The Emperor Thunder is furious!
He hated that poisonous woman very much, but all the people around him were bribed by the other party one by one. He didn't say anything about the little genius doctor and Xiao Liulang. After all, they knew her first.
But why didn't she spare his son
Children are easy to fool, especially this little fat foodie, give him a sweet date and he can run away.
The emperor didn't think it was difficult to bribe him, nor did he think he really found out that Empress Dowager Zhuang was good, but Empress Dowager Zhuang was using means to steal people from him.
Qin Chuyu shivered in Taifei Jing's arms.
Concubine Jing gently stroked his face and said, "Don't be afraid, go to Grandma Jing."
"Yeah!" Qin Chuyu hid in the arms of Concubine Jing, unable to come out.
The emperor couldn't really pull Qin Chuyu out of Princess Jing's arms, so he suppressed his anger: "Get up from the sedan chair and go back to the palace!"
When the group returned to Huaqing Palace, Qin Chuyu was worried that his father would beat his little ass, and plunged into Concubine Jing's house.
The emperor looked at his son who was running faster than a rabbit, and the corner of his mouth twitched fiercely.
Concubine Jing said dumbfoundedly: "Xiao Qi is still young, don't be too harsh on him, it will make him sad."
The emperor snorted coldly: "It's better to make him sad than to lose his life!"
Concubine Jing sighed and shook her head: "Your Majesty, have you misunderstood the Empress Dowager too deeply? Renshou Palace is not a land of tigers and wolves, and the Empress Dowager is Xiao Qi's grandmother. How could she be against Xiao Qi?"
The emperor stood under the porch, looking at the quiet courtyard, his eyes were cold: "I am afraid that the mother-in-law has forgotten what happened to Xiao Heng back then. How innocent is the four-year-old Xiao Heng? Didn't she still suffer from her poisonous hands!"
Concubine Jing said, "Maybe it's a misunderstanding."
The emperor looked at Concubine Jing, and said indifferently, "Where did so many misunderstandings come from? The concubine is too kind-hearted and always repays her grievances with virtue, but some people will not be grateful for this, but will intensify."
Concubine Jing said, "Then you don't blame Xiao Qi. He is so young and doesn't understand anything."
The emperor frowned and said: "He is a prince, he was born in such a vortex, how can he save his life if he doesn't understand?"
Concubine Jing said earnestly, "You have to take your time and don't be impatient. When you were as old as Xiao Qi, weren't you as innocent as Xiao Qi?"
Thinking of the past, there was a trace of guilt in the emperor's eyes: "It is because I was too late to be sensible and failed to protect my mother and Ning'an well, that I made you suffer so much in the palace."
Concubine Jing shook her head: "Don't say that, we didn't suffer much. The Queen Mother used to... still gave us a lot of blessings to mother and son."
Mentioning Empress Dowager Zhuang, the emperor was filled with disgust and anger: "She is not called blessing, at best it is a deliberate plan."
Concubine Jing waved her hand: "Okay, okay, don't argue about this, you go to work first, Xiaoqi will teach slowly, don't be in a hurry."
Speaking of this, the emperor could not hold Qin Chuyu any longer: "Xiao Qi, please ask the concubine."
Concubine Jing smiled gently: "I know, I'll send someone to send him back to the queen in a while."
The imperial study had a backlog of memorials, the emperor went to review the memorials, and Concubine Jing returned to the house.
Qin Chuyu hid behind the Duobao Pavilion, stretched out a round head and looked carefully.
Concubine Jing walked over in a funny way, sat down on the chair, and said to him, "Come here, your father is gone, don't be afraid."
Qin Chuyu asked suspiciously, "Is the father really gone?"
Concubine Jing smiled and said, "Let's go, Grandma Jing is a monk, so I won't lie to you."
"Oh." Qin Chuyu remembered that Xiao Jingkong once said that if monks don't lie, it means monks don't lie. Qin Chuyu calmed down and went to the chair next to Princess Jing and sat down.
He lost a sigh of relief: "Hey, it scared me to death."
Concubine Jing took out the handkerchief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "Your father will not eat you."
Qin Chuyu pouted: "But he will beat me!"
Concubine Jing paused for him to wipe his sweat: "Does your father often beat you up?"
