Chapter 360: Poisoning
"The people's daughter asks the Queen Mother to say goodbye, and the Queen Mother is saintly Gong'an." When they arrived in the hall, the Queen Mother sat on a high platform, and the Holy Maiden made a curtsy to the Queen Mother as she spoke, showing the highest power of the royal family.
The Queen Mother looked condescendingly at the saintess who saluted her, and a touch of displeasure flashed in her heart, she had always hated the saints, and she happened to meet her today, but she was sent to the door to humiliate herself? An idea flashed in the Queen Mother's heart, but it didn't show any on her face.
"My pilgrim girl is a noble existence, the past dynasties have never eaten the fireworks of the world, and it is easy not to appear in the mortal world, I have watched you for a long time, you are very yearning for mundane chores, often in and out of the inner courtyard of the palace, your master taught you like this?" The queen mother's shelf was full of shelf, she looked at the holy woman who was still curtchly and saluted, and said something difficult.
"The Queen Mother, the famous girl is also involuntary when she goes out of the mountain this time, the people's daughter is here with a task, and now the task given to the people's daughter by His Majesty has not been completed, so naturally I can't go back, as my pilgrim girl, it is our mission to solve problems for the emperor."
The lower plate of the saint stood steadily on the marble bricks, and seemed to maintain a bent knee posture effortlessly, she raised her head to look at the queen mother, and said without humility or arrogance.
In the afternoon, on the road to the imperial study, there are palace people passing by from time to time, the door of the queen mother's palace is open, and many people are ready to humiliate the saint, the pomp is so big, even if the palace maids and eunuchs pass by with bated breath, but it is difficult to see it.
The Queen Mother soon noticed the crowded palace people, and lowered her head to let the holy woman stand up and speak. Although she has not been on good terms with the emperor for a long time, it is inconvenient to refute the emperor's face openly, this saint is the emperor's person, if there is no good reason, the queen mother will not be able to dispose of her casually.
"Things are procrastinating, but your mouth is smart, since you are doing things for the emperor, the mourning family just asks, okay, you get up."
"Thank you, Empress Dowager." The saint straightened up and said, then prepared to walk towards the imperial study.
The Queen Mother watched the Holy Maiden walk in the direction of the imperial study, and naturally knew the purpose of the Holy Maiden's entry into the palace this time, and a trace of anger flashed in her heart, she intended to make things difficult for the Holy Maiden, but this Holy Maiden's attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and she directly used the emperor as a shield, which made the Queen Mother even more unhappy.
"Slow, it's inconvenient to ask about your mission, but the mourning family also reminds you to remember your identity and don't meddle in things that have nothing to do with you, otherwise you will make a big mistake, and even the emperor will not be able to protect you." The Queen Mother stopped the Holy Maiden, looked at her sternly and said.
"Empress Dowager Xie taught that as a saint of southern Xinjiang, the people's daughter is naturally dedicated to southern Xinjiang and will not cross the line." The holy woman said to the Queen Mother, and then parted ways with the Queen Mother and went straight to the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, I heard that you are going to marry the sister of the Dongying envoy into the palace as a concubine, is this matter conclusive?" Walking into the imperial study, the holy woman bent her knees and asked the emperor to say goodbye to her, and directly explained her intentions.
"I know that the purpose of the Dongying envoy's mission to southern Xinjiang this time is not honorable, and I should not let the Dongying people enter the palace as concubines until I figure out the purpose of the Dongying people, but the queen mother and the Dongying envoy have already finalized this matter, which is related to the peace of my southern Xinjiang, if I refuse at this time, I am afraid that it will harm the people of my southern Xinjiang."
Jiuhu said that he was also unwilling to marry a Dongying woman into the palace as a concubine, but at this time he was helpless.
The saint didn't expect that the emperor actually agreed to this matter under the coercion of the queen mother, after listening to Jiuhu's words, she was silent for a long time, but she couldn't think of any other way to stop this matter in her heart.
"There is no other solution at the moment, so I have to agree to this matter for the time being, but the harem is my territory after all, and if I think about it, the sister of the Dongying envoy can't make any splash."
Looking at the holy woman who was trying to come up with a solution, the emperor said with relief.
The next morning, in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the emperor ordered to marry the sister of the Dongying envoy into the palace on a certain day, and was named the imperial concubine.
Some ministers of the DPRK and China are very optimistic about this matter, believing that with the marriage of the relations between the two Koreas, the relations between southern Xinjiang and Dongying will be more stable.
Some ministers have different views on this matter, after all, Dongying is eyeing southern Xinjiang, and only a marriage is not enough to quench the greed of southern Xinjiang.
Regarding the various voices of the ministers of the DPRK and China, Jiuhu saw it in his eyes, but his face was silent, and he did not show the emotions in his heart.
The envoy of Dongying stepped forward in the noise and took over the holy decree, the matter was already a certainty, and the other ministers had to stop talking and knelt down together to congratulate the emperor on adding a beautiful woman.
The ministers of the Ministry of Rites began to prepare for the emperor's ceremony of marrying the imperial concubine.
The emperor has not enriched the harem for a long time, and the sister of the Dongying envoy who married this time is also noble, and the queen mother is optimistic about this matter, and the preparation of this concubine ceremony is extremely grand.
The harem was full of lights, and the palace people hurriedly decorated the hall, Lin Yuan looked at the luxuriously decorated inner courtyard of the palace, but couldn't help but feel depressed for Jiuhu in his heart.
