Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 76
The queen asked in a voiceless voice: "Could it be that the things given by the empress are poisonous? Which vicious person wants to put the blame on this palace?!"

Mrs. Xu sneered and said, "Queen, don't worry, some little hoof probably sprinkled the powder on it. Chunyan, I ask you, are there any young masters who came to visit Yu Chonghua?"

Chunyan hurriedly kowtowed and said, "It's Guo Xuanshi, Wu Changyi, and..." She said in detail.After hearing this, the queen said angrily: "Give them all to the empress. The empress will personally interrogate them one by one."

After a short while, those young masters came over one by one.They looked terrified and didn't know what happened, they just knelt down and kowtowed.The queen glanced at them, with anger in her eyes, and clapped her hands: "You are getting bolder, if there is something wrong with the one lying inside, you can't bear it all. Come on, call me!"

Ouyang Ruo was shocked, so it seemed that the queen was determined, even if they were killed, they would have to beat them to death.She hurriedly came out and said: "Queen Empress, calm down, you won't be able to ask any questions after such a call, so just ask carefully one by one."

Mrs. Liu Guo also said: "Yes, yes, empress, don't be impulsive, it may not be true if there are good people wronged inside."

The queen supported her chest and said angrily: "This empress had good intentions at first, thinking that all the palaces had passed the Cold Food Festival, and the year would be safe and sound, but I didn't expect that this palace would become more and more unruly! In the end, it is because this empress is not strict in governing the palace, and even more so. What's annoying is that this person actually turned his mind on Ben's back. He deserves to die just for this one!"

Ouyang Ruo stepped forward to comfort and said: "The empress's feelings, the concubines are very clear, this person is vicious, on the one hand, he wants to harm the emperor's heir, and on the other hand, he wants to trap the empress's injustice. And let the concubine come and ask, okay?"

The queen glanced at her before she nodded and said, "Okay, you can ask."

Ouyang Ruo walked up to them, glanced over, and saw Guo Minghong sneering in his heart.

"Let's talk about it, when Yu Chonghua entertained you to eat pasta, which one of you had it?" She asked softly.

Seeing that there was no need to beat them, those young masters hurriedly shouted injustice: "The maidservant and concubine have never even touched..."

Only one person cried softly: "The concubine ate one..." Ouyang Ruo looked over, the man was very round and cute, and he looked very familiar. Looking carefully, he was the one who said that Lin Xiang was "such a cute child" in Shanglin Garden that day. the one.

Ouyang Ruo has a photographic memory, and she also remembers her face very clearly.She was concerned at the moment, and asked her: "Then how much did you watch Yu Chonghua eat?"

The mistress was surnamed Zhao, and she said with a mournful face: "The concubine saw that the mistress of Yuchonghua ate three, but the concubine did not dare to eat any more after eating one, and the other mistresses did not eat."

Ouyang Ruo saw that her face was full of childishness, and there were two dimples on her round face, she was very cute.Knowing in her heart that she couldn't have done it, she said with a smile: "Then tell me about it. Have you noticed anything wrong with other people's behavior?"

When she asked, those beautiful girls were all blown up, and they all rushed forward and said, "It's not a concubine, it's not..."

Zhao Xiaozhu also panicked for a while, shaking his head again and again and saying: "No." Ouyang Ruo sighed slightly in his heart, and said: "Then think about it, you ate one, and Yu Chonghua ate three, then at least there are still leftovers on this plate." The next two, who ate it in the end? Or who destroyed the evidence...?"

One of the little masters suddenly said: "Madam, in the end Guo Xuan said that she lost her handkerchief, and she went back to pick it up, maybe..."

Guo Minghong jumped up when he heard it, twisted the man and cursed: "You little hoof, which eye of yours saw me fall?"

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Ruo sneered and said, "No one said you were the one who poured it out. How did Guo Xiaozhu know that someone else dumped the contents on this plate?!"

After Ouyang Ruo finished speaking coldly, everyone in the hall shot their eyes at Guo Minghong. Guo Minghong was so frightened that she knelt down on the ground, murmuring that she didn't know how to answer.Her face was ashen, and she looked over one by one, only to see that everyone looked at her with disgust and suspicion.She was afraid, so she hurriedly kneeled up to Ouyang Ruo and hugged her leg, crying: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it wasn't made by slaves!"

