Liu crying like this, and a look of pity appeared in his eyes.
He held Liu, who was almost crying and fell over, in his arms, comforted her again and again, and then shouted: "Come on, investigate this matter immediately! Lock up these people!"
The cook continued to kowtow: "Spare my life, spare my life, Third Prince, spare my life!"
Several guards came in immediately and locked up the cook.
Ouyang Wu frowned tightly. This matter was not just that simple. It was just that she couldn't interfere in other people's family affairs now. Her eyes were sharp, and she couldn't help but look at Liu who was crying in Ye Feili's arms. She wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said with a sad face: "Why is my sister so miserable? A good child died at birth. What should my sister do..." Her soft face was pale and she cried like a pear blossom in the rain. Ye Feili was angry, but she couldn't help but calm down a little. Seeing her pitiful appearance, he hugged her in his arms and comforted her in a low voice: "Okay, don't cry and hurt yourself." Liu buried her head in Ye Feili's chest. She looked pitiful, but in fact, she concealed a trace of success at the corner of her lips. She hated the child in Zhao Minxuan's belly for a long time, but she had no way to get rid of this child. Since knowing that Zhao was allergic to crabapple, she had been looking for ways to deal with her. Whether it was making sachets or other things, she had never had a chance.
After thinking for a long time, she bribed the kitchen maid to put ground crabapple flowers in.
Because the soup of the meal was very strong, it covered the original taste of the crabapple flowers, and because it was non-toxic, even if you were careful with silver needles every meal, it would not change color.
The effect of these crabapple petals was very good. Zhao had just eaten a few times and had an attack like today, with constant abdominal pain, and the baby she gave birth to was naturally a dead baby.
She had promised her a generous amount of silver, and the maid would never give herself up, because soon, she would no longer be in this world. This plan was flawless, and no one else knew about it. Even if other cooks continued to interrogate, there would be no results.
The more Liu thought about it, the more proud she was. Finally, she got rid of the child in Zhao's belly, whom she was most afraid of. From now on, she would be more honored and favored. Liu, who was lost in thought, felt a sharp gaze staring at her. She looked up and saw Ouyang Wu leaning against the door, looking at her with cold eyes.
"Princess Ning, are you here to see my sister?" Liu covered her tears with a handkerchief, "My sister is so pitiful."
Ye Feili then noticed Ouyang Wu, who had already arrived. She saw that Ouyang Wu's expression was indifferent, and her eyes were emotionless. She slowly said, "I'm here to see Minxuan."
Ouyang Wu felt that every time she came to the Third Prince's Mansion, she could see this little white lotus performing, and she felt a little unhappy. She had a hunch that this matter was also related to Liu.
Ouyang Wu walked into the room and saw Zhao Minxuan lying quietly on the bed with her eyes closed, as if she had fainted. There were two lines of tears on her pale face, and a trace of resentment. Her hands were clenched and pulled tightly, and her nails were deeply embedded in the flesh. She was unwilling!
Ouyang Wu looked at Zhao Minxuan and felt very distressed.
To force such a strong woman to this point, how much hurt she had suffered!
She sat beside Zhao Minxuan's bed involuntarily, slowly spread her hands, felt her pulse, and sighed. She was fine.
But, the child, whom she had been taking care of, was gone in the end...
Ouyang Wu did not wait for Zhao Minxuan to wake up, and prepared to return to the palace first, but she did not expect to hear the news that the cook had hanged herself when she left!
Not long after Ouyang Wu left, Zhao Minxuan woke up. As soon as she woke up, she felt pain in her abdomen and weakness all over her body, and could hardly get up!
The maid at the side whispered: "The Third Imperial Concubine, Nanny Bai was beaten to death!"
"What?" Zhao Minxuan looked at her in disbelief. Nanny Bai was someone she brought from her mother's home. She was the kitchen manager and took care of her diet. How could she just die?
The maid told the whole story: "The Third Prince said that it was because of Nanny Bai that..."
At this moment, Zhao Minxuan thought of Nanny Bai, who was loyal to her, being beaten to death, and her own child who died young and had no breath when he was born. She felt a surge of anger, burning away her only rationality!
