Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 433 Hostage (3)
Lu Kai hurriedly got off his horse and returned the salute, "His Royal Highness King Song is so mighty at such a young age, the old minister is ashamed of himself. It's just a pity, why didn't the empress invite the king to make His Royal Highness the crown prince?"

Hui En smiled and said: "Father has made a decree long ago that there will be no crown prince in this dynasty, so why should your lord speak like this?"

"But Your Highness, the king said this in order to quell the clique for personal gain. No matter what, there must be a prince to inherit the throne in the future." Lu Kai stroked his beard.

"There is no other way, the queen mother has no intention of letting me inherit the throne, and this king can't force it either." Hui En shook her head and said.

"Since Your Highness is the adopted son of the Empress, why does the Empress still treat Her Majesty like this? Could it be the old story of Empress Jin?" Lu Kai suddenly said alarmingly.

"Lord Lu, I don't want to hear about the past. It's just that I'm young. If Lord Lu has any suggestions, you can go directly to the emperor and the queen." Huien got on the horse and bowed to Lu Kai. He bowed his hands and walked away.

After Qiu Yunxuan and Concubine Jiang heard Chonghua's report to Lu Kai, she couldn't help but frown, with a confused look on her face.

"Ma'am, it seems that Baosi is good at raising children. This Huien can ignore the hatred of killing his mother in the past and follow Baosi so wholeheartedly. Now we can't find a breakthrough in him. How will it end?" Chonghua complained. road.

Concubine Jiang pointed at Chonghua, smiled slightly and said: "Chonghua, you don't have to worry, Huien said it nicely, but how could she not have the slightest intention of fighting for the throne in her heart? No matter how good Baosi treats Huien, after all As a stepmother, jealousy is unavoidable, besides, Baosi is still young, if she gives birth to a prince in the future, wouldn't Huien have no place to stand?"

"Your Majesty, but the slaves feel in a trance that Bao Si intends to rest in peace, and that His Royal Highness King Lu is now being favored, so how can Bao Si ignore it and instead try her best to facilitate it?" Chong Hua asked suspiciously.

"This is Baosi's cunning. She knows that King Lu is old and has no better excuse. She will not risk being accused of fighting for the throne and attack us, but we must not be idle at this time. Now, Chonghua, now that Dutu is dead, and the military power at the border is only in the hands of Cheng Rong and Baoshang, we can take this opportunity to let Xiu'er control the military power." Concubine Jiang discussed.

"Your Majesty, how should we deal with Concubine Ge, Concubine Xin and Concubine Jing?" Chonghua asked in a second thought.

"These people are now relying on Baosi, especially Concubine Jing, who is Baosi's best friend." Concubine Jiang thought about it.

"Then empress, do you want to cut off Bao Si's arm first to deal with Concubine Jing?" Chong Hua asked.

"No, Chonghua, our target should be Concubine Xin and Concubine Ge. Don't forget that Concubine Xin was Su Concubine's confidant maid back then, and her master died unexpectedly. Thinking that snakes have been fighting against each other for many years, as long as we encourage the United Baosi to get rid of these two, then in the harem, our opponents will only be left with two people?" Concubine Jiang slyly said.

"Your Majesty really has a clever plan, and Chonghua is dressed." Chonghua immediately praised him.

The next day, in Jianjia Palace, Concubine Jing came to greet Bao Si early in the morning, and reported Concubine Xin's plot to poison Bao Si secretly by poisoning her. Only Bao Si remained calm and asked Concubine Jing, "Concubine Jing, you say that Concubine Xin poisoned you, do you have evidence?"

Concubine Jing insisted: "My empress, because of Concubine Su's death, Concubine Xin was afraid that her mother would be implicated in her, so she took the risk and bribed the eunuch Xiao Xizi from the imperial dining room to deposit a small amount of poisonous powder in her soup bowl. Over time, the daily dosage is very small, so no one noticed, but yesterday evening, the concubine was decocting the medicine by herself in the imperial dining room, and accidentally borrowed the soup bowl from the Jianjia Palace, that's when she found out."

"My lord!" Axi, who was beside Baosi, was filled with indignation and couldn't hold back immediately.

"Axi, don't panic, hurry up and quietly go to the imperial hospital to see the imperial doctor Zhou, and check the inside of the soup bowl carefully." Bao Si looked at Axi and ordered slowly.

In the afternoon, Mingyue and Axi quietly brought over the anxious imperial doctor Zhou. They used silver utensils to test the soup presented by the Jianjia Palace, and sniffed it carefully. The imperial physician Zhou was shocked and knelt in front of Baosi to report. : "Empress, the soup has been poisoned with chronic agarwood, please don't use it again, empress."

"What? Is it really poisonous? My lord, do we have to report it to the king immediately?" Axi asked in surprise.

"Axi, don't say anything, take someone to the imperial dining room and arrest him quietly!" Bao Si thought over and over again, and ordered Axi.

(End of this chapter)