Chapter 023: Throwing Stones and Asking for Directions

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Empress Dowager Jiang didn't ask anything more, just lowered her head slightly, blew lightly on the teacup in her hand, and waited for the tea to cool down a little and not so hot, before taking a sip gently.

After drinking, Empress Dowager Jiang closed her eyes, put the teacup in front of her nose and sniffed, smelling the fresh fragrance of tea, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

After a long time, she put down the teacup in her hand, opened her eyes, and said to Lu Yingquan: "Do you know that the mourning family never drank what others gave them in the past. ”

Hearing this, a trace of surprise flashed in Lu Yingquan's eyes, but he heard Empress Dowager Jiang speak:

"In the past, when I was in the Ning Palace, I fought openly and secretly, I had to be careful in everything I ate and drank, I was on guard everywhere, and I didn't touch the things sent by others, so as not to die without turning a blind eye. Over time, it becomes a habit. If you hadn't come to Suochuntai to boil water and make tea today, I would definitely not have eaten it. ”

Yun Yao had been kneeling behind Yingquan, listening to Empress Dowager Jiang's words, thinking about her intentions in her heart. But after thinking about it, she couldn't figure it out, but she felt that this Empress Dowager Jiang really lived up to her reputation, and it was her cautious attitude that allowed her to survive safely in the Ning Palace, and also allowed her to escape smoothly in the hands of the Empress Dowager Qin.

"Concubine Xie Empress Dowager trusts, and thanks Empress Dowager for teaching. Lu Yingquan also didn't know what he meant, so he could only say so.

But Empress Dowager Jiang seemed to be very satisfied with Yingquan's two words, so she said: "You are an informed and interesting person, no wonder Empress Dowager Qin chose you to come to Yiguo." ”

These words seemed to mean something, and Lu Yingquan, who listened to it, was shocked for a while, and he didn't know how to answer at all.

"Empress Dowager Qi, the refreshments in the imperial dining room have been delivered. ”

This sudden sentence was like a gospel from heaven, which relieved Lu Yingquan and relieved her.

"Bring it up. Empress Dowager Jiang commanded, and then said to Lu Yingquan, "Tea is a refreshing thing, and the mourning family will drink tea every morning, accompanied by refreshments made by the palace people." This refreshment is different from what you used to eat, and the flour used to make the refreshment is ground from the beans grown by the mourning family themselves. ”

"The concubine has always heard that the Queen Mother advocates diligence and simplicity, but she didn't expect that the Queen Mother has a noble status, but she also farms and weaves in person. Although the concubine is from the Ning Palace, she is now the concubine of Her Royal Highness, and the concubine is willing to take the Queen Mother as an example in the future, be diligent and obedient, and set an example for all the people. Lu Yingquan listened to the Queen Mother's words and said respectfully.

The Queen Mother didn't refute either, it was a good thing that a concubine was willing to set an example, so she picked up a piece of refreshment, put it in Lu Yingquan's hand, and said, "Try it." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother. Lu Yingquan held the refreshment in his hand, paused slightly, wiped his fingers from the refreshment, and then took a gentle bite and chewed slowly.

Lu Yingquan's eating appearance is very elegant, and her every move is exactly like the appearance of Miss Qianjin, not as she herself said, the daughter of a commoner in Jingguo.

In fact, when Yun Yao heard Lu Yingquan's new identity, she knew that she couldn't hide it from Empress Dowager Jiang at all. How could this woman, who could survive peacefully under the hands of the Empress Dowager Qin for so many years, be so easy to fool?

What's more, no matter how a person's identity and background change, her temperament and elegance will never change, Lu Yingquan was once the daughter of a pawn, Miss Qianjin, and she has a kind of nobility that ordinary people do not have, which cannot be forged. Even if she had done rough work in Langyue Pavilion for a long time, once she was given the opportunity, she would return to her original self, and at a glance she would know that she had been pampered and raised.

Yun Yao could see it, and of course Empress Dowager Jiang could see it.

But just when Empress Dowager Jiang was staring at Lu Yingquan eating refreshments, and Yun Yao was distracted, Lu Yingquan suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, and the red blood stains sprayed on the clothes on her chest and the refreshments in her hands, which was shocking.

Empress Dowager Jiang was obviously taken aback, but before she could speak, Yun Yao held Lu Yingquan in a panic: "Beloved, what's wrong with you?"

"Refreshments...... Poison ......" Lu Yingquan only said these few words, then tilted his head and fainted.

The Queen Mother obviously also heard these words, suddenly got up, stared at the plate of refreshments on the small table tightly, her eyes revealed horror, her pupils suddenly contracted, and there seemed to be a turbulent wave in her eyes.

How long has it been since this happened? She was cautious every day, but she still let people take advantage of the loopholes and poison the refreshments.

But it shouldn't be...... The palace man who makes refreshments is her confidant, she has always been a trustworthy person, she eats refreshments every day, and she has been fine for so long, why was Lu Yingquan suddenly poisoned here?

Countless thoughts flashed in Empress Dowager Jiang's heart, trust or doubt, swirling in her mind, unable to settle down for a long time.

Yun Yao gave full play to her strengths at this time, checked Lu Yingquan's pulse, and then took out a silver needle to suppress the spread of toxins for Lu Yingquan, and after doing all this, she said to Empress Dowager Jiang:

"The slave maid implores the Queen Mother to ask the Empress Dowager to ask for a doctor for Lu Liangren!"

