Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Hidden Stake

An Youxiang An Ting, the brother of the Empress Dowager Xianling, is naturally also a supporter of the emperor's imperial power, a trustworthy person, not to mention that the people and horses in Gyeonggi are now under the command of An Zhankui, although he is a little worried about the rebellion of the Zhenguo Guild, but he can't sit still.

When the imperial concubine woke up, the lights in the Tongtai Hall were very dim.

The person in front of his bed seemed to be very tired, and a pair of thick eyebrows were frowning tightly, as if he was having some nightmare. The imperial concubine looked at the bright yellow color on his body, and wanted to say something, but she felt that there was a fire in her heart, and the fire was burning urgently, and she couldn't help coughing twice.

The emperor seemed to hear her voice, opened his eyes, and met the black and white eyes. With an apology, he slowly spoke: "You have slept for three days, and you finally woke up." ”

The imperial concubine was about to say something, only to see the emperor quickly bring a white porcelain teacup, which was the orchid pattern she liked, but the cup was a strong decoction, which looked very bitter, the imperial concubine frowned, shook her head, the emperor looked at her stubborn appearance, sighed, but scooped a little with a spoon and fed it to her lips: "The imperial doctor said that the poison in your body has not been drained yet, and this medicine must be drunk." ”

The imperial concubine looked at him, due to the sleepless care day and night, the emperor's lower eyelids were black, and he was obviously sleep-deprived. I couldn't help but feel guilty in my heart, but my throat hurt so much that I had to open my mouth and drink the hard-to-swallow decoction.

The emperor took a plain hand, gently and carefully wiped the side of her mouth, and then seemed to be much happier, the corners of his lips raised a graceful arc slightly, and once again scooped a spoonful of medicinal juice and fed it to the lips of the imperial concubine.

The imperial concubine obediently drank the medicinal juice.

The emperor was obviously very happy: "Ah Xuan, wait for you." I'll take you out of the palace, I know that you like carefree outside the palace. You said that the duck in the Drunken Immortal Residence is delicious, so let's go to the Drunken Immortal Residence. Ah Xuan, what I am most afraid of is that you will no longer pay attention to me, and even generously push me to other palaces, do you know the pain in my heart. ”

The imperial concubine gave him a blank look, and her pale lips pursed. I wanted to say something, but I didn't say anything. The emperor seemed to see something, and the joy in his eyes slowly receded. Turning into worry, fear.

"Someone, go and ask Imperial Doctor Xue." The emperor looked at the imperial concubine and clenched his cold little hands. I was afraid that those hands would leave me.

The imperial concubine looked at his red eyes. Knowing the reality that I couldn't speak, I couldn't help but cry and wet the sheets.

"You'll be fine." The emperor seemed to be comforting the imperial concubine, and seemed to be comforting himself.

The imperial concubine stared at the obscure golden dragon on the top of the tent above, wondering who caused the poison of the emperor's crystal dates, but at this time, an attendant reported that Imperial Doctor Xue was here.

The emperor stood up almost at the same time as Imperial Physician Xue entered the hall, and asked anxiously, "Come over and take a look, what's wrong with Ah Xuan?" ”

Imperial Physician Xue didn't care about etiquette. Hurriedly stepped forward to check. After a careful inspection, Imperial Physician Xue asked, "The poison in Niangniang seems to be like a thousand nights. But Niangniang just ate the crystal dates, and there were no feathers on the dates. ”

The emperor glared at him and was very displeased: "I also ate the crystal date, why am I fine?" ”

Imperial Physician Xue hurriedly knelt down: "The emperor is angry, the imperial concubine has a special physique, she has practiced martial arts all the year round, and her body is not as good as ordinary people, why she can't speak, maybe it is not caused by medicine." ”

The emperor was shocked in his heart: "What kind of poison is in the imperial concubine?" ”

Imperial Physician Xue kowtowed heavily: "The ministers brought the spices, food, and jewelry rouge used by the imperial concubine that day to check, and found that the imperial concubine had traces of musk." ”

The emperor has been immersed in the palace for many years, how can he recognize this thing: "In what? ”

Imperial Physician Xue said, "Spices." The imperial concubine's spices contain a small amount of musk, but the weight of this musk is extremely light and difficult to detect, otherwise the imperial concubine will definitely be able to find it with a little medical skills. ”

The emperor's eyes turned and he looked at the imperial concubine, the bitterness in his heart was like juice penetrating his limbs, he understood what the imperial concubine was doing last time he gave himself persimmons, but how could he repeat the old tricks, someone must have secretly placed something.

