Chen Palace

Chapter 44 Bloody Clothes (Part [-]) Xiao Xian
Chapter 43 Bloody Clothes (Part [-])
In Aunt He's room, the three of them still sat in silence.

Aunt He was very leisurely, she lightly put the lid of the bowl in her hands, and waited for it to cool down before taking a sip.

"You two don't need to waste your time talking. It's okay to put me in the sky prison, or go to the violence room to torture me. I'm just an old bone. I haven't had a good life for a few years. There is a queen dowager who will accompany me to the underworld, and I will die in peace. .”

Qu Yun listened quietly, feeling a big headache. He has been in charge of the palace guards for many years, so he naturally knows that prisoners like this are born with iron skin and bones.

Chen Lu finally said: "Auntie, I have dabbled in the poison of flowers and herbs. In this world, yin and yang intertwine. When one thing is born, another thing can restrain it—this little poison may not be able to stump me." .”

When Aunt He heard the words, the wrinkles on her face deepened, and she showed a sinister smile: "Since you were transferred from Yunqing Palace, I knew that you are not a mediocre person - I planted the antidote in my flower garden, just I'm afraid you won't be able to find it!"

Chen Lu smiled slightly and got up, she walked into the imperial garden and watched it carefully.

It was early in the morning, when the flowers and leaves were just blooming, like a beauty coming out of the bath, fresh and gratifying.The clear dew trembled slightly, crystal clear and shy.What's more, there are winding paths in green shade and sparkling mirror lakes, which set off the colorful and boundless grand scenery.

She stared intently, not letting go of the slightest bit of suspiciousness, and soon, she stopped pacing and walked straight towards a wall of vines.

She bent down and searched for a long time, until Qu Yun escorted Aunt He to arrive, but still did not speak.

"Hmph...you can't find it, even if I prepare the antidote, it will be placed somewhere no one will know...Little girl, you are still too young!"

Aunt He's sneer slowly stopped when the girl straightened up, she instinctively felt something was wrong.

Chen Lu's voice was as clear as cold jade falling on the ground: "People in the world like to think they are smart, but they don't know that they have all the tricks, and they always keep secrets—brother, let's go to the other side of the wall!"

As soon as this remark came out, Aunt He let out a scream, and she was about to rush over desperately!
With quick eyes and quick hands, Qu Yun touched her acupuncture points and walked around to the other side of the wall.

This is a Jiangnan-style black tile and white wall, with twists and turns, and there are hollow orchid and seal windows in the middle, which seem to be transparent but not transparent, with a unique charm.

On the hollowed-out window, the green color is deep green, and it is full of wisterias. When the flowers bloom, I don't know how beautiful and quiet it is.

She bent down, gently brushed away the leaves of the vines, and dug in a slightly soft soil.

After digging only seven or eight inches, I saw the roots entangled in the ground. A kind of white and fat rhizome similar to ginger was dug out. Qu Yun couldn't bear her hands getting muddy, so she stepped forward and pulled it out vigorously——

"Huh? How could this be?!"

Chen Lu said in amazement, unwilling to give up, she carefully looked at the root in her hand, but she couldn't find the red fruit in her imagination.

Seeing her frowning deeply, Qu Yun knew it was wrong, so he hurried back, unlocked Aunt He's acupuncture points, and dragged her to him——

"Tell me, what's going on?!"

Aunt He's face was ashen, without looking at it, she said, "Since you have already found it, what else do I need to say?!"

"Open your eyes!!"

The girl scolded coldly, and Aunt He opened her eyes involuntarily. When she took a closer look, she was horrified——

"This...how is this possible...the red fruit is gone?!"

Her old face twitched slightly, making it even more ferocious.

The three of them were wondering, they could only hear some commotion outside the garden, looking from afar, they saw Qin Xi trotting towards the two of them.

He managed to get there, and before he had time to catch his breath, he hastily reported:

"The empress dowager has recovered, and the emperor asks you two to return to the palace quickly!"

The two looked at each other, and before they could be surprised, they heard Aunt He's scream of resentment, and they slammed straight into the white wall.

Chapter 44 Xiaoxian

Qu Yun rushed to pull her back, but only half of it was recovered. She was bleeding from the head and lay unconscious on the ground, her white bones were exposed, and her breathing was very weak.

Chen Lu asked the chief manager who came to announce the imperial physician, and sent a few guards to watch over her, and then she headed towards the Palace of Compassion and Ning.

In the Palace of Compassion and Ning, there was laughter and laughter at this moment, and the gloom and gloom of the previous moment, it was really two heavens and one earth.

The Empress Dowager looked a little pale, but she was no longer lifeless, and her eyes became brighter.

She leaned against the head of the bed and watched Prince Jing was talking glibly with the maids, but she was not annoyed, she just watched with a smile.

The sun shone on her haggard face, and the image was reflected in the mirror. The queen mother unconsciously brushed the hair from her temples and sighed softly.

Years seem to have treated her very preferentially. At first glance, she is still beautiful and dazzling.Only that strand of white hair betrayed her age.

When did you have gray hair?

Her eyes dimmed, and she looked at the court ladies who were laughing and playing not far away, and felt it was dazzling——

"Zhier, come here."

She whispered, Jing Wang Yuanzhi, who was playing with the maid, immediately returned to her bed, and asked worriedly: "Mother...?"

The queen mother looked at his sincere and clear eyes, and couldn't help but feel sore: "Good boy, it doesn't matter to the queen mother..."

