Most of the princesses in the Qing Dynasty needed to marry off to foreign countries.

As a mother, you should always think long-term for your children.

Even though Zhaoyue is only one year old now, Nian Shilan has already thought about her future. She only wants to pave a way for her to marry in the capital. She doesn't want her to go to a foreign marriage, where she will be separated from her husband and never have the chance for mother and daughter to meet again in this life.

"Mother~" Qingran did not answer, but called out incoherently. Her lotus-root-like hand swung and grabbed one of Nian Shilan's fingers and was about to put it into her mouth.

The childish and naive action made Nian Shilan's eyebrows and eyes soften. She pulled her hand back helplessly and said angrily, "You put everything in your mouth."

While everyone here was having fun, Suiyuxuan was in dire straits, and the air seemed to be frozen.

Before Yinzhen arrived, the imperial physician had already treated Chun Changzai, but unfortunately, Chun Changzai accidentally ate food containing safflower, which caused her to bleed profusely, and the fetus, which was less than three months old, was miscarried.

Chun Changzai fainted, and the imperial physician urgently prescribed her a life-saving medicine, which was boiled by a palace maid and poured into Chun Changzai's mouth.

After coaxing Longyue to sleep, Zhen Huan hurried over to look at Chun Changzai. Seeing her lying unconscious on the bed, Zhen Huan instantly recalled her previous miscarriage.

Hearing the chanting of the Emperor's arrival, Zhen Huan composed herself, trying to make her expression less grim. She bowed softly, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."

"Get up."

No matter how anxious Yinzhen was, he did not ignore Zhen Huan. He pulled her up with one hand and looked at Chun Changzai on the bed together.

When Sister Mei fell into the water and fainted, Zhen Huan did the same thing, and was affectionate with the emperor in the bedroom.

After taking the medicine, Concubine Chun woke up and saw Zhen Huan and the Emperor holding hands. She was overwhelmed with grief. Her child was gone, but Sister Zhen was only concerned with the Emperor's affection. She felt wronged and uncomfortable. Tears fell from her dry eyes again, and she choked and said:

"Your Majesty, my child is gone..."

Yinzhen had just let go of Zhen Huan's hand. Chun Changzai's pale face looked very much like Zhen Huan's when she had a miscarriage. Even though Yinzhen didn't like Chun Changzai, he still felt pity for her.

Alas, Chun Changzai is good friends with Wanpin after all.

Thinking of this, Yinzhen sat down and patted Chun Changzai's hand, with a touch of moving pity in his eyes. He didn't know whether he was comforting Chun Er or the then Wanpin:

"I have already sent someone to investigate, and I will definitely give you an explanation."

Zhen Huan was infected by the atmosphere, and she felt really sorry for Chun Er. With tears in her eyes, she whispered to Chun Er:

"Chun'er, take good care of yourself. You will have children in the future."

"Your Majesty, Sister Zhen, Chun'er suddenly had a stomachache for some reason, and then I found bleeding, and then..."

Zhen Huan's comfort made Chun Changzai cry even harder. She threw herself into the emperor's arms, her petite body almost melting into his arms, leaving only her back trembling because of crying, which made her even more pitiful.

Yinzhen took the opportunity to hug Chun Changzai to comfort her, with a gloomy look on his face. He had already sent Su Peisheng to investigate. If he found out that the Queen was involved this time, he would definitely punish the Queen and give an explanation to Wanpin... and Chun Changzai.

After receiving the emperor's order, Su Peisheng did not dare to neglect it. He personally supervised the imperial physician and others to carefully check the meals that Chun Changzai had eaten today.

However, nothing else was found except red flowers.

In addition to investigating the food problem, Su Peisheng also questioned the people in the imperial kitchen today. He found nothing wrong, but he found a suspicious palace maid in Suiyuxuan. She was a third-class palace maid in Suiyuxuan and usually worked on duty in the west hall.

Upon questioning, it was discovered that the maid was resentful of Chun Changzai over a trivial matter, and was planning to murder her. Knowing that Chun Changzai was pregnant, she put safflower in her food.

Su Peisheng asked, "Where did you get the red flowers?"

The palace maid did not answer. Her eyes were a little empty. Her mind kept recalling Chun Changzai's painful crying, and her heart was aching. But she also remembered that her family cried and said that there was not enough money to treat her mother. It was a palace maid who gave her money and saved her mother. The price was to put safflower in Chun Changzai's food.

No matter which choice she made, it would be wrong. The palace maid could not bear the condemnation of her conscience. On the other hand, she knew that she would definitely end up in the Ministry of Punishment, and would be tortured from both sides.

When the palace maid thought of this, she suddenly stood up, and under Su Peisheng's inexplicable gaze, she slammed her head against the red wall. With a bang, blood exploded on her forehead, and the palace maid closed her eyes peacefully.

She committed suicide.

Su Peisheng was surprised, and panic appeared in his eyes. "Help! Help!"

What should I do if I die without getting any information?

However, the palace maid wanted to die and banged her head against the wall with all her might. Even though the imperial physician tried his best to save her, she could not be saved.

Su Peisheng sighed and felt extremely regretful.

A good clue was lost just like that.

Su Peisheng could only turn to look for people and things around the palace maid, hoping to find clues.

The palace maid only worked in Suiyuxuan on weekdays and did not go out. No one noticed whether she had contact with other people. However, Su Peisheng found out more about the palace maid's background. She once served the queen in Jingren Palace.

Later, when a new concubine entered the palace, the queen sent her to the Suiyuxuan to serve the new ladies.

However, that was more than two years ago, almost three years ago.

Su Peisheng presented what he had found to the emperor, then bent down and waited for his instructions.

"Is it Qingtan?" Chun Changzai remembered the palace maid. After seeing the confession that Qingtan murdered her because she resented her for withholding her monthly allowance, Chun Changzai was so angry that her breathing became heavy and she said angrily:

"Your Majesty, I never withheld her allowance for no reason. I discovered she had stolen the belongings of a fellow maid, so I fined her to serve as a warning to others. Later, I discovered she was in trouble, and out of kindness, I gave her a few taels of silver. She turned her back on me."

In her excitement, Chun Changzai's stomach began to ache again. She threw herself into Yinzhen's arms and cried bitterly. She secretly hated herself for sending Qingtan to the Ministry of Punishment when she found out that Qingtan was stealing. Now she let her harm her child for no reason.

Zhen Huan frowned, feeling that things were not that simple, and the maid's death was too strange. Moreover, the maid had served the Queen, and was involved in the Queen in the slightest. In Zhen Huan's eyes, she was inseparable from the Queen. She said:

"Your Majesty, Na Qingtan served the Empress. I implore Your Majesty to check the flow of medicinal herbs in the Empress's palace to see if there is any safflower. How could a palace maid hide this from everyone and steal safflower from the Imperial Hospital?"

"How could such a long-ago event involve the Queen?"

Yinzhen was a little displeased. He had offered to investigate, but when Zhen Huan brought it up, it sounded like she was ordering him to do something. When the two of them were just in love, it was fine for Zhen Huan to say so. But now that the honeymoon period was over, if Zhen Huan said it again, in Yinzhen's eyes, it would be an overstep.

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