Chapter 240: Tenderness
Guo Ping looked at her, and his tone brought a lot of tenderness, "Why didn't the queen go to see Concubine Xian in person?" β
She bowed her head, was silent for a moment and said, "If the concubine goes, Concubine Xian will definitely be even more angry when she thinks about the child, and I am afraid that she will hurt her again when the time comes." She sighed, "The coming days are long, anyway, our sisters will be in this palace for a lifetime." When she was in a better mood, the concubine went to see her in person, so she could only ask the emperor to give her this snack. β
Guo Ping thought for a while, thinking that what she said made sense, so he didn't say anything else, nodded and smiled, "I will help you send it over, but I will tell Concubine SΓΉ Xian truthfully, you gave it to her." β
Xiao Wanyao nodded, the two of them said something else, and she got up and left. Before leaving, Guo Ping promised Xiao Wanyao to go to Xiyun Palace for dinner in the evening. This is the first time in a few months that Guo Ping has gone to Xiao Wanyao's palace. Naturally, she would not refuse.
After Xiao Wanyao left, Guo Ping ordered someone to take the snack and personally took someone to Chuxiu Palace. Huo Yongdie, who was a hundred times more energetic, was gloating there, "Hmph, Xiao Wanyao also has today." It's just a pity that the assassin didn't kill her son, otherwise it would have made her suffer from the loss of her child for a long time. β
Huo Yongdie gritted her teeth with hatred, and after Bi'er heard it, she hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, "Concubine Xian, you can't say anything like this again, fortunately, I'm alone here, if someone else listens to it, I don't know what trouble will happen." Anyway, Guo Rui is the prince and the emperor's son after all, and you will be very unhappy if you curse the emperor's son like this and pass it on to the emperor. β
But even if Bi'er said so, she couldn't stop Huo Yongdie from continuing to gloat, this was the only joy she had after losing her child. As long as Xiao Wanyao is unlucky, she will be happy.
While the two of them were talking, they heard an order outside, "The emperor has arrived!" β
The two of them were stunned at the same time, Huo Yongdie quickly lay down on the soft couch, pretending to be sick, and waited for Guo Ping to come over.
After Bi'er helped Huo Yongdie cover it, she turned around and went out to greet her, met Guo Ping at the door, and hurriedly saluted, "The slave and maid see the emperor, and the emperor is safe." β
Guo Ping nodded, "Get up." Is Concubine Xian better? β
Bi'er replied, "Niangniang's complexion is better, but she is still depressed, she has no appetite, and she can't even eat her favorite snacks before." β
Guo Ping paused, his brows furrowed, and he couldn't help but feel a little distressed, "Does the imperial doctor come over every day?" β
Bi'er replied, "Back to the emperor, the imperial doctor comes over every day, and today is almost the hour, so he will come over soon." β
Guo Ping nodded, didn't ask again, turned around and walked towards the inner room, and after entering, he saw Huo Yongdie lying there sickly, his face was a little pale, and he lost a lot of freshness and domineering on weekdays, and he looked like he would shed tears when he spoke aggrieved.
Seeing Guo Ping coming in, Huo Yongdie struggled to get up, and he hurriedly asked her to sit down, "Sit down, Concubine Xian doesn't have to get up if she is unwell." I see that your face is still pale, and you have lost a lot of weight, why don't you eat? β
Huo Yongdie looked pitiful, tears were already in her eyes, and she was ready to use it when she found the right time, "The concubine can't eat it, and when she thinks of the lost child, the concubine will ......" and cried as she spoke.
Every time Guo Ping came over, Huo Yongdie looked like this, and after a long time, it became wooden, but after all, she was still his woman, and she lost her own child, so although she didn't feel anything, she still opened her mouth to comfort her.
"By the way, you haven't had much appetite lately, so I came here today to bring you some food. If you taste it, you'll probably want to eat something. β
As she spoke, the maid who was standing on the side hurriedly took the food box and put the plate of dim sum prepared by Xiao Wanyao on the table. Suddenly, a light sweet smell mixed with a hint of herbs came to his face, which made Huo Yongdie appetite, "What is this?" It smelled so special, and the concubine had never smelled like this. β
As she spoke, she had already picked up a piece of snack, and it looked unusually beautiful. Guo Ping saw that she seemed to have an appetite, pursed his lips and smiled, just when Huo Yongdie brought the dim sum to his mouth and wanted to taste it, Guo Ping said, "This is the dim sum made by the queen herself, let me help send it to you." β
Hearing Guo Ping's words, Huo Yongdie was stunned, looked down at the snack in his hand, and threw it on the plate as if he was hiding from the plague, with a disgusting look on his face, and even took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands desperately.
