89 Imprisoned
The banquet was a lively time, and there were some palace maids and eunuchs who came and went inside and outside the palace, entering the palace in order, and they had to line up. A palace maid impatiently stretched out her head and poked her head, stomped her feet, and suddenly her head hurt, and Gao Gonggong took the dust and looked at her with a frown.
The palace maid's heart tightened, and she immediately saluted, "I've seen my father-in-law, my father-in-law is good."
"Okay, what's good!" Gao Gonggong shouted, "You lazy girls, don't lift my spirits again, drag them out one by one to play a few boards!"
"Don't dare, don't dare" The palace maids shook their heads one after another, lifting their spirits and walking towards the palace, not daring to slack off.
Grandpa Gao stood in place, shook off the dust, and sighed, "Hey, they're all lazy guys, they almost missed my business"
After that, he turned around and wanted to leave, but a woman dressed in black suddenly appeared in front of her, with a wide hat covering her face, Gao Gonggong was startled, took a few steps back, and just wanted to shout, but the woman covered her mouth
"Don't be afraid, I'm not an assassin, I just want to make a deal with you" Seeing that Grandpa Gao didn't move, the woman in black smiled and let go of the hand that blocked his mouth, Grandpa Gao quickly got up and looked at the woman in black
"You won't even show your true face, how do I know if you really want to trade with me or if you're deliberately setting off smoke bombs to confuse my thoughts?"
The woman in black was silent and did not answer, but took out a small burden from her arms and unfolded it in front of Gao Gonggong, it was a bag of silver tickets.
The woman in black chuckled and withdrew her hand, and said, "Don't worry, Grandpa Gao, as long as Grandpa Gao agrees to help me with this, all the silver tickets here will be Grandpa Gao's, if Grandpa Gao doesn't want it, then I will ......"
The woman in black gestured and pulled out a silver ticket, stretched out her hand to tear it, but Gao Gonggong hurriedly stopped, "Eh, don't mind, girl, please say, what do you want help from the miscellaneous family?"
The woman in black looked around, took out a medicine bag from her arms and stuffed it into Gonggong Gao's arms, "This is the Five Poison Powder, as long as Gonggong puts it into the wine bowl of His Royal Highness Pingyao, these silver tickets will all belong to Gonggong Gao."
After hearing this, Father-in-law Gao's face changed instantly, he threw the medicine bag in his hand on the ground, stared at the woman in black with his eyes like a torch, and said, "The five poisons are extremely poisonous, if you go down to the bowl of His Royal Highness Pingyao, it will be murder, although I love money, but if this matter is exposed, I won't be able to eat and walk around, so forget it......"
The woman in black squinted coldly, "It seems that my father-in-law is quite backbone......"
Gao Gonggong raised his head, "That's natural, for the sake of your acquaintance, the miscellaneous family gives you two choices, either leave your silver ticket and get out quickly, or I call someone now, and you can't leave if you want to!"
The woman in black sneered, "Father-in-law Gao is very backbone, but it's just ...... As the eldest father-in-law trusted by the queen mother and the emperor, Grandpa Gao has amassed a lot of money over the years, I am not talented, I have found the secret passage under Grandpa Gao's bed, and the gold and silver treasures in it are priceless......"
Gao Gonggong's face turned pale, and he retreated again and again, "You, you, who are you!"
"If you don't want people to know, unless you don't know" The woman in black snorted coldly, "How about my father-in-law, I will also give you two choices, one, help me poison, if everything goes well, you won't be in any danger, the burden of silver tickets is yours, two, if you don't help me poison and shake me out, then I have nothing to say, it's just that I have to pull a person to die, my father-in-law has so much money and silver, if it is exposed, it is the nine clans, not just the head......"
Gao Gonggong rolled his eyes, picked up the poison in the grass and stuffed it into his waist, and Gao Gonggong carefully picked up the pack of silver tickets, glanced at the woman in black, and turned to leave.
The woman in black did not linger for a moment, and left immediately, and a figure under the tree not far away swayed, her black eyes flashed, and she turned around and disappeared into the night.
During the feast
His Royal Highness Pingyao watched the dancing girl dance with the emperor while eating snacks, she didn't seem to have much interest, and played Hache again and again, the queen couldn't stand it, and secretly pulled the corner of Pingyao's clothes, "Pingyao, if you don't want to see it, go back to the palace first, don't sweep your father's happiness"
Pingyao pouted and lowered his voice, "What's so beautiful about this dance, I think it's just that the average one has no mind, and I dance better than them......"
When the emperor heard this, his eyes immediately narrowed, and his voice was mixed with a smile: "What? Pingyao also likes to dance? It just so happens that I am a little tired of watching, why don't you show Pingyao a dance to my father?"
Pingyao waved his hand and said with a smile, "Erchen is just joking with you, if my father is serious, I can't help Erchen, you ...... You're not ......."
Pingyao looked around, and when he saw that no one was paying attention, he replied in a low voice, "Didn't you deliberately make me ugly!"
The emperor shook his head helplessly, turned around and focused on watching the play.
Duan Rubian was tired of looking at it, just turned around and returned to the banquet, and rushed to a maid, the maid's forehead was full of sweat, and she stared at Duan Rubian with a painful expression, and said, "Miss is good, do me a favor, I have a stomachache, I don't dare to go to the banquet for fear of dirtying your good mood, can Miss help me give this plate of lotus seed and jade leaf porridge to His Royal Highness Pingyao? This is His Royal Highness Pingyao's favorite porridge?"
