When I returned to my small courtyard, I saw Mei Zhi holding a lamp in her hand from afar.

"The county lord is back, the soup woman has been filled, and the county lord can eat wine?"

"No, Meizhi, you and Zhuqing go back to rest first, if there is anything to talk about tomorrow, I am so sleepy that I can't open my eyelids"

"The county lord settled earlier, and Mei Zhi and I left first," Zhu Qing finished speaking and pulled Mei Zhi away.

Sisi pushed open the door, a warm breath came to the face, the plum branches are excellent, the room is warm and not dry, very suitable for sleeping.

Before Xihe entered the hospital, he told Xiyue not to talk nonsense about today's affairs, and Xiyue went down after answering. At this time, it was close to midnight, Liu's mother had already settled, Xihe didn't know who to discuss with if she held her stomach, the maid came in and waited for her to take off her jewelry and clean her face and go out, leaving only herself in the huge room.

Xi He carefully recalled the incident of today's Antlers Terrace, and his heart was flustered.

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"Today, the widow is holding a banquet on the antler platform, one is to pray for the first emperor to bless my country for thousands of generations, and the other is to hope that the ancestral shade will bless my royal family to flourish."

"This is a widow's royal gift, I hope that the people in my royal family can be harmonious and beautiful, and don't be separated from relatives and distant from each other."

As if he had said something, the emperor glanced at Xihe quietly, and Sisi was no longer in the hall at this time.

The maids lined up into the antlers, each holding a small tray with a small and delicate wine glass on it, the body of the glass is transparent, and carved with patterns, crystal clear and very beautiful.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," everyone stood up, took the glasses, and drank them all.

"Sixth Highness, Sixth Highness, what's wrong with you?"

The voice was made by the maid of the Six Princes, who was kneeling on the ground and gently shaking the Six Princes, while the Six Princes had their eyes closed and their lips white and fell to the ground.

"My son!" Immediately, there was a terrible cry from above, and Xi He looked back to see that Concubine Xiao Shu was crying and running like a white butterfly.

And the pure concubine covered her nose with her sleeves, not knowing what her expression was.

Xi He hurriedly asked Xiyue to bring the silver needle that Liu's mother asked him to bring before entering the palace, and carefully tried the family brew that he had not yet had time to drink, only to see that the tip of the silver needle slowly turned black, and Xi He tried Sisi's cup again, which was still highly poisonous.

Xihe suddenly became angry, he had no intention of fighting, but there were always people who wanted to put him to death, and he attacked the six princes and Sisi, so intentional, it was really vicious!

"Your Majesty! If anyone really thinks that Xihe and Chang'an are in the way, the courtiers will never enter the palace again, why use this vicious trick to take the lives of my orphans and widows! ”

Xihe knelt in front of the hall, his waist was straight, and two lines of tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, but his eyes were firmly looking at the emperor!

Suddenly faced with this change, the emperor was still calm, first sent the imperial doctor and then sent the forbidden army to surround the Antlers, fearing that it would be an assassin attack.

Concubine Xiao Shu lay on the body of the six princes and cried, Xihe knelt in His Royal Highness and cried, for a while there was no other sound in the hall, only crying.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has something, I don't know if to talk about it"

"Love Qing, but it doesn't hurt to say"

"My sister doesn't have much ability, and her talent is not outstanding, thanks to Your Majesty's mercy, she also gave birth to six princes for the royal family, there is no merit and hard work, if someone with a heart thinks that her sister is not worthy of the position of this lady, she should also come to her sister and the old man, why bother to hurt a child, how innocent is the child"

At first glance, these words sounded like a distressed sister for an elder brother and a distressed nephew for an uncle, but this is a careful taste, and these words directly refer to the pure concubine.

Concubine Chun naturally couldn't sit still, since the first accident, she didn't say a word, just because she was afraid that this fire would burn on her body for no reason, but she thought about it, the six princes were in trouble, and she would definitely not escape suspicion.

She hurriedly walked to His Royal Highness and knelt down beside Xi He: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the concubines and the six princes had no grievances in the past and no enmity today, how could the concubines harm a child, not to mention Xi He and Chang'an, their orphans and widows have lived outside the palace for a long time, the concubines have been worried for a long time, Chang'an is well-behaved, and the concubines also like it, how can they harm them!" ”

Concubine Chun raised her head to look at the emperor, her eyes were like tears.

"Although the concubine was arrogant and domineering in the past, but the concubine's heart is not bad, Your Majesty, you know, besides, this banquet on the antlers platform is watched and organized by the concubine, if you really want to be poisoned, how can the concubine choose today, doesn't this make everyone doubt, Your Majesty, does the concubine really have such a stupid brain?"

These words were reasonable, and everyone also lowered their heads and pondered, the prince frowned and didn't know what to think, the second prince was silent, and the fifth princess was even more frightened, and sat on the stool and sobbed quietly.

The Sixth Prince sat next to her, she was the first to notice that the Six Princes had fallen, and looked at the empty wine glass in front of her, not knowing whether she was shocked or afraid.

