Chapter XXVII: The Death of the Empress
"Yes, a birthday gift for the emperor."
When Yu Lan heard this, she hurriedly helped.
The eunuch who was patrolling the night passed by, "Why is there a light in the imperial dining room, it can't be a thief!" The two eunuchs lightly picked up the stick by the door, pushed the door open lightly, raised the stick high, and was about to knock it down from behind, Orange Creek turned around sharply, the eunuch was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and the eunuch hurriedly got up and threw away the stick in his hand, "Concubine Tong, why are you, the slave participates in the mother." ”
"Get up!"
"Mother, what are you?"
"Nothing! Go and patrol your night. The two eunuchs withdrew from the imperial dining room.
At the beginning of the emperor's birthday banquet, the concubines of the palace are also attentive, and it is not easy to find what the emperor likes.
The concubines of each palace began to offer treasures, and the queen prepared a pair of jade unicorns, "The unicorn came to the ancient beasts, and its longevity was ten thousand years, and the concubines wished the emperor a long life without borders, and a longevity better than Nanshan." ”
"The queen is bothered!" Gonggong Chen accepted the jade unicorn for the emperor.
"The concubine presented two pastel Maitreya Buddhas, Maitreya Buddha has always been worry-free, I wish the emperor a long life and Tianqi, may the country stay forever, and the country will be safe." Emperor Yi stepped forward to offer a gift.
"Emperor Yi's concubine is bothered! You have to take care of the five Gege for me, you have always been a doppelganger, and the imperial concubine has worked hard. ”
"The concubine is ashamed, after all, she wants to add an elder brother to the emperor."
The emperor personally sat down and accepted the Maitreya Buddha of Emperor Yi's concubine, "Why should the imperial concubine blame herself, the five Gege are also my bloodline, I also like it very much, take a seat!" ”
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"Niangniang, are you okay? The hour passed in no time. Yu Lan was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
"It's going to take a while! You go to the banquet and help me top, I'll be there soon." Orange Creek kept staring at the white smoke steamer.
The concubines and concubines in each palace all offered treasures, but the emperor always felt that something was missing, and when he looked around, the seat in Orange Creek was empty, "Does anyone know where Concubine Tong went?" There was no answer.
This is Yu Lan rushing over, stumbling and kneeling in the hall, "Your Majesty, Concubine Tong will be there soon." ”
"Concubine Tong is indeed a little willful, and she is late for the emperor's birthday, what do you say? Emperor. The queen tactfully sow discord.
"What did she do? Don't you know that today is my birthday? ”
"Back to the emperor, Niangniang is still busy in the imperial dining room at this time! said that he wanted to prepare a birthday gift for the emperor in person. ”
"That's it! Then I'll wait for her. The emperor was full of anticipation, returned to his seat, picked up a glass of wine, and took a sip. Gonggong Chen waited carefully beside him, and refilled another cup for the emperor.
Orange Creek finally came, "The concubine is late, I wish the emperor a happy birthday, every year has this dynasty, every year has today, this is the concubine personally prepared for the emperor......" Orange Creek motioned to the palace maid to open the lid, "Longevity noodles, named Cailong Play Pearl." I saw a dragon-shaped bowl with colorful noodles and another Fluttershy with two small red balls, which looked like buns.
"Bring it up!" Gonggong Chen hurriedly brought these to the emperor, and the emperor ate them with relish, "Concubine Tong! Did you really do it yourself? ”
"Back to the emperor, it was made by the concubines themselves."
"It's so delicious, I've never eaten it before, such beautiful and delicious noodles." Gonggong Chen swallowed his saliva when he looked at it next to him, "In the future, I will eat the noodles you made every day, Concubine Tong should take a seat quickly!" ”
As soon as Orange Creek's simple bowl of colorful noodles came, other rare treasures lost their color, and longevity noodles came out on top.
