The bowl hit the ground with a muffled sound, and the black concoction flowed all over the floor. The maid immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, so frightened that she didn't dare to lift her head. Nanchun, the female official who had just been called from the palace to be the head of the Qiyang Palace, heard the voice and ran over quickly. She first saw the maid who was lying on the ground and was trembling, spilling the potion all over the floor, her eyes slowly moved up, and only then did she see the bed half-covered by the screen, Xie Xuanchen was leaning halfway.
Seeing this scene, Xiang Nanchun didn't understand anything. Without saying a word, she knelt on the ground with her skirt on her head, bowed her head and said respectfully: "This is the first time the little maid is on duty, and she was clumsy and disturbed the prince. Please forgive me. crime."
Xie Xuanchen had already sat up, his eyes swept over these strange women, and then looked at the hall where there were obviously many more people, and smiled inexplicably.
In the past, whenever Mu Mingtang heard a voice, he would run over immediately. Now that the movement is so big, and time has passed for so long, she has not yet appeared.
Most likely, it won't appear.
The person at the door was still kneeling on the ground, he didn't speak, and no one dared to get up. I don't know if it was Xie Xuanchen's illusion. He always felt that these women were too afraid of him. Even if he was usually afraid of women, he shouldn't panic like that when he saw him wake up.
Xie Xuanchen didn't say anything, and said lightly, "Since it's the first time, get up."
Xiang Nanchun kowtowed deeply to the ground: "Thank you, Lord."
Then Xiang Nanchun pinched the little maid quietly and motioned her to leave quickly. Afterwards, a maid soon served hot soup, and another team of maids followed behind, quietly cleaning up the mess on the ground.
In front of Xie Xuanchen's medicine interview, Xiang Nanchun stopped for a while and there was no abnormality before asking the maid to bring up the medicine bowl: "My lord, please take medicine."
Xie Xuanchen's eyes moved down and down, stopped on the medicine, and didn't speak for a long time. The maid who was carrying the medicine began to tremble, the more she trembled, the more obvious it became, and finally even the surface of the water swayed with tiny ripples.
Xiang Nanchun waited calmly for a long time, and finally couldn't bear it any longer, and tried to remind: "His Royal Highness King Qiyang, it's time to drink the medicine..."
Xie Xuanchen swept over with a glance, and Xiang Nanchun didn't dare to speak. Xie Xuanchen ignored it and asked, "What time is it now?"
"Go back to your lord, it's time for Xu."
"What about the day?"
"September fourteenth."
"September 14." Xie Xuanchen repeated slowly, as if there was something special about this day. At this moment, there are many people standing in the dormitory, and I don't know how many ears are surrounded by the outside, but the needles can always be heard inside the house, and everyone dare not even exhale loudly.
Everyone was quickly thinking about what was special about September 14, but Xie Xuanchen was thinking that today, September 14, he had been in a coma for five days. Where is Mu Mingtang these five days
When Mu Mingtang learned that he woke up, it was impossible not to appear. It seemed that there was only one possibility.
Xie Xuanchen didn't say anything, he spread his hands to the maid and said, "Bring the medicine."
The maid gave the medicine tremblingly, Xie Xuanchen sneered when he saw the thing. Xie Rui was really hard on him. The bowls and spoons used to drink the medicine were all made of wood. Is it afraid that it is made of porcelain or silver and becomes a weapon in his hands
It's too low to look down on him, as long as he thinks, what can't be his weapon
Xie Xuanchen jumped up violently, snatched the wooden spoon from the maid's hand, and when he broke it, the spoon was broken into a sharp point. At this time, the maid still raised her hand in a daze, and the medicine bowl fell to the ground, still spinning.
The thorn in Xie Xuanchen's hand had pressed against the maid's throat: "Where is she?"
The maid finally reacted, trembling like chaff: "Slave... This slave does not know who the lord is asking."
Xiang Nanchun didn't expect this change. At this moment, she reacted and knelt down and said, "The servant girl and others just came, and I really don't know what His Highness is asking. Please, Your Highness, for His Majesty's sake, spare the slave and wait for his life."
The guards outside the door also silently clenched the scabbard, ready to draw the knife at all times. Xie Xuanchen sneered, his wrist suddenly exerted force, and he threw the thorn on the ground, rubbing Xiang Nanchun's sleeve and nailing it into the ground. Xiang Nanchun only felt a flower in front of his eyes, his sleeves were pinned, and the surrounding maids cried out with a wow, and Xiang Nanchun's legs instantly softened.
