Mandarin duck vine, also known as honeysuckle flower, is white at the beginning, and then turns yellow, and is also known as honeysuckle.

Mandarin duck vines bloom in spring and have an extremely long flowering period, and can still be seen in early autumn.

Although this flower is common among the people, it is rare to see it in the imperial palace, where every plant and tree is precious.

How can the small honeysuckle flower compare with the peony and the bright and colorful peony?

Jiang seemed to ask this strangely, and the concubines couldn't help but look at each other.

Princess Yan specially asked where the mandarin duck vines were planted in the palace, what did this mean?

"Old seventh daughter-in-law, you asked about the mandarin duck vine, can it be related to today's events?" Emperor Jingming asked slowly.

Jiang seemed to be calm: "My daughter-in-law is not sure, just ask first." ”

Maybe it was Jiang who seemed to have cured Princess Fuqing's eyes, and the previous means of making the buds bloom revealed too much magic, although Emperor Jingming couldn't think of how the inconspicuous mandarin duck vine could be related to the death of the fifteenth princess, he showed full patience: "Princess Yan's question, have you all heard?" ”

Jiang seemed to be asking in the palace, and the people who lived outside the palace of Princess Rongyang didn't feel it, and the concubines and the princesses who had not yet left the palace suddenly felt a little apprehensive, and they couldn't figure out what Jiang seemed to mean.

"You all think about it, if you can't think of it now, I will send someone to find out who has the mandarin duck vine in the palace afterwards-" Emperor Jingming's words did not say it, but the warning was full of meaning.

It was originally to celebrate the rediscovery of his beloved daughter, but another daughter was killed, if it weren't for his excellent cultivation, Emperor Jingming would have been furious.

After a suffocating silence, a palace maid suddenly knelt down and said timidly: "Return to the emperor, slave maid...... The slave once happened to see a mandarin duck vine in one place......"

"Where?"

When Emperor Jingming asked, the people who recognized this palace maid turned their eyes to Concubine Xian.

Concubine Xian could barely maintain a calm expression, and asked sharply, "Pomegranate, do you know what you're talking about?" ‘

It turned out that this palace maid named Pomegranate was the palace maid of Yuquan Palace, and she accompanied Concubine Xian to the banquet today.

"Why don't you listen to what Concubine Ai has to say." Emperor Jingming glanced at Concubine Xian Liangliang, and his tone was not very good.

Concubine Xian never expected to find her in trouble, and asked the palace maid with her churning anger: "Then tell me, where did you see the mandarin duck vine?" ”

The palace maid secretly handed Concubine Xian a helpless look, and bowed her head and said, "The slave maid has seen the mandarin duck vine ...... Chen Meiren."

Chen Meiren?

Emperor Jingming was a little dazed.

The queen reminded very considerately: "Chen Meiren is the biological mother of the fourteenth princess, and she lives in the side hall of Yuquan Palace. ”

The rules for the residence of the concubines in the harem of the Great Zhou Dynasty are all exquisite, and only when they reach a certain level can they be qualified to have an independent palace, such as Jieyu and Beauty, which can only rely on the high concubines to live.

Hearing that she had seen the mandarin duck vine from Chen Meiren, Concubine Xian breathed a sigh of relief and secretly said at the same time.

These low-level concubines are scattered and live in high-ranking concubines, and which palace they live in is routinely assigned, not that she is allowed to live in her own Yuquan Palace because she looks at which concubine is pleasing to her eyes.

Although I don't know what Princess Yan meant when she asked about the mandarin duck vine, it was obviously not a good thing, but the person she found out lived in Yuquan Palace, which was really a disaster.

"Chen Meiren is here?" Emperor Jingming figured out Chen Meiren's identity and asked with a frown.

This palace banquet was originally organized by the queen, and she was naturally clear about this, and immediately said when she heard the words: "Chen Meiren has taken leave." ”

"Leave?"

"The fourteenth princess was sick two days ago, and Chen Meiren took leave, saying that she was going to take care of the fourteenth princess."

