Chapter 19: Poisoned Diet
On the fifth day when Han Qianyu moved to Dengyu Pavilion, Shang Lixuan had an accident. Xiao Lingzi hurriedly ran into the hall and replied to Han Qianyu: "Little master, the one from Shang Lixuan...... Frightened, miscarriage. β
"Got it, you go down first." Han Qianyu was very surprised at first, according to her plan, Wen Hao shouldn't just be frightened, didn't Wen Hao eat beef with brown sugar? Either way, she had to go to Shang Lixuan to see for herself.
As soon as she entered Shang Lixuan's door, Han Qianyu immediately put on an anxious look, and when she entered Wen Hao's bedroom, she found that many concubines who had heard the news had already sat around Wen Hao's bed, and even the queen had arrived, and Wen Concubine was still unconscious at this time. After Han Qianyu finished saluting the queen, she hurriedly grabbed the imperial doctor by the door and pretended to ask what was going on?
"Back to Concubine Yu, Concubine Wen's maid accidentally ate a large amount of beef cooked with brown sugar, and the maid had a serious stagnation of food, which led to abdominal distension and died, Concubine Wen was frightened when she saw the miserable condition of the maid and then led to a miscarriage. For some reason, the braised beef in Wen Concubine's diet uses brown sugar, brown sugar and beef will cause bloating, if a healthy person eats it by mistake, it will only feel very uncomfortable, and if a pregnant woman or someone with digestive dysfunction eats a large number of it, it will be life-threatening. As he spoke, he pointed to the corpse of Xia He, the maid lying in the side hall who had not yet had time to dispose of it.
Seeing Xia He's miserable corpse, Han Qianyu immediately covered her face with her sleeves, as if she couldn't bear it, but in fact, it was a pity that she couldn't let Concubine Wen die twice! How could Han Qianyu, the medical doctor who said it, not know that she thought that the person suffering from digestive diseases was Wen Hao, but she didn't expect it to be this Xia He.
It is estimated that it was because of the strange taste of brown sugar, Wen Concubine felt that the taste was wrong after a few bites, so she didn't eat it, and this always greedy Xia He must have eaten all the beef left by the master, and died as a result. Han Qianyu secretly scolded Xia He for being a fool in her heart, but she also thanked Xia He for saving her a lot of trouble for her lazy and greedy mouth.
If it was Wen Hao who died, the people she deliberately stayed in Shang Lixuan would have to take the risk of solving Xia He in the first place, and now Xia He not only killed herself but also scared Wen Hao's guts because of her weakness, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. Although it is a pity that Wen Concubine was not killed by one piece, except for her children, who have achieved the ultimate goal.
Staying by Wen Hao's side is Luo Zixiao, who has the best relationship with her on weekdays, Luo Zixiao couldn't stop crying, Jiang Lianhuan behind her also comforted Zixiao while wiping her tears, and even Li Shutian, who was usually a little cold and arrogant, also had relatives on her face; Although Su Guiren did not deal with Wen Hao diligently, he also showed a trace of sentimentality for her misfortune; A few other talented people who have been taken care of by Wen Hao, Baolin are timid and even tremble with fear; The most exciting thing is Fang Huanshan's expression, the sadness pretended on the surface is so contrived that it can't hide the schadenfreude in her eyes. Although Han Qianyu is also acting, her acting skills are much better than Fang Huanshan, she stood at the head of Wen Feng's bed and sobbed and called "Sister Wen" in a trembling voice.
The queen was obviously annoyed by the sound of crying and crying in this room, and rebuked: "The matter has come to this, what is the use of crying! You can't let Concubine Wen recuperate quietly if you are so noisy, what good does it do her? Silence the main palace! After speaking, the whole dormitory was silent.
"Niangniang, the emperor is already on his way." Dequan had just sent someone to report to the emperor, and the emperor was rushing to Shang Lixuan at this time.
"You heard it, the emperor will be there soon, and they will all sort out their emotions. The emperor is sad to lose the emperor's heir, don't behave too much and make the emperor even more sad. Feng Wu looked around with cold eyes, the expressions on everyone's faces, those who truly sympathized with Concubine Wen even without words, their eyes revealed compassion and worry; And those who just came to see the excitement at this time looked at themselves with a look of indifference, and some even forgot the original purpose of coming here, and began to look forward to the arrival of the emperor. In front of those hypocritical faces, Feng Wu felt that she had lost her appetite.
After a while, Duan Yulin arrived, Feng Wu and everyone were just about to salute but Duan Yulin waved his hand and was exempted, he went straight to Wen Hao's bed, and when he saw that Wen Feng didn't wake up, he touched her hair lovingly, turned around and said in a deep voice: "Leave two people to take care of her, and the rest of the people will go to the side hall with me." So the concubines except Luo Zixiao and Jiang Lianhuan all followed Duan Yulin and withdrew from the dormitory.