King Jing thought that she missed the emperor, so he could only comfort him: "I have sent someone to inform the emperor, he will be here soon."

The Empress Dowager didn't answer, she stayed for a while, and then said: "How is your brother the past few days?"

"Brother Huang's heart is in severe pain, and even the government has no intention of taking care of it. He visits the queen mother several times a day, and the imperial doctor scolded him so badly..."

When Jing Wang said this, he was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Of course, the minister is even more reckless, scaring the eunuchs and maids enough!"

He turned around and saw the eunuch who had been slapped away by him, standing tremblingly in the porch, beckoning him to come in, took out a leaf of gold from his sleeve, handed it to him and said, "Take this, and I will serve you next time." Master, be careful, the Empress Dowager is uneasy, so be careful in everything you do!"

The eunuch was trembling and didn't know what punishment he was going to receive. Hearing this, tears flowed down his face. He was so excited that he knelt down and kowtowed, "I will try my best to serve the Queen Mother!"

King Jing patted him on the shoulder, and only heard the voices in front of him, knowing that the emperor had arrived, so he smiled and said to the queen mother: "The emperor's brother is here. He is so happy to see that the queen mother is safe!"

"I'm afraid it may not be..."

The Empress Dowager replied in a low voice, with unpredictable depths in her eyes, no emotion or anger could be seen.

When Yuan Qi entered the bedroom, he saw the Empress Dowager leaning on the bed, very haggard, with fine wrinkles that could not be concealed on her pale face, showing from the corners of her delicate eyes. Out of aging.

All of a sudden, there was sadness in his heart, and the bit by bit of resentment was also covered up by the softness in his heart——

This is, his biological mother...

The next moment, he saw that the Empress Dowager was sitting leaning on her, stretching out her slender fingers to catch a small spider coming down from the thread.

She smiled slightly, showing a woman's compassionate and gentle smile, just like the Guanyin Bodhisattva in the temple, with willow branches and jade pots, saving people with ice.

The sun shone on her, making her look weak, but in an instant, this weak and gentle woman crushed the spider decisively and sharply with her armor inlaid with gold and jade.

She gracefully took off the gold sleeve, still smiling all the way.

Yuan Qi's heart was trembling slightly, and the softness that had just risen was also swallowed by this horror——

I actually forgot, this is the queen mother!
He smiled self-deprecatingly, coughed lightly, and then opened the curtain and entered.

"The queen mother is finally in good health!"

He asks for peace.

"My son!"

The queen mother seemed to be very pleasantly surprised, struggling to get up, but Yuan Qi firmly caught her and helped her to the collapse.

"Mother, your phoenix body is important!"

After Yuan Qi said this sentence, he suddenly felt that there was nothing to say, and his heart felt sad because of the separation between mother and child. He thought for a while, and continued: "This time someone came to report and said that you are fine. My son is really overjoyed—— The imperial physician actually said that there is no cure, what a madman!!"

He thought of those timid imperial physicians, and his heart burst into anger—such ignorance and incompetence caused chaos in the palace!
"You don't blame them."

The Empress Dowager said politely: "If Zhi'er hadn't found a quack doctor, I would be so helpless that I would follow the late emperor!"

"Oh... the second brother actually has such a chance?"

Yuan Qi was suspicious, but it was inconvenient to say it out. He just admired: "He is really a minister who protects the sky! In a critical moment, he really saved the life of the queen mother!"

The queen mother did not agree, but sighed: "My old bones, even if I can't save them, it doesn't matter... If I live for a long time, it will inevitably not hinder the eyes of you young people!"

She smiled half-jokingly, and when she said this, she seemed to be complaining about her illness, but also seemed to have other meanings.

Yuan Qi thumped in his heart, but forced a smile and said, "Where did the empress mother say that? Who in this palace doesn't wish you a long life?"

The Empress Dowager was about to speak, when the palace servants reported that all the empresses had come to visit after hearing that the Empress Dowager Feng had passed away.

"I heard the magpie calling this morning, and I was wondering what kind of happy event there would be? I never thought that it would happen to the empress dowager!"

Yunluo is the smartest, she said that as soon as she entered the door.

The Empress Dowager smiled, but did not answer, and Mei Guifei, who was next to her, teased: "Sister Yun's mouth looks like it has been smeared with honey... The Empress Dowager is the mother of the world, and she was born with the protection of the gods. What is this little ailment? ?”

The Queen Mother heard this, pointed at her with a smile and said: "You girl is the one with the smartest tongue—I have a very poisonous poison. If Zhi'er hadn't found a miracle doctor, I'm afraid I would have died early!"

Yuan Qi felt uncomfortable hearing her repeatedly mentioning King Jing, and even more unhappy hearing her say such ominous words, so he had to sit silently.

Concubine Qi heard the signs from the side, she was so sophisticated, she couldn't see the wink, so she smiled and said: "His Royal Highness King Jing really made a great contribution this time, although the ministers and concubines dare not interfere with the government affairs, but this is also a family matter I want to implore the emperor to give King Jing a reward!"

Yuan Qi listened, seeing her looking at him inadvertently, his heart moved, and just about to agree, he only heard the Queen Mother say: "Forget it, Zhi'er is just a child, born into the emperor's royal family, what will be missing?"

Yuan Qi was not happy when he heard this, and his face became even uglier.

(End of this chapter)