Shouxian Palace
The lights were shining brightly, and the ground was warmly illuminated. In a grove of beautiful pearls and emerald greens, the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan sat on a rosewood chair, accepting the worship and congratulations of everyone with a smile on her face.
Today is the day when she announces the engagement between her youngest son and Princess An'an. To show her importance, she specially held a banquet in the Shouxian Palace, and invited the royal wives who were above the first rank in the court, as well as their daughters who were born in their families. In addition, there were The concubines, imperial concubines, princesses, princesses, county lords, and Weng lords of various palaces... the noble women of the entire Chu Kingdom gathered together, having fun and laughing.
The fact that Princess Rongjia and Concubine Deng forced good women to kill innocent people has been 'found out' by Ying Tianfu. It's over.
What is going on, although everyone knows it well, but no one is stupid enough to question this conclusion. At this moment, everyone sat on both sides of the main hall, congratulating Princess Rongjia and Princess An'an one after another. No one mentioned the false accusation a few days ago, as if it had been forgotten or never happened at all. .
Eldest Princess Rongjia was also very pleasantly surprised. After worrying about the matter for several days, she finally turned it over gently, which caused her to worry and fear in vain. After being pleasantly surprised, she thought about it and thought that this time it would be possible. It is thanks to her precious daughter that she survived this disaster safely.
Because An An is a well-educated, gentle and modest woman who is widely praised by the upper class in the capital. He won't erase that incident, and get engaged to her without any grievances!
Of course, it is not ruled out that the edict of the queen mother before her death played a role. King Zhan is a man who values love and righteousness. Her daughter is outstanding, unmatched by other noble girls, so no matter what, this Princess Zhan, her daughter is determined!
At this moment, Princess An'an was sitting next to Eldest Princess Rongjia, her face was flushed and she looked shy.
When she came in just now, she had inadvertently glanced at the seat next to the Empress Dowager, and saw that the man was wearing a dark purple brocade gown with a round collar. Wearing a black belt with a gold thread trim, and a large oriental pearl inlaid in the middle, it reveals luxury in a low-key way.
He has a handsome face and a dignified temperament. Looking at him from above, just one glance made her heart beat like a drum and she was extremely shy.
I haven't seen him for many years, but he still has that rebellious look looking at the world, just like when we met for the first time in the palace ten years ago.
However, at that time, he still had the arrogance and arrogance of a young man, but it was that arrogance that caught her eyes and also her heart.
From then on, one glance at ten thousand years.
From that day on, becoming his princess became her entire dream. For this dream, she guarded her grandmother's palace every day, served her carefully, and tried her best to please her so that she could ask her to marry her in the future. .
When he killed his concubine and had an accident, she was the first one to kneel in front of his grandmother and plead for him in tears. From then on, her grandmother knew what was on her mind, and that's why she made the will to marry before she died. .
Now, she is finally going to realize her dream for many years and become his princess. This great happiness makes her feel as if she is in a dream. She feels that there can never be a happier moment in this life...
The County Lord Chunxi is also there, but although she is the Empress Dowager's niece, she is also deeply favored by the Queen Mother, but she is only a County Lord after all, with a low status. Unreasonable.
At this moment, she looked coldly at the peach blossom-faced, shy and charming Chu country's number one beauty, and sneered in her heart.
Laugh, while you can still laugh now, you won't be able to laugh later, you are either unparalleled in beauty, or you have no virtue, just your appearance and manners (as King Zhan said) are enough to be his princess ? Then you will lose all your manners and face, and see if he will still fall in love with you so much
She was peeking at Princess An'an, and Princess An'an was also paying attention to her. Inadvertently, their eyes met.
Princess An'an nodded and smiled politely, with a gentle and friendly attitude, and County Princess Chunxi returned a weird smile.
In the eyes of others, it is that the concubine and concubine of King Zhan are deeply affectionate and have a friendly relationship. In the future, the backyard of the palace will definitely be harmonious...
**
"Everyone, I think everyone knows the last decree left by the Empress Dowager, ordering King Zhan to marry An An as his concubine. Today, Ai's family will follow the Queen Mother's will and make a marriage arrangement for King Zhan and An An. Please come and be a witness .”
Empress Dowager Xiaoduan stood up, raised the gold cup in her hand, and formally announced to everyone present the news of the engagement between King Zhan and Princess An'an.
"Congratulations to the Empress Dowager, congratulations to the eldest princess, congratulations to Prince Zhan, congratulations to Princess An'an..."
