Chen Palace

Chapter 10 Fear
(Correct a mistake, Concubine Qi's father is Qi Rong, who took medicine yesterday and became dizzy, so there is such a bug)
Concubine Qi's eyes lit up, she raised her voice, and all the audience looked here.

She became more and more interested, and said to Chen Lu, "Shangyi, I saw you just stopped Sister Meipin from eating this pine nut fish sauce, could it be that..." She smiled, and said in a more emphatic tone: "The food in this dish is delicious." , what's wrong?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone turned pale and put down their chopsticks together, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.Someone was flustered and knocked a glazed bowl to the ground, and there was a "clang" sound, which was even more frightening.

Chen Lu showed an extremely surprised expression: "Why did the concubine Qi say such a thing? Concubine Mei has a dragon descendant, and the imperial doctor specially ordered that the anti-fetal medicine should not meet the 'fats' of rivers and seas (note), so I did it." ..."

The queen couldn't bear it any longer, and finally became furious. Before she could finish speaking, she interrupted: "Concubine Qi, you are the most gossiper today, are you mad? , and prevent my sisters from being frightened by these things."

She was so angry that her face became paler, and she went back to the back hall to rest with the help of the maids on the left and right.

The queen left with a flick of her sleeves, and the banquet seemed awkward and boring. The concubines were all human beings, and seeing that it was not a problem, they hummed a few perfunctory words casually, and each found an excuse to leave and go back.

A spring banquet ended sloppily with no interest.

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Chen Lu and Concubine Mei returned to Changchun Palace in a chariot, and Aunt Yue came up to meet her, but she didn't look the same when they met, and it was known that there was something different.

From the afternoon to the time when the lanterns were held, this "banquet disturbance" had spread throughout the harem at a storm-like speed.

For a long time, Chenlu's ears were not clean. She couldn't be questioned, so she sighed and finally spoke.

"Aunt Yue, you can throw away that package of anti-fetal medicine, and ask the emperor to change the imperial physician to re-prescribe the prescription, and then ask someone to test it, and let a few trustworthy people dispense the medicine by themselves."

what? !

Concubine Mei and Aunt Yue couldn't believe their ears.

No matter how innocent and ignorant Mei Mei was, she already understood the meaning of her words: "Sister...you mean, the medicine is poisonous?"

Her pretty face was pale, and the teacup in her hand was crumbling.

"This...that's impossible..., I have tested each of those pills with silver needles!"

"Auntie, this pill is non-toxic, but it has a strange fragrance, which will linger in the body and won't go away for three or four days. Once it meets the roots of certain plants, the combination of the two will become a medicine for tigers and wolves."

Concubine Mei screamed, and the teacup fell to the ground with a clang. She looked at this and then that, and finally cried out with a "wow".

The morning dew was over, and seeing the frightened expressions of the old and the young, he was about to comfort them to go back, when he heard a report outside the door, according to the emperor's edict, announcing her to see her.

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Qianqing Palace

Yuan Qi didn't play chess with others as usual, but he was just displaying the ancient chess records. Looking at the scroll, it was extremely old, but it was still clean and spotless. Obviously, the master cherished it very much.

"Today is really lively..." He smiled and said to Chen Lu: "My concubines are all virtuous and virtuous, and they are also very talented women. Now even "Materia Medica" is too shallow to match ancient folk prescriptions. Already!"

Chen Lu listened to his dangerous and harsh words, it was ridiculous, but she felt a confidant in her heart.

This was also the only feeling she felt after a busy half day.

The pill used by Concubine Mei is not harmful at all, but a very small amount of strange fragrance is added to it, it has no effect on its own, if it encounters the root of a plant, it will become highly poisonous in the human body, slowly Make a person weak and die.

And at the queen's banquet, the pine nut fish sauce was mixed with the juice made from the root.

It also has a fragrance, but it is similar to the fragrance of pine nuts, which is not easy for ordinary people to detect.

It's a pity, it's just not easy...not impossible.

Chen Lu thought of Aunt He in the Imperial Garden, the few poisons she planted were much more clever than this, colorless and odorless, almost no one in the world could detect it.

It can be seen immediately whether the means are superior or inferior
She has nothing to do with this matter, so what is the purpose of planting those rare poisons?
In this palace, there are many mysteries.

"Chen Lu... I really underestimated you. You are very good at treating poisons and medicines. It seems that I have chosen the right person for you to live in Changchun Palace. In your opinion, this time?"

Yuan Qi asked as if casually, no emotion could be seen in the deep black eyes.

"Your Majesty, it doesn't really matter who the prisoner is."

Chen Lu thought for a while, and answered in shock.

"Oh?"

The emperor actually smiled, his gentle and handsome face, because of this smile, makes people feel like a spring breeze.

However, there was no smile in his eyes, just a bottomless darkness.

The invisible coercion is only in this eye.

If those who usually think of him as "lenient and upright" come to see him, they will surely faint from fright
"If this is not important, then what is the most important?"