Guo Ping frowned, "Concubine Xian, what are you doing?" β
Huo Yongdie found that her approach was a little embarrassing, and couldn't help but pouted and said angrily, "Your Majesty, it's not that you don't know who killed the concubine's child, the queen must hate the concubine to death before she does this." What she sent was certainly not a good thing. β
Hearing her say this, Guo Ping naturally felt uncomfortable, and a trace of anger suddenly appeared on his face that was full of tenderness just now, "I personally sent it to you, and before I came, I had already eaten this snack." And the queen has also eaten it in front of me, if there is really a problem with this snack, then why is there nothing wrong with me? β
"This ......" Huo Yongdie locked her eyebrows, although Guo Ping said so, Huo Yongdie still didn't believe that Xiao Wanyao would be so kind to send her something to eat, "Maybe, maybe the queen has some other conspiracy?" β
Guo Ping slapped his palm on the table and said angrily, "Concubine Xian is enough, you are used to being arrogant on weekdays, and I haven't pursued anything." This time, if you hadn't mentioned Xue Tianao in front of the queen and said that she had fornicated with other men or something like that, how could she punish you for kneeling outside Xiyun Palace. Although I beat the queen and favored you, I was not confused enough to that kind of Cheng dΓΉ. β
Seeing that Guo Ping was angry, Huo Yongdie hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground, "The concubine doesn't dare, the concubine doesn't mean that." β
Guo Ping took a deep breath, so it seems that there is a reason why Xiao Wanyao doesn't want to come here to see Concubine Xian. Even if she came in person, she must not have seen any good faces.
He suppressed the anger in his heart, "Get up! If you don't dare to eat it, I'll take it home and eat it. So saying, he picked up a piece of dim sum and ate it himself, and it tasted very good. It's just that I don't feel comfortable in my heart.
Guo Ping didn't want to stay here anymore, got up and was about to leave, Huo Yongdie wanted to redeem himself, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the concubine was quick to talk nonsense just now, which angered the emperor, and asked the emperor for forgiveness." Since those dim sum were the queen's wishes, the concubines did not dare to refuse. β
Guo Ping turned around again and sat down again. After Huo Yongdie sat down again, in order to give Guo Ping some face, she took a piece of dim sum and took a bite on it and ate it. She was also worried that she would be poisoned and die immediately. It turned out to be fine, the dim sum tasted good, sweet and delicious, and had a medicinal aroma.
When Huo Yongdie was eating, her eyes quietly stared at Guo Ping's face, and in order to please him, she pretended to be curious, and asked, "Your Majesty, why is there a smell of herbs in this worry?" It is not bitter to eat, but has a stronger flavor. β
Guo Ping's brows stretched slightly, and said, "The queen is proficient in medical skills and knows a lot about herbal medicine, she knows that you have no appetite recently, and your body is weak, so she put some herbs in the dim sum, and when you eat dim sum, you will also eat the herbs by the way to nourish your body." I've eaten it too, and it tastes good. β
Huo Yongdie nodded, Xiao Wanyao was proficient in medical skills, she knew a little, but after Guo Ping's reminder, the dim sum that had been swallowed in her throat seemed to be blocked by something, and she was stuck there and refused to go down.
Will she be drugged with this scruple? But Guo Ping said several times that he had already eaten it, and the queen had also eaten it, so he should be fine.
But there was still resistance in his heart, so he put down the remaining half of the dim sum, "Thank you for your hard work." This is naturally sarcastic and sarcastic, Guo Ping can naturally hear it, but he didn't speak, "The concubine really doesn't have much appetite, so she saves the dim sum and eats it another day." β
Guo Ping didn't force anything more, at least she ate a little. After that, he said that there was something wrong and left Chuxiu Palace.
As soon as Guo Ping left, Huo Yongdie clasped her mouth with her hand, wanting to spit out the piece of dim sum, but unfortunately it was already in her stomach.
