Rebirth Nunnery

Chapter 142 Poison
After a long time, when Concubine Wan was lying on the reclining chair in the side hall, looking at the court ladies kneeling on the ground, she felt that there was a mouthful of anger in her heart that she couldn't vent.

"What are you all doing? There was no news about such a big event before?"

Under Concubine Wan's angry roar, everyone fell silent and dared not speak.

"Trash! Everything is trash!"

Concubine Wan was in a hurry and almost threw the blue and white porcelain cup in her hand away again.

"Your Majesty, please don't get angry, there is nothing you can do now..." The maid at the side hurriedly comforted her in a low voice.

"A way? What else can I do? Now that the Queen's people have surrounded the Qingque Palace, if the water cannot get in, no matter how many ways the Palace has, it will be useless!" Concubine Wan slapped the table angrily, but her palms hurt. flushed.

The maid's eyes flashed, and she whispered a few words in Concubine Wan's ear.

Suddenly, Concubine Wan's eyes lit up, she narrowed her eyes slightly, and she actually laughed.

"You have a lot of thoughts! It's not in vain for me to promote you."

"Thank you, Ma'am, for your compliment."

The maid said with a low eyebrow.

"Okay, let everyone else go down! This palace needs to think of a countermeasure." Concubine Wan waved her hand, and the group of court ladies rushed out as if hearing the amnesty.

……

The most famous place in the palace is undoubtedly the imperial garden.

The area of ​​this imperial garden is huge, almost as large as a hill, and various flowers and plants in it are competing to bloom, and they will not wither all year round.

The entire imperial garden is divided into several parts. In addition to the garden, rockery and lake for people to play and watch, there are also some small corners. Although they are not paid much attention to, the scenery is also excellent.

Huanyue was walking in the imperial garden at this time.

Today, she has been pregnant for more than three months, and her belly is starting to show. She is wearing a new and fine loose clothes, followed by two nuns, four maids and four eunuchs.

According to the imperial physician's order, besides staying in the Qingque Palace to recuperate, or occasionally talking about the piano for entertainment, Huanyue would come to the imperial garden for a walk after lunch every day.

"My lord, you can see that there are a lot of new flowers blooming in the garden today!" Qinglan said carefully supporting Huanyue.

Huanyue nodded slightly. These days, she took various supplements, and her face became rosy.

"It's really good. It seems that the palace people who take care of the imperial garden also put a lot of thought into it."

Not long after the group left, they saw several eunuchs coming towards them. When they saw Huanyue and the group, the leader hurriedly bowed and knelt down to salute.

"I've seen Little Master Huanyue."

Huanyue Shiran waved her hand to make them stand up, but she caught a glimpse of the flower pots held by several people.

"What are you doing?"

"My lord, this is the newly planted Wealthy Yingren and Huakai Baizi, a few servants, and they are about to be sent to the palaces." The eunuch who was still the leader replied.

Hearing this, Huanyue's gaze fell on those flower pots involuntarily.

These flower pots are not small, and it takes one person to hold them up. The brown-black soil has emerald green plants growing on them. The leaves are egg-shaped and grow on opposite petals. The seeds are like seeds, falling among the leaves, which is quite gratifying.

"This flower is pretty good, send me a pot too!" Huan Yue said immediately.

The eunuch responded cheerfully, obviously very happy to be able to climb up to the young master who is now being favored.

That afternoon, the identical potted plants were delivered to the Huanyue Room.

I don't know if it's because of the meaning of this potted plant, or because of something else, Huanyue loves it very much, and she waters it herself every day, seeing the little flowers blooming recklessly, her mood can't help but become very good.

……

In the main hall of Qingque Palace, Ding Jiayi is rehearsing a new dance with a group of court ladies. She has not been idle these days.

One month later, envoys from neighboring countries in the west will come to visit, and the palace has issued an order that Yunyuefang must prepare several wonderful and outstanding programs when the time comes.

Now that Huanyue is pregnant and Fangzhu Lingxiao is sick, the matter finally falls on Ding Jiayi.

Ding Jiayi had just demonstrated, and when he asked others to practice by themselves, he suddenly saw Ting Lan running in with a panicked expression.

Seeing Ting Lan's face, Ding Jiayi knew something was wrong, and subconsciously missed a beat.

"What happened? Is it Huanyue's side?"

Ting Lan nodded vigorously, her face turned pale, and she couldn't speak well.

"Master, Huanyue...Little Master Huanyue, fainted suddenly...it seems a little bad..."

Ding Jiayi's expression also changed, and before he could change out of his dancing clothes, he pulled Ting Lan and walked out.

"Where's the imperial physician? Have you gone to ask the imperial physician?"

"Xiao Ding has already gone, but at least it will take a cup of tea to get there."

"Where are those nuns? Don't you mean experienced? Don't you see it?"

Ding Jiayi couldn't help shouting.

Ting Lan shook her head: "The nuns don't have a clue, they can't tell why."

Ding Jiayi's pace became faster.

Ever since she found out that Huanyue was pregnant, the entire Blue Sparrow Palace felt like a formidable enemy. Be extra careful about everything and food around her, and never let her touch it at will. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any problems.

Qingque Palace has opened a small kitchen since then, and the people who use it are very cautious.

"First let people not move around, Ting Lan, you take someone to the small kitchen to check first. Wan Xia to ask other court ladies and eunuchs; Mingxi, look at these dancers, don't let them leave the hall."

