Chapter 49: Rattle
"Hahaha, good! The southern barbarian folk style is really bold! ”
Seeing that Ha Baoyin returned to the dance floor and hurriedly finished the salute, Yin Chen suddenly made a very cheerful gesture and praised Ha Baoyin before he lost his temper.
"Emperor of Great Qi!"
"What's the matter with the princess?" Yin Chen asked knowingly.
Seeing Yin Chen's attitude, Ha Baoyin was even more angry, and threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground.
"Baoyin, don't be rude!" Hakoye reminded.
It can be said that she is a treasure held in the palm of the hand by the Southern Barbarian King, where has she ever been wronged like this in her life. Naturally, he almost lost his mind and glared at Yin Chen.
"Emperor of Great Qi! Do you know why Princess Ben is here? ”
"Oh? I really don't know, isn't it for the beautiful scenery of Daqi? ”
Yin Chen replied to the corners of his mouth, but he couldn't help but pout a playful smile, he suddenly felt that this Nanban princess was interesting.
"You knowingly asked! This princess came for you, and now you reject me? ”
Either it is said that most of the Southern Barbarians are unrestrained, and the so-called love between men and women is said so grandly by Ha Baoyin, if it is changed to a Central Plains woman, it is naturally difficult to speak.
Ha Baoyin's voice fell, and the hall was silent for a while. Yin Chen drank the wine by himself, and almost all the guests and ministers in the hall were watching, waiting for Yin Chen to refuse and watch Ha Baoyin's joke.
For a long time, when Ha Baoyin was about to get angry again, Yin Chen spoke.
"From ancient times to the present, there has been no precedent for harmony in Daqi. The princess likes to be happy in my heart, and she treats her well. It's just that the precedent of the ancestors of Great Qi is here, and it's not good for me to be a descendant. ”
"The emperor Mo Dangben Princess doesn't know the history of your Daqi, I think that the first emperor's filial piety queen, isn't she the saint of the flag? Since you can be a queen, why can't this princess marry you? ”
Ha Baoyin's words fell, and the atmosphere of the hall that was already silent suddenly became tense. Some old ministers who knew the situation well, their first reaction was to look at the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother is an old fox who has been training in the palace for many years, so naturally her face will not change because of this sentence.
However, the eldest princess was obviously stunned when she heard this, and then looked at the queen mother, and there was an inexplicable attitude in her eyes.
The princess laughed. The atmosphere was awkward and tense, and the queen finally broke the deadlock.
"The princess doesn't know that the Nazha Banner tribe was destroyed by the first emperor, and besides, the first emperor and Empress Xiaode have a deep relationship, so naturally they don't care about her identity."
The queen's words are also a pun, one is to tell Ha Baoyin that Empress Xiaode is not a relationship at all, and the other is to let her know that she and Yin Chen have no so-called love at all, so naturally she should have to take care of her identity.
"You ......"
Ha Baoyin wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Hakoye's words.
"Well, the emperor must not blame. In my clan, Baoyin is used to being spoiled, and the emperor lost my sister's face in front of the civil and military officials of the Great Qi, and she can't be blamed for being impatient. ”
Yin Chen only didn't understand Hakoye's ridicule and accusations, and responded with a smile to himself.
"It turned out that I was also abrupt, and the princess came to Daqi to play, and I had already arranged for the Ministry of Rites to pack up the post station for the two of them. In addition, there is also a special tour guide to accompany the two of them, so that the two of them can enjoy the scenery of the capital more. ”
Li Shenlan sat below, and the corners of her mouth were also full of laughter when she heard Yin Chen say this. Yin Chen's words clearly rejected Ha Baoyin, the so-called harmony has long existed, and as for the scenery, I don't know if this proud princess is still in the mood to appreciate it.
The dinner continued, Ha Baoyin rarely lost the pride at the beginning, and the whole atmosphere became much more comfortable.
"You eat less, I see that you are almost finished eating everything on this table."
Concubine Xiang inadvertently looked at Li Shenlan's table, but saw that the dishes were almost bottomed out, which showed that Li Shenlan was watching the play at all, and her mouth had not stopped.
"Eh, my good sister, Shen Lan is now making up for two people by herself, and besides, I was pulled over as soon as I woke up, so I haven't eaten yet."
Li Shenlan didn't care, as a pregnant woman, she ate a lot on weekdays.
And even if she is not pregnant, every time she encounters a banquet, Li Shenlan will eat more or less in Linhua Palace. But I was very tired when I went out of the palace today, and when I came back, I slept until Concubine Xiang came to Yongfu Palace to urge herself to wake up, and she didn't have time to eat some snacks to cushion her stomach.
