Chapter 14: Chaos at the Banquet
Shang Kelan's expression tightened, I wonder if her brother and father are here? She lowered her head to restrain her emotions and scooped a spoonful of rock sugar chowder to eat.
"Your Majesty has arrived!"
With this, Jin Yantang also came to the banquet place.
"Niangniang, how does this rock sugar chowder taste?" Xiao Xia quietly approached next to her and couldn't help but ask.
"The taste is average, but it's just some sugar water and melons and fruits, if there is anything good, it is better to say that this ice has a little effect on relieving the heat."
Xiaoxia nodded, the four sisters were assigned to follow Shang Kelan, they were carefully selected, each with their own skills, she was better at eating, and Wen Chun was martial arts, Zhiqiu was medical skills, and late winter was makeup and fragrance.
It's just that although they have training and talent in this area, they are still young, and at present, the two concubines in the palace are surrounded by elderly grandmothers, and if they talk about scheming methods, they are slightly worse.
The ceremonial music of the banquet went on one by one, and Shang Kelan only felt a little like sleeping, and there was nothing on the table that was worthy of her attention except for a few slices of pickled meat.
"Your Majesty has a will, ladies and gentlemen, if you are here, you can go to reminisce about the past."
The song and dance were over, and the rest of the congratulatory messages were finished, but she didn't expect such a good thing.
She looked at it, but she didn't see a familiar figure, she couldn't say disappointed in her heart, but she was a little lonely, Concubine Hua next to her had already sat down at Governor Li's place, and she was still sitting in the same place.
"Lan'er."
She raised her head in response, this dark blue official uniform, densely embroidered with gold thread.
"Brother, why are you here?"
"Meet Concubine Chen!" Before Shang Kelan could be happy, Shang Kelin had already knelt down.
really has to kneel, now her identity is already the imperial concubine.
"Brother, please, why didn't my father come today?"
Now they sit in one place and finally have a gossip.
"Father has something to deal with, don't talk about this, sister, how are you doing in the palace these days, my brother is very worried about you, you are a wife, I didn't expect it...... Forget it, my brother shouldn't mention this. ”
Shang Kelan shook her head: "My sister is already in this deep palace anyway, and my rank is not low, how can I be bullied, brother, don't worry, he ...... me It's also good. ”
It's just that on days like this, she can't be happy in her heart.
"How much better can that be, don't lie to my brother, Concubine Ning is now pregnant with her first child, can he still take care of you? But if he really bullies you, our Shang family will also have to discuss with him. ”
"Naturally, don't worry, although my sister is now in order, her nature is not like this, she can protect herself."
As she said this, Shang Kelin finally nodded and relaxed.
But...... Shang Kelin is just an official in the court in the end, how can he know the secrets of the women in the back house, let alone the palace that eats people and does not spit out bones.
"Ouch, it hurts! Your Majesty, the concubine has a stomachache! ”
Concubine Ning suddenly dropped the spoon, and the ceramic spoon slipped from the edge of the porcelain bowl, and then slid down from the satin-covered wooden table of the table, and fell to pieces.
"What's going on? Quick, call the imperial doctor, call the imperial doctor! ”
Such an episode directly disrupted the rhythm of the entire banquet, and the ministers stood up one after another, moving their bodies in a panic, and some of the benches under were knocked to the ground by people with fierce movements.
Jin Yantang frowned, glanced at Concubine Ning's condition, and saw that she was now holding her stomach and sitting on the chair and couldn't get up, and her heart sank suddenly.
"Your Majesty, this little eunuch is cleaning up Concubine Ning's broken ceramic spoon!" Shang Kelan noticed that something was wrong on the side, so she walked forward quickly and said loudly.
"What are you doing at this time!"
After finishing speaking, Jin Yantang seemed to suddenly react to something, and immediately ordered!
"Come on, take him down for me!"
Seeing that he understood what he meant, Shang Kelan reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, everything that Concubine Ning has used should be checked before it is proper." ”
Jin Yantang nodded in agreement.
"Someone! Give me all the things that Concubine Ning has used to check carefully! ”
The banquet suddenly changed, and naturally it could not be continued, so the imperial doctor rushed over with the medicine box, and before he even had time to put down the things, he began to check the pulse.
There was silence in the hall for a while, and they all stared at the imperial doctor, if Concubine Ning's child was gone, wouldn't it be a big joke in the world?
"Zhu'er, take a look, are we giving this gift for nothing?"
Concubine Hua twisted a fruit on the plate, her red nails making her eyelashes flash.
"Mother, you can't talk nonsense!"
Concubine Hua lowered her head and didn't continue, but the smile on her face became stronger......
"How's it going?"
Jin Yantang was much calmer now, and he knew in his heart that he didn't want this child more than anyone else, after all, he would become a child without a mother in the end.
"Your Majesty, the mother is fine, and the imperial heir is fine, but the fetal image is a little unstable, and you have to prescribe some fetal pills, and you can't stand more, let alone be frightened."
"Fetal instability?"
The Queen Mother stood up from her seat in shock, "Imperial Doctor, this is the first imperial heir, there can't be any mistakes, and the mourning family must be well protected!" ”
"Yes, Queen Mother."
After the imperial doctor's diagnosis, he smelled a different smell from the broken porcelain spoon.
"There's ...... in this"
The imperial doctor glanced at Jin Yantang with some caution, and wanted to say something but closed his mouth again.
He pursed his lips, comforted Concubine Ning, and asked someone to help her back to rest.
"What's in this porcelain spoon, you can just say it."
Jin Yantang had a calm face, there is no need to hide the things in this, whether the child wants to be his business or not, but to do so blatantly is to ignore the emperor's authority!
For provocations, he has no reason to endure them!
"Back to Your Majesty's words, it is a kind of medicinal powder that specializes in invigorating blood and removing blood stasis, which has no effect on ordinary people, but for those who are pregnant...... Especially for a full-term woman like Niangniang, it is too dangerous, and it is very likely to slip if you are not careful. ”
"Oh? Where can you buy this kind of thing? ”
He frowned, if it was an ordinary medicinal herb, then it could be obtained anywhere, and there was no way to find out about it.
"Your Majesty, this medicinal herb can indeed be found everywhere, and it can be bought from the pharmacies in the bazaar...... Therefore, the minister cannot judge the source now. ”
"It's also said that a small medicinal powder can have such a big effect......"
Jin Yantang didn't intend to expose this matter, so he called Gonggong Fu to take someone to call all the individuals who had handled the spoon, and interrogated them one by one, but whether it was a palace maid or a eunuch, there was no reason to wet the medicine powder on the spoon finely, and it was all linked one by one, and there was no room for interference in the middle.
"Take these people down and recognize that little eunuch."
Jin Yantang's implication was that he was referring to the little eunuch he had just caught.
"Your Majesty, slow ...... Maybe the people who are willing to do it are among us? ”