All the people under the seat got up together, blessed themselves, and congratulated the Queen Mother and others.
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan laughed and said, "We are all happy together. After drinking this cup, you don't have to be restrained. Let's sit down!"
"Yes, thank you, Queen Mother!"
Everyone drank and thanked for their kindness, and then officially entered the table.
Soon, silk music was played, and the dancer in colorful clothes walked into the palace, dancing lightly to add to the fun, and the palace people came in with meals, and put meals on each table.
"His Royal Highness, the concubine congratulates you, congratulations!"
Amidst the sound of silk music, the wife of Prime Minister Chen Qi'an, also the mother of Empress Chen, Mrs. Yang of the Guo State, held a jade cup and toasted Princess Rongjia with a smile on her face!
Eldest Princess Rongjia has always had her eyes high above the top, and most people never pay attention to her, but she is very polite in front of the empress's mother: "Thank you, Mrs. Chen, for your kindness. Come, let's do—"
The two ladies clinked glasses, and after drinking the wine, someone came to add icing on the cake.
"His Royal Highness, Princess An'an, I heard that Princess An'an is a well-known talented woman in my dynasty, especially good at poetry. Why don't I take this opportunity to ask Princess An'an to write a poem for us to cheer us up. I think the Queen Mother will also like it."
Today is a joyous and festive day, so the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan naturally couldn't dampen everyone's interest. When she heard the lady's proposal, she smiled at Princess An'an and said, "An'an, since someone suggested it, you can impromptuly give everyone a gift." Let's go!"
Princess An'an got up and bowed lightly to the queen mother: "Yes, my servant obeys!"
She raised her head again, looked at the hall full of singing and dancing, and said slowly: "Pfft—"
He didn't hear the astonishingly beautiful poems, but saw a mouthful of blood spurting out suddenly, splashing the colorful skirts of the dancing maids in the palace. The maids showed panic, and the dancing steps were slightly chaotic, but they didn't dare to stop, and could only bear to continue dancing.
"An'an, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing An An suddenly vomit blood, Princess Rongjia turned pale with fright, stepped forward and hugged her daughter regardless of etiquette.
The ladies in the hall were also shocked, what happened? Why did Princess An'an suddenly vomit blood
"Mother... Mother... My stomach hurts..."
Princess An'an lay powerlessly in her mother's arms, her complexion was pale and angry, and black blood was slowly oozing from the corner of her mouth.
Someone yelled: "Oh, the Princess seems to be poisoned!"
When Princess Rongjia heard this, she burst into tears in a panic: "Help me, Queen Mother, An An seems to be poisoned, please pass it on to the imperial physician—"
"Send to the imperial physician, quickly pass on to the imperial physician—" the queen mother also cried out in panic.
The ladies were startled, no one expected that such a thing would happen at the banquet later, there were still dancers presenting dances gathered in the hall, most of them couldn't see the situation on the other side, Chunyu Yu said to the dancers in a deep voice : "Back off!"
All the dancers hurriedly took small steps, bowed their bodies and backed out.
Chun Yuxuan walked over holding the Queen Mother's hand, only to see An An's eyes were closed, her lips and nails were cyanotic, and her body was still trembling slightly, which was obviously a symptom of poisoning!
"What's going on? How did you get poisoned so well?" The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan was a little at a loss.
Princess Rongjia cried: "I don't know, I was fine just now, why did I get poisoned after drinking a glass of wine?"
Chun Yuxuan observed for a while, then took out a small box of suet white jade from his body, opened the box, and took out a pill from it, "Auntie, give her this first, it can delay the onset of toxicity."
Princess Rongjia was frightened, she hurriedly took the pill, pulled off the golden hairpin on her head, pried open An An's mouth, and sent the pill in...
"Come here, take An'an to the inner hall, where is the imperial physician? Why is the imperial physician still not coming?" The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan became anxious when she saw Princess An'an's paler face and blood oozing from the corner of her mouth.
Xia Jin said: "If you go back to the Empress Dowager, the verdict from the Empress Dowager Hospital has already arrived, and they are waiting outside the hall for the announcement!"
"When are you still talking about this? Let him in quickly, it's important to see a doctor!" The Queen Mother ordered urgently.
After a while, the judge of the Supreme Hospital came in striding in with a medicine box. Just about to bow down, the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan said, "The judge Sun is exempted from the ceremony. Go inside and see how Princess An'an is doing?"
"Yes, I'll go in right now." Courtyard Sun bowed and walked quickly to the inner hall under the guidance of the two maids.
