Chapter 296 The emperor's stupidity is for a reason
"Don't be like this, the emperor makes people laugh," Nan Xuerong was both happy and ashamed, resisting the urge to shake his hand away, and said with a straight face, "The emperor should call them all back, otherwise it will be inconvenient if there is no one to serve the emperor." ”
"What's inconvenient!" Murong Jun was very unimpressed, took her in his arms, and said with a smile, "You can just serve me?" Xue Rong, I will want you to serve in the future, no one else!" Looking at his serious and flattering face, he seemed to think that it was a great thing to let Nan Xue Rong serve him, and he could please her even more.
Nan Xuerong secretly exploded her lungs: Do you want me to serve you? What you think is beautiful, aunt and grandmother, I have been served by others since I was a child, when have I served others? Who told you to drive away all the palace maids in the palace, are you insane? "Your Majesty!" This is really hard to say, when there is no one, she will coax Murong Jun to call those palace maids back, otherwise she will be tired.
Nan Xueyu was secretly funny: The second sister can be regarded as lifting a stone and hitting her own feet this time, but she didn't get the benefits, but she ended up with the life of a palace maid, and she will be able to serve the emperor's diet and daily life in the future, she will be able to stand it!
"Then it's decided!" Murong Jun knew everyone's thoughts, he looked elated, and in a blink of an eye, he saw his favorite mushroom and sea cucumber soup brought up, he became more and more energetic, patted the table and shouted, "Come here!" Xue Rong, Xue Yu, the soup is here, let's drink it together!"
Nan Xuerong's face turned white with anger: I told you just now, I don't eat seafood, you still call, idiot!
But Nan Xueyu's eyes were suddenly sharp, this soup was sent all the way, could there be any problems? Suddenly, a light and thin voice came from her ears, it was Tang Yi who was reporting to her: "Miss, no one has done anything on the road." ”
Oh? Nan Xueyu frowned slightly, so it seems that it is not the hand of the eunuch and palace maid who passed the dishes? Or did they not do it today, or did they go to the imperial dining room by themselves, or it aroused the suspicion of the murderer, so the murderer did not move for the time being?
"Xue Rong?"
"Concubines don't eat seafood," the smile on Nan Xuerong's face was almost unbearable, "Has the emperor forgotten?"
"Ah yes!" Murong Jun suddenly realized, and hurriedly greeted Nan Xueyu, "Xueyu, then you eat." Ice Butterfly, help me with a bowl!"
Hearing this name, a sharp color flashed in Nan Xueyu's eyes, and she deliberately pretended not to understand, "Ice Butterfly, Brother Huang, who are you calling?"
Murong Jun was stunned, then touched his head and smirked, "Hehe, I forgot, have I already driven them all away, Bing Butterfly was originally used to helping me serve food and vegetables, and I am used to it." He also said that he forgot that since yesterday, those palace maids have stopped serving him here.
"Really?" Nan Xueyu looked at Zihe, who shook his head again, indicating that she had just come over, and she didn't know all the palace maids in this palace, and she turned her eyes back, "Is she the only one serving food to the emperor, what about the others?"
Murong Jun asked Sun Deyou to help him serve the soup, and said casually, "There are several more, all of them will serve for me, but I like ice butterflies the most, she knows what I like to eat." Xue Rong, don't be angry, I didn't say I like ice butterflies, I only like you!"
Nan Xueyu was dumbfounded: In fact, they all understood what the emperor meant, and he didn't need to explain it at all.
Where did Nan Xuerong have the heart to listen to him say this, and was thinking about how to calculate Nan Xueyu, when she heard the words, she said generously, "The emperor doesn't have to pay attention to the concubines, the concubines won't be angry, really." "Who has time to be angry with you fool, but it's really strange, why is Nan Xueyu so interested in the palace maids in the original palace, does she want to use them to deal with her?
Seeing Nan Xuerong's flickering eyes, Nan Xueyu knew that she might be suspicious of something, and she couldn't ask more, otherwise she would really be able to reveal her flaws. Since the original palace maids in this palace have been driven out, if the murderer is really one of them, then they should not have a chance to drug the soup for the time being, it seems that she has to find Yan Si Yan Wu to advise them, so that they can pay more attention to the talents in this palace.
"Xue Yu, you eat!" Murong Jun pushed a bowl of soup in front of Nan Xue Yu and said with a smile, "It's delicious, try it!"
Nan Xueyu smiled slightly, "Brother Emperor Xie." "I picked up a spoon and scooped a mouthful of soup and tasted it, and sure enough, I was not drugged, and it was really not easy to find the murderer. Looking at Murong Jun again, she had already drunk two bowls of hula hula, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly: It's that this soup is about to kill you, Your Majesty, you are still drinking so happily, you really don't know how sinister people are!
After lunch, Nan Xueyu said coldly, "Tang Yi, go and find out where the palace maids who originally served the emperor in the Taiji Hall came from, especially pay attention to a person named Ice Butterfly, the more detailed the better." ”
"Yes, Miss," Tang Yi's eyes flashed with murderous intent, "Does Miss suspect that someone is trying to murder the emperor?"
