imperial concubine

Chapter 181

In fact, the palaces had received the news before, but they were not sure whether it was true or not, let alone come to the East Palace to test it out rashly.Therefore, when the queen sent down the decree this morning, all the palaces understood that the crown prince was really sick.

So after receiving the news, Concubine Shu immediately sent someone to prepare a gift, and after lunch, she hurried to the East Palace to test it out. If the crown prince really couldn't afford it, this would be a good opportunity to weaken the queen's power.

Seeing Concubine Lin taking the lead and slowly walking in from the outside, the queen got up and said with a smile: "Why didn't my sister stay in the palace and ran to the East Palace? Do you want to talk to me?"

Concubine Lin's temperament is extremely mediocre, she doesn't interact with other concubines in the palace, and there is only one friend in the palace, Concubine Shu, which is why Concubine Lin and Concubine Shu stand together.She doesn't care who wins and who loses at all, she just stands by her sisters.

Hearing what the queen said, Concubine Lin smiled and said, "What's wrong with my sister? Such a big incident happened to His Royal Highness, why can't my sister not come and see it?"

After receiving the queen's decree this morning, although Concubine Lin was calm, she also knew that she wanted to come and see the prince.After all, he is the crown prince of a country, and now he is the supervisor of the country. He is too indifferent, which makes him seem a little unkind.

Concubine Shu, who was following Concubine Lin, nodded and said: "Sister Lin is very right. I never thought that His Highness the Crown Prince would be sick at this juncture." Concubine Shu looked inward, "How is Your Highness the Crown Prince?"

If Concubine Lin is really here to see how the Crown Prince is sick, then Concubine Shu is undoubtedly here to find out the truth.I'm afraid that she cared about her, but in her heart she wished that the prince's illness would get better as much as possible.

The queen heard Concubine Shu's words, and said with a smile: "Sister Concubine Lao is concerned. He still had a fever yesterday, but he is much better today. It's just that the doctor told him that he can't see the wind now. Therefore, he can't be allowed to come out to visit the two sisters." gone."

Of course, the prince's condition cannot be told the truth, otherwise the prince's poisoning would shock the government and the public, and the development of the situation would be beyond his control.So, let yourself be more proactive.

Concubine Shu waved her hand to ask the servants behind her to bring her gifts to the queen, and then said with a smile: "It's okay. After all, the prince is sick now. Although we are elders, we should be more considerate." Sitting down with Concubine Lin, he picked up the tea bowl and asked, "His Royal Highness has always been in good health, why did he suddenly fall ill this time?"

Although the Queen didn't say much just now, Concubine Shu has already heard a lot.If the illness is really as mild as the queen said, why can't even the wind blow?Thinking about it, the empress must be telling lies, that's why Concubine Shu came out to test her.

Hearing Concubine Shu's words, the queen knew that she had become suspicious, but she still said without changing her face: "The ancients said that illness comes like a mountain, and it goes like a thread. This child has always been healthy, but yesterday I don't know why. , not to mention the wind and cold, but also the high fever. The fever did not subside until midnight last night. But the imperial doctor was afraid of recurrence again, so he repeatedly told him not to see the wind."

The empress is worthy of being in the harem for many years. After she said a few words, she even suppressed and beat her, not only shutting up all the questions that Concubine Shu had, but also filling up all the previous loopholes.If it weren't for years of training, he would never have such a sophisticated skill.

The second concubine on the side smiled and said: "Since His Royal Highness cannot see the wind, we should go in. As long as we are careful, His Highness's illness will definitely not recur. Seeing the Prince is also a token of respect for my younger brother and sister." A little thought."

The second concubine's words were very gentle, but her sense of proportion was just right.If the queen said that no one could enter, how would the prince's food and medicine be sent in?If the queen agrees, then the prince's secret may not be kept.

The queen took a sip of the strong tea slowly, said with a faint smile: "Forget it. Firstly, the prince's cold is not recovering, and secondly, if the two younger sisters also catch a cold because of this, I will be a little bit worried." Can't bear it."

Although the second prince's concubine made tricky moves, she couldn't help the experienced empress.The queen dismissed the request of the second prince and concubine with just a few words, and also sold a favor to Concubine Shu and Concubine Lin.

At this time, only the eunuch outside the palace sang: "The fourth prince and concubine of Yiliang Palace is here!" Following the long ending, Su Wan walked in wearing a very clean white dress, followed by the personal maid Shui beads.

After entering, Su Wan greeted everyone sitting in the Prince's main hall one by one: "Greetings to the empress, to the empress, to the empress, to the princess, to the second prince."

In this scene, Su Wan was the youngest in seniority and age, and came late, so he had to greet everyone sitting in the hall one by one.Several people in the hall either greeted with smiles, or got up to return the salute.

Asking Shuizhu to hand over the gift list to the Empress, Su Wan said: "Today I was shocked to hear that His Highness the Crown Prince was ill, and I ran around in a hurry in the palace. It's just that I can't help because I don't know medical skills, so I found some help in Yiliang Palace." Good medicinal materials have been sent over, it may be useful."

