Harem for a living

Chapter 95

After checking, I didn't find anything wrong with the small kitchen.Thinking about it, the people who can let Concubine Shu stay and take care of the second prince at ease must all be Concubine Shu's confidantes, and these people are more or less capable.

In other words, in fact, these ancient women basically had a great understanding of medicinal materials and spices.

Therefore, these things placed under their eyelids should not be tampered with.After hearing Li Yuyi's words, the queen called the chief steward of the Yikun Palace and asked how many times the Yikun Palace had been opened today.

"Returning to the empress, Yikun Palace only opened twice a day today. One time was at the end of Yin hour in the morning, and people from the imperial dining room brought melons, fruits and vegetables. The other time was at You hour, and Empress Hui sent someone to bring sesame seed cakes and mochi. Sugar. When delivering melons, fruits and vegetables, it was An and Anke who stood guard at the door. Xiaopingzi and Xiao Anzi helped deliver the items to the small kitchen, but no one else came in. When delivering sesame candies, it was Miss Hongmei The one brought in with Miss Chunxiang only lingered at the door for a while, without even drinking tea."

The manager of Yikun Palace is also a smart one, he explained clearly about opening the door twice in a few words.The queen was recovering from a serious illness, but now she encountered troublesome things that she had no clue about. After asking for a while, she couldn't stand up.

Chen Manrou quickly reached out to support the queen: "Madam, are you okay? Otherwise, why don't you rest for a while?"

The queen waved her hand, and looked sideways at Chen Manrou: "What does Concubine Hui think about this matter?"

"Your Majesty, my concubine has never tried a case before, and the matter in front of me is really a bit too strange. Since no suspicious person came in, it might be done by the people in Yikun Palace. Also, the Great Cold thing And where did the hot things come from? The second prince’s nanny must be following the second prince all the time. Since they said that the second prince’s food is not abnormal, it is possible that these two things are just out of thin air. Did it appear in the second prince's mouth? Since there is nothing wrong with those vegetables and fruits, then either the grandma lied, or we didn't find those things."

Upon hearing this, the nurses who were kneeling at the side immediately began to cry out for grievances, one by one scrambling to say that they never left the second prince at all, and the second prince definitely did not eat much.

The queen glanced down, and called a few nuns and maids to search Yikun Palace thoroughly.

Chen Manrou remained silent, she wanted to leave, but this matter involved her, and without a specific result, she dared not leave at all, for fear that once she left, the crime would be held against her.

"Your Majesty, why don't you find some empty rooms, separate the nurses and interrogate them one by one." Chen Manrou continued to suggest, the queen nodded, and called in some eunuchs.These eunuchs are all from the Department of Punishment. The matter is so serious that the queen will not use all the staff from her Yongshou Palace.

The emperor guarded the inner room and acted as an imperial doctor to give the second prince an injection.Not long after, Liu Chengcheng came out holding the prescription himself.Although both Doctor Cheng and Doctor Li carried medicine boxes, they were full of first aid pills and powders.It was a little late to go to the Tai Hospital, so the emperor directly asked Liu Cheng to fetch the medicinal materials from his inner storehouse.

"Queen, what's the result?" The emperor stepped out when the imperial doctor said that the second prince had passed the difficulty. Seeing that the queen and Chen Manrou were still standing, he immediately frowned and shouted: "You are all stupid Did you let your mistress stand for so long! Everyone has no eyes, right?"

The eunuch standing next to him hurried to move the chairs. After the emperor and queen sat down, he glanced at Chen Manrou: "Since Concubine Hui is pregnant with a child, please sit down too."

Chen Manrou hurriedly saluted and thanked her, and sat down beside the queen.

"Your Majesty, this matter is a bit complicated. The imperial doctor said that the second prince ate something very cold and something very hot, but he couldn't find these two things. The concubine is looking for someone." The queen said gently, The emperor patted the queen's hand: "If things are troublesome, Zitong should go back to rest and interrogate tomorrow."

"I'm afraid that after a long time, that villain will destroy all the evidence." The queen shook her head and said, turning her head to look at Chen Manrou, and said with a smile: "Concubine Hui, let's go back and rest, you are not old yet, Don't get tired."

"Thank you, Empress, for caring, I'm just a concubine..." Chen Manrou was about to refuse, but the emperor waved his hand and said, "Your master and empress told you to go back, so you can go back. Don't take my prince seriously. Things can't be blamed on you, and you don't need to pay too much attention to them."

"Yes, the concubine would like to thank the emperor and the empress, and I will leave." At this point, Chen Manrou could only get up and salute, and then let Duoyue Jinhuan help her back.

After leaving the gate of Yikun Palace, he asked softly to Yue: "Your Majesty, please sit in the sedan chair?"

"No, no need, let's walk back." Chen Manrou shook her head and said, she could still think about what was going on while walking back, the sedan chair was a bit too bumpy.Besides, in the middle of the night, if the person who carried the sedan chair slipped or stepped on something if he didn't pay attention along the way, she would have no time to regret it.

"Stop the cup, you and Weile walk in front of me, Hongmei and Jinjiu walk behind me, it's enough for you to support me on Yueyue and Jinhuan." Chen Manrou ordered twice, and began to move forward slowly move.

