Tuoba Lin spread his little feet and ran in the direction of He Xi, he seemed to be a little afraid of Tuoba Chen, ran very fast, and did not slow down when he arrived at He Xi's side, if it was usual, He Xi might still be able to catch him, but at this time, He Xi's body had no strength at all, and he was hit by a small meat ball, so hard that he almost fell backwards.

Tuoba Lin seemed to be aware of such a problem, he tilted his head, bit his fingers and thought carefully for a moment, and said in a soft and glutinous voice: "Mother, huhu, pain-" He stretched out his hand and pointed to the place where Tuoba Chen had just been pulled hard, and complained.

He Xi wanted to laugh, but she couldn't hold the corners of her mouth, she could only pull Tuoba Lin's little clothes, Rui Zhi saw He Xi like this, and wanted to step forward to bring the eldest prince over, she looked at Concubine De silently, but saw that Concubine De was sitting indifferently and tasting the tea in her hand, she had to dispel the idea.

"Lin'er is still young, what rules and etiquette do you know, my father still can't call it." Concubine De took a sip of tea, and then said in a deep voice, and her words inevitably defended the eldest prince. Lan Ruo wanted to say something, but he was worried that he would have a reputation for treating the eldest prince harshly, so he could only say nonchalantly: "That's right, it's just that this eldest prince can't help crying too much, a few days ago, he cried non-stop at night, which made the concubines think something big had happened." ”

Her tone was sneering, and Concubine De smiled coldly and said: "The queen has no experience, although it is said that the mourning family has no heirs under her knees, but there are many heirs of the first emperor, and the mourning family has also seen it, and there is no one who does not like to cry or make trouble at this age." ”

Lan Ruo was refuted like this, and her heart was depressed, but she couldn't do it again. could only look at Tuoba Chen on the side with some grievances, Tuoba Chen looked at Concubine De carefully with a pair of phoenix eyes, and seemed to be guessing in his heart whether Concubine De's intention to come had anything to do with He Xi, he said tentatively: "Today, He Xi almost harmed Concubine Shu's miscarriage, someone accused her of deliberately murdering, what does Concubine mean?" ”

Lan Ruo was a little anxious in her heart, she didn't expect Tuoba Chen to hand over the decision of this matter to Concubine De, so if Concubine De intended to defend He Xi, wouldn't it let her escape. Concubine De held the celadon cup in her hand, her eyes were like water, although she was nearly half a hundred years old, her clear eyes could not see the vicissitudes of time at all, she said slowly: "The mourning family just cares about their good grandson, this harem matter, there is an emperor and a queen to take care of, and the mourning family is naturally at ease." ”

Lan Ruo breathed a sigh of relief, and Tuoba Chen said with a calm expression: "Mrs. Xi, do you have anything else to say?" Tuoba Lin obediently snuggled up to He Xi's side, and He Xi said weakly: "The concubine is still the same sentence, the concubine only came to visit the concubine today, and she has no intention of harming her." ”

Lan Ruo said, "Is there any evidence?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, today there is a palace maid from Lingxiu Palace who came to report that it was for us to take a look, and there is something bad about the lady concubine." Chou'er hurriedly said.

"Oh? Come on, go to Xuanna palace maid to enter the palace. Tuoba Chen waved his hand, and Fuqing immediately took the ugly child down to identify it.

After a while, she brought a delicate-looking little maid, she herself didn't seem to have the slightest emotion, she knelt on the ground honestly, and said coquettishly: "Slave maid see Concubine De, Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Master Wanfu Jin'an." ”

"Excuse me, today you went to Mrs. Xi's palace to tell Concubine Shu about it?" Lan Ruo asked in a majestic voice.

The little palace maid seemed to be a little puzzled, looked at He Xi sideways, and said after a while: "Please forgive the slave maid for being stupid, I don't understand the words of the queen mother, the slave maid is the slave maid of Lingxiu Palace, how do you know about the Bingquan Palace?" ”

When Ugly heard her say this, she was a little anxious, and said loudly: "In front of Your Majesty, you are guilty of bullying the king, and today it is obviously you-"

"Your Majesty, what the slave said is true, and I dare not have half a sentence." The little palace maid's tone became more and more determined.

Lan Ruo looked at the ugly child's angry appearance, and her heart was inevitably a little happy.

The green pothos, who had been standing aside, suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the slave and maid remembered another thing. ”

"Tell me, what do you remember?" Tuoba Chen Road.

"A few days ago, the queen mother heard that our mother has been worried too much recently, so she asked someone to send a medicine sachet, saying that Mrs. Xi had made it herself, and gave it to the mother, which has the effect of calming the nerves and helping her sleep, and the queen mother used it very well, and felt that now Mrs. Xi is with the eldest prince, there must be no time to make superfluous, so she gave her own use to our mother, but-" The green pothos looked at the top of the head without saying anything.

"As for this, Hongu remembers, but what?" Lan Ruo nodded and asked.

