All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Shen Lingxi followed Chu Yan down from the high platform and was greeted by all the civil and military officials.

The emperor got off the imperial chariot, and the concubines who accompanied him out of the palace were also supported by the palace servants and walked down from the carriages behind the imperial chariot.

The concubines all put on spring clothes. They were fat and thin, and they were more beautiful than the spring flowers on the shore.

Shen Lingxi's eyes quickly swept over them. Except for the queen who was lingering on the sickbed and Concubine Yue who came to prepare in advance, almost all the concubines who were favored in the harem were here.

Among these women, only Concubine Zhao is the purest.

Wearing a long brocade gown that was azure after rain, her originally delicate facial features were accentuated with a sense of elegance and elegance.

The nurse held the tenth prince in her arms and followed her.

The tenth prince was very active. He was twisting and turning in the nurse's arms and babbling non-stop.

He looked around with dark eyes, and inadvertently met Shen Lingxi's gaze. He suddenly grinned at her and stretched out his chubby little hand towards her.

Seeing this, the nanny followed the tenth prince's gaze in surprise and looked in the direction of Shen Lingxi.

Shen Lingxi looked away without leaving a trace and followed the others to pay tribute to the emperor.

At this moment, the young eunuch who had just invited Shen Lingxi to the Nuan Pavilion hurriedly walked behind Zhu Lianxi, covered his lips and whispered in his ear.

A strange look flashed in Zhu Lianxi's eyes, then he nodded and waved to him.

When the little eunuch saw this, his eyebrows relaxed, he bowed and quietly retreated.

"My lords are safe." The emperor was in a very good mood and said to everyone: "Today is the Shangsi Festival. Your lords don't need to be formal. Just enjoy yourself and have fun."

Everyone said "Long live the Emperor" in unison, and then stood up one by one, followed the emperor's ceremonial guard, and went with the emperor to the riverside to watch the water play.

Every year on the Shangsi Festival, as the emperor entertained officials and went on an outing on the bank of Qujiang River, every government would set up tents on the bank, row upon row, as far as the eye could see.

The emperor took a group of concubines and took a seat in the largest tent hall.

On the river directly opposite, with the sound of gongs and drums, a colorful boat decorated with colorful cloth sailed on the river.

On the colorful boat stage, wooden puppets dressed as actors were manipulated and sang excerpts about the late emperor's retreat from Beidi.

This is also one of the characteristics of the Shangsi Festival.

In ancient times, in addition to praying to the gods of marriage and fertility during the Shangsi Festival, there was also the custom of warding off evil spirits when witchcraft and blessings were flourishing in the previous dynasties.

Exorcism is a ritual of washing on the waterside to drive away evil spirits. In the third month of the month, under the peach blossom water, it is used to revive the soul, get rid of the filth of the year, and seek good luck.

The emperor sat at the top of the account hall, watching the water play on the river with great interest.

While the two wooden puppets were having a fierce fight on the stage——

With a sound of "Wow...", the baby's cry of pain suddenly sounded in the tent.

The cry was extremely loud, and it also contained a tragic meaning, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone turned their heads and looked at the tenth prince to the west of the emperor.

The tenth prince was held in the arms of his wet nurse, crying so hard that he could hardly breathe. His face, which was originally juicy, was covered with bumpy red sores at some point, making him look very hideous and terrifying.

"Juro, what's wrong with you? Where is the imperial doctor? Quickly declare the imperial doctor!"

Concubine Zhao was so anxious that she stood up quickly, rushed to the tenth prince, and reached out to hug him.

But her approach made the tenth prince's cries become louder and louder, and even the sores on his face turned redder.

Concubine Zhao didn't seem to notice anything strange about her child. She hugged the tenth prince tightly and cried to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Juro's body has always been healthy. With this look, he must have been poisoned. Your Majesty will not let the thief go. "

At this time, instead of thinking about the child in his arms, he was anxious to find the murderer.Shen Lingxi did not expect that after a few months, Concubine Zhao had continued as before. She had not made any progress in this kind of matter, and she had more scheming than her brain could control.

The tenth prince was the emperor's only bloodline now. Seeing him like this, the emperor was so anxious that he immediately asked Zhu Lianxi to invite the imperial doctor.

For such a large picnic, the tent hall where the imperial doctor was located was very close to the main tent.

In just half a cup of tea, several imperial doctors walked in quickly, following Zhu Lianxi.

In just such a short period of time, the tenth prince's condition took a turn for the worse. He seemed to be out of breath, choked on his cries, opened his mouth wide, and unconsciously scratched his face with his hands. He looked extremely painful.

It wasn't until this moment that Concubine Zhao's eyes showed real panic.

"Juro...you, don't scare me..." Zhao Guifei was at a loss and subconsciously looked at the nanny with her eyes.

The wet nurse shook her head invisibly at her.

This scene completely fell in Shen Lingxi's eyes.

"Imperial physician, please diagnose and treat Juro as soon as possible. If Juro has any shortcomings, I will let you be buried with him." The emperor said angrily.

The doctor was an old man with gray hair. He quickly walked up to the Tenth Prince. He didn't even have time to look, hear or ask anything. He took out a few golden needles from the medicine box and quickly inserted them into several large points on the Tenth Prince's head and neck.

After a set of acupuncture techniques, the tenth prince's expression softened slightly.

He cried "Wow" again, but this cry was much weaker than before.

At this point, the doctor finally had time to find out the cause of the tenth prince's illness.

He carefully observed the facial sores on the tenth prince's face, and the look in his eyes was a bit doubtful at first.

It wasn't until he used a silver needle to prick the sore on the tenth prince's face and saw brown blood flowing out of the sore that his doubts instantly turned into shock.

The doctor stood up and knelt down tremblingly towards the emperor, "Hui, Hui, Your Majesty, the tenth prince must have taken something that is extremely powerful, so he is like this..."

"What did the tenth prince eat today?" the emperor asked in a deep voice.

The wet nurse hurriedly knelt down and said, "Back to the Emperor, the Tenth Prince's appetite has not been very good these past few days. He only ate the slave's milk and never ate anything else."

The emperor pointed at the wet nurse and said to the doctor: "Go and see if it's her problem."

The doctor did not stand up, but directly replied: "If there is something wrong with the wet nurse, she will definitely develop facial sores like the tenth prince. She has no such symptoms, which is enough to show that there is no abnormality in the milk."

When the emperor heard this, his expression became darker.

"But someone poisoned me?" he asked again.

Concubine Zhao sobbed, "Your Majesty, my concubine and wet nurse have always taken care of the tenth prince and never dare to slack off. Someone must have secretly poisoned the tenth prince when he got this emergency."

The doctor lowered his head, his gray hair trembling slightly, "I just used a silver needle to prick the tenth prince's facial sore, and the silver needle did not change color. Please forgive me for being ignorant. I have never heard of such a poison in the world." ."

Seeing this, Shen Lingxi frowned slightly.

Judging from the look on the doctor's face just now, he clearly knew what kind of medicine the tenth prince had taken, but he kept it secret.

Very strange.

"The tenth prince's symptoms are caused by medicine, not poison." At this moment, a clear voice suddenly came from outside the tent hall.

Everyone looked around and saw a young man with an elegant face wearing an indigo robe, sitting on a wooden wheelchair, being slowly pushed in by a thin boy in green.

Du Fu's "Beautiful Women's Journey" is the scene of the Shangsi Festival, when the powerful have a spring outing.