Chapter 43: The Poison Scheme

After glaring at Wen Meida, the other party finally remembered that Zhiwei was here.

"You, you are the palace man of the Siyuan Bureau at the last Flower God Festival?"

Zhi Wei said with a smile: "The little master has a good memory. ”

Wen Meiren looked curiously at the "fox charm" in the mouth of the concubines, but failed to find strong evidence of "fox charm".

On the contrary, among all the people I have seen in the past few days, it is this "fox girl" whose eyes are the cleanest, and when her eyes sweep over her abdomen, they are only pure curiosity, without the slightest malice!

The trembling mood was relieved a lot, and Wen Meiren actually began to test Zhi Wei's responsibilities with the "previous employer".

Zhi Wei couldn't say how the queen could strictly guard herself, so she could only say vaguely: "The queen pays attention to the prenatal education of the little prince, and most of the slaves and maids read some books on the subset of scriptures and histories next to them to relieve boredom......"

Wen Meiren immediately said: "The girl is the one who serves in front of the emperor, and she is naturally different from other stupid slaves. Since the queen doesn't ask the girl to do those manual work, I don't dare to have this thought. Why don't the girls follow the example of the past and read a few books for me, so that the future little prince and princess can get a little more fragrance of books. ”

Zhi Wei smiled and responded.

When Kunxu Palace heard the news, the honorable hostess hadn't said anything, but the pretty palace people beside her pouted.

"Mother, Wen Meiren is too presumptuous! Not only to snatch people from you, but also to learn from you, really think of yourself as a person on the cards! Hmph, I don't know if her belly can be saved! ”

The queen glanced over in displeasure, and the green peach was silent.

Wen Meiren deliberately concealed that she was pregnant, and deliberately exposed Bo Pet on Halloween, which really made her very faceless. But she's not so far as to be like this.

It's just a low-ranking concubine with a bit of luck, and the number of times she has been favored in the past two years is only a handful, unless she can give birth to the emperor's eldest son in front of Concubine Shu and the queen, there is no threat at all.

Previously, she had always felt that her number one confidant was the much-loved Concubine Shu, who was pregnant with Liujia, but after this incident, the queen realized that the virtuous concubine she often ignored before seemed to be a great character.

If she is in charge of this matter, then her mind is obvious; Even if it wasn't her, what concubine in this palace wouldn't want to step on her to that position?

The mother's words of admonition were like the whispers of the devil from hell, and the voice slowly amplified until it turned into a deep imprint.

The queen's gaze was firm for a moment, then turned confused.

"You say, why did Your Majesty want to transfer her to Hanyu Palace?"

The same question rang out in the other palaces, and the answers were all strange, but they were not afraid to speculate with the worst malice.

But all this came to an abrupt end when the emperor came to Hanyu Hall to visit Wen Meiren.

Even Zhi Wei didn't expect His Majesty to come over in person, after all, her eyes were bright and her heart was bright, and at the Wanshou Festival banquet that day, he didn't show much joy after Wen Meiren's happy news was reported, and his smile was almost the same as at the beginning when he drank the wine toasted by the courtiers, and even a little more thoughtful.

Coupled with her "post transfer", Zhi Wei has every reason to suspect that the emperor seems to be suspicious, but the content of his suspicions is that she can't be a little palace maid, and she shouldn't even know about it.

But she had a faint guess in her heart, the emperor let her come over by no means just for Wen Meiren to study and help, and the place where she collected information was not limited to Hanyu Palace, but the entire Yongle Palace.

Because Concubine Xian took care of the palace affairs on behalf of the queen, Yongle Palace was also much more lively than before, and people from various palaces and bureaus came and went, and they were mixed, and Zhiwei had a lot of opportunities.

However, what disappointed her was that although Concubine Xian was famous, she did not like to be sad about the flowers and plants outside like most talented women, and she didn't like to go out and walk around, and most of the time she stayed in the palace to read, take care of children, or be in a daze.

Zhi Wei didn't give up, and took advantage of the opportunity that Wen Meiren was going to visit the lord of the palace every few days to follow, but she happened to run into the potted plants in the house quietly, and seemed to be sleeping. There were too many eyes around, and she couldn't ask questions, so she had to give up.

Concubine Xian is like an egg without sewing, and in comparison, the little concubines living in the other side halls and side halls are much easier to explore.

