The Virtuous Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 58 Thorough Investigation (1)

Jiaorong licked her lower lips, and her first reaction was to appease Concubine Yi: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the slave has already sent someone to report to the emperor, the emperor will come soon, there is a slave here, you It'll be fine."

Concubine Yi was obviously terrified, she hugged Jiaorong tightly and refused to let go, but when she saw the blood stains on Jiaorong's body, she became a little more frightened, and said in a soft voice: "How could someone give me a hand?" Am I poisoned? How could it be... I have only been in the palace for a week, and I don't even know the concubines in the palace, and I haven't provoked anyone..."

Concubine Yi's pupils kept moving back and forth, her body was still trembling, Jiaorong frowned, she pulled Concubine Yi into her arms, patted Concubine Yi's back with her hands, her voice was as loud as possible Not as cold as usual: "Mother, don't be afraid, there are servants here, no one will harm you, and the emperor, the emperor will not let you have any accidents."

Concubine Yi was already timid, so she couldn't help but shed tears at this moment. She grabbed Jiaorong's hand and couldn't help but said: "I don't trust the emperor, I only trust you. The emperor favors me because of my family, only you It's really good for me..."

Hearing this, Jiaorong couldn't help feeling a surge of heat in her heart, she closed her eyes and sighed, touched Concubine Yi's head buried on her shoulder, stroked it twice, and said in a rare and gentle voice: "Okay, The slave is here, trust the slave, okay?"

Jiaorong is a relatively slow person. It stands to reason that she has only come to Chengqian Palace for a week, so it is impossible for her relationship with Concubine Yi to improve so quickly, but this period of getting along has made Jiaorong feel soft-hearted again and again.

Jiaorong is a very proud person, she always respects her heart, even if she is a slave, she must be neither humble nor overbearing, so she hates those masters who are indiscriminate because of her humble status.But Concubine Yi is different from them. Concubine Yi not only treats her servants well, but also doesn’t treat them as lowly slaves at all. Concubine Yi will share with them any delicious food. Go back early and rest.

Jiaorong is just cold-tempered, but she also knows how to be grateful and considerate. Concubine Yi has a gentle and kind personality. She doesn't know not to let herself suffer, but only knows to give to others repeatedly.Such a person really made it impossible for Jiaorong not to get close to and protect him.Because there are always more villains than good people in the Forbidden City, if she doesn't protect Concubine Yi, Concubine Yi will definitely be bullied and used by those villains.

Not long after, the emperor and Fu Lu arrived. The emperor heard that Concubine Yi's meal had been poisoned, and brought a big battle. All the imperial guards and imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital followed.When they came, Concubine Yi and Concubine Jiaorong were still on the ground, Concubine Yi buried herself on Jiaorong's shoulder and cried so hard that the emperor didn't know whether to step forward or not.

In the end, the emperor's eyes fell on Jiao Rong, and Jiao Rong raised her eyes and looked at him, her eyes were very cold.The emperor took a few steps forward, glanced at the food on the table and the blood on the ground, and calmly asked Jiao Rong: "What's going on?"

Jiaorong didn't respond, but shifted his gaze from the emperor to Fulu behind him, the emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked back following Jiaorong's gaze.Fulu walked out slowly under these two scorching gazes, swallowed his saliva and bowed to salute: "Fulu, the royal chef, send my respects to the emperor and concubine Yi."

The emperor looked at Fu Lu, and asked in a deep voice: "Today's meal, you made it?"

"Ah?" Fu Lu stared blankly at the emperor, and then reacted slowly, quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, it's not a slave, a slave is just a new cook from the imperial dining room, who is still cooking for your lords. Let's do it."

As he said that, Fulu quietly pointed to Jiaorong on the ground, and said softly, "It's sister Jiaorong. She is familiar with the servant, and she just called the servant here to ask about the situation."

Hearing the word "familiarity", the emperor raised his eyebrows one side calmly, glanced at Jiaorong beside him, ignored her, looked at Fulu and asked: "Today's Chengqian Palace Which imperial chef cooks the meal?"

"Chengqian Palace?" Fulu tilted his head, thought for a moment, and said "ah", "All the dishes in each palace are prepared by the imperial chefs, but there is a candied lotus root with sweet-scented osmanthus, which was ordered by Concubine Yi alone. That osmanthus candied lotus root was made by Zhang Yuchu."

Hearing this, the emperor glanced at Liang Jiugong next to him, and without thinking about it, he ordered in a cold voice, "Bring Zhang Yuchu."

At this moment, Jiao Rong on the ground suddenly frowned and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty!"

Liang Jiugong was about to respond, but he couldn't help but stop when he heard this, and looked at Jiaorong in a daze.The emperor was also a little confused, looking at Jiaorong's cold and somewhat stern face, he couldn't help saying: "What's the matter with you?"

Jiaorong lowered her eyes to look at Concubine Yi who was still in fear, and was very dissatisfied with the emperor's way of not paying attention at all. She held Concubine Yi tighter, her gaze shot at the emperor like a sharp knife, her tone Incomparably cold: "Concubine Yi is still in a state of panic, I don't know if the emperor is going to interrogate her, should she change her place?"

Jiaorong's eyes were obviously reproachful, and the emperor couldn't help being startled when he saw it. Then he noticed Concubine Yi who was curled up in Jiaorong's arms. She looked like a white rabbit who had nowhere to hide when the beasts were hunting for food. Full of fear and weakness.And obviously, Jiaorong is the only cave she can hide from at this moment.

Regarding this, the emperor had to admit that Jiaorong's words were not wrong. Although her attitude was not very good, it was probably because Concubine Yi was quite frightened.The emperor was not angry at all, he turned around with a "cough", and said to his servants, "Tell Yuchu Zhang to the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

But just as the emperor was about to leave, a tender voice suddenly came from behind: "Hold on, Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, the footsteps of the emperor and the servants around him paused. The emperor let out a "tsk" and frowned slightly, but he was not impatient. He turned around slowly and asked Jiaorong: "What is the matter?" What's the matter?"

Jiaorong looked past the emperor, looked directly at the several imperial physicians who were following the emperor, and said coldly: "The concubine Yi was so frightened that I panicked, and this servant also asked the emperor to let the imperial physician come to show the imperial concubine Yi to prevent What an accident."

Hearing this, the emperor closed his eyes, he didn't know whether it was to Jiaorong or to himself, he was somewhat speechless, only being complained by this little girl, he forgot his business.The emperor took a deep breath, waved his hand casually, and squeezed the space between his eyebrows with the other hand, "Look."

Afterwards, the imperial physician stayed to see how Concubine Yi was doing, and the emperor left Chengqian Palace directly, and went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to interrogate Zhang Yuchu.And when the emperor was about to leave, Jiaorong signaled Fulu to stay with his eyes.

Jiaorong slowly helped Concubine Yi up, and let the other maids and imperial physicians help her to go to the bedroom to get her pulse, while Jiaorong walked up to Fulu, and asked with a serious face, "What's going on? What happened to Concubine Yi?" Why was the meal poisoned by someone?"

(End of this chapter)