Yes, Queen Mother. The two got up and walked in the direction of the door. When passing by Chi Wan, the queen cast a gloomy gaze, which made the other party a little scared. And the prince's eyes are also cunning, everything is under his control.

The breeze blows the slender phoenix tail bamboo, bringing a rustling sound, and the melodious overtones come into the ears and feel relaxed. The cold moonlight sprinkled on the water of the pond like frost, and the ripples rose and fell like a lady striking a bell.

In such a peaceful environment, people felt very comfortable, and the prince was intoxicated by the beautiful scenery, and the queen said at this time: "Prince, what are you doing today?" ”

"The queen mother's meaning, the sons don't understand."

"This palace has never seen you like this, caring about a woman like this, this is not like you."

His actions attracted the attention of the empress, which was exactly what the prince wanted. However, he still pretended to be casual and said: "Queen Mother, the Yi people are on the water side, and the sons and sons follow them, what is wrong?" ”

"Alas," the queen sighed, and said with a worried look on her face, "Emperor, the queen mother only reminds you not to worry about the wrong person, to think about things that you shouldn't think, do you understand?" ”

The crown prince frowned slightly, showing great reluctance, but in the end he compromised and saluted and said, "Yes, Erchen understands." ”

After he finished speaking, he turned to leave, and the queen was still worried, she looked at the back of her child, and silently prayed in her heart that he would be enlightened.

Returning to the banquet, the queen hid her private emotions and had a faint smile on her face. The crown prince was also at the banquet, but his expression and performance were diametrically opposed to the queen.

He propped up his head, his whole person drooped and had no spirit, the corners of his mouth were bent down, and his eyes looked at the table blankly, looking frustrated.

The feast began again, and the dancers came up to the middle to get ready to dance. Look at the costumes they are wearing that are different from their usual dance clothes. The dance dress has no sleeves, and the dancers have a long veil tied around their arms, which can still mop the floor for a meter when they hang down, and their bodies are covered with dangling metal sequins, which make people a little unable to open their eyes.

The color of the dance clothes is also very gorgeous, purple inlaid with gold edges, and the layers of yarn are unbearable.

They began to dance, exotic, radical and mysterious, with the dancers performing one pose after another, but each one focused on waving and flicking their sleeves, accompanied by a thousand waves of skirts.

A concubine sitting in front of her got up and said, "This is a kind of dance in Fanbang, called Moro Dance, which talks about the belief of the people of Fanbang in the gods in heaven. This is specially prepared for the queen and the emperor, hoping that the mother and the emperor will have a thousand years and a long life. ”

"Good! Good! Both the Emperor and the Empress were smiling happily, apparently very satisfied with the Moro Dance.

The queen laughed while looking at the prince with her spare eyes, and found that the prince didn't go to watch this rare Moro dance at all, but his eyes were still as far as the Chi Wan could see!

The prince's eyes were full of affection, and he kept a side face specifically so that the queen could see his expression at this moment. He was going to use the queen to do something to Ji Wan, and it was obvious that the anger in his mother's heart was about to be uncontrollable.

The queen couldn't laugh at all now, she knew that she really couldn't do anything more. She motioned to the maid beside her and said, "You, come here." ”

"What does the Queen Lady command?"

The queen put her hand on the maid's ear and said, "Go and put that medicine in the tea of that Chi Wan." ”

The maid looked stunned, but quickly reined in, saluted as if nothing had happened, and said, "Yes." With that, she withdrew.

The queen knew it was bad to do so, but she had to do it for the sake of her own children. The queen kept rubbing her hands and silently said in her heart: Child, you must not blame your mother, your mother is also for your good.

The maid pressed her body and slipped into the room next to the main hall of the banquet, where all the food sent would be placed and inspected before being sent to the banquet.

The maid beside the queen found a maid who was in charge of serving tea later, and then called her aside, gave her some silver and a packet of medicinal powder, and then instructed her: "When you serve tea to that Miss Chi Wan of the Chi family later, sprinkle this medicinal powder into it." ”

The maid who served the tea seemed to be very proficient in this operation, so she nodded, and then walked into the main hall with a few cups of hot tea in a calm manner.

"Miss, your tea is cold, the slave will change it for you."

"yes, okay." Ji Wan didn't care about the maid, she was attracted by the dancing clothes in the hall. The dance dress is very beautiful, giving people the feeling of a fairy descending to earth, if it can be improved to make a similar dress, maybe it can be a big seller.

While she was thinking, the maid serving the tea had already sprinkled the powder into the teacup, and then got up like no one else to serve tea to the other ladies.