In fact, these medicinal materials were sent to Yiliang Palace by Yun Jingya when Su Wan pretended to be sick last time.Now that the prince is ill, I happen to send them back.No one can find fault with themselves.

After receiving the gift list handed over by Shui Zhu, the queen put it aside with a smile, "Wan'er has a heart. Unfortunately, the prince's illness has disturbed your quiet life of studying in the palace. Wan'er, you must not angry."

What Yun Jingya said to the queen just now, the queen has completely listened to it in her heart.At this time, seeing Su Wan coming and sending so many high-quality medicinal materials, he couldn't help feeling suspicious in his heart, so he spoke out to test.

Hearing the queen's words, Su Wan knew that she had aroused the queen's suspicion, so she said with a smile: "Every day is just too lazy to go out of the palace, so I spend my days reading books in the palace. Besides, it's not that the crown prince wants to be sick, so Naturally, it cannot be blamed on His Highness the Crown Prince."

What he said was reasonable, and he secretly pointed out to the queen that he did nothing in Yiliang Palace.I just read books every day, and the poison in His Highness's body has nothing to do with me!
The queen who was sitting on the main seat narrowed her eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "That's right. Ben Gong is also wondering, Ze Shi has always been in a strong body, how could he be knocked down by a little wind and cold, this is a bit strange. "Speaking, he turned his head and asked Yun Jingya, "Jingya, you have been dealing with political affairs in the imperial study every day with you, have you ever found anything wrong with Zeshi?"

When Su Wan heard what the queen said, she sneered in her heart. The reason why the queen said this must be to pave the way for the later matter of the elixir.Otherwise, if it is said that someone poisoned and murdered the crown prince, the queen might not be able to find out the murderer if the palace confinement is disrupted.

Yun Jingya heard the Queen's words, frowned and thought carefully for a moment, then shook her head and said: "Reporting to my mother, the crown prince has always been diligent in handling political affairs in the imperial study, and even the prime minister has praised him, but my ministers have never noticed anything wrong. The place."

Everyone sneered when they heard Yun Jingya's words.No one in the court, civil and military, knew that Fang Yuanli was the queen's confidant?Is Fang Yuanli's flattering words worth showing off like this?
As soon as the words were finished, Yun Jingya frowned and said, "No." She looked up at the Queen and said, "Queen Mother, thinking about it now, my younger brother's performance in the next few days is a bit wrong, and he is a little too energetic."

The queen and Yun Jingya sang and sang, and the tone of the whole matter had been laid down.Everyone present at this time knew that this high energy must be the clue left by Yun Jingya.

Sure enough, the queen asked, "Exuberant energy? What's going on?" Yun Jingya frowned and said, "Before, my younger brother would feel sleepy every night, but in the past few days, not only was he not sleepy every night, but he also Very good spirits."

Su Wan, who was sitting next to him, sneered and thought that among the pills given to the prince by the second concubine, some of them were extremely powerful herbs, which would overdraw the prince's energy and make him feel more energetic, so of course the prince would not be sleepy at night up.

The queen sat on the first seat, squinted her eyes slightly, and then said to the maid beside her, "Go and bring Dexi to see me."

I saw the eyes of the Second Prince's Concubine kept rolling, as if she was thinking about something; Concubine Shu kept exchanging glances with Concubine Lin, Su Wan lowered her head, silent, unable to see what she was thinking.

The queen sat on a high place and had a panoramic view of the expressions of the three of them.Not long after, Dexi was brought in, knelt in the hall and said: "Little Dexi has met all the empresses, the princess, and the two princes and concubines."

Since yesterday, Dexi knew that the empress would definitely interrogate him, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.And still being interrogated with so many people, Dexi couldn't help but tremble.

Seeing Dexi's appearance, the queen asked, "Dexi, you are the personal eunuch of His Highness the Crown Prince. I have a few questions to ask you. Is the Crown Prince eating normally recently? How is your appetite?"

These things are all things that Dexi is responsible for. Although Dexi is afraid at this time, his thoughts are not to the point of confusion.After stabilizing his mind, he said tremblingly, "His Royal Highness has lost his appetite recently, and he doesn't even eat much of his usual favorite dishes."

Hearing this sentence, the expressions of the people in the hall were different.The Empress and Yun Jingya already knew about it, so they were not surprised at all; Concubine Shu and Concubine Lin frowned tightly; the second concubine frowned and bowed her head in thought, and Su Wan was also puzzled.

The queen sneered and said, "Since the prince has a loss of appetite, have you ever invited someone from the Tai Hospital to see it? Did the people from the Tai Hospital tell you why the prince has lost his appetite?"

The prince is the prince of the country, and his words and deeds are related to the fate of the country.Even for small matters such as eating, if it is different from usual, the eunuchs around him must go to the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital for diagnosis and treatment to see why the prince has lost his appetite recently.

Dexi lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Report to Madam, I have never invited an imperial physician." As soon as the words fell, Empress Empress frowned, her eyes burst out with murderous aura, "Good job, you bold servant!"

(End of this chapter)