"You, it's easy to accumulate food if you eat too much at night, you need to drink more water, this is what I made for you."
Li Shenlan responded, reached out and took the wine glass, and was about to hand it to her lips, but suddenly felt that the taste of the water had changed.
This water is a fruit drink specially made by Concubine Xiang for fear that she would drink tea and wine by mistake, and she likes it in her heart, so she drank a few more cups. It's just that when I smell it now, I feel that the taste is wrong.
"Sister!"
Li Shenlan called Concubine Xiang in a low voice, with the experience of the previous times, Li Shenlan had to be cautious, for fear that the child in her belly would be hurt a little more.
"What's wrong?"
"The water doesn't taste right."
Concubine Xiang took the cup and tasted it shallowly, and the frightened Li Shenlan almost screamed. Concubine Xiang really deserves to be a tiger girl, she dares to drink without knowing anything, and she is not afraid of poison.
Fortunately, it was just Li Shenlan's false alarm, that thing was not poison but something that hurt the fetus.
"It's Sumu." Concubine Xiang drank the water in one gulp, and then instructed Qin Yin to get hot water for Li Shenlan.
Sumu is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine that has the effect of invigorating blood and removing blood stasis. This thing has a slight astringent taste, and it would have been difficult to detect if it had been encountered by something else. It's just that the fruit drink in Li Shenlan's cup, the two met and reacted, which made her perceive the bitter taste.
"This thing is not in the Central Plains, only in the Nanban grassland, fortunately you are careful, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."
After Concubine Xiang finished speaking, Li Shenlan understood who did it, and looked in the direction, and saw that Ha Baoyin was so frightened that she avoided her gaze.
"It's so bold and grudgeful, I just told her a few words that she wanted to harm my child."
Li Shenlan retracted her gaze and thought of Fang Cai's scene, and she was not shocked. If I had drunk that thing, I wouldn't have had a seizure in the first place. And by the time the attack comes, I am afraid that the water has already been digested, and the real culprit will escape.
"If I'm not mistaken, this thing must have been down when she was dancing."
Concubine Xiang's speculation is not unreasonable, Ha Baoyin has been grabbing a rattle drum in his hand when he is just dancing, thinking that he should have hidden Su Mu powder in the rattle, and when he danced close to them, he would spill it into the cup.
It can be shown that the poison is not abrupt and does not make people suspicious, and it must be guaranteed to enter Li Shenlan's cup. I'm afraid that Ha Baoyin will start to shake from Concubine Xiang, and Su Mu will only hurt pregnant women, and ordinary people will naturally not be affected.
What's more, except for Li Shenlan's cup, everyone else's is wine, and it will not react with Sumu powder at all.
Thinking of this, Concubine Xiang picked up the cup in front of her and quietly handed it to Qin Yin behind her, signaling her to check on the hospital when she went back.
"When I have the evidence, see if I don't kill her." Concubine Xiang couldn't get used to this Nanban princess for a long time.
Li Shenlan recovered from the fright, and she was also angry in her heart. Looking at Ha Baoyin's appearance, she thought that she would just fight with herself for Yin Chen, and she would harm her own children, Li Shenlan couldn't bear it.
"Sister, don't worry, after finding the evidence, the concubine will be the first to spare her!"
At the end of the banquet, the two of Nanban were sent by Yin Chen to the post station outside the palace in a carriage. Li Shenlan was in a bad mood and was frightened again, so she didn't have the heart to say anything more, so she went back to Yongfu Palace early to rest.
In Changle Palace, the queen sat quietly after bathing and didn't know what she was thinking.
"Niangniang, the emperor is here!"
Yin Chen? No, today is not the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, and Yin Chen doesn't come here much on weekdays. After having Li Shenlan, he went to Yongfu Palace every day, how did he run Changle Palace today?
The queen was thinking that Yin Chen had already come in.
Yin Chen's face flushed under the candlelight, obviously drinking too much.
After the banquet, Yin Chen pulled the Zhao family father and son to chat for a while before letting Concubine Xiang go out of the palace with them, thinking that it was at that time.
"Why did the emperor drink so much? Xiyan, go make a bowl of decanting soup. ”
The queen still cared about Yin Chen, and when she saw him busy like this, she stepped forward to help him, for fear that he would accidentally fall down.
But Yin Chen didn't realize how drunk he was, but half of his body's strength was on the queen.
"Why haven't you slept yet?" Yin Chen asked inexplicably.
When the queen heard this, she looked out the window, and when she saw that the sky was dark, she was used to staying alone, and she only rested when she was close.
Seeing that the queen didn't speak, Yin Chen stood up straight and wandered around the room.
Even he doesn't remember how long he hasn't been to Changle Palace, since Li Shenlan entered the palace and all kinds of things have accumulated together......
