(15) Accidents
The young attendant shouted, and the candles in the front rooms around the courtyard suddenly lit up, which shocked the queen's personal palace people to wake up.
Then His Majesty and Niangniang will definitely be awakened.
Zhu Lu was in a hurry, and he stepped forward to cover the young waiter's mouth, but when he heard a "clang", the door of the dormitory was kicked open, and the emperor stood there frowning in his robe.
"Dog minion, what are you yelling about!"
The young attendant and the palace maid seemed to be frightened by Shen Zhan, and as soon as their legs and feet were weak, they both lay on the ground, kowtowing and crying: "Your Majesty spare your life, please forgive your sins, the servants don't know that Your Majesty is resting here tonight, please spare your life." ”
"Could it be that if I don't stop here, I can trespass on Xuande Palace and harass the queen's mother!" Shen Zhan took a step forward and stared at the two people on the ground who were about to turn into a puddle of mud, and said sharply.
The young attendant was already trembling with fright, and he only read in his mouth, "Please spare your majesty's life, and ask the queen to forgive her sins." ”
But it was still the palace maid who was calm, although she was already trembling with fright, but she still endured the panic, and her teeth trembled to make her mouth clear: "Please forgive your majesty and the queen!" The slave knew that trespassing on the queen's bedroom was a capital offense, but the slave's master, Rou Guiji, was no longer good, and begged His Majesty and the queen to send a doctor to Gui Ji to see, the slaves were not sorry to die, and begged His Majesty and the queen to have mercy on Gui Ji, she, she was killed! ”
"What did you say!" Shen Zhan took another step, but his sleeves were pulled.
When he looked back, it was Song Mi'er, who had been woken up by the movement outside the door, put on his coat, his eyes were bloodshot, his face was pale, and he looked at the two people kneeling below without saying a word.
Shen Zhan raised his hand to hold Song Mier's hand, his fingertips were cold, Shen Zhan frowned, and pursed his lips: "Mi'er, you go back to sleep, I will take a look." ”
"No, I'll go with you." Song Mi'er raised his eyes and looked at Shen Zhan firmly, "I'm the queen, I must know what is going on in the palace." ”
Shen Zhan sighed in his heart, "Let's go." ”
So he hurriedly tidied up his robe, gathered his hair, followed the palace people, and ordered Dexiu and An Jin to ask for the imperial doctor, and the two of them didn't even sit down, and walked quickly towards Hanzhang Palace.
Shen Zhan walked in front alone, the wind at the beginning of summer was less cold than the cold of spring, and there was no dullness of the caged people in midsummer, and the fragrance of the first lotus on his face was very interesting.
However, Shen Zhan was not in the mood to appreciate this elegance now, and cursed the harmful person in his heart as he walked, what was the matter with that Wen Guiji, and who harmed her Yan zhòng to her slave crying and making trouble at the gate of her queen's palace in the middle of the night, if it weren't for the bad influence, the ghost would get up at night and rush to the Xuande Palace on the central axis to the Hanzhang Palace in the south! I did a whole night of exercise that consumed my body and mental strength, and after being tired, I fell asleep and was waiting to recuperate, but I was woken up when I was most sleepy, or the young waiter's sharp and awkward voice, and he didn't drag the young waiter out on the spot, Shen Zhan felt that he could really be called a benevolent monarch. Yes, according to the current situation, when you rush to the Jinghong Hall and ask again, you don't have to sleep back to sleep, you can change your clothes and go directly to the court, hehe, you are really a dedicated Mingjun. I really don't know what those courtiers are dissatisfied with, change someone and let him try, see if you can wait for him to stick to the court in this situation!
Shen Zhan walked quickly with a resentful face, in the eyes of others, it seemed that His Majesty was very angry about the murder of Rou Guiji, who was given the title, and the palace people who followed did not dare to come out, and walked hurriedly with their heads buried in the silent deep palace, and walked along the road, and many palace rooms heard the movement and lit up the lights to check, Zhu Lu and Yun Cong followed behind Song Mier, counting in their hearts how many concubines and concubines would meet the holy face and rushed to the Jinghong Hall to visit Rou Guiji crying.
Song Mier was half a step behind Shen Zhan, holding the placket of her clothes with one hand and the hem of her skirt in the other, she looked at Shen Zhan Tieqing's face, and sighed in her heart, Rou Guiji was really still a little important to him. Although he took Rou Guiji's army, Shen Zhan did not express any unhappiness, but once Wen Qingwan had an accident, he would still be concerned. Song Mier bit her lip, endured the backache caused by her previous behavior, and tried her best to keep up with Shen Zhan's pace.
When he was about to reach the palace gate, Shen Zhan paused, turned his head sideways to look at Song Mi'er beside him, stretched out his hand to hold her hand, and walked with himself to the Jinghong Palace.
Yun Cong and Zhu Lu glanced at each other, and they both saw a happy smile in each other's eyes.
