A tree of peach blossoms pressing the prime minister

Chapter 84
Hearing that it still has this effect, Concubine Lan Gui's brows loosened, but she poured down the honey scented tea like drinking water, and then said: "It's good, but I don't like sweet ones."

Taohua raised her eyebrows, wondering if Duan Yunxin really didn't lie to her, this Concubine Lan really likes bitter tea?That's how she judges the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

After putting down the tea, Concubine Lan Gui was about to continue to taste other dim sum, but her stomach suddenly hurt, which almost made her lose her footing.

"Your Majesty!" The maid next to her quickly supported her, and when she lowered her head, she saw that the imperial concubine's expression was not quite right: "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, maybe I ate too much." Clutching her belly, Concubine Lan stood for a while trying to slow down, but the more she stood, her complexion became worse, and she was so shocked that even Taohua stood up: "Your Majesty? Let the imperial doctor take a look. "

Everyone hurriedly helped her into the room, but the imperial physician came quickly, and after taking the pulse, he frowned and asked, "What did you eat just now?"

The little maid next to her pointed at Peach Blossom and said, "The last thing I drank was this madam's tea, and once I drank it, something went wrong."

"Bring me the teacup."

"Yes."

Feeling cold, Tao Hua felt a bad premonition, and looked at the door, only to see the little maid went out and came back again, frowning and said: "The teacup is gone."

The people who made tea outside came back one after another in twos and threes, not knowing what happened, and they were still looking for the shadow of the imperial concubine.Gu Huairou was so anxious that she stood on the threshold and watched for a long time: "Just now, after finishing drinking, the lady put the teacup on your case, and no one noticed it, so it disappeared."

"That's why some people don't like me." Taohua pursed her lips: "But the strange thing is, there can't be any problem with my tea. Didn't the palace people check it when we finished making the tea?"

"That's right, everything that is going to enter the mother's mouth has been inspected by the palace guards." Gu Huairou frowned, looked at the inner hall, and whispered: "The palace staff are all fine, why is she in trouble?"

Fangrui, the eldest aunt of Zhilan Palace, came out of the inner hall, stared at Peach Blossom with an uneasy expression, and said, "The teacup is missing, maybe someone in the palace accidentally took it away, and the slaves will find it easy to find out. As for our mother, is it because of Your tea has become like this, this is also easy to handle, this servant will immediately let someone else taste all the tea and refreshments. If there is no problem, please invite Madam and servant to the Sizong Mansion."

Taohua pursed her lips: "I have absolutely no intention of harming my mother. If my aunt wants to investigate, please do a thorough investigation, so as not to let those who really want to harm my mother escape."

"Your servant understands." With a slight nod, Fangrui led the people outside.

Mei Zhaoxue and the others just came back, seeing the battle, they asked in a daze, "What happened?"

Aunt Fangrui raised her hand, looked at her and said: "The imperial concubine is poisoned, the imperial doctor is detoxifying, please put all the tea and refreshments on the table, and the people of Zhilan Palace will taste them one by one before making a conclusion."

"Poisoned?!" A group of women covered their lips one after another. Qin Jieyu frowned and asked, "What did you eat before you were poisoned? Wouldn't it be better to just check that thing?"

"My lady last drank Jiang's tea." Fangrui lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "Coincidentally, when she turned her back, the teacup disappeared, and there was nowhere to look for it. I could only look up the refreshments and teas of other ladies." , Is there any problem with the cup of tea that disappeared in Yitui?"

Mei Zhaoxue turned pale, and hurriedly walked into the main hall, and knelt down directly in the outer hall: "I am not strict in discipline, but I hope that the mother's body will be healthy, otherwise death will be inevitable!"

Concubine Lan Gui lay down weakly, she had no energy to care about her at all.Taohua stood outside watching her movements, and said in a low voice: "This concubine is also a member of the Prime Minister's family, and being wronged, Madam's first reaction is not to defend the concubine, but to plead guilty for the concubine, and don't care about it Will it implicate the prime minister's mansion?"

"Shut up!" Mei Zhaoxue's eyes were full of worry, and she said rather annoyedly: "There have never been any problems with the tea tasting party in the past, but this year it's all about you. If I had known, I wouldn't have brought you here. And less of these scourges.”

"If this concubine has the guts to poison the imperial concubine, then you won't be able to kneel and talk here." Looking at her deeply, Tao Hua said: "If this concubine does nothing, it will cause disaster, then It's not about the concubine's body, it's time to ask how ruthless those people in the dark are who refuse to let go of the concubine's body."

Mei Zhaoxue was about to reprimand, but the wife of the Taiwei's family next to her said with a sneer, "You guys are competing for favor in the backyard, but you dare to make trouble in front of the imperial concubine and empress, and even make the empress sick. If this spreads to the emperor's ears Here, how can you have a chance to argue about who is right and who is wrong? You have to ask the crime together."

Body froze, Mei Zhaoxue knelt and did not move.Qin Jieyu from behind stared at Taohua, gritted his teeth and said, "Whoever caused the trouble should bear it alone. If you implicate others, you will have a stubborn face, and you don't know how to learn the rules when you were young."

"Naturally learned the good rules of not harming others and self-discipline." Taohua narrowed her eyes: "People who grow poisonous mushrooms in dark corners probably really didn't teach them well at home."