Coming to the side hall, Duan Yulin announced that the imperial doctor who had just treated Wen Hao asked the reason for the matter, and the imperial doctor repeated the explanation to the queen and Han Qianyu just now to the emperor. Duan Yulin was furious when he heard this, dropped the jade beads in his hand, and scolded angrily: "How is it all bad? I can't even take care of myself! Fonda, go, bring me everything that can take care of things in the imperial dining room! I want to see which slave is so heartless that he confuses white sugar with brown sugar! β
"The emperor is angry, although the imperial dining room is wrong, but it is also to blame Concubine Wen's maid for running out of white sugar when she was cooking for Concubine Wen, so she used brown sugar instead to save trouble." Feng Wu hurriedly handed over a cup of tea to Duan Yulin to suppress his anger. As Feng Wu expected, Xia He was already familiar with making braised beef, and today she directly scooped the sugar in the jar and put it in the pot without even looking at it, she didn't know that it had been replaced with brown sugar, and when she found out, the brown sugar had already been put in the pot. Although Xia He was also a little confused at first, she was lazy and greedy by nature, and she felt that she was boiling sugar anyway, and white sugar and brown sugar were the same, so she didn't bother to redo it. How did she know that brown sugar and beef were mutually reinforcing?
"Which slave made the food? Don't drag it out and kill it! As soon as Duan Yulin thought that he had lost a dragon son because of the minions' dereliction of duty, he wanted to break these minions into pieces.
"Back to Your Majesty, it is the Xia He who accidentally ate Xiangke's food, and he is dead. It's also deserved. Feng Wu explained.
"Such servants who serve their masters and do not distract themselves deserve to die! Queen, you will pick a safe one for Concubine Wen later. Duan Yulin felt that Xia He, who was swollen to death, was innocent of death, and even felt that it was cheap for her to die like this.
"The concubine knows." Feng Wu responded while stroking Duan Yulin's back to help him calm down.
The chef, the palm of the dining room and several first-class palace maids were brought to Duan Yulin, and several of them knelt down and kowtowed together: "Zou Caiping, the servant of the imperial dining room, brought the palm meal and eight first-class palace maids to see the emperor, long live the emperor." β
Duan Yulin didn't tell them to be flat, but asked angrily: "I think you are impatient!" How do you manage your subordinates? Who is responsible for the ingredients and seasonings distributed to the kitchenettes of each palace in the imperial dining room? β
"Return, Your Majesty...... Yes, the slave is responsible. Liu Zhangshan knew that disaster was coming, and he was so frightened that he couldn't say anything.
"As the head of the meal, can't you tell the difference between white sugar and brown sugar? Knowing that Concubine Wen likes beef, why did she send brown sugar to Shang Lixuan's kitchen! Say! Duan Yulin put the teacup on the table.
"Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid and the slave maid did not send brown sugar to Shang Lixuan's small kitchen. The imperial dining room will record the preferred tastes of the pregnant concubines, and in order to prevent the masters from eating the food by mistake, the slaves and maids will pay special attention to the brown sugar that is usually not sent to Shang Lixuan's kitchen. So...... The slave really didn't know why brown sugar appeared in Shang Lixuan's kitchen. After saying that, he kowtowed like pounding garlic.
"Bastard! Do you mean that this brown sugar can't run to Shang Lixuan with long legs? Feng Wu saw that this slave still dared to shirk her responsibility, and she couldn't help but ask.
"Slaves don't dare, slaves don't dare! The imperial dining room allocates supplies to the kitchenettes of each palace on the fifth day of the first lunar month, but Shang Lixuan's sugar ran out in advance, so someone came to fetch some, and the slave maid took a bag of wrapped sugar and gave it to the girl. Liu Zhangshan tried his best to defend himself.
"Do you remember when that happened? What is the maid who came to fetch candy called? Feng Wu asked.
"The imperial dining room has been so busy lately that the slave and maid can't remember it for a while. However, what was taken from which palace and when it was taken will be recorded in the book, and the person responsible for recording it is Leng Xiangxue, the first-class palace maid in our imperial dining room! Liu Zhangshan had an idea and wanted to shift the responsibility to the palace maid surnamed Leng.
"Xiangxue, don't read the record to the emperor and queen soon." Zou Sishan instructed Leng Xiangxue.
"Yes. September 30, Shang Li Xuan, take ...... Brown sugar...... A pound. After Leng Xiangxue finished reading, she glanced at Liu Zhangshan worriedly.
"This ...... How is this possible! YouβAre you mistaken? Liu Zhangshan couldn't believe that he would make such a low-level mistake! The end of September is the death of King Yong, and the seventh day of the first month of this month is the birthday of the sixth prince, since the twenty-fifth of last month, the imperial dining room has been so busy that it is dark, and she herself is so busy that she hits the back of the head, is it possible...... Was it really my own negligence and mistake? If that's the case, then she's the end of it.
"Sister Xiangxue will not be mistaken, the slave also remembers that it was a girl in green clothes who came to get it, and she looked like a palace maid. And ......" made a first-class palace maid named Baoling interject resignedly, but she wanted to stop talking in the middle of speaking, and kept glancing at Zou Sishan with her eyes, as if she didn't dare to say it without her consent.
Zou Caiping was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, how could he have the courage to cover up for his subordinates at this time, so he ordered Baoling: "See what I do?" Don't tell what you know! β
"Yes. September 30 was the death of King Yong, and the queen invited a hundred Taoist aunts from Cuiyunguan to the Fahua Hall to do business. The imperial dining room was instructed to make Daogu's food and sacrificial fruits, including a red date ball that needed to use brown sugar. That is to say, there must have been a lot of brown sugar in a conspicuous position that day, and the slave maid remembered that the paper bag containing the brown sugar was placed on the left and the white sugar was placed on the right, and the slave and maid saw it with her own eyes...... Liu Zhangshan took the bag on the left and gave it to the girl. After listening to Baoling's words, Liu Zhangshan was completely desperate and collapsed to the ground.