Before the unitary time, the sky is still bright, but the East Palace has lit all the candles, the orange palace lamps have been replaced with festive red because of the New Year, the palace maids and little eunuchs who come and go, all holding a rectangular black walnut tray in their hands, will send the wine and food at the night banquet into the main hall of the East Palace - Shangde Palace, and leave in an orderly manner.

Dongfangdu's step stopped at the main gate of the East Palace. When the little eunuchs at the door saw that His Royal Highness the King of Qing had arrived, they all bowed their heads and saluted. After Dongfang Du said goodbye, one of the little eunuchs stepped forward and made a gesture of please, wanting to lead the way for Dongfang Du. Dongfang Du turned his head and motioned for Banlan to follow him in, and left the other palace maids and eunuchs outside the door.

When I entered the Shangde Hall, I found that I was the last to arrive. The imperial sister Dongfang Lingwu, Youwang Dongfang Xu, and the fourth prince Dongfang Xuan had all sat down in front of the dining table, and when several people saw her coming, they stopped chatting and turned their heads to look at her. Dongfang Du felt a little embarrassed in her heart, if it weren't for the restlessness of Dark Cloud, she wouldn't have arrived so late!

In the middle of the upper seat, it is an oriental seat. As soon as he saw Dongfang Du enter the hall, he was stunned for a moment, then got up and walked up to her, and said with a smile: "Second Emperor Brother, I'm waiting for you to come." As he spoke, he patted her on the shoulder, put his hand on her shoulder, but moved his gaze to her legs, and asked, "Second Emperor's brother's legs are okay?" "It's only been three days, so it's getting better too quickly!

Dongfang Du smiled lightly, pretended to take a step back inadvertently, took off Dongfang Du's hand on his shoulder, and replied: "Thank you Brother Huang for your concern, Du's legs are fine, if you have been relying on a wheelchair to walk, I'm afraid that these legs will really be wasted." Why don't you walk more and exercise. ”

After speaking, he turned sideways and saluted Dongfang Ling Wu and the others one by one: "Imperial sister, third emperor brother, fourth emperor brother." After the three of them returned the salute, Dongfang Xi led Dongfang Du to sit down on the desk next to Dongfang Lingwu, and then turned around and returned to the upper seat.

The people have arrived, and the table is ready to begin. Dongfang Xi held the gold-rimmed ceramic wine glass on the dining table with his right hand, gently held it with his left hand, and said to Dongfang Du: "Second Emperor Brother, Brother Huang held a banquet this time to celebrate you and the Third Emperor Brother on being crowned kings. This glass of wine congratulates you on being crowned the king of the Qing Dynasty, and the royal brother will do it first as a respect. After speaking, he raised his head and drank it all, turned the cup down to indicate that there was no wine in the cup, and then gently put it back on the dining table, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, staring at Dongfangdu, waiting for him to drink the wine on the table.

Dongfang Du glanced at the small white porcelain cup that had been filled with wine on the food table, hesitated for a moment, and then picked it up and drank it all in one gulp. Banlan, who was standing behind her, caught a glimpse of Dongfang Xi's weird smile, and was worried, but helpless, and had to watch her Second Prince's Royal Highness drink the wine.

Seeing that Dongfang Du drank all the wine in the cup, Dongfang Xi sighed: "Okay, this palace thinks that the second emperor brother will refuse to drink this cup under the pretext of being sick and inconvenient, and I don't want to be so bold, why don't you drink three more glasses?" Without his eyes, the palace maid standing on the side had stepped forward to fill the wine glass again.

Dongfang Du closed his mouth, raised his eyes to look at Dongfang Xi, wearing a bright yellow prince suit with a four-clawed golden dragon, showing his identity as the prince and prince, and couldn't help but ask secretly in his heart: 'How long can you sit in this prince's position?' ’

Dongfang Xi saw that Dongfang Du's gaze kept falling on him, and the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened, making others tremble. After a while, he jokingly said: "Second Emperor Brother, you look at the Imperial Brother like this, can you sit next to the Imperial Brother and get closer to the Imperial Brother?" In a word, it's shameless to ask. I don't know, I think their brother has some kind of incestuous relationship!