When the princess reached the age of twelve, she no longer lived with her mother, and the fourteenth princess was as old as the princess of Fuqing and had already moved out of Yuquan Palace.

Of course, although the princesses live separately from their mothers when they grow up, because they are all in the harem, it is still very convenient for the concubines to visit, and they do not need to report to the queen.

"In other words, Chen Meiren and Fourteen are not in the palace?" Emperor Jingming's brows furrowed tighter, and his mood was inexplicably a little heavy.

The queen bowed: "Exactly." ”

Emperor Jingming looked at Jiang Yi: "The seventh daughter-in-law, now I know where there are mandarin duck vines, what do you mean by this?" ”

"My daughter-in-law has to go and see for myself."

Seeing that Jiang seemed to be more and more puzzling, Emperor Jingming couldn't help but glance at Yu Jin.

What does the seventh daughter-in-law mean?

"Father, the daughter-in-law is not selling the guanzi, but this matter is very important, and the daughter-in-law does not dare to affect anyone indiscriminately, only by going to see it in person can we be sure."

Emperor Jingming sighed: "Okay, ask Pan Hai to take you to Yuquan Palace." ”

Jiang seemed to bend his knees slightly: "Please also ask the envoy of the Tai Hospital to accompany you." ”

Jiang Yi had already been allowed to go to Yuquan Palace, and Emperor Jingming naturally would not be embarrassed by this, so he nodded without hesitation.

Yu Jin wanted to ask to go with Jiang Yi, but the look he received from Jiang Yi dispelled his thoughts.

At this time, the most uncomfortable thing is Concubine Xian.

Princess Yan actually wants to go to Yuquan Palace in person, what is she selling?

Could it be that Chen Meiren has something to do with the death of the fifteenth princess? How is this possible!

The more I thought about it, the more I couldn't figure it out, and I couldn't figure it out, so I couldn't hold back Concubine Xian and think of Gong again.

But at this time, none of the people present could leave, and when they said to the emperor that they wanted to be respectful, they would simply lose face.

I have no choice but to endure.

While waiting, Emperor Jingming closed his eyes and was silent, and everyone couldn't help but whisper.

"What is Princess Yan doing watching the mandarin duck vine?"

"Who knows? Could it be that mandarin duck vines can still poison people? ”

That's meant to make fun of it.

And the several imperial doctors who remained in the hall exchanged glances, and faintly had some kind of terrible guess.

Of course, before Princess Yan didn't come back, they didn't dare to say a word.

The eldest princess of Rongyang waited impatiently, and sneered at the county lord of Ningluo beside her: "I think Princess Yan is just playing tricks. ”

The county lord of Ningluo is the mother of Chen Huifu, and her daughter made a big fool at the plum banquet, and after careful interrogation, she felt that she was inseparable from Jiang, so she did not agree with the words of the eldest princess of Rongyang, and said in a low voice: "It's hard to say, don't look at Princess Yan is young, but she is a ...... ：

After a long wait, Jiang seemed to finally return, holding a folded handkerchief in his hand.

"Old seventh daughter-in-law, can you make it clear now?" Emperor Jingming opened his eyes and asked, and his afterglow swept towards Pan Hai.

As Emperor Jingming's most trusted eunuch, Pan Hai didn't know how many storms and waves he had seen, but his face turned pale at the moment, obviously something had happened that shocked him extremely.

"Father, daughter-in-law has probably found the source of the poison."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

"Where?" Emperor Jingming couldn't wait to ask.

Jiang seemed to say calmly: "It's in that mandarin duck vine!" ”

"Impossible, Mandarin Duck Vine is not only non-toxic, but also a good medicine!" Quite a few people blurted out.

The poison that can kill the fifteenth princess in a short period of time will be the mandarin duck vine? It's ridiculous!

Jiang seemed to be blessed to Emperor Jingming without changing his face: "Father, let's ask the envoy of the Zhang Yuan to speak." ”