Chapter 48: The Poisoning of the Prince
In the summer of previous years, there were no other activities except for the cruise party on the summer solstice, the birthday of the Queen Mother, the Tanabata lantern festival and the summer resort.
The cruise party has passed, and there is still a month and a half to go for the queen mother's birthday, if nothing else, it will take about a month and a half to see Xuan Shizi.
What is more torturous than a month and a half is these days in the palace, although the palace is covered by the queen mother, but it is also inevitable that other people's small means. As a result, Chu Yunsheng stayed in Changle Palace for the past few days and didn't go out.
Four days passed in a blink of an eye, except for the next day, Wan Zhaoyi, the lord of Xueyan Palace, came to find her to lie down, saying that she had severely punished Huimeiren, no one else found her, and she was also happy.
The Queen Mother raised the Ten Princes under her knees, and the Ten Princes were lively by nature, but the Queen Mother did not allow him to leave the Changle Palace, so the Ten Princes came to her to talk and chat.
On this day, Chu Yunsheng was sitting on the beauty couch and eating melon seeds, and Qin Xu, the tenth prince, came over, asked with a wrinkled face, "I heard that Sister Pingyang will leave the palace tomorrow, so will Xu'er not be able to see Sister Pingyang in the future?" ”
stayed in the palace for four days, and Chu Yunsheng thought about leaving the palace for four days.
Facing Qin Xu's reluctant gaze, she suppressed the joy in her heart, "The Queen Mother often summons me to the palace, and I will come to see you when the time comes." ”
Qin Xu let out an "oh" with a lack of interest, obviously unhappy.
Trapped in this boxy Changle Palace, it was not easy to find a playmate, but now that he is coming, how can he be reluctant.
"Didn't you say a few days ago that other princes and princesses all have sachets, looking greedy, I embroidered one for you." Chu Yunsheng rubbed his head soothingly, took out a royal blue sachet from the drawer next to him and handed it to Qin Xu.
Seeing the sachet, Qin Xu's eyes lit up, swept away the previous depressed mood, and happily took the sachet and looked at it in his hand, "This embroidery is really exquisite!" ”
Looking at Qin Xu's satisfied smile, Chu Yunsheng smiled, picked up this leather bag, and became a cheap county lord, I didn't expect to give such a superb embroidery, it's really not a loss!
After the embroidery was completed, she asked people to prepare paper, ink, pen and inkstone, intending to practice calligraphy to pass the time. Qin Xu said that Taifu punished him for copying books, picked up the book and copied it beside him.
In the blink of an eye, lunch time came, Chu Yunsheng thought that today was the last day to stay in the palace, Qin Xu must be reluctant in his heart, so he made an exception to leave Qin Xu for dinner.
In the afternoon, Chu Yunsheng was practicing calligraphy at the desk without distraction, and suddenly heard Qin Xu's whimper in grief a few times.
Chu Yunsheng was startled and looked at Qin Xu.
I only saw Qin Xu lying on the table in pain, and when he looked at it, there was no blood on his face.
She chuckled, dropped the brush in her hand and went to the Ten Princes, and when she got closer, she saw the Ten Princes' pale faces, and the purple and oozing lips - this was clearly poisoned.
"Imperial Doctor, called Imperial Doctor."
The poisoning of the prince was not trivial, and it soon spread all over Changle Palace.
Looking at Qin Xu, who looked pained, Chu Yunsheng frowned deeply, and she asked, "Ten Princes, how could you be poisoned?" ”
In the past few days, the ten princes have been left in Changle Palace by the Queen Mother and not allowed to go out, and have not been in contact with outsiders. And the people in Changle Palace are carefully selected by the Queen Mother, and their hands and feet are absolutely clean, how can it cause the prince to be poisoned!
Chu Yunsheng nervously tugged on Qin Xu's arm and waited for his reply. Qin Xu shook his head and spit out a string of words with difficulty, "Xu Er doesn't know, since eating lunch, she has started to have abdominal pain. ”
Lunch?
She remembered that it was she who left the Ten Princes for lunch!