The floor tiles were laid underneath. A piece of wood that was broken at random and thrown into the air could actually pierce the floor tiles.
"I don't know who I'm asking?" Xie Xuanchen completely restrained his smile, his face is not very good now, the tear mole reflected on his pale and thin face, gloomy and aggressive, "Do you know now?"
This time, not only the female official's legs were weak, but the guards outside looked cold. They thought of this scene when preparing tableware, and deliberately removed dangerous items such as porcelain bowls and silver bowls, and even the spoons were deliberately dulled. Unexpectedly, in Xie Xuanchen's hand, the spoon only needs to be broken at will, and only relying on the strength of his bare hands is a weapon that can smash floor tiles and kill people.
What's more terrifying is that it's just his weak state.
Xiang Nanchun was almost frightened, and now his whole body was soft, and he said quickly: "The slaves are only responsible for internal affairs, and I really don't know the whereabouts of the princess. Five days ago, Sun Dizhao, the internal servant bureau, called the princess away. Sun Daizhao and others have been living in Jingzhai, and the slaves and Jingzhai have never communicated with each other, and they don't know it."
The people in the Internal Servant Bureau are the people who are waiting for the imperial edict, that is, the people who serve the Queen Mother. Xie Xuanchen sneered, propped on the bed, just stood up by himself, and staggered out.
Xie Xuanchen walked, no one dared to help them, they all knelt on the ground and waited without looking up. After Xie Xuanchen walked out of the door, the maid quietly asked Xiang Nanchun: "Aunt Xiang, the prince went to Jingzhai, and Sun Daizhao, should we send someone to let us know?"
Xiang Nanchun frowned for a long time, and finally shook his head slowly: "it's too late. Just do your own errands, don't do superfluous things. We can't afford to interfere with the people above."
Xie Xuanchen almost forgot that there is such a place in his house. In fact, Jingzhai is not far from Yulintang. The eaves in front of Yulintang are connected to two Zhaixuan, the left is called Risizhai, and the right is called Yunruizhai. Passing through Yunruizhai and going further is Jingzhai.
But Jingzhai, as its name suggests, is extraordinarily quiet and gloomy. When he approached, there were dark shadows outside Jingzhai, and the sound of bamboo leaves was bleak. It was pitch black inside the bamboo, and only one room had light.
Many guards and maids followed behind him. The incident happened suddenly, and some people wanted to pass the news, but Xie Xuanchen stood in front, and no one dared to try to remind him. Xie Xuanchen approached silently, and the people inside felt nothing and were still talking.
Xie Xuanchen vaguely heard what was being selected inside. What Mu Mingtang said, the other woman's voice seemed to be regretful, and she asked: "Princess Mu, do you really choose this? You are so beautiful, and your skin looks delicate, if a needle is pierced, I am afraid it will be very uncomfortable. crime."
What got stuck in? Xie Xuanchen heard it outside, raised his eyebrows immediately, and slammed the door open: "What do you want her to choose?"
Sun Daizhao was pulling out the thinnest needle from the needle capsule. Everything in the palace had rules, and the same was true for needles. From thin to thick, from short to long, don't mess the order.
She was about to say something when she heard a thud behind her. Sun Daizhao was taken aback, his hands trembled, and he almost pierced his fingertips. She turned her head angrily and saw a person standing in the dark. A group of maids followed behind him. The maids lowered their eyes one by one when they saw Sun Dazhao's gaze, but no one dared to step forward.
Sun Daizhao was stunned for a while, and suddenly understood. King Qiyang didn't know when he woke up. Those people outside wouldn't say anything if he didn't watch him. Why didn't he send someone to let him know
Sun Daizhao immediately led a group of female officials to kneel, and he didn't care about the needle bag on the side: "Slave, see King Qiyang, King Jin An."
Mu Mingtang also stood up abruptly. She wanted to greet him, but Xie Xuanchen was surrounded by many attendants. It seemed that the stars were holding the moon, and it was out of reach. Mu Mingtang's footsteps stopped for some reason.
Sun Daizhao and others knelt down in unison, Mu Mingtang looked around and bowed his head without saying a word.
