The queen originally planned to tell the emperor about An Xiabai's poisoning at the birthday banquet, but when she arrived at the door of the imperial study, she was reported by the internal manager of the steward that the emperor had gone to rest in the wombs of the other concubines.

She raised her eyebrows and asked with an unnatural expression: "How is the emperor feeling today?" ”

The internal official sighed and said: "I've been worrying about everything at the border, not only have I not slept well, but I can't even eat a few bites." ”

It seems that the crisis at the border is indeed imminent.

The queen wrinkled her eyebrows, thinking that An Xiabai's poisoning should be handled by herself, after all, the emperor is so tired now, she really can't bear to let him work too hard.

"Father-in-law, when you are serving by the emperor's side, remember to remind a few more words." She gently admonished, "State affairs are important, and the body is even more important, the emperor's body is the foundation of the country, and it must not be taken lightly." ”

Internal official Nuo Nuo repeatedly said that he understood.

The queen smiled with satisfaction and curled the corners of her lips slightly.

Since the matter is handled by herself, the most important thing at the moment is to appease An Xiabai's emotions, she was poisoned at the birthday banquet of the thirteenth princess, and this matter must be explained.

However, the explanation can be given later.

When the queen turned back, and when she returned to the room where An Xiabai was resting, An Xiabai had just drunk the decoction under Lu Li's concerned gaze, and when she saw the queen who had gone and returned, she was startled, and thought that there was something wrong with her plan, and her emotions were very complicated: "Why did you come back, Queen Mother?" ”

At this time, shouldn't she seize the opportunity to go to the emperor to visit Zhou Guifei and Fengyi Zhuyi? Why didn't you take advantage of the opportunity?

"The palace originally wanted to report the matter to the emperor, but I heard the father-in-law who served the emperor's daily life say that the emperor has been in poor health recently and is upset about everything at the border. The palace maid couldn't bear it, so she came back to see Mrs. Lu. The queen hooked her lips and smiled, taking in An Xiabai's face, "Mrs. Lu's face seems to be better than just now. ”

An Xia Bai hooked his lips and smiled lightly: "I have to thank the imperial doctors in the palace, if it weren't for their superb medical skills, it is estimated that I am still suffering from illness now, and now after taking the medicine, although my body is still a little uncomfortable, it is much better than before, thank you for the queen's concern for me." ”

The queen smiled and said that this was as it should be, and then praised Lu Li for being affectionate to her.

After greeting for a while, I finally got to the point: "The matter of Mrs. Lu's poisoning is not simple, and I am afraid that it will take a while for us to have a reply." ”

An Xiabai, who knew the inside story, glanced at Lu Li, and coughed lightly: "There is Queen Lao's mother." ”

An Xiabai gently tugged at the corners of her lips as she spoke, and her pale face fell into the queen's eyes, making her feel a little pity.

"Mrs. Lu is still weak now, and the wind outside is cold, why don't you go back tonight, just live in the palace, and wait until tomorrow at dawn to personally order someone to send you back to the house?"

It is a coveted honor for many people to stay in the palace, and now it will be placed in front of Lu Li and An Xiabai, but they don't want to cherish it at all, and they don't even think about it at all, and they just choose to shake their heads in front of the queen.

They refused the queen's offer.

"Why?" The queen said puzzled. ”

"It's inconvenient to stay in the palace overnight." An Xiabai sighed and said, "The two children in our family are still young, just when they don't understand anything and are clingy, he expressed his opposition when the two of us left the house today, and if he can't see us again when he wakes up, it is estimated that he will toss very late." ”

are all mothers, even if the prince is still young, he is more sensible and well-behaved than ordinary children, but occasionally there are naughty times, the queen has suffered hardships, and naturally understands the meaning of Anxia's vernacular.

"It's the palace's lack of consideration." She smiled apologetically, "I forgot that Mrs. Lu and the general's family still have two immature children, so this palace will order someone to prepare a carriage to send you back." ”

An Xiabai and Lu Li looked at each other and smiled, and said thank you in unison.

By the time they returned to Lu's house, it was already the dead of night, An Xiabai had been tossing for so long, and he had long felt sleepy, but now as soon as he returned home, he slept on the bed and slept until three o'clock the next day, when someone came to report that the prince had visited.

Lu Li didn't sleep next to him, and he probably went out early to work.

An Xiabai didn't care, after she roughly cleaned herself up, she asked her subordinates to invite the prince to enter the door.

"I'm sorry, I woke up a little late because I wasn't feeling well." She smiled apologetically at the prince and said, "I'm really sorry to let the prince wait for a long time." ”

"It's okay, I haven't been here for long." Seeing that An Xiabai wanted to get out of bed and salute, the prince waved his hand and motioned for her to sit back upright: "Since you are unwell, you don't need to be formal, I came today mainly to learn about the situation last night." ”

The prince also went to Fengyi Zhu's birthday banquet last night, but he didn't stay there for too long, and left after giving the gift, so he didn't have time to see An Xiabai's poisoning of eating longevity peaches, and part of the truth was mainly heard from Hanghou's mouth.