"But our mother used it for a few days, and then said that she was uncomfortable, and the slave maid thought, maybe the medicine bag was not suitable for our mother, so she put it away, and now it seems that Mrs. Xu Shixi had secretly moved her hands and feet at that time." The pothos is convincing and determined.

"Your Majesty, that medicine bag is indeed from the hands of a concubine, but it only contains some common sleep aids, and nothing else is mixed with it." He Xi said.

"Whether there is anything adulterated or not, let the doctor know at a check. Pothos, you took the sac. Lan Ruo instructed lightly, after a moment of effort, the green pothos held a delicately made medicine bag in his hand, very small, because it was first dedicated to the queen, with the appearance of a bright red embroidered gold thread, Wei Zhongliang took out a pair of gold scissors from his medicine box, carefully cut the seal of the medicine sachet, poured the contents into the palm of his hand, carefully twisted it, and put it under the tip of his nose to carefully distinguish, a moment of effort, his expression changed, it seemed to be a little uncertain, He picked up one of the dried herbs, sniffed it carefully, and then knelt down with his hands on the thing and said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the medicinal materials in it are really strange, this smell of salvia looks nothing abnormal, but if it is as expected by the minister, this salvia has been boiled in saffron water, if you don't carefully distinguish it, it is really easy to be covered by the original taste of salvia." ”

"Saffron? That's not—" Qiao'er on the side all looked shocked.

"Yes, saffron invigorates blood and dispels blood stasis, which is a big taboo for women, although the queen is not pregnant, but wearing it for a long time will also affect the body. Concubine Niangniang is delicate and reacts strongly, but fortunately, the pothos girl put it away in time, otherwise with today's incident, I am afraid that even if Hua Tuo is alive, this child will not be able to be saved. Wei Zhongliang said with some heartache.

Everyone present seemed to gasp, and Lan Ruo was even more angry, and even the beads on her sideburns were trembling slightly. She pointed in the direction of He Xi and said: "Mrs. Xi, you are really ruthless, this palace treats you well, and Concubine Shu, she treats you even more like a sister, why are you so ruthless?" ”

Tuoba Chen's eyes became even colder, and Concubine De couldn't help but sigh slightly in her heart, and whispered to Aunt Ruizhi: "Bring the eldest prince over." Aunt Ruizhi was ordered to pick up Tuoba Lin, Tuoba Lin was unwilling to leave He Xi's side, He Xi said: "Lin'er is good, go to Grandma Taifei." Tuoba Lin seemed to be able to understand He Xi's words, but he stopped struggling, and obediently shrunk into Ruizhi's arms, but those eyes could still see that he was reluctant.

"Someone, Mrs. Xi deliberately murdered the emperor's heir, the evidence is conclusive-"

"Your Majesty, can you allow the concubine to say a few words-" He Xi interrupted Tuoba Chen's words.

"What else do you have to say? Having a poisonous woman like you to cause trouble in the palace is really a misfortune for my calendar. Lan Ruo reprimanded sharply.

He Xi's back was straight, and Tuoba Chen found that since the beginning of his work, He Xi has always maintained this posture, neither humble nor arrogant, and the paranoid look on his face made him think of a person, and he couldn't help but say softly: "What else do you want to say?" ”

Lan Ruo looked at Tuoba Chen in disbelief, she didn't expect that things had developed to such a point now, Tuoba Chen even gave He Xi a chance to speak, she couldn't hide her disappointment and said to Tuoba Chen: "Your Majesty-"

However, Tuoba Chen just turned around and patted the back of her hand as if he was appeased, not so much to appease as perfunctory.

He Xi said coldly: "The concubine has something unclear about, and I want to consult Imperial Doctor Wei." Wei Zhongliang heard He Xi's words, and secretly looked at Lan Ruo, he had always been a little conceited, and when he heard the word ask for advice in He Xi's mouth, he became more and more impatient and said: "What does Mrs. Xi have to say, even if you ask the old minister, ask for advice, the old minister can't afford it." ”

He Xi looked at the once familiar face in front of her, as if she had changed a person at this time, she inevitably felt a little cold in her heart, she said: "Although saffron is an extremely violent and domineering thing, but the medicinal properties are extremely short, and it has always been put together with other medicinal materials, one is to reconcile the violent medicinal properties, and the other is to prolong the medicinal effect, am I right?" ”

He Xi said this sentence in a crisp voice, Wei Zhongliang was a little surprised that He Xi was still proficient in medical science, and he said with disdain: "It seems that Mrs. Xi has carefully studied this saffron." But that's the truth. He had something to say, and Concubine De looked at He Xi in the audience with an inexplicable expression, not understanding the meaning of her doing this, was it to confirm her own crimes?

People in the field couldn't help but have different hearts, He Xi smiled slowly, the blood stains on her face had slowly dried up, and it was like a decadent Manzhu Sawa blooming flower, and the momentum on her body became more and more awe-inspiring, and she said coldly: "Then if you use good medicine to reconcile, you can maintain the medicinal properties for a few months at most?" When Lan Ruo heard He Xi ask this, she seemed to understand the intention of He Xi's words, and she wanted to interrupt Wei Zhongliang's words.