Xiao Xizi and Xiao Lezi walked in the front carrying lanterns, Xiao Dingzi and Xiao Chengzi behind each carried two lanterns, and Xiao Laizi walked in the middle of the front, kind of scouting the way for Chen Manrou.

Chen Manrou remembered that it had just snowed heavily a few days ago. Although the palace has always been diligent in sweeping snow, the point is not that it has snowed, but that in this kind of weather, it is still in the middle of the night, and the road is most likely to be frozen.

She doesn't take a sedan chair, so she also has such concerns, in case someone pours a basin of water on the road...

"Oops!" Just as he was thinking, he saw Xiao Laizi in front suddenly slipped forward, then leaned back, fell on his back, and slipped forward two or three meters away.Both Jinhuan and Duiyue tightened their hands holding Chen Manrou, and quickly stopped in front of him.Fortunately, they were two or three steps away from Xiao Laizi, so they didn't follow closely.

"Mistress, be careful!" Xiao Xizi yelled next to him, and Xiao Lezi had already moved up with the lantern, and after a while, he came back with the panic of the rest of his life: "Mistress, the road ahead is frozen, there are two meters away. "

Several people gasped immediately, and Chen Manrou made a decisive decision: "Xiao Xizi, go to Yikun Palace and report to the Empress Empress, and say that I accidentally fell on the road. It's ice."

"Jijiuhongmei, you two lie down on the ground quickly." Although the two people didn't understand, they quickly walked to the direction Chen Manrou pointed and lay down. Chen Manrou walked over carefully and lay down on the two of them .

"Xiao Dingzi, go and check around to see if there is anyone or anything around." Chen Manrou turned her head and ordered again, Xiao Dingzi gave the lantern to Xiao Xizi, and took the order.

Immediately understood about Yuehe Jinhuan and the cup stop for joy in front of him, he quickly lay down, sat down, and surrounded Chen Manrou in a semicircle.Xiao Xizi even threw two lanterns on the ground. In order to make the image more realistic, he forced his ass down hard on the road, and he grinned at the pain.

Originally, they hadn't gone far, so almost as soon as they finished, the queen led people over: "What's going on? What's wrong with Concubine Hui? Doctor Li, please feel the pulse of Concubine Hui quickly." !"

Chen Manrou snorted twice in a timely manner, because she was sitting on the ice, her body was a little cold, and she pinched herself just now, and by the way, she put her face on the sickness for a while, and now her face is a little pale , I can't see it very clearly at night, the queen is not suspicious at all.

Doctor Li came over to check Chen Manrou's pulse. Chen Manrou was breathing a little flustered. Just now, she stuffed a bead in the creaking hole, and now she was holding the bead with all her strength. She also secretly exerted force with her other arm, trying to make her pulse a little more chaotic.

After a while, Li Yu raised his head and said: "The concubine Hui was frightened, and she fell down, and her pulse was a little messy. However, it was probably because someone was cushioning her underneath, and the baby in her stomach is fine. .”

What Chen Manrou can change is only her own pulse, the one in her stomach, she can't make the decision.Fortunately, the imperial doctors in this world can't say that the one in the stomach is also frightened or something.

"Thank you, Doctor Li." Chen Manrou smiled weakly, then turned to the queen and said, "Your Majesty, the roads in this palace are always clean, but now there is ice. Yes, or else..."

"Concubine Hui, don't worry, since someone has made an idea of ​​the emperor's heir, I will definitely find out and give you an explanation." The queen said quickly, she didn't know where the ice was, so she didn't If you dare to go forward rashly, it's a trivial matter if you fall, but if you lie on Concubine Hui, it will be a bad thing.

"Are you still able to get up now?" The Queen continued to ask, and Chen Manrou shook her head with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, several maids of my concubine were injured because of protecting my concubine. I'm afraid they won't be able to send my concubine back. The Empress sent a few people to send the concubine back."

"Mengliu, Wuyao, Qiuxiang, Dongxiang, you four send Concubine Hui back." The queen thought for a while, and then ordered repeatedly, and called a few little maids who were watching the night, and asked them to support Jinhuan and face the moon. .

Originally, the empress wanted to be kind and ask the imperial doctor to feel the pulse of Duyue and the others, but Chen Manrou quickly refused: "My lady is kind, but the rules in this palace are not bad, I appreciate my lady's kindness, and thank you for your concern on their behalf. I still have some good wound medicine at my concubine's place, so I'll just use it for them later."

Although Chen Manrou has always been naive and innocent, and occasionally a little lacking, she is definitely a very well-behaved person on weekdays. The queen also knows this. Seeing Chen Manrou's refusal, she only thought that she didn't want to break the rules in the palace. I am even more satisfied with Chen Manrou's understanding: "Since this is the case, there is still some jasper ointment in my palace, and I will send it to you later. These maids of yours have made meritorious service today, and Concubine Hui must reward them well." Just do it."

"Yes, thank you Empress Empress on their behalf." Chen Manrou hurriedly bowed, because she was still pretending to be weak and didn't dare to talk nonsense.

(End of this chapter)