Empress Dowager Jiang glanced at Yun Yao deeply, and immediately ordered: "Come on, go and invite the imperial doctor, Lu Liangren has been poisoned-"

The palace people obeyed the order and soon went to ask for a doctor, but when Empress Dowager Jiang turned around again, she saw Yun Yao holding refreshments in her hand, as if she was carefully observing something, and then took out the silver needle and probed these refreshments, but found that the silver needle was black.

"Is this refreshment really poisonous?" Seeing this scene, Empress Dowager Jiang was even more shocked in her heart, and couldn't help asking.

"Back to the Queen Mother, the slave and maid probed it with a silver needle, and it was indeed poisonous. also diagnosed Lu Liangren's pulse, but with the medical skills of the slave maid, he couldn't see what kind of poison it was. Yun Yao lowered her head a little ashamedly and said, "Everything still has to wait for the imperial doctor to come." ”

"It's good, how can the refreshments be poisonous?" Empress Dowager Jiang seemed to be a little puzzled.

"Queen Mother, are you okay-" At this moment, a voice came from outside the Suochuntai Hall, but he saw Yiwang Shen Che walking in from outside, with a worried look on his face.

But when he came in, he saw that the Empress Dowager Jiang was doing well, but Lu Yingquan was lying unconscious on the high platform, and there were still blood stains on the corners of his mouth, so he immediately ran to Lu Yingquan's side in three or two steps, hugged her in his arms, and was worried.

That look is really a king who is faint for the sake of beauty, and he is sad for his woman.

Soon, the imperial doctor arrived, and after checking the pulse, it was determined that the poison in Lu Yingquan's house was strychnine, and this medicinal herb only needed a small amount to make a normal person die. But fortunately, Lu Yingquan only took a sip of refreshment, so the poisoning was not deep, and there was still salvation.

The imperial doctor set out to detoxify Lu Yingquan, and then, under the instructions of the Queen Mother, checked the refreshments on the table, only to find that there was a fine layer of powder on the refreshments, which was sprinkled on top after the strychnine was ground into a very fine powder.

"Check it out to me, who is trying to murder Lu Liangren, we must find out clearly!" King Yi immediately ordered, "If something like this happened in the king's palace, he almost killed the king's beloved, the crime is extremely heinous, and it cannot be let go!"

"Your Royal Highness should indeed investigate thoroughly, but not for Lu Liangren, but for the Queen Mother. Yun Yao spoke at this time.

Empress Dowager Jiang listened to Yun Yao's words and asked with some curiosity, "What do you mean by this?"

"The slave maid just heard the Queen Mother say that this refreshment must be served every day, that is to say, the Queen Mother drinks tea and eats refreshments every morning, which is a well-known rule. If this poisoned person wanted to murder Lu Liangren, he could directly attack Linglong Pavilion, how could he put the poison in the Queen Mother's refreshments?" Yun Yao said, "This poisoned person doesn't know that Lu Liangren will definitely eat the Queen Mother's refreshments." ”

"But it is also a well-known thing that Lu Liangren came to Suochuntai to serve tea in Suochuntai, what if this poisoned person wants to gamble and want to attack Lu Liangren in Suochuntai?" asked Empress Dowager Jiang.

"So, the slave maid asked the Queen Mother, if it wasn't for Lu Liangren who ate the refreshments first, what would have been the result?" Yun Yao asked, "If the other party really wants to attack Lu Liangren, how can he risk poisoning the Queen Mother and make this matter bigger?"

"Mother, what she said has a certain truth, this person ...... Maybe it's really for you?" King Yi listened to Yun Yao's words and asked.

Empress Dowager Jiang stopped talking, her eyes were deeply on Yun Yao, and she was hesitant in her heart. She has some impressions of the palace maid beside Lu Yingquan, who was at the well of the cold palace before, and it was also this palace maid who talked eloquently, citing evidence to show that Ning Lan fell into the water before she died, not after being murdered, she threw her body into the water.

Now, it is this palace maid again, in such a chaotic time, she thinks clearly, notices details that others have never seen, thinks deeply, and is amazing.

"The slave maid just heard the Queen Mother say that this refreshment must be served every day, that is to say, the Queen Mother drinks tea and eats refreshments every morning, which is a well-known rule. If this poisoned person wanted to murder Lu Liangren, he could directly attack Linglong Pavilion, how could he put the poison in the Queen Mother's refreshments?" Yun Yao said, "This poisoned person doesn't know that Lu Liangren will definitely eat the Queen Mother's refreshments." ”

"But it is also a well-known thing that Lu Liangren came to Suochuntai to serve tea in Suochuntai, what if this poisoned person wants to gamble and want to attack Lu Liangren in Suochuntai?" asked Empress Dowager Jiang.

"So, the slave maid asked the Queen Mother, if it wasn't for Lu Liangren who ate the refreshments first, what would have been the result?" Yun Yao asked, "If the other party really wants to attack Lu Liangren, how can he risk poisoning the Queen Mother and make this matter bigger?"

"Mother, what she said has a certain truth, this person ...... Maybe it's really for you?" King Yi listened to Yun Yao's words and asked.

Empress Dowager Jiang stopped talking, her eyes were deeply on Yun Yao, and she was hesitant in her heart. She has some impressions of the palace maid beside Lu Yingquan, who was at the well of the cold palace before, and it was also this palace maid who talked eloquently, citing evidence to show that Ning Lan fell into the water before she died, not after being murdered, she threw her body into the water.

Now, it is this palace maid again, in such a chaotic time, she thinks clearly, notices details that others have never seen, thinks deeply, and is amazing.