Chapter 34: Poisoning
Gongyi Fei always thought that in the East Palace that day, what Xuanyuan said was just a joke. Because, even if he is the crown prince and needs reliable foreign forces as support, he will never find him.
The small Han Kingdom was just a subsidiary country of the Xuan Kingdom, and its overthrow and annihilation were nothing more than a matter of the emperor's conversation and laughter.
However, Gongyi Fei thought wrongly.
This year is different from the past, obviously it should be enough to wait for the lantern banquet in the evening, but, for some reason, the emperor arranged people earlier, and he was going to hold a Buddhist porridge sutra feast.
Actually, it was supposed to be held in September before the winter hunt.
"On the good day of the third year of the Apocalypse, the emperor came to the spiritual shrine, gave porridge to all the people, and the people wept."
If he hadn't been present in person, he would have known that the so-called "Wanmin" who came to this Buddha porridge sutra feast were just ministers and children of the Ganshi clan, and Gongyi Fei would not have known that the emperor was also so hypocritical.
Later, when Gongyi heard this sentence in the storyteller's mouth, he took a sip of tea and made himself embarrassed.
"Sister Scarlet, Sister Scarlet!! Let's go feed the carp! ”
Looking back, Hongdouding bumped into him again, this year has passed, Xuanyuan Qi has grown a lot taller, and his courage is the same.
For example, last night, Uncle Chu clearly instructed him to pretend to be sick and not be able to come, but this morning, he concealed Liu Chu and Liu Shi, the two fathers and sons, secretly hid in his carriage and followed together.
"Haha, look at you, yesterday I said that I was an adult, and today I can't wipe my mouth clean, have you seen how many adults are like you?"
took a silk handkerchief from the hand of Mrs. Yan, who was also snickering on the side, Gongyi Fei covered his fingers with the corner of the handkerchief, and gently wiped the corner of Xuanyuan Xuan's mouth in front of him, and the traces of soup left after eating the porridge.
At last, Madame Goose brought some refreshments from the time she came. Xuanyuan couldn't wait to get her hands on it, so she took a piece and stuffed it in her mouth, but because she was in too much of a hurry, she began to choke for a while, and she seemed to choke.
"Don't worry, these are all yours, I won't rob you." Gongyi smiled, and at the same time, he gently patted Xuanyuan Qi, took a cup of tea from Mrs. Yan and fed it to Xuanyuan Qi's mouth.
If the dragon swallowed the tiger, the tea with just the right temperature was poured down in one breath by Xuanyuan Qi as if swallowing dates, until the feeling of persecution and suppression below the throat and above the chest cavity was gone, and she was able to breathe a long sigh of relief again.
"I've never been here before, I didn't expect that the Buddha porridge sutra feast in this Lingfeng Temple is not very good, in my opinion, these monks should worship Aunt Yan as a teacher, even a porridge is not cooked well, it is unpalatable, if I didn't get up this morning and I didn't eat anything, I wouldn't eat that mouthful of porridge!"
Xuanyuan muttered, she has been the most picky eater since she was a child, and she will never eat undelicious meals, yes, since she was weaned, the cooks in King Kang's mansion have dismissed no less than ten back and forth.
"Unpalatable? Qi'er, do you know that in ordinary people's homes, it is rare to have this porridge to drink sometimes, thank God. ”
As he spoke, the emperor walked over from the inner courtyard in the distance, accompanied by a retinue of Xuanyuan Xuanyuan, who had been accompanying him since the morning, and Master Pure Life who had just come to meet the holy face.
When the emperor came, the two people who were still talking and laughing in the small pavilion hurriedly knelt down and saluted with Mrs. Yan, who was accompanying her. When he got up, he stood at the foot of the stairs.
There are only two in the pavilion, one is the emperor to sit down, and the other is where Xuanyuan Jue and Master Jingsheng retreat for a long time, in the end, let Master Jingsheng sit down.
