Chapter 286: Awakening Flowers
"Uncle Huang!" A delicate-looking child ran in and threw himself into Yu Mingche's arms at once.
Seeing his arrival, Yu Mingche's face was full of smiles, touched his head and said:
"Chengli, is today's schoolwork over?"
"Well, Uncle Huang, the master praised the gift today, you see this is the big character I wrote today, okay?" As he spoke, Yu Chengli spread out the paper in his hand and showed it to Yu Mingche.
"Well, it's well written, and Chengli is getting more and more capable."
A plainly dressed woman followed in, it turned out to be the princess of King Lian Yu Minghong, so this child was the son of King Lian who Mu Xiyun saved from Yu Chengyun's hands.
"Your Majesty." The woman came over and saluted Yu Mingche.
"Brother and sister don't need to salute, you have to worry about the heavy studies during this time."
"Your Majesty, when we were in prison, it was you and the princess who fought to protect each other in exchange for the two lives of me and Li'er, and now we have taken Li'er to your side to teach in person, we can't repay this kindness." Princess Lian said with tears in her eyes that she was about to hold back.
"Brother and sister, don't mention the things back then, since I took Li'er to my side, I will definitely treat him well, but you, didn't I buy you a new mansion and subordinates, why are you still dressed so plainly?"
"Your Majesty, the courtiers are guilty of sin, no matter what the reason, the prince did make a big mistake back then, and now you are willing to help me and Li'er regardless of your previous suspicions, and God has treated us favorably. Speaking out so that others don't criticize Your Majesty, that is a great sin for a courtier. ”
Princess Lian is a sensible woman, but what she said was so clear that she shouldn't say it well.
"Your Majesty, Princess... Although those things happened, the courtiers know that the princess must be a good person, and God will not treat you and the princess badly, please rest assured. ”
"Thank you, brother and sister." Yu Mingche said with a slight smile.
"This is a sachet made by a courtier, I heard that Your Majesty has not slept well recently, and there is a soothing herb in it, which helps to sleep, and it can be regarded as a part of the courtier's heart."
Princess Lian said as she handed over a sachet with both hands, which was delicately embroidered, and a pair of mandarin ducks were swimming vividly in the water.
Yu Mingche just wanted to take it, but he didn't think about it, so he snatched it and threw the sachet on the ground.
"Master of the house, what does this mean?"
"Your Majesty, I already smelled a special fragrance when I entered the palace, and when Princess Lian came in just now, she was covered with this smell."
"It's just plain vanilla."
"Your Majesty! Is this a wake-up flower? Su Ningyu hurriedly said.
"How is that possible? What dreams wake up flowers? I've never heard of it, but it's just Atractylodes, Atractylodes, Poria Cocos, Angelica Angelica and White Lotus. Princess Lian was so frightened that she hurriedly said.
"What is a dream awakening flower?" The smile on Yu Mingche's face disappeared and asked seriously.
"Your Majesty, although the name of this dream awakening flower is dream awakening, it is a medicinal herb that makes people fall asleep after smelling it, and our Xuanji Pavilion's Guanshan Courtyard has a special fragrance made of dream awakening flowers." Su Ningyu said angrily.
"Pavilion Master Yan, do you know that too?" Yu Mingche turned his gaze to Yan Xu who walked in and said.
"Yes, I found it when I entered His Majesty's bedroom last night." Yan Xu said lightly.
Yu Mingche handed over the frightened Yu Chengli next to him to the palace maid and took him out, leaving Princess Lian, Yan Xu and Shu Ningyu in the main hall.
"That's why you threw away all the things that the little eunuch had handled?" Yu Mingche asked solemnly after seeing Yu Chengli leave.
"Well, I didn't smell it in the palace before, but after you fainted yesterday, I helped you into the temple, and I smelled the fragrance of this awakening flower, which should be mixed with the incense burner." Yan Xu said lightly.
"Say! Where did you get this awakening flower?! Su Ningyu grabbed Princess Lian and asked loudly.
"The courtiers don't know, I really don't know what the dream awakening flower is, what it does, but I heard that Your Majesty has not slept well recently, and I want to make a sachet to hang in front of the bed, which kind of medicinal herbs are really only what I said, and the courtiers really don't know!" Princess Lian was so frightened that she stammered and knelt down all of a sudden.
