Chapter 409: Assassinating Emperor Hui
I heard that Emperor Hui and Hu Ji had fun all night for half a month, and then one day when they were in the court, they suddenly coughed, and the eunuch hurriedly went up to hand the handkerchief, and when he took it away, there was a bright red on it.
When Shen Lanying returned to the palace, Emperor Hui no longer drank for fun, but took medicinal diet every day to maintain health, and the imperial doctor told him to eat whatever he wanted. The surrounding women have also changed from young and beautiful orchids to other older concubines, and then they have free time to see their daughters and old women.
As soon as she returned to the palace, Shen Lanying threw the cult equipment to Lian'an Palace, and went to Changxin Palace non-stop.
Concubine Leng was sitting on the edge of the bed with the newborn eleventh princess in her arms, with a happy smile on her face, teaching her to speak softly. Jiang Chenyu also sat next to him, poking his sister's face curiously.
When Concubine Leng saw Shen Lanying coming, she handed over the little princess to Jiang Chenyu and asked him to take her sister out.
"Did the little girl have a good name?" Shen Lanying thought the little girl was very cute.
"Not yet. Concubine Leng shook her head, "The emperor said that he would take it, but there has been no news now." β
Months have passed.
Shen Lanying said helplessly, "I guess you can't wait for this name, so it's better to think of one yourself as soon as possible." β
Concubine Leng smiled bitterly and shook her head.
Shen Lanying said again, "What's wrong with my father now, why is his physical condition declining so quickly?"
Concubine Leng explained the reason to Shen Lanying.
When she was pregnant with the eleventh princess, Concubine Leng could still see Emperor Hui every day, so she could monitor Emperor Hui's physical condition every day and add medicine to his tea. But then Emperor Hui began to pamper the newcomer, and his life became more and more uncontrolled, coinciding with Concubine Leng's pregnancy to the tenth month, with inconvenience, and then it was confinement for childbirth, and there was no opportunity to contact Emperor Hui.
And now that Emperor Hui has come to his senses, he has begun to go to Changxin Palace to see Concubine Leng regularly, and Concubine Leng will also have the opportunity to condition Emperor Hui's body and suppress toxins.
Knowing that Emperor Hui's physical condition is basically stable now, Shen Lanying is also relieved. Now that the careerist is in the south, if the old man dies at this time, then the situation will not be able to hold.
Before leaving, Concubine Leng held Shen Lanying's hand and said with a begging expression, "Wan'er, if the Holy Lord goes west one day, she will definitely not be able to protect the little princess, can you please take her out of the palace?"
But......
In case there are really variables, she will also be unable to protect herself, and I am afraid that she will not be able to save the little princess.
Shen Lanying said, "Now the astrologer Qing Zhi next to the emperor is also our person. She was originally a person from Mingluo Mountain, who was skilled and chivalrous. I think it's safer for Niangniang to entrust the little princess to her. β
Two days later, Shen Lanying received a letter from Qing Zhi. In the letter, Qingzhi showed off to her arrogantly that the little princess had recognized her as a godmother.
This generation is really messy.
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Shen Lanying thought about it, now that Lian'an Palace lives alone, it would be too wasteful to cook in the small kitchen, so she applied to Emperor Hui to go to him at noon every day to eat, and unexpectedly, Emperor Hui readily agreed.
So Shen Lanying had three meals a day, going to Shoukang Palace in the morning, Qian'an Palace at noon, and Changxin Palace in the evening.
The palace maids in the small kitchen of Lian'an Palace were grateful to Shen Lanying.
When Shen Lanying went to find Emperor Hui for dinner every day, the eighth princess Jiang Lingqin also went with her. Not long after, Jiang Lingqin will marry Khotan, and both father and daughter cherish this last time together.
In addition to going to lunch every day, Shen Lanying will also go to Qian'an Palace in the afternoon to send one or two small snacks to Emperor Hui, who deals with the folds, claiming to make it herself, but in fact, it is only made by the cook of Lian'an Palace, and she just studied it on the side.
One afternoon, Shen Lanying went to Qian'an Palace to deliver sweets as usual, and Emperor Hui's study was also as usual, with a few courtiers. Shen Lanying took the lotus seed soup out of the box, and heard the woman's shout at the door.
In a place as big as Qian'an Palace, the sound can be heard inside, which shows how loud the woman's voice is.
Shen Lanying and Emperor Hui's expressions changed slightly, and the woman's shout was clear:
Let me in, someone is going to assassinate the emperor!
Shen Lanying's brows frowned slightly, and she quickly stretched out again, bowed her head and said to Emperor Hui, "It's the seventh sister." β
Emperor Hui also frowned, and raised his hand to the eunuch next to him, "Let her in." β
Shen Lanying kept an eye on it, and didn't give the lotus seed soup in her hand to Emperor Hui.
The Seventh Princess stumbled in, knelt down like a fall, swept her eyes over Shen Lanying, and said to Emperor Hui anxiously, "Father, this bowl of lotus seed soup is poisonous!"
At this moment, time seemed to stand still, Shen Lanying's body was a little stiff, and she couldn't help but look down at the bowl in her hand.
The seventh princess said that this bowl of lotus seed soup was poisonous, no matter whether Emperor Hui believed it or not, Shen Lanying herself believed it anyway.
When this bowl of lotus seed soup was made, she was not next to her, if someone poisoned it and wanted to frame Princess Zhaoying, it was actually very possible.
Shen Lanying couldn't help but feel extremely headache, who gave this poison, and how did the seventh princess know the news, she didn't have any clue at all.
Emperor Hui must be shocked now. What emperor has heard that someone is going to assassinate him, and he can still keep his senses?
Shen Lanying stared at Jiang Chenwei, "Seventh Sister is in Shucang Garden, how did she know that Wan'er made lotus seed soup for her father today?"
The silence in the Qian'an Palace could even be heard with the sound of a needle falling to the ground.
Jiang Chenwei couldn't answer, so she bluntly changed Emperor Hui's attention, "Why don't you explain first, why did you poison your father?"
Shen Lanying didn't speak, but took advantage of Emperor Hui's brain to turn around, picked up the bowl from the table, handed it directly to his mouth, raised his head and poured it down.
At this moment, Emperor Hui, the Seventh Princess, the courtiers, and the eunuchs and palace maids all looked at her with a dull expression.
There was not much lotus seed soup in the small porcelain bowl, and Shen Lanying drank it at a speed that could choke herself, so she saw the bottom in a few seconds, and she was still not at ease, so she took the teapot from the table, poured some tea into the bowl, shook the bowl, drank it again, and then poured water, and so on.
Now what Shen Lanying is thinking about is the earnest teaching of the chemistry teacher when she was in school: after the glassware is washed three times, there are basically no ions left.
So Shen Lanying washed the small porcelain bowl with tea four times, no matter whether there was poison in this bowl of lotus seed soup, as long as she drank it into her stomach, any evidence would be annihilated.
However, Shen Lanying's act of destroying the evidence, in the eyes of others, was simply a little girl who had been greatly wronged, eager to prove her innocence.
"Alright, Wan'erβ"
When Shen Lanying was shabu-shabu for the third time, Emperor Hui couldn't stand it anymore, and he felt extremely guilty when he saw Shen Lanying pouring himself vigorously.