Noble First Daughter-in-law

Hearing what Su Qinglan said, Shang Ruyi was stunned and immediately raised his head to look at her. Su Qinglan hurriedly smiled and said, "Wei Chen doesn't mean anything else. It's just that the princess is still in the early stages of pregnancy, so she needs to pay attention to some foods. Just I’m afraid that Mrs. Chu doesn’t know the taboos——”

She said this very tactfully, but Shang Ruyi understood it immediately.

Tushe'er on the side also felt sorry for herself and said hurriedly: "That's true, she made this snack by herself. I'm not worried, so I'd like to ask Master Su to take a look and confirm that the princess can use it. It won't be too late to eat it later." .”

Shang Ruyi still had some hesitation in his heart.

Firstly, it is one thing for a person to like or dislike another person, but it is another thing to harm someone. Even if Chu Ruoyan does not like herself, she is not a person who can harm others; secondly, Even if she really couldn't recognize the person, she was such a person, and she wouldn't be so stupid as to tamper with the food she made by herself and have her eldest maid deliver it to her. This was a bit too stupid.

Tusheer seemed to notice that she was hesitating, and said softly: "Princess, we won't tell others, let Master Su take a look, it won't be a problem."

Shang Ruyi thought about it and felt that she was right.

Then he nodded and said, "That's fine."

So, Tu Sheer immediately stepped forward and opened the lid of the food box, and brought the box to Su Qinglan's eyes.

Su Qinglan looked down and saw four pieces of bright red hawthorn cake. Although they were not very delicately made, they were quite neat. With the bright and pleasant color and the sweet and sour taste that came out as soon as the lid was opened, she was so moved. People move their index fingers.

No matter how you look at it, they are all mediocre hawthorn cakes.

But after Su Qinglan took a look, she leaned over and smelled it, and suddenly frowned: "Huh?"

Her move immediately made everyone around her nervous, and Su Qinglan apologized again, dipped the tip of her little finger into the powdered sugar sprinkled on the pastry surface, and tasted it on the tip of her tongue.

Suddenly his brows furrowed even more tightly.

Tu Sheer asked nervously: "Master Su, is there a problem with this?"

Su Qinglan looked solemn, raised her head to look at Shang Ruyi, and said in a deep voice: "Princess, you can't eat this hawthorn cake."

Shang Ruyi immediately asked: "What's the problem?"

"These are not ordinary powdered sugar, they are also mixed with five elements grass ash."

"Wuxingcao?"

When Shang Ruyi heard this, he frowned. Tu Sheer and Chang Wan on the side didn't quite understand yet. Su Qinglan could tell that Shang Ruyi should have some medical skills, so she only explained to the two palace maids: "Five Elements Grass has the medicinal effect of smoothing and tightening a woman's uterus, plus the hawthorn cake below -"

Tusheer said hurriedly: "Hawthorn cake, is there a problem?"

Su Qinglan shook her head and said: "There is nothing wrong with hawthorn, but pregnant women should not eat too much hawthorn, because hawthorn has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and five elements grass can cause contraction of the uterus of pregnant women. Use these two things together, which is good for pregnant women. , especially for women in the early stages of pregnancy, there may be dangers of miscarriage.”

"what!?"

Upon hearing this, Tu Sheer immediately exploded, jumped up and said: "Okay, what a cruel person!"

Su Qinglan said nothing and looked at the fine powder on her fingertips - the five elements grass ash was beaten so finely that it was mixed with the powdered sugar, and even she could hardly distinguish it.

She looked up at Shang Ruyi again, and saw that Shang Ruyi's eyebrows had twisted into a knot, and he was staring at the box of hawthorn cakes with a heavy expression, as if he wanted to come over and take a closer look, but he was worried about his pregnant body. Then he said to Su Qinglan: "Mr. Su, are you sure there is really five elements grass ashes in this?"

Su Qinglan said: "I don't dare to lie."

Tusheer was also angry at this time and said angrily: "Princess, is this fake? That Panqing just forced you to take a bite in front of her, just to make you eat it and harm you! Damn it, I I actually rewarded her with a piece of silver just now. It turns out that she is just as cruel as her master!"

Seeing her angry look, Shang Ruyi couldn't help but laugh.

Tu Sheer became even more angry and said: "Princess, are you still laughing?"

After saying that, she rushed over, picked up the box and was about to walk out. Shang Ruyi hurriedly stopped her: "What are you doing?"

Tu Sheer said: "I will show it to the King of Qin. No, if the King of Qin is not here, then I will go to them to settle the accounts, or show it to the emperor and let him comment on the princess!"

Shang Ruyi shook his head helplessly and winked at Chang Wan. Chang Wan hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Tu She'er's sleeves to pull her back. Tu She'er was still angry and struggled, "You Why are you pulling me?"

Chang Wan said: "Whether you want to tell King Qin or tell His Majesty, it has to be decided by the princess. It's up to you."

After saying that, he used some strength to pull her back, put the food box back in front of Shang Ruyi, but moved a little further away from her, and then said softly: "It's up to the princess to decide this matter."

"..."

Shang Ruyi said nothing, only looked at the four pieces of bright red hawthorn cake.

