Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Abacus Fails

Beads of sweat rolled down from Qi Yuan's forehead, and there was a lot in his eyes, so astringent that he couldn't open them.

"Do you want to open the window?"

The prince's words of concern made the Qi court judge more and more nervous,

"It's okay, it's okay, the side concubine is weak at this time, and after the rain, the sky is cloudy and the window is open, and I am afraid that I will catch a cold, and the lower official can bear it. After a pause, the hand holding the teacup shook, and the rest of the bottom in the cup spilled out, and the Qi court judge immediately kowtowed and shouted before the prince could speak:

"Your Royal Highness, the lower officials have made a big discovery, please forgive the lower officials for the sin of shaking hands, the lower officials are really shocked, there is raw strychnine powder in this tea, the side concubine must have drunk this thing before the abdominal pain is unbearable, but fortunately, the amount of drink is small, if there are a few more cups, I am afraid that the breath is not smooth, and even coma." ”

"The slave is wronged. Yuzhu took the lead in kneeling down, Wutong was a little stunned, was pulled by Yuzhu, and also knelt down to shout grievances.

Looking at the three kneeling people, the corners of the prince's lips hooked,

"Oh, there is such a thing! What kind of crime has been convicted by the Qi court, this is a great achievement, please hurry up. But the two of you, can there be evidence to clear the charge by shouting grievances?"

"Your Highness! It must be them, don't listen to their quibbles, Xian'er is really a good life, and finally came back but suffered such a poisonous hand, woo woo, if it weren't for Qingming and Ling Ding, how could Xian'er trouble her sister to transfer someone over, this matter should have nothing to do with my sister, it is these two maids who see that Xian'er is not favored, weak and can be bullied...... Cai, Xian'er is so bitter, Your Highness. ”

Jiang Lu covered his heart and began to sobb again, and Wutong knelt on the ground and gritted his teeth when he listened. Yuzhu calmly listened to the side concubine splashing dirty water on them, and said without hurrying:

"What the side concubine said is true, what happens today has nothing to do with the crown princess, the slaves and maids were selected and sent by the chief manager to serve the side concubine. ”

These days, His Royal Highness the Prince's friendship with the Crown Princess is in the eyes of everyone in the East Palace, today this Jiang Concubine wants to frame the Crown Princess, and the two of them can also see it clearly at this time, Yuzhu's words directly leave the Crown Princess, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must be happy to see it, Wutong almost scolded her when she heard Yuzhu's words at first glance, and when she thought about it, she was suddenly impressed by Yuzhu's delicate thoughts.

Yuzhu saw that the prince had no intention of interrupting, and continued:

"And Lord Bandit Shi has no motive to harm the side concubine, and it is impossible for the slaves and maids to be transferred suddenly to prepare for poisoning in advance, and the longan ginger tea is the big kitchen that knows that the side concubine returned to the palace in the rain, and specially sent it to ward off the cold for the side concubine. ”

"Yes, yes, if the slave is harmful to people's hearts, why should the slave and maid go to the doctor to expose themselves!"

The prince was still smiling as kindly as a spring breeze, but his eyes narrowed,

"Indeed, Bandit Shi has been with me for so long, and I don't know why he started to compete with women?"

Bandit Shi, who was handling affairs for the prince in Chongwen Pavilion, suddenly sneezed, and unconsciously pulled the placket of his clothes, is it a cold?

Jiang Lu listened to it and secretly hated this maid for her clever words, and wondered how this princess had been in the East Palace for several days, how could she still be managed by the chief administrator of the affairs of the palace?

As soon as he opened his mouth, the prince interrupted:

"Concubine Fang's voice sounds full of energy, but it's okay? ”

Jiang Luxian was a little anxious, got up from the bed, and choked up:

"Xian'er knows that his life is as light as a feather, but he has to worry about this matter. ”

"Well, this palace is as you wish. Qi Yuan judged, go to the small kitchen of Yuqi Hall to see if there is any strychnine. The prince still smiled faintly, but his tone became more and more gentle, "Wait, this matter is about the lives of these two maids, so let one of them go with you." ”

The waiting process was long, and it would take some time for the Qi Yuan to search the kitchen thoroughly.

