Chapter 22: The Poisoning of the Palace

There was a slight sound of talking in her ears, Sheng Zhiyao opened her heavy eyelids, she found herself lying on a comfortable and spacious bed, with a piece of tulle on the side of the bed, she looked at the unfamiliar environment around her, and a trace of doubt rose in her heart.

She remembered that she was still in the palace just now and listened to Concubine Qi boasting about her grandson, but then she was so sleepy that she couldn't help but fall asleep.

Sheng Zhiyao got up and got out of bed, but she couldn't find her shoes, she walked on the ground with her bare little feet, and the two people talking outside the door gently pushed the door open.

"The county lord is up." Mama Rong looked at her with a kind face, and the palace maid next to her respectfully saluted her.

Sheng Zhiyao was still a little stupid and stood in place, Rong Mama looked at her with a pair of bare feet on the cold floor, and hurriedly ran over and carried her back to the bed.

"Mama Rong, where is this?"

"This is the side hall of the Purple Phoenix, just now the county lord fell asleep, and the queen mother carried you here."

Sheng Zhiyao nodded, and the palace maid next to her poured a cup of tea and handed it to her: "County Lord, drink some tea to moisten your throat." ”

"Okay, thank you." Sheng Zhiyao took the tea and found that the taste of this tea was very strange, she just took a sip.

"The county lord has prepared some pastries for the queen here, can you use them?"

"No need!" Sheng Zhiyao stopped her action: "You help me find my shoes, I want to go down." ”

"Yes, County Lord."

After the palace maid left, only Sheng Zhiyao and Mama Rong were left in the room, she looked at the teacup in her hand, and then looked at the pastry she was holding on the table, jumped out of bed and picked up the pastry and put it in front of her nose to smell it, and confirmed that the pastry was okay before saying to Mama Rong: "Mama Rong, there is a problem with this tea." ”

When Mama Rong heard this, she hurriedly picked up the teacup and smelled it: "There is indeed a peculiar smell." ”

"I suspect that someone poisoned the tea, but the person who poisoned it was not the palace maid just now." Sheng Zhiyao poured out the water in the teapot and teacup, and sat back on the bed, she couldn't help but be a little glad that she was a medical student and was extremely sensitive to taste, but she knew that there was a first time and a second time for this kind of thing, this time she avoided it, and the next time she didn't know if she was so lucky.

She had just returned to Beijing, and it was the first time she entered the palace, and someone seized this opportunity to get rid of her, but such an obvious poison was really coaxed to a five-year-old child, and it was not easy for someone who could poison her in the queen's palace, but this person underestimated her, and she wrote down this matter, and it was not a gentleman to have revenge.

"What are the county lord's plans? Do you need a slave to report to the queen? Mama Rong looked at Sheng Zhiyao's indifferent expression and secretly admired in her heart, her carefulness and courage made her admire it very much, and she was only five years old, she was not frightened by this kind of thing at all, she was worthy of being the granddaughter of the old marquis Sheng, and she did have the potential to be a queen.

"No need, so as not to worry the imperial grandmother."

This was something that Mama Rong didn't expect, she thought that Sheng Zhiyao would immediately run to the emperor or queen, who would have thought that a child of her age would be more calm and sensible than a child of the same age, which surprised her.

"What are the county lord's plans now?"

"Don't worry, Mama Rong just take care of the imperial grandmother, as for the poisoning, I will investigate it myself."

"Check it out yourself?"

Sheng Zhiyao nodded affirmatively, and Mama Rong was not talking.

At this time, the palace maid walked back with Sheng Zhiyao's small shoes: "County Lord, do you need a slave to help you with your shoes?" ”

"No need, I can wear it myself, Mama Rong will take me to the imperial grandmother." Sheng Zhiyao put on her shoes and took Mama Rong's hand and walked out.

