Chapter 225: Strange Aroma
It was Xiao Meiren in the side hall of Shun'an Palace who was scared, and she was just a little transparent that no one noticed in the past, but after Concubine Yu got the queen's golden book, she began to jump out.
Concubine Yu is the head of Shun'an Palace, and Xiao Meiren's move is just to please her master.
It seems that there are other people who are dissatisfied with Concubine Xian!
"Shut up all of them."
Concubine Yu knelt in front of everyone and turned around to reprimand: "You are tired of making noise in front of the queen's coffin, aren't you?" β
Although this sentence was talking about two people, her eyes only looked at Jiang Zhaoyi, as if warning her that she was alone.
"The emperor has arrivedβ"
The concubines who were originally kneeling neatly under the mourning hall automatically divided into two sides and made way for the emperor.
Concubine Yu looked up and found that Jiang Xinyue was following behind the emperor, and her teeth itched with hatred.
It stands to reason that she and Jiang Xinyue, one is in charge of the phoenix seal and the other is in charge of the gold book, so both of them should be able to handle palace affairs.
But she can call the shots on trivial matters in the palace, but whenever she encounters something big, she must have a phoenix seal and seal, she seems to have become Jiang Xinyue's female official in charge, specializing in miscellaneous work for her.
Even the funeral of the queen mother, Jiang Xinyue didn't want to preside over it, it could have been handed over to her to take care of, she was happy to take this opportunity to let everyone see clearly, who really cares about the queen mother and is suitable to be the successor.
As a result, Jiang Xinyue said: "Concubine Yu's grade is too low, and it seems that she is not qualified enough to preside over the funeral of the queen's mother." β
The emperor handed over this matter to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which arranged for a respected clansman from the royal family to handle it.
Jiang Xinyue, that slut, killed the queen's mother, and she couldn't see her well, the emperor was blinded by the vixen.
Jiang Xinyue is here, the first place where Concubine Yu is kneeling should be given to her, who made her the head of the four concubines, the virtuous concubine who is rightfully named!
Concubine Yu was no longer convinced, so she could only quickly retreat to the back when she looked over.
Jiang Xinyue didn't give her a superfluous look, opened the hem of her clothes, and knelt in the first place uprightly.
The atmosphere in the mourning hall was solemn, and after a while, the Queen Mother also came.
She and the emperor are one left and one right, and they are clearly distinguished, and they are not even willing to maintain the illusion of motherhood and filial piety.
After the concubines knelt down, and the ministers who had not finished their bowing a few days ago needed to come to the mourning hall to offer incense, the concubines went to the back to rest.
Before leaving, Jiang Xinyue glanced at the Queen Mother and the Emperor, and intuitively felt that something should have happened between them.
The queen mother's eyes looked at the emperor frequently, looking like she wanted to ask for peace, but the emperor didn't even give her the slightest glance.
When the Queen Mother looked over with resentful eyes, Jiang Xinyue skillfully grasped the opportunity, lowered her eyes, and pretended not to see the estrangement between their mother and son.
Among this group of women, the queen mother is precious, but Jiang Xinyue is faintly respected.
The concubines present have been in the palace for no less than two years, and they know a little bit about what they should know and what they shouldn't know.
The discord between the queen mother and the emperor has long been an open secret in the harem.
The apse of the Taihe Hall has already been properly arranged, and pastries, fruits and tea are placed for the noble masters to enjoy.
The dragon well at hand exuded a faint aroma, and several concubines and the queen mother drank a few sips to quench their thirst.
Jiang Xinyue stared at the white smoke wafting out of the unicorn incense burner, and had no intention of drinking tea.
The Queen Mother suddenly made a difficulty: "Come on, go and cut off the hands of the palace maid who made tea for Concubine Xian, useless things, even such a trivial thing as making tea can't be done, the tea brewed is not in line with Concubine Xian's wishes, what's the use of keeping her?" β
"Plop!"
The little palace maid standing behind Jiang Xinyue trembled, knelt on the ground, and said in horror: "The Queen Mother spares her life!" β
The grandmother beside the Queen Mother was about to pull the little palace maid immediately, Jiang Xinyue knew that she was targeting herself, but she didn't immediately intercede for the little palace maid, but looked at Pei Yan behind the Queen Mother.
The plainly dressed girl pointed to the teacup, then to the incense burner, and then shook her head.
Jiang Xinyue immediately realized that there was no problem with drinking the tea alone, and there was no problem with smelling the incense in the incense burner alone, but if the two were mixed together, there would be a problem.
And the closest to the incense burner is Concubine Yu and Xiao Meiren in her palace.
"Stop!"
"Phew!"
As soon as a few old ladies pulled the little palace maid to Concubine Yu, the cup in Jiang Xinyue's hand slammed on the incense burner.
The tea cup exploded, accompanied by the exclamations of the surrounding concubines, and the tea in the cup mixed with the aroma in the incense burner, exuding a faint strong tea fragrance.
Jiang Zhaoyi sniffed, feeling that the smell was a little weird, and covered her nose and stepped back.
Concubine Yu screamed, not only did she not retreat, but instead took a few steps closer to the incense burner, pulled the hem of her clothes, and asked loudly: "Concubine Xian, you are late at the funeral of the queen mother, even if you are late, and now you are still making noise behind her mourning hall, is it too unsightly to take the queen mother in your eyes?" People like you...... Belch...... Uh......"
Concubine Yu's eyes widened wider and wider, and she pointed at Jiang Xinyue in horror: "You ......"
She tried hard to speak, but she couldn't get a complete sentence out of her throat, and her whole face was so red that the veins on her face were exposed, and her face was terrifyingly hideous.
"Smack!"
"Whoa!"
Immediately afterwards, several more concubines around the incense burner had symptoms of dizziness, headache and inability to speak to varying degrees.
Jiang Xinyue's action was unexpected by everyone, even the Queen Mother didn't expect her to suddenly get angry, covered her nose, and stepped back in fright.
Jiang Zhaoyi quickly walked to Jiang Xinyue's side, pulled her back, and said: "This is the fragrance of the Western Regions, it will be maddening." β
Concubine Yu picked up a vase in her hand and smashed it at Jiang Xinyue.
Jiang Xinyue was behind the Queen Mother, she grabbed Jiang Zhaoyi and fell to the side, the vase exploded at the feet of the Queen Mother, and the sharp fragments cut through the Queen Mother's cheeks, making her scream in pain: "Someone!" Are they all dead? Hurry up and arrest them to the mourners, they're crazy. β
Emperor Xuanwu was also a little tired in front of him, and was about to go back to the Qianqing Palace to rest, but as soon as he got up, a little eunuch ran over in a panic and said something in Wang Dequan's ear.
Wang Dequan opened his mouth in surprise, walked quickly to the emperor, and whispered a few words in his ear.
I saw the emperor get up and go towards the apse.
The rest of the ministers looked at each other, wondering in their hearts if something big had happened in the harem.
The apse of the Taihe Hall was full of messes, and Concubine Yu and Xiao Meiren, as well as several concubines who were poisoned, had all come to their senses under the diagnosis and treatment of the imperial doctors.
Only Concubine Yu was angry at the time, and the toxin invasion was relatively deep, so there were some sequelae of vomiting.
She pointed at Jiang Xinyue: "Your Majesty, it must be a virtuous concubine, she poisoned her concubines and others, please let the emperor punish her severely." β