Chen Lu was still as calm as before, completely unaffected: "Your Majesty, why do you ask questions knowingly, if you can really find out the real culprit, I think you will be willing to remove an obstacle for yourself-but, this time, you are disappointed."

She looked at the emperor and knew that the other party was still thinking about herself, so she continued: "Over the pill, if the imperial physician is tracked down, he will either disappear or commit suicide. As for the queen's banquet, it is even more difficult to handle. I'm sure, including the queen In addition, everyone has that kind of root juice in their small dishes—then, who can be the murderer? The queen? Her chef is newly hired, and she will definitely be wronged: no one will be obvious. From harming people in one's own palace——everyone would think so."

"What a clever plan... No one will believe it if you start it in your own palace—this Zitong, I really have grown more and more."

The emperor's smile became sharper, and the obvious malice made people guess that he recalled some unpleasant memories.

"Mei Concubine, you have to take care of her for the next few days."

"Your Majesty, I once said that there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. I am not used to this kind of simple defense."

Yuan Qi didn't get angry when he heard the bold words, but he was a little annoyed: "Where did your bold words go - don't refuse, this job must belong to you. If there is a shortage of manpower, you can choose from Qu Qing." that is!"

Hearing this, Chen Lu took a deep look at him.

Yuan Qi only felt a burst of coolness, and the slight annoyance dissipated immediately, and the whole person seemed to be immersed in a cold pool.

Those clear and quiet black eyes that are as crystal as ice and snow...

No matter what kind of stunning beauty, what kind of bright eyes are alluring, they can't match the elegance of this one...

Until Chen Lu left, the emperor was still a little absent-minded, as if immersed in something.

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It was late at night, and after Chen Lu withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, she did not take the palace carriage and walked alone.

She looked around, under the quiet moonlight, the palace walls stood upright like thousands of years, and the partition inside was brightly lit, singing and dancing, or desolate and lonely, no one knew.

Today's scene, to her who is used to seeing darkness and blood, is simply unbearable.

But behind the laughter, the conspiracy and murderous intentions led by the slender women still made her feel sad.

These teenage girls have just thrown away the pampering of their families and entered this resplendent and dark palace. After struggling, they have learned how to kill other people's hopes and lives with their beautiful fingers while smiling. ?

They stepped on the corpses of their companions to rise steadily, but were they ever afraid or guilty, so that they dreamed back in the dark and were frightened for a while?
What they are fighting for is favor, heirs, and the highest title that women have been able to obtain for thousands of years. Have you ever thought that all these will return to dust in the end, so what's the point?
Yuan Xu...is this what you want--

Three thousand beauties, every frown and smile, every sorrow and joy, the ups and downs of honor and disgrace, all belong to you...

Standing under the watery moon, Chen Lu asked someone in the mausoleum one day after 26 years.

Several layers of grief, several layers of grief and indignation, in the end, turned into decisive anger.

This anger, like a glacier breaking its embankment, is awe-inspiring and unstoppable——

Yuan Xu... just wait and see, I will subvert this grand universe with my own hands!
The palace wall is silent, just like the ages.

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It was already time for Chen Lu to come back at night, she was about to go to bed after taking a bath.

There was a slight knock on the door lattice.

It was cautious, yet forbearable haste, as if it contained great fear.

She opened the door, only to see a person in white single clothes with disheveled hair, just like that, standing under the moon in a daze, like a ghost.

It's Concubine Mei.

She no longer had that ignorant serenity, she flinched and wept uncontrollably.

She stretched out her hand and hugged Chen Lu, as if grabbing a life-saving straw, and shouted: "Sister, please help me!"

"Ma'am...?"

"Sister, I'm so scared. As soon as I close my eyes, I think about today's events... At the banquet, everyone smiled fakely and was very afraid of people... I thought it would be fine to just eat and not talk... But! They actually wanted to kill me! !"

"Sister...you must save me...you know who poisoned me...you go and report to the emperor, he will save me!"

Chen Lu almost sighed, help?In this harem, who can save whom?
emperor?Then please show the evidence, even the emperor can't do this arbitrarily if the empress is abolished for no reason.

She gently broke free from Concubine Mei, and said clearly and slowly: "Your Majesty, please calm down!"

She looked into the girl's frantic and panicked eyes, and softened her tone: "I will try my best to pay attention to your safety, but, empress, in this world, no one can save you and protect you for the rest of your life."

The last words were decisive, with no room for maneuver.

Although it was cruel, she hoped that this ignorant and innocent girl could fully understand what kind of world she was in.

"Can't anyone..."

Concubine Mei seemed to understand her situation in an instant.

Her eyes were no longer frantic, and gradually dimmed.

"But, I really don't want to die...Father, mother, why did you send me to this place where people eat people!!"

She murmured in a low voice, and walked back to her bedroom step by step.

The night was as cool as water, reflecting her petite figure, gradually drifting away.

Note: Traditional Chinese medicine in my country believes that some foods, such as beef, fish, seafood, soy sauce, etc., are "fat substances", which will interfere with the absorption of medicinal properties and the healing of scars.So if JM broke his face, he must eat the above food and be careful of leaving scars.

(End of this chapter)