"Hmm...... Hmm......" Just now he was still in the pavilion shouting that other people's disciples were not good at cooking, and the lower zhang came out directly, and was disgusted by the emperor again, Xuanyuan Qi, who has always been articulate, stood at the bottom of the stairs and swallowed for a long time, but he didn't say a word.
Looking at Xuanyuan Qi in front of him, the emperor raised his head and laughed, beckoned to her, called her forward, and pushed her in the direction of the Pure Life Master on the side.
"Master Jingsheng, this is the nephew I said in my mouth, King Kang Xuanyuan Qi. Qi'er, I haven't seen Master Jingsheng yet. ”
Xuanyuan Qi nodded, but hesitated, there was a monk in front of her, she couldn't come according to the number of rituals in the palace, she was a person in Buddhism, she should be according to the rituals of Buddhism, but she had never been to a temple, let alone seen a monk, she really didn't know how to give gifts.
"Amitabha, the old man has seen the little prince, and the little prince doesn't need to be polite." Master Jingsheng seemed to see through Xuanyuan Qi's embarrassed appearance at a glance, and slightly got up from his seat, put his palms together, and made a shallow bow.
Seeing this, Xuanyuan Qi also understood what Master Jingsheng meant, and immediately put her palms together in front of her chest, but in the end, it was a little different from Master Jingsheng, she bowed forward a big bow.
"Xuanyuan Qi has seen Master Jingsheng, hey!!"
This bow, impartially, she and Master Pure Life collided with their heads, which was really embarrassing to the extreme.
"Hahaha, I have heard for a long time that the little prince is hearty and generous, and he has a unique style in dealing with the world, and today the old man can see it, and it is so."
Although he was hit by the little baby in front of him, Master Jingsheng had no anger on his face, but laughed a few times, raised a hand, patted his head, and made a few sounds as if slapping on a ripe melon.
Master Jingsheng's kind eyebrows and kind eyes left the impression of a smiling old man in Xuanyuan Qi's heart.
It was happy, but the emperor had been paying attention to Xuanyuan Qi, and he exchanged glances with Master Jingsheng from time to time, and he didn't know what they had talked about before coming here.
After a few moments, Master Jingsheng retreated back to the meditation room, leaving the emperor alone in the pavilion.
"Huh? This is? ”
Xu sat for a while, drank too much tea, and the food in his stomach was almost digested, and the emperor set his eyes on the few pastries left on the table.
"It's a pastry made by Aunt Yan, and it tastes good." Xuanyuan Qi glanced back at the two master and servant of the public ceremony who were still standing silently at the bottom of the steps, and subconsciously scratched his neck with his hand.
This little action was naturally noticed by the emperor. I saw that the emperor looked at the pastries, as if he was selecting, but in his mouth, he was talking about Xuanyuan Qi. "Qi'er, why, in front of the emperor's uncle, do you still want to play a monkey show like in Mrs. Xie's place? Look at your current appearance, where do you still look like a prince......"
As he spoke, the emperor used the two fingers of his left hand to pick up a piece of pastry that looked like pink glutinous and was made into a plum blossom shape, opened his mouth, and was about to eat. I glanced at it casually, but I was shocked.
I saw that Xuanyuan Qi, who had been scratching left and right, looked like a monkey, and there were dots of red spots on her face at some point, which must have been very itchy, otherwise, Xuanyuan Qi's neck and cheeks would not have been scratched by herself.
Then, before anyone else could inquire, Xuanyuan Qi only felt that her throat was tight, as if she was being tightly clamped, she couldn't breathe, and she couldn't breathe smoothly, she only felt dizzy in front of her.
"Aqi!" Sensing Xuanyuan Qi's abnormal appearance, Gongyi Fei did not formalize the number, and directly stepped forward and held it steadily.
"Scarlet ...... Sister, I'm so hard...... I'm so sad, ...... vomit."
Curled up in Gongyi's arms, Xuanyuan Qi felt a pain in her stomach again, and then her stomach turned over and poured directly into her throat, at this moment she couldn't help it anymore, bowed forward, and vomited all the things in her stomach.
