The bright moon hangs high, and the silver moonlight shrouds the Mingyue Palace.
In the inner hall, the Fifth Prince was lying on the bed with a pale face. Concubine Xu Gui squeezed his hand tightly, her brows were frowned, and she looked worried.
In the outer hall, Empress Zhou sat upright in the upper seat with an unclear expression.
Pei Lingbi sat at the bottom left, with an unconcealable gloating look in her eyes. She stared at Tao Ti and said, "Crown Princess, Fifth Emperor's younger brother is usually as strong as a calf, and the number of times of fever and cold can be counted on the fingers of the year. Why did you eat something in your Yaoguang Palace today, and you vomited and diarrhea when you came back, sick? Dying?"
Tao Ti sat on the chair, holding the armrest tightly, and looked up at Pei Lingbi, "What do you mean?"
Pei Lingbi raised her chin and said, "I just saw that you can still be so calm, the Crown Princess. This mentality is really admirable."
Tao Ti said coldly, "Otherwise? How do you want me to behave, to cry and make noise, to separate the relationship, or to confess in time?"
Pei Lingbi choked, and after a while, she snorted coldly, "Anyway, I have nothing to do with you!"
Tao Ti is really tired of this Pei Lingbi, why is there such a thing everywhere.
She took a deep breath and said silently "Don't be angry, don't be angry, anger will leave room for the devil".
The sixth princess on the side put her hand on the back of Tao Ti's hand, gave her a comforting look, and said softly, "Sister-in-law, I ate the same thing as Brother Wu Huang, am I fine now? If the empress and the imperial concubine blame you later, I can testify to you."
Tao Ti held her hand back and smiled softly, "Thank you, Xiao Liu."
After all, she turned her face and stared at the unknown inner hall, still feeling a little nervous—
The Fifth Prince and Sixth Princess tried milk tea at her place this morning, and left after lunch.
Both children were fine when they left, full of energy and vigor.
At night, when Tao Ti was preparing to cook a bowl of cross-bridge rice noodles for dinner, someone from Concubine Xu Guifei's palace suddenly came, saying that the fifth prince was unwell and might be poisoned, so he came to ask the fifth prince what he had eaten in Yaoguang Palace today what to drink.
Naturally, Tao Ti couldn't sit still, and immediately came to Mingyue Palace with the palace staff.
She came over on the front foot, and Queen Zhou came on the back foot. The speed was so fast that she looked like a good queen who wholeheartedly cared about the heirs of the harem.
Tao Ti has always been unwilling to use the worst thoughts to speculate on others, but for Pei Lingbi, Tao Ti can clearly say that this guy is just to see her bad luck. If Pei Lingbi cared about the Fifth Prince, she wouldn't believe a word.
Now the imperial doctor is there to diagnose and treat the fifth prince, and some eunuchs have gone to the small kitchen of Yaoguang Hall to check it. Tao Ti is not afraid of the shadow being crooked, so they can check it as they please.
The eunuch in charge of Mingyue Palace also questioned the palace servants of Yaoguang Palace.
The palace people of Yaoguang Palace spoke in unison, saying, "We drank all the milk tea made by the princess, and everything is fine! As for the lunch for the prince and princess at noon, it was delivered from the dining room of the Eastern Palace. If you want to check, go to the dining room to check."
The eunuch in charge had no choice but to go to the dining room of the East Palace to follow the procedure.
On the other side, the sedan chairs of Pei Yan and Emperor Zhaokang stopped at the entrance of Mingyue Palace almost at the same time.
Pei Yan got down from the sedan chair and respectfully bowed to Emperor Zhaokang, "My son pays homage to my father, my father is blessed."
Emperor Zhaokang glanced at his forehead that was sweating from the rush, and said in a deep voice, "Go back and change your clothes first, don't catch a cold."
Pei Yan pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "Father, my son and minister are fine."
Emperor Zhaokang's face darkened, but seeing Pei Yan's brows full of persistence, he finally said solemnly, "Forget it, go in first and see what's going on."
The father and son walked into the hall one after the other.
Hearing the notification sound of "Your Majesty is coming", Tao Ti's heart skipped a beat: Oh, too bad, the emperor is here too.
Hearing the notification sound of "His Royal Highness is coming", Tao Ti immediately "like listening to fairy music", and almost didn't cry.
My dear ones, my backer—
As soon as Pei Yan stepped into the hall, he saw his little princess looking at him with big wet eyes.
The eyes of trust and dependence touched people's hearts.
He nodded to her, his black eyes were reassuring and firm.