"Did you really only eat Shou Peach last night and didn't touch anything else?" The prince asked the doubts that haunted him.

"I've only eaten longevity peaches, and I really haven't eaten anything else, and I haven't even touched a sip of wine." An Xia Bai said with an innocent face, "And at the birthday banquet yesterday, didn't a lady use the silver needle she carried with her to try poison on Shou Tao, and the silver needle turned black, which is indeed a poisonous performance." ”

In this way, Feng Yi Zhu is really suspected of committing a crime.

The prince's mood was slightly gloomy, and his face became wrong: "Regardless of whether the poison was in her or not, it is indeed her fault that you were poisoned at her birthday banquet for no reason, so how about I apologize to Mrs. Lu for her?" I also hope that Mrs. Lu will not worry about her for the sake of her young age. ”

"What is the truth of the matter, it has not yet been decided, the prince said this, a little arbitrary," she could see that in addition to interceding for Fengyi Zhu, the prince also had his own thoughts, so she hooked her lips and smiled lightly, "Even if the poison is really under the thirteenth princess, I will only regard it as a personal grudge, you can rest assured." ”

An Xiabai's open-mindedness is in stark contrast to Fengyi Zhu.

The prince sighed in his heart, and couldn't help but want to complain about his sister's incompetence: "If she could have half of Mrs. Lu's sensibility, she wouldn't have tossed such a big thing now."

If it hadn't been for the Queen Mother telling me this morning that I would have come over to see Mrs. Lu's physical condition when I was free, I guess I would still be in the dark. “

No wonder he felt that Fengyi Zhu must have poisoned Shou Tao, it turned out that the queen told him.

The queen has long disliked Zhou Guifei's mother and daughter, and now that she finds an opportunity, she must be smeared.

An Xiabai's heart relaxed a lot, and she smiled at the prince who hated iron and steel: "The thirteenth princess is still young, so the prince doesn't have to think about it. ”

"Needless to say, she's just not sensible." If he remembers correctly, An Xiabai is about the same age as Fengyi Zhu, but there are more than one or two points of difference in his heart and way of thinking.

The prince was worried: "If her temper is allowed to develop like this, it will cause a catastrophe sooner or later." ”

Thinking of this, he couldn't sit still any longer, stood up and said to An Xiabai: "I have to find someone to understand the actual situation, eldest brother is like a father, Zhu Er's heart is uncertain, I also have the obligation to discipline, so I won't stay here to disturb Mrs. Lu's rest, I'll go back first, and come to the house to visit another day." ”

An Xiabai nodded, and wanted to get out of bed to see him off, but he directly refused.

"It's important to recuperate." After the prince had finished his last sentence, he turned and walked out.

The movement of the guests seemed to attract the attention of the twins in the next room, and they began to cry with milky voices.

An Xiabai wanted to rest for a while, but when she heard their cries, she couldn't bear it, so she ordered someone to carry the twins to her room.

They can't speak yet, but people will recognize it, and when they saw An Xiabai, they immediately waved their pairs, laughing or crying, all of which meant to let An Xiabai hug them.

When Mo Simin came to the room, he happened to see the scene of An Xiabai comforting the twins.

She rushed to the side of the bed out of breath and asked with a concerned face, "I heard that you were poisoned and murdered yesterday when you attended the birthday banquet of the Thirteenth Princess, is it true?" ”

It was only one night's work, but I didn't expect the news to reach Mo Simin's ears, An Xiabai was quite surprised: "How do you know, I thought that the royal family would not talk about this matter casually, after all, this matter is about the face of the royal family." ”

"The capital is not a big deal, and the news spreads very quickly," Mo Simin's gaze swirled on her face, "There were so many people who attended the birthday banquet of the Thirteenth Princess yesterday, how could it be possible to stop everyone's mouth, not to mention that those nobles seem to scoff at trivial matters on the surface, but in fact, they don't care less about gossip than the women in the market." ”

It was from them that Mo Simin learned the news of An Xiabai's poisoning.

"I was so anxious when I heard the news, I came to see you when I had free time, and now I can be relieved." Mo Simin breathed a sigh of relief and said, although An Xiabai's face looked haggard, it was a little ruddy, and people could talk and laugh, not at all like a patient, and now there should be no danger to life.

"I'm fine." An Xia Bai understood that she really cared about herself, so she dismissed the people in the house and told her frankly.

"Actually, I inflicted the poison myself." In Mo Simin's puzzled gaze, she slowly opened her mouth to explain, and confessed everything at the birthday banquet that day.

Mo Simin's first reaction to this matter was worry, for the sake of a feudal Zhu, it was really not worth it for An Xiabai to risk himself: "You don't want to do this again in the future, there are other solutions to everything, you don't have to gamble with your own body, do you?" ”

"That's what my husband said, and I promise you that's it." She smiled half-browed, "By the way, Simin, I forgot to tell you." Because my physical condition has not been optimistic recently, and I need to recuperate, I may have to trouble you more about the things in the restaurant during this time, as well as the prince and Liu'er, you should take care of it more in the future. ”

Mo Simin responded: "Leave the matter of the restaurant to us, and you can recuperate with peace of mind." ”