Chapter 201: Poisonous Chicken Soup
The snow fell for two days in a row, and this day can be regarded as a stop.
On the day when the ice and snow melted, the queen who had lost too much blood finally woke up, and Luo Qing was relieved.
"It's good to wake up, it's the most critical time, but you have to pay more attention to the back, now the snow is melting, the weather is cold, don't catch a cold, otherwise you will suffer from the wind and cold, and it will be troublesome."
Luo Qing told Caidie.
Caidie nodded and responded one by one.
Luo Qing turned around and went into the meditation room again, talking to the queen who had just woken up and was anxious to ask the emperor how she was.
"When will this palace be able to return to the palace?"
As soon as the queen saw Luo Qing, she asked this, she knew that it was most useful to ask Luo Qing at this time, she was now a person who had to take care of her own body with a holy order, she was relieved and could only explain to the emperor after returning to the palace alone, otherwise she was afraid that the emperor would suspect her of having any bad intentions.
Thinking of this, her mood became more and more depressed.
"Niangniang, this arrow wound is not much worse than your heart and lungs, and now you are not easy to move your body, you need to recuperate."
Luo Qing stood beside him and respectfully replied to the queen.
The queen was a little anxious, and she wanted to get up with her arms propped up, but she pulled the wound on her chest, which made her cry out in pain, and the cold sweat on her forehead was forced out.
"Niangniang, Ruqing is a doctor, just listen to Ruqing's words, your body is the most important."
"How is the body of this palace, this palace knows that this palace is the mother of a country, and you can't stay here all the time, you have to go back to the palace and stay here......" The queen's voice became more and more ethereal, "It's not reasonable......"
How can it be......
Luo Qing remembered the paper kite thread that the queen wanted to cut again.
"Niangniang, Ruqing said something arrogant, only with life can there be a way to obey the rules."
The queen chuckled.
"You always live so clearly, and wantonly, if the prince values you, you must always live more freely."
Luo Qing didn't know what to say to comfort the queen, 'If you want to wear her crown, you must bear its weight', the emperor is already affectionate, it depends on who this little friendship is given in the end, and maybe no one in this harem can get it.
"Let's go back to the palace in a few days, in a few days." After saying that, the queen slowly closed her eyes, and just when Luo Qing was about to retreat, she heard the queen say again, "How about the blood and tears?" Can you bring it for Hongu to see? ”
Luo Qing was beaten by the queen's hand, and then returned to normal, "Niangniang is recuperating, and when she returns to the palace, Luo Qing will bring blood and tears to Niangniang to see." ”
After that, she waited and waited, and when she saw that the queen no longer asked anything, she turned around and went out of the room.
She thought that the queen was afraid that she would not be able to survive this experience.
The queen lost a little vitality when she was born with smallpox, but she didn't know what faith she had in her heart, and she finally survived, and now this ......
Being seriously injured is not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that you have no business.
That night, a famous palace maid found the queen and gave the seriously injured queen a medicine bag.
"Queen Mother, this is what the Empress Dowager means, she knows the truth about Concubine Chen's death, and now it is true to get rid of her while Prince Yi doesn't know, otherwise, Prince Yi will not be able to protect the emperor's throne after he knows it."
The queen's hand under the brocade quilt gradually clenched, and she said in a dumb voice, "But this is poison, she will detect it." ”
"The queen is right and rest assured, this is made of grinding leaves with blood and tears, and it is colorless and tasteless when put into water, and there is no way to check it, and no one has seen the symptoms of this poison."
The palace maid's tone was calm, as if she was not planning to kill someone, but more like she was talking about what she was going to eat today.
The queen knew that she couldn't refuse.
"Hongu knows, you can go."
After the people left, the queen looked fixedly at the scroll with Buddhist scriptures hanging on the opposite wall, and unconsciously remembered all the things that began when she entered the palace.
She used to look forward to how to love Baishou with her husband, have two or three more children, and have children and grandchildren around her knees, but now it seems that they are just extravagant hopes.
Early this morning, Luo Qing came to consult the queen, fortunately, the wound did not suppurate, and there was no fever, which can be regarded as better, but the body really can't bear the twists and turns.
"Niangniang, you are so good to recuperate, slowly you will get better."
The queen smiled.
"It's been four days, the snow has melted outside, and it's time to go."
"Mother, you ......"
Luo Qing wanted to persuade again, but was stopped by the queen.
"This palace is the queen of the Great Apocalypse, and she shouldn't be staying outside."
This year was a year of turmoil, and there was a rebellion, and there might be any rumors outside the emperor who was assassinated, and he must have to hide this news.
At first, it was reasonable to say that she, as the mother of a country, fasted for a few days in the Huguo Temple on behalf of the emperor, but it will arouse suspicion in the future.
Luo Qing knew that the queen had made up her mind, and she no longer persuaded her.
"Bengong went to stew chicken soup with colorful butterflies, you and Bengong have eaten here for a long time, and today you will also follow Bengong to fight tooth sacrifices." The queen said again.
Luo Qing smiled: "Then I have to thank the queen for satisfying Ruqing's hunger." ”
Luo Qing accompanied the queen and didn't talk for a long time, and Caidie took the palace people into the house with two cups of chicken soup, but for some reason, Caidie, who has always been vibrant, looked a little bad today, and looked a little twisted.