Everyone in the hall hurriedly saluted Emperor Zhaokang and Pei Yan, and even Concubine Xu Gui who was inside hurried out.
Emperor Zhaokang raised his hand to let everyone excuse himself, and glanced at the people present with his dark eyes.
Tao Ti didn't know if it was her own illusion, but she always felt that Emperor Zhaokang looked at her with a particularly sharp gaze, which made her heart skip a beat twice.
Emperor Zhaokang asked Concubine Xu Gui, "How is Chen'er?"
Concubine Xu Gui pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, but did not answer, she just called in a low voice, "Physician Chen."
Imperial physician Chen stepped forward immediately, bent down and cupped his hands, "Return to Your Majesty, according to my diagnosis, the fifth prince is not suffering from poisoning, it should be... It should be diarrhea and vomiting caused by eating some unclean things."
Emperor Zhaokang said, "What did Chen'er eat today?"
Concubine Xu Gui believed in the Crown Princess in her heart, but when the emperor asked her, she could only give a straightforward answer, "Chen'er used a bowl of bird's nest porridge in the concubine's palace this morning, and two auspicious rolls, and then I shared with six The princess went to the Yaoguang Palace of the Crown Princess. Chen'er came back from lunch in the Yaoguang Palace, and said that he had eaten enough, so he didn't eat any more. At the right time, he began to have diarrhea and vomiting... Chen Qie panicked I'm busy asking the imperial doctor to see it."
Pei Lingbi looked at Tao Ti complaining, "Father, Chen'er must have eaten bad food at the princess's place. I heard that the princess ordered a bunch of messy things today, and let Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu go with him The palace people tasted it together. The five and six children are all rich in gold and jade, but the princess actually let them eat the same food as the palace people!"
Empress Zhou stared at Pei Lingbi angrily, her tone full of warning, "Lingbi!"
Pei Lingbi lowered her head resentfully, and muttered unconvinced, "That's what it is."
Emperor Zhaokang narrowed his black eyes and turned to Tao Ti, "Crown Princess, what do you say?"
Tao Ti was a little flustered at first, but now Pei Yan was standing behind her, and at an angle that no one else could see, he put one hand on her waist gently, "supporting" her. settle down.
"Returning to Father, the fifth prince did eat a lot in the daughter-in-law's palace, but all the food that the fifth prince ate, the daughter-in-law and the sixth princess also ate. Now we are both safe and sound, which shows that the food in Yaoguang Palace is very good. No problem." She was neither humble nor overbearing, her eyes were calm.
"Father, what the princess and concubine's sister-in-law said is true." The sixth princess said timidly. Although she was afraid of the majesty of the father, she could not let the princess and concubine's sister-in-law be wronged.
Seeing that his usually timid and reticent little daughter spoke for Tao Ti, Emperor Zhaokang's brows moved slightly, and he looked at Tao Ti thoughtfully.
At this time, the palace people who were in charge of inspecting the small kitchen of Yaoguang Hall and the dining room of the Eastern Palace also came back, but they also found nothing.
For a while, the hall was a little quiet.
Just when everyone was wondering, Emperor Zhaokang said, "Go and see Chen'er first."
He walked in, and Empress Zhou and Concubine Xu also followed.
Pei Yan held Tao Ti's hand, felt her fingers were icy cold, frowned with thick eyebrows, and said in a low voice, "It's okay, I'm here."
Tao Ti looked up at him, her black eyes were extremely bright, "Your Highness, do you believe me?"
Pei Yan looked at his eyebrows, "You are my princess, so I naturally believe you."
Tao Ti's heart warmed, and she smiled at him.
Everyone entered the hall together.
The fifth prince's face was pale, and he looked exhausted. Seeing a crowd of people surrounding him, he pulled the quilt a little embarrassedly, not wanting to see people.
Emperor Zhaokang said a few words of concern, and then Queen Zhou also expressed a few words of concern.
"Good boy, it's really pitiful to be sick like this." Pei Lingbi shook her head and sighed, then gave Tao Ti a sideways look, "You, don't be greedy next time, who knows that what others give you will not be clean. "
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the scene became awkward again.
Concubine Xu Gui's complexion was not very good, she rolled her eyes calmly.
Empress Zhou's complexion was also not good, she cursed an idiot in her heart, and pulled her behind.
Although the fifth prince on the bed was young, he was not stupid. He immediately understood the meaning of Pei Lingbi's words, and said unhappily, "Where is the concubine's sister-in-law? Yes! Besides, the things made by the concubine’s sister-in-law are very clean, delicious and clean!”
