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Chapter 12 The poison of the stew pot [-]

Liu Qingshu responded calmly.

"From choosing and preparing the dishes to cooking and serving them, although there are many people handling them, they can still be checked. The concubines have checked them one by one. No one has been exposed to poisons, including the leftover chicken shreds and fungus. poison."

"That person can be so stupid that he doesn't know how to erase the evidence of his crime," Shen Xiao waved his hand and said, "That's all, there are motives but no evidence. Since the Queen's life is not in danger, let's put this matter aside for now."

It was quiet for a while.

Nanny Zhou said in disbelief: "Your Majesty, it concerns the Queen. If we don't get to the bottom of it and explain it to everyone, I'm afraid the people in the harem will be panicked..."

The rest of the words were swallowed alive by Nanny Zhou when she saw the emperor's cold gaze.

Shen Xiao said indifferently: "How can the food used by the queen not be tested for poison with a silver needle? Aunt Zhou, I think you are an old man who serves Concubine Zhang. I will not hold you accountable for your dereliction of duty, but I will also tolerate your disobedience in front of the queen. You must learn from this in the future. Lesson learned, proceed with caution.”

In a few words from the emperor, she actually became the person guilty of dereliction of duty.

Aunt Zhou tried to defend herself, but after much deliberation she was speechless and could only say "yes" quietly.

Seeing this development, Liu Qingshu was unwilling to give up: "Your Majesty, if this matter is not investigated, I am afraid that even the previous dynasties and the harem will not be convinced..."

"After all, the incident happened in Weiyang Palace. You can't escape the involvement. It will be detrimental to you to pursue it." Shen Xiao pointed at Liu Qingshu, and seemed to be thinking about her every time.

"Your Majesty, I don't care about my concubines, I just want..."

"Watch your mouth," Shen Xiao interrupted her and said loudly, "Don't mention anything about today's matter again. Violation is a serious crime."

I don’t know who I am warning or protecting with these words.

After the emperor left, the imperial doctor said that the queen's condition was stable and left for now. Only Xin Wei, Concubine Meng Hui, Grandma Zhou, and Liu Qingshu were left in the palace.

Liu Qingshu walked up to Xin Wei, with red threads in her eyes. She looked at her sadly and said, "I misjudged you before. Do you know that you are acting as a talisman and helping Jie to harm him?"

"Look, what did you say? Didn't Xin Wei misjudge you? If you don't help her after your rise to prominence, what kind of good thing are you?" Concubine Meng Hui held her belly and exclaimed.

Liu Qingshu ignored her and just said to Xin Wei: "I didn't help you before because I couldn't do it. Now this is your chance, Concubine Hui..."

What is the opportunity?Xin Wei didn't think this was such a good opportunity. After all, the stew pot had been kept in Weiyang Palace for two days, and it was too much of a coincidence to poison the queen who was far away in Fengyi Palace.

Concubine Liu woke up so quickly, the queen's life was not in danger, and the incident happened in Weiyang Palace. Will Concubine Meng Hui really be punished with a serious crime based on accusations without evidence?

Everyone is suspicious, not to mention that Concubine Meng Hui did not poison her in the first place.

Concubine Meng Hui became more and more angry as she listened to Liu Qingshu's words. She approached her and said in a sharp voice: "Why can't you do it? You wanted to help Xin Wei and just let her see the emperor, but did you do that? You let her After waiting outside Weiyang Palace for more than an hour, she was not allowed to see the emperor! How can she pretend to be a good person now? What chance does she have now? If I am convicted, she, the person who delivers the stew pot for me, will Can you escape? I'm just afraid that you will die faster than me! If you don't want to implicate her, how could you poison yourself and frame me?!"

Liu Qingshu wanted to argue, but had no idea. She could only look at Xin Wei and ask: "Is this how you see me? Do you think being a concubine has helped you? Do you also think that I framed Concubine Hui? ?”

“Why did Concubine Liu say this?”

"well."

With a hoarse voice, Liu Qingshu said hello twice, one sounding like helplessness and the other sounding like a sigh. She was full of regrets, but said no more and left sadly.

