An Lingrong is reborn to live for herself.

After that day's discussion, Wen Shichu wrote a new prescription for An Lingrong.

This prescription will cause people to have a high fever from time to time. When the fever is high, the person who takes the medicine will turn red like fire, which looks very scary.

However, Wen Shichu was extremely careful when prescribing the medicine. Apart from causing some frightening symptoms, the prescription had no other effect. However, because it was a deceptive prescription, An Lingrong had to be careful during this period and could not let other imperial physicians take her pulse to avoid finding any clues.

At the same time, An Lingrong also had to pretend to have chest pain while she had a fever in order to deceive Baojuan.

The first time he fell ill, it happened precisely on the day Wen Shichu was on duty. Shuangxue hurriedly brought Wen Shichu to Yanxi Palace to see him. Because Wen Shichu was honest by nature and really couldn't act, he was so nervous that his face turned red, his palms were sweaty, and his hand holding the pen was trembling slightly when he wrote the prescription, so much so that he couldn't write steadily several times, and the ink was soaked in the Xuan paper.

But her tense appearance made people believe that An Lingrong's condition was quite serious.

Originally, to prevent Baojuan from tampering with the food again, Shuangxue personally handled and oversaw all matters, large and small, within the palace. To avoid further arousing Baojuan's suspicion, Zhen Huan, using the pretext that An Lingrong's condition was deteriorating, decided that her personal attendants should focus solely on caring for An Lingrong, and no longer be involved in palace affairs. This allowed Shuangxue to remain by An Lingrong's side, solely responsible for her daily needs, while all other matters were left to Baojuan.

This arrangement was made to give Baojuan the opportunity to "make her move".

However, for several days in a row, apart from worrying about An Lingrong's condition every day, Baojuan did not do anything else unusual, and even rarely left the gates of Yanxi Palace.

After waiting for several days, Wen Shichu was extremely anxious.

Because this formula had never been used on humans for such a long time before, Wen Shichu was actually quite unsure whether continuing to use it would cause side effects.

Shen Meizhuang suggested that they try stopping the medication. An Lingrong, however, felt this was inappropriate. The reason Baojuan's people were in such a hurry was to act quickly and decisively, which was why they used such a strong drug. Clearly, there must be something about her that they feared. If the medication's effects were to slow down, wouldn't that arouse suspicion?

Although Zhen Huan thought An Lingrong's words were correct, she didn't know much about medicine and was very worried after hearing Wen Shichu's words.

But then she thought about it again. Baojuan's attitude towards An Lingrong was now half concerned and half indifferent. Did she also feel that An Lingrong's health was not as good as before, so there was no need to worry too much?

However, just as the three were hesitating, another incident occurred at Yanxi Palace.

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It was already late autumn, and the vegetation was beginning to wither.

Inside the Forbidden City, only the dwarf pines in the Imperial Garden, which are open to the public, remain green; all the other flowering trees in the palaces have withered.

In the afternoon, the sun was quite warm.

Today is Wen Shichu's turn to be on duty, and as usual, he is coming to check An Lingrong's pulse.

Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang also made an appointment to come to Yanxi Palace together to check on An Lingrong's condition and discuss the next steps.

Just as they were about to enter Yanxi Palace, they encountered a young eunuch running out in a panic. Liu Zhu, with her sharp eyes, noticed that there seemed to be bloodstains on the handkerchief he was holding, so she quickly stopped him.

I only found out after asking a few questions that something had happened to Consort Fucha.

Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang both knew that Wen Shichu was currently in Yanxi Palace, taking the pulse of An Lingrong in the side hall. So they quickly sent Liu Zhu to An Lingrong's palace to invite Wen Shichu over.

Upon hearing this, the young eunuch said gratefully, "Thank you both for your reminder. I just brought some dregs of medicine that my mistress used to take. Sister Cui'er said that my mistress seems to have an acute illness. I'll have the Imperial Physician take a look at these dregs today. If it's convenient, the Imperial Physician can bring them with him when he comes." As he spoke, he lowered his head and opened the silk handkerchief in his hand, indicating to Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang that what he was holding was the dregs of medicine he had just mentioned.