The third prince walked to the front of the palace and knelt down in a wide robe and bowed: "Father, the mother concubine, the child knows best, although the past is domineering, but the heart is not bad, how can you talk about taking her life between laughs, so many years, the mother concubine has helped you to take care of this harem in an orderly manner, if someone takes a fancy to this power and wants to buckle the hat on the mother concubine, how the mother concubine will bear it, and how the sons will take care of it!" ”

"Does the Third Highness mean that the concubines will exchange their children's lives for the glory and wealth of the rest of their lives?" Concubine Xiao Shu's slightly crying voice came, "Your Majesty, although the concubine is your concubine, but the concubine is also a mother, the tiger poison does not eat children, how can the concubine be ruthless, His Royal Highness's words are really to rip the heart of the concubine, Your Majesty"

"That's enough, you don't cry when you say anything to me, don't cry, get up, go back to your seats, and wait for the doctor to make a decision!"

When the imperial physician arrived, everyone had already sorted out their appearances, but everyone was frightened, and the atmosphere in the hall was very embarrassing.

Imperial Physician Zhang carefully inspected everyone's wine glasses, only the cups of Xi and Sisi and the six princes were highly poisonous, and the six princes were young, so they only took a small sip and their lives were unharmed.

"Back to Your Majesty, this cup is indeed highly poisonous, but His Royal Highness the Sixth has drunk very little, and there is no worry about his life, he only needs to recuperate for a few days to wake up, and he can recuperate for a month."

A little sweat oozed from the corners of Imperial Physician Zhang's forehead, "It's just... ”

"It's just what, what is it, what it looks like!" Concubine Chun hurriedly continued.

"This poison is 'Danhong', in the whole palace, only the hospital has this thing, although this thing is highly toxic, it can be filled in the sachet to have the effect of avoiding mosquitoes and insects."

"Imperial Physician Zhang said that you can get such poison in the palace?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the lower officials are derelict in disciplining the Tai Hospital, please condemn Your Majesty!" Doctor Zhang was sincerely frightened and knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

"Go back and check on the rats in your hospital, do you do such pickled things, is it because there are too many people in the Nine Clans?"

"Your Majesty is angry, the lower officials will check it well, please ask Your Majesty to ask for the guilt!"

"Get out!"

The hall was calm again.

"Whatever else people want to say, they say it all." The Emperor seemed to be a little tired.

"Father, the son thinks of something" The prince rolled his eyes and thought about it.

"You say," the emperor leaned back on the dragon chair, closed his eyes and recuperated.

"Back to my father, according to today's events, it is really strange, Princess Xihe and the county lord of Chang'an live outside the palace all the year round, it stands to reason that there should be no enemies in the court, and there should be nothing to do with the six princes, but why did this poisoned person kill these three people?"

The emperor opened his eyes and glanced at him faintly: "Go on." ”

"Erchen learned that Concubine Shu had sent a post to the princess's mansion three months ago saying that they were drinking tea together, but Xi and the princess refused on the grounds that they were unwell."

"Then the Japanese Palace did post to the princess's mansion, everyone knows about this matter, and I didn't carry anyone, what's wrong with this matter, and what does it have to do with today?" Concubine Xiao Shufei was very puzzled.

"Naturally, everyone knows that General Yuan left a tiger talisman after his death, which can adjust the border of 100,000 troops, but His Majesty has not taken back such an important thing, if someone with a heart wants to get it, naturally they can't leave their mother and wife alive."

This matter actually has nothing to do with it, but the prince thought in his heart that the tiger talisman will be in the princess's mansion for a day, and he will be on guard for a day, so it is better to take this opportunity to let His Majesty take back this tiger talisman, and he will be able to inherit it when he ascends the throne in the next day.

"What do you mean, the talisman left by the widow for her mother has become a talisman!" The emperor opened his mouth lightly, although his tone was light but weighty, everyone knew that the six princes were not angry when they were poisoned just now, and the mice in the hospital were not angry, but the prince's words made the son of heaven angry.

The prince hurriedly knelt down: "Father, the son doesn't mean this, how dare the son blame the father, it is the son who is not cautious in his words and deeds, please ask the father to surrender!" ”

"You are not cautious in your words and deeds, you are the prince of the country, since you are the prince, you are not the emperor, you dare to be my home and question my decision! Punish you for being grounded for seven days and introspect yourself before going to the first throne! ”

The prince suddenly cried with a sad face, stealing chickens and rice, he was talking about himself.

"Okay, the widow is lacking, this matter will be decided in the future, and the widow will send a man to carefully verify it, and give you justice."

The emperor left this sentence and left, leaving Concubine Chun and Concubine Xiao Shu looking at each other.

Everyone whispered, and the six princes were carried back to the palace by the palace people to rest.

The forbidden army has also been withdrawn, and people are leaving Antlers one after another.

Zhu Qing reminded Xi He in his ear, saying that the county lord still hadn't returned, and Xi He was worried that she was in danger so he asked Zhu Qing to wait outside, and the county lord came back and drove back to the house immediately.

So when Sisi came back, he saw Zhuqing with an anxious face and Xihe who was silent.

Sisi didn't know much about what happened that night, Xihe didn't say anything, and Zhuqing waited outside the hall later. only stumbled over a paragraph, although it was a short paragraph, Sisi also knew that it was thrilling, if he was in the palace at the time, according to his own character, he was afraid that he would have died at this time.

Suddenly, I was glad that I was not in the temple, but I didn't know if the words I heard in the rockery in the courtyard had anything to do with it.

And the four princes, the emperor didn't mention it throughout the whole process, and everyone didn't mention it, it seemed to be just an inconsequential passerby.