Xin Wei looked at her back and couldn't fully understand these things in her heart. Maybe Liu Qingshu had many difficulties that she couldn't express, and maybe they were not her intention...

But there are many dilemmas in the world, not to mention that in the palace, it is like thin ice, just to survive, but in Liu Qingshu's eyes, it is still either white or black.

As soon as Liu Qingshu left, Concubine Meng Hui was full of resentment and had no way to vent her anger. She stared at Aunt Zhou who was guarding the queen's bed with a gnawing gaze.

"just wait."

When she gives birth to a prince and is crowned prince, and when she becomes empress dowager, one day she will make this little slave die a miserable death.

Aunt Zhou said coldly: "The Queen must rest quietly. Concubine Hui, please come back." "A dog fights against the power of others."

Concubine Meng Hui cursed and was about to leave Fengyi Palace, but Eunuch Xi left again and returned. He walked back to Fengyi Palace, walked straight to Xin Wei, bowed and said, "Your Majesty is looking for the girl to ask questions."

"Me?" Xin Wei was stunned.

Concubine Meng Hui felt unwilling and jealous, but when she thought of Liu Qingshu's complacent attitude, she said: "Go quickly."
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Xin Wei entered Chengqian Palace and knelt down to salute.

"Servant Xin Wei, please see the emperor."

Shen Xiao stood as tall as he stood, looking at an upright landscape painting in front of him. In the painting, torrential water surged down from the mountains, rushing to nowhere.

He belatedly turned around and said, "Get up and talk."

Xin Wei stood up, but still nodded and lowered her eyebrows.She knew the etiquette in the palace by heart. If she raised her head to see the Holy Face without authorization, it would be a crime of great disrespect.

So she couldn't see Shen Xiao's expression, and only heard him say in a low voice: "You are in Yong'an Palace."

Xin Wei said: "Back to the emperor, I have been in Yong'an Palace for several months."

Shen Xiao said "Oh" thoughtfully, and then said: "Concubine Hui can tolerate you."

"The slaves stay safe in Yong'an Palace, and the empress will naturally tolerate her..."

Shen Xiao smiled and said, "Really?"

Xin Wei knelt down in a hurry, and her knees hit the ground with a crisp sound, like bells and drums screaming for injustice.

"Your Majesty is aware that your slaves are true to their duties and have never done anything wrong, let alone poisoning the stew pot!"

Seeing her kneeling down frequently, Shen Xiao frowned and said, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

Xin Wei buried her head deeply and did not dare to answer.

What could she have to say to the emperor?This was a summons from the emperor, not from her. She only knew what to ask and what to answer. I really couldn't guess what he wanted to hear.

After thinking for a long time, he said: "Your Majesty, I dare to swear on my life, if I am poisoned..."

"Has Concubine Hui ever made things difficult for you?" Shen Xiao interrupted her curse.

Xin Wei bit her lip and said, "Concubine Hui never forced this slave. It was indeed my slave's idea to give her the stew pot."

As he said this, Chu Chu's eyes that were holding back tears could not help but look innocent and pitiful.

Shen Xiao sighed softly and said more bluntly: "Don't ask about poisoning. I am saying that if you are in a difficult situation around Concubine Hui, you... can leave Yong'an Palace."

"Concubine Hui is kind to others and has never made things difficult for her slaves."

Shen Xiao just thought she was duplicity.

Shen Shuning loves to bury Meng Zhen's meanness. If Meng Zhen can be generous to others, who else can be considered mean?
What's more, how could Meng Zhen tolerate such a face?

"Concubine Hui asked you to see me today because she wanted you to please me," Shen Xiao paused and then said: "When you entered the palace according to the Queen's decree, you were willing to be a concubine, right or wrong? ?”

Before Xin Wei entered the palace, she had thought that one day she would become one of the many concubines in the harem, but the emperor's announcement of it so clearly shocked her.

She raised her head in confusion and met the dark ripples in his deep eyes. At that moment, the ripples in his eyes quietly calmed down and returned to a pool of still water, bottomless.

I was confused as to whether the ripples just now existed.

(End of this chapter)