Palace Scheming: the Queen In the Cold Palace I

Chapter 30 Beauty is as vicious as a needle (3)

 In fact, he could understand this. After all, when the emperor saw the queen working hard for him, even a hard-hearted person would be touched. But just now in the imperial garden, he saw that the emperor's expression was clearly very happy when he saw Concubine Hua, but why did he become so indifferent in the blink of an eye?

"Xiao Lezi, do you know what kind of fragrance the concubines in the palace are most afraid of?" The emperor kept walking and didn't turn his head, he just asked expressionlessly.

Chang Le was shocked when he heard this, his face changed drastically, and he said in disbelief: "Your Majesty, could it be that Concubine Hua actually used epimedium without permission..."

Chang Le knew that the emperor of the Tianque Kingdom had always worn an ambergris jade pendant that exuded the scent of ambergris. This jade pendant had a mysterious scent and was ancient, so it had been passed down as a must-wear item for every emperor.

During the previous dynasty, there was a concubine in the harem who somehow learned that the combination of epimedium and ambergris would create a unique fragrance that made people unable to resist its medicinal power, so she secretly hid epimedium in her body. As a result, when she got close to the emperor, she easily made him fall in love with him. As a result, she indulged in **** and pleasure day by day, and almost gave up on government affairs for a time.

Later, because other concubines in the palace were jealous, someone bribed the maids around the concubine to inquire about it, and then they learned about this secret method, which caused many concubines in the harem to rush to wear epimedium. This caused a rise in the harem's bad habits, alarmed the queen, and ordered a thorough investigation. Check this matter.

Since then, epimedium has become a taboo item in the harem. If a concubine keeps it secretly and uses it, she will be punished with death.

 But this Concubine Hua...

Chang Le thought about this and couldn't help but shuddered. I can't imagine that if this is true, if the Queen Mother knows about it, Concubine Hua will not be able to save herself.

"I'm not sure." There was a feeling of irritation in his heart. Xuanyuan Ze didn't believe that Wan'er would use the forbidden fragrance on him, but just now he did smell the unusual fragrance and almost couldn't control himself. mind.

 Before this, he had never smelled that special fragrance on Wan'er's body, and he only noticed it today. If Wan'er didn't wear something by mistake, then...

With a frown on his face, he suddenly told Chang Le: "In a moment, go to the Inner Palace and click on Concubine Hua's sign, and tell me that I am visiting Zhuhua Palace tonight."

 “I obey the order.” Chang Le was puzzled at first as to why the emperor remembered the matter of flipping cards. He was just slightly startled, and then he understood.

As soon as the emperor entered the Golden Phoenix Palace, a strange atmosphere immediately made him feel that something was wrong.

Especially when he entered the hall, he bumped into Fu Ming who was hurriedly leaving the hall, which made him frown. He even ignored Fu Ming's kneeling down to apologize, and strode straight to the inner hall.

 "My slaves are here to see the emperor, and the emperor is blessed." When Xiao Taohong and Bitao saw the emperor arriving quietly, they were startled for a moment, and then they both hurriedly paid their respects.

"Why are you here?" His handsome eyes glanced at Xuanyuan Yi in the hall. Xuanyuan Ze's expression was a little unhappy. When he saw Hua Heng diagnosing Yun Qing's pulse attentively, his handsome eyebrows couldn't help but frown deeper.

"Brother, please give your regards to the emperor." Xuanyuan Yi bowed slightly to Xuanyuan Ze, who had a cold face, and responded calmly: "Brother, I have been here for two hours. I know that the emperor is busy with official duties, so I didn't dare to send anyone to disturb him. , then he took it upon himself to summon Hua Heng."

"Oh, what happened?" He coldly glanced at Fu Ming, who was kneeling outside the palace to plead guilty. The emperor couldn't help but feel excited, and his eyes towards Yun Qing became extremely worried: "What's wrong with the queen?"

"Back to the emperor, the young lady was sober once before, but after drinking the newly cooked medicine, she vomited blood for some reason..." Xiao Taohong's eyes were red, afraid that the emperor would blame King Anqing who arrived in time, so she knelt down and reported the truth truthfully.

In the past two days, she saw that the emperor was also very concerned about the lady, so she spoke quickly and called the queen her lady.

But she didn't pay much attention to her title of emperor, but her words made him feel frightened, and his handsome eyes were deeply focused: "Vomiting blood?"

Hands of fists clenched tightly, he resisted the urge to roar and called out in a deep voice, "Fu Ming?"

"I know the crime, I know the crime! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!" Fu Ming almost crawled in, with a look of fear on his face, but it did not make the Emperor less tempted to kill him: "Say, Queen what is going on?"

Hearing the opportunity given by the emperor, Fu Ming hurriedly kowtowed three times, and then replied: "Back to the emperor, I have been taking care of the empress with all my heart. The empress's pulse has always been peaceful, and there is no trace of anything at all." Abnormal. The queen woke up once in the morning. Although she looked gloomy at that time, she was in good spirits. After taking the medicine, she went back to sleep. I brought the newly cooked medicine to my mother to take it, but unexpectedly, she vomited blood after taking the medicine..."

Having said this, Fu Ming wiped the sweat from his head nervously. Seeing the emperor frowning and waiting for his reply, he hurriedly continued: "So Weichen quickly observed the pulse of the empress and found that there was a sign of a diseased pulse. It seemed that The medicine was too much, and the situation... the situation was somewhat beyond Wei Chen’s expectations!”