Back in Kunning Palace, the queen was so angry that she coughed, "I didn't expect me to bother to prepare, it's not as good as a bowl of noodles, as the saying goes, don't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, the emperor has already thrown my kindness to him out of the clouds, cough cough ......" The queen covered her mouth with her hand, and when she took off the handkerchief, a blood lotus bloomed on the white handkerchief.
"Niangniang, you are, the slave and maid will go to the imperial doctor immediately." Yun Ling saw the blood on the handkerchief and hurriedly ran out of the house.
"Niangniang, the imperial doctor is here, the imperial doctor is here." Imperial Physician Jian followed behind Yu Lan and hurried over.
Imperial Physician Jian took the pulse of the queen, his face was heavy, and he was silent for a long time, "Imperial Physician Jian, is this body in this palace okay?" ”
"Niangniang, forgive me for not daring to speak out." Imperial Physician Jian immediately knelt down and replied.
"Say, tell the truth." In fact, she was also scared in her heart, but she always had to face what she should face.
"This ...... This ......" Imperial Doctor Jian still swallowed, "Niangniang, there is nothing the minister can do, the minister should go and ask the head of the hospital to come!" After Doctor Jian finished speaking, he was anxious to leave.
"Stop!" Imperial Doctor Jian stopped and didn't dare to go any further, "How much time is there left in this palace?" ”
Imperial Physician Jian was so frightened that his legs trembled, "More than a month, less than ten days and a half months." ”
"Today's matter, this palace doesn't want the fourth person to know, get out." The queen roared like crazy, knocking over the tea set on the table, "Roll on...... Get out of here......"
Outside the door of the General's Mansion, the doctor slammed the door vigorously, holding his chicken in his hand, and the housekeeper came to open the door, "Who are you looking for?" ”
"I'm looking for the general." The doctor held his head high, with a proud expression.
"Go...... Where is it called Hanako, how can you see the general? The butler pushed the doctor away and tried to close the door.
Yixiu took out the jade pendant given by the general and dangled it in front of the housekeeper, "Do you know?" This was given to me by your general, so that I could use it to find him. ”
The housekeeper snatched the jade pendant dangling in front of him, and after a closer look, it was really the general's, "What's your name?" ”
"Taishan Saihua Tuo's men are resting."
"You wait, I'll report." The housekeeper closed the door and walked towards the general's study, "General, there is a man outside who claims to be a doctor under the Taishan Saihua Tuo Sect who wants to see you." ”
"Medical leave...... Let him in. "After meeting his benefactor for a long time, Heber was a little excited.
The doctor followed behind the housekeeper, looking around as he walked, the general's mansion is really big! I have never seen such a big house, and it is as beautiful as a cloud.
"Doctor, I really didn't expect you to come, is the doctor okay?"
While eating the snacks on the table, the doctor returned, "My master passed away last month, and it's really boring to live alone in the mountains, no, I came down to look for you, why don't you see the two little ladies?" ”
"They! They are in the palace, not that they can see them if they want to. ”
"Palace? Royal Palace? How could they be in the palace? ”
"The one who was sick before was the emperor's concubine, and Yu Lan was her personal maid, so naturally they were all in the palace, tomorrow happens to be the day when I enter the palace to visit relatives, if you really want to see them, you can enter the palace with me."
"Okay, good, I've grown so big, I haven't seen what the palace looks like!" When the doctor heard that he was going to enter the palace, he was so excited.
Seeing that his face was tired, Heber ordered a guest room for him to rest first.
The queen looked at Hongye, who was less than two years old, and listened to the sound that made her cry, if she was gone, Hongye might not know what crime she would suffer, she meditated hard. first sent a letter to the family, and the letter wrote: Amma, her daughter is unfilial, seriously ill, and I am afraid that she will die soon! Now my daughter wants to use her last bit of life to remove obstacles for Hongye, if I die, I will also ask my father to send a reliable woman into the palace to take care of Hongye for her daughter, and my daughter Wuerqin will not write.
After reading the letter, Lord Wu burst into tears.