The queen got a reply from the maid that the matter had been done, so she kept staring in Ji Wan's direction. The cup of hot tea was over there, and she didn't seem to want to drink it yet.

The queen's heart was very nervous, and her body couldn't help but tremble slightly. Finally, she saw Chi Wan holding the teacup and was about to drink it.

Success or failure in this move, the queen couldn't bear to continue to watch, she thought to herself: I'm sorry Chi Wan, I can only do this for the sake of the emperor, I hope you can understand me as a mother, I will copy more Buddhist scriptures for you in the coming year.

When Chi Wan was just about to drink tea, she suddenly smelled and felt that something was wrong, and there was a sour feeling, could it be that the tea had deteriorated?

She immediately put down the teacup and looked carefully at the color of the tea inside, some of it was yellowish and there was a precipitation similar to tea residue, and at first glance there seemed to be nothing wrong.

She turned her head to look at Chi Xia's teacup beside her, the tea in the other party's teacup was turquoise, and there was no precipitation, it was as clean as a pool of clear water.

What's going on? It's impossible to be treated differently for some reason. There were too many strange things that had happened to her at today's banquet, which made her have to be on guard.

Just imagine, starting from the crown prince, he borrowed Chi Xia to let himself come here, and then showed admiration for himself in front of the queen and the emperor and everyone, this must have some purpose.

So if the prince falls in love with a woman, who is most worried? Naturally, she is the queen who is his mother's concubine. And it is obvious that it is impossible to be the crown princess in her own identity, and the queen naturally looks down on herself.

But the crown prince still shows that he will not marry, so what will the queen do? In order to break the prince's thoughts, of course he had to be himself!

Suddenly, Chi Wan looked at the tea in front of her and her back was cold, all this was just speculation, and there was no substantial evidence to explain. Ji Wan also hoped from the bottom of her heart that these were just fantasies, just speculation.

Chi Wan guessed that most of this was arsenic. The frost was inside, so she pinched the thin silver needle hidden in her cuff with two fingers, and then put it into the teacup, only to see that the part of the silver needle that did not enter the water began to turn black, Chi Wan's eyes widened suddenly, and she couldn't help but scream.

"Tea is poisonous!"

Suddenly, only Chi Wan's exclamation was left in the center of the entire hall, the dance music stopped, and everyone's eyes were fixed on her. Among them, the most nervous was naturally the queen, but she was still calm and unhurried, and said, "Chi Wan, what happened?" ”

"Back to the queen, this tea is poisonous."

"What, the tea is poisonous?" Many people began to talk about it, and everyone looked at the cup of tea in front of them with surprised and suspicious eyes.

"It's nonsense," the queen put on an annoyed expression, "This tea is a tribute from the Western Regions, and after brewing, some people specially test the poison, how can it be poisonous?" ”

Chi Wan knew that most of this was done by the queen, and she kept arguing with her for fear that she would lose money, so she shifted her target to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for Chi Wan, look at this silver needle!" ”

Chi Wan took out the silver needle from the teacup and handed it to the emperor by the eunuch. The emperor saw that almost half of the needle had turned black, and there were still water stains on it. But to be on the safe side, he ordered: "Send the imperial doctor over and test the poison!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." After the eunuch received the order, he ran away, and the queen seemed to want to say something, but in the end she did not say it. Looking at her appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, the prince saw that his mother's plan was discovered because of the mistake, and he now wanted to protect his mother from being discovered.

"Imperial Doctor Zhang has arrived!"

After the imperial physician Zhang bowed, the emperor ordered: "Go and bring that cup of tea." ”

The eunuch on the side was about to serve tea, and when he passed by the prince, the prince made a small sound to attract the eunuch's attention, and the eunuch looked up at the prince, and the prince squeezed his eyebrows at him, and the eunuch instantly walked quickly to Chi Wan's seat.

The queen stood beside the emperor, watching the cup of tea in question get closer and closer, and she became more and more uneasy. The hands in the sleeves couldn't help but rub up and down, trying to vent their nervous affection in this way.

Seeing that the cup of tea was about to arrive, Imperial Physician Zhang also prepared a silver needle, and just a few steps away, the eunuch suddenly tripped over something somehow, and the whole person fell to the ground, and the tea was naturally all sprinkled on the blanket, and there was not a drop left.

Before the emperor was angry, the prince took the first step to accuse: "What did you do, how did you knock over such an important thing!" ”

The eunuch hurriedly kowtowed: "The slave knows his mistake!" The minion knows his mistake! Ask the emperor and queen to spare the slaves, and the prince to spare the slaves! ”

For some reason, the queen had a feeling that the crown prince seemed to be secretly helping her out of danger.