September 15, the Thousand Autumn Festival.

This year's Qianqiu Festival, unlike previous years, the queen is closed, and everything such as greetings, ascending, and banquets are all exempted, from the temple to the inner palace, all of them are like every ordinary day, quietly.

After Xiao Zhuzi broke up with Pei Yao in Changqiu Palace that day, this breath was held in his heart, and the accumulation became heavier and heavier, so he simply didn't even award a reward, just as there was no such thing as this person and no such thing.

The day is short and long, from the scorching sun to the beginning of the lanterns, it is over.

Xiao Chai locked himself in the Lingyun Hall to approve the folds, until the second half of the night, according to the covenant, he felt sleepy, and was about to order the placement, but he saw Sun Zhifang come in in a panic, knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, there is news from the Changqiu Palace, the queen is not good! ”

The Changqiu Palace held the lights all night, and in the courtyard of the palace, there were a large number of concubines who rushed to hear the news, and on the phoenix couch in the palace, the queen's eyes were closed, and her face was pale.

Dr. He checked the pulse, and the sweat on his body soaked two layers of clothes, but fortunately, the final result made him breathe a sigh of relief.

He hurriedly turned around, knelt down in front of Xiao Zhu, and said, "Your Majesty!" The queen's fainting was caused by poisoning, and if the minister's diagnosis was correct, the mother should have taken arsenic by mistake......"

Before he could say a word, Xiao Zhu's icy voice suddenly rose, as if it had been ground up and spit out from between his teeth: "Arsenic?!" ”

Imperial Physician He's body trembled, and his head lowered a little deeper: "Your Majesty's grace!" Fortunately, Niangniang does not take much, the poisoning is still shallow, Weichen has given Niangniang an antidote pill, and Niangniang will wake up later, and then only take medicine to recuperate, and she can be cured! As he spoke, his arms spread wide, and his five bodies threw himself to the ground: "It's God bless the beam!" The queen is a good person! ”

…… It's okay, it's okay.

Xiao Zhu's eyebrows tightened, and he slowly looked sideways at the person on the bed, his heart full of fear.

He exhaled a sigh of trembling, and said to Imperial Physician He in a deep voice: "You just prescribe a prescription and grab medicine, the queen's well-being, I will be in your hands, if there is a ...... You know how. ”

Doctor He trembled, and said busily: "The minister must go all out to keep the queen safe!" With that, he hurriedly retreated with the medicine boy.

Xiao Zhu sat there and eased his beard for a moment before getting up and walking to her bedside and sitting down.

"What the hell is going on!"

The cold and angry voice sounded in the dormitory, and Fang Yue Xiuxing and the others knelt on the ground, and said words of guilt in their mouths.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is ......" Yarn Yue, who was kneeling at the forefront, hung her head and said eagerly: "Today's mother is a thousand autumns, but Niangniang has had stomach aches since she got up in the morning, and she has no appetite, until later, the congratulatory gifts of the palaces have arrived, and the concubines and others have sent all kinds of food, and the queen mother is afraid of disappointing the concubines, so she ordered the slaves and maids to set the table, who expected that before moving a few chopsticks, Niangniang's face changed!" The slave maid and the others were frightened, and hurriedly sent the imperial doctor, who would have thought ...... Who thought ......"

The more Fang Yue spoke, the lower her voice became, and she was faintly sobbing one or two times.

"Your Majesty! You're going to call the shots! Xiuxing bowed his head and said: "Niangniang only drank half a bowl of porridge in our own palace in the morning, if there is a problem in the porridge, it will definitely not wait until this hour to react, the current situation, some of the concubines who sent food to eat are deliberately plotting to kill Niangniang!" poisoned the diet, which hurt the mother's ......"

For a while, the palace maids and eunuchs of the Changqiu Palace kowtowed one after another, and said in unison: "Please make the ...... for the queen mother!" ”

"What has she eaten today-" Xiao Zhu held her hand, carefully controlling the strength, and even the voice became more and more depressed, "It's the same, all for me!" ”

Fang Yue got up in response and was about to leave, but there was a faint cough sound on the bed.

“…… Yao! Seeing her open her eyes, Xiao Zhu's face suddenly turned happy.

"Wait...... Spinning the moon, and more! Pei Yaowei had just woken up, and she didn't care about responding to his cold greetings, she vaguely heard Xiao Zhu's last words, and she didn't think about it carefully, so she just blindly panicked and struggled to stop Fangyue's footsteps.

Seeing her struggling to get up, Xiao Chai hurriedly helped her and persuaded softly: "You lie down well, don't move, leave the rest to me, no matter who harmed you, I promise you that I will not let her go." Yao, you have a good rest, you don't have to worry about anything! ”

She glanced at Xiao one by one, with undisguised distrust in her eyes, Xiao Chai was stabbed by this glance in a trance, and lost strength in her hands.

Pei Yaowei still sat up.

"Fangyue, you go, all the food sent by the palace concubines has been destroyed, and you are not allowed to check."

Fangyue was shocked: "Niangniang ......"

Xiao Zhu never expected her to say such a sentence, "Yaoyu, are you crazy?" ”

Pei Yaowei turned a deaf ear to his words, and seeing that the moon pestle was not moving, she simply got out of bed to dispose of the food herself.

Pei Yaowei ——! What are you making a fuss about! Lie down honestly for me! Xiao was in a hurry, forgetting her weakness for a while, and with a lot of effort in his hands, he told her to fall back on the bed.

