In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

The retired emperor was shocked, and before he could react, the emperor crawled into the queen's palace.

He didn't know what to do for a moment and rolled directly onto the threshold of the Queen's Palace, falling flat on his face.

Touching the cold white jade steps in the palace, the autumn day was chilly and the hot weather had passed, leaving only a biting chill.

The emperor felt as if someone had dug a piece of his heart out...

The Queen is not like the white moonlight to me, but she has been by my side for so many years. Even if there is no love, there is still kinship.

The two of them treated each other with respect...or that's what the emperor thought. He and the empress had never had a quarrel.

That is, during the period before the queen's death, the emperor felt that the queen had become a different person and had shown all her temper.

But the emperor didn't think she did anything wrong. Instead, he felt even more guilty.

It turned out that it was his own existence that made the queen so embarrassed; it turned out that it was the existence of the palace that made the queen so unfree.

If he had known this, he would have set the queen free.

The emperor was filled with regret. He didn't get up and just lay on the ground.

The palace maids and eunuchs around him hurried forward to help the emperor up.

But the emperor didn't get up at all. He just lay quietly on the ground, as if he had gone crazy.

Until the retired emperor slowly came over and said to the emperor, "Let's go."

"It's time to go to the palace... and see the queen."

"After watching the Queen, the death knell will ring."

Hearing this, the emperor was stunned and burst into tears.

Helped up by the retired emperor, they staggered into the bedroom.

The emperor saw the prince and Bai Lu sitting in front of the queen's carved bed, and Bai Lu was taking the queen's pulse.

Several imperial doctors were kneeling on the ground, Hongying was kneeling there crying, while the other palace maids and eunuchs were kneeling outside the hall.

It was not convenient for the retired emperor to enter, so the emperor simply swung the pearl curtain in the palace, walked around the flower and bird screen made of golden nanmu wood inlaid with Shu brocade, entered the inner room, and asked with a pale face.

"Queen, why didn't you see me for the last time...you just left..."

"Can't you wait that long?"

"It's my fault... If I had come a quarter of an hour earlier... I would have been able to see you. Why?"

"Why..." He knelt on the ground and cried loudly.

Seeing him like this, Bai Lu looked up at the emperor, feeling surprised and confused.

The prince also knelt on the ground and began to cry.

Seeing the two crying, the palace maids, eunuchs and imperial doctors all burst into tears. The emperor also cried loudly: "If I had known this would happen, I would not have married you..."

"If you hadn't been so involved in the intrigues and schemes in the palace, I'm afraid you wouldn't have died so young..."

"How old are you? Queen, you don't want your children anymore? How am I going to explain this to them in the future if you abandon them like this?"

"You haven't seen your children get engaged yet, you haven't seen the Crown Prince have a little grandson, you haven't seen the Crown Prince ascend the throne..."

"Queen..." the emperor sobbed. He covered his eyes and everything in front of him was blurry.

They cried for a long time, but Bai Lu didn't move.

She took the patient's pulse carefully, and after a moment of contemplation, she fed a pill directly to the queen.

It melted in her mouth. Bai Lu went straight over and performed CPR on her, pressing hard.

It wasn't long before she had a pulse.

Beside them, the emperor and his men were crying loudly, and the retired emperor had already sent people to ring the funeral bell, only to see Bai Lu being "extremely disrespectful" to the queen's body.

Hongying was shocked and hurried to stop him, saying in panic: "My Lord, you must not do this..."

"The Queen has passed away. We must lay her to rest properly. How dare you desecrate her body? This is a serious crime!"

"Yes, what are you doing?" Several maids in the Queen's palace were very angry and rushed forward to scold Bai Lu, "Even if you are the current marquis, we can't bear to see you treat our Queen like this!!"

Seeing that they were all very angry, Bai Lu said to them calmly, "The Queen is not dead, she just had a cardiac arrest. We just need to give her some pills to restart her heart."