In this life, the queen can bend and stretch, and she never has a soft hand in killing her sister and killing people, if she is a man and a king, she has a vigorous life, but she can't escape the poison of this disease.
On this day, Concubine Xiang came to ask for peace, and the queen still remembered Hongtai's proud face that day.
"The queen is auspicious, I heard that the mother has been feeling cold recently, and the concubine brought some ginger cakes, which is very effective in driving away cold and relieving cough." Concubine Xiang was afraid that the queen would still hold a grudge because of the events of that day, and when she heard that the queen was unwell, she hurried to care.
"Concubine Xiang has a heart, it's okay, a little illness, you all go out! Concubine Xiang and I want to talk about it alone. The queen drove everyone out of the door, and the plan that had been designed a long time ago was intended to be used on Concubine Tong, but she didn't expect Concubine Xiang to take the lead, which is also better, compared to Concubine Tong, this Concubine Xiang is better, "Concubine Xiang!" There was a bowl of ginger soup on the table, and I bothered to help Bengong bring it over. Taking advantage of Concubine Xiang's unpreparedness, the queen swallowed the poison prepared in advance.
Concubine Xiang brought ginger soup, "Niangniang, let the concubine serve you!" ”
"How dare you? Hongu came by himself. The queen raised her head and took a sip.
Concubine Xiang took the bowl and was about to put it back on the table, but she didn't expect the queen to suddenly spit blood from her mouth, "You...... You ......"
Concubine Xiang hurriedly called, "Come on!" Come on! The subordinates pushed the door in, and they all saw the queen pointing at Concubine Xiang, and then fell down and rolled under the bed.
Yun Ling hurriedly stepped forward to help, "Niangniang, Niangniang, what's wrong with you, go and pass the imperial doctor, go quickly......" Yun Ling yelled at the eunuch standing there. "Concubine Xiang, what happened to the queen mother? It's all fine just now. ”
"I didn't, I didn't, the queen drank the ginger soup on the table." Concubine Xiang was also confused by the sudden situation.
Yun Ling kept hugging the queen and crying, "Niangniang, wake up!" Mother, wake up......"
Imperial Physician Jian soon arrived, took a pulse, and quickly knelt on the ground, "The queen is back to heaven!" Everyone knelt down, wails filled the room, and Concubine Xiang, who was standing there, was at a loss for what to do.
Then the emperor also came, saw the subordinates kneeling in the room, and saw the queen lying on the bed with a face like snow, "What's wrong with the queen?" ”
"Your Majesty, the queen has returned to heaven." Imperial Physician Jane returned.
"What do you say? Wasn't it okay a few days ago, why did you suddenly ......" The emperor was a little skeptical.
"Back to the emperor, the mother vomited black blood in her mouth, her lips were purple, and her nails were black, which should be poisoned."
"Poisoned?"
"It's Concubine Xiang, the emperor, it's Concubine Xiang, Concubine Xiang and Niangniang were in the house just now." Yun Ling stood up from the ground, pointed at Concubine Xiang, and spoke to the emperor.
"I didn't, Your Majesty, I'm really not a concubine." Concubine Xiang argued.
"Just the two of you in the house, will the queen mother poison herself?" Yun Ling forced each other.
"Bold slave and maid dare to slander me." Concubine Xiang wanted to give Yun Ling a slap.
The emperor grabbed her hand and stopped her, "Not you?" Then Concubine Xiang, you should explain to me, who poisoned the queen? ”
"I ...... I...... The concubine doesn't know, it's not the concubine anyway. Concubine Xiang still said confidently.
"Okay, you find out the real culprit for me, otherwise tomorrow I will ask for your head." The emperor shook off Concubine Xiang's hand fiercely, Concubine Xiang immediately knelt on the ground, crying and pleading with the emperor, but the emperor ignored her, "Sort out the queen's remains, and order to go down to prepare for the queen's funeral." ”
"Huh! The minion will do it. Chen Gonggong returned.