Xie Xuanchen walked in, and the people on both sides hurriedly moved the seats for him and laid brocade mats. Xie Xuanchen didn't speak, and the people on the ground couldn't get up. Sun Daizhao felt that someone was walking around above her head, but she had to stick to the ground, and she couldn't help feeling embarrassed.
She is the fourth-ranking imperial edict in front of the Queen Mother. Anyone in the palace who sees her should not respectfully call her "Aunt Sun", even if the favored concubine sees her, they must be careful to curry favor with her. When did Sun Daizhao suffer such slight insults
But the person in front of him was King Qiyang. No matter how much Sun Daizhao hated him, he could only bear it at this moment and waited for King Qiyang to speak.
After Xie Xuanchen sat down, he said slowly, "Get up."
Sun Dazhao breathed a sigh of relief, at least he didn't let her wait too long. After all, she was the one in front of the Queen Mother, and King Qiyang knew the importance no matter how crazy he was.
Sun Daizhao was about to lift his skirt and get up when Xie Xuanchen suddenly said, "Kneel down, I didn't say you."
Sun Daizhao was stunned for a moment, and the other female officials looked at each other, not knowing whether to get up or keep kneeling.
Mu Mingtang is a princess, and the salute is not on the same level as them. She just squatted halfway and stood up straight as soon as Xie Xuanchen spoke. Mu Mingtang is a little embarrassed, is she moving too fast? Did Xie Xuanchen say "Get up" just now, did he say it to her
Now that Sun Daizhao and a few female officials did not move, Mu Mingtang was too embarrassed to move, so he could only continue to stand in place. She stood, Sun Daizhao and others knelt, which was extremely humiliating.
Xie Xuanchen pointed at a female official at this time and said, "You, bring up the things in your hand."
This is the sixth-rank Yu Changshi, because he can speak well, has a charming appearance, and is very popular with the queen mother. Yu Changshi is also very proud of this, and she always glances at people when she talks to others. It is said that her future is far more than a female official, and she will become a master at some point.
Because of this decency, Yu Changshi has always been very picky and strong. This time, when he came to do an errand for the Queen Mother, Yu Changshi was very enthusiastic and tried his best to make contributions. Just now, when he pressed Mu Mingtang, Yu Changshi did a lot of work. Even when the needle was inserted, she was eager to move and snatched it from her companion.
Now that Xie Xuanchen pointed it out suddenly, Yu Changshi suddenly got a big head. She regretted a little, she shouldn't have helped her companions with things just now. Yu Changshi secretly went to see Sun Daizhao, but Sun Daizhao knelt at the front and couldn't see anything at the moment. Yu Changshi didn't know what to do, so he could only bite the bullet and put the wooden plate up.
Yu Changshi knelt beside the chair, raised the wooden plate above his eyebrows tremblingly, and presented it in front of Xie Xuanchen. Xie Xuanchen looked down, and after a while, he suddenly picked out a slender needle.
His fingers are slender, and because of his long illness, he has become thinner and thinner with distinct joints. At this moment, the hands were holding the slender needles, and it was impossible to say which one was more scary.
Xie Xuanchen took it in front of him and looked at it for a while, and asked, "How do you use it?"
Yu Changshi's body began to tremble: "I don't know this servant."
"You don't know either." Xie Xuanchen slowly turned the slender needle with his fingers, and said in a joking tone, "When I woke up, I asked where the princess was, and the maid who was kneeling in front of the bed said she didn't know. Now let me see what you and the princess are doing, and you say you don't know?"
Xie Xuanchen smiled, and suddenly his tone changed: "Guess that girl who said she didn't know, is still alive now?"
Yu Changshi trembled more and more, and his words were not easy to say: "Slave, slave maid..."
At this time, Sun Dazhao suddenly answered: "Report to the lord, the slaves and others have been ordered by the queen mother to come to the palace to share the worries of Princess Mu. The slaves are all kind. If there is any misunderstanding, please listen to my explanation and then do it again. hair down."
Xie Xuanchen didn't care what Sun Dizhao said at all. He smiled and said regretfully, "You don't say it. If you don't say it, then I have to ask others."
Xie Xuanchen said and looked at Mu Mingtang: "Mingtang, how do you use this needle?"
Mu Mingtang was caught off guard and was called by name. She raised her head and glanced at Xie Xuanchen in surprise, only to be sure that he was really talking to her. The corner of Mu Mingtang's eyes swept across the people on the ground, and found that he was now supported by someone, and his tail shook all of a sudden: "Aunt Sun said, the short ones are used for fingertips, and the medium and long ones are used for waist and legs. The longest needle is suitable for taking off your clothes and tying them sideways."
