Chapter 12: The Poison of the Stew Cup III
Liu Qingshu responded calmly.
"From choosing vegetables to cooking dishes, to cooking and serving dishes, although there are many people who handle them, they can also be checked, and the concubines have checked them one by one, and no one has been exposed to poisons, including the chicken shreds and fungus left over from cooking, which are non-toxic."
"That person can be so stupid that he doesn't know how to erase the evidence of the crime," Shen Xiao waved his hand and said, "That's it, they all have motives, but there is no evidence, since the queen has no worries about her life, this matter will be put aside for the time being." ”
There was silence for a long time.
Mama Zhou said in disbelief: "Your Majesty, it's about the queen, if you don't find out and explain it to everyone, I'm afraid that the people in the harem will be ......."
The rest of the words, Mama Zhou swallowed back raw when she saw the emperor's cold gaze.
Shen Xiao said indifferently: "How can the food used by the queen not be tested for poison with a silver needle?" Mama Zhou, I remember that you are an old man who serves Concubine Zhang, and I will not investigate your dereliction of duty, and I will tolerate your dereliction of duty, and I must learn a lesson and act cautiously in the future. ”
In the emperor's words, she became a guilty person for dereliction of duty.
Mama Zhou tried to defend herself, but after several considerations, she was speechless, and could only say "yes" gloomily.
Seeing such a development, Liu Qingshu was unwilling to give up: "Your Majesty, if this matter is not investigated, I am afraid that the former dynasty and the harem will not be convinced......"
"After all, if something happens in the Yang Palace, you can't escape the involvement, and it is not good for you to track it down." Shen Xiao pointed to Liu Qingshu word by word, and it seemed that word by word was thinking about her.
"Your Majesty, the concubines don't care, the concubines only ask for ......"
"Take care of your mouth," Shen Xiao interrupted her and said loudly, "Today's matter, don't mention a few words, violators are serious crimes." ”
I don't know who these words are warning and protecting.
After the emperor left, the imperial doctor said that the queen's condition was stable and she left for the time being, and only Xin Wei, Concubine Meng Hui, Mama Zhou, and Liu Qingshu were left in the dormitory.
Liu Qingshu walked up to Xin Wei, her eyes were red, she looked at her sadly, and said: "I used to missee you, do you know that you are acting for the tiger and helping the abuse!" ”
"Look, what did you say, didn't Xin Wei misread you? If you don't help her, what kind of good thing are you? Concubine Meng Hui held her stomach and said bably.
Liu Qingshu ignored her, and just said to Xin Wei: "I didn't help you before because I couldn't do it, but now it's your chance, Concubine Hui, she ......."
What is the chance? Xin Wei didn't think this was a good opportunity, after all, the stew pot had been in Weiyang Palace for two days, and it was too coincidental to poison the queen who was far away in Fengyi Palace.
Concubine Liu woke up so quickly, the queen's life was not in danger, and it happened in Weiyang Palace, would Concubine Meng Hui really be punished for a felony with unsubstantiated accusations?
Everyone is suspicious, not to mention that Concubine Meng Hui was not poisoned in the first place.
Concubine Meng Hui became more and more annoyed when she heard Liu Qingshu's words, approached her, and said sharply: "Why can't you do it?" You have the heart to help Xin Wei just let her see the emperor, but have you done this? You made her wait outside Weiyang Palace for more than an hour, and you refused to let her see the emperor! What kind of good guy is pretending to be high-sounding now? What is her chance now? If this palace is punished, can she, the person who sent the stew pot for this palace, escape? I'm afraid I'll die faster than this palace! If you don't want to implicate her, how can you poison yourself and frame this palace?! ”
Liu Qingshu wanted to argue, but she couldn't say anything, so she could only look at Xin Wei and ask, "Do you see me like this?" Do you think being a concubine has helped you? Do you also think that I framed Concubine Hui? ”
"Why did Concubine Liu say this?" Xin Wei lowered her eyes and said, "The slave doesn't dare to have any speculation about Concubine Liu, and she doesn't dare to ask Concubine Liu for help." ”
"Okay, okay."
Liu Qingshu hoarsely said hello twice, one seemed to be helpless, the other seemed to sigh, and there were many regrets, but she didn't say anything more and left gloomily.