Queen, must be queen.

The emperor thought of the queen of Kunning Palace, and he couldn't wait to rush to Kunning Palace immediately and pull the woman down from the back seat, but reason told him that now was not the time.

At least until the power of the Zhenguo Gong is completely cleared.

Imperial Physician Xue said: "The method of pickling this jujube should add a flavor of realgar, which is a taboo in traditional Chinese medicine with musk, not to mention that the imperial concubine used almond cheese that day, and those almonds may have been secretly replaced with bitter almonds by someone by manipulating and footing." This is explained. ”

Bitter almonds?! The emperor's pupils shrank, why didn't the imperial concubine find out about the bitter almond herself? After all, she is a person who understands medicine.

The emperor sighed and looked at the imperial concubine, but he didn't know what to say.

Xue Minsi was obedient and added: "The method of making almond cheese is not very complicated, but this almond must be soaked in wine before it can be used as the raw material for almond cheese, so as to greatly maintain the taste of almond cheese, so Wei Chen thought that the imperial concubine should not be aware of this matter." ”

The emperor waved his hand, and Xue Minsi went down.

The emperor looked at the imperial concubine with a pair of eyes open, and sighed: "You don't know, you really frightened me like this." ”

The imperial concubine's throat hurt badly, and the emperor saw that she was uncomfortable, so he poured another glass of water for her.

Father-in-law Lu came over to report: "Your Majesty, everything has been investigated." ”

The emperor glanced at the imperial concubine, stood up and walked outside.

There was a palace maid kneeling in front of Gonggong Lu, the palace maid looked a little familiar, but the emperor took a closer look but it was Yan Qiu, the palace maid beside Concubine Yao.

Yan Qiu saw the emperor's formal salute: "The slave maid greets the emperor." ”

The emperor's cold eyes locked on Yan Qiu: "What are you here for?" ”

Yan Qiu lowered her head and said: "The musk in the imperial concubine's palace was done by Xiang Han, and the slave and maid witnessed the news of Chunhan's fornication with the queen at that time, so it was inferred from this. ”

The emperor looked at her: "You are Concubine Yao's close palace maid, why didn't Concubine Yao come by herself?" Instead, you'll do it for you. ”

Yan Qiu was so frightened that she kowtowed vigorously until her forehead broke: "The master and the imperial concubine have always been good friends, not to mention that the imperial concubine has nurturing grace for Princess Hexing, and the master is grateful for the kindness of the imperial concubine." The emperor glared at her: "You go down, no one can say anything from now on, otherwise not only your master but also your father and mother will not survive." ”

Yan Qiu trembled: "Yes." ”

Yan Qiu left, the emperor looked at her back, seemed to remember something, and asked Gonggong Lu: "Is this slave really Concubine Yao's person?" ”

Gonggong Lu nodded: "Yes, I heard that there is also a cousin, that is, the dead Liu Guan Nu, Liu Guan Nu had been insulted by Yao Concubine before she died. ”

The emperor sighed leisurely: "She wants to lead this fire to Concubine Yao, but unfortunately, I will not completely listen to her." ”

Gonggong Lu asked, "What does the emperor mean?" ”

"Keep an eye on the Guerlain Palace, see what Yao Tingfei's conspiracy is, and in addition, investigate Xianghan to see if it is the queen's secret stake, I suspect that the cold medicine was not given by the imperial concubine herself, but someone else." The emperor raised his brows, "What's going on in Kunning Palace?" Is the queen's illness cured? Not long ago, I went to Zhanghuatai to listen to the play, but now I am very free. ”

Gonggong Lu bowed his head: "Kunning Palace is still as usual, even the Duke of Zhenguo rarely enters the palace, but Ning Guiyi often goes to the queen to ask for peace, and there is no one else." ”

The emperor nodded: "What about Anmeiren?" ”

When Gonggong Lu heard this name, he was slightly stunned, and replied: "Anmei people seem to be very peaceful, and they get along well with the concubines in the palace. ”

The emperor nodded, as if expected: "An Meiren's father, the Marquis of Huaiyin, is the Marquis of Sanpin, and you will pass on the decree for me and promote him to the commander of Sanpin Zhenfu." ”

Gonggong Lu kowtowed: "Yes." (To be continued.) )