Even if they can't see it, everyone seems to feel pain. Xie Xuanchen nodded and asked Mu Mingtang, "Which needle do you like to use?"
"The prince's hand is just right."
"Yeah." Xie Xuanchen nodded and handed the needle to Yu Changshi in front of him. "Just as the princess said, come and show me. The goal doesn't have to be far away. Your leader seems to be named Sun, so let her be."
Yu Changshi trembled and almost fainted. She leaned over suddenly and kowtowed on the ground: "King Qiyang spare your life, slaves will no longer dare! Your lord spare your life!"
Xie Xuanchen smiled very coldly, the corners of his eyes seemed to be hooked but not a smile: "I only know now that I am afraid? When the person who touched me just now, why didn't you remember being afraid?"
Xie Xuanchen flicked his fingertips and pinned the thin needle directly in the gap between Chang Shi's fingers: "You come by yourself, or me?"
Sun Daizhao couldn't listen to it anymore, raised his head, and said neither arrogantly nor arrogantly: "King Qiyang, the slaves are here at the order of the Queen Mother to come to the Qiyang Palace to help. The slaves did not dare to have any complaints after the prince sent the slaves, but if the Holy Supreme Peace When the queen mother asks, the prince may not be able to explain it."
"Queen Mother?" Xie Xuanchen said with a smile, without concealing his disdain, "Lu Shi has been posing in front of you for a long time, has she really forgotten her identity? She didn't dare to be arrogant in front of me, her servant, Pour down one by one with me to put the score of the queen mother?"
Mu Mingtang didn't quite understand it. It sounded like the queen mother had any grudge with Xie Xuanchen? She looked around quietly and found that everyone lowered their heads quietly, not even Sun Dizhao dared to defend, and Mu Mingtang knew the interest and did not speak.
There was only Yu Changshi's sobbing, and he couldn't help it. Xie Xuanchen directly nailed the needle into her fingers, and Yu Changshi was so frightened that he didn't dare to move his hands. Seeing that no one was talking at this moment, Yu Changshi was completely desperate and pulled out the needle tremblingly.
I don't know if it was because I was too scared or the needle was too deep. Yu Changshi tried several times before finally pulling out the slender needle. She walked on her knees to Sun Daizhao's side, whispered no, before shaking her hands, she stabbed the needle at Sun Daizhao.
Yu Changshi had tried his best to let go of his strength and just pretended, but the moment the needle pierced the flesh, Sun Daizhao still cried out in pain. Mu Mingtang looked very happy. When Yu Changshi was holding the needle bag just now, he was extremely arrogant and arrogant. Now she uses her expertise on her boss to the best of her ability. I hope that when I return to the palace, Yu Changshi will still be able to laugh.
Xie Xuanchen didn't speak, and Yu Changshi didn't dare to stop. In the end, Sun Daizhao's face became worse and worse. Yu Changshi really didn't dare, he hurriedly kowtowed a few times, and stabbed himself with needles indiscriminately: "It's the slave's fault, the lord spares your life, and the princess spares your life!"
Yu Changshi promised to have a better life when he returned to the palace, so he didn't have any strength when he stabbed himself. Mu Mingtang felt pain when he looked at it. Yu Changshi stabbed him more than 30 times, and small blood beads ooze out from his clothes. Xie Xuanchen was satisfied: "Yes, I like this set of things. Let's keep it."
Yu Changshi was relieved, and his knees were unstable, so he tried his best to kowtow to Xie Xuanchen. Everyone inside and outside breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this matter was finally over, even Mu Mingtang thought so. Unexpectedly, Xie Xuanchen's tone changed, and he suddenly asked, "What is that bowl of soup and medicine for?"
The air was stagnant, and this time Sun Daizhao's face really turned white. Mu Mingtang swept his eyes and said, "The female officials said that this is for recuperating the body. If you are afraid of pain when giving birth, drink a bowl of this medicine to ensure that you will not be able to conceive any more children, and naturally it will not hurt. already."
Mu Mingtang said at first about taking care of his body, but Xie Xuanchen really thought in this direction, but he didn't expect to hear back, his face became colder and colder, and the murderous aura in his eyes almost turned into substance.
Xie Xuanchen didn't even sneer this time: "Who ordered it?"