Zhi Wei just found an excuse to walk around, and she didn't need to see them in person, she could depict their general temperament from those flowers and plants.

A Wu Cai is withdrawn by nature, and when he heard that he entered the palace, he also took the route of a virtuous concubine, but unfortunately he failed to give birth to a son and a half daughter, and was later suppressed by others. In the past year, she has been sick most of the time, and when she came out to take a walk in the small garden of Yongle Palace, it was already considered a trip for her, and Concubine Xian didn't care about her, she was also happy.

The other He Baolin is more lively, although he is not favored, but his heart for favor has always been very active. Her favorite pastime is to go to Jingren Palace to talk to her little sister Jia Baolin, or to hang out in the Imperial Garden in a group and try to meet the emperor. On the surface, she is also very respectful to Concubine Xian, especially in recent days, she has given Princess Celestia a lot of delicate little toys.

Maybe it's because the status is too low, the connections are insufficient, and the favor is too little, although these little concubines will be jealous, but they are just petty fights, and she really hasn't heard about any outrageous conspiracies.

Even so, Zhiwei was still a little anxious, for fear that she would be involved in some private case of Gong Yu Yin.

So much so that the first thing she does when she wakes up every day is to touch her neck and still be there.

The emperor didn't stay in the Hanyu Hall for too long, he didn't even have food, he ate a cup of tea, condoled a few words of condolences to Wen Meiren, and saw that everything was fine with her, so he left with confidence.

When sending the emperor out, Zhi Wei couldn't help but lower her voice and asked.

"Your Majesty, are you going to let the slaves and maids serve in each palace for a while?"

Huo Yanzhi asked with a straight face: "What?" Don't you want to? ”

Zhi Weimu replied with a face: "Of course the slave is not unwilling, it's just that this is too obvious......"

Her stay with the queen was too short, and she was expected to leave until June, but she was transferred before she could do it in less than a month. The emperor's mind is weird, but his methods are too simple and crude, as if the palace is full of blind people, and no one can see the emperor's small abacus.

During this time, Huo Yanzhi often reflected on his body, and he was not angry when he heard the words, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that he was a little too impatient, but he did not admit defeat.

"I am the Son of Heaven, what I say is Chrysostom, and no one dares not accept the things I have rewarded, so what if someone gossips?"

Zhi Wei's lips moved, resisting the urge to argue for her "human" identity, and silently went back to study for the overexcited Wen Meiren.

Huo Yanzhi's self-confidence was quickly shattered by reality.

At the end of May, Wen Meiren was suddenly poisoned, and even Zhiwei, who was serving her, also suffered.

When the news reached the Qiande Palace, Huo Yanzhi was looking at the secret letter in his hand about the rebellion in South Vietnam.

"What's going on? Poisoning? The people in the harem are really getting more and more capable! ”

Zhao Jiufu looked at His Majesty's majestic dragon face that had become more and more majestic recently, and said a few words briefly, and the folds on the bookcase were scattered all over the ground.

On the way to Yongle Palace with a black face, almost everyone in the harem who was well-informed knew about it.

Someone smeared a very low dose of poison powder on Wen Meiren's book, so the palace people who read for her every day were unlucky, and even Wen Meiren, who did not have direct contact with the books, had slight signs of poisoning and fetal gas!

For a while, there was a lot of noise in the palace, and everyone was worried.

Wen Meiren is unlucky, and there are naturally many people who clap their hands in private, but more people with brains think about what if the culprit who poisoned them is aiming at themselves?

The emperor himself thought deeper.

First of all, whoever poisoned the poisoner dared to put his hand on the person he had given it, which was definitely a serious provocation to his imperial majesty!

Secondly, if this person can poison the books of the harem concubines, will he be able to apply medicine to his folds one day?

The emperor, who felt that his personal safety was in a big crisis, decided at the imperial palace that the formation of the shadow guard could not be delayed any longer, and the candidates could not be carefully selected, so he first selected a group of flexible and capable ones from the imperial forest army and the imperial guards.

When I arrived at Yongle Palace, the first to greet was Concubine Xian, and there was a little more anxiety on her face on weekdays.

"How's it going?"

Concubine Xian said: "Wen Meiren had fetal gas, and she was red at first, but after the imperial doctor came, she took a few injections and barely stopped the bleeding." It still needs to be carefully recuperated......"

