The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 70 Poisoning
"Okay." Ye Zhaoqing slowly stood up from the chair, nodded and walked towards the main hall of Yongchun Palace.

Lianhong hurriedly followed.

These days, Ye Zhaoqing has come to greet several times, and the steps are already very familiar. At this time, she entered the hall as usual, knelt down, and kowtowed to Concubine Rong who was sitting at the head: "Zhaoqing see Concubine Rong."

"Get up!" Soon, Concubine Rong's voice sounded from the hall, with a hint of coldness in it: "Lianhong, you all step back first!"

"Yes, empress!" Lianhong didn't dare to take a look at Ye Zhaoqing, and retreated quietly along with the maids in the palace who were standing with their heads bowed.

On the main hall of Nuo Da, only Ye Zhaoqing and Concubine Rong were left in an instant, which seemed a bit empty.

Ye Zhaoqing was not shocked by honor or disgrace, slowly got up, stood there upright and waited for the next sentence.

She didn't believe that Concubine Rong would suddenly get herself into the palace for no reason, she must have some kind of conspiracy.And the neglect these days was just to grind her temper.

She's not afraid, she'll do whatever she sees.

After a long time, Concubine Rong, who was sitting on the couch of the noble concubine above, slowly opened her mouth: "You hold your breath, you haven't asked a single question for so many days, you are indeed the daughter of an aristocratic family."

"Your Majesty's praise, I am ashamed to accept it." Ye Zhaoqing replied calmly.

Concubine Rong raised the corners of her mouth and gave a shallow smile, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.After saying this, she suddenly lowered her head, picked up a piece of pastry from the tea table in front of her, put it into her mouth, and said with a smile while eating, "What are you doing standing so far away? Come sit next to Ben Gong and taste it Try this Yunpian Cake! This is made by the new imperial chef, it tastes very good!" He said, wiping his fingers with a handkerchief.

Weird!It's really weird!

Mingming Concubine Rong treated each other warmly, but Ye Zhaoqing felt a little creepy.In the past, she lived in this harem for many years, and she had some guesses about the minds of the nobles. When she entered the palace this time, she thought that Concubine Rong was just trying to warn her to stay away from the eldest prince, and she was ready to agree. Prepare.

However, if it was a warning, how could she let herself approach?

Ye Zhaoqing has not gained nothing in the past few days in the palace, at least she knows that Concubine Rong doesn't like people getting too close to her, if it is not someone who is close, it is absolutely impossible to sit beside her.

But the strange thing is that Concubine Rong said so and did the same.She asked someone to bring in a brocade stool from outside the hall and put it beside her, and greeted Ye Zhaoqing with a smile, "Come here!"

"Yes, ma'am." Ye Zhaoqing replied helplessly, walked over slowly, and secretly raised his vigilance in his heart.

"Come, have a taste of these cakes." After Ye Zhaoqing sat down, Concubine Rong warmly greeted her to enjoy the dazzling array of cakes on the tea table.The smile on his face almost made Ye Zhaoqing mistakenly think that he and Concubine Rong are very close.

Ye Zhaoqing reached out to take the pastry, but she couldn't eat it no matter what, she raised her head and looked straight into Concubine Rong's eyes and said, "Your Majesty, you must have something to say to your servant, please get straight to the point!"

Hearing what she said, the smile on Concubine Rong's face gradually faded.

"You're straightforward." Concubine Rong smiled a little, "I don't even give Ben Gong a chance to get close to you."

"Your Majesty is joking." Ye Zhaoqing said politely: "You are the Concubine Rong who favors the sixth palace, and it is too late for my servant to flatter you, so how can I please your Majesty's kindness? It's just that my servant is impatient, if you have any orders, please Let’s be honest, otherwise I’m afraid I won’t be able to sleep well at night.”

"Are you going to sleep well?" Concubine Rong smiled when she heard this, "Lianhong said, you fell asleep not long after the hour of the night, and if you can't wake up, don't be in front of me. Putting on a show."

Ye Zhaoqing also laughed when he heard the words: "I made your mother laugh."

"But I don't want to go around in circles with you anymore." Concubine Rong finished laughing, and suddenly said seriously: "In the past few days since you entered the palace, I have been hesitating whether to tell you about that matter, but considering the end, I still feel like telling you."

After hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing was a little surprised: "What is it that makes the empress so entangled?"

"Of course it's about the eldest prince." Concubine Rong said, sighed, and went to see Ye Zhaoqing's expression.

She thought that Ye Zhaoqing would be nervous if she said such a thing.

But no, Ye Zhaoqing had a calm face.

Concubine Rong was a little frustrated at the moment, she stood up suddenly and said: "You come with me." After saying that, she got up and walked into the inner hall.

Ye Zhaoqing glanced at her curiously, got up slowly, but hesitated whether to follow in.

That's Concubine Rong's bedroom!It's not good for her to be the daughter of a foreign minister, so she can just go in like this?If she sees something or someone she shouldn't see, then she...

"Come in! What are you doing there?" Concubine Rong walked to the entrance of the bedroom, turned her head and saw Ye Zhaoqing was still standing there, she sighed and said, "Don't worry! I asked you to come here for your help, isn't it?" Harm you." As he spoke, he paused and said, "If I want you to die, there are many ways to do it in the Jokhang Temple, why do I have to go through all the troubles to call you into the palace? What are the benefits of the palace?"