At this time, the main hall of Shouxian Palace was completely silent. After such an incident, the banquet could not go on, but no one dared to leave since the queen mother did not speak. They all put down their chopsticks, sat with bowed heads, and waited for the queen mother to order.
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan did not expect such a thing to happen at her banquet. After a short period of confusion, her senses gradually returned.
She was very angry, very, very angry, someone dared to kill people under her nose, she simply didn't pay attention to her, the Queen Mother!
She glanced coldly at the ladies and daughters who were sitting down, and the aloof aura honed over the years in charge of the harem was fully reflected in this short glance. The matter is really hateful, the Ai family must continue to investigate strictly, and will definitely catch the traitor who poisoned others, and punish him severely, so as to make an example to others!"
All the ladies and daughters under the seat bowed in unison: "The Queen Mother is wise!"
Chun Yuyu cupped his hands and said: "Mother, the son wants to be responsible for thoroughly investigating this matter, please allow the mother."
"Yes!" Empress Dowager Xiaoduan said.
The matter was related to his fiancée, so it was very appropriate for him to try it. Besides, letting him have something to do here would save him from thinking about going back to the north.
"Thank you queen!"
Chunyu Xun thanked her mother, and when she raised her head, her eyes swept all over the crowd carelessly, and then precisely landed on the county lord Chunxi.
County Mistress Chunxi felt his gaze, and looked up and looked back. When her eyes met, she planned to return with a generous and frank smile, but when she met that cold gaze, the chill between her eyebrows and eyes , her heart trembled, and she couldn't help feeling weak, her expression froze halfway through the smile, she didn't know whether to keep laughing or take it back.
In the end, she lowered her head in a panic, not daring to look at those cold eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
Seeing her guilty look, Chun Yuxuan chuckled: You idiot, for being so blatantly harmful, even the queen mother can't help you now.
"An'an, my An'an—"
In the inner hall, there was suddenly the sound of Princess Rongjia crying, Chunliu hurried out, knelt down in front of the queen mother, and said: "The queen mother, something is wrong, Princess An'an, she can't do it."
"What? It can't be done? How could it be?" Hearing the bad news, the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan stood up excitedly. She had just ordered a wife for her son, and she was about to die in less than an hour. Wouldn't the son have the reputation of being a wives restrainer
"Where is Sun Yuan's sentence? What about him?"
Chun Liu bowed her head and said: "Sun Yuan ruled that Princess An'an's pulse and breath have stopped, and she is already unable to survive."
Hearing this, the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan suddenly fell down on the chair, her face was pale and her eyes were straight, as if she had received a huge blow!
An An is the granddaughter of the empress dowager. The empress dowager has always regarded her as if she were her eyes. Before she died, she specially arranged to marry her to Lao Qi. Li was poisoned to death, how would the world talk about her? A hundred years later, what face would she have to meet the Empress Dowager
"Mother, my son wants to go in and have a look!" Chunyu said.
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan clutched her chest, and after a long time she said dejectedly: "Go, she is your fiancée now, and it happened in your mother's harem. You should go to pay her respects."
"Everything on Princess An'an's table is not allowed to be moved, and no one is allowed to leave here before the king speaks." Chun Yuxuan confessed, and walked to the inner hall with Ying Zhan.
In the inner hall, Princess Rongjia hugged her daughter and was about to cry to death. Seeing that Chunyu Yao didn't restrain himself, he cried even louder, "My daughter, my An An, who is it?" Are you so cruel that you want to poison you to death? You have died unjustly, I have a pity that you just made a husband-in-law... "
While crying, the eldest princess never forgot to remind Chunyu Xing to avenge her daughter.
Chunyuxuan walked over, and Sun Yuanjuan hurriedly knelt down to greet him, Chunyuxuan waved his hand and let him go down!
He walked to the side of the couch and saw the eldest princess holding An An and crying like a trance. After observing for a while, he asked Ying Ying, "Do you think it's real death or fake death?"
Ying Zhan said: "Back to the master, the subordinate is not sure now, you have to test it out to know."
"Well, then you go and prepare."
The British war went on.
Seeing that the Eldest Princess was still crying, Chunyu said, "Auntie, don't be in a hurry to cry, it's not certain whether Princess An'an is dead or not!"
"The heart and breath are broken, so what's the point? You don't have to comfort me, King Zhan. If you want me to feel better, hurry up and catch the person who caused me An'an, and avenge An'an... "
The eldest princess hugged her daughter, crying and shouting.
