Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

Chapter 463 Cui Caiping was ambushed

Time flies like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye it is the day of the Dragon Raising its Head on February 2nd. It can be said that the past month has been peaceful and tranquil.

On this day, Emperor Suzong needed to go up the mountain to offer sacrifices to the gods, and Li Chu, as a prince, naturally had to accompany him. Because the process was long, he did not return that night. Originally, Princess Dugu Jingyao was also going to go with him, but she was pregnant now, so she gave up.

It was originally suggested that Li Chu bring Li Wanqing or Zheng Wan to serve him, but Li Wanqing's matter made Li Chu unhappy, so he naturally didn't want to bring her. And Zheng Wan... was like a little child, and it would be better if she didn't cause any trouble because of curiosity. So he didn't bring any female relatives with him.

Therefore, Li Xi secretly ridiculed Li Chu, saying: "Brother, if it weren't for the fact that the emperor's wife and Concubine Cui were pregnant, I would have suspected that you were not interested in women. You don't touch so many beauties in the palace."

As luck would have it, Li Neng, who was passing by, overheard this. He couldn't stand Li Xi's sarcastic tone and spoke directly, "Li Xi, stop talking nonsense. Don't be sour grapes just because you can't have them. My eldest brother is in love with his wife, so no one else is in his eyes. I advise you to mind your own business! I heard that the emperor will choose a princess for you soon. He'll find a fierce woman to keep you in check. Do you think you can still be so talkative?"

Li Xi's face flushed red with anger when he heard this. Just as he was about to retort, Li Chu, who had been secretly suppressing his laughter, also said, "Brother Neng, don't be rude. After all, your second brother is also your brother. Apologize to him quickly."

Li Neng curled his lips and said reluctantly, "I'm sorry, Second Brother."

Li Xi looked at the two brothers singing the same tune and didn't want to stay here any longer. He just said, "You can't blame it all, Third Brother. It's also because I can't speak well. I apologize to my eldest brother here."

Li Chu smiled gently and said, "From now on, both of you should keep your mouths shut. Forget about your own family members, but don't cause trouble outside."

Li Neng was the first to respond: "I understand, my great brother."

Li Xi then reluctantly responded, "I will follow my brother's instructions."

Then he said, "Royal brother, third brother, I will go to mother first, and then I will take my leave." Li Chu nodded slightly to show his agreement.

After Li Xi's footsteps faded away, Li Chu said, "Brother Dan, there's not much difference between you and Li Xi. From now on, remember to call him Emperor Brother in front of others, and don't call him by his name, so as to avoid giving people a handle on you."

Li Nengcai said to Li Chu in a coquettish manner: "Alright, I understand, big brother, please don't lecture me anymore~"

Li Chu couldn't stand Li Neng talking to him like that. He pushed him away like he was avoiding the plague and said, "Ruo'er, you can just act like a spoiled child. She's just a girl, and you're a man. Why are you acting like a spoiled child? If you keep doing this, I'll talk to my father and mother and find you a princess to take care of you!"

Only then did Li Neng calm down.

At Prince Guangping's Mansion, Cui Caiping was having lunch. Apart from some vegetables, she was eating fish and shrimps. She didn't eat much staple food.

The reason she ate fish and shrimp was because she had heard the court doctor say after checking her pulse: "Madam, you can eat some fish and shrimp appropriately. It will be good for you and the child."

Cui Caiping remembered this sentence. Except for breakfast, almost all lunch and dinner included fish or shrimp, or both fish and shrimp.

I have been eating this for half a month. I don’t know if it’s because I ate too much and got a sore on the corner of my mouth, and it hurts when I touch it.

Lian Xin couldn't help but advise, "Madam, why don't you stop eating fish and shrimp? You have sores at the corners of your mouth. I'm afraid you're getting a little irritated."

Mo Xin also said: "Yes, Madam, Mr. He said that it should be eaten in moderation. Eating it every meal is not a moderate amount, right?"

Cui Caiping was now relatively receptive to advice, so she said, "Alright, let's make something else for dinner. I'm tired of eating fish and shrimp anyway."

Lianxin and Moxin looked at each other and quickly agreed.

Lian Xin also asked: "Do you want me to go find Mr. He and ask him to prescribe some medicine to reduce internal heat for you?"