Ouyang Ruo stood still and just looked at her coldly.Fearing that she would hurt Ouyang Ruo, Dexuan hurried forward and dragged her down.

Ouyang Ruo turned around and bowed to the queen, saying, "Your Majesty the Queen will understand, as long as you interrogate Guo Xiaozhu a lot, the truth will naturally come to light."

As soon as she said this, the queen nodded approvingly, then turned her head and said to the beautiful girls kneeling on the ground: "Get up, come on! Drag Guo Minghong out and beat her until she says it!" After she finished speaking, she sternly He glared at Guo Minghong.

Guo Minghong was so frightened that her whole body went limp, and she let the palace servants drag her out.After a while, a shrill scream sounded.Ouyang Ruo sat on the side without changing his expression.The queen closed her eyes, chanted Buddha in her mouth, and twirled the beads in her hand, which were the string presented by Ouyang Ruo.Mrs. Liu Guo picked up the tea, took a breath, and glanced at Ouyang Ruo quietly.

The court ladies and beautiful ladies on both sides were all trembling with fright at the shrill cry.The whole hall was dead silent.

After a while, the eunuch with the stick came in and reported: "I want to report to your mother, Mrs. Guo has recruited. It was she who put the aconite powder on the pastry and tricked Mrs. Yu Chonghua into eating it. Then she lied again. Said that he had dropped the handkerchief, and went back to the pavilion and poured out the rest of the dish.”

The queen opened her eyes, her eyes were full of pain and anger: "This girl is vicious, I really can't keep her here, go, lock her in the prison of the House of Internal Affairs, and then send a personal report to the emperor, and ask the emperor to convict her."

Ouyang Ruo lowered her eyes halfway, making it impossible to see her expression.Mrs. Liu Guo sighed: "Why bother, they are all sisters serving the emperor, how could they be so vicious."

Mrs. Xu snorted coldly: "It's not that someone supported her back. If someone hadn't instigated her, she wouldn't dare to do anything if she was given a hundred guts."

Mrs. Liu Guo shook her hand and sighed: "Let's not talk about it, the most important thing is that Li Xiaozhu wants the mother and child to be safe."

Just as he was talking, Qin Zhi suddenly ran out sweating profusely, knelt down with a "plop", and said in a trembling voice: "I want to report to your mother, Li Xiaozhu is in trouble, I'm afraid I'll have to give medicine to give birth, otherwise mother and child will be lost."

As soon as this remark came out, the people in the hall screamed again and again, as if a frying pan had exploded.The queen was shocked all over, and looked at Liu Shi and Ouyang Ruo, the three of them looked at each other with shock.

Xu also stood up in shock, turned her head and rushed into the inner room.

Ouyang Ruo also followed, but was held back by Wan Hui: "My ancestors are full of blood inside, you have to take care of yourself!" Ouyang Ruo had no choice but to stop in his tracks.

The queen made up her mind, chanted a Buddhist name, and suddenly said to Qin Zhi: "Go, give the medicine to induce birth!" Qin Zhi responded, and was about to get up, when she suddenly said to him again: "Remember what I told you just now !"

Qin Zhi's heart felt cold, he didn't dare to look up at her again, so he could only nod repeatedly.Another imperial physician also hurriedly followed in.

Seeing Ouyang Ruo's complexion as snowy as snow, and seeing all the maids and court ladies standing stupidly, the queen couldn't help but feel annoyed, and said lightly, "Kneel down if nothing has happened. There are still a few of you, hurry up to boil the water, cut the white cloth, Take it inside! Go! Useless slave!"

After she finished drinking, the maids hurried down.

Seeing that Ouyang Ruo was terrified, Wan Hui quickly dragged her to Lin's palace.After an unknown amount of time, Ouyang Ruo and Lin stayed quietly in the hall, listening to the shrill cries of pain in the side hall.It was getting dark.

Chu Huotian also rushed over, but was invited to Lin's side by the queen.The queen sat alone on the head seat of the inner hall outside Li Yinghong's room, with a dignified expression.Mrs. Xu helped inside.

This time, Li Yinghong gave birth from the evening until midnight, which lasted for nearly five hours.The queen sat in front of the main hall, closed her eyes and kept chanting Buddha's name.

In the middle of the night, a servant was panting outside the door and reported: "My Majesty, Yuchonghua gave birth to a concubine."

The queen walked in with the help of the palace servants, she glanced at the little emperor casually, and said: "So, the concubine should go back to the palace first, and the emperor should also rest well, the state affairs are the most important thing."

