Chunman Palace

Chapter 115 Love and Erosion (Part [-])
Mu Pingting opened her lips slightly as if surprised, gasped and said, "This silver lock is a gift from the empress, but... Lingqiao, did you touch this silver lock with wine on your hands before?"

Lingqiao quickly shook her head: "No, ma'am, the servants were all taking care of the fifth prince at the banquet just now, and they never went anywhere, and the pot of the empress was full of tea, how could the servants be contaminated with wine."

Xuan Yin heard the words, and asked the queen abruptly: "What did the queen say?"

Seeing that the spearhead was pointed at her, the queen quickly explained: "Your Majesty, although this silver lock is a gift from my concubine, my concubine has never touched this silver lock before. How can I get wine on the jade pendant? Let alone this gift book It has also passed through the hands of many people..."

At this time, Ning'er in the Queen's Palace suddenly stood up, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is due to the negligence of your servant. The Empress asked the servant to take out the gift that was going to be given to the Fifth Prince, and accidentally spilled the wine. Let the silver lock be stained with wine, the servants should die!"

Xuan Yin said expressionlessly: "You deserve to die. Drag her out and you will be punished."

These eighty sticks go down, people are afraid that they will be beaten beyond human shape.

Ning'er was so frightened that she trembled all over, she couldn't stop begging for mercy: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! This servant is wrong, empress empress, please save this servant servant! Empress empress!!"

Concubine Lan played with the armor, and said lightly: "Ning'er is the empress's maid. After she knocked over the drink, she didn't inform the empress immediately, and brought the silver lock that was stained with alcohol. That's it. Ning'er is too stupid, or is it because the empress did not train her properly that she deliberately concealed it?"

The queen clenched her sleeves tightly, and frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, this matter really has nothing to do with my concubines. Your majesty knows it!"

Xuan Yin slapped his hands heavily on the table: "Shut up! You don't have any real evidence, so don't make random guesses!"

Concubine Lan Gui stood up and saluted: "Yes, I know my mistake."

Doctor Liu said: "Your Majesty, I have already drawn up a prescription. This soup is mild in nature and will not hurt the Fifth Prince."

Xuan Yin nodded: "Take the fifth prince back to the palace first, Yue'er, don't be too sad." He turned back and said in a calm voice: "There is nothing else, let's go back to the palace."

All the concubines stood up and saluted: "The concubine will leave."

On the way back to the palace, Chang Xiuru followed Lin Qingyu, curiously said: "It's the first time I've seen this empress do harm to someone, do you think that maid accidentally sprayed the wine?"

Lin Qingyu sat on the sedan chair and curled her lips slightly: "Since you are so curious, why don't you ask the empress yourself?"

When Chang Xiuru heard people say this, the excitement that was just ignited was extinguished again, and her face suddenly turned pale, she rolled her eyes and said: "It's fine if you don't want to say it, what about the medicine?"

Lin Qingyu gently rubbed her temples with her fingers, her voice sounded tired, "The medicine is in the palace, I will ask Mo'er to deliver it to you when I go back." She opened her eyes, tilted her head to look at Chang Xiuru and said, "Then I'm taking the medicine, but is it still useful?"

Chang Xiuru smiled inexplicably: "Take it every day, it is naturally useful, but I don't know when I can stop this medicine."

Lin Qingyu curled her lips, her eyes were deep and unwavering, like a mirror, "If you think it's all right, I'll ask Mo'er to bring you the prescription when I go back."

"Okay, then I'll go back to the palace first. I'm sore all over after watching such a big show today." Chang Xiuru snorted lightly, put her hand on the maid's hand and left leisurely.

When the people walked away, Mo'er asked: "Your Majesty really wants to give the prescription to Concubine Chang? Aren't you just afraid that she sees something wrong?"

"Since I dare to give it to you, I'm not afraid of what she will see." Lin Qingyu looked at his receding back, with a deeper smile on his lips.

When Chang Xiuru returned to Guanju Palace, she ordered the palace servants to withdraw and prepare fragrant flowers and hot water for bathing.

The moment she entered the bathtub, she breathed out a sigh of relief, and said with great enjoyment: "I'm sweating just now, I have to take a good soak in this hot water to feel comfortable." She pointed to the maid who was adding water, Said: "From now on, every time I go out and come back, I have to prepare a bucket of hot water in advance, understand?"

"Yes, empress." The maid nodded and diligently put those flowers into the basin.

Chang Xiuru said quite comfortably: "It smells so good, these roses smell better than before, what's the matter?"

The palace lady said: "Master Hui, this is the red jade rose that was paid for outside, so it is more fragrant than usual. Only the lords of the palace can get a few plants. The water soaked in this kind of rose can make the skin delicate and smooth. The fragrance is incomparable."