Cui Caiping thought for a moment and said, "Forget it. It's just a sore throat. Just eat some light food recently. All medicines are toxic. Drinking too much medicine will not be good for me and the child."

Mo Xin said, "Why don't you let me make you a cup of chrysanthemum tea."

Cui Caiping smiled and said, "Let's do it!" The sore at the corner of her mouth still hurt a little from laughing, and Cui Caiping hissed in pain.

On the other side, Dugu Jingyao had finished her lunch. Now that the weather was gradually getting milder, Dugu Jingyao was taking a walk in the back garden, accompanied by Shi Jian and Si Jian.

Si Jian said, "Princess, the food here is nutritionally balanced. I heard that Concubine Cui is like a bigot. Last time, Doctor He checked her pulse and said that she could eat some fish and shrimp. She was so obedient that she only half listened to him. For the past half month, except for breakfast, she has had fish and shrimp for every meal."

Dugu Jingyao had only felt that the mansion had been quite quiet recently, so she hadn't paid much attention to her situation. She asked, "No wonder I saw a sore at the corner of her mouth when I saw her yesterday. So this is what's going on. Have they called the manor doctor?"

Shi Jian and Si Jian thought about it together and said in unison: "No."

Dugu Jingyao thought about it and thought that now that Cui Caiping was a stable child, she should not let anything happen again, so she said, "By the way, Shijian, please ask Lin Zhi to come to your house later and tell him that he is here to take my pulse." Shijian agreed, and Dugu Jingyao felt that it was almost time for a stroll, so they returned to Wangyuexuan.

After lunch, Shi Jian invited Murong Linzhi to his house, and Dugu Jingyao asked her to come to the bedroom directly.

Dugu Jingyao invited her to sit on the chaise longue. Murong Linzhi asked, "Jingyao, are you feeling unwell?"

Dugu Jingyao shook her head and said, "I'm fine. I just want you to check my pulse."

Murong Linzhi felt that she might have other intentions, so he said, "Doesn't the palace have a palace doctor? How can I not help you take your pulse?"

Dugu Jingyao said, "Alright, alright. I can't hide anything from you. I do have something to ask you, but can you also help me check my pulse? I feel like my stomach is so big. Could it be because I've been eating too much recently?"

Murong Linzhi also felt that her belly looked more than four months pregnant, so he said, "Okay, let me check it out for you."

After saying that, he took out the pulse pillow, and Dugu Jingyao placed her wrist on it. Murong Linzhi put his hand on Dugu Jingyao's wrist. After a while, Murong Linzhi smiled in surprise and said, "Don't worry, Jingyao, you are fine. It's not that you ate too much, but you are pregnant with twins, so your belly naturally looks bigger than that of an ordinary person."

Dugu Jingyao looked at Murong Linzhi in disbelief, then looked at her stomach and said, "Really? It seems that Linzhi, you really are a miracle doctor? The medicine you gave me is really effective."

Murong Linzhi said with a wicked smile: "Hehe, Your Highness's efforts are also indispensable for this!"

Dugu Jingyao blushed slightly and said angrily, "Lin Zhi, why are you so frivolous?"

Murong Linzhi said, "Okay, okay, no more trouble. But in this case, you need to move more to help with childbirth."

Dugu Jingyao also became serious and said, "Yes, I will follow Lin Zhi's instructions!"

The two smiled at each other, and Dugu Jingyao remembered that she still had something to ask Murong Linzhi: "By the way, Linzhi, there is one more thing that I am a little confused about."

Murong Linzhi asked, "What's the matter?"

Dugu Jingyao asked, "If a pregnant woman eats fish and shrimp for two out of three meals a day, will she develop internal heat after half a month? For example, sores at the corners of her mouth?"

Murong Linzhi thought for a moment and said, "If I only eat fish and shrimp and nothing else, I might get a sore throat, but it shouldn't be serious enough to cause sores."

Dugu Jingyao was a little frightened, thinking: Could it be Li Wanqing who did it? She asked again: "So this phenomenon is abnormal, right?"

Murong Linzhi nodded and said, "Well, maybe there are other things in the food that conflict with it, which may also accelerate the development of sores."

Dugu Jingyao said, "I understand." Then she called Shijian over and said, "Shijian, go get Cui Caiping and tell her I have something to talk to her about. It's about her child."