Xin Wei looked at her back, and couldn't fully understand these things in her heart, maybe Liu Qingshu had many difficulties that she couldn't speak, maybe they didn't come from her original intention......
There are many dilemmas in the world, not to mention that in the palace, there are many thin ices, only to survive, but in Liu Qingshu's eyes, it is still either white or black.
As soon as Liu Qingshu left, Concubine Meng Hui was full of resentment and couldn't vent her anger, and glared at Mama Zhou who was guarding the queen's bed, her eyes devouring.
"Wait."
When she gives birth to a prince and is crowned the crown prince, and when she becomes the queen mother, one day this dog slave will have to die a good death.
Mama Zhou said coldly: "The queen must rest quietly, Concubine Hui, please go back." ”
"Dogs fight people."
Concubine Meng Hui scolded and was about to leave Fengyi Palace, but Gonggong Xi went and returned again, turned back to Fengyi Palace, walked straight to Xin Wei, bowed down and said, "The emperor is looking for a girl to ask." ”
"Me?" Xin Wei was stunned.
Concubine Meng Hui was unwilling and jealous, but when she remembered Liu Qingshu's complacent attitude, she turned into a sentence: "Go quickly." ”
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Xin Wei entered the Chengqian Palace and knelt on the ground to salute.
"Slave Xinwei, knock to see the emperor."
Shen Xiao stood tall and looked at an upright landscape ink painting in front of him, in which surging water surging down from the high mountains, rushing and not knowing where to go.
He turned around with a long time, "Get up and speak." ”
Xin Wei got up, but she still bowed her eyebrows. She can already recite the etiquette in the palace, and if she looks up and sees the holy face without authorization, it is a great crime of disrespect.
So she couldn't see what kind of look Shen Xiao was, and only heard him say in a low voice: "You are in Yong'an Palace." ”
Xin Wei said: "Back to the emperor, the slave maid has been in Yong'an Palace for several months. ”
Shen Xiao let out a thoughtful "oh", and said, "Concubine Hui can actually accommodate you." ”
"The slave and maid are in the Yong'an Palace, and the mother is naturally tolerant......"
Shen Xiao smiled and said, "Really? ”
Xin Wei knelt down in a hurry, and her knees hit the ground with a crisp sound, like a bell and drum of grievances.
"The emperor knows that the slave and maid are indeed duty-bound, and they have never made any mistakes, let alone poisoned them in the stew pot!"
Shen Xiao saw that she knelt down at every turn, his eyebrows furrowed, and he said, "Don't you have anything to say to me?" ”
Xin Wei buried her head deeply and didn't dare to answer.
What could she say to the Emperor? This is the emperor's summons, and she didn't ask for it, so he only knew what to ask and answer, and he really couldn't guess what he wanted to hear.
After pondering for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, the slave dares to swear with her life, if it is poisoned, ......"
"Concubine Hui has ever embarrassed you?" Shen Xiao interrupted her gambling spell.
Xin Wei bit her lip and said, "Concubine Hui has never persecuted the slave maid, and it is indeed the slave's idea to send the stew cup." ”
said this, but there was an involuntary innocent pitiful in Chu Chu's tearful eyes.
Shen Xiao sighed softly and said more bluntly: "Don't ask about poisoning." I mean, if you are in a difficult situation by Concubine Hui's side, you ...... You can leave Yong'an Palace. ”
"Concubine Hui is generous to others, and she has never embarrassed slaves."
Shen Xiao only regarded her as duplicity.
Shen Shuning likes to bury Meng Zhen mean, if Meng Zhen can be generous, who else can be mean?
What's more, how can Meng Zhen tolerate such a face?
"Concubine Hui let you see me today, because she wanted to please me," Shen Xiao paused, and said: "Since you entered the palace by the queen's order, you were willing to be a concubine, yes or no?" ”
Before Xin Wei entered the palace, she expected that one day she would become one of the many concubines in the harem, but the emperor's clear announcement couldn't help but surprise her.
She raised her head in a daze, and met the ripples in his deep eyes, and at that moment, the little waves in his eyes quietly calmed down, and returned to a pool of still water, bottomless.
I don't know if the ripples of Fang Cai have ever existed.