Chang Xiuru lowered her head and sniffed those petals, then raised her lips and said, "Very well, what's your name? Why haven't I seen you before?"

"The servant's name is Hua Ran."

Chang Xiuru felt that the name was strange, and couldn't help asking: "Painting? Which painting is it? A painting of calligraphy and painting?"

Huaran said slowly: "You are sad, but you are self-sufficient, it is the name of a slave."

Chang Xiuru became interested: "Have you ever read a book? This name is very strange, who gave it to you?"

Huaran's face was as cold as frost, and his tone was light, as if he was telling something that had nothing to do with him: "Go back to your mother, the name of the servant was chosen by my father, and only because of the decline of the family, the servant entered the palace as a slave. If you stay in Yeting, you are not qualified to serve your master."

What a poor man.

Chang Xiuru looked at the person in front of her, and found that the maid named Hua Ran was quite pleasing to the eye, before she could speak, she heard a knock on the door: "Ma'am, Mo'er from Yanxi Palace is here to deliver something."

Chang Xiuru was a little annoyed, and said to Huaran, "Go outside and bring in the medicine."

"Yes." Huaran took the order and left, and soon brought back the bottle of medicine and a paper prescription.

Chang Xiuru took the medicine bottle, took out two pills from it and swallowed them vigorously, and said, "Go and take this prescription to the imperial hospital to see if there is anything wrong with it, don't let other people find out."

Hua Ran nodded, put away the prescription, and poured some water into the tub.

Chang Xiuru yawned lazily, closed her eyes to rest her spirits, perhaps because she couldn't sleep well at night, she fell asleep in the bathtub, and when she woke up again, the sky had become a bit darker. It was gray and the water in the bucket was still hot.

She moved her body wearily, trying to stand up from the tub, but she knocked her chin on the tub, blood flowed immediately, and felt that familiar feeling all over her body again, like countless ants and insects gnawed on her body. Like biting her body, she almost broke down and shouted.

The pain in her whole body and the dizziness in her brain made her jump out of the bathtub involuntarily, only wrapped in a small shirt to cover her, she kept grabbing her hair and rubbing it carelessly.

Hearing the sound, Huaran rushed into the house, picked up the robe and wrapped it around Chang Xiuru's body, and said, "Your Majesty, calm down."

Chang Xiuru yelled and pushed her away, her eyes widened and she said: "Where's the medicine? Quickly get me the medicine, bring me the medicine!"

Hua Ran hurriedly looked around, found the medicine bottle by the tub, and immediately handed it to Chang Xiuru, but Chang Xiuru tore open the bottle as if she didn't care, and poured it into her mouth.

Huaran hurriedly stopped her and said, "No, ma'am, this is medicine! You can't take it like this!"

"Get out!" Chang Xiuru threw the person away, raised her head and poured the bottle of medicine into her mouth, and gasped while chewing: "What do you know, you bitch! I'm so uncomfortable, If you don’t take medicine, you might as well die!!!”

While chewing the pill angrily, she tried to swallow it vigorously, but because she was too anxious and anxious, she sprayed the medicine on the ground more often, and then gritted her teeth tightly.

Huaran said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, calm down! You really can't take this medicine like this!"

At this time, several maids from outside the palace also heard the sound and came in. Seeing the mess on the ground, they hurriedly said: "My lady, why did you take all the medicine? My concubine only gives you a month's worth of medicine each time. If you are like this... I'm afraid it will be worse in the future." going to suffer."

Chang Xiuru glared angrily: "Bad maids! Get the hell out of me!"

The maid continued to chatter: "Mother, the servants also kindly persuade you, such a waste of medicine, even if you have a pharmacy, it will take a lot of time to refine it, you really shouldn't be so impulsive."

Chang Xiuru hissed angrily and shouted: "Get out! You lowly maids!!! As the master of Guanju Palace, I order you lowly maids to go, all of you! I want you to die!! !"

The few court ladies were still indifferent, and only said frivolously: "Your Majesty wants to be killed or cut into pieces, but the servants can't control it. If Your Majesty continues to go crazy, I'm afraid you will be imprisoned again if you invite the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. The servant is just reminding you."

Hearing this, Chang Xiuru's mind reappeared those days of being grounded and deserted and lonely, and she couldn't help trembling with fright.

Huaran said angrily: "You guys are bold! You don't listen to your mother's order, do you want to be punished? Hurry up and get out!"

But the maids laughed out loud, and saluted: "The servants are not doing enough to serve the concubine Chang, so they voluntarily leave Guanju Palace, the empress take good care of themselves."