Bi'er patted her on the back and said, "The slave thinks that this snack will be fine, and if there is really any problem, I guess I won't let the emperor send it over." If Concubine Xian was really poisoned, how could the emperor not go to the queen. β
Huo Yongdie vomited, and when she heard Bi'er say this, she felt that it made sense. He straightened up and panted slightly, "That being said, I always feel that something is wrong, how can the queen be so kind." β
Bi'er handed her a cup of tea and asked her to rinse her mouth while saying, "Maybe the queen hurt her mother and lost her child, the emperor snubbed her for a few months, and beat her personally, she must want to please the emperor, if not, why let the emperor send it in person." β
After listening to what Bi'er said, Huo Yongdie believed that Xiao Wanyao would definitely not dare to poison this snack. It was also at this time that Dr. He from Tai Hospital asked to see him. Huo Yongdie asked him to come in, and after taking the pulse, she asked Bi'er to hand over the half of the dim sum she had just eaten to Doctor He, "You go and check it carefully to see if there is anything suspicious in this dim sum, and if so, come and tell me in time." β
Naturally, Imperial Physician He didn't know what was going on, so he left with the half of the snack.
Here, when Xiao Wanyao was playing with Rui'er in Xiyun Palace, a little eunuch came over and told Cui'er, and Cui'er entered the door and said to Xiao Wanyao, "Queen Mother, Concubine Xian only ate one bite of your snack, and handed over the remaining half of her to the imperial doctor to check." β
Xiao Wanyao chuckled, with a touch of disdain, and continued to tease Rui'er without speaking.
Half a month later, Zhu'er looked much better, she could sit up and eat by herself, and Xiao Wanyao instructed someone to take care of her. And she was attentive to accompany Guo Rui, almost never leaving Xiyun Palace, either playing with Guo Rui in Xiyun Palace every day, or reading books alone. There are not many concubines in the harem, so there is nothing to do for the time being, in fact, as long as Huo Yongdie is a little safe, the harem is quite peaceful.
In Chuxiu Palace, in Haoyue Xuan, Shi Xuezhen retired everyone, leaving only the girl Huan'er she brought from her mother's house.
Huan'er glanced out at the door, then closed the door, returned to Shi Xuezhen's side, and said in a low voice, "Nobleman, the assassin you sent to kill Guo Rui has died in the prison. didn't confess anything, but unfortunately he originally wanted to blame Concubine Xian, but in the end, he made the sword guard Destiny a scapegoat. This queen didn't think it was as powerful, hmph, she was also a fool. β
Chapter 241 Discovery
Shi Xuezhen took a deep breath, her slender Danfeng eyes narrowed slightly, "Even if there is no real evidence, the queen should have guessed that it would be Concubine Xian who attacked her!" Because at this moment, only Concubine Xian hates her the most. But after such a long time, there has been no movement at all. Could it be that this queen is really so weak and deceitful? β
Huan'er raised her eyebrows and said, "Maybe she is really cowardly and afraid, no wonder Concubine Xian looks at her unpleasantly and bullies her like that, but she hasn't swallowed her anger all the time." Now even Xiyun Palace doesn't dare to come out. Huan'er giggled.
Shi Xuezhen evoked a faint smile, "It turns out that the queen is just a fool, but she just has a bit of a look, so she confused the emperor, if that's really the case." It was much easier after that. β
Just as the two of them were talking, someone outside suddenly replied, "Shi Guiren is not good, there is an accident on Concubine Xian's side, you can go over and take a look." β
Shi Xuezhen and Huan'er glanced at each other, she frowned, got up and took Huan'er to the main hall of Chuxiu Palace, and as soon as she entered the courtyard, she heard a noise from the house, like the sound of porcelain being smashed on the ground, and then the sound of Concubine Xian yelling.
Shi Xuezhen listened to the voice and knew that something must have happened, so she hurriedly walked in, and Concubine Xian was holding a piece of porcelain and slamming it to the ground. Shi Xuezhen was slightly stunned, looking at the mess all over the ground, and the whole person was stunned, "What's wrong?" What happened? β
The surrounding minions didn't dare to make a sound, only Bi'er and a palace maid were trying their best to stop Concubine Xian, Concubine Xian was crying and crawling on the soft couch, at this time she dared to walk over and approach, "What's wrong with Concubine Xian?" Who messed with you again? β
Concubine Xian raised her head suddenly, Shi Xuezhen was startled, and couldn't help but take a few steps back. She had a deep scar on her face, and it seemed to have begun to decay and suppurate, making her look extremely horrible. Huo Yongdie's originally beautiful face was ruined all at once.
"Why, how so? I saw my sister a few days ago, why did it become like this these days. Shi Xuezhen avoided her, and in the past two days, Concubine Xian said that she was unwell and didn't want to see anyone, so she didn't come to see her. But I didn't expect that it had only been seen for a few days, and it turned into a cover-up. Looking at the scar, Shi Xuezhen couldn't help frowning, with a look of disgust on her face.