At this time, Yingzhan came back with a bowl of water in his hand.
Chun Yuxuan said, "Auntie, put An An down first, let me try to save An An, maybe it can be saved!"
"Is there any other way to save me? Even the court judge said he was dead, so you can't breathe anymore..." The eldest princess was still immersed in grief, unable to extricate herself from it.
Chun Yuxuan said: "When I was fighting in the north, I knew that there is a way of death in this world called fake death. It looks just like a real death, but there is still a possibility of resuscitation. My aunt won't let me try it once. Just in case An'an Isn't it a pity that the Princess died in a fake, and my aunt treated her as if she were dead?"
After hearing this, Princess Rongjia raised her tear-stained face, as if a hopeless person had seen a glimmer of hope, and said, "Lao Qi, is what you said true? You didn't lie to me?"
Chun Yuxuan said: "It's a matter of life and death, how can it be child's play!"
Princess Rongjia saw his serious face, and knew that he couldn't make fun of such a big matter, so she wiped her tears and stepped aside.
Chunyu Jue signaled, and Ying Zhan immediately stepped forward, put the bowl on Princess An'an's chest, observed the water surface for a while, then suddenly removed the bowl, raised Princess An'an's jaw, and put her finger into her mouth , picked her throat, turned her over again, lay down on the ground, slapped her back and pressed her abdomen, after a toss, there was only a sound of "vomit". When Yingzhan turned her over again, Princess An'an's eyelashes lightly Trembling, people can already see slight breathing.
"Buddha and Bodhisattva bless you! My An'an is alive again!" Seeing that Princess An'an was showing signs of life again, Princess Rongjia burst into tears with excitement.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong here, Chunyu Xun announced that Sun Yuanjuan would come back for diagnosis and treatment, and he stepped back into the hall.
In the front hall, everyone had heard that King Zhan had brought Princess An'an back to life, and they were all very excited. Everyone came to the banquet happily, and no one wanted to kill anyone, or they might get into trouble. It's all right now, King Zhan has brought her back to life, and she's all right now!
No, it's not all right, there is one more thing, and that is to find out the person who poisoned, and this insidious thing must not be cheap.
After Chunyuxuan came out from the inner room, Empress Dowager Xiaoduan rushed forward to meet him, held his hand, and asked him again about saving lives.
Chun Yuzhen briefly explained to her what suspended animation was, and comforted her a few words before getting to the point.
"Mother, my son wants to know who has touched the glass of wine that Princess An'an just drank?"
Xia Jin, the lady in charge of Shouxian Palace, hurriedly said: "My lord, the wine glasses of the guests at the banquet today are distributed at random. Except for the queen mother and empress, no one uses fixed wine glasses. The maid in charge of pouring wine for Princess An'an also Responsible for pouring wine for Princess Rongjia, Mrs. Guo Guo, and Miss Chen Jiu. They all poured wine from the same flagon. However, Princess Rongjia, Mrs. Guo Guo and Miss Chen Jiu all drank the wine. It's okay, only Princess An'an has an accident."
"Call that court lady to the king."
"yes!"
After finishing speaking, a panic-stricken little maid came over tremblingly, knelt down on the ground with a 'plop', and shouted: "My lord, this servant is only responsible for pouring wine for the princess, and this servant did nothing!"
Chun Yuzhen squinted his eyes, stared at her face sharply for a while, and said coldly: "Tell the imperial physician!"
After a while, Sun Yuanjue came out from the inner hall, "My lord, are you calling me?"
"Go and check Princess An'an's cup to see if there is any problem with the cup."
"yes!"
No need for the imperial doctor to ask, has Xia Jin brought the wine glass used by Princess An'an? Sun Yuanpan took the glass and inspected it carefully, smelled and licked it, and finally said: "Return to the prince, The subordinate officer checked it, and there is nothing wrong with the glass, but the residual wine in the glass has a bitter taste, it should be poisoned."
Chun Yuxuan knew it in his mind, and looked at the little maid on the ground with dim eyes, which made the little maid clenched her fists and retracted her hands into her sleeves in fright.
"Judge Sun, check her nails again for any problems."
When the little maid heard this, she suddenly raised her head, and the panic and fear on her face were clearly visible.
She knelt there, trembling, and couldn't even hear her being called to get up.