The prince didn't say a word and just reclined on the couch, and the Wutong who was left behind had already taken a new tea set and poured Lu'an melon slices for the prince, and the prince had a mouthful of it, he didn't like to drink Lu'an melon slices, but he didn't intend to let Jiang Luxian know his preferences, so the maid grabbed the tea at will to boil.

The tea stove is warm with tea, the temperature of the stove is neither high nor low, and the refreshing tea fragrance is exuded in the stove.

But at this time, there is no elegant and leisurely "quiet fragrance into the tea stove, quiet green straight chess game" in the palace. Looking at the ethereal steam, Jiang Luxian felt as if he had been roasted on the stove and was tormented.

She pretended to be sick, only moaning softly from time to time that she was still suffering from abdominal colic, and she did not know why the prince had to search the kitchen, and the longer she waited, the more restless she became.

"Report to His Royal Highness the Prince, there is indeed strychnine medicine powder in the kitchen. As soon as Yuzhu, who was following behind the Qi court, came back, he immediately returned.

The prince stood up and said to Jiang Lu: "Nux is a prescription medicine, and it is not so simple for the maid of the East Palace to prescribe this medicine, your two maids must have prescribed strychnine to suppress cough when they feel cold today, as for how it was mixed into the tea, the side concubine should have her own judgment." Then he said to the court judge and the two maids:

"The court judge of Qi is bothering to take care of it, and it is necessary to ensure that the side concubine is okay. The two of you took the two wedding maids of the side concubine and served them closely. ”

Out of the Yuqi Palace, it was already three o'clock, to the Yan'an Palace when the door of the palace was closed, the prince flew over the wall, and it was seen from afar that the lights in the hall were extinguished.

One turned around and stepped on the elm plum branch to the window of Qi Caicai's dormitory, there was no wind tonight, the glazed window was ajar, the prince seemed to be able to smell the smell of butter tea in the rose mixed with milk, even the fragrance of elm plum flowers could not be stopped, at this moment, how much the prince wanted to push the window in, taste a sip of tea made by the beautiful woman.

"Girl...... Crown Princess, the butter tea on the table is all drenched, do you want to take it down and warm it up?"

The voice of the maid in the inner room was faintly inaudible.

"No need, just go out the window and feed the dogs. ”

Qi Caicai's words were full of anger, and his voice was extremely loud.

"The crown princess thinks this is Shuo Fang, where did the dog come from, and I don't know if the dog raised by Qi Sheng is still alive. ”

The maid muttered to herself, still obediently pouring the tea out of the window.

Is it Chu'er beside Cai Cai? The prince determined his judgment through the voice and tone of this maid, and since he was a child, he could not distinguish the appearance of women in this way, and he could only distinguish everyone in this way, but he also practiced the characteristics of being extremely sensitive to timbre. Fortunately, he didn't need to remember most of the women, that is, because these maids were related to Caicai, he bothered to remember their sound quality.

The butter tea became viscous, and there was a "pop" sound when it fell into the grass.

There were no cats and dogs to lick and eat in the East Palace, only the prince hidden in the branches looked at the milky white on the ground, separated from him and Cai Cai's bedroom.

Pouring things out of the window, Cai Cai is really ...... If you leave the window open, you must have attracted bugs. The prince shook his head, while thinking, he took out a handkerchief to wrap the butter tea on the ground, and the residual oil and water stained his fingertips through the handkerchief, the prince frowned, endured the discomfort and clutched the handkerchief tightly, careful not to let the liquid in the handkerchief flow down, and left the Yan'an Hall with a few jumps.

Tonight, let's go back to the Temple of Light to rest.