Sheng Chong Jinghua: There is room for the legitimate daughter of the miracle doctor

Chapter 5 Cancellation of Engagement
"Back to the Emperor, Concubine Xiao Shu, this servant is the maid next to Jin Bin. Yesterday, she brought medicine to my master as usual. On the way, she met Aunt Zhou in the Queen's Palace. I was following her and saw her at the corner of the imperial garden. Something was secretly thrown into a small pavilion, but I didn't pay attention at the time. After giving the medicine to my master, I went to do other things."

"But within an hour, I learned that the Queen had been poisoned and fainted. After thinking about it, I thought it was a bit strange, so I told my master about it. My master was also shocked after hearing this, so he quickly took his slave to find it. Concubine Xiao Shu."

The palace maid told everything she saw.

"After I learned about this matter, I didn't dare to delay at all. I immediately took people to the Imperial Garden to find the things that Aunt Zhou had discarded." After saying that, she took out the things that Aunt Zhou had discarded and let the emperor check them. .

The emperor glanced at the thing in her hand, and then gave Doctor Qi a look, asking him to check what it was.

After Concubine Xiao Shu asked someone to hand the things to Imperial Physician Qi, she then added: "This matter is related to the safety of the Queen. I dare not draw any conclusions on my own. I originally wanted to report it to the Emperor and let you handle this matter, but Su But the father-in-law said that you have been busy with the plague in the capital recently and have no time to take care of the harem. I first asked people to look at Aunt Zhou, but who knew that she went to the imperial prison. I sent people to arrest her, but she broke away. In the end He was knocked to death in the imperial prison."

This reversal was unexpected!

Aunt Zhou was a person close to the Queen. It was shocking enough that she died in prison in vain. Now she was also involved in the case of murdering the Queen. This looked like a huge conspiracy no matter how she looked at it.

It was at this time that the imperial physician discovered that this thing was the wolfsbane that caused the queen to fall into coma.

After hearing this, Huo Jiuge quickly shook his head and said, "I didn't expect that the Queen would sacrifice to such an extent in order to prevent me from getting married to the prince. If parents really love their children, they have profound plans for it."

"Shut up!" Xiao Chengji shouted to stop her, "Don't talk here and confuse the public. How could my mother plot to poison herself? It is even more impossible for Aunt Zhou to murder her mother. All this must be your conspiracy and your intention. That's how she was taught to say it!" He pointed at the maid next to Jin Bin and insisted that she and Huo Jiuge were in the same group.

Compared with him, Huo Jiuge was much calmer. Her expression was always calm. Even if Concubine Xiao Shu brought people over to clear her of the suspicion of killing Aunt Zhou, her expression did not change much.

Faced with Xiao Chengji's accusation, she said: "The first time I entered the palace was when the Queen summoned me. I have been serving the Queen wholeheartedly in Kunning Palace these days. Where can I get the chance to meet the maids around Jin Concubine? "

"Since the prince said that Aunt Zhou had no reason to murder the queen, then what reason do I have to murder the queen? Just because you don't like me?" Huo Jiuge asked back. Before he could answer her, she continued: " Although Jiu Ge is stupid, he also knows that a gentleman should not force others to do something difficult. What's more, the queen is the mother of a country. If I dare to poison and murder, the entire Huo family will be affected. How can I abandon the Huo family and ignore it? Is it to save your heart?"

Huo Jiuge's meaning was obvious. He, Xiao Chengji, was nothing in his heart. There was no need for him to do anything to hurt others for him.

Just when they were eager to find the murderer of the queen, news came from the queen's palace that the queen was vomiting blood.

The imperial doctor quickly went to check the situation, and Xiao Chengji also ran to the queen's palace because he was worried about his mother's safety.

Now only the emperor, Concubine Xiao Shu and a group of palace servants were left. Huo Jiuge was still kneeling in front of them, her frail body standing against everyone with her own strength.

Now that her suspicion had been cleared, Concubine Xiao Shu looked at her and helped her up with a distressed look on her face, but she unexpectedly touched the wound on her body.

Huo Jiuge's legs went weak and he fell down heavily.The blood stained her clothes, and she was sweating profusely in pain.

It is not difficult to see that when she was in prison, she had been tortured in order to force her to admit that she was the murderer of the queen. However, she did not expect that she survived and insisted on cleaning herself up in front of the emperor. injustice.

Her courage is admirable.

"Although you didn't inflict the poison, you still provoked this matter." The emperor looked at Huo Jiuge and suddenly said this.

Just when everyone present thought that the emperor would disdain her, the emperor suddenly changed the topic: "But since you also have good intentions to share the Queen's worries, I won't embarrass you. I just want to wait for the Queen to wake up. I decree that you and Chengji get married."

The emperor is the emperor. Even if he realizes that he has done something wrong, he will not apologize to you. He will only be more generous to you in some way.Anyone with a bit of vision would definitely kneel down to thank the Lord for his kindness, but Huo Jiuge didn't.

Regardless of her injuries, Huo Jiuge forced herself to cheer up. She saluted the emperor solemnly, and then said, "I dare to ask the emperor to terminate my engagement with the third prince."

As soon as this statement came out, the audience was in an uproar.

Everyone thought Huo Jiuge was crazy for daring to reject the prince. Not only the emperor, but Concubine Xiao Shu's face also changed. I wonder what medicine she was selling in her gourd?

The emperor squinted his eyes, looked Huo Jiuge up and down, and said, "This is the engagement your father made for you personally. Now that you have canceled it, have you ever thought about General Huo's spirit in heaven?"

Huo Jiuge replied respectfully: "My father made this marriage contract for me so that I can live happily and peacefully in this life. But your Majesty, you have also seen that the prince avoids me like a snake and scorpion, and I forcefully marry him." , I’m afraid it will go against my father’s last wish.”

"Besides, the prince is young, handsome and talented, and he is also a general. It is really a pity that such an outstanding man marries an orphan like me. My daughter has been in poor health since she was a child and has been raised in the countryside of Jinling. It is inevitable that she will not be able to reach the heights of the prince. Talking about the beauty of a gentleman's adulthood, although I am not a gentleman, I still hope that His Highness can find a better woman to fulfill his happiness."

Huo Jiuge said these words righteously, pretending on the surface that he was not worthy of Xiao Chengji, but in fact, what he was thinking in his heart was that Xiao Chengji was a headstrong and conceited person, and she would not look down on such a idiot!

Xiao Chengji's various behaviors revealed his displeasure with Huo Jiuge. If he forcibly arranged the two of them to be together, I'm afraid things would backfire in the end.

After listening to her words, the emperor nodded after a long while: "In that case, I will take action today. I will immediately issue an imperial edict to the world to cancel the engagement. From now on, you two will marry each other as a man and a woman, and you will not marry each other. put one's oar in."

Huo Jiuge saw that his goal had been achieved. After receiving the order to express his gratitude, Huo Jiuge went to treat his wounds under the leadership of Concubine Xiao Shu.

(End of this chapter)