Hua Ran scooped up a spoonful of water, splashed it behind those maids, and then closed the door tightly.

She turned around and looked at Chang Xiuru who was in a daze, and said softly: "Those servants must have gone crazy, and they are usually respectful when looking at them, why are they so arrogant now, don't worry, the servants will tell the queen Empress, let her deal with those lowly slaves well."

Chang Xiuru shook her head: "No, the empress won't care about my life, and the emperor won't... Those maids are obviously under the concubine's subordinates. She put eyeliner in my palace early in the morning. It’s just to humiliate me.”

Huaran hesitated and said: "Concubine...haven't you always been on good terms with your empress?"

Chang Xiuru's eyes were resentful, a few drops of crystals slipped down her lips, she gritted her teeth, full of hatred: "Good friends? Everything in this palace is fake, only benefits are real! To kill her elder sister, to frame her father and elder brother in prison, she must have hated Ben Gong, how could we be on good terms! It is Ben Gong who was too stupid to wake up early."

Huaran comforted: "Your Majesty, you have to take care of your body... Only by taking good care of your body can you repay all the humiliation you have suffered! This servant has already helped you find the imperial doctor and asked for the prescription, there is no problem."

"I've asked the imperial physician... You can't trust this prescription...Since she's thinking about the revenge of the day and wants to torture me, the prescriptions she sent are naturally unverifiable and untestable." Chang Xiuru exhaled weakly, Wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, he said: "I must find a new way to save myself."

The night is deep, like a strong bitter medicine, which stirs in all the sorrows of the world and boils them into an unbearable bitterness.

There were rustling sounds in the dark bushes, and a petite figure flew across the edge of the lawn and ran straight into the depths of the rockery.After an unknown amount of time, the moonlight shone brightly, revealing the lonely figure of the man in the rockery, and she hurried over as if catching hope.

She took the man's hand and said happily: "You are indeed here! I couldn't find you just now, I thought you had already left..."

The man smiled lightly: "How come? Didn't I say that I would meet you here? How is the matter going?"

The woman said in a flustered and excited tone: "Don't worry, I saw the Eldest Princess finish drinking the medicine with my own eyes, and I took the opportunity to stab her in the heart, she won't survive!"

The man reached out and stroked her forehead hair, and said gently: "He'er, thank you for your hard work."

Under the moonlight, the faces of the two were faintly illuminated.

It was He'er, the maid beside Zezu and the eldest princess.

He'er shook her head: "It's not hard work, it will allow us to live a carefree life in the future, that's nothing!" She suddenly thought of something, raised her head and said, "By the way, how can we leave the palace?"

"Don't worry, I've already taken care of everything." Ze Zu took out a golden belt and said, "When the time comes, you can pretend to be a little guard and just follow me."

"That's good...we can finally be together!" He'er hugged the man in front of her with a happy face, and leaned her cheek against his chest, feeling very relieved and warm: "You know, when I was young, I saw those The bride who is carried by the red sedan chair is very envious in her heart. She always thinks that one day when she grows up, she will be able to sit on the red sedan chair, and the big sedan chair will be carried by eight people... But, after I entered the palace and became a palace maid, I no longer What do you dare to ask for?"

Her voice gradually lowered, as if she was a little shy: "But ever since I met you, I feel that my wish will definitely come true! After we get married, I can also be married in in a sedan chair with eight carriages. It's fun..."

Just as she was immersed in Zeyu's warmth, Zeyu's hand moved to her back. Under the moonlight, a cold front flashed, and a silver light pierced her back directly.

She suddenly felt a sharp pain in her back, as if something had ruptured in her stomach, and the fishy-sweet liquid overflowed from the corners of her lips involuntarily, and she no longer had the slightest strength to support her body, and she was crumbling like a puppet with broken strings.

Zeyu stepped forward and hugged her gently, with a gentle and cruel voice: "I'm sorry, I can't take you out of the palace. But I think it shouldn't be so hard for you to die at the hands of the person you love the most. " After finishing speaking, he suddenly pulled out the sword behind He'er.

Blood gushed out from her back, He'er suddenly lost her strength, her eyes widened and she fell to the ground, there was no hatred in her eyes, tears moistened her shocked eyes, she looked sad and miserable.

Zezu dug a pit with his sword, and threw the unused packet of poison powder into it.

At this time, several guards also came here, and they were very surprised when they saw Zeqi and the maids on the ground.

Zeyu said calmly: "What is this court lady hiding here secretly, she was stabbed to death by my sword, I think this thing is enough for you to go back and do business."

He stretched out his sword and pointed at the paper bag dug out on the ground, the two guards picked it up immediately, thanked them and retreated.

(End of this chapter)