As he spoke, he bowed his head heavily, no longer daring to look at the emperor's furious face.

Failing to cure the queen's illness is already a serious crime. If he fails to cure the queen's golden body, then he will lose half of his life.

So when he heard the doctor Hua said that the queen accidentally took a large tonic, which caused her heart rate to accelerate, blood to surge up, and blood to spurt out of her mouth, he wanted to go out to check whether there was any poison in the newly fried medicinal food this time. What more medicine.

"Hmph! What a good Fu Ming, I asked you to heal the empress, but you treat people worse and worse! Someone, please take this unconventional doctor out and punish him with twenty canes!" The emperor's handsome eyes darkened, and his voice was full of emotion. With overwhelming anger, he shouted loudly, and two guards in green clothes walked in outside the palace, one on each side, and immediately lifted Fu Ming up.

"Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, please spare your life. I would never dare to deceive you. I am really unjust!" Fu Ming's body went limp, and under the support of the guards, he couldn't help but loudly begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, Dr. Fu is very old. Please forgive him for his negligence. I believe the specific reason is not Dr. Fu's fault, but that someone tampered with the Queen's medicine." Hua Heng, who had been taking the pulse quietly, saw this. He gently put down Yun Qing's wrist, stood up and stepped back a certain distance.

Bitao quickly stepped forward to pull up the silk quilt for Yunqing and gently put down the gauze curtain.

"Wait a minute." The emperor stretched out his hand, and Fu Ming relaxed and was out of control of the guards.

The emperor's handsome eyebrows were furrowed, his sharp eyes were directed towards Hua Heng, and he asked word for word: "Negligence? Hua Heng, how are you sure someone has tampered with it?"

 If so, why didn't Fu Ming notice it in the past two days and kept telling himself that all Yun Qing's symptoms were normal?

Damn it, could it be that this Fu Ming was deliberately deceiving and his medical skills were so poor?

As if he could see the emperor's thoughts, Hua Heng frowned and said respectfully: "Weichen believes that Imperial Physician Fu's medical skills are by no means inferior to Weichen's, and according to Weichen's measurements, there are several kinds of drugs gathering in the Queen's body. It didn't happen over time. It was obvious that the effect of the medicine was just beginning to take effect when the Queen woke up in the morning, and the person who administered the medicine was very cautious, knowing that the previous few days were the Queen's observation period. Any movement would definitely be discovered, so he chose to attack last night, because the empress had stabilized by then, and most doctors and palace maids would relax because they were too tired, so it was the best time for him to attack. "

As soon as these words came out, not only the emperor, but also Xiao Taohong and Bi Tao were startled. They did not expect that someone would harm the young lady in the Golden Phoenix Palace.

Especially Bitao. She saw that Xiao Taohong was too tired last night, so she asked her to rest in the palace while she helped cook the medicine.

It’s just that she took a nap in the middle because she was too tired, but she didn’t leave the dining room at all when she was boiling the medicine, and no one else came by on the way. How could someone secretly take the medicine?

"Bitao, didn't you cook yesterday's medicinal meal?" Fu Ming's eyes lit up, remembering that last night when Xiao Taohong called the lady to wake up, he was the one who ran to ask Bitao who was cooking the medicine to quickly deliver the medicine.

 Could it be this girl...

"Bitao?" The emperor also cast his scrutinizing gaze on Bitao, but saw that the girl looked remorseful and sad, biting her lip and saying nothing.

"Your Majesty, Bitao is the personal maid brought by the young lady from the Yun Mansion. There is no way she can harm the young lady!" Xiao Taohong was anxious, not caring whether the person in front of her was the emperor or not. With a bang, she knelt down to speak for Bitao.

His handsome brows furrowed, and the emperor did not speak, but said solemnly: "I know. Hua Heng, how is the queen doing now?"

"Back to the emperor, fortunately, I discovered it in time and gave the empress a silver needle to clear out toxins and remove heat. At this time, the empress's pulse has stabilized, but she still needs to be taken care of carefully in the past few days."

"Well, then go and check the ingredients of the medicine residue immediately to see what kind of medicine is added to it." Xuanyuanze nodded, and after giving Huaheng instructions, he sat down beside Yunqing's bed and looked at her, looking paler than before. His face was divided, and his handsome eyes were narrowed into a thin line.

Turning around, he saw Bitao still standing there in a daze, and said coldly: "What are you still doing? Hurry up and go with Imperial Physician Hua."

"Yes!" Bi Tao's eyes turned red, she glanced at the young lady on the bed with some remorse, then she hurriedly walked out of the inner hall with Hua Heng.

"Fifth brother, I want to thank you for caring so much about Yun Qing. If you hadn't arrived in time these few times, I'm afraid Yun Qing's situation would have been dire." Looking at the sleeping person on the bed, Xuanyuan Ze stretched out his hand to caress her lovingly. He kissed her face, then stood up and glanced at Xuanyuan Yi, unable to tell whether it was a genuine thank you or a fake one.

"The emperor is busy with state affairs, and it is an honor for me to be able to relieve the emperor's worries. I don't dare to take credit." They were obviously speaking politely, but when the two people's eyes met, there was a strong chill that made people feel cold. Spread out in the hall.

Xiao Taohong lowered her head very wisely, not daring to look at the sparks between the two.

 (End of this chapter)