She was startled, helped Qin Xu to lie on the beauty couch, and then instructed the palace people to bring up the leftover soup and vegetables that she had eaten today.
It's not good to risk herself to test drugs, she learned from the TV series, using silverware to test.
When Chu Yunsheng asked the palace maid to invite the imperial doctor, someone informed the queen mother of the matter, and the queen mother led the palace people straight to Chu Yunsheng's residence.
The imperial doctor was still on the way, and the queen mother arrived first.
Seeing Qin Xu, who had obvious symptoms of poisoning, the Queen Mother's face was not good-looking, "Yun Sheng, what's going on?" ”
Chu Yunsheng's heartstrings tightened, and he was about to speak, but was interrupted by a richly dressed old woman, "These ten princes are good in my sister's Changle Palace, how can they be poisoned?" ”
Chu Yunsheng took the opportunity to look over, and when the Queen Mother came in, this person also came in, and this dark appearance was either an old lady in the family or a concubine in the palace.
"How will the mourning family know?" The queen mother's face turned cold, she looked at the old woman unhappily, and ordered the expulsion, "It's not the right time for the concubine to enter the palace today, so go back first!" ”
This old woman is the concubine of the first emperor, who has been fighting against the queen mother for many years.
"The poisoning of the Ten Princes is not trivial at this time, at this time, how can my sister sit idly by!" A smile appeared on the old face of the noble concubine, and she looked at the queen mother faintly, "This is not a trivial matter, when I heard about this, my sister asked people to inform Your Majesty and the Empress." ”
"You ......" the Queen Mother looked at the concubine angrily, "Who let you make a claim?" ”
"Sister, you can't ignore the safety of the Ten Princes and shelter sinners just because the Ten Princes' mother is just a mere beauty." The shrewd eyes of the noble concubine glanced at Chu Yunsheng and snorted coldly.
The Queen Mother looked at the concubine coldly for a long time, then turned to Chu Yunsheng, and her tone softened slightly, "Yunsheng, what's going on?" ”
The two big Buddhas were finally indisputable, and Chu Yunsheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "After the Ten Princes had lunch with me, they began to have abdominal pain. ”
Hearing this, the Queen Mother frowned, "It must be a dietary problem." ”
"Bring the lunch over, and then call the palace people who tried the food over." The noble concubine said what the Queen Mother had not finished.
The meals had already been placed on the table according to Chu Yunsheng's instructions.
According to the meaning of the concubine, she quickly called the person who tried the meal, and there were no symptoms of discomfort, so she tried it again on the spot, and there was still no discomfort.
At this time, it happened that the envoy of the Tai Hospital rushed over and tested the lunch with silver needles one by one, and after a while, the silver needles were still shining brightly.
The silver needle did not change color, but Chu Yunsheng was not relaxed in his heart.
The Ten Princes had only been in contact with her during this time, and if it was said that the Ten Princes were not food poisoning, then it was very likely that some means that she did not know about caused the poisoning of the Ten Princes.
Thinking about it like this, it's even more terrifying.
The envoy looked at the silver needle and tried again, "The Empress Dowager, the noble concubine, the meal is fine." ”
"Okay?" The Queen Mother looked at Qin Xu, whose face was full of signs of poisoning, and her face was solemn, "Since there is no hindrance, how can the Ten Princes be poisoned." ”
The concubine thought for a moment and quickly asked, "Can these foods be compatible?" ”
The imperial physician quickly rejected the concubine's speculation, "These foods are incompatible." ”
Hearing the noble concubine mention the truth of restraint, Chu Yunsheng's brows furrowed, in addition to eating the food in his stomach will restrain him, it will also lead to poisoning in other forms.
A room full of people couldn't find a clue, and the noble concubine said for fear that the world would not be chaotic, "That's strange, how can I be poisoned for no reason." ”
Chu Yunsheng had heard a long time ago that the noble concubine and her grandmother were not in harmony, and when she heard the noble concubine speak, she made a mistake, "In addition to food and food restraint, is there any possibility of ......?"
Suddenly, a sharp voice interrupted Chu Yunsheng's next words, "The queen mother has arrived." ”