The lights of the Jinghong Hall were bright, and the two young maids guarding the door were dejected, and the two little palace maids were about to make a big salute with tears on their faces, Shen Zhan drank impatiently, and asked the little palace maids to take themselves and Song Mier towards the dormitory.
Song Mier was shocked when he saw the two little palace maids crying miserably, and woke up most of the time from a hazy sleep, what happened to Rou Guiji, the palace people in the Jinghong Palace looked like dead mothers.
As soon as Shen Zhan and Song Mier entered the hall, they saw that the concubine, the concubine, the virtuous concubine, and Concubine Xue and Concubine Zhuang on the right side were already standing on both sides of Rou Guiji's bed, Qian Guiji was crying beside Rou Guiji's bed, and there were several medical women standing next to the bed, He Zhaoyi and Duan Zhaoyi were kneeling on the ground at the end of the bed, Duan Zhaoyi looked at the ground without saying a word, He Zhaoyi was shouting at the concubine for wrongdoing, and the already small bedroom was full of people.
"What the hell is going on?" Shen Zhan walked to the door of the dormitory with Song Mi'er and asked in a calm voice with a frown.
Only then did everyone realize that the emperor and empress had also rushed over, and their eyes didn't help but secretly turn towards Shen Zhan and Song Mier.
I saw that both of them were disheveled, obviously woken up in their sleep, both of them were wearing obscene clothes of the same standard and color that only the emperor and empress could wear, they were wearing robes and coats outside, their hair was slightly messy, Shen Zhan was holding Song Mier's people, Song Mier's eyes were slightly red, his lips were slightly swollen, and he was slightly leaning on Shen Zhan's side.
The concubines knew what happened in the first half of the night when they saw it, and they couldn't help but feel nervous, and after a phone call, the flint eyes probed, and everyone blessed the god of fortune, and then swept the queen Song Mier with envy or jealousy while people were not paying attention.
"Why are they kneeling?" Song Mi'er pointed to He Zhaoyi and Duan Zhaoyi on the ground, "What's the matter with Rou Guiji?" After speaking, he turned his head to look for the palace maid who went to Xuande Palace to call people.
"Hmph." Before Song Mier finished speaking, the noble concubine Liu Shuxing snorted in a low voice that everyone could hear. Of course, the concubines knew why she was humming softly, Song Mier's hoarse and low voice was too revealing!
Shen Zhan glanced at Liu Shuxing and didn't speak, but fortunately, Song Mier didn't dwell on this issue at this juncture, just looked at the palace maid and watched her tell her about the specific situation.
The palace maid walked quickly to Shen Zhan and Song Mi'er and knelt down again, lying on the ground and knocking hard: "Your Majesty, the queen's mother, my noble concubine suddenly vomited blood before going to bed at night, the slaves and maids sent someone to invite the imperial doctor, but the imperial doctors had no will, the noble concubine vomited blood several times, and finally couldn't hold it and fainted, the medical maids have a way, the slave and maid are really afraid to break into the Xuande Palace......"
"Then what is the matter with you saying that Guiji was killed?" Shen Zhan glanced at the woman lying on the bed, and couldn't really see it when she was blocked by the crying Qian Guiji.
"Your Majesty, Gui Ji is fine this afternoon, talking and laughing with the slave maid, after using the medicinal food that she uses on weekdays, she has a good dinner, more than she eats on weekdays, and her appetite is good, but before going to bed at night, Gui Ji drank the medicine again, and vomited blood not long after drinking it."
Shen Zhan heard the key part, so he asked sharply, "What medicine did you drink?!" ”
"Drink. Be. The palace maid kneeling below suddenly began to swallow, as if there was something unspeakable.
"Say!" Shen Zhan kicked on the palace maid's shoulder.
"Ahh The palace maid was kicked down and screamed, trembling and getting up, kneeling and kowtowing violently, "Ask the queen mother for forgiveness, the slave maid is not intentional, ask the queen mother for forgiveness, Gui Ji drank the tonic prescribed by the royal doctor at night, the slave went to the royal doctor, and the royal imperial doctor said that he would not come to see Gui Ji without the will of the queen mother!" ”
In the end, the palace maid put the Buddha and wept blood.
Everyone in the dormitory who heard the palace maid's words gasped and looked at Song Mier in unison.
Song Mi'er was taken aback, his eyes widened and he looked at the palace maid who was still kowtowing, with a rare panic on his face, raised his head and hurriedly shouted to Shen Zhan: "It's not me!" ”
Shen Zhan was also looking at Song Mi'er, he looked at Song Mi'er's pale face that had not yet grown, because of lack of sleep and overwork, there were still faint bruises floating under his eyes, his lips were slightly swollen, and he could faintly see the marks left by himself on his neck, because of the palace maid's words, she looked a little flustered, with some tears of panic in her bloodshot eyes, and she was looking at herself without blinking, with expectation, panic and anxiety in her eyes, but she just didn't have the slightest weakness and pride in hurting others.
"She's still so young......"
Shen Zhan's mind unconsciously flashed this sentence again.
The concubines on the side also looked at Shen Zhan, wanting to see how he dealt with the matter involving the queen.
Zhu Lu, who was standing at the door of the dormitory when the palace maid called out the imperial physician, became alert, raised his head and glanced at Yun Cong beside him, and Yun Cong immediately bowed down and slipped out while no one was paying attention: Be sure to bring the imperial physician Wang for questioning! I'm afraid that the imperial physician will really get the news if he is wrong, and the emperor will already have an accident when he sends it!
said that Shen Zhan looked at Song Mier, and the concubines clenched their handkerchiefs and looked at Shen Zhan.
"Not the Queen." Shen Zhan said firmly.
Song Mi'er's eyes lit up, and he looked at Shen Zhan with a little gratitude, Shen Zhan smiled at Song Mi'er soothingly, and raised his feet to walk towards Rou Guiji's bedside.
The surrounding concubines, some of them flashed with loss in their eyes, some breathed a long sigh of relief, and some stared at the corner of Song Mier's skirt indignantly.
Song Mi'er stabilized his mind and said to the palace maid: "The imperial physician was sent by the palace to show Rou Guiji's body, but the palace is also very puzzled why Rou Guiji vomited blood after drinking the medicine, Zhu Lu,"
"The slave is here."
"Quickly send someone to invite Imperial Doctor Wang to come."
"Yes, the slave has asked Yun Cong to invite."
A hint of satisfaction flashed in Song Mier's eyes, and then he said to the palace maid, "What's your name?" “
"Slave maid...... The slave and maid are called Yangxi. The palace maid hesitated and said, not knowing why the queen still asked her name at this time.
"Okay, Yangxi, you think about it carefully," Song Mier took a deep breath, considered the words and asked again, "What did your master do today?" What did you eat from morning to bedtime? What water did you drink? Is incense used? Have you ever touched any flowers and plants? Have you ever been exposed to anything you haven't been exposed to before? ”
A series of questions were asked, each of which was a common ambush route in the harem, causing Shen Zhan to look back at Song Mier, Liu Shuxing raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his lips were inadvertently hooked, Concubine Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and felt very relieved in her heart, Concubine Zhuang lowered her head, and no one had seen a trace of mockery flash on her face.
"Okay, now you two come and sue me why are you kneeling here."
Song Mier took a step forward and walked in front of He Zhaoyi, who was being comforted by Concubine Xian, and Duan Zhaoyi, who was speechless.
"Queen Mother, the concubine is wronged!" He Zhaoyi cried and grabbed the corner of Song Mier's skirt.
When Shen Zhan saw Song Mier walking to the bedside, he grabbed her arm and took her to his side.
This action caused the eyes of Concubine Xian next to the bed to darken, and Qian Guiji, who was holding the hand of Rou Guiji lying on the bed, unconsciously tightened her clenched hands, and Rou Guiji on the bed moved her brows imperceptibly.
"How did you wrong?" Song Mier, who was pulled by Shen Zhan, felt a warm heart, and decided to look at He Zhaoyi.
"Queen Mother, you must make the decision for Qingwan!"
Before He Zhaoyi could spit out another half a word, Qian Guiji interrupted He Zhaoyi's reply while pulling Rou Guiji's hand: "It must be this slut who harms Qingwan!" Yesterday morning in the Niangniang Palace, this slut said crazy words to me for some reason, Qingwan couldn't see that she didn't distinguish between dignity and inferiority, and when she returned to the palace with me, she taught He Zhaoyi and Duan Zhaoyi the rules well, they must have been resentful by me and Qingwan losing face, and they felt that Qingwan was weak and easy to bully, and now they are back in revenge! ”
Qian Guiji said this cleverly, if Shen Zhan did not have a secret guard, he would definitely think that He Zhaoyi was unruly in the front, and Wen Qingwan was bullying others, and she had nothing to do with the Qian Guiji in front of her, and now this Qian Guiji can still come forward, and point out the murderer for the sake of her friends without fear of retaliation.
Liu Shuxing on the side sneered in his heart: Yes, it's okay now, I was originally going to Song Mier, but now the goal has completely shifted, if it is really Wen Qingwan's own game, now I am lying on the bed and I don't know how to secretly hate this brainless "friend".
When Yang Xi, the palace maid who was also kneeling, heard Qian Guiji's words, she suddenly wanted to step forward and slap her in the mouth, so that she could talk about He Zhaoyi in a dignified manner, for fear that others would not know that you made the two of you kneel? What's the deal with pulling our master in!
He Zhaoyi, who was intercepted, looked frightened, and was about to refute when she heard someone shouting from afar outside the hall: "Here, the imperial doctor is here!" ”