"Master of the house, you let go first, maybe my younger brother and sister really don't know." Although Yu Mingche's tone was gentle, there was an irresistible fierceness in his eyes.
"Brother and sister, you really don't know anything?"
"Your Majesty, the courtiers really don't know anything, the courtiers are already dying people, it was you and the princess who saved me and Li'er, I only have gratitude in my heart, why frame Your Majesty?"
Su Ningyu picked up the sachet on the ground and tore it open, the incense powder inside was scattered all over the ground, and a purple pill fell.
Yan Xu picked it up, sniffed it and said:
"There's nothing wrong with those medicinal powders, and this pill is refined by Dream Awakening Flower, which is ten times heavier than the amount of medicine we usually use to stun people."
"Your Majesty, the courtiers really don't know, after I made this sachet, I really only put in the medicinal powder, and I have never seen this pill." Princess Lian was so frightened that she cried loudly.
"Brother and sister, I really couldn't do anything when the Sixth Emperor Brother died, but I asked myself, for him, I did enough to be benevolent and righteous, why are you like this?" Yu Mingche asked bitterly.
"Your Majesty, what do you want the courtiers to say, the courtiers really haven't seen this thing, and they don't have the intention of harming Your Majesty, you are so good to Li'er, I am a human being, I can understand it, now you are the heaven of me and Li'er, only under your protection can we save our lives, so why should I harm you!" Although Princess Lian has a weak personality, she has a clear mind, and what she said does make sense.
Yu Mingche fell into deep thought, what Princess Lian said was right, now it is because of him that they can protect themselves, if he dies, it is estimated that many people will want the lives of their mother and son.
But who wanted to harm him, and sent such a terrible thing to him again and again.
"Brother and sister, I believe you, think about it carefully, can anyone else handle this sachet besides you?"
Princess Lian stopped crying, thought carefully, and then said loudly:
"Handmaid Ling'er, the courtiers are not good at female workers, but they have always done it themselves when they think that it is something given to His Majesty, but the courtiers who have a pair of mandarin duck eyes can't embroider well, so they called the personal maid Ling'er to do it for her, except for the courtiers, she is the only one who has handled this sachet."
Yan Xu didn't speak, just glanced at Bai Xiaohan behind him, Bai Xiaohan immediately understood the meaning, and took someone to the Lianwang Mansion to arrest Ling'er.
After most of the day, Bai Xiaohan came back in the afternoon, but he didn't bring back Ling'er, Yan Xu hurriedly asked:
"What about people?"
"Nope."
"Didn't catch it, or didn't find it?"
"There is no life, when the minister arrived, the people in the house said that Ling'er was on leave today, and I rushed to her hometown, and the people in her hometown said that Ling'er was seriously ill a month ago and died violently overnight." Bai Xiao said coldly.
"Impossible! Yesterday, Ling'er was still embroidering sachets with me in the house, and now you say that you died a month ago, impossible! Princess Lian said loudly.
"The minister has already given Ling'er's family a lot of money and dug up her body, it is indeed her, and the body has decomposed."
Princess Lian knew that she couldn't tell her clearly, so she sat on the ground and began to cry.
"Brother and sister, if it wasn't for you, would you dare to swear by Li'er?" Yu Mingche, who had never spoken, asked expressionlessly.
"Nope! Li'er is the life of the courtier, no matter what happens, as a mother, she will not curse her child, but if Your Majesty does not believe it, the courtier swears to the heavens that if I do it, I will be hit by five thunders and die without a whole body! Princess Lian said firmly to Yu Mingche with tears in her eyes.
"Okay, Xiao Han took Princess Lian down and imprisoned her in the Lianwang Mansion, not allowing you to enter or leave at all."
When Bai Xiaohan took away Princess Lian, Yan Xu asked suspiciously:
"Your Majesty, do you really believe her?"
"Pavilion master, she is just a woman, how can she do such a sinister thing, and if she does it herself, how can she send it in person, she is right, if I die, she and Li'er will not survive, how can she do such a stupid thing."
"Your Majesty!"
"Alright, I'm tired, you all go down." Yu Mingche closed his eyes and waved his hand.
Su Ningyu didn't want to say anything, but Yan Xu shook his head at her, and the two of them left the hall.