After a few words, Ding Jiayi had already arrived in front of Huanyue Room.

Pushing open the door and entering, the first thing I saw was the bewildered and flustered court ladies.

"All go to the outside room, a few nuns, Qinglan Shuilan stay behind."

Ding Jiayi ordered in an orderly manner, and soon, there were only these few people left in the room.

"Speak carefully before and after."

Ding Jiayi walked to Huanyue's bed while talking.

Qinglan was calmer, and took the lead to speak: "Talent, this is how it happened. Just now, the young master was going to take a walk in the imperial garden, and the slaves were preparing capes and drinking water. The nuns accompanied the young master, but suddenly the young master said I was dizzy, and before I could say anything more, I fell down. The servants hurriedly informed Sister Ting Lan, and Sister Ting Lan asked Xiao Ding to invite the imperial physician, and the servants helped the young master to bed first."

Hearing what Qinglan said, Ding Jiayi frowned slightly.

At this moment, Huanyue's face on the bed turned pale, her lips were also pale and bloodless, but on the snow-white skin of her neck, a few blue veins could be seen.

Ding Jiayi pulled out Huanyue's palm, only to find that her hands were clenched tightly, and it was hard to break them apart.

"Have you ever been tested for drugs?" Ding Jiayi looked up at one of the nuns.

This nanny is best at medicine, and she is also proficient in poison. Hearing this, her expression changed, she hurried forward, put one hand on Huanyue's wrist, and took out a silver needle with the other.

As soon as it was stabbed, the silver needle was still shining and did not turn black.

"Prick here." Ding Jiayi pointed to the veins on Huanyue's neck.

The nanny's expression changed again: "Cai Ren, this place is dangerous..."

"Life is at stake now, isn't it dangerous?" Ding Jiayi asked back, his eyes turned cold.

Seeing this, the nanny also knew that the situation was special at this moment, she gritted her teeth, and stabbed at the vein at will.

A few drops of blood splashed out and landed on the brocade quilt, like red plums in the snow, bright red.

And when the nanny pulled out the silver needle again, seeing that the tip of the needle hadn't changed, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's not poison."

"Let's just say how is this possible! My master is extremely careful every time he eats, and the slaves have tasted it first, and only after making sure that it is non-toxic..." Seeing this, Shui Lan couldn't help muttering.

"Poison doesn't have to be found only in food. Any flowers, plants, or even smells can be poisonous. Not all poisons can be detected with a silver needle." Ding Jiayi calmly said, "Is there anything unusual about Huanyue recently? place?"

Qing Lan quickly recalled, and said: "The little master is very careful with his food every day. He only takes one bite of each food and never eats too much. The same goes for water. He only drinks one mouthful of a glass of water. He is very regular from morning to sleep. Change. In the past two days, the little master is also in a good mood, and even watered the flowers when she got up in the morning..."

Just as Qinglan said this, Ding Jiayi suddenly interrupted her.

"Flowers? What flowers?"

Qing Lan pointed to a pot of flowers on the window sill, and said: "That pot was sent by the eunuch of the Imperial Garden a few days ago, it's called Blossoms of Blossoms."

Hearing this, Ding Jiayi intuitively felt something was wrong.

Standing up and walking towards the conversation, Ding Jiayi looked at it carefully.

"Cai Ren, there is nothing wrong with this flower, the old slaves have checked it." The nanny who tested the drug before couldn't help but said.

It's just that Ding Jiayi didn't listen to what she said, and leaned forward to smell it carefully, and suddenly frowned.

"Does this flower have a scent?"

"Yes! The fragrance of this flower was not strong when it was first brought here, but after a few days the flowers bloomed more, and the fragrance became stronger. It smells very good, and the little master also said that after smelling it, the spirit will be improved!" Shui Lan nodded and said. .

Ding Jiayi felt more and more wrong.

According to her knowledge, generally the smaller the flower, the weaker the fragrance of the flower should be, except for a few flower species, such as sweet-scented osmanthus.

Suddenly, in a blink of an eye, Ding Jiayi thought of something and reached out to pick a small flower.

"In my memory, the flowers that grow small flowers do have a strong fragrance. In addition to osmanthus, there are cloves and evening primrose..."

Ding Jiayi whispered to himself.

Although she hadn't seen any evening primrose before, but looking at the potted flowers in front of her, there were similarities.

However, the leaves of this potted plant have been rested, and the original appearance has long been lost.

Ding Jiayi put the flower under his nose and took a deep breath.

"Does this flower have the strongest fragrance at night?"

"Huh? Cairen, how do you know?" Shui Lan looked surprised, "The fragrance of this flower is very faint during the day, but at night, the fragrance becomes extremely strong, filling the whole room!"

Ding Jiayi's eyes flashed, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

"It seems that I guessed correctly, there is something wrong with this potted flower!"

Hearing this, the nanny who tested the drug couldn't help but said: "But I just passed the drug test."

"Who said she fainted from poisoning?" Ding Jiayi glanced back at her and said, "The flower itself is not poisonous, but every night, the flowers and leaves will emit a kind of gas. When people smell it, they will feel chest tightness and shortness of breath, which is extremely uncomfortable. , and in severe cases, fainting."

"This flower is called evening primrose, also called tuberose."

(End of this chapter)