The queen had a smile on her face when she heard this.
"Invite people here."
The palace maid responded "yes".
Not long after, Xu Mingyi was invited into the inner hall.
Looking at the flowery girl wearing an apricot-colored double-breasted coat and an autumn-colored horse-faced skirt embroidered with white orchids, who was saluting her, the smile in the queen's eyes grew stronger, and she beckoned: "Come and sit next to me."
Xu Mingyi walked over and sat down as instructed.
The queen's eyes fell on the girl's half-rolled smooth and shiny black hair, and she asked with a smile: "How come I haven't seen you wearing the pair of plum blossom hairpins given by me? But you don't like them?"
She has given this girl a lot of jewelry, and this girl is also very thoughtful. Every time she enters the palace, she will pick one or two pieces and take them with her.
But I have never seen her use the pair of white jade hairpins.
"How could I not like it as a gift from the empress?" Xu Mingyi replied truthfully: "I just thought that it was an old thing that the empress cherished very much, and the hosta is fragile, and I am not a quiet and cautious person, so I might get damaged by it.
, I have never taken it out and used it.”
Even though her words were flattering, they were her sincere words.
After she brought the pair of hairpins back, she asked Akui to put them away properly.
"Jewelry is for wearing. If you want to keep it, what else can I do for you?" The queen said in a casual and friendly tone, "Since I gave it to you, I just want to see you wearing it. I really want to see you wearing it."
If it breaks, it breaks, and it’s not a rare thing.”
Xu Mingyi didn't hesitate when he heard this. He nodded with a smile and said, "The next time I enter the palace, I will wear it for my empress to see."
The queen then smiled and nodded with satisfaction.
The maid brought tea and snacks, and after Xu Mingyi chatted with her for a while, she asked softly: "How is your health lately? Do you need me to check your pulse again?"
Every time she entered the palace, she would check the queen's pulse.
After several months of nursing care, the last time she came here, she finally saw some improvement in her pulse condition.
But a guess gradually arose in my mind——
"I feel like I'm in good spirits lately."
As the queen spoke, she naturally stretched out her right hand and placed it on the small table beside her.
After Xu Mingyi looked at the patient for a moment, hesitation appeared in his eyes.
This time's pulse condition, compared to the last time, actually showed signs of returning to before he was nursed back to health.
This is undoubtedly strange.
But the reason is not difficult to guess.
This even confirmed her suspicions these days...
"But it's not very good?" The queen slowly took back her hand, and seeing that the girl's expression was not relaxed, she said softly: "It doesn't matter, I have always been like this, and it is not a serious illness. And I am aware that,
Those prescriptions are indeed useful, just take care of them slowly."
Xu Mingyi sighed slightly in his heart.
If it is just an ordinary old disease, it really only needs to be taken care of slowly, and there is no need to worry at all.
But the problem is...
Facing the queen's gentle eyes, Xu Ming realized that there was only one personal nun in the palace, so he did not hesitate for too long.
"I'm afraid the reason why the empress is out of shape is due to external causes."
The queen's eyes moved slightly when she heard this.
"External cause?"
Xu Mingyi nodded.
"If the root cause is not removed, no matter how you take care of it, it will be useless."
The queen didn't know what she thought of, and she didn't say anything for a while, but just picked up the tea cup at hand.
Xu Mingyi lowered his voice so that only the two of them could hear it: "Please forgive me for having the guts to ask. I wonder if your Majesty... takes extremely heavy doses of anti-child medication all year round?"
"..." The queen looked at the girl who spoke in shock.
The girl had a serious look on her face, with a hint of worry hidden in her eyes.
"Avoid medicine? How could it be..." The queen came back to her senses and said warmly: "I'm afraid Miss Xu made a wrong diagnosis."
"Or she was dropped into the food and tea without the queen's knowledge."
In any case, having opened his mouth, Xu Mingyi decided to finish the sentence: "It can be seen from the pulse condition of the empress and the discomfort in various parts of the body that this anti-child medicine is quite strong. If taken for a long time, it will cause great harm to the body.
It’s like a chronic poison. If things go on like this, even if you stop taking it in the future, it will make it difficult for you to get pregnant again..."
In her opinion, the other party's intention of choosing to use such a strong anti-child drug was too vicious.
And if it was just an ordinary repellent medicine that would not cause too much harm to the body, she might not necessarily choose to speak so straightforwardly.
The queen's eyes changed when she looked at the girl in front of her.
"Ms. Xu said this to me, aren't you afraid that something bad will come out of her mouth?"
Facing the eyes that made people unable to see the joy and anger clearly, Xu Mingyi said calmly: "If the empress feels something is wrong, then it means that I have made a wrong diagnosis."
She is not a nosy person.
I chose to speak out today not because the other party is the current queen.
Putting aside these days of getting along with each other, which can be called a close relationship, the person in front of her is the daughter of the Wu family, the Wu family who was kind to her in her previous life——
She is also Wu Chao's biological aunt.
So she felt that she should make her knowledge clear.
But if the other person thinks she is being troublesome, she will admit that she made a wrong diagnosis and will not say anything more in the future.
After all, she chose to do this not to please anyone, but just to satisfy her own conscience.
The queen looked at the girl's clear and calm eyes.
When these eyes are not smiling, they seem to be born with a light that is neither humble nor arrogant.
"Miss Xu's nickname is Zhaozhao?" the queen suddenly asked.
Although Xu Mingyi didn't understand why this topic was brought up, she still nodded subconsciously: "Back to your Majesty, that's right."
"These two words are very suitable for the girl." The queen said.
This was the first time she saw a girl who lived so vividly and brightly, as if she could sweep away all the darkness around her.
Faced with this sudden compliment, Xu Mingyi was slightly startled.
Then, I heard the Queen speak slowly: "I have a maid in the Jade Kun Palace who specializes in tea. She is not from this palace."
Xu Mingyi's eyes changed slightly.
"Have you noticed it before?"
She had thought of this possibility before.
The queen nodded slightly.
"I just never thought that this medicine would be so harmful to the body as Miss Xu said."
The other party uses such heavy medicines because she doesn't want anything to go wrong, lest she become pregnant with the so-called dragon seed?
Thinking of this, the queen just wanted to sneer.
The face doesn't look very good, but I think it's pretty.
And you still need to take medicine to support yourself. Where does this wonderful self-confidence come from?
Whenever she thought of the blood of her closest relatives on his hands, and the possible old grudge between the two, she wished she could stab him to death, let alone give him a child.
Even if he didn't let anyone sneak it into her tea, she would still take it herself.
After hearing this, Xu Mingyi made a judgment in his mind.
The Queen was obviously aware of it, but she just took the medicine anyway. It was already obvious who was the one who administered the medicine.