Sun Daizhao's face was astonishingly ugly. Seeing that no one would admit it, Xie Xuanchen snorted coldly and said, "You guys are very kind if you dare to send this kind of thing to the Qiyang Palace. If you don't tell me, I'll take it and ask Xie Rui. ."
Several female officials spoke at the same time, and finally Sun Dizhao took the lead and said, "It's a slave."
Xie Xuanchen coldly pointed to the completely cold concoction and said, "Drink it."
"Yes." Sun Dizhao kowtowed, then took the bowl from another female official, raised his head and drank the whole bowl in front of everyone. The medicine with this function would not taste good. Mu Mingtang felt nauseated just by smelling it. Sun Daizhao almost nauseous after drinking it, but he still didn't dare to leave a drop.
They didn't expect Xie Xuanchen to wake up so quickly, and they didn't expect Xie Xuanchen to come over in person at night. Didn't he say that King Qiyang was so ill that he had only one breath left, and he wanted to see King Yama at any time
Sun Daizhao and the others had other tasks to do. They only stared at Jingzhai all day long and did not go to Yulintang to serve, so they were very late in learning about Xie Xuanchen's movements. By the time the response came, it was too late.
The emperor really did not want a child to be born in the Qiyang Palace. Xie Xuanchen was already in a lot of trouble, and the emperor didn't want to see a baby born with Xie Xuanchen's bloodline at all. Although Xie Xuanchen doesn't seem to be able to get pregnant now, but what if
The emperor did not want to gamble, nor dared to gamble. However, these subtle troubles are hard to say. Empress Dowager Lu saw the emperor's intention not to show others, so she instructed her female official to go out of the palace to solve the hidden dangers of his heart for the emperor.
According to the imperial doctor, Xie Xuanchen still had at least three or four days to wake up, so Sun Daizhao brought Juezi soup with confidence, and wanted to take advantage of these few days to solve Mu Mingtang. As soon as the row of dazzling and sparkling needles was laid out, which woman could hold it up, it would be better than a bowl of Juezi soup. After all, with Xie Xuanchen's body, it was impossible for her to have children in her life.
Anyway, the result is the same, why do you have to fight against the emperor and the queen mother? Also save the suffering of flesh and blood. But Mu Mingtang chose the needle, and Sun Daizhao was a little surprised and a little regretful, but he was not disappointed. It seems that this young princess of Qiyang will not be enlightened without some lessons.
Mu Mingtang cooperated by herself, everything is easy to say, she didn't cooperate, she just suffered from some flesh and blood, and then she was drugged. This is the result that the emperor wants, no matter what you do, the ending will not change.
No one expected that Xie Xuanchen actually woke up. It was originally a good plan to share the worries of the sage, but now it has become the sewage poured on the emperor. No matter what the emperor thinks, the reputation of murdering the prince of Qiyang must not be taken seriously. If they don't deal with it, let alone meritorious deeds, it would be an extravagant hope to keep a whole corpse.
Each of them understood this truth, so when King Qiyang asked, so many people rushed to agree. In the end, it was Sun Daizhao who overcame everyone. She had the highest status and the greatest status. Only when she came to suffer, could King Qiyang be relieved.
When Sun Taizhao was drinking, many people inside and outside the house turned their faces away and couldn't bear to watch. After drinking the last drop, Sun Dezhao fell to the ground instantly, retching, and soon, colic began to occur in her abdomen.
Sun Daizhao shrank into shrimp on the ground and kept rolling, Xie Xuanchen looked at him coldly. He stood up slowly, not knowing whether it was to Sun Dizhao on the ground, or to someone else: "I don't want to get my hands dirty today, so I'll leave your dog's life for now. Keep my hands clean in the future, don't dare to If you do something to my people, I will spit out whatever I let you eat."
When Xie Xuanchen spoke, there was no blood on his face, and his lips were pale. With a pale face, cold eyes, and a tear mole under his eyes, the whole person is like a ghost in the water, cold and unspeakably coquettish.
After he finished speaking, he rolled his eyelids at Mu Mingtang, still in that cold and world-weary look, and stretched out his hand to Mu Mingtang: "Let's go, I'll take you home."
It was obviously a cold tone, but in Mu Mingtang's ears, it was like a spring breeze in March, the ice melted and the snow melted. Mu Mingtang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately ran over to him and held his hand.
"Well, let's go home."