Shi Jian responded and went out.

Murong Linzhi finally reacted: "So Jingyao, you are talking about Cui Caiping?"

Dugu Jingyao nodded and said, "Originally, I didn't want to bother her too much, but now that I've discovered it, I have to stop it in time. Otherwise, what if others think I don't want her to have a child? Although... I really don't want her to have a child, but since she's already pregnant, I won't harm her. After all, it's a life, and I can't do that."

Murong Linzhi nodded and said, "Well, just consider it as doing good deeds for your child."

Sure enough, when she heard about the child, Cui Caiping wanted to refuse, but in the end she did not refuse and soon followed Shi Jian.

Shi Jian went in to report, and Dugu Jingyao said, "Just bring her here."

Shi Jianying went out and brought Cui Caiping in.

Cui Caiping wanted to bow, but Dugu Jingyao said, "No need to bow, just sit down."

After sitting down, Cui Caiping asked, "I wonder why the princess summoned me here in such a hurry?"

Dugu Jingyao introduced her, "This is Murong Linzhi, the last disciple of Divine Doctor Gongsun. I just asked her if she would develop sores at the corners of her mouth if she ate fish and shrimp for half a month straight, and she said no. I felt something was wrong, so I asked you to come over and ask her to take your pulse."

Cui Caiping panicked when she heard this. After all, she had lost all her support. The only thing she could count on was the child in her belly. So she said, "Please ask Dr. Murong to take a look at this for me."

Murong Linzhi stepped forward to feel the pulse and after a moment, her eyebrows slightly furrowed as she said, "There is indeed a problem. There are traces of cinnabar in your body."

This was simply unbelievable to Cui Caiping. She said, "But I've never used it!"

Murong Linzhi said: "It doesn't necessarily mean it's edible. It could also be that cinnabar is contained in everyday utensils."

Dugu Jingyao asked, "Sister Cui, when did you start getting sores at the corners of your mouth?"

Cui Caiping recalled carefully: "It was probably the seventh or eighth day after I started eating fish and shrimp."

Dugu Jingyao frowned and asked, "Are there any fish and shrimp left from today's meal? Or are there any left?"

Lian Xin, who was standing by, said, "There's more. I'll go get it right away."

Dugu Jingyao said: "Yes, but it's best not to let anyone notice it, so as not to alert the enemy."

Lianxin responded and returned to Linglong Pavilion, quietly taking the remaining fish and shrimp from lunch. She also specially placed a bowl of soup and medicine on the upper layer, and then carried the food box back to Wangyuexuan.

After some inspection, Murong Linzhi discovered that fish and shrimp did contain cinnabar, but the amount used was very small, otherwise sores would have appeared before the seventh or eighth day.

Murong Linzhi said, "The reason why I used such a small amount is because I wanted Cui Liangdi to mistakenly think that she had a sore throat from eating too much fish and shrimp."

Dugu Jingyao asked, "What will happen if I consume it for a long time?"

Murong Linzhi glanced at Cui Caiping and said, "Fortunately, it was discovered early, otherwise the child would be deformed and would harm the mother, making her infertile."

Cui Caiping nearly fainted upon hearing this. Luckily, Mo Xin and Lian Xin supported her. She couldn't help but burst into tears, "Who could be so cruel? I have nothing left but this child. Why wouldn't they even let my child go?"

Although Dugu Jingyao could understand, she still thought she was being noisy and said, "Alright, alright, Sister Cui, you're pregnant, it's not appropriate to cry. Fortunately, you discovered it in time. Does Lin Zhi have a big impact on the child now?"

Murong Linzhi said, "Just now, I checked the pulse and found that the child has not been harmed. If it has been a month, it is hard to say. At that time, I would tell you that it is best to abort the child quickly. At least it will not harm the mother and she can get pregnant again in the future. Now, I will prescribe medicine for you. Take it once a day in the morning and evening. If you persist for half a month, you will be fine."

Cui Caiping also thanked her sincerely this time, "Thank you, Princess, and thank you, Miss Murong."

Dugu Jingyao was relieved and said, "Alright, Sister Cui, you should be more cautious in the future. As for the medicine, I'll make it every day and you can send someone to get it. At least for now, no one will harm my child, so the things I take out should be relatively safe."

Cui Caiping said, "Yes, I'll trouble you, Princess."