Chu Huotian nodded.Seeing that the queen was about to leave, Mrs. Xu quickly knelt down and said to Chu Huotian: "Yu Chonghua can't raise the emperor himself, please the emperor hand over the little emperor to his concubine to raise."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Chu Huotian eagerly, her eyes full of pleading.Chu Huotian looked at the queen. He had always respected the queen's decision regarding the harem.

The queen nodded slightly: "In this way, you must cultivate your heart and mind, so as to set an example for Di Ji."

Seeing the queen nodding, Chu Huotian went along with the flow: "In that case, you can take it back to the palace for education. If you need palace people, nurses, etc., you have to tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs if you need anything."

Xu's glamorous face finally showed a sincere smile, and she only looked at the little Diji in her arms with tears in her eyes.Ouyang Ruo was also happy for her in her heart, thinking that she would not be able to conceive, so having a child like this would be a fulfillment of her wish.

Seeing that nothing happened, the queen returned to the palace.

Everyone was happy at the same time, suddenly Qin Zhi exclaimed, staggered and ran out, his hands were covered with blood, saw Chu Huotian quickly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, it's too bad, I'm red, I'm red..."

Chu Huotian was taken aback, Ouyang Ruo also exclaimed, Xu's complexion turned pale, and subconsciously hugged the child in her arms tightly. The baby was probably oppressed, and cried "Wow...", but she was too young Yes, that voice is like a cat.

Chu Huotian was disturbed by the weak crying, and suddenly came back to his senses, stepped forward and grabbed Qin Zhi by the collar, and said angrily: "What is seeing Dahong? What is wrong?!..." Qin Zhi was strangled by him He was almost out of breath, and his face suddenly turned red.

Ouyang Ruo hurried forward, broke his hand and said, "Your Majesty, let Imperial Physician Qin go in to rescue Sister Li, it will be too late."

Only then did Chu Huotian come to his senses, and quickly let him go.

Qin Zhi was relieved and ran in quickly.Ouyang Ruo was alone in a daze, while Wan Hui helped her to sit down.Chu Huotian probably had a premonition that something was ominous, and kept pacing on the side, frowning.

Suddenly Ouyang Ruo saw Mrs. Xu stunned to the side, quickly shook her awake, and hurriedly said: "Sister Xu, go in quickly, in case Sister Li has anything to say."

Only then did Mrs. Xu wake up, and hurried in with the child in her arms.

Ouyang Ruo saw her figure disappearing into the room, so she had to sit down slumped. Wan Hui was afraid that she would be angry, so she quickly helped her rub her back.

Ouyang Ruo only shed tears silently. She and Li Yinghong were sincere handkerchief friends in Chu Palace, and she admired her straightforwardness and generosity.But such a living person will disappear in this world in a blink of an eye.

After half an hour, Qin Zhi staggered out, covered in blood.When he got outside, his body went limp and he fell to the ground.

Qin Zhi's complexion was pale, and he cupped his hands to Ouyang Ruo, and said sadly: "Mother, I have tried my best, please forgive me..." Ouyang Ruo burst into tears.

Chu Huotian came out, followed by Xu who was weeping silently.He looked at Ouyang Ruo, and there was a look of sadness in his cold and stern eyes.

Ouyang Ruo's heart shuddered, he somewhat liked the woman who had just passed away, even though they didn't have a deep relationship between husband and wife.But one day a couple hundred days of grace.She gave birth to a child for him again, and this kind of friendship will never be forgotten by him.

Chu Huotian said: "The Immortal Yuchonghua has gone."

All the maids and servants in the palace fell to the ground and cried loudly.

Chu Huotian didn't shed tears, but said: "Yu Chonghua Li, with a gentle temperament, won my heart, but the concubine's life is unlucky, and the little emperor gave birth to the unfortunate death. I am so sad, but everything has a definite number. Special pursuit Feng Yuchong was given the title of 'Yuxiu' from the fourth rank of Wanyi, the title of the little emperor was Linshuang, and the title of 'Minqing Emperor Ji' was raised by Xu Xiuyuan on her behalf, and she died three days later."

After he finished speaking, the servants at the side of the secretary took notes and went to the palaces to deliver the decree.

At this time, the sky was already bright, Chu Huotian tidied up and changed his clothes, although he was in a bad mood, he had no choice but to rush to court.Ouyang Ruo and Xu looked at each other, both sad.