Duan Rubian wanted to happily refuse, but it can be seen that the palace maid's face was painful, and she had to take the porridge in her hand, Qinghe stepped forward to help Duan Rubian take it, and the palace maid immediately leaned over and thanked her, "Thank you, Miss for the rescue, thank you, Miss."
After that, a puff of smoke disappeared, Qinghe pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "Miss, will there be fraud?"
Duan Rubian smiled lightly, turned to leave, and said in an indifferent voice, "What's the trick, let's hurry up, I can't afford to mess with that highness......"
His Royal Highness Pingyao was bored playing with the wine glass in his hand, when he suddenly looked up and saw Duan Rubian walking towards her and placing a bowl of porridge in front of him
Duan Rufang possessed and saluted, "This is Your Highness, your lotus seed and jade leaf porridge"
Pingyao was suspicious, "Why did Miss Duan San do the work that a maid should do? Although you are a concubine, you are too grandson."
Many people laughed, but Duan Rubian didn't care, "It's just that someone on the road is asking me for help, Your Highness eat it while it's hot, it's not delicious if it's cold."
After finishing speaking, he turned around and returned to his position, Duan Xuan was still coughing, and when he saw her coming back, he immediately said hello, "Three...... Third sister, you're back......"
Duan Rubian nodded, glanced at Duan Xiang, and said with a leisurely smile, "Why doesn't the fourth sister speak?" His Royal Highness Pingyao has pardoned the fourth sister's sins, and the fourth sister can speak freely at this time."
Duan Xiang stared at Duan Rufang viciously, and his words were aggravated, "Don't let you meddle in your business!"
Duan Rufang narrowed his eyes, took a few steps forward and leaned down, covering the eyes of others, and smiled at Duan Xiangyingying, "I am your sister, it is appropriate to endure you once, twice is reluctant, not the third attempt, you will die......"
Duan Xiang gritted his teeth, turned his head and ignored her, Duan Rufang didn't bother to talk nonsense with her, turned around and returned to his seat, waiting for this boring palace banquet to come to an end.
"Pingyao, what's wrong with you, don't scare the queen mother, you're wrong!"
Suddenly, the queen let out a scream, followed by a cry of grief, Duan Rubian frowned, only to feel that her eyelids jumped, a bad premonition.
I saw His Royal Highness Pingyao lying quietly on the table, without a trace of anger, the corners of his mouth were bleeding, his eyes were bleeding, and his nose was also bleeding, Duan Rubian lowered his head, afraid that he was poisoned, and then looked at the surrounding food, Duan Rubian sighed, except for the bowl of lotus seed and jade leaf porridge There was still a little bottom left, and the others had already been eaten, Duan Rubian smiled helplessly, it was really a wave of unsettled waves.
The emperor immediately ran to Pingyao's side, sweat ran down his face, and he muttered, "Mi'er, don't scare your father, wake up!"
"What are you still doing in a daze! Hurry up and announce the imperial doctor!" After the emperor roared like this, the eunuchs and palace maids present finally came back to their senses, and rushed to the imperial hospital to announce the imperial doctor, and the emperor grabbed Pingyao's body in a daze and did not say a word.
The father-daughter relationship was deep, and everyone present was moved.
"Your Majesty, the most important thing at this moment is ...... Who is going to harm Yu'er, the dim sum has been eaten, the key question is the lotus seed and jade leaf porridge, who brought this bowl of porridge!" the queen stepped forward and comforted.
"It's Duan Rufang!" I don't know who shouted, and everyone began to whisper
"It seems that Duan Rufang brought lotus seeds and jade leaf porridge"
"Yes, yes, I also heard His Royal Highness Pingyao say that Duan Rufang is pretending to be a grandson!"
"Yes, yes, I heard it too, it seems that Duan Rubian put poison in the lotus seed and jade leaf porridge of His Royal Highness Pingyao!"
“......”
The queen frowned, and shouted, "Duan Rufang, you are so bold!"
Qinghe trembled, and stood in front of Duan Rubian with a crisp voice, "Queen Mother, my young lady was not poisoned, I can testify!"
"My own girl, maybe she is an accomplice!" A woman retorted, everyone was looking forward to seeing Duan Rubian's jokes, no one spoke for Duan Rubian, and her body trembled, hoping that these guys who said cool things would end up.
"No!" Duan Xiang suddenly exclaimed, "Oh my God, what is this!"
Duan Xiang shouted as he lifted a packet of white powder under Duan Rufang's cushion, and after unfolding it, a pungent smell hit, and after the queen smelled it, she smelled the porridge again, although it was very light but vaguely recognizable, it was a poison.
Seeing that the emperor was distracted, the queen looked at Duan Rubian and said coldly, "Someone, drag it out and behead it!"
"Can the queen slow down" Duan Rubian interrupted, "His Royal Highness Pingyao is not dead yet, the queen should not draw conclusions so early, the medicine under my cushion is also thanks to the fourth sister's ability to find things, so the private place can be found by the younger sister, look how powerful the fourth sister is!"
Duan Xiang's face flushed, and he lowered his head, "I accidentally wet the third sister's cushion with the wine glass, and when I turned it over, I turned over the evidence of the third sister's crime, it's really a crime......"
Duan Rufang smiled but did not answer, his heart was full of chills.
The queen didn't want to talk nonsense and attract a large group of guards, "This palace is not an unreasonable person, the evidence is insufficient at present, this palace wants to lock you up first, and then let the third young lady go when the truth is found out, if you have something to say?"
"Nothing to say"
The Imperial Forest Army stepped forward to suppress Duan Rufang, walked towards the prison, a touch of red robe passed by him, Duan Rufang lowered his eyes, and left quietly.