After half a month of leisure, Hexuan is either working hard to make up for his homework, or accompanying his younger brother Ji Tai and his mother Mrs. Cai, and then dealing with Tianwei. In this way, there are indeed very few people in the palace who can meet and talk.

The only thing that surprised He Xuan was that Zhao Lin didn't tell what happened that day. This is really strange, she is faintly worried that the other party will have a back-up, but she can't think of a way to deal with it for a while.

Empress Zhao's thirty-fourth birthday is tomorrow, and she is also like the Queen Mother's Flower Dynasty Festival banquet, not only everyone in the harem will participate, but also invite some children of the clan lords.

Different from the Flower Dynasty Festival, the emperor was to attend the birthday of Empress Zhao to show the harmony of husband and wife.

Most of the women in the harem are idle, and most of them like to be lively, and this kind of banquet seems to be one of the few pastimes they have.

Mrs. Cai was given a birthday gift to Empress Zhao very early, and her embroidery work was excellent, and it took several months to embroider a Fu Lu Shou dozens of meters long on thin silk silk with gold thread. The silk silk is like transparent, hanging on the wall, the three words Fu Lu Shou are shining golden, very exquisite.

Although He Xuan's embroidery is not bad, he has not been able to inherit such superb skills from his mother, Mrs. Cai. He Xuan is not a little girl who likes to sit in the room all day long and embroider, so she doesn't care much about it.

In the previous life, He Xuan was very proficient in calligraphy, so he wrote a birthday character with a wave of the pen, which was regarded as a gift to Empress Zhao. Originally, such a sinister and vicious queen mother, why bother to try to please?

He Xuan was pacing in the courtyard, just thinking about resting early, and tomorrow he was going to force a smile in front of everyone, pretending to be a mother and son to show outsiders.

Empress Zhao's birthday banquet officially began in the middle of the day, and the guests entered the palace one after another in the middle of the hour, and slowly walked to the Yuquan Palace where Empress Zhao lived.

Because Empress Zhao is the mother of a country, the main hall is half full of peony flowers, and the courtyard is placed with other colorful flowers, which is quite a bit of a star holding the moon.

It was almost noon, and He Xuan wanted to go to Yuquan Palace to talk to Cai Wenxuan first, so he set off with his mother and Mrs. Cai and Ji Tai.

When he walked near the Imperial Garden, he saw the crown prince Ji Rong talking to a person who looked like a prince opposite, and the prince seemed to be very unhappy.

He Xuan motioned for Qing'er not to speak, and the two hid behind a large stone statue to eavesdrop.

The crown prince said contemptuously: "Brother Huang, I didn't expect you to have such ambitions, and you actually wanted to win the top spot in the spring hunt." But Brother Huang, I have always underestimated you! ”

He Xuan thought about it, Toukui, then it seems that the opposite of the crown prince is the third prince Ji Min.

The voice of the third prince Ji Min trembled slightly: "Brother Huang, this matter is really not done by me, I obviously changed the arrow according to the instructions of the imperial brother, thinking of helping the imperial brother." Someone must have plotted against me in this matter, I have already sent someone to investigate for a few days, the royal brother must not fall for someone else's tricks! ”

"Really?" The prince's tone was playful, and he asked leisurely, "I don't know what you've found third brother?" ”

"This... The imperial brother has never found any news, but this matter is definitely not the emperor's doing! ”

When the prince heard this, he laughed a few times and continued: "More than a month has passed, and the imperial brother keeps saying that he was framed, but after checking for so long, there is no evidence at all. You know that everyone else is my subordinate and cronies, and they will never betray me. You say that someone framed you, but why did the person who framed you make you the biggest beneficiary? ”

The third prince, Ji Min, was speechless by the crown prince, and he couldn't justify it for a while.

The crown prince looked at him contemptuously and said condescendingly: "The imperial brother is not a three-year-old child, and he can be coaxed by you in just a few words. Ji Min, I used to be a brother who failed to see your ambitions. From now on, we'll see! With that, he waved his sleeves and turned to leave.

When He Xuan heard this, he also guessed what happened. Although she asked her cousin to steal the arrow, she didn't say who she would change it for. The cousin just exchanged the arrows of the third prince for those people, and the third prince was the one who said in the camp that day that he would help the eldest prince win the championship. Now the two of them have a dislike for each other, and it is very likely that they will not die.

Although there was a trace of unbearability in his heart, He Xuan always felt that the third prince Ji Min deserved it. Therefore, He Xuan didn't bother to think about it anymore, and let them fight them, just live their own little life with Xuan!

After the third prince Ji Min left in a gloomy manner, He Xuan and Qing'er continued to walk in the direction of Yuquan Palace.

Qing'er whispered to Hexuan: "Princess, the name of this prince, a young talent, was originally obtained by some dirty methods. ”

He Xuan glanced at Qing'er and said softly, "You just need to know it yourself." There are some things that you can't say if you see through them. ”

"The slave knows. The slave maid has been with the princess for a long time, and she has also grown a little, and the slave and maid will not make trouble for the princess. While Qing'er was respectful, she didn't forget to boast.

He Xuan thought that Qing'er's girl was really interesting, so he couldn't help but smile.

"Second princess, are you okay recently?" As soon as He Xuan walked to the door of Yuquan Palace, he heard Gongzihou's voice.