Huo Yan subconsciously frowned: "What about the palace man?" ”

Concubine Xian's eyelashes twitched, and she was still calm and worried.

"The doctor is still diagnosing and treating, but it's just ......"

"Just how?"

Huo Yanzhi said dissatisfiedly: "Slurring and spitting, vague words, why did you even learn this?" ”

Concubine Xian's head hung lower: "The situation is not very good, it is said that the poison is violent, and it has entered the heart......"

While speaking, the two of them had already turned into the Hanyu Palace, and Huo Yanzhi heard a warbler and asked for peace to himself, all of them were concubines and concubines who came to hear the wind, and there was no queen in them.

Huo Yanzhi's gaze swept coldly over the women, and he angrily said three good words in a row.

"It's so good! There are such femme fatales in the harem, it's really called my tooth cold! What about the queens? If this kind of thing happens, is she still sitting back and quiet in her own palace? ”

As soon as the words fell, someone outside sang that the queen was coming.

Concubine Xian was almost embarrassed by Huo Yan's words, but the faces of the others were no better than her, and they all seemed to be frightened by Fang Cai's knife-like eyes.

The queen came over to salute with a white face, and as soon as she spoke, she said: "The concubine is guilty, it was the concubine who did not take care of the harem well, so that the little ones took advantage of the loophole, and actually intended to murder the concubine and the imperial heir, and begged Your Majesty to punish her!" ”

Huo Yanzhi snorted coldly, but he didn't speak, and directly flicked the curtain and entered the inner hall.

There was a gloomy cloud inside, and Wen Meiren seemed to be awake, and when she saw this, she bent herself up and wanted to get up and salute.

Huo Yanzhi said, "No need to be polite", turned his head and asked the imperial doctor.

The imperial doctor's answer was similar to Concubine Xian's account, but in more detail.

“…… Fortunately, the girl has a good heart, and she must bring the medical girl with Weichen, otherwise it will be too late for acupuncture, and the beauty of the little master's baby will be hanging. Although it has been stabilized for the time being, the mother's vitality has been damaged, and we must be more careful in the next few months. If you can, let the doctor stay here for a few days to take care of it. ”

The gentle palace maid wiped her tears next to her and said, "Fortunately, I listened to Miss Zhiwei's words, otherwise I would ......"

Huo Yanzhi's eyebrows moved: "It's okay, just take care of your master carefully." ”

"Your Majesty......"

Wen Meiren was both moved and afraid, looking at Huo Yanzhi with tears in her eyes, but she didn't dare to cry and beg His Majesty to stay with her.

Just as he was hesitating, he saw His Majesty frowning and asking, "What is the harmful poison in the book?" Is there a way to detoxify? ”

The old doctor's face flushed: "This, Weichen has not yet reached a conclusion, it is like a kind of poison of plants and trees mentioned in ancient books, but the symptoms are slightly different......

This answer obviously did not satisfy His Majesty.

Huo Yanzhi said coldly: "I don't care so much, people must save me." If you can't save it, you can do it yourself! ”

The imperial doctor could only wipe his cold sweat and run down to continue reading the ancient books, regretting while flipping them, knowing that His Majesty also paid so much attention to a small palace person, he should not have picked up another colleague with less experience to diagnose and treat the palace people, but he stayed here to ask for a reward.

The noise in the jade hall did not enter Zhiwei's ears at all, and her consciousness was broken at the moment when she recited poetry to Wen Meiren in the small garden.

The crimson blood dyed the plain dress very badly, like a cannibal flower with teeth and claws.

Zhiwei only remembered that she seemed to vomit blood, but she couldn't remember whether the blood on the dress had contributed or not.

She felt like she had been thrown into the dark waters of a lake, sometimes floating and sometimes sinking. When I floated up, the sun was shining, and I was warm. But when it sank to the bottom, the surroundings became cold and biting, like a frozen lake in the cold winter moon.

She couldn't open her eyes, but her soul seemed to be above the flesh, and she could catch a glimpse of the fleeting light and darkness.

It was as if I had fallen into a long, heavy dream, and I couldn't wake up no matter how hard I struggled.

Then she heard a voice that seemed to come from outside the sky, thunderous, but full of vitality and earthly breath.

"Why aren't people awake? You shit-"