It must be that bitch Liu who did something to kill her child and Nanny Bai.
Zhao Minxuan struggled to get up with all her strength, got off the bed, grabbed the scissors on the table beside her that she usually used for needlework, and stumbled out of the house holding the table door.
As soon as she left the room, she saw Ye Feili and Liu in the outer hall. Liu was leaning on Ye Feili's arms, crying, "My sister is so pitiful. The child died at birth..."
"How could God treat my sister like this..."
"Wuwuwuwu, Feibai, what do you think my sister should do after suffering such a big blow?"
Ye Feili patted her back gently and coaxed her blindly. Looking at this affectionate couple and thinking of her own child who died young, Zhao Minxuan felt The fire started from her feet and ignited every part of her body. She rushed towards Liu, shouting: "Bitch, give me my child back!"
Liu looked up and saw Zhao Minxuan rushing towards her with scissors. Her face turned pale and she shrank into Ye Feili's arms. She seemed to be terribly scared. She cried very sadly: "Sister, sister, what's wrong with you?"
Ye Feili was also shocked and subconsciously grabbed Zhao Minxuan and said: "Minxuan, what happened to you? What happened?"
Zhao Minxuan's face was distorted, and she struggled hard, but she was too weak to break free, so she said: "It was her, this bitch, who killed my child! She must have done it! She also killed Nanny Bai!"
Ye Feili looked back at Liu in surprise, but saw that Liu was crying very aggrievedly, with tears all over her face: "Prince, sister hated me to begin with, and thought you loved me more. Now she is sick because of missing her son, and she must be blaming me for everything..."
What Zhao Minxuan hated most was Liu's weak appearance. She could tolerate it on weekdays, but now she was even more angry. She pointed at her and said, "Shut up! Don't be hypocritical. My child was killed by you! Today I will make you pay for my child's life!"
"Enough!" Ye Feili was furious and pushed Zhao out: "If you are not feeling well, just lie down in bed. Why are you going crazy?"
How could he believe that Liu, who was usually kind, would do such a thing.
She was so fragile and kind. Zhao lost her child, and she cried like this. His heart was broken.
Now he just felt that Zhao Minxuan was unreasonable and maybe crazy.
Zhao Minxuan was weak to begin with. She was just relying on anger to hold on. Now Ye Feili threw her to the cold ground with great force.
It was raining outside, the ground was wet and cold, Zhao Minxuan wanted to get up, but the rain washed her face, her limbs were weak, and she fell to the ground.
Liu screamed and rushed forward: "Sister, is it my fault? I shouldn't make you angry, sister, sister, what's wrong with you, what's wrong with you?"
Liu just felt that the woman in front of her was so annoying, and she wanted to kill her, but she couldn't hold on any longer, and she fainted in front of her eyes.
She just felt so cold...
So cold...
After Ouyang Wu went back, she told the Empress Dowager about Zhao Minxuan's situation, and then she was silent, as if she felt uncomfortable in her heart.
The Empress Dowager looked at Ouyang Wu and sighed. She should not have let her go if she had known.
Not long after Ouyang Wu sat down, the nanny came in anxiously again. This time, she ignored Ouyang Wu and said directly: "Something happened to the third imperial concubine!"
Ouyang Wu couldn't help but straighten up and said: "What's going on?"
"I don't know the specific situation. The imperial physician only said that the third prince's concubine is on the verge of death." The nanny replied.
"What?" Ouyang Wu was shocked and angry, "What's going on?"
But she was thinking in her heart, could it be that Bai Lianhua has set her sights on Zhao Minxuan again? Is she so impatient? ! When Ouyang Wu arrived, Zhao was lying on the bed unconscious, looking extremely weak.
Ouyang Wu walked to the bedside in two quick steps. After feeling Zhao Minxuan's pulse, she looked a little relieved. She had just given birth. She was still in confinement. Since she was exposed to the wind and the cold air entered her body, she was in such a state. If she was not treated in time, something might happen.
Ouyang Wu took out spring water and gave Zhao Minxuan some to drive away the cold. Then he ordered the servants to bring ginger soup. After feeding Zhao Minxuan, Zhao Minxuan woke up faintly. Ouyang Wu looked at her pale face and was worried. He ordered people to boil the medicine according to her prescription.