Zhen Huan glanced down and said, "There are priorities. Huanbi, wrap up some of the dregs too. Let Physician Wen take a look later. Perhaps it can help him with his treatment." Huanbi took out a handkerchief, picked up a handful of dregs, and wrapped them up.

Knowing that it concerned Consort Fucha's safety, Zhen Huan did not ask any further questions. She simply nodded and said, "That is indeed the case. Go as soon as possible. Consort Shen and I will go and check on Consort Fucha."

The young eunuch quickly kowtowed deeply, saying, "Thank you both, Your Highnesses." He then rose and hurried towards the Imperial Hospital.

“He is indeed a loyal servant,” Shen Meizhuang remarked. “That kowtow just now was truly genuine, showing that this little eunuch was genuinely worried about his master.”

As Zhen Huan watched the young eunuch's departing figure, a question lingered in her mind, but she knew she would have to ask Wen Shichu for the answer.

So the two of them said no more, and only instructed Huanbi to go to An Lingrong's palace first to tell An Lingrong the whole story. The two of them then headed directly toward the palace where Consort Fucha was.

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At that moment, Wen Shichu was in Yanxi Palace taking An Lingrong's pulse in the side hall when he heard the eunuch urgently summoning the imperial physician, so he picked up his medicine box and went over first.

Upon entering the inner palace of the Fucha clan, a strong stench of blood assaulted the nostrils. Wen Shichu frowned; this was hardly a good sign.

Sure enough, upon taking the pulse, Wen Shichu was greatly alarmed. The nobleman of Fucha was so weak that he was on the verge of death.

However, he had previously reviewed Consort Fucha's medical records, which stated that she suffered from both qi and blood deficiency after her miscarriage, and therefore had been receiving tonifying and blood-tonifying medications. Furthermore, after the miscarriage, the Emperor and Empress had shown her great care, bestowing upon her many precious tonics. Therefore, this situation should not have occurred under normal circumstances.

Wen Shichu asked Cui'er and learned that the reason why the palace was filled with the smell of blood was because Lady Fucha had just suffered another hemorrhage.

Cui'er said, "Since the miscarriage, Your Highness has often had a low-grade fever. The imperial physician examined you earlier and said that the miscarriage was caused by the upward flow of qi and blood due to the disturbance. Therefore, even though the fetus has been delivered, there may still be some blood clots in your body. However, the imperial physician also said that as long as you take good care of yourself and expel the blood clots, there will be no problem." Wen Shichu listened and realized that women do indeed encounter this situation after childbirth. As long as medication is used to clear the blood clots in the body, there is nothing wrong with it.

"When you woke up this morning, you were in good spirits. You said you were going to have breakfast and then you wanted to take a walk in the courtyard. I was worried that you hadn't recovered yet, so I only helped you walk in the courtyard for half an hour before we came back to rest. You were fine then."

"But shortly after lunch, my lady said she had lower abdominal pain. I helped her back to rest, but as soon as she stood up, she started bleeding profusely. Moreover, I noticed that the blood flowing out was not black stagnant blood, but bright red blood. That's why I asked Xiao Lianzi to quickly find the imperial physician."

This was precisely what Wen Shichu found most perplexing: Lady Fucha's pulse diagnosis, medication, and current symptoms all seemed inconsistent. If there was truly stagnation in her body, why was fresh blood being discharged? If there was indeed a deficiency of both qi and blood, and the prescription was normal, how could Lady Fucha show no improvement whatsoever, instead appearing to be on the verge of death?

However, it was not he who came to see Lady Fucha before, and the cause and effect are still unclear.

At this time, Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang had also arrived.

When the two arrived, they noticed that Wen Shichu's expression was unusual, so they knew that this matter was not ordinary. They waited for the eunuch to invite the empress over.

However, today, it was Consort Hua and Noble Lady Cao who were present.