Several people are very familiar with each other, Luo Qing will not scruple about so much, and when he saw Caidie like this, he immediately asked, "What's wrong with you today?" Is your face so ugly? Need me to take your pulse? ”
The queen glanced at Caidie quickly, and Caidie hurriedly said, "Maybe I didn't sleep well last night, it's not a big deal, thank you for the princess's concern." ”
At this time, the queen had already sat up with the two palace maids, and also set up a small square table on the bed, and two cups of chicken soup were placed on the small square table.
"Come, let's sit on the bed and eat together next to the main palace."
Luo Qing didn't move for a while.
"Mother, this doesn't make sense."
The queen sent the rest of the palace people out, and only Caidie was waiting by the side, so she said to Luo Qing, "It's very boring to eat alone, and now you are not in the palace, there are not so many rules, are you not even willing to help the palace realize this wish?" ”
"Then Ruqing will be bold again and sit on the phoenix couch of the mother."
As he spoke, Luo Qing sat down at the end of the bed and smiled sweetly at the queen.
The queen couldn't bear it, but ......
She squeezed the soup spoon in her hand, and only said, "Try this chicken soup, this is stewed with colorful butterflies, no worse than the imperial chef in the palace." ”
Luo Qing glanced at Caidie, who was standing silently beside the queen, and said with a smile: "Then Ruqing has to try it." ”
She felt that something was wrong with the butterfly today, and she couldn't help but think of the letter she got from someone else yesterday......
Just when she was carelessly stirring the chicken soup in her hand with the soup spoon, she only felt a gaze as if she was peeking at herself, she followed that gaze, it was Caidie's, and she saw that she was looking at herself without saying anything.
Her heart turned, she scooped up a spoonful of chicken soup and blew it and was about to send it to her mouth, but she heard Caidie suddenly speak.
"Princess, beware!"
She said this quickly and quickly, so frightened that Luo Qing's soup spoon rolled back into the soup cup, splashing a little chicken soup and spilling it on the small square table.
After saying this, she found that she was too excited, and hurriedly made up for it, "The slave maid brought this chicken soup just after boiling it, but I am afraid that it will not be able to enter the mouth, and the slave maid is also afraid that the princess will burn her mouth later, and it will be blistering tomorrow." ”
The queen said indifferently, "Although you are kind, don't be so surprised, you have been with the palace for many years." ”
"Yes, the slave knows her mistake." Caidie hurriedly bowed down and admitted her mistake.
Luo Qing waved her hand, "Niangniang, Caidie is also kind." ”
"yes, it's kind......"
The queen replied casually, Luo Qing followed her line of sight and looked at the chicken soup stirring in her hand, and felt even more wrong in her heart, and even had some bad guesses.
She picked up the spoon again and stirred the soup cup in front of her, and saw a layer of buttery chicken soup with a wave of waves, and no one spoke for a while, and the needles in the room could be heard.
"Niangniang, Ruqing has always felt that you are very tolerant and benevolent."
It was Luo Qing who spoke first to break the silence.
The queen stirred the chicken soup for a moment, and then returned to normal.
"Everyone has selfish intentions, and this palace is also selfish."
"It depends on who the mother's selfishness is biased towards."
Luo Qing looked at the queen calmly.
If she guessed correctly, this chicken soup must be poisonous.
The emperor will not harm her now, and it is the Queen Mother who wants her to die the most.
What's next? The next thing is to find a scapegoat, and push it on whoever you want, after all, you have offended many people yourself.
She looked up and looked directly at the queen with a smile.
"Niangniang is the mother of a country, a person with a big pattern, and the wife of His Majesty, His Majesty's thoughts should be the clearest."
The queen was stunned, and the soup spoon in her hand fell into the soup cup.
She couldn't help but think of what the emperor had said to her on the eve of coming to Huguo Temple.
"Are you going to be the queen of my Great Apocalypse, or the daughter of the Ming family?"
It was the first time that the emperor spoke to her so seriously, without perfunctory, impatience, or carelessness, and looked at her eyes seriously.
She asked softly in her heart, can I choose to be only your queen?
But he didn't give her that choice, so she couldn't ask.
How did she answer at the time?
She slowly knelt down and replied, "The concubine has only been the queen of Daqi since she entered the palace, and everything is in the interests of Daqi and the interests of the emperor. ”
In the end, the emperor only replied to her: "I hope the queen can do what she says." ”
And then nothing else.
In fact, she knew from the beginning that the emperor snubbed herself, alienated herself, and even resisted her touch, but because of her background, because she was a member of the Ming family, and she was the niece and granddaughter of the Empress Dowager!
She looked at the soup cup in front of Luo Qing and thought that it was time for her to do what she said.
Then she took advantage of Luo Qing's momentary staring at her, and suddenly reached out and brought the soup cup in front of Luo Qing to herself, regardless of how hot the chicken soup was inside, she poured it directly into her mouth.
Luo Qing and Caidie were both shocked, but Luo Qing reacted the fastest, and swept the soup cup held by the queen to the ground over the table, and the soup cup shattered in response, and the chicken soup inside spilled all over the ground.
But no one can care about it.
I heard Caidie cry and said, "Niangniang, what are you doing?" ”
The queen's sudden grasp of the soup cup was a little violent, touching the wound, and Fang had just drunk the hot chicken soup, only to feel that her mouth and throat were numb, and she couldn't say a word, so she fell crooked on the bed while caressing the wound.
Caidie didn't have too many scruples, so she took Luo Qing's hand and begged Luo Qing at the moment.
"Princess, princess, please save my mother, please......"
Needless to say, Luo Qing also understood, the chicken soup was really poisoned.