There was no other way, Sun Yuanping had no choice but to squat down, pick up her hand and check it, but it was also smelling and adding. The little maid lowered her head, her face was ashen, her body was trembling, like a leaf blown down by a strong wind. …
Soon, Sun Yuanjue said in surprise: "My lord, I found that the little fingernail of this court lady's right hand has the same poison as the wine glass of Princess An'an!"
When the queen mother heard this, she was furious and said, "Bold maidservant! Who gave you the courage to harm someone at the banquet of Ai's family? Come here, take her to Ai's family, and send her to the Punishment Department for torture. Find out who ordered it!"
Immediately, two guards stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, grabbed the little maid's arms, picked her up and dragged her out.
The little maid was so frightened that her face turned ashen, and when she was about to be dragged to the door, she yelled: "County Master Chunxi, save this servant, save this servant—"
This cry, like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, immediately knocked down County Mistress Chunxi, her eyes were wandering, her face was flushed, and she was a little at a loss.
Everyone also stared at her dumbfounded, as if they had discovered some shocking secret!
"Master, you said that you will keep the servants safe, can you leave the servants alone—" the little maid screamed.
"Shut up, bitch, who ever said that to you? Don't spout blood!"
Hearing the little palace maid's hoarse cry for help, County Mistress Chun Xi's face turned green and pale, and she yelled out sternly.
The little maid's words were like a thunderbolt, not only struck the ladies and daughters present, but also stunned the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, she looked at Chunxi in astonishment, as if she didn't know her.
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan never dreamed that this little niece she loved for many years was actually a witch who dared to poison and kill people, or someone who colluded with her in her palace!
What a disappointment to her!
**
The murderer has already been revealed, but it is about the empress dowager's face, even if it is determined to be the backbone of Chunxi County, it will not be made public directly, so the banquet ended soon...
Princess An'an's toxicity has been brought under control, and she was taken back to the mansion by Princess Rongjia to recover from her illness. Only the Queen Mother and County Master Chunxi are left in Nuo Da's Shouxian Palace.
Sitting on the chair, the queen mother looked at her niece and daughter who were kneeling on the ground and weeping bitterly. She was extremely disappointed: "Tell me, what's going on? Why did you kill someone at the Ai family's banquet?"
Chunxi cried loudly: "Auntie, I didn't intend to kill her, I just wanted to make her lose face at the banquet, and I don't know why the medicine poisoned people to death, it's obviously a laxative, I don't know what happened ah… "
"Oh, so you have been wronged?" The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan sneered, the smile not reaching her eyes.
County Lord Chunxi cried: "Auntie, I was indeed wronged, I was really wronged, can you believe me? I didn't intend to kill her, I really didn't, I just wanted to embarrass her That's all, you watched me grow up, aunt, don't you know what kind of person I am?"
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan looked at him coldly for a long time, "Ai's family really didn't understand you. Once, Ai's family thought you were a naive, romantic, good boy with no intentions, so they always spoiled you and spoiled you, but since the The time you secretly instigated the nurse of the Mu family to sue the eldest princess Rongjia and his wife, the Ai family knew that your thoughts were not as simple as the surface, but the Ai family only said that it was because you were confused for a while, and kept the matter a secret for you. I thought you would correct your mistakes and rein in the precipice, but I didn't expect that you not only did not repent, but even worsened, becoming more and more ruthless... "
Chun Xi raised her head in shock, and looked at the people seated in disbelief, her eyes were not only shocked, but also guilty.
She never dreamed that she was so strict that she was discovered by her aunt. Now it's over, she can't trust herself anymore...
"Are you thinking about how to argue with the Ai family, saying that you didn't do that thing? Isn't that right?" The queen mother's voice was so cold that the princess Chunxi couldn't believe it. This voice just loved her all the time. from my aunt.
Chun Xi bit her lip, tears rolled down, she shook her head, not daring to say yes, nor did she dare to say no.
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan continued: "It's all bad for the Ai family. You shouldn't be kept in the palace. You are a lady of a foreign relative, and you should have grown up in your own home. You can live as you want, but the Ai family loves you so much." , I wanted to give you the best in everything, but in the end, it made you feel better!"
"Aunt..."
When Chun Xi heard the Queen Mother's words, she suddenly felt something was wrong, and called out in a trembling voice: "Auntie, Xi'er knows I was wrong, please spare Xi'er this time, Xi'er will never dare again."
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan shook her head: "It's late, the Ai family can't see dirty things, you can no longer live with the Ai family, and the Ai family will send you back to Huizhou tomorrow. Live well in Huizhou, no need to come to the capital again!"
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