Children of Loulan

Chapter 274 Accident?

"Ah! Help!" The maids and eunuchs shouted in panic, and the lake water instantly submerged their heads. Xilin and Dalan stared at the scene in astonishment with their eyes wide open.

"Hurry up and save them!" Daran endured the cramps in her stomach and tears streamed down her face. She struggled to go forward to help, but her body was too weak and she could only watch the palace maids struggling in the water.

Xilin was extremely anxious. She urged those who had not fallen, "Hurry, go call for help!"

Soon, the news spread throughout the palace. After hearing the news, the king threw down the memorial in his hand and rushed over here at the fastest speed. He was very worried about Lan'er's safety. Although he sent Shanzhu and Yamanashi to protect her safety, when he heard the word "fall into the lake", his heart suddenly rose to his throat.

Fortunately, Mangosteen and Yamanashi both knew some martial arts, and they tried their best to rescue the people in the lake, and also attracted nearby guards, palace maids and eunuchs. After a while, everyone in the lake was rescued. However, the most important thing at the moment was the safety of the two masters, as they both had miscarriages to varying degrees!

The two were carried to a safe area, and someone took a cloak to wrap them up. The imperial physician also rushed over at this time. After he hurriedly took the pulse of the two, he said with a grim face: "Hurry up and carry the two masters back to the palace!"

At this moment, the king and the queen rushed over at the same time. The king saw Dalan's painful expression at a glance. She was sweating and her face was as pale as paper. The king's face instantly became extremely gloomy. He stepped forward quickly and hugged Dalan tightly in his arms without hesitation. At the same time, he ordered the queen in a stern voice: "Quick, take Madam He to your palace, and do everything you can to save the fetus in her belly!"

Without waiting for the queen to reply, the king strode forward with Dalan in his arms, shouting to Aisan as he walked: "Seal off this place immediately, you stay here and investigate carefully. I will never believe that this is just an accident. Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we must find out the mastermind behind this!" The king's voice was icy cold, with endless majesty and anger.

Aishan did not dare to delay for a moment. After receiving the order, he immediately ordered the imperial guards to surround the place where he, his wife and Lan Meiren fell, and to guard all those who participated in the rescue and those who fell into the water. He planned to interrogate them one by one and not miss any clues.

The king was so anxious that he carried Dalan and trotted back to his bedroom, carefully placing her on the bed. He nervously watched the imperial physician feel Dalan's pulse, his face full of anxiety and worry.

After a while, the imperial physician reported to the king respectfully: "Your Majesty, Lady Lan fell down just now, causing her fetus to move. She is showing signs of miscarriage. If you want to save the fetus, she needs to stay in bed and rest for a month."

The king gently wiped the sweat off Dalan's forehead and said without hesitation: "Okay, let her stay in bed and rest. Go and get the medicine!"

The imperial physician immediately bowed respectfully and said, "Yes, I will prescribe the medicine right away!"

At the same time, the queen ordered people to carry Xilin back to her palace. She immediately ordered the maids to change Xilin into clean clothes. However, when the maids changed Xilin's clothes, they were surprised to find a little blood on her pants. This sudden situation shocked the queen, and she quickly ordered the imperial physician to come and take Xilin's pulse and diagnose her condition.

After some examination, the imperial physician found that Xilin's condition was far more serious than Dalan's. Not only did she have a miscarriage, but she had also started bleeding. The situation was extremely critical. The imperial physician immediately took emergency measures, ordered his servants to light wormwood incense, and prescribed wormwood, white atractylodes and other herbs that have the effect of warming the meridians and stopping bleeding.

The queen was watching the doctors busying themselves, and she was also worried. She was afraid that the king would blame her if he couldn't keep the baby, so she anxiously asked the doctor, "How is it?"

The imperial physician watched Xilin drink the medicine and checked her pulse before reporting to the queen, "Your Majesty, whether you and Madam can keep the baby depends on whether you can survive tonight. If you can survive, you need to lie still for another month, and the baby will be stable!"

When the queen heard this, her eyes widened immediately. She couldn't believe what she heard. "How is this possible? This child is almost five months old. How can he be so fragile?"

The imperial physician shook his head, expressing his helplessness: "The queen and the lady fell into the lake this time. The freezing cold water has already caused the fetus to move. The situation is really critical. The fetus was unstable and is now in even greater danger!"

When the queen heard that there was still a risk of losing the baby, she immediately ordered the imperial physician, "Then you stay here tonight. If anything happens to the lady, you must rescue her immediately!"

The imperial physician looked embarrassed, but he still knelt down and promised: "I will do my best."

It was not allowed for the imperial physician to stay overnight in the harem unless there was a decree from the king. But now the queen had spoken, and it was related to the royal succession, so the imperial physician had no choice but to agree and stay in the queen's palace!

Afterwards, the queen sent a maid to the king's bedroom to report Xilin's current situation to the king. She was really afraid that the child would have an accident in her Kunning Palace. If that happened, she would not be able to explain herself even if she was right.

After arranging everything, she sat quietly in her bedroom and complained quietly: "What's wrong with the king? Why did he let her come to my palace for no reason? She is the virtuous concubine's person, so she should be sent directly back to the Summer Palace. Why did she have to come to my Kunning Palace!"

Seeing this, Mu Lian immediately comforted her: "My Lady, this is a good thing..."

"Good thing? How can this be considered a good thing? If this child is really dead, not to mention the king, that bitch Concubine Xian will have to come to Kunning Palace to ask me for an explanation!" When the queen heard the word "good thing", she became furious and loudly scolded Mu Lian.

Mu Lian: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Even if the child is really gone, based on the doctor's statement, Concubine Xian would not dare to act rashly. After all, everyone knows how cold the lake water is. It is normal for the child to die after being soaked in the cold lake water."

"But……"

The queen was about to say something but was interrupted by Mu Lian.

"My queen, think carefully, why did the king insist on sending Madam He to Kunning Palace? He knows clearly that you and Concubine Xian have had grievances over the years, and Madam He is Concubine Xian's cousin. Isn't he worried?"

The queen thought about it, but still couldn't figure it out. She frowned in confusion and said, "Yes, why is that, Your Majesty?"

Mu Lian helped her massage her legs while explaining softly, "That's because the king has begun to doubt Consort Xian. Think about it, your majesty. In recent years, Consort Xian has recommended so many new people to serve the king, but they all had miscarriages without exception. Every time this happened before, no clues could be found, and it was all attributed to accidents. But are there really so many accidents in the world? So the king had doubts in his heart a long time ago, but he has always been troubled by the lack of evidence. And today's situation is unusual."

The queen raised her eyebrows and asked curiously, "What's the difference? Is it because two people had accidents at the same time?"