After looking at it for a while, she suddenly said: "Where is the lid?"

Chang Wan hurriedly picked up the lid of the food box that had been put aside and handed it to her. Shang Ruyi took it and carefully put the lid back on the box. Then he reached out and carefully touched the exquisitely carved hollow patterns on the lid.

Tusheer couldn't help but said: "Princess..." Shang Ruyi said: "Look, this is Xiangfei Bamboo."

Everyone was a little confused, and they could only look down at her words. Sure enough, just now they thought the carvings on the food box were very exquisite. When they looked carefully, they discovered that what was carved on the box was not only a clump of Xiangfei bamboo, but also a bamboo forest. There are two graceful figures of women below.

Su Qinglan said: "This is -"

Shang Ruyi said: "This is the daughter of Emperor E."

As she spoke, she seemed to remember something again, and said with a smile: "By the way, when Empress Dowager Jiang summoned me to come to the palace to accompany her, she once gave me a stove to warm my hands. The carvings on it were also made by Empress E. , and such a clump of Xiangfei bamboo."

Looking back now, from that time on, Queen Mother Jiang had already begun to pave the way for her daughter.

Therefore, what she gave Shang Ruyi was something carved by Empress E, and she told her more than once that Yu Wenye was very good to her and different from others; after that, she left the palace, but was "intercepted" by Chu Yang on the way. After going to Tinghe Tower, when she heard that Empress Dowager Jiang was so close to her, Chu Yang only sneered and told her that Empress Dowager Jiang was doing it because of "profit."

Thinking about it now, everything seems very clear.

It's just that I didn't understand it at the time.

But Tu Sheer said impatiently: "Empress Dowager Jiang, Empress Dowager Jiang is such a kind person, but her daughter is so cruel. She actually used this method to harm the princess. Why did the princess bring up the old things?"

Shang Ruyi's fingertips were still caressing the carvings carefully, and said: "This thing should be the same as the heater that Empress Dowager Jiang gave to me."

"..."

"Empress Dowager Jiang knows what she wants, and Mrs. Chu... she probably has a deep meaning in using this box."

"Profound meaning? What deep meaning?"

Su Qinglan who was on the side just listened quietly, her face was a little red at this time, and she said softly: "Empress E and Nv Ying work together, but they work together and do not distinguish between each other."

Shang Ruyi nodded and said: "When Empress Dowager Jiang gave the stove to me, she hoped that I would have such a big heart; it is impossible for Mrs. Chu not to know her thoughts. What you said about Jinyuyuan before The sky has been in a mess, and I seem to be looking for something in the warehouse. If I guessed correctly, I should be looking for this thing left by Empress Dowager Jiang."

"..."

"And in the past few days, Mrs. Chu has not come to congratulate her. It must be because she is learning to make this snack. She wants to make it by herself and give it away, so she made it."

"..."

"In other words, although this gift is small, Mrs. Chu's thoughts are very deep."

As she spoke, her fingertips were deeply imprinted on a bamboo leaf, and she said: "It is a pity that such deep thoughts are used to 'poison' me."

Su Qinglan reacted quickly and said immediately: "What the princess means is that Mrs. Chu just really wants to send this gift. Whether it is the gift itself or the gift box, she has carefully selected it, so she cannot harm the princess." intention of?"

Shang Ruyi nodded and said: "Besides, as a princess, she has a wealth of wealth, so how can she understand pharmacology?"

"..."

"She didn't even know that pregnant women shouldn't eat too much hawthorn. She brought the hawthorn cake in plain sight, but if I was more careful, I wouldn't eat her box of snacks; not to mention things like Five Elements Grass Ash, I'm afraid she wouldn't even hear about it. never heard of that."

Hearing what she said, Su Qinglan nodded gently: "Yes."

Tu She'er and Chang Wan looked at each other and both realized that Shang Ruyi's words were reasonable, but Tu She'er thought about it and said, "But there is something wrong with this box of things. Either she did something about it, or she did something wrong." Pan Qing? Otherwise, who else could there be?"

"..."

"Slave, I don't care, this matter must be clarified."

Seeing that she couldn't help but take out the arrogance that Shang Ruyi had grown up with, like a hen guarding her young, Shang Ruyi couldn't help but smile again, and Chang Wan on the side pulled her sleeve. , said softly: "Master Su is still here, please be careful what you say."

Tusheer could only pouted and took a step back.

Although Su Qinglan pursed her lips, she suppressed a little smile, and then said to Shang Ruyi: "Princess, what Miss Sheer said makes sense. No matter what, we have to find out this matter. We are hereby ordered to I came here to protect the pregnancy of the princess, but if something like this happens and really hurts the princess, I will be the one responsible."

The implication was that if Shang Ruyi didn't figure it out, she would report it to the emperor even if she wanted to protect herself.

Just look at how far Shang Ruyi is willing to make this matter.

Shang Ruyi said: "Of course I want to find out."

Tusheer immediately stepped forward: "Then Princess, what should we do?"

Shang Ruyi thought for a while, then stretched out his hand to open the beautifully carved lid, looked at the bright red hawthorn cake underneath, and then said to Tusheer: "Take these things and pour them out."

"what?"