"Quickly pass on the Imperial Doctor!! Gongyifei, how dare you condone the evil servants around you to poison?! Come, take the master and servant down and keep them under strict control! ”
The glutinous pastries were held in the palm of the emperor's palm and crushed into powder, and the remaining pastries were also smashed on Gongyifei's face.
Looking at the filth, Xuanyuan Qi was hugged by several chamberlains, and there were two guards, one of whom clamped his arm on one side, Gongyi Fei panicked for a while, he only felt that his temples were constantly beating, and his head hurt.
"Wait, Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I made the pastries, and they have nothing to do with the princess, they have to be tried and punished, just arrest me! ”
At this moment, Madame Goose struggled and cried out loudly, completely forgetting that she was a "deaf and dumb" person.
However, this act of loyalty to protect the Lord was of little use, and Gongyi Fei and Mrs. Yan were still taken down.
Seeing it with his own eyes, Xuanyuan Jue's heart moved, and his body leaned forward, but he suddenly thought of something, and immediately took it back, his eyes returned to cold silence, and looked at the two people who were dragged down.
Here, the emperor also turned around, glanced at Xuanyuan very meaningfully, nodded with satisfaction, and walked away.
"Boom...... ...... "The knuckles of Xuanyuan's left hand were clenched by him, and the nails of his five fingers were almost clasped into the flesh.
It's not that I'm ruthless, it's that you have to cut off your own life.
Let's talk about it here, Xuanyuan Qi, who was uncomfortable all over his body, was in a daze, as if he saw Liu Chu. Oh, I went back to the palace, I'm so sleepy, so sad, let's sleep first.
"Lord Wang, Lord Wang!! Wake up! I'll take you to enjoy the feast! Wake up! ”
Seeing that the imperial doctors were shaking their heads and leaving the palace one by one, Liu was at a loss, so he had to desperately shake Xuanyuan Qi's body on the couch, his voice was crying, and his hands were trembling, but he still kept shaking Xuanyuan Qi, only hoping that she would open her eyes in the next moment, jump up from the couch, and tell him that this time she was tricked again.
"Out of the ...... Not! Give me a try! Wang Xiaoliang, who was originally standing on the side, knelt down and pulled Liu out with Liu Shi, but in an instant, a spirit, his body also vibrate, and the words in his mouth even he himself felt inexplicable later.
Liu Shi glanced at Wang Xiaoliang, persuaded Liu Chu, and wondered for a while, why did he change as a person, he inadvertently, in a corner outside the window, he found half of his face, it was Yu Qinglin!
Since he had already appeased his father, Liu Shi said an excuse to help, and without waiting for him to leave, he was pushed out by Liu Chu first.
"Daoist Yu, should you give me an explanation?"
When Yu Qinglin heard the voice, he turned his head, and his face seemed to be naughty and caught, and then he turned into a breezy again.
With a flick of the dust, he casually cast a spell, hiding the figures of him and Liu Shi. In this way, it will also save a lot of trouble in the future.
"Look at the look on the child's face, you should know that she has eaten something she shouldn't eat, but I put only the milk in the pastry."
Liu Shi nodded, judging from the change in the pulse he heard just now, as long as the residual poison was removed again, Xuanyuan Qi would never have to worry about his life, but several imperial doctors shook their heads and said goodbye, either he Yuqing had interfered with magic outside the window, or those imperial doctors could only obey the will.
"The Taoist chief really calculated, knowing that my prince would be poisoned today, so he added milk that the prince couldn't eat to the pastry, and most of the poison was vomited clean. However, I don't know if you expected that Princess Scarlet and Madame Yan were thrown into the prison by you for no reason? ”
Liu Shi raised a pair of eyebrows, Yu Qinglin was still at ease, and a few fingers of his right hand were not in a hurry to flow back and forth.
"Don't worry, the two of them have no worries about their lives."