Ye Zhaoqing thought about it, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm not afraid of this, it's just that it's the empress's bedroom after all, so I naturally need to think more about it."

"Okay, come in!" Concubine Rong gave her a fixed look, turned her head and entered the inner hall.

Ye Zhaoqing stood on the spot and hesitated again and again, but finally he gritted his teeth and followed.

Concubine Rong Chong of the Sixth Palace, the bedroom is naturally very luxurious and exquisite, Ye Zhaoqing had no time to marvel at anything after entering, and saw an unconscious person lying on a huge bed in the inner hall.

Ye Zhaoqing stopped immediately.

Concubine Rong, who had already walked to the edge of the bed and leaned over to see the person on the bed, hadn't heard footsteps for a long time, looked back and saw Ye Zhaoqing was still standing far away, and immediately turned cold: "What are you doing standing so far away? Can I still eat you?"

"That... that is..." Ye Zhaoqing stammered as he watched the man on the bed.

That person was dressed in black robes, obviously he was not the current Holy One.

But who could it be?Just lying on Concubine Rong's bed so blatantly?

"That's Yu'er! What are you thinking?" Concubine Rong glanced at Ye Zhaoqing without curiosity and said, "Come here soon!"

Li Yu?

Ye Zhaoqing suddenly realized, when she slowly walked over, there was a trace of curiosity in her heart, how could Li Yu be lying here?

"Come and take a look, Yu'er, what's wrong with him?" As soon as she saw her son, Concubine Rong's calm and graceful appearance in the outer hall disappeared immediately, replaced by nervousness and worry: "You save me?" Well, Mrs. Lin and your grandmother will definitely be able to save him!"

After hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing immediately understood why Concubine Rong sent someone to bring her back from the Jokhang Temple. The feeling was to heal Li Yu's illness!
However, why did Li Yu suddenly become like this?
When he was in the Lin Mansion a few days ago, he still looked like a dragon and a tiger, why did he look like a terminally ill in a blink of an eye?In the end what happened?
Ye Zhaoqing had countless question marks in her heart, but she knew that Concubine Rong would never tell herself, so she was too lazy to ask.

When she approached the bed, she realized that Li Yu had lost a lot of weight, her cheeks were flushed, and she was lying unconscious on the bed at the moment.

Concubine Rong, who was beside the bed, was already heartbroken.

"Your Majesty, don't panic, the eldest prince is still saved." Ye Zhaoqing walked to the bedside and lifted Li Yu's eyelids to have a look, then opened his mouth to look at the coating on his tongue, then turned around and said: "My golden needle is still in the In the side hall, I'll go get it right away, and give the eldest prince an injection immediately."

"No! You don't need to go!" Concubine Rong shook her head and said, "I will send my confidant to fetch it for you, you must treat Yu'er well!"

"His Royal Highness looks like he has been poisoned." Ye Zhaoqing carefully checked Li Yu's body, and said while checking, "But the poison didn't kill him immediately. It seems that it is a chronic disease. of."

"This palace knows." Concubine Rong nodded and said, "You must save him!"

"That's not necessarily true." Ye Zhaoqing said, raised his eyes and glanced at Concubine Rong, ignoring her anxious look about to cry, and calmly said: "I can cure illnesses, but I can't cure lives. Your Highness has been poisoned, so may I ask, when was he poisoned? How long has it been?"

Concubine Rong looked at her with tears in her eyes, but she couldn't say a word.

"That's not acceptable." Ye Zhaoqing frowned: "I'm not trying to pry into the privacy of His Highness the First Prince, but it's very important, even related to whether the First Prince's life can be saved, I hope the empress will not hide it."

As she said that, she suddenly tore off the collar of Li Yu's clothes!

I saw blue veins exposed on the originally fair neck, which was very terrifying.

"This poison is so overbearing!" Ye Zhaoqing said in surprise, "I'm afraid it's been a year?" As she spoke, she turned to look at Concubine Rong.

The matter has come to this point, Concubine Rong can no longer hide it anymore, she nodded when she heard this, and said: "Yes, I have been poisoned for a year."

"Then why didn't you treat him early?" Ye Zhaoqing asked in confusion, "How much damage will the toxin do to the First Prince's body in one year!"

"But what can I do!" Hearing this, Concubine Rong fell down on the chair beside the bed in despair, and said in a daze, "Yu'er will inherit the throne in the future, this matter must not be leaked out! Not to mention asking the imperial physician for diagnosis and treatment! Otherwise, the emperor will definitely change the prince who stands next to him if he finds out! This palace will never allow it!"

"So you find someone to suppress the toxin, pretend nothing happened, and wait for the emperor to appoint a prince?" Ye Zhaoqing said coldly, "For the sake of the throne, you just give up your son's life?"

"No! Bengong didn't give up on him!" Concubine Rong shook her head and said, "This year, taking advantage of the opportunity of going to the Jokhang Temple, Bengong has been secretly looking for doctors from various places to treat him, but there has been little success. .”

After hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing suddenly realized: "So this is the reason why you go to Jokhang Temple on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year!"

(End of this chapter)