Chapter 184: Empress Xue lifts the siege

Seeing that a glass of poisonous wine was about to be forcibly poured into her mouth, Concubine Hui was so frightened that her face turned white, but it happened that her chin was pinched by Zhou Xianyu again.

Thinking of her as a concubine in the deep palace, let alone resisting, she just wants to shout for help, which will not even be able to say a complete sentence except for whining.

At this critical moment, suddenly the door of the main hall, no one cleared it, and it was directly pushed open from the outside, and then I saw a large number of palace maids and eunuchs, surrounded by Xue Hou and walked in quickly.

When she came to the hall, Xue Hou Fengyi glanced at everyone, and when she saw Concubine Hui was full of horror and waved her hands desperately to her side, she secretly scolded the other party in her heart, but she still looked condensed, and said solemnly:

"The royal king, you are too presumptuous, Concubine Hui is a harem concubine, a woman of your father, how dare you be so disobedient and bold, don't let Concubine Hui go quickly, otherwise you will be blamed for this queen."

No one thought that Empress Xue would arrive at this time, and with everyone, Xiao Jinxuan, who got up to salute together, quietly glanced at the other party, her eyes flashed with thought, and her heart couldn't help but lift up for Zhou Xianyu.

Seeing that everyone had already bowed, Zhou Xianyu raised his eyebrows, turned around and glanced at the queen, but he didn't salute, but just smiled evilly.

When Empress Xue saw Zhou Xianyu, she didn't take her in public like this, and immediately reprimanded her again.

But before her words came out, she saw that Zhou Xianyu had no fear at all, so in front of Empress Xue, she forcibly poured the whole cup of poisonous wine into her mouth.

After doing all this, Zhou Xianyu pushed Concubine Hui away, raised his wine glass lightly, looked at Empress Xue and said lazily:

"This king has always done things, only want to and don't want to, and never dare not dare to say this, the queen said that she will be heavily responsible for me, so do you want to fight or kill, although say it to this king."

Zhou Xianyu's current attitude can no longer be described as uninhibited, it is simply extremely arrogant, especially those pairs, looking at Empress Xue's eyes, the provocative meaning in them, even if they are a few meters away, they can be clearly perceived.

And Concubine Hui, who was said to have been forcibly poured poisoned wine, couldn't care about her demeanor, stretched out her right index finger, and poked it into her mouth, hoping to induce the wine to vomit.

But after working hard for a long time, except for the bursts of retching, the wine that had already entered the stomach did not spit out.

Immediately, Concubine Hui was so frightened that her face turned white, in fact, she poisoned the wine today, all of which were poisoned by Empress Xue in advance, and the other party only said that this was a chronic poison and would not attack on the spot, but it would be called a poisoned person, and finally she was delirious and died of madness.

As soon as she thought of this terrible poisonous wine now, she was actually drunk by herself, and Concubine Hui was so frightened that she couldn't care about anything, so she ran to Xue Hou's side, knelt down in front of the other party with a "poof", grabbed Xue Hou's phoenix robe, and she cried and shouted in horror:

"Queen Mother, quickly give the antidote to the concubine, you said that you would protect me thoroughly, now that I have drunk this poisonous wine, the concubine doesn't want to die, you must save me."

In fact, when Zhou Xianyu forcibly asked Concubine Hui to drink just now, whether this wine was poisonous or not, everyone didn't dare to make assertions, after all, it was all speculation.

But now, as soon as Concubine Hui blurted out these words in a panic, everyone immediately understood everything.

And when they looked at Empress Xue, everyone obviously looked a little scrutinized, after all, the meaning of Concubine Hui's words, this poisoning, it seems that this queen mother is also difficult to get rid of.

Seeing that Concubine Hui was so frightened that she was about to confess herself, Empress Xue immediately glanced at Zuo Wen on the side, and the other party understood, and immediately stepped forward with the two palace maids to cover Concubine Hui's mouth, and forcibly helped her up and pulled her to Empress Xue's side to stand.

Seeing that Concubine Hui was controlled, Empress Xue smiled calmly, and then said calmly:

"It seems that the royal king really scared Concubine Hui a lot, and she thought that she was forcibly poured poison."

The matter of poisoning Concubine Hui was covered up in a few words like this, and Empress Xue looked at Zhou Xianyu again and continued:

"Your Royal Highness, although you have made great achievements for my Great Zhou, please remember that this is the harem of the Great Zhou, not the battlefield of the side stopper, and the queen is the master of this palace, so today's matter, I want to order someone to sand to blame you for the twenty boards, so as to correct the palace rules."

Then Empress Xue looked at Concubine Liang again, her expression was cold, and she said in a deep voice:

"Concubine Hui is now overly frightened in Yanqing Palace, Concubine Liang, you can't escape the blame, not to mention that the royal king is reckless and unreasonable, you are his mother, and you also have the crime of not being strict with your godson, from now on, Concubine Liang has been grounded for more than three months, and her monthly salary will be halved, and no one is allowed to visit during the period."

Concubine Liang has been in the palace for many years, and she has always been cautious in her words and deeds, and she is humble and indisputable, so although Empress Xue has always regarded her as a thorn in her eye and a thorn in her flesh, she can't find anything wrong and can punish the other party.

And now with Zhou Xianyu's recklessness and unreasonableness, Empress Xue can be regarded as able to punish Concubine Liang, a three-month grounding, and no one is allowed to visit, during this period, if you want to quietly solve Concubine Liang, Empress Xue feels that as long as you plan properly, you may not have no chance.