Huo Yongdie naturally saw her expression, even she was like this, if the emperor saw it, she would definitely never come to Chuxiu Palace again. Thinking of this, Concubine Xian began to smash again.
Shi Xuezhen wanted to leave, but felt that something was wrong, so she stood in a distance and comforted, "Sister, don't get angry first, but have you found a doctor?" Maybe it can be cured. β
Huo Yongdie just crawled there crying and making a fuss, but Bi'er replied to her, "The imperial doctor has been here, and all the imperial doctors from the imperial hospital have come, but they don't know how it caused it." I have also taken medicine and used medicine in the past few days, but the results are getting worse day by day. It's already ...... to look at it today."
"Ah......" Huo Yongdie let out an angry cry, as if she was crazy. Presumably, a lot of feelings must have been suppressed in the past few days, which is a blow to a woman who is fundamentally ruined, "Xiao Wanyao, it must be Xiao Wanyao...... Unless she does, no one will do this to me. I'm going to kill her, I'm going to kill her! β
Xiao Wanyao, who had already walked to the door, frowned slightly, snorted coldly in her heart, and couldn't help whispering, "Huo Yongdie really wants to kill this palace all the time." β
The queen mother arrived, so that the room was quiet, Xiao Wanyao was dressed in the queen's clothes, graceful and luxurious, and appeared in front of Huo Yongdie, among all the concubines here, Xiao Wanyao's posture is the best, but in this case, letting Huo Yongdie see it will only make her want to kill her even more.
As soon as she entered the door, before Shi Xuezhen had time to salute in a hurry, Huo Yongdie had already picked up a pair of scissors on the table and stabbed at Xiao Wanyao, "It's you, it's you who made me like this!" I'll kill you. β
Shi Xuezhen was just about to salute, when she suddenly saw Huo Yongdie rushing over, and the whole person was shocked, she was really crazy. Just as Huo Yongdie rushed over, Shi Xuezhen's body dodged her, but she still pretended to be hit by Huo Yongdie, fell to the ground, and the fragments of porcelain pierced her hand, making a big cut, and blood flowed.
Xiao Wanyao's face did not change, and the personal guards behind her had already rushed out, snatched the scissors from Huo Yongdie's hand, and grabbed her tightly.
Bi'er was also stupid, until Huo Yongdie was caught by Xiao Wanyao's personal guards, she knelt in front of her to intercede for Huo Yongdie, "The queen mother spares her life, and the virtuous concubine is just impulsive." She, she's delirious now, and the queen forgives her sins. β
Xiao Wanyao's eyes turned, and her eyes glanced at Shi Xuezhen who stood up from the ground, she saw the scene just now clearly, Shi Xuezhen's body was very responsive, Huo Yongdie didn't touch her in that state, but she deliberately fell to the ground, and injured herself, looking pitiful.
"Take Concubine Xian to the inner room, find someone to take care of her, and hurry up to come in. Shi Guiren ......, "Xiao Wanyao already knew that Huo Yongdie's qi was exhausted, so she didn't think much about her anymore, and focused her attention on this noble man who had only been in the palace for a few months. She hid it deeply, "It doesn't matter what hurts you have, right?" β
Shi Xuezhen walked up to Xiao Wanyao with a frightened face, and blessed her body slightly, "The concubine is fine, but she just scratched a small wound." If it's okay, the concubine will retire first. β
Shi Xuezhen wanted to leave, but Xiao Wanyao stopped her, "The palace has already sent someone to Xuan Taiyi, Shi Guiren is still here to wait patiently for the Taiyi to come over and show the Taiyi the wound." The emperor will be there in a while, and there is still something in the palace that needs to be explained to the emperor by Shi Guiren. β
Shi Xuezhen paused slightly, and her lowered eyes couldn't help but have a little disgust. Xiao Wanyao ignored her and sat down on the chair next to her. Soon Guo Ping came here, and when he saw the mess in the house, and the imperial doctor was bandaging Shi Xuezhen's wounds, his brows furrowed suddenly, "What happened?" β
Xiao Wanyao got up, her face did not change, and walked in front of him, "Let's take a look at Shi Guiren's injuries first, and then the concubine will tell the emperor what happened." β
Guo Ping then turned around and walked towards Shi Xuezhen, "How could it hurt?" β
Shi Xuezhen shed tears in time, "Your Majesty, I really scared the concubine just now, and Concubine Xian didn't know what was wrong, as soon as the queen came, she took the scissors and said that she was going to kill the queen, and the concubine was knocked to the ground by her, and her hand was stabbed by the porcelain on the ground, so she ......."
