Bai Yueguang, the stand-in for Prince Sick Jiao

Chapter 43 Poisoning
The palace banquet was going on in an orderly manner, not long after, Ling Youyao suddenly felt a little dizzy and chest tight.

Fu Mingjue noticed something was wrong with her, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Ling Youyao forced a smile, "My lord, I want to go out and enjoy some air, it's so boring here."

Fu Mingjue didn't stop her, but just told Yinzhu to take good care of her.

Ling Youyao got up and left the hall.

Her departure immediately attracted the attention of many people, secretly guessing why Princess Jing left the table suddenly.

Shen Xuhuai looked at Ling Youyao's leaving back from a distance, his heart moved, he wanted to chase him out, but he restrained himself.

Seeing that he didn't move, Ling Qingyan dropped his heart. If Shen Xuhuai really chased after him, he didn't know if he could stop him.

After leaving the main hall, Ling Youyao sat down in the gazebo in the garden.

In mid-autumn, the night was slightly cold, and the moon in the sky was bright and round, sticking to the corners of the palace eaves, as if it was about to fall in the next moment.

Yinzhu took the cloak and put it on Ling Youyao, saying: "It's cold at night, don't catch cold."

"Yeah." Ling Youyao was restless, half of the banquet was already over, why there was no movement for so long?

The palace people carrying lanterns came in from the palace gate, illuminating the blue stone steps, and when they approached, Ling Youyao saw the jade plate they were holding.

The leading prince recognized Ling Youyao, so he stopped on his own initiative, and said with a smile: "The servant sees the princess."

Ling Youyao nodded, saw the tightly covered tray behind him, and asked by the way: "What is this?"

The prince said fairly: "It's the boiled crab that was tributed in the south of the Yangtze River. The crab is fat in August. The nobles in the capital love it the most. Even your majesty can't help eating two more every time he sees this crab. The princess also goes in to taste it together." Bar."

"Unfortunately, I'm allergic to shrimp and crab, so I won't be able to taste this delicious food."

"That's really a pity, the crabs from Miyang Lake, the meat is delicious and fresh, and you can only taste them at the Mid-Autumn Festival every year." The prince was a little regretful, and then smiled, "Your Majesty is still waiting to eat crabs, and the slaves will eat them." Go ahead."

Ling Youyao looked at the back of them leaving and was slightly dazed, then got up: "Let's go back."

Coincidentally, Liang Wenyao, who was about to go back after finishing his convenience, saw the startled look from a distance, curled his lips, and said regretfully, "It's really a pity that Huanzhi didn't come tonight."

The hall is still lively.

When Ling Youyao came back, the palace servant just brought the plate of orange and yellow crabs to Fu Mingjue.

Fu Mingjue turned to look at her, and said, "It's just in time to come back, help me peel the crab."

"." He really took her as a maid.

"What are you doing in a daze? Come here." Fu Mingjue said again.

Ling Youyao sat over with a stiff smile, took the plate, knocked open the palm-sized crab as if venting, and then pulled the meat and broken the bones.

One day, she will ask Fu Mingjue to serve her well!
From the corner of Fu Mingjue's eyes, he caught a glimpse of her angry look and laughed in his heart.

Seeing this scene in the distance, Su Lingxi was so angry that her teeth itch with hatred. The prince asked her to peel the crabs and still acted reluctantly. She really didn't know what to do!
Su Yu'e handed the taken out crab meat to Su Lingxi, and said carefully, "Second Sister, it's finished."

Su Lingxi turned her head and looked at the plate full of crab meat, her mood immediately improved a lot, and she pretended to smile and said, "Thank you, fifth sister, for your kindness. Don't patronize me, try it yourself."

Seeing how poor her fifth sister is, I'm afraid she hasn't eaten crabs from Miyang Lake yet?

Su Yu'e stared at the fresh and tender crab meat, and couldn't help swallowing her saliva. The third room was struggling and couldn't afford to eat the crabs that are a specialty of Miyang Lake. Although my uncle would buy them every year, only five or six of them could be allocated to the third room. That's all.

She glanced at Su Lingxi secretly, seeing that her expression was normal, she picked up the chopsticks and put a little on her plate, but it was only a little.

"Thank you second sister."

Su Lingxi took the plate with a smile: "We are all a family, why be polite?"

Others heard that the Su family sisters got along well, but only Su Yu'e knew that she was able to get some crab meat thanks to Su Lingxi's charity.

施舍
Most of the palace banquet was over, just when Ling Youyao thought that nothing would happen tonight, Fu Xiuyun's complexion suddenly turned ugly.

Concubine Zhou Shu was the first to notice that something was wrong with him, she hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Hearing the sound, the queen mother and queen also looked over.

"What's wrong?" The queen mother worried, "You look so pale?"

Fu Xiuyun tried his best to suppress the surging blood in his chest, and said through gritted teeth: "It's okay, the queen mother doesn't have to worry that the son is a little drunk, I want to go back to rest first, the queen mother forgives me."

The courtiers were all watching from below. Although they couldn't hear what Fu Xiuyun was saying clearly, they also noticed that his expression was serious. Could it be that something serious happened?

Ling Youyao and Fu Mingjue sat at the bottom, very close to the upper seat, they heard what Fu Xiuyun said just now.

"My lord, Your Majesty, he doesn't seem to be very well." It's not that he's not very good, but very bad. Fu Xiuyun's complexion was pale, but his lips showed a dying purple.

It's not drunk, it's intoxication.

Realizing this, Ling Youyao was shocked. She looked at Fu Mingjue, but saw that he only frowned slightly, without worry.

Did he already know that something bad happened to Fu Xiuyun tonight?

And Fu Xiuyun obviously realized that he was poisoned, but he still managed not to vomit blood: "Mother, my son will retire first."

Although the queen mother was puzzled, she was also worried about his body, and hurriedly said: "Since you are not feeling well, go back quickly, remember to ask the imperial doctor to take a look."

Then he said to the Queen: "You don't have to stay here anymore, go and take care of Your Majesty."

"Yes."

Just as the queen was about to get up, Fu Xiuyun grabbed Concubine Zhou Shu's hand: "No need, Concubine Shu is enough."

The queen mother had nothing to do with him, she only gave Zhou Shufei a warning look.

Concubine Zhou Shu helped Fu Xiuyun get up and leave. Unexpectedly, after taking a few steps, Fu Xiuyun suddenly vomited a big mouthful of black blood, and his whole body fell forward!
"His Majesty!"

"Emperor!"

The music stopped abruptly, and the panicked exclamations of the crowd swept over.

Ling Youyao's heart skipped a beat, and she accidentally knocked over the celadon bowl filled with crab meat. Who on earth dared to poison Fu Xiuyun in full view?

A face of a person suddenly appeared in her mind, and she looked over the restless crowd to find the figure of Mingyue——

Mingyue was still standing in the corner, alone in the chaos, with a smile on her face, and the dim lights scattered behind her. At this moment, she was really like the bright moon in the night sky, beautiful and lonely.

What was supposed to come still came.
Ling Youyao gave a wry smile, and looked back at Fu Mingjue: "My lord, the crab meat is gone."

Fu Mingjue only took a deep look at her, and said, "Stay here well, don't hurt yourself."

Immediately, he got up and left his seat.

　Pay attention, knock on the blackboard!煠(zha) crab, the same as hairy crab, this saying originated in Wu dialect, which means boiled, and is a special word for Shanghainese.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)