The Fourth Lady
Chapter 265 The Qingsi Parasite (Ⅰ)

What Qingyan said seemed to remind the empress of the past. She always thought that it was her who caused the Crown Prince's physical illness, but now it seemed that she was wrong. At the time the Crown Prince was born, he didn't seem to be so weak. On the contrary, after the babysitter nursed him, his body gradually became weak.

That's why the empress had been blaming herself all the time, because she didn't believe that the babysitter would hurt the Crown Prince, because she trusted her in the past. But now, it seemed that was not the case.

"Waner, what are you thinking about?" Emperor Hongjia looked at the empress with concern. "I know you are worried about the Crown Prince, but you can't ignore what Junzhu said."

Hearing Emperor Hongjia's words, the empress answered apologetically. "Since the babysitter began to take care of the Crown Prince, he has become weak. But I don't thikn she would hurt my son."

"Yanyan, why did you ask this question?" "Does it have anything to do with the parasite?" Qilian Yvran asked Qingyan with confusion.

For a moment, Qingyan didn't know how to explain the situation to them. She looked at the empress and said seriously, "The Qingsi Parasite is hidden in the body of the Crown Prince for too long, so it can't be removed. Even if the parasite in the body of the Crown Prince dies, he won't live long."

Hearing this, the empress took a step back. "Junzhu, do you know why my son was planted the parasite?"

Qingyan looked at the empress and the others and shook her head. "It's the Qingsi Parasite. It's hard to get it without someone else's help." Then Qingyan turned to Emperor Hongjia. "Father, is there any other concubines in the palace besides mother? Are there any concubines from the Nanchen Kingdom"

"What do you mean, Yanyan?" Asked Emperor Hongjia, confused.

"To tell you the truth, the Qingsi Parasite is from the Nanchen Kingdom. It grows in the junction of the Nanchen Kingdom and the Xiyue Kingdom. It is called the the Snow City. Althoughthe Snow City belongs to the Nanchen Kingdom, the people there do trades with the Xiyue Kingdom. And the Qingsi Parasite is from the Snow City."

Seeing that they were still in confusion, Qingyan continued, "there is a kind of insect in the snow city called the Xuechan Parasite. It is in a cold place, so this kind of bug can only live in the Snow City. This is what the Qingsi Parasite comes from. So the Qingsi Parasite was raised by the people of the the Qingsi Parasite. If there were no people from the Nanchen Kingdom in this palace, it would be impossible for it to exist."

Hearing Qingyan's words, Emperor Hongjia frowned. He thought about it for a long time and didn't expect that there was another woman apart from Qilian Yvran who came from the Nanchen Kingdom.

Apart from Qilian Yvran, the other women sent by the Nanchen Kingdom were basically beauties in exchange of the donations. However, as he was growing older, he really didn't remember which woman was from the Nanchen Kingdom.

"Do you still remember that there are other concubines from the Nanchen Kingdom, empress?" "It's of great importance. Please think twice."

Hearing what Qingyan said, the empress was lost in thought again. It seemed that many years ago, there was consort candiate who was from the Nanchen Kingdom. But she was gentle and virtuous. She didn't seem to be someone who would frame the Crown Prince. Then the empress realized something and covered her mouth in horror.

Yes, before she became the empress, she was selected to the imperial palace with a girl named Fengyi. They even had made friends for a period of time. Later, the previous empress said that she would give her throne t othe one who first gave birth to a son. At that time, Emperor Hongjia hadn't met Qilian Yvran yet, so he treated these concubines with favor.

She and Fengyi had believed that they loved each other as sisters. But in the imperial household, there was no real sisterhood. She and Fengyi had found out at the same time that they were pregnant. But then for some reason, Fengyi accidentally sucked in a large amount of musk, resulting in her abortion.

Since then, it seemed that Fengyi had turned into a completely different person. She always believed that it was Qilian Yvran who killed her child, and she wanted to eradicate her child from the bottom of her heart. "Waner, what's wrong?" Seeing the panic stricken empress clenching her hand, Emperor Hongjia asked, "did you think of something?"

The empress looked at Emperor Hongjia and asked slowly, "Your Majesty, do you still remember Fengyi?"

Hearing the name, Emperor Hongjia looked at her and shook his head helplessly. "Who is this Fengyi? I can't remember. Besides, there are so many women in the harem. How can I remember every name?"

The empress said while lowering her head. "She and I went to the Imperial Palace together. The previous empress said that she would give her throne to the one who gave birth to a son first. Later Fengyi and I got pregnant at the same time. Unfortunately, she lost her child, and I gave birth to the Crown Prince."

Hearing the empress's words, Emperor Hongjia realized that he didn't know much about the secret. What's more, when he gave the phoenix token to the empress, his mother was by no means against the will. His mother liked the empress very much, saying that the empress was of noble family, and deserved to be the empress.

Listening to the conversation between the empress and the emperor, Qingyan began to think about where Fengyi came from. According to her first name, she should be one of the most famous families in the Nanchen Kingdom. In addition to the first name of Weisheng, Qilian, Helian and Murong, her first name was inferior to them. "Ranran, do you know where Fengyi comes from?" Said Emperor Hongjia while looking at Qilian Yvran.

Casting a glance at Emperor Hongjia, Qilian Yvran lowered her head and fell into deep thoughts. The "Feng" was the first one of the four biggest family names. So Fengyi must be a daughter of the Feng clan. But she had never known that the Feng clan once sent a daughter here for a marriage.

"Father, may I meet this father now?" Qingyan asked, raising her head.

Qilian Yvran looked at Qingyan with a smile. She didn't expect that Qingyan would directly say this. "Your Majesty, I want to meet her too. Perhaps I can recognize her," said Qilian Yvran.

Looking at the empress, Emperor Hongjia asked, "Empress, do you know where Fengyi lives now?"

The empress saw the expressions of Emperor Hongjia and others, and thought of the gossip that she heard later, she could only say slowly, "Feng Yi was later sent to the Huanyi Section to wash clothes as a slave. "