"In fact, when the heart stops, it is not true death. Brain death is the real death, but most people don't understand it."

Therefore, in ancient times, there was a saying that someone would stay for 7 days, because some people would pretend to be dead and then suddenly come back to life.

After hearing this, everyone probably understood, and they were all surprised: "Ah, the Queen is not dead!"

Several imperial doctors broke out in cold sweat, which was a bit embarrassing.

Because the Imperial Hospital had always felt that the Queen was in poor health and would die sooner or later... and now her heart was stopping, each of them went up to feel the Queen's pulse, but there was none.

I dared to touch my hand, but it was completely cold and had no warmth at all.

They thought the queen was really dead.

After hearing what Bai Lu said, the emperor immediately raised his sleeves and hit the imperial doctors, saying to them, "Go forward and touch it."

Several imperial physicians nodded quickly, and one of them even crawled forward to feel the queen's pulse.

He placed the handkerchief on the queen's wrist and felt it carefully. He nodded in surprise and joy: "Huh? Really... there really is a pulse!"

Several imperial doctors took turns to feel the queen's pulse and found that there was nothing wrong with her. They immediately said with surprise.

"Alas, it's true, the Queen is really not dead."

"oops!!!"

Hearing this, everyone was overjoyed.

The prince didn't even have time to wipe his tears before he rushed over and hugged the queen and cried bitterly.

The emperor was so happy that he jumped up and said to the palace servants who were about to ring the funeral bell, "Go and call them back quickly. It will be disastrous if the funeral bell is rung."

The Emperor also laughed heartily. He sat on a chair in the inner room and said solemnly to Bai Lu through the screen, "Bai Lu, if you can rescue the Queen, we will definitely reward you handsomely. Please treat her well."

Bai Lu nodded, then carefully felt the Queen's pulse and said to everyone, "I suspected our Queen might have been poisoned. You know... if I left any medicine, it wouldn't be useless."

"Now I realize my suspicions were correct. The Queen was indeed poisoned. I wonder what she's been eating recently, and what she's been eating for a long time."

"..."

After hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Then, Hongying looked up at Bailu a little embarrassedly and said, "This...you have to know that it's impossible to eat it for a long time."

"The Queen's diet is changed daily. It can't be the same twice a day. This is to prevent anyone from ingesting substances they've been taking for a long time. We're naturally vigilant!"

"Also, the incense and clothes in the Queen's room are frequently changed and washed. They are all checked by this servant personally, so there will be no mistakes."

"..."

After hearing what Hongying said, everyone fell into deep thought for a moment.

What happened? Why did the Queen become like this?

"But... there is one thing you need to eat for a long time." Hongying changed the subject. She looked up and glanced at Bailu quietly, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

"What's wrong? Just tell me directly." Bai Lu frowned. "Hongying, don't play tricks."

Then the emperor said in a cold voice: "If you don't tell me, I will drag you out."

Hongying knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face. She said with sweat dripping down her face, "This... I dare not be mysterious, but I really dare not say it directly! I beg Your Majesty and the Emperor to save my life."

Hearing this, the emperor nodded and said impatiently: "No matter who it is, just point it out, and I will definitely save your life."

The Crown Prince nodded and said in a cold voice, "I understand your concerns. You are afraid that your mother will die and you will be expelled from the palace. You will have no one to support you, so you dare not speak directly."

"I'm putting this before you now. If anything happens to our mother, you'll be a court lady in my East Palace. If you don't tell me, I'll have no choice but to expel you from the palace."

"If the mastermind knew what you knew, he might just kill you...who knows."

Hongying knelt on the ground and kowtowed continuously, until her head bled, and then she spoke in a trembling voice.

"The only thing I take long-term is the pills given by our Lord Bai..."

The air suddenly became as silent as death...

The emperor was stunned.

The emperor was also stunned.

The prince was also stunned.

Bai Lu raised her eyebrows and laughed: "Oh?"

