The world is heavy and late

Chapter 20
The day after tomorrow, Zhongcui Palace
Concubine Shu put down her teacup and said:
"Idiot, she has been as stupid as ever for so many years. Xu Ji's people have checked the front of the palace, but she hasn't noticed anything yet."

Aunt Wang hurriedly added some charcoal to the fire. It is now November, and the winter in the capital is not only dry, but the north wind is also particularly harsh.

Aunt Wang gently fanned the charcoal fire and said:

"Your Majesty, calm down, those people seem to be very clever, if it wasn't for our family who has been in the palace for more than ten years, we probably wouldn't recognize him, it's not Cui Jieyu's fault."

Concubine Shu was even angrier.

"You said that her Cui family didn't have a hidden stake. This wave is our Wang family's loss. Our people are not allowed to intervene in the follow-up matters. Let their people go."

Thinking of what happened this time, Aunt Wang felt like a big mountain was pressing on her back, she endured it, and Aunt Wang still whispered,
"Your Majesty, do we really want to get involved in this matter? Be careful not to hurt your mother's body."

Concubine Shu looked at the void in front of her with far-reaching eyes, and asked faintly:
"You said that Mrs. Cui sent me the news to do this. Is it her own idea or her family's idea? If it is the family's idea, what is worth Cui's sacrifice so much to do? If you say such a thing, our king Did Shi get involved?"

Aunt Wang didn't dare to say any more.

Shu Concubine Wang closed her eyes and said: "deliver the letter, let's do it today, and then let Xu Ji check it out."

Aunt Wang turned around and went down. Concubine Shu looked at the sky of Zhongcui Palace with a strange light in her eyes.

Even if it's the imperial city, their Wang family has seen more than one royal family. If they want to mess up this imperial city, Wang's family and Cui's family will definitely be able to mess up.

Here King Cui's plan is proceeding in an orderly manner, but Xia Qing over there feels more and more weird, especially today when she looks at Shen Hui's eyes looking at herself and Wu Xiaoyuan from time to time, and her anxious and excited expression on her face, I just can't hold it down.

Xia Qing didn't know what Shen Hui's eyes meant, and she couldn't understand the current situation, but her heart began to beating slowly. She had this feeling once before, that is, in that icy lake, the lake water poured back When she sniffed, she also heard her own heartbeat beating so fast and flustered.

Shen Hui's face became more and more anxious, and her expression became more and more excited.

Xia Qing took a deep breath and made a decision, she couldn't wait any longer, she had a premonition that something would happen, she stood up and took a deep look at Shen Hui, then stretched out her hand and pulled Wu Xiaoyuan who was next to her and walked out of the room quickly, everyone around was startled jumped.

Wu Xiaoyuan was also dragged up with a dazed expression, but after seeing so many people in the room, she swallowed back the words.

It is already half an hour now, and it is estimated that they will go to Zhongcui Palace and Ganlu Hall to deliver meals in another two quarters of an hour. She took Wu Xiaoyuan to the place where the female officials cook, and found that it happened to be the finishing stage.

She directly went to the two envoys who were in charge of the meals of Concubine Shu and Cui Jieyu. Yes, Concubine Shu and Cui Jieyu were the most noble people in this palace except the emperor, and there was no empress dowager. Just before the palace banquet, the two envoys were in charge of His Majesty's imperial meals, and the four female envoys took turns to take care of Concubine Shu and Cui Jieyu's meals.

Xia Qing took the hands of the two female envoys and said:
"Before the maid sends out this meal, why don't you save some of each meal for inspection?"

The two female envoys and the envoy all looked serious, and one of the envoys who was obviously older asked:

"Who are you, who allowed you to come in, and what did you mean by what you just said?"

Xia Qing was impatient to say more, only said:

"The adults have been in this palace for a long time. Is there any harm in keeping a copy for inspection? Aren't the adults afraid of the things that may happen in it?"

The people around were all shocked, it is really rare to see such a scene, a court lady said this to several adults with a serious face, and seeing that several adults also tended to be suppressed, they all looked at each other He lowered his head and held his breath, not daring to speak.

The other one made the prisoner obviously angry: "Bold, ignorant slave, who allows you to speak nonsense here, come here..."

Before he finished speaking, Xia Qing interrupted: "That's all for now, let's wrap it up, my lords, and the food delivery is about to start."

After finishing speaking, he went to find out the two food boxes of Zhongcui Palace and Ganlu Hall, and touched the food boxes carefully. Xia Qing's hand passed every inch of the food boxes.

After reading it, she was a little discouraged. She couldn't find anything in the food box, and she didn't know what those people were trying to do.

Touching the two food boxes beside her, Xia Qing looked up at Wu Xiaoyuan who had been following her.