In the main hall, the queen was playing chess with the emperor, and when she saw the two of them coming in, a smile appeared on her face: "Zhiyao is awake, come quickly." ”

Sheng Zhiyao walked to the queen and sat down, and found that there was one person missing: "Grandma Huang, why don't you see my grandfather?" ”

"Your grandfather will go back to the house first, and I will ask Grandpa Cui to send you back later." The emperor put down the chess pieces in his hand, looked at her with a smile and said.

"What's the need to drive Grandpa Cui, I can go back by myself when I'm such a big person."

"Haha! How old are you, or have someone send you back. The emperor laughed more and more happily when he heard Sheng Zhiyao's words, and even the queen couldn't help laughing.

"Can someone take me away at the feet of the Son of Heaven?" Sheng Zhiyao didn't want a bunch of people to follow her home, and walked on the street alone to see how beautiful the night view was.

"That's right, but don't let your grandfather know, or you'll come and blow your beard and stare at me."

"Yes, I know." Sheng Zhiyao agreed happily, but her eyes looked at the chessboard on the table, and she was a little funny in her heart, this person who held black chess played so stinky and was not as good as her.

Sheng Zhiyao couldn't help but complain: "Who played this black chess?" It stinks under it. ”

"Really?" The emperor was suddenly struck by what she said, and hurriedly explained: "Isn't this for your imperial grandmother." ”

"Then Grandpa Huang, you probably played this chess with your eyes closed, right?"

"What do you mean? How can I close my eyes when I play chess? The emperor asked puzzledly, and then suddenly realized: "You girl, you actually laughed at me, do you believe it or not, I arrested you and locked you up." ”

"Then Grandpa Huang, grab it! You are playing blindly, and you said that let the imperial grandmother, see that your chess skills are not as good as mine. ”

"Far away can actually play chess? Grandpa also taught? The queen was a little surprised, although the emperor was indeed letting her, but she was not blind, Sheng Zhiyao could see that her chess skills were not bad.

"I watched my grandfather go down a few times, and then I read some books, and I know a little bit about it." Sheng Zhiyao didn't dare to say that in order to prevent her from staying in the laboratory for a long time to do experiments, her grandfather dragged her to play chess when she had nothing to do, and when she was in school, she went to participate in the competition because of her good chess performance.

"Your grandfather's chess is really good, and your grandfather has lost several times to regret chess." The queen did not shy away from telling Sheng Zhiyao interesting stories about the emperor and the old marquis.

"Who regretted the move? I don't. ”

"Okay, you don't have it, then you can play a game with Zhiyao and see how Zhiyao's chess skills are."

"Let's go down, you can say it's good, don't say that the emperor's grandfather bullied you, don't cry when you lose."

"Grandpa Huang, don't worry! Not so far. ”

When the emperor was told by her, he immediately became interested: "Okay, since Zhiyao wants to play a game with the emperor's grandfather, let's start." ”

After the emperor finished speaking, he instructed Gonggong Cui to clean up the chessboard, and the emperor still held the black son Sheng Zhiyao and the white son.

At first, the two didn't play too fast, you came and went to test each other's strength, and gradually both of them began to get serious, Sheng Zhiyao immediately stopped her from continuing every time he fell to the emperor, but his blocking didn't play any role at all, Sheng Zhiyao's chess skills seemed to be much stronger than what she said she knew a little bit about.

"Grandpa Huang, you're going to lose."

"No way, how could I lose."

"Then don't believe it, let's continue."

After Sheng Zhiyao finished speaking, she continued to start falling, and the emperor was blocked by her several times in a row, and finally had no way to continue, so he had to stop.

"No more, no more, it's getting dark, it's time for you to go home." The emperor pushed the chessboard away with a little impatience.

Sheng Zhiyao looked at the emperor's appearance and couldn't help but smile: "Then I will go back today first, and I will play against the emperor's grandfather another day." ”

The emperor didn't speak, and the queen couldn't help but smile in her eyes and nodded at Sheng Zhiyao, Sheng Zhiyao saluted and walked out with Grandpa Cui.