Nan Xueyu sneered, "It's not that you want to murder the emperor, it's that you are 'already' to murder the emperor!" But the stakes are very high, and I don't have enough evidence, you must be careful when you act, and don't startle the snake." Also, don't let Ye know about this matter first, otherwise he will definitely care about it and it will be a big deal. ”
Tang Yi also understood His Royal Highness's desire to protect the emperor, and immediately said, "Yes, Miss, my subordinates will send Miss back, and I will do it immediately." ”
Nan Xueyu nodded, "Okay." ”
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Speaking of Tang Yi's speed, Nan Xueyu has always been very satisfied, and the biggest advantage of this person is that he is tight-lipped, and he doesn't even tell the original master what she doesn't say, which is very reassuring.
At dusk, he was about to finish the matter, and when he came back to report, he had checked the names, ages, origins, temperaments, etc. of several palace maids in the Taiji Hall very clearly, and there seemed to be no problems on the surface. "The palace maid called Ice Butterfly, who entered the palace three years ago, is seventeen years old this year, born with a delicate appearance, she smiles before she speaks, she looks very kind, her family is also a doctor for generations, although her medical skills are not as good as Miss, but ordinary medical disease and poison identification, should not be difficult for her. ”
Nan Xueyu's eyes were as cold as ice, oh? It turns out that she is still a person who understands medical skills, no wonder she will serve food for the emperor, if it is really her evil thoughts and poisoning the emperor, it is very convenient. However, she is not in a hurry to draw conclusions, things are often like this, and the more logical it seems on the surface, the more likely it is that there will be problems, and you should not be careless.
And then there is this time, the emperor is twenty-three years old this year, three years ago when he was twenty years old, he has been stupid for several years, that is, he has performed a coming-of-age ceremony at the age of fourteen, and soon after being made the crown prince, he began to become stupid little by little.
However, intuitively, she also felt that there must be something unusual about this ice butterfly, and she still couldn't let it go easily. "Tang Yi, do you have any friends in the palace? It's best to be a secret guard with strong martial arts skills and the like, and help me keep an eye on some ice butterflies. ”
"Yes," Tang Yi reminded, "It's Yan Si Yan Wu that Miss has seen, and after what happened last time, he and his subordinates are already friends." "It's like this between men, as long as they have the right temperament, even if they have only met once, they can become friends of life and death.
"That's very good," Nan Xue Yu put her mind at ease, this matter is handed over to the secret guards, it is very appropriate, not to mention that it is their duty to protect the emperor, "Let the two of them pay attention to Ice Butterfly's every move, as long as she is not attacking the emperor, don't alarm her, I will find a chance to talk to her." ”
"Yes, miss. ”
At the same time, in the Yiwang Mansion, Murong Yao was talking to a woman in black, this woman was wearing a veil and couldn't see her face clearly, but her temperament was gloomy, and her eyes were resolute and gloomy, she should be good at martial arts.
"What, the imperial brother kicked you out of the Taiji Palace? Why? Could it be that the imperial brother suspects you?"
The woman in black said, "It shouldn't be, the emperor not only drove away his subordinates, but also drove away all the palace maids in the Taiji Palace, saying that it was for Concubine De, and I was afraid that she would be unhappy." ” ...
"Oh?" Murong Yao was relieved at this time, and at the same time sneered disdainfully, "Nan Xuerong really has the ability, she can coax the imperial brother to spoil her alone, and now she doesn't even have a palace maid by her side, she is satisfied!" "In the past, he just wanted to use her to control the emperor, but he didn't think she still had such a ability, but there was already a stalemate between him and her, even if she could control the emperor now, he didn't have enough reason to let her cooperate with him again, it was really a bit troublesome."
"Yes," said the woman in black, "although neither the Queen Mother nor the King of Yue want to see Concubine De, but the Emperor doesn't want anyone but her." Now that his subordinates have left the Taiji Palace, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient to act in the future, does His Highness have any orders?"
Murong Yao gritted his teeth and groaned. This matter is about to succeed, and it can't fall short, but the palace maid is no longer left by the emperor's brother's side, and it is indeed inconvenient to act, so this matter has to be planned again.
Needless to say, drugging Murong Jun, making him stupid, and finally not waking up again, of course, he has been secretly manipulating, of course, if you really want to talk about it, this matter has to start when his mother concubine was alive. At that time, Murong Jun was still smart and clever, born with red lips and white teeth, and was very favored by the emperor, so he was made the crown prince early, just waiting for the future to inherit the unification.
Of course, the concubine hoped that he could ascend the throne as the emperor, so she didn't know where to get this medicine, and wanted to kill Murong Jun unknowingly and unknowingly, but this medicine could certainly make even the most clever imperial doctors unable to detect it, but the disadvantage was that it was slow to take effect, and it would take several years to kill a person. However, in order not to show her flaws, even if this is the case, she can wait. immediately sent one of her confidants to serve by Murong Jun's side, and drugged his diet every day, and then watched him slowly become stupid, she saw hope and waited patiently.
As a result, the day is not a holiday, the mother concubine suddenly fell seriously ill at a young age, probably God is punishing her for her cruelty, her illness came quickly and violently, the medicine stone was ineffective, and the fragrance disappeared in less than a month, and the emperor who did not know the inside story was sad and painful for a while.
Before her death, the concubine gave him the medicine and told him not to tell anyone about it, until the day Murong Jun died, he ascended the throne, and her wish was fulfilled.