In this way, he regretted that his hands were heavy, and the momentum he had just saved disappeared again.

"Alas......" He sighed helplessly, helped her sit up, and said patiently: "What are you like now, don't you know?" Yao, don't be so stubborn - even if it's just like this, you don't feel sorry for me, you also feel sorry for yourself, okay? ”

Pei Yao looked at him steadily, for a long time, just when Xiao Zhu thought that she had moved her, and was about to turn around and tell Fang Yue to do things again, she suddenly grabbed his arm-

"I said, I can't check it." She said word by word: "Don't check!" ”

Xiao Chai looked at her determined eyes, and suddenly, something happened.

“…… You know who did it, don't you? He asked.

Pei Yao bit her lip and looked at him without saying a word, refusing to let go of her hands at all.

Xiao Chai has already got the answer.

"Xiuxing," he forcefully pulled away her hand, turned his head and ordered neatly, "Come and serve your master." Spinning the moon, go and present to me the things sent by the concubine today! ”

The two of them received their own orders, and Xiao Zhu summoned Sun Zhifang again, and ordered him to pass the order to the six palaces and gather in the main hall of the Changqiu Palace.

Most of the concubines were standing in the court at this moment, and as soon as the edict arrived, they entered one after another and took their seats. There was only one person, and Sun Zhifang invited someone to come over.

When Liang Yanyu came, her face was sober, her clothes were upright, and when she saw Xiao Zhu with a calm face on the high seat, she didn't know how to ask for peace, and she joked in a vain attempt to liven up the atmosphere, only saying that in the middle of the night, I don't know what happened to the queen here, so I have to work My cousin and the six palaces gathered here.

"What's wrong?" Xiao asked with an unkind look: "You are a noble concubine, you should be an example for all concubines, respect the middle palace, and be diligent and thrifty." Why is it that now the queen is sick and the six palaces are gathered, but only you don't know anything, and you are embarrassed to sneer at the queen with a shy face! ”

The teacup in his hand fell to the ground with his words, and in the next moment, led by Liang Yanyu, they knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is angry......

"Cousin, cousin, it's the concubine who is wrong," Liang Yanyu raised his eyes timidly to look at him, and said in a low voice: "Cousin, Yanyu is wrong, don't be angry with Yanyu......"

Xiao Chai glared at her impatiently, not wanting to entangle with her.

"Spinning the Moon!"

As soon as he called, Fang Yue answered, and then clapped his hands, and saw several palace eunuchs working together to lift a red sandalwood carved dining table from the apse.

Fang Yue stood on Xiao Zhu's left hand side, and raised her head to everyone: "Ladies and concubines, today's queen mother fainted, it was not an illness, but someone deliberately harmed her, and poisoned her in the meal she offered to her mother!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the exclamations in the hall came one after another.

"How so? Who is so bold as to dare to harm the queen! ”

“…… Today, it was the mother's Qianqiu, and such a dirty and obscure thing was born! This poisoned person is so vicious! Your Majesty will severely punish this person and make decisions for the queen's mother! ”

"My sister is right! The emperor will severely punish the poisoned blade and kill it to calm the anger of the people! ”

Words of righteous indignation and accusations emerged one after another, but the virtuous concubine Niangniang, who was sitting at the bottom of Concubine Qin Shu, was full of panic, and took advantage of the quieter voices around her, so she asked Xiao Zhu tightly: "Your Majesty, how is the queen mother now?" Are you still safe? ”

Xiao paused before looking at her deeply.

When meeting his gaze, Xiang Ming Dai was slightly stunned.

- His gaze, which fell on her, was so complicated, different from everyone else who looked at it.

"Your Majesty......" Min Dai was a little panicked, and her first reaction was that something had happened to Yao.

But on closer inspection, she rejected the idea.

There was disappointment in his eyes, a struggle, and even more ...... Abhor.

Realizing this, Min Dai was suddenly surprised.

Xiao Chai caught her subtle reaction, and immediately narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked, "Concubine Xian, are you scared?" ”

When he landed, everyone's eyes were focused on Xiang Mingdai.

Min Dai faintly felt a sense of foreboding, but she still got up calmly and said, "Yes, the concubine is afraid." ”

She said: "The concubine is concerned about the safety of the queen's mother, and when she doesn't see her mother safe and sound, she can't feel at ease for a while." ”

"Heh......" Xiao Zhu smiled, and the palm on the armrest was clenched into a fist, "Seeing that she is safe and sound, will you feel at ease?" He shook his head, "I don't think so! ”

"Your Majesty......" Min Dai was puzzled and surprised, and her tone was a lot tougher: "What do you mean by this?" If the queen is safe, it is too late for the concubines to worship God and make wishes, how can they not be at ease? ”

Xiao Zhu closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he raised his chin towards Shou Tao on the dining table and asked, "Concubine Xian, is this Shou Tao offered by you?" ”

Min Dai glanced sideways, and said, "Yes, this longevity peach is indeed a good offer for concubines." ”

Xiao Zhu nodded, got up, and walked towards Min Dai step by step.

"Concubine Xian has always respected the queen, and the queen also trusts Concubine Xian. Today's queen Qianqiu, the food offered by the six palaces, before being put on the queen's dining table, all tried poison, except for the things offered by one person——"

He stood still in front of Min Dai, his cold gaze was like a leopard staring at its prey, "Concubine Xian, what is the matter with this longevity peach, do you say it yourself, or do you want Imperial Doctor Xuan to come and examine it carefully?" ”