"So...the pills I gave you are the ones you're taking long-term?"

"Then tell me in detail, what effect did the pills I gave her have after she took them?"

Hongying quickly said, "This... This servant did not doubt you, Lord! You should know that it is also possible that someone has framed you."

Bai Lu nodded thoughtfully.

The emperor said the same thing: "Yes, let's listen to her first."

The emperor frowned and muttered in a low voice: "How could it be Bai Lu!"

"You have to know that the Queen is Bai Lu's aunt. How could Bai Lu possibly attack her own people?!"

But he paused after saying this.

You know, the Queen also took action against Bai Lu...so no matter what, this is possible.

The prince lowered his head and said nothing.

Then Hongying said slowly, "Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince, Lord Bai... The Empress was seriously ill at first, but after being treated by Lord Bai, she has recovered a lot..."

"The Queen's complexion has improved, and she is much more energetic and spirited than before. She is truly radiant, and we feel happy just looking at her!"

"But gradually, the Empress became more and more addicted to the drug. After taking it... the side effects became increasingly severe. Eventually, it became no longer a good medicine, but poison! If she skipped it for a day, her face would turn sallow, and after two days, she would go insane. We had no choice but to insist on giving it to the Empress."

"The Empress took more and more, and the medicine ran out quickly. The people in the Imperial Hospital couldn't make up a prescription for that medicine... We thought about asking you to make some more, but you were at the border at the time... We couldn't do anything... and that's how it ended."

After hearing what Hongying said, the emperor pointed directly at the people in the Imperial Hospital and said, "Let them come out and talk."

The people in the Imperial Hospital nodded and said, "Miss Hongying is right. She is not exaggerating. It is all true."

"We later tried to make a prescription based on that medicine... but we couldn't make it at all!"

"No matter how I mix it, it won't produce the desired effect! The Stretching Legs and Staring Eyes Pills probably contain some of our Marquis's own secret ingredients. We can only ask the Marquis to come back and mix it himself."

The emperor pondered for a while and then said, "Can you please leave a sample of the medicine?"

Upon hearing this, Hongying immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly to the Retired Emperor, the Emperor, and the others, and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince... It's not that I don't want to keep a sample... Logically speaking, we always keep a backup of the medicine we take internally. There will definitely be some residue or part of the medicine soup left over, and we always keep a sample!"

"Like what Lord Bai gave... Even though they are relatives of the Empress, they are not exempt from this rule. This is the ancestral rule!"

"We kept one pill of the medicine. No matter how much the Empress felt bad and asked for it, we refused to give it to her!"

"But the Queen somehow managed to find it after rummaging through boxes and drawers, and ate it straight away!"

"When the Empress wakes up and asks her about this matter, she will definitely remember it! Please forgive this unintentional mistake of yours, His Majesty the Emperor, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."

Hearing this, the Emperor nodded. Seeing the girl kowtowed, he sighed and said, "Forget it, get up. Your head is swollen from kowtows all the time. I didn't do anything to you, but you scared yourself to death."

Hongying breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this and stood up immediately.

Then the Emperor said to Bai Lu in a deep voice, "Don't worry about anything else for now. Help the Queen to remove the poison from her body and let her wake up first."

"Otherwise, being critically ill three times a day wouldn't be a big deal."

Bai Lu nodded and prescribed a few decoctions for the queen, and also upgraded the Leg-Stretching and Eye-Staring Pills.

While the retired emperor and the crown prince went out to discuss countermeasures, he stuffed one into the queen's mouth.

Not long after, the queen woke up.

In the afternoon, the queen was able to sit up and eat by herself.

The queen, who could only eat half a bowl of porridge a day, became very hungry after taking Bailu's medicine. She ate a bowl of rice, several pieces of five-spice abalone and chicken gizzard stew, a large bowl of water shield and silver carp soup, and two pieces of fragrant rice and soft lotus seed paste cake.