Ouyang Wu saw that she was lifeless, her eyes were dull, and she seemed to have no attachment to life. She couldn't help but hold her hand tightly and said, "Minxuan, why do you make things so difficult for yourself?" Zhao Minxuan grinned dryly, as if there was a vortex in her eyes that swallowed up her life. Her voice was very mechanical: "I just want to kill that bitch and let her be buried with me! My child was clearly killed by her. My child has always been so healthy. I can feel his heartbeat and his breathing. How could he suddenly disappear?" "Do you know how much effort I put into this child? I don't care if it's a boy. The child is still a girl, I just want it to accompany me... But he is gone like this, Wu'er, do you know how painful I am now? "
Ouyang Wu also understood in her heart, but there was no evidence, so she couldn't move this little flower at all. She felt helpless and whispered: "Children... There will always be one."
"I look forward to it every time, and then I am disappointed. Now I don't want to think about it anymore." Zhao Minxuan's voice gradually became low, "It's a luxury to think about it again."
Ouyang Wu looked at her eyes and wanted to say something, but suddenly felt that his eyes went black. He held his head with one hand and came back to his senses after a long while.
Zhao Minxuan noticed that something was wrong with Ouyang Wu. Even though she was no longer interested in life, she still cared about Ouyang Wu, who really cared about her.
"What's wrong with you, Wu'er?" Zhao Minxuan looked at her with concern.
Ouyang Wu shook her head and closed her eyes tiredly. She felt better and waved her hand, saying, "I'm fine."
Looking at the concern in Zhao Minxuan's eyes and the lifeless look, she felt a little scared and said, "Minxuan, please accompany me to stay with the Empress Dowager for a few days, so that I can help you recuperate."
Zhao Minxuan hated the Third Prince's Mansion now.
After Ouyang Wu proposed this idea, Zhao Minxuan agreed.
Ye Feili was unwilling at first. The Third Prince's Concubine had to live somewhere else right after giving birth. If this got out, it would be a disgrace to the Third Prince's Mansion!
Ouyang Wu didn't let him refuse at all. She just said that Zhao Minxuan was weak and she wanted to take care of her nearby. This was also the Queen Mother's intention.
Ye Feili heard that it was the Queen Mother's intention and could only agree reluctantly.
The Empress Dowager's Fanghua Palace has never allowed outsiders to live there. If it weren't for Ouyang Wu, Zhao Minxuan would not have had the opportunity to live here. Zhao Minxuan was well taken care of by the Empress Dowager, and because of Ouyang Wu's care and company, her health gradually improved, but she was full of sorrow all day long.
Ye Feili was a little sad that Zhao Minxuan's child was gone. That was also his child. These days, he had been living a bit unpleasantly. But before he could get over the pain of losing his child, a piece of good news washed away his pain these days.
Liu was pregnant. After the imperial physician confirmed the news, he was extremely happy. The sorrow of the past few days was washed away by the news, and his face was full of joy.
He couldn't help but think of Ouyang Wu. She was now living in Fanghua Palace. Why not let her check Liu's pulse and tell the Empress Dowager the good news.
As soon as this idea came up, Ye Feili immediately took action and took Liu to the palace.
After getting off the carriage, Ye Feili led Liu to the road to Fanghua Palace. Seeing Fanghua Palace in front of them, Liu pulled Ye Feili's sleeve. Ye Feili turned around and saw Liu's sad face, frowning beautifully.
She couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
Liu hesitated and said, "Princess Ning seems to dislike me. What if she looks down on me as a concubine and refuses to check my pulse?"
Ye Feili touched her nose and smiled, "She dare not! She is the daughter of the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Kingdom. Why should she look down on you? If she looks down on you, she is looking down on me!"
Ye Feili looked arrogant, paused and continued, "Now that you are pregnant, if she doesn't treat you, I will let the Royal Grandmother punish her."
After hearing this, Liu smiled coquettishly beside him, as bright as a flower: "Feili, you are so good to me."
It was her honor to be able to call him by his name.