"you……"

The curtain of the cella was thrown back, interrupting their quarrel.

The imperial doctor came out and said: "I don't know what the empress ate, but she was indeed poisoned. The antidote has already been prescribed. It will be hard for the empress to eat light food for a few days. As for other things, it is not under the control of my minister. Weichen will take his leave first."

"Emperor doctor, go slowly." Aunt Fangrui saw him off at the door, and after sending him out, the palace servants had already tasted all the tea and tea.No one had the same poisoning symptoms as Lan Guifei.

Clenching her hands tightly, Taohua knelt beside Mei Zhaoxue, looked at Aunt Fangrui's gloomy face, and couldn't help but said: "There can be no problem with the tea on my body, isn't there a special person in Zhilan Palace to check it?"

"This servant doesn't know." Fangrui said in a cold tone, "If someone intends to do evil, inspection will not guarantee anything."

Taohua frowned, wondering if her sense of crisis had faded a bit recently, because she was tricked by someone for some reason and didn't realize it.And until now, she didn't know what the problem was.

She didn't poison her, but the imperial concubine was poisoned. Is there some mystery behind it, or...or the imperial concubine didn't like her and deliberately made things difficult for her?
"Come here." Fangrui ordered outside: "Please invite Mrs. Jiang to the Sizong Mansion, and then send someone to inform the emperor and the prime minister."

"Yes."

Taohua is not very familiar with the situation in this palace, and she can't think of any way to escape for a while, so she can only pin her hopes on Shen Zaiya.

However, she has never been very clear about the relationship between Shen Zaiya and Concubine Lan. Will the poisonous snake save her this time?Or scold her again to make matters worse?
Royal study.

The emperor and Shen Zaiye were playing chess at a critical point when they suddenly heard news from Zhilan Palace from the palace staff.

"What?!" The emperor frowned, and immediately got up: "How could you be poisoned?"

The palace man took a look at Shen Zaiye and told what happened.Shen Zaiye pursed his lips and asked, "Is Jiang's doing it?"

"...Although there is no concrete evidence for this, Aunt Fangrui let people taste other things, and there is no problem."

The emperor's face was not very good-looking, and he took Shen Zaiye to the Zhilan Palace, and said as he walked: "I can trust you, Aiqing, but there are too many women in your backyard, and it's too messy, if someone really hurt Lan'er , don't blame me for being cruel."

Shen Zaiye smiled, nodded and said: "If someone is really so bold and does not need to be dealt with by His Majesty, I will not let her go."

"Oh?" The emperor looked at him sideways: "Didn't it mean that you dote on that Jiang family very much? Are you willing?"

"In my heart, women are just for entertainment." Shen Zaiye said: "When there is nothing to do, you can do whatever you want, but if you cause trouble, the minister will not tolerate it. There is nothing you can't bear. Whoever commits a crime will bear the consequences."

The emperor pursed his lips and took a deep look at him: "Aiqing is worthy of being a pillar of my great Wei."

Shen Zaiya nodded, and followed him into Zhilan Palace.

Everyone has dispersed, only the people from Xiangfu are still kneeling outside.Shen Zaiya glanced at it, Jiang Taohua was no longer here, and probably went to Sizong's Mansion.

"Aifei." The emperor entered the inner hall, supported Concubine Lan Gui on his shoulder, and asked with a frown, "How is it?"

Concubine Lan Gui smiled: "It's nothing serious, it's just a little uncomfortable, and my life is safe."

"If it hurts your life, what's the matter?" The emperor looked at Fangrui angrily, "Where is the offender?"

"It has already been closed to Sizong's Mansion." Fang Rui said after taking a look at the prime minister: "The slaves have already checked, and the others in Zhilan Palace..."

"Have you interrogated the palace people who inspected the food?" Shen Zaye said seriously: "Their duty is to prevent these accidents for the mother, but they failed their duties today, and the aunt didn't ask?"

Fangrui was taken aback, pursed her lips and said, "It's the servant's negligence, so I'll go and interrogate her now."

Shen Zaiya nodded, but Concubine Lan Gui on the bed looked at him and chuckled, "Prime Minister still protects Jiang."

"Your Majesty's lesson." Shen Zaiye cupped his hands and said, "I'm not protecting Mrs. Jiang, but I just believe that she is not so stupid that she would do something to poison your Majesty face to face. If someone is behind the scenes and tries to win favor by hurting your Majesty, then I will Can't be tolerated."

The emperor nodded: "Aiqing is right, it's time to check."

"By the way, aunt, let's send everyone's tea list for today to have a look." Shen Zaiye said.

Fangrui glanced hesitantly at Concubine Lan Gui, who closed her eyes and nodded before she went down to get the list.

At the same time, the palace servant who was in charge of inspecting the food and tea was also taken outside to kneel, shouting loudly: "The servants have checked carefully and there is absolutely no problem before letting them present to the empress, the servants are wronged! "

The emperor frowned when he heard this, and Concubine Lan Gui said weakly: "This is strange, everything is fine, but my palace has been poisoned, can it be my fault?"

"Don't worry." Comforting her softly, the emperor raised his head and glanced at Shen Zaiye: "The prime minister is so smart, he should be able to see something."

(End of this chapter)