Yin Chen sat on the edge of the bed and saw the things on the bedside table, so he picked them up one by one and looked at them for no reason.
"Niangniang, the sobering soup is ready."
The sound of Xiyan sounded, and the queen got up and went to the door to take the tray, this is the habit of Changle Palace, Yin Chen is in the house, and people never come in to disturb him.
When the queen picked up the sobering soup and turned around to hand it to Yin Chen, she saw that he was holding the wave drum in his hand in a daze.
"The Emperor's ......"
Yin Chen ignored her and was shaking the drum in the quiet Changle Palace, where the sound of the rattle was particularly abrupt.
What the queen didn't know was that the moment Yin Chen saw the rattle, the wine was already half sober. At this time, the queen had also lost interest, and sat there quietly with red eyes unconsciously.
"If it hadn't been for the beginning, my daughter would have been four years old......
In the dark night, the queen sighed coldly. Yin Chen paused when he heard the movement of his hand, and the sound of the rattle also stopped abruptly.
"Your Majesty, the concubines always think that they already understand you very well, but every time they see the scene between the two of you, they see this rattle......
For so many years, the concubines have always wanted to ask the emperor, is the country really so important or ......"
Yin Chen may really not expect the queen to say this, which also tells him that the queen actually knows everything.
He didn't speak, and the two of them sat there silently, as if the sun would never shine in the night.
"Go to bed early."
This was Yin Chen's last words, because when the queen and Yin Chen were lying on the bed together, the queen was still uncomfortable.
"You ......" Yin Chen wanted to say something, but when he turned his head, he saw that the queen had already cried into tears.
"It's been so long, why do you have to trap yourself inside, we will have children in the future."
The queen smiled bitterly when she heard this, "The emperor's heart is like a mirror, and now that the emperor is saying this, does he think that the concubines are too childlike?" ”
"You are the queen, the mother of the world. Is there only one mother who has the responsibility on his shoulders? ”
Yin Chenyuan didn't want to say these words, but since their daughter was gone, the queen has been in a state of collapse and has lost her spirit back then.
"Yes, I wasn't the material to be a queen at all!"
The queen suddenly became angry, sat down suddenly, and looked angrily at her husband who was lying beside her.
Her father was furious because of Yin Chen's accusations. In this world, anyone can accuse her, but Yin Chen can't, doesn't everything have anything to do with him now?
"Isn't the emperor clear in his heart, what has changed my face and my heart? Every time the concubine dreams back at midnight, she hopes that time can be turned back and she will not be added to the deep palace. ”
"Are you crazy?"
Yin Chen is an emperor, so he naturally has his own pride. At this moment, seeing the queen saying that she was so disdainful of the throne, he only felt that the woman in front of him was so strange.
Seeing that the queen was still angry, Yin Chen simply closed his eyes and turned away, as if he was asleep by doing so, and the queen couldn't help it.
The queen looked at Yin Chen, with infinite disappointment in her eyes.
Suddenly, she smiled self-deprecatingly, Concubine Xiang was right, I really don't know why I still fell in love with this man, obviously I should have gone with my daughter in the first place.
After a long time, the queen lay back on the bed, thinking of what the queen mother said during the day, she only felt sore, as if she had a thousand pounds of burden pressing on herself, which only made her breathless.
Maybe the Queen Mother is right, she Dong Siwan will not be the queen of Lao Shizi for a long time......
Early the next morning, Li Shenlan went to the Tai Hospital as agreed with Concubine Xiang.
In the Tai Hospital, Concubine Xiang's people were waiting for her, and the test results were exactly the same as Concubine Xiang thought, and there was indeed Sumu powder in the cup.
"Lan Zhaoyi, according to Concubine Xiang's instructions, Weichen suggested that you directly inform the emperor, the emperor is now worried about harmony, but if there is such a thing, the emperor must have a reason to refuse to make peace."
The imperial doctor has always been Concubine Xiang's person, and he knew that Li Shenlan was not an outsider, so he was blunt.
Although Li Shenlan responded on the face, she thought about it again on the way back.
Although there is evidence for Ha Baoyin's matter, he was not injured in the end, and if Yin Chen really condemned them at this time, they were afraid that there would be no stable foundation.
"What do you want?" Shu Qiu looked at Li Shenlan, who didn't speak all the way, and couldn't help but ask.
"Harvest Autumn, do you know anything that can affect a person's body but not hurt the dragon fetus?"
"There really is a thing, called Xun seed grass. The slave accidentally ate it when she was a child, and that thing would make people unable to breathe for a short time, but it wouldn't hurt the dragon for a while. ”
"Go seek!"