And everyone present, no one thought that a good family banquet, before it started, first Concubine Hui was forcibly poured poisoned wine, and now Concubine Liang was also implicated and punished, as well as Zhou Xianyu, there will already be four eunuchs, who approached him with fear on their faces, obviously to pull him out, according to Empress Xue's decree, to go to the twenty boards of the court staff.

But Zhou Xianyu's character, where is it at the mercy of people, especially when he heard that Concubine Liang, because he was still going to be punished, he immediately sneered, kicked the four eunuchs, one by one, like kicking a ball, and then he came to Gu Qingping's face, and pulled the other party in front of Xue Hou.

"Nerd, how did you find out that there was something wrong with the wine just now, hurry up and say it in public, and see if the poisoning that Concubine Hui said was nonsense frightened by this king, or if she couldn't do it herself, and she did it herself."

Gu Qingping, who was rudely dragged out, was not annoyed by Zhou Xianyu, after all, he was the same age as the other party, and he was the nephew of Concubine Liang, so they both grew up together since childhood.

From the fact that Zhou Xianyu does not call him by his name, but only calls Gu Qingping a nerd, it can be seen that their relationship is actually quite deep.

And Gu Qingping, who has always been elegant and pays attention to etiquette, pulled the ruffled sleeve robe, and after it was reorganized, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the wine jug held by Liuyue in his hand, and said loudly:

"Yes, it can be proved below that Concubine Hui's words about poisoning are by no means overly frightened and gibberish, because the pot of wine she brought today is itself problematic."

After being whispered by Zuo Wen in her ear and assured that there was an antidote to take, Concubine Hui's emotions had calmed down.

At this time, she also realized that she had just said the wrong thing in a hurry, and seeing Gu Qingping pointing the finger at herself, she immediately stood up and said in a hurry:

"Gu Gongzi, what do you mean, if this pot of wine is poisonous, I and Sister Concubine Liang have drunk it first, am I stupid enough to drink the poisonous wine I prepared? It's just a joke. ”

glanced at Concubine Hui deeply, Gu Qingping didn't argue with her, but continued to take care of himself:

"Concubine Hui, it is true that she drank the wine in the pot, but this wine pot in the Western Regions, there is a secret mystery inside, Qingping has seen it in the classics of Fanbang in the Western Regions, the record of this glass pot, to be precise, this wine pot should be called the pot of life and death, although the appearance is exquisite, but the inside is divided into two, and can hold two kinds of wine at the same time."

Gu Qingping was called a nerd by Zhou Xianyu, it was not a casual scream, the other party has been well-read since he was literate, although he is not very old, he can dabble in a wide range of knowledge, and he is so knowledgeable that even the old scholars of the Hanlin Academy often sigh to themselves.

Therefore, although this pot of life and death in the Western Regions was not a product of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Gu Qingping still recognized it at a glance.

Seeing Concubine Hui's face, panic suddenly flashed, and Gu Qingping knew that he really did not admit his mistake, so he immediately frowned and continued:

"The two largest pearls on the handle of the pot, called the pearl of life and death, turn the pearl of life is non-toxic wine, turn the pearl of death, you can pour out the poisonous wine, this is a punishment of the royal family of the Western Regions, the person who is punished will turn the pearl of life and death at will, if you get the raw wine, you can be acquitted, if you get the wine of death, then it is the will of heaven to disobey, this kind of wine pot I don't have in the big Zhou, I don't know where Concubine Hui got it."

All of a sudden, all the spearheads were pointed at Concubine Hui, who had resolutely denied it just now, that she had not poisoned her, and when she saw that Gu Qingping had told the source of the wine jug, her face immediately turned pale, knowing that she couldn't hide it.

But at this moment, Empress Xue suddenly covered her mouth, chuckled, and then pointed to the Western Regions wine jug, and said with interest:

"I don't know that there is such a ingenious thing in the barbarian land of the Western Regions, Zuo Wen, you go and take it to the palace to see, if there is really a mystery in it, then the queen must handle it impartially, and will not call a person to cry out for injustice."

Aunt Zuo Wen answered, stepped forward to get the wine jug, held it in her hand and walked back, lowered her head, and handed it to Empress Xue respectfully.

It's just that when Zuo Wen handed it over and Xue Hou stretched out his hand to take it, the master and servant glanced at each other very vaguely, and then they were full of tacit understanding, and at the same time staggered their hands, and the delicate glass wine jug fell to the ground in front of everyone's eyes.

The glass is already fragile, and the workmanship of this wine pot is too cumbersome and delicate, and the wall of the pot is as thin as paper.

Therefore, there was no fall at all, and immediately after a crisp breaking sound, the wine jug had become a pile of fragments, and the wine in the jug had also flowed all over the ground, and it was difficult to distinguish which was poisonous wine and which was non-poisonous wine.

"Oops", Empress Xue pretended to take a few steps back apologetically, and then looked at Zhou Xianyu with a smile, and said in a soothing voice:

"How is this good, even if this wine jug really has a mystery in it, but now the only evidence is accidentally lost by Benhou, since there is no way to confirm whether Concubine Hui was really poisoned, I took that person away, as for the punishment of Concubine Liang and the king just now, everything is as usual."

Concubine Hui, who was scared half to death just now, was worthy of being an existence in front of Xue Hou who covered the sky with one hand, and she was so arrogant and powerful, so she helped her dispose of the incriminating evidence.

In her heart for a moment, Concubine Hui smiled contemptuously at Zhou Xianyu, raised her right hand, and leisurely pulled her hair back up.

Empress Xue's attitude, as well as Concubine Hui's villainous appearance, immediately made Zhou Xianyu's face completely sink, and a thick evil aura also erupted from his body in an instant.