Wu Xiaoyuan looked down at Xia Qing who was checking on the ground, her face was a little pale and her eyes were a little red, she quietly watched Xia Qing check.

When Xia Qing looked up at her after the examination, she said in a slightly choked voice: "Is something wrong, are we going to die?"

Xia Qing looked at this girl who had been together day and night for almost a year, she seemed to have only grown up a little compared to when she entered the palace, but nothing else had changed, she was still so lively, kind, a little naive and a little squeamish.

I gradually made a decision in my heart, she was still so young, and she was already so numb.

Xia Qing said softly and firmly: "No, Yuanyuan, today you are going to deliver the meal in Ganlu Hall, and I will go to Zhongcui Palace. If someone asks, you can tell me that I have to change it with you. Got it?" ."

Wu Xiaoyuan was still a little dazed, she didn't dare to nod or shake her head, she didn't know what happened, whether doing so would make Sister Xia's situation better or worse.

Xia Qing stood up and patted Wu Xiaoyuan's head, and put a strand of her hair behind her ear, and said nothing more.

Can I have no meals?How could they not send it away, even if they didn't send it today, the two of them would not be able to please, and they would probably be sent to the Ye Ting Bureau with a slap in the face, that would be hard to survive.

And if it wasn't for them to deliver, someone else would deliver. At this sensitive moment, the person who delivered the food was suddenly changed, but they were the ones who had frequent contact with the two servants. Could they escape the relationship?
Besides, she knew that something would happen, but she pushed it to others. Could she really do that?
She could only take the situation that both of them were bound to have accidents to one person, Xia Qing thought it was fine, if she saved another person, she would die without injustice.

Several female envoys and envoys watched this situation, looked at each other silently, and took out things to prepare the two meals.

It's not that they believed Xia Qing's words, but that they are high-ranking officials, and the old people in the palace have experienced a lot. Naturally, they are more careful and life-saving than others. It is not difficult at all to keep some backups. Do more It’s okay if it’s guaranteed, and finally the elder made the supervisor say:
"Hurry up and prepare the meal, let these two go to deliver the meal, after the meal is delivered, we will deal with this little maid's audacity."

At the entrance where the meal was delivered, Wu Xiaoyuan looked at Xia Qing who was holding the meal from Zhongcui Palace, his eyes became redder for some reason, Xia Qing looked up at the sky and said:

"It will be too late if we don't go."

Xia Qing arrived at Zhongcui Palace and delivered the meal to the little waiter who came to pick it up. He watched the Zhongcui Palace at the door in silence, even if the maids came and went in a hurry, there was no movement at all.

Without saying anything, she turned her head quickly, why didn't she trust her intuition, maybe it was a gift from God.

She didn't know how to cook, so she walked quickly to the yard next to the chief servant, found the servant who was guarding the door last time and said:
"I want to see Xu Zhong, hurry up."

Seeing the menacing Xia Qing, the servant didn't dare to delay at all, and led him directly to the door.

Xia Qing saw Xu Zhong and said:

"An accident will definitely happen tonight. If anything happens to Zhong Cui Palace, please send someone to tell me immediately."

After a pause, he said again: "If there is any movement in the Ganlu Palace, I will send someone to come, thank you very much."

After finishing speaking, he was about to turn around and leave. Xu Zhong looked at Xia Qing's back and felt something bad for a moment, but it was about Xia Qing, so he said, "What happened, what are you going to do?"

Xia Qing paused, turned around and looked up at Xu Zhong. Xu Zhong also looked at these beautiful eyes. He didn't dare to look into her eyes many times. Today, he was still dazed when he saw them. Why? Looking into her eyes felt even worse.

Xia Qing looked at Xu Zhong who was becoming more and more majestic and smiled and said, "Xu Zhong, you will definitely live well."

He left without waiting for him to speak.

Xu Zhong watched Xia Qing's back go away, and severely suppressed the bad thoughts in his heart. He ordered his servant to inquire about what happened to Zhongcui Palace and Ganlu Palace.

……

Before Xia Qing could go back to the catering department, he was caught up by the waiter behind him. The waiter was a little out of breath and obviously came from a quick walk and said:
"Eunuch Xu asked the younger one to send a letter to Miss Xia saying that the concubine Zhong Cui Gong Shu was vomiting blood and was in a coma to ask the imperial doctor. A servant who delivered meals hanged himself. Now Hu Sizheng of the Department of Legal Affairs and Mr. Xu's father-in-law have gone to investigate, and the father-in-law finally said that the girl must take care of herself."

Almost as soon as Xia Qing finished listening to the words, he ran towards the secretary of the meal, not paying any attention to the rules of not running in the palace.

(End of this chapter)