"Du is just worried about the emperor's body." Dongfang Du raised his eyes slightly, met Dongfang Xi's gaze, smiled lightly, and continued: "Brother Huang, it's better to drink one less drink tonight." "The poison on Dongfang Xi's body will accelerate its spread when it encounters wine, invading the internal organs. She wants Dongfang Xi to die, but for the sake of her brother's siblings who are also of royal blood, she won't let him die. As long as he loses his status as the crown prince, he will no longer be able to sit on the throne.

Hearing this, Dongfang Xu raised his head and asked, "Is the imperial brother sick?" "A few days ago, I learned that his pro-imperial brother Dongfang Xi passed on the imperial doctor, and also knew that his second imperial brother Dongfang Du personally came to the East Palace to diagnose his imperial brother's pulse, but Dongfang Xi kept saying that he was fine, and he didn't dare to inquire more.

"Naturally, it's fine." Dongfang Xi turned his head and smiled at Dongfang Xu, Yu Guang glanced at Dongfang Du, picked up the wine glass and said, "Imperial brother, this glass of wine, Imperial Brother congratulates you on having to bless the king." As he spoke, he raised his head and drank the wine in his glass.

Halfway through the night banquet, several people were chatting about the world, when suddenly, there was a sound of porcelain breaking, and it turned out that Dongfang Xu had overturned the bone china bowl.

"Your Highness~" Seeing that the situation was wrong, Dongfang Xu's personal attendant hurriedly took two steps forward, half-squatted down/body, and supported him, but saw that Dongfang Xu fainted directly, and hurriedly raised his head and shouted out: "Come on, come on, go to the Tai Hospital to pass the imperial doctor!" ”

Dongfang Xi saw that his brother suddenly fell unconscious at the night banquet he had set up, and ominous thoughts suddenly flashed in his heart. This wine was only two or three glasses, and the amount of his wine was always clear to him, the royal brother, and it was impossible for him to fall asleep drunk.

Sensing that something was wrong, he hurriedly said to the personal guard Wuyu: "Wuyu, you go to the Tai Hospital quickly and bring the imperial doctor over." "Wu Yu hugged his fists and took the order, and flew out of the East Palace directly with light skills.

Fortunately, there has always been an imperial doctor on duty in the Tai Hospital, but after a while, the imperial doctor was brought back. Dongfang Du saw that it was Lin Shunan, and sighed in his heart: "This is really a coincidence!" ’

Without waiting for Lin Shunan to salute, Dongfang Xi asked him to directly diagnose Dongfang Xu's pulse. This person's life is at stake, so why should he stick to these false courtesies.

At this time, Dongfang Xu had been moved to the bed in the side hall, calm and peaceful, without any painful look on his face, as if he was just asleep. Lin Shunan stepped forward, leaned over and took Dongfang Xu's hand out from under the futon, pressed his three fingers on the pulse, closed his eyes and frowned for a moment before he opened his eyes, turned around and said to Dongfang Xi: "His Royal Highness the Prince, I don't know if His Royal Highness King Youwang has drunk or eaten anything special alone before?" ”

"Brother Huang, what's wrong with him?" Dongfang Xi frowned and asked, without waiting for Lin Shunan to answer, he said again: "Imperial Doctor Lin said that it is okay, there is no need to beat around the bush and talk about him." ”

Lin Shunan sighed lightly and said, "His Royal Highness King You is just drugged. Weichen just wondered, why did Duyou Wang get drugged...... "This poisoning is more reasonable than drugs!" It's just the next drug, what can it achieve? The drug could neither harm him nor make him die, but only a night's sleep.