It was a beautiful thing for the emperor to marry the imperial concubine, but Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel depressed when he thought of the various behaviors of the person Jiuhu was going to marry this time.
What can be done to stop this?
"Lin Kite, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, I can deal with this matter, don't worry about this matter." Looking at the worried Lin Kite, Jiuhu said with relief.
"I'll definitely find a way to solve this." Looking at the Nine Foxes who still comforted themselves so far, Lin Yuan said solemnly.
Just when Lin Yuan was worried about this matter, there was news in the inner palace that the Queen Mother was sick.
Hearing the news of the Queen Mother's illness, Jiuhu hurried to Cining Palace, where the Queen Mother lived, the Queen Mother has always been in good health, at this juncture, how could she have an accident?
Jiuhu walked into Cining Palace with the questions in his heart, at this time Cining Palace has been surrounded by the imperial doctors in the palace, seeing the emperor walk in, everyone put down the things in their hands, and knelt all over the ground.
"Get up and speak, what's going on with the Queen Mother's body?" Jiuhu looked at the Queen Mother lying in the inner room, and called the chief physician to ask.
"Back to the emperor, the queen mother seems to have eaten something unclean by mistake, causing food poisoning, fortunately the queen mother, the dose is not much, plus the palace people found it in time, now Weichen gave the queen mother a drug to induce vomiting, the queen mother has vomited twice, I believe that the poison in the body has been spit out, and there is no big problem now."
The physician stood up and replied.
"Why is the Queen Mother still in a coma?" Looking at the Queen Mother, who was still unconscious, Jiuhu asked with a frown.
"After all, the Queen Mother is old, although she is in good health on weekdays, but she can't help this kind of toss, now the Queen Mother's body is a little weak, so she is very weak, and it is normal to be in a coma after vomiting, and she can recover after slowly recuperating for a period of time in the future."
After answering Jiuhu's question, the imperial doctors left the queen mother's room, and only the queen mother and Jiuhu were left in the room.
I have asked everything that should be asked, and after learning that the Queen Mother is in good health, Jiuhu sat quietly in the room for a while, and then left Cining Palace.
Right now, Jiuhu is wondering in his heart, how could the Queen Mother get food poisoning if she is so dignified?
In fact, all this is inseparable from the saint. Ever since she learned that the emperor had married Dongying as a concubine, she hated the queen mother very much in her heart, so she moved her hands and feet in the queen mother's diet and wanted to punish the queen mother.
Of course, only a saint with superb medical skills can unknowingly use her hands and feet in the Queen Mother's diet, and master the proportions, which will not only make the Queen Mother suffer, but will not endanger her life.
After the morning of the next day, Jiuhu came to Cining Palace again to visit the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother had already woken up last night, but the whole person was very weak, and when she saw the Nine Fox walking in, the Queen Mother was supported by her close grandmother, and sat up weakly against the pillow.
"Mother, are you feeling better today?" Jiuhu looked at the Queen Mother with concern and asked.
"The mourning family feels much better, how are the preparations for the concubine ceremony of the sister of the Dongying envoy?" The Queen Mother's face was pale and her breath was weak, and she said slowly.
"Erchen came to you for this matter, now that the queen mother is seriously ill, Erchen thinks that this concubine ceremony should be suspended, and preparations will be made when the queen mother is in good health."
"The body of the mourning family does not matter, it can get better after a period of recuperation, the concubine ceremony is related to the friendly relationship between our dynasty and Dongying, this is the most important thing at present, and it must not be delayed because of the physical condition of the mourning family."
The Queen Mother said in a weak tone because of her illness, but her attitude was very tough.
Seeing that the Queen Mother was so resolute, Jiuhu was jealous, so he had no choice but to agree.
The preparations for the concubine ceremony were very extravagant, and the people in the capital and the entire palace were looking forward to this event.
And Lin Kite thought of a lot of ways to stop the concubine ceremony during this time, but the Queen Mother attached great importance to this matter, and she was still staring at it even when she was very weak, and Lin Kite couldn't find a chance to sabotage this matter.
After thinking about it for a long time, Lin Yuan finally thought of a way. Since the palace is as difficult to conquer as an iron plate, it seems that we can only focus on the sister of the Dongying envoy.
As the day of the concubine ceremony approached day by day, Lin Yuan finally seized the opportunity.
On that day, the envoy's sister sat in the post house, allowing the palace people to comb her hair and temples with their hands and feet, with a little impatience in her expression.
At this time, the little maid serving on the side brought him a sweet soup with almonds, which exuded a strong milky flavor, which made people feel their index fingers move when they smelled it.
Since dawn in the morning, she let the palace people dress up for herself, and she was already hungry, so she took the sweet soup and drank it all.
In the early morning, the warm sun fell on the earth, and the ceremony of sealing the concubine was in full swing.
However, the messenger's sister did not show up.
The ministers and family members who watched the ceremony quietly discussed that the imperial concubine who had not yet been canonized was so big.
But as time goes by, people find out that something is wrong, the sister of the protagonist of this ceremony, the messenger, has not yet appeared, what is going on?
Seeing this, the Minister of Rites proposed that the ceremony be postponed, after all, so many high-ranking officials, family members and the emperor were waiting, and the scene was really embarrassing.
"No matter what, the ceremony must be held, continue to wait." The Queen Mother said in the face of the gradually hot sun.
The Queen Mother did not accept the advice of the Minister of Rites, and insisted on continuing the ceremony of sealing the concubine.