Seeing that the Fifth Prince was talking to outsiders, Pei Lingbi's eyes flickered, her face was sullen, and she felt very displeased.
Tao Ti saw the fifth prince collapsed like this, she still did not forget to speak for herself, if she said she was not moved, it would be a lie.
She calmed down, and asked the Fifth Prince in a low voice, "Xiao Wu, did you eat anything else after you left Yaoguang Palace today?"
The fifth prince felt a little embarrassed when he thought of his sickly appearance, avoiding Tao Ti's eyes, and said in a low voice, "I haven't eaten, I've eaten until noon, and I won't be hungry when it's time for dinner. "
Tao Ti is also confused, she can guarantee that the steps of her food making are absolutely clean...
At this moment, the little eunuch standing in the corner and serving the Fifth Prince whispered, "Your Highness Fifth, didn't you drink a cup of milk tea in the evening?"
The fifth prince said, "Yes, what's the matter?"
Tao Ti was stunned when she heard this, "Did you drink milk tea in the evening?"
The fifth prince said, "Well, when we left Yaoguang Palace today, sister-in-law, you gave me and Xiaoliu a pack of milk tea, and you let us drink it on the way. I'm not willing to drink it, I want to taste it later …”
Tao Ti: Well, it seems that the case has been solved.
Pei Yan lowered her eyes and asked Tao Ti, "Ah Ti, is it caused by this milk tea?"
"It should be." Tao Ti twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "Milk tea is usually best consumed within an hour, especially this kind of freshly brewed milk tea, don't drink it after two hours. What's more, it is now In summer, the weather is sultry and there is no ice... ice cubes are easy to break."
It has been more than six hours since the fifth prince left Yaoguang Palace with milk tea until he drank it in the evening, and it is unknown how many bacteria have grown during this period.
If it were poor people, maybe they wouldn't be so serious with vomiting and diarrhea. But the fifth prince has been pampered since he was a child, and his stomach has never been tempered. In addition, he is young and his stomach is delicate, so the symptoms are so severe.
Hearing Tao Ti's explanation, the hall fell into an eerie silence.
It's embarrassing.
After making such a big fuss, going around and around, it was the Fifth Prince himself who made the trouble in the end.
The fifth prince hid under the quilt with a guilty conscience.
Concubine Xu Gui gave the fifth prince a "nuclear" look. If she didn't see that he was still sick, she would definitely beat up this worthless brat.
In the end, Emperor Zhaokang coughed lightly, breaking the embarrassment, "Okay, it's getting late now, now that we figure out what's going on, it's time to leave, let Chen'er have a good rest."
Concubine Xu Gui said to Tao Ti embarrassingly, "Princess Concubine, this matter is caused by this ignorant boy, Chen'er, please don't worry about it. Treat him well, and I will personally lead him to the door to make amends."
Tao Ti lowered her head and said softly, "Your concubine is polite, I'm also to blame for this, I should tell him."
You are polite and I am polite. It was an oolong at first, but everyone's attitude was very good, and the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.
Empress Zhou took Pei Lingbi and retreated first, and Emperor Zhaokang rewarded Tao Ti with a few things as compensation for almost misunderstanding her.
It was already dark outside the hall, and the night breeze was blowing.
As soon as she stepped out of the threshold of Mingyue Palace, Tao Ti let out a long breath of relief.
Pei Yanyan rubbed her hair and said softly, "It's all right."
Tao Ti gave a low "hmm", but didn't continue walking.
Pei Yan looked at her, "What's wrong?"
Tao Ti raised her porcelain white face, showing a smile and crying expression, "Your Highness, help me, I, my legs seem to be weak..."
After she finished speaking, she felt ashamed and quickly lowered her head.
Pei Yan couldn't laugh or cry.
This little girl is always like this, she looks like she is not afraid of anything on the surface, but she is timid in private.
But there's no denying that he loved it. Like her in front of him, never have to pretend to be strong.
This trust and softness made him want to hold her in his palm and love her even more.
Pei Yanqingjuan's face became softer, he suddenly bent down, and hugged her horizontally.
Tao Ti, "???"
Her cheeks were blushing, she grabbed his skirt with her small hands, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, let me down, this is Mingyue Palace, and there are so many palace people watching!"
Pei Yan raised his eyebrows, and there was a lazy and gentle smile on his lips, "Just look, what's wrong with me hugging my wife?"
Tao Ti's face turned even redder, and she acted like an ostrich, buried her head deeply in his arms, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.
Her Highness is so kind.