"Drugged? Just drugged? Dongfang Xi's eyebrows were tightly locked, and before the imperial doctor came, he guessed that Dongfang Xu had been poisoned before he fainted. And the purpose of this poisoning is probably to frame him, the prince. But this □□ suddenly became a drug, which made him, the prince, really unable to figure out the other party's intentions.

Several princes are already here at the moment, His Royal Highness the Third Prince Youwang lying on the bed, Dongfang Du, the Qing King Dongfangdu, the fourth prince Dongfang, the princess Dongfang Lingwu, and the crown prince Dongfang Xi. The descendants of the royal family are all here, and if they want to attack the Eastern Order, they are the most likely. If you change to someone else, you will have to be drugged, and you won't just give Dongfang Xu alone.

At this moment, Dongfang Xi frowned, groaned in pain, covered his chest, and Wuyu beside him nervously didn't care about his dignity and humility, and directly stretched out his hand to support him: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, what's wrong with you?" The cold sweat on his forehead kept coming out, "Imperial Doctor Lin, show it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

The words were said to Lin Shunan, but his eyes were anxiously fixed on Dongfang Xi. At this moment, Dongfang Xi was already half-leaning on Wuyu's arms weakly, unable to move, unable to even speak.

Lin Shunan noticed that Dongfang Xi's face was wrong, and hurriedly said to Wuyu: "Quickly let His Highness sit down first, and Weichen will diagnose His Royal Highness the Prince's pulse." ”

The bed in the side hall is occupied by the oriental order, and the apse is the dormitory of the oriental seat, and there is still some distance from here. At this moment, Dongfang Xi's heart was unbearable and he couldn't move, so he could only sit down on the Taishi chair on the side first. After Lin Shunan checked Dongfang Xi's pulse, he hurriedly took out a sandalwood box from his arms, took out a brown pill from it, and asked Wuyu to take warm water and feed Dongfang Xi to take it.

After Dongfang Xi took the medicine, he fainted, and Banlan on the side saw this, secretly pulled Dongfang Du's sleeve, and whispered behind her: "Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, I'm afraid I won't be able to return to Fengqing Palace tonight." "Needless to say, Dongfang Du also understands.

She glanced sideways at Dongfang Lingwu and Dongfang Xi who were standing on the side, and then fell on Dongfang Xi's body, "Imperial Doctor Lin, what's wrong with the crown prince and imperial brother?" According to her calculations, this poison could not have been sent out at this moment, and even if he drank alcohol, he would not have been speechless in pain so quickly.

Lin Shunan's gaze swept over the few people present, and finally landed on Dongfang Du, "His Royal Highness the Prince, he was poisoned." As far as Dongfang Xi's reaction is concerned, anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is poisoning. But Dongfang Du is poisoned, and it is impossible to be diagnosed. This poison is not to take Dongfang Xi's life, it is just a step in the calculation.

Being diagnosed with poisoning at this moment can only mean that Dongfang Xi's body has another kind of poison, or that the original poison has changed and become another poison.

As soon as Lin Shunan said this, he immediately ordered all the guards to guard the doors, and not to let a suspicious person go out, and at the same time signaled a guard with his eyes to go to Weiyang Palace to show what happened in the emperor's East Palace, and ask the emperor to come and preside over the overall situation.

Dongfang Du, Dongfang Lingwu and Dongfang Xuan, who are safe and sound, have become the biggest suspects in their hearts, but compared to them, he is just a small personal guard, and a head-on conflict is impossible, so he can only excuse himself: "Her Royal Highness the Princess, Her Royal Highness the King of Qing, Your Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, in order to avoid any further accidents among your Royal Highnesses, I implore your Highnesses to stay in this side hall now, don't leave half a step, and wait for the humble position to find out the suspicious palace maids and eunuchs in the East Palace, and then leave." ”

The three of them made eye contact, nodded together and expressed their willingness to stay in this East Palace, just waiting for the crown prince Dongfang Xi to wake up. Dongfang Du quietly glanced in the direction of the outside of the hall, and sighed in his heart: "It's good that Yun'er didn't come to this East Palace tonight......