Ouyang Ruo stepped forward and asked, "Is sister Li walking peacefully?"

Xu took a loving look at the little Di Ji who was sleeping soundly in her arms, and then said softly: "She is very relieved to leave. I told her that I, Xu Ningshuang, will definitely avenge her. I will also raise her children. .”

Ouyang Ruo sighed softly, and the two stood in silence for a while, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent someone over to attend the funeral, so Ouyang Ruo and she had to go back to the palace separately.

When Ouyang Ruo returned to Yunxiang Palace, she felt sore and limp all over her body. Wan Hui tried every means to persuade her to lie down and rest, and she fell into a drowsy sleep.But the dream was full of crying. Three days later, Li Yinghong's funeral was solemn and mournful. Her parents and brothers from her natal family were all crying outside the palace gate so that they couldn't help themselves.Chu Huotian was grateful for the pain of her father, General Li, who lost his daughter, and promoted him to the second-class mighty general.She gave Guo Minghong, the chief culprit, a cup of poisoned wine to death, and issued an imperial decree to remove her father from his post as Minister of Industry and order him to retire and return to his hometown.

Ouyang Ruo sent Li Yinghong off at the funeral, and then went back to the palace to rest.Seeing that she was not in good spirits, Chu Huotian forbade her to worship again.

Ouyang Ruo had no choice but to raise her baby in peace in the palace, and seldom went out.The matter of Li Yinghong had just come to an end, and the entire Chu Palace became more and more silent because of the two lives lost.

In order to make Ouyang Ruo happy, Wanhui told her about the little Diji from time to time, saying that Xu's family loves the little Diji as much as a sweetheart. , Xiao Diji gained a lot of weight, but Xu lost a lot of weight.

Ouyang Ruo chose a day to visit, and sure enough, Mrs. Xu did almost everything by herself, only wishing that she could breastfeed herself.Little Diji has gained a lot of weight, and is very beautiful and cute.

Ouyang Ruo looked at the little Diji's face that resembled Li Yinghong, and she was full of emotions in her heart. Xu's temper has calmed down a lot now, and there is a deep smile between her eyebrows and eyes. She hugged Xiao Diji and said to Ouyang Ruo: "I didn't expect the child So small and so soft, it's amazing how it grows day by day."

Ouyang Ruo nodded, now the Xu family is no longer the aggressive and unreasonable appearance when Ouyang Ruo first entered the Hou's Mansion, it seems that people really change with time and changes in the world.

In this way, the May of the second year of Chuninghe passed away.In June, the weather became hotter, and Ouyang Ruo's belly grew bigger day by day, and she dared not go out for fear of being too hot in the sun.Chu Huotian was afraid that she would catch heat during pregnancy, so he asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to bring ice cubes from the ice cellar, and put them in the four corners of the inner hall at noon, so that the cold air came out, which could block a lot of the heat outside .He also ordered people to set up a tall waterwheel outside the house, and the water flowed down from the roof of the house, which relieved a lot of heat.In addition, the sound of water rushing, also has a different style.

Wan Hui also thought very cleverly, and cooked a lot of refreshing and delicious meals, for fear that Ouyang Ruo would eat less every day because of burnout.Seeing all this, Ouyang Ruo was very moved in his heart. Every day, he calmed down and had a baby, and his body became more and more rounded.

Ouyang Ruo's figure became fatter day by day with her belly. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was ordered to make new clothes for her, and presented a lot of gauze and raw silk from various places in Chudi. Ouyang Ruo only ordered three sets to be cut according to the color.

Wan Hui was surprised: "My lady, why don't you make more sets?" Ouyang Ruo smiled and said, "Girl, you see that I have enough clothes. The emperor likes to save money, so we have to lead in this palace, don't we?" She thought very cleverly. , ordered the Fashion Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to tuck a few more folds in the hem of the palace dress, and then put on a belt, so that no matter how big the belly is, the belt can be loosened, so that you can dress comfortably, and because of this elegant belt, you can Have the effect of self-cultivation.

In June, the lotus in Shanglin Garden was in full bloom. Ouyang Ruo took advantage of his temper to visit it a few times. The place where the breeze passed was full of lotus fragrance.She went to Shanglin Garden to watch the lotus in the morning for several days in a row, and then went back to the palace when the sun was bright.

(End of this chapter)