Guo Ping almost couldn't believe his ears, Concubine Xian was crazy? actually said that he wanted to kill the queen, and couldn't help but look at Xiao Wanyao.
Xiao Wanyao stood there with an innocent face, locked her eyebrows and said, "The concubine also just came here, and Shi Guiren was already here when she came, so the concubine didn't know what was going on." But what Shi Guiren said is true, Concubine Xian is still inside. β
Guo Ping endured the anger in his stomach and strode inside. Xiao Wanyao followed behind him, and when she left, she glanced at Shi Xuezhen, with a look of approval in her eyes, but also a touch of sarcasm.
Guo Ping saw Huo Yongdie's appearance, and saw that she was crazy, so he asked people to take care of her. Tell the imperial doctor to check what is wrong with her and how the scars on her face are obtained.
After comforting Shi Xuezhen again, she left tiredly.
On Xiao Wanyao's way back to Xiyun Palace, Cui'er couldn't help but say, "Queen Mother, did you see it just now?" The stone nobleman stretched out his hand quickly, and Concubine Xian didn't touch her at all just now, but she herself fell to the ground. β
Xiao Wanyao's eyes sank, and she said indifferently, "This palace naturally saw it, and sent someone to stare at this Shi Xuezhen, this palace suspects that she can do martial arts." β
Here, Shi Xuezhen returned to her Haoyue Xuan and breathed a long sigh of relief, the wound on her hand was not big, but she shed a lot of blood, she had a good grasp of proportion, and did not let herself be hurt too deeply, but it made people look a little distressed.
It's a pity that the emperor has come up, and all his thoughts are on Xiao Wanyao. Just a few words of comfort to her.
She sat in the main hall, looking at the night outside that was gradually darkening, and said to herself, "This Xiao Wanyao is far more difficult to deal with than I thought. β
The situation on Huo Yongdie's face became more and more serious, and almost half of her face was about to rot.
The imperial doctor carefully examined it for a few days, and after using the medicine again, he had to go to Guo Ping to return, "Your Majesty, Concubine Xian Niangniang may have a strange infectious disease, and Weichen has not yet found a cure for it, I am afraid that it will be ...... if I continue to leave Concubine Xian in the palace at this time."
The imperial doctor's words did not speak, and Guo Ping already knew the meaning of his words. But if you let a concubine out of the palace, it doesn't conform to the rules of the palace, but if you don't let her leave, it will definitely make people in the harem panic.
Finally, he said, "When I was still the crown prince, there was a courtyard outside the palace, and Concubine Xian used to live there with me, so she moved there temporarily to recuperate, and when she was cured, she would return to the palace. β
The Imperial Physician was about to leave, and Guo Ping suddenly asked, "Do you know the cause of this disease?" β
The imperial doctor replied, "It should be the infection caused by eating something by mistake." β
Guo Ping couldn't help frowning, and somehow remembered the plate of snacks that Xiao Wanyao gave to Huo Yongdie, and was about to ask, when he heard the imperial doctor say, "This kind of infectious disease, one is to eat some things infected with these diseases, and the other is to be infected by others. In the harem, no one has this disease, but Weichen has already investigated, and some of the poultry that have been sent into the palace recently have these diseases, presumably from there. β
Guo Ping was slightly stunned, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he felt a little guilty for his inexplicable suspicion of Xiao Wanyao, "Concubine Xian likes to eat meat, no wonder." Someone was quickly sent to clean up the poultry, but anyone who had contact with those poultryes was sent out of the palace. β
The imperial physician said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, those poultry have only been delivered for a few days." is still raised in the harem, and not all of them are killed, probably because Concubine Xian likes to eat fresh, so after Weichen investigated, only Concubine Xian in the harem has eaten it. β
Guo Ping locked his eyebrows, but he didn't expect Concubine Xian to be buried in her greed in the end, "Okay, do what I say." Hurry up and deal with it. β
The Imperial Physician withdrew after receiving the order.
Xiao Wanyao of Xiyun Palace lay on the soft couch on her side and listened to Cui'er finish the matter on the emperor's side, and slowly opened her eyes, "Go and dispose of those sick poultry, don't let people find out." Also, when he sued Shangguan Yunfan, he said that the plan was very successful and could reassure him. β
Cui'er smiled and nodded, finally let out a sigh of relief, clapped her hands and said, "It's really happy!" Huo Yongdie would not have thought that she was not infected by eating those chickens at all, but in fact, it was just a trick for us to give the imperial doctor. βR1154