He Xuan turned his head and said with a smile: "Childe Hou is okay." ”

The two chatted for a while, and then saw a bewitching man in bright red clothes walking over from a distance.

"Hey, why do you let my son bump into our beautiful and moving second princess every time and whisper to this gentle and elegant proton of Qi Kingdom?" Zhao Lin swaggered over, the hair on his temples fell down, and the red hem of his clothes was blown by the spring breeze, which looked particularly enchanting.

Qi Hou took a step forward, walked in front of Zhao Lin, and said sternly: "Gongzi Lin, I'm just chatting with the second princess, please respect yourself." ”

As if he hadn't heard, Zhao Lin crossed over Qi Hou, leaned his face to He Xuan, and said softly: "I'm talking to Xiao Xuanxuan." He looked at He Xuan's flushed face, as if he felt that the plan had succeeded, so he laughed and walked into Yuquan Palace.

"Second princess, don't pay attention to this kind of person. Let's go inside, too. Gongzi Hou whispered to He Xuan, not noticing the confusion in the latter's eyes.

After entering the main hall, he first greeted Xuan while walking, and exchanged pleasantries.

The little eunuch spread the word that it was about to be noon, and everyone took their seats and waited for Empress Zhao to arrive.

With the chanting of the great eunuch, all the people knelt down one after another, and Empress Zhao slowly walked into the main hall surrounded by a group of palace people.

Empress Zhao has a standard goose egg face, wearing a bright yellow trimmed bird Chaofenghua dress, a red lotus leaf skirt mopping the floor, her hair is meticulously combed, and there are a few gold and jade hairpins inserted in her temples, and the whole person looks luxurious. Empress Zhao is now a thirty-four-year-old woman, but there is no white hair on her sideburns, and although there are some traces of time on her face, it is well-maintained, only her figure is slightly out of shape.

When she sat down, she said slowly, "Flat." Today is the birthday of Hongu, and I would like to invite you to gather here. This palace is in the deep palace, it is rare to be so lively today, I hope everyone is close to each other and warm up with each other! ”

Then, everyone presented birthday gifts to Empress Zhao, who smiled from ear to ear on the throne in the center of the main hall.

When it was Zhao Lin's third brother Zhao Kuang's turn to offer a gift, Le Ji Lian'er, who was sitting on the side, suddenly fainted on the table in front of her and spilled the wine, food and refreshments on the table.

"What's going on?" As soon as Empress Zhao asked, a eunuch hurriedly rushed over to check.

"Empress Zhao, Concubine Lian seems to have fainted, but the slave and maid can't wake up," the eunuch replied.

"Why don't you ask the imperial doctor to come and show Concubine Lian!" Empress Zhao behaved quite caringly for Concubine Lian, much like a queen who loved the house and Wu.

"No," the little eunuch agreed.

After a while, Imperial Physician Cheng rushed over with a medicine box, saluted Empress Zhao, and hurried to see Concubine Lian.

Imperial Doctor Cheng looked at it and said, "Concubine Lian's condition seems to be a poisoning disease!" Looking at the situation, I have been poisoned for a while, but the means of poisoning are extremely clever, and the amount of each time is very small. However, over time, the toxicity will eventually explode, as it is today. ”

Empress Zhao slapped the table and scolded angrily: "Someone actually poisoned Concubine Lian? Doctor Cheng, what kind of poison is it? ”

"It's cinnabar." After that, Imperial Physician Cheng took out a silver needle and tried every dish in front of Concubine Lian, and finally said: "Empress Zhao, it was this pearl jade soup that was put with cinnabar." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. Everyone had this dish on their table, some people were so frightened that they hurriedly threw their chopsticks, and some people wanted to spit out what they had eaten.

Imperial Physician Cheng tried the silver needles on several tables around Concubine Lian again, but found nothing unusual, so that the people in the palace calmed down.

At this moment, a "The emperor has arrived" pulled everyone's eyes away from Concubine Lian's body, and they bowed and bowed one after another.

"Today is Empress Zhao's birthday, and the widow is late for some government affairs, don't blame the widow." The emperor looked at Empress Zhao, whose face was not very good, and said.

"It's nature. It's just that Concubine Lian she... It seems to be poisoned. Empress Zhao said with some hesitation.

"What?" With that, he walked quickly to Concubine Lian's side and carefully examined her appearance.

"Back to Your Majesty, Concubine Lian Niangniang has been poisoned by cinnabar, and she has been poisoned for a long time. Even if Weichen tries his best, he can only continue his life for more than half a month at most. Imperial Physician Cheng said to the emperor in an orderly manner.

The emperor smashed the tea bowl on the table and rebuked angrily: "Find out to the widow, go now, and find out who poisoned it!" ”

He Xuan secretly glanced at Empress Zhao, who showed a sly smile, and only regained his solemn and confused expression in an instant.

Everyone in the hall was very nervous and looked at each other. Everyone sighed in their hearts, how could they come to the birthday banquet of Empress Zhao and encounter such bad luck!

The emperor looked at Concubine Lian with a somewhat sad expression, as if he was looking at a beloved little bird on the verge of death, sighed, and instructed Imperial Physician Cheng: "You try your best to heal Concubine Lian." ”