"Well..." Qin Chuyu thought about it carefully, "I beat him a few times, but it's not too often."
After Concubine Jing wiped his forehead, she wiped his cheek again: "Your father is strict with you because he values you. You are his heir, different from other princes."
"I know." Qin Chuyu knew from a very young age that he and the prince's brother were the direct descendants of the empress, and they were more noble than other princes. Otherwise, how could he be domineering in the palace
As the saying goes, seven, eight, nine, hate dead dogs, Qin Chuyu is the age that even dogs hate. He is rebellious and unreasonable. Recently, even the prince doesn't want to see him.
Concubine Jing said warmly, "Your father is for your own good."
Qin Chuyu hummed: "Humph, he won't make up lies to deceive me if he is good for me!"
Concubine Jing seemed to be amused by his small appearance: "What lie did your father make up?"
Qin Chuyu said angrily, "He said that the imperial grandmother is not a good person!"
With the conscience of heaven and earth, the emperor never said such words to him personally, he just forbade Qin Chuyu to go to Renshou Palace. The conclusion that Empress Dowager Zhuang was not a good person was summed up by Qin Chuyu's observation.
Don't look at children as innocent, but they are extra sensitive in certain things.
For example, he could feel that every time the emperor looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang as if he was looking at a bad person, and the emperor forbidding him to approach the Empress Dowager also verified this in some ways.
In addition, Empress Xiao and the people around her were all secretive to Empress Dowager Zhuang.
It's no surprise that he would sum it up this way.
Concubine Jing touched his head: "What does Xiao Qi think? Is the grandmother a good person?"
"Well..." Qin Chuyu thought about it for a moment seriously, and said rigorously, "Anyway, she's not bad! I was eating at the Grandmother's Palace today, and I spilled a big bowl of soup on her. She didn't punish me. He didn't scold me either."
Concubine Jing looked at him tenderly and kindly and said, "Xiao Qi is the prince, no one will scold Xiao Qi."
Qin Chuyu snorted: "She even scolded her father! I heard it!"
"Really?" Concubine Jing smiled, lowered her eyes, and put down her veil.
…
The emperor went to the imperial study to review the memorial, and halfway through the review, he placed the memorial on the table lightly.
Eunuch Wei asked with concern: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Is the room too stuffy?"
"No." The emperor pinched his slightly sore brows.
Eunuch Wei said: "You are tired, read these papers tomorrow, and tomorrow will not be early."
The Zhao Kingdom did not go to bed every day, and there were a few days of rest every month.
The emperor took a sip of tea and said lightly, "I'm not sleepy."
"Then what is your Majesty worried about?" Eunuch Wei asked.
The emperor did not answer, but said, "Where is Eunuch He? Go and call him."
"Yes."
Eunuch Wei brought Eunuch He to the imperial study in the dark of night.
Eunuch He bowed to the emperor: "The servants meet your majesty."
"How is your investigation going?" the emperor asked in a deep voice.
He was talking about the attack on Concubine Jing in the Imperial Garden.
Eunuch He said: "I don't have much clue for now. I just found out that the assassin should have sneaked into the palace from near the cold palace, where the defense is relatively weak. In addition, the minions speculated that the assassin should have a comrade who should cooperate with him inside and outside, and the same party should lead him away. Long Yingwei, he will attack Princess Jing again."
It's a pity that Long Yingwei is a dead man. They only follow orders and never communicate with others. They can't ask any information from Long Yingwei's mouth.
Therefore, Eunuch He did not bother to go to Long Yingwei for questioning.
The emperor also knew the special features of Long Yingwei, and did not blame He Gonggong for his ineffectiveness.
He was just curious, how did Long Yingwei get distracted
Dragon Shadow Guards are different from ordinary dark guards. They will not chase after and abandon their masters just because of a little trouble.
Unless Concubine Jing gave them an order to chase, Concubine Jing did not.
The emperor can't figure out who has the ability to lead Long Yingwei away
Moreover, Eunuch He searched the palace and found no body or a trace of blood. In other words, after Long Yingwei was led away, he either didn't see the person, or he saw him but didn't fight the opponent.
It is impossible not to see it, and whoever Long Yingwei wants to chase, will not fail to catch up.
But why didn't they fight
The Dragon Shadow Guard will not easily attack people who have no power to tie the chicken. This is probably the order set by the late emperor to prevent them from accidentally killing ordinary people.
Does that person know no martial arts
But since he doesn't know martial arts, how can he lead Long Yingwei away
The emperor thought big.
Just when the emperor was entangled in this matter, a young eunuch from Kunning Palace suddenly came to report in a hurry: "Your Majesty! It's not good! Something happened to His Highness!"
The emperor hurriedly left his official duties and got up to go to Queen Xiao's Kunning Palace.
Empress Xiao asked someone to send a message to the emperor, and at the same time she sent someone to call the imperial doctor. The imperial doctor and the emperor arrived at the Kunning Palace at the same time. The imperial doctor did not care to salute the emperor.
On the large and soft bed, Qin Chuyu clutched his small fat stomach and rolled around the bed with pain: "Mother - I hurt - I'm so sick -"
Empress Xiao was so distressed that she sat beside the bed and tried to hold her young son in her arms.
But Qin Chuyu was in so much pain that he couldn't stay in Empress Xiao's arms.
The imperial doctor hurriedly walked over, put down the medicine box, knelt beside the bed and began to take Qin Chuyu's pulse.
Eunuch Su and another powerful mama held him down to prevent him from moving.
Empress Xiao was so anxious that her eyes were red: "Royal doctor! What's wrong with the seventh prince!"
The imperial doctor owed his body and said, "Wei Chen will tell the empress after the examination."
"Then check it out!" Queen Xiao said.
Although the imperial doctor was already investigating, he still respectfully responded: "Yes! Yes!"
The emperor walked in with a solemn expression: "What happened to Xiao Qi?"
"Your Majesty!" Empress Xiao rushed into his arms with tears in her eyes, and the hot tears fell on the back of his hand.
Empress Xiao, who has always held the identity of the queen, never lost her honor in front of the imperial court, burst into tears.
It was at this moment that the emperor felt that his queen was also an ordinary woman, an ordinary mother.
The emperor's heart softened, and he patted her shoulder comfortably: "Don't cry first, tell me, what's wrong?"
Empress Xiao choked and said: "I don't know what happened to the concubine. Xiaoqi was fine when she came back, but suddenly she covered her stomach and said it hurt..."
The emperor asked, "What did he have for dinner today?"
"He, he ate at Renshou Palace..." Empress Xiao wiped her tears with a veil and said sternly, "Xiao Dezi!"
Xiao Dezi dragged his injured body into the house.
Obviously, Eunuch Su punished him just now.
He knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor and Empress Xiao: "Minions, kowtow to Your Majesty, kowtow to the Queen."
Empress Xiao said in a cold voice, "This palace asks you, did the seventh prince eat anything strange in Renshou Palace?"
"Strange things?" Xiao Dezi scratched his head, "It seems to be very strange, those noodles and steamed buns are things that slaves have never seen before, like pigs, like fish..."
The emperor understood, it was a special snack that Xiao Jingkong usually eats in Bishui Hutong: "Apart from these, is there anything else?"
"And then some dishes." Xiao Dezi reported the dishes on the table.
No problem, they are all dishes that the emperor and Empress Xiao would also eat on weekdays.
Empress Xiao asked, "Then... did they give the Seventh Prince something to eat alone?"
No wonder Empress Xiao is so suspicious, it is the tragedy of Xiao Heng that is vivid in her eyes. She does not want her son to be the second person who was brutally murdered by the Empress Dowager!
"No." Xiao Dezi shook his head.
Empress Xiao frowned and said, "Will it be fed alone but you didn't see it? Have you been guarding the Seventh Prince all the time? Are you inseparable?"
"This..." Xiao Dezi lowered his head guiltily and said in fear, "The servant, the servant went to the thatched hut."
"You!" Queen Xiao was so angry that she almost slapped him!
On the other side, after the doctor's diagnosis was completed, he said to the emperor and Empress Xiao, "Your Majesty, Qi, Empress Qi, His Highness the Seventh has eaten too much, and his stomach is broken, accompanied by abdominal bloating and abdominal cramps. Your Highness, