Chapter 166: Licorice
When they came back, Xia Nishang was eating the sour plums on the table one by one.
The sour-soaked plums are placed in the eight-treasure box of plum blossoms, all kinds, plums, dried oranges, broad beans are everything, all of which are Xia Nishang's favorite snacks.
"The Queen." The three of them glanced at each other and stood still in front of Xia Nishang. Put your hands together and say nothing.
Before they came, they had already asked Er Lan what it was about Xia Nishang to ask them to come this time. However, Er Lan was also confused, where could he answer them.
However, Er Lan still told Ran Tian and Fan Xi everything that the divine doctor said just now. The two of them were so angry that they couldn't wait to kill the person who drugged Xia Nishang.
The three of them always felt that something was not quite right, so they didn't dare to delay any longer, but they cleaned up and went to the inner room.
"Here we are." Xia Nishang finished eating the plums in her hands, and gently wiped her fingers with the handkerchief next to her before she spoke. "The three of you are the most trusted people in this palace, but now that someone in the palace wants to harm this palace, what do you think should be done?"
"Niangniang, how did you know that person was in our palace?" Ran Tian asked puzzled. The little palace maids in this palace are all under her management, but she doesn't see anyone who is too prominent.
"This palace once asked Er Lan to read the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor, and according to that recipe, the amount of licorice is not much." Xia Nishang had a smile on her face, but she couldn't see why. "If anyone can handle it, it's in our palace."
The three of them looked at each other, they really didn't expect that there was such a thing.
"Niangniang, it's not good to be a slave, and I don't look down on the people below." Ran Tian knelt down and bowed his head to plead guilty. She is the palace maid in charge of the whole palace, and the little palace maids in the palace are all under her command, and she has not found that anyone has such a mind. Now that something has gone wrong, it's hard to blame.
"You're wrong, but now is not the time to say that." Xia Nishang waved her hand, in fact, this matter can't be completely blamed on Ran Tian. After all, she is just a person, although in general, those palace maids look honest, but after all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, who would have thought what they thought in their hearts?
"Mother, what are we going to do now?" Fan Xi has always taken care of the two children in the back, and he doesn't have much contact with these things, and he still has a simple temper. Now seeing Xia Nishang and the others so dignified, I can't help but be scared. But she didn't know how to do it.
"Fan Xi, this palace handed over the two children to you, you don't have to worry about these things, as long as you can take good care of the two of them."
If there is really a ghost in the palace, then these two children are the least reassuring. Children are young and simple-minded, and they are most likely to be used or assassinated.
What's more, Xia Nishang remembered what happened to her son at the Zhou ceremony, and she had a headache.
"These days, you must be optimistic about them, and you can't let them walk around, so as not to cause any chaos."
After hearing this, Fan Xi nodded solemnly.
"Don't worry, the slave is desperate, and she will protect the two little masters."
Seeing her like this, Xia Nishang also bowed her head slightly, signaling that she believed her.
As the saying goes, there is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people. Since Xia Nishang dared to hand over all these things to her, she was completely relieved.
"Ran Tian, Er Lan, you have been checking the palace maids and eunuchs in our palace for the past few days." Xia Nishang paused and continued. "Especially after the palace came out of the cold palace, the new people who came into our palace. However, it is important to remember that everything must be done in private, and you must not be caught by surprise. ”
"Don't worry, mother." Ran Tian knelt on the ground and refused to get up, she felt that if she wasn't careful enough, Xia Nishang would not have suffered such a big crime, where would she have the face to get up.
"You are all the most trusted people in this palace, don't let this palace down." Xia Nishang rubbed her sore forehead, feeling a little tired.
The three people below are all accustomed to looking at people's faces, and seeing that Xia Nishang's spirit is not good, Dye Tian and Fan Xi said yes, so they retreated lightly.
"Niangniang, do you want to rest for a while?" Er Lan stepped forward, held Xia Nishang's shoulder, and gently rubbed her forehead.
"Erlan, we must find that person!" Xia Nishang's eyes seemed to burst out with a ray of light, but when Er Lan looked at it again, it was gone. She couldn't help but feel that she must be dazzled, where could Xia Nishang see things.
"Don't worry, Niangniang, I'll leave it to the slave maid and Sister Rantian." Er Lan's face also has a different formality than before, that little hoof, she will definitely pull her out with her own hands. "Mother, let's sleep for a while."
"It's okay, with that medicine, Bengong also feels a little tired." Xia Nishang shook her head, her body was getting worse and worse, and she felt tired and uncomfortable when she moved.
Er Lan helped Xia Nishang down and let her lie on the bed, and carefully pinched the corners of the quilt for her, so as not to catch a cold.
Seeing that Xia Nishang closed her eyes, a touch of peace appeared on her face, and she retreated.
"Lady asleep?" Walking out of the door, Ran Tian was rubbing his hands and standing there with an anxious face. looked a little helpless, and when Er Lan saw this, he hurriedly greeted him.
"Well, I'm asleep, what's wrong with Sister Rantian?" Er Lan was the latest to come to Qifeng Palace, so even if she is now Xia Nishang's confidant, she is also close to her, but she is polite to Ran Tian and Fan Xi on weekdays, and respects them.
"I just thought about it for a while, and what I can get into contact with Niangniang's medicine is nothing more than grabbing medicine, decocting medicine and serving medicine." Ran Tian looked at Er Lan and said, she had been thinking about it for a long time just now, except for Er Lan, only the three of them could access the medicine used by the queen mother.
"It shouldn't be possible to serve medicine." Erlan shook her head, thinking carefully. "Since the medicine has already been boiled, it is impossible to send anything into it."
"There's a possibility." Ran Tian nodded, quietly attached to Er Lan's ear, and said softly. "What if the palace maid secretly cooked the medicine herself and poured it into the mother's medicine?"
Er Lan covered her lips, she didn't expect that there was such a possibility. However, what Ran Tian said does make sense, if that's the case, it's really impossible to prevent.
Seeing that Er Lan understood, Ran Tian smiled and whispered again.
"I've already investigated, it's Bi'er who grabs the medicine, it is the green stamen who decocts the medicine, and it is the powder lotus who serves the medicine." When Ran Tian just went out, he had already inquired clearly.
Er Lan thought for a while, among these people, the decoction of the green stamen had been following Xia Nishang from the Mengli Palace, and the days that Er Lan had stayed by Xia Nishang's side were much longer. As for the rest of Bi'er and Pink Lotus, they were all assigned to Qifeng Palace when Xia Nishang came out of the cold palace this time.
"In this way, Bi'er and Fan Lotus are the most suspicious." Er Lan looked at Ran Tian and said softly.
"That's what I thought too." Dye the jaw head. "Only the three of them have access to the medicine. But Green Rui has been following the mother. At the beginning, Niangniang was just a permanent presence, and I saw that she was good and diligent, so I handed over the decoction to her. ”
In this way, even Ran Tian felt that this matter was not done by Lu Rui.
However, nothing can be said absolutely, there are too many things in this world, true and false, false and true, who can see it?
"Sister Ran Tian, we still have to think about this matter in the long run." Er Lan's expression was solemn, someone had just drugged Xia Nishang under her nose, and this matter must not be left as it is. "Don't show your mouth now, let's observe and observe."
"My sister is right, it's me who is impatient." Although Ran Tian doesn't often follow Xia Nisheng's side now, she is in charge of the entire Qifeng Palace. Those palace maids and eunuchs must listen to her dispatch.
However, she was not jealous that Er Lan could get Xia Nishang's favor, after all, she followed Xia Nishang to the cold palace, and from birth to death, her feelings were naturally extraordinary. And herself, as long as she does her job well and doesn't let people hurt Xia Nishang anymore, that's it.
The two girls exchanged words for a while, and then they went to do their own things. But secretly, I will still pay more attention to the three little palace maids.
As for Xia Nishang's current medicine, Er Lan is fully responsible, so that no one will do anything to that decoction, wouldn't he suffer in vain
Xia Nishang didn't sleep for a while before waking up. In her sleep, she always felt someone holding her throat tightly, making her lose the power to breathe.
In the dream, it is always chaotic and tired. Xia Nishang just slept for a while, but she felt that she was drenched in sweat, and where could she continue, she opened her eyes.
What greeted her was still pitch black, as if a black cloth had been placed on her eyes, blocking her vision.
Xia Ni sat on the bed dejectedly and didn't call anyone in. She just wanted to sit by herself for a moment and think about what had happened today.
If it is said that the Queen Mother is still alive, Xia Nishang will definitely not hesitate to suspect that this matter must be related to the Queen Mother. However, the Queen Mother is dead, although when she was in the cold palace, the Queen Mother was still alive, but at that time I heard that her body was very bad.
Will she do any of these things? Even if it was done by the Queen Mother, then there must be a ghost in her palace, otherwise, how could the Queen Mother easily persecute Xia Nishang.
If it weren't for the Queen Mother, then who else in this palace now has this ability?
was able to arrange people into her palace, and quietly added ingredients to her own decoction, and this thought alone was enough to move Xia Nishang.
"No matter who you are, this palace will definitely pull you out!"