The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 970 Birthday (26)
Qingchen looked at him with bright eyes, and nodded, "Exactly, this time the concubine has prepared a super big one for the emperor, and the emperor can reward everyone to taste it together."

Xiao Jun hesitated for a moment, seeming a little displeased, "How can you let others share what you prepared for me?"

Qingchen knew that he cherished her heart, so he thought for a while and tactfully persuaded him: "How about this, the concubine asks someone to bring the cake, if the emperor thinks that one person can eat it all, then he can enjoy it by himself, otherwise he can share it with everyone, guest and host Wouldn't it be better to have fun?"

After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Jun agreed to her, "Then let someone deliver the things."

Qingchen gave Jinxiu a wink, the things were already prepared, just waiting for the emperor to summon, Jinxiu went out for a while, and saw a few eunuchs pushing a four-foot-high, three-tiered cake away came in.The cake is exquisitely made, with a dragon and a phoenix on the edge, and the carving is lifelike. There are many flowers on it, accompanied by the pattern of pine and cranes. Twenty-five candles with dragon and phoenix painted gold have been lit, and the candlelight dances slightly with the passage of the servant.

Xiao Jun's eyes lit up when she saw it, and she felt happy from the bottom of her heart. He had seen her do this a few times before, and it was very troublesome, especially those carvings, which took time and effort. It would be costly to make such a big one. It will take several hours to finish.Xiao Jun held her hand and stepped down the steps. Standing in front of the half-person-high cake, smelling the sweet fragrance from the cake, she couldn't help but feel good.

Qingchen reminded as if no one was around: "Does the Emperor want to make a wish first? Just make a wish silently in your heart."

Xiao Jun nodded, in front of everyone, it is not easy to be as casual as in the valley, but Mo thought for a moment and said: "Okay, you can blow out the candles."

Qingchen took a deep breath, and blew out the candles on the cake together with him, which made the emperor laugh a few times, picked up the knife next to him, and cut the cake for the first time, and then a servant came up Help cut the cake.

The biggest piece was naturally presented to the emperor first, then the empress, and then distributed to everyone in turn.

Murong Shaocheng looked at the empress who was sitting awkwardly by the side, and saw that Qing Chen and Xiao Jun had such a tacit understanding, his eyes deepened unconsciously.

And Xiao Jue, who was sitting by the side, was also a little unhappy. She was conferred the title of imperial concubine, and he should be happy for her, but for some reason, he felt gloomy and uncomfortable instead.

Xiao Jun asked her sideways: "When did you do it, why don't I know?"

Qingchen whispered: "This food needs to be fresh to be delicious. This concubine made it in her small kitchen last night."

"Then let me taste it first. It looks good. I don't know how it tastes. If it tastes good, then I will reward you a lot." After teasing her, Xiao Jun picked up the silver spoon and was about to eat when she heard someone shouting from below. Said: "Your Majesty, I feel that this birthday cake is not made well and is very unlucky. There are 25 candles, which represent the emperor's lifespan. How can it be blown out like this? Besides, the dragon and phoenix are the symbols of the empress. , how can it be divided and enjoyed by others casually? This is simply treason!"

Xiao Jun felt very impatient with such pedantic old men, but there was nothing she could do about them, so she had to explain patiently: "Master Li, this way of celebrating is not my custom. If you don't understand, You really don’t need to mind it. Also, if Mr. Li thinks that the dragon and phoenix are separated, then you can only eat the cake inside and not touch the layer of dragon and phoenix outside.”

Spokesperson Mr. Li, it doesn't necessarily mean that he intends to find fault, maybe he really just said what he had in mind.

Seeing that the emperor didn't care about his words, Mr. Li wanted to say something, but at this moment, there was a slight "Oh!" on the ground.And at this time, a cat sprang out from nowhere, probably very hungry, and pounced on it and ate half of the cake in the blink of an eye.

The little eunuch was about to drive it away, but saw the tabby cat suddenly screamed a few times, rolled violently on the ground a few times, and lay there motionless, with blood dripping from the corner of its mouth.

Everyone was startled, before realizing what was going on, Qingchen turned around and saw that the silver spoon holding the cake in Xiaojun's hand had changed color, but the emperor's eyes were still fixed on the dead cat on the ground. Come and take back.

"Your Majesty!" Qing Chen hastily knocked off the things in his hands, and now she understood that someone must have taken advantage of the chaos to tamper with the cake, and wanted to use her hands to kill the king!Because this cake was made for the emperor, the first piece must be presented to the emperor first, and no one would dare to move the emperor until he took the first bite.

At this time, someone from below suddenly shouted: "Everyone, don't move, this pastry has been poisoned!"

The emperor looked over in surprise, not because he didn't believe her, but because he wanted to ask what was going on?

But the empress took the lead and reprimanded sharply: "The imperial concubine is so courageous, could it be that she wants to kill the king?"

Qingchen hurriedly got up and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, my concubine would never dare to harbor ill-will towards the emperor. This cake must have been delivered from the concubine's palace, and was poisoned at some point. I beg your majesty to investigate."

Xiao Jun naturally knew that she would not harm him, so she pondered for a while and said: "Get up first, I believe you will not harm me, the pastry was delivered from your palace, and it did not pass through the hands of several people, I want to find out and not It's not difficult."

Qingchen helped Yun Lan's hand to get up, and seeing that many people in the seat were gloating, he really felt extremely uncomfortable.

Before the emperor could speak, he heard the queen's order again: "Who have touched this birthday cake just now, bring them all to this palace!"

While talking, I saw little Xiangzi, Chang Xi, Chang An and Xun Wu from my own palace being brought up. Seeing that they were all from Duanyang Palace, the queen asked sharply, "Say, who is it that has evil intentions and wants to Harm the emperor? If you do it truthfully, I can still leave you with a whole body, otherwise, I will definitely not let you down lightly!"

But the four of them looked at each other underneath, as if they still didn't know what happened.

The emperor glanced at the queen with great displeasure, and asked Xiao Xiangzi, the eunuch in charge of the Duanyang Palace, and said, "Just now, the birthday cake presented to me by the imperial concubine was found to have been poisoned. Think about it carefully, except for how many of you?" Well, who else has touched this pastry, or has anyone been near this pastry?"

Little Xiangzi turned pale with fright, obviously very surprised, and hurriedly replied after being astonished: "Your Majesty, your majesty made this birthday cake last night until midnight, and no one touched it after it was done. After it was delivered from Duanyang Palace, it has been guarded for half a step and never left, no one has touched this pastry, and no one has approached it, how could this birthday cake be poisoned?"

(There are two more chapters tonight...)
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