Daughter's Poisoned Wife

Chapter 599 Freshmen (1)
As soon as Xiao Ze and Du Heng entered the inner hall, the Empress Dowager's eyes lit up immediately, she hurriedly waved and shouted: "Ze'er, come with your wife to the imperial grandmother, there is no need to salute."

Xiao Ze and Du Heng still saluted and greeted below, and then walked quickly to the Empress Dowager.The queen mother grabbed the hand of her grandson and grandson's daughter-in-law, and asked anxiously: "My good boy, tell the imperial grandmother what happened outside?"

The Empress Dowager was in a hurry to mess up her position, but Concubine Min Gui and Princess Ning did not. The two immediately went down and dismissed all the servants who were serving in the palace. Went to the side hall.

The Empress Dowager was in a hurry to inquire about the news, and did not pay attention to Concubine Min's departure. Seeing that her grandchildren and daughter-in-law were silent, her anxious expression changed, and her mouth kept urging.

"Grandmother, don't worry, just now the emperor's uncle called his granddaughter-in-law to ask about Miao Jiang, and the father is also at the emperor's uncle's side, and he will come to pay his respects to the emperor's grandmother in a while." Xiao Ze tried to be as relaxed as possible. , in order to appease the tense heart of the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager has lived in the palace for decades, so naturally she is not so easy to be fooled. She knows that apart from the Queen's death, there must be something bigger in the palace. This matter is too big for Xiao Ze and Du Heng to talk about. It's too late, so her heart tightened even more.

Sure enough, after not too long, Prince Ning came to Fengsheng Palace in a hurry. He obviously left in a hurry. In such a cold weather, Prince Ning was sweating profusely.

"Xiao Jiu, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that her son's head was steaming like a steamer that had just been opened, the queen mother couldn't help but exclaimed and walked down. She couldn't help but say that she tried her son's forehead and found that it was not what she imagined. It was hot, so I took out the handkerchief to wipe my son's sweat.

Prince Ning supported the Empress Dowager's arm while walking towards the throne and said: "Queen Mother, your son is fine, don't worry, the emperor ordered his son to come over and report to the Queen Mother in detail. Sit down and listen to your son speak slowly." Nodding, she pulled her son to sit beside her and listened to his detailed explanation.

Prince Ning took a full cup of tea to explain the matter clearly. At this time, the Empress Dowager showed the demeanor of the mother of the country. Although she was pale with shock, she did not mess up at all.

After groaning deeply for a moment, the queen mother said in a deep voice: "Come here, help Ai's family to change clothes."

Prince Ning hurriedly stopped him and said, "Queen Mother, Brother Huang asked you not to go there first. Wait until today..."

The queen mother shook her head and said: "Xiao Jiu, the queen mother will not visit your imperial brother, and the queen mother will go to Fengde Palace to host the palace banquet."

Prince Ning couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief after hearing these words, now only the queen mother has the power to calm people's hearts.He immediately said: "Queen Mother, my son will go with you, and just now, Brother Huang has a decree to let Concubine Min Gui take the role of Empress and preside over the royal banquet."

"She..., no need, the Ai family personally entertains the wives inside and outside. As for the nobles and civil and military officials, the Ai family will show up first, and then you will lead a few princes to preside over it." today's purpose.

Prince Ning knew everything in his heart, but he didn't say anything, so he could only answer first.In fact, he also has some complaints about the current rush to help Concubine Min to the throne.The queen mother made such a decision, and Prince Ning was quite happy in his heart.

Although Concubine Min is the woman with the highest status in the palace other than the empress, her concubine's performance is very unqualified. She will never go out in her own palace.I'm afraid she can't even recognize the wives.Prince Ning really couldn't understand how his brother spoiled such a woman to the bone.

The Empress Dowager brought Prince Ning's family to Fengde Hall, and all civil and military officials had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as they saw the Empress Dowager, they hurriedly gathered around to say hello and inquire about the news secretly.

The Empress Dowager's face was gloomy, and she said lightly: "I think you, the Qing family, already know about the Queen's death." All the ministers finally got the official letter of approval, and hurriedly knelt down and bowed their heads in silence. Maybe you have to cry a few times to show your loyalty.

"Forget it, you all get up, the emperor fell ill with a sad heart, today's palace banquet will be presided over by the Ai family on behalf of the emperor, and all the relatives will be present, please leave the palace as soon as possible after the palace banquet." The queen mother looked sad. The tone was dignified, but there was a sense of coercion in the whole person. At this time, the ministers realized that the most benevolent queen mother was fighting with blood and fire to keep the current throne. figure.

Now that the Queen Mother has said such things, the ministers dare not ask them face to face even if they have doubts in their hearts. They can only look for opportunities to secretly inquire about what happened in the palace. Everyone knows that the Queen Mother is not sick at all. Why did he suddenly die when he stopped his feet?There must be a big thing going on here, is Daliang going to change the sky?Almost everyone who entered the palace had such doubts in their hearts.

The palace banquet that was supposed to be very lively turned out to be extremely cold and embarrassing. The officials dared not speak or laugh. They were sitting on pins and needles as if they were facing an abyss. They used the banquet anyway, and then hurriedly left the palace. Go home and change into plain clothes. The queen is dead. The emperor is ill, Daliang is about to change!
The ministers left the palace separately, but the princes stayed. The queen mother also specially left Prince Ning. At a time when the life and death of poisoning are uncertain, the only person the queen mother can trust and rely on is Prince Ning. Even her own grandson, the queen mother can't believe it.

Before leaving the palace, Xiao Ze accompanied Du Heng to the Palace of Mental Cultivation to secretly see the present. They didn't stay in the inner palace for a long time, and they came out within a quarter of an hour. The carriage was driven very fast on the road, and the original half an hour's journey was shortened to two quarters of an hour.Sitting in the car, Du Heng was held tightly in Xiao Ze's arms. In Du Heng's arms, he tightly held a three-inch high crystal vial. The mouth of the bottle was sealed with wax paint. of liquid.This is the blood sample that Xiao Ze and Du Heng took from today's body. Without this blood sample, Du Heng would no longer be able to study the antidote.

After Xiao Ze and the others left, the atmosphere in the palace became more and more tense, and all the princes knelt outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, begging for pampering their father.It's just that none of them are seen today, and the sons are left to kneel upright outside the hall.It took less than two quarters of an hour for the princes to kneel down, the originally bright weather suddenly changed, and there was a heavy snow like goose feathers, and within a quarter of an hour, a thick layer of snow fell on the princes. They all turned into snowmen.The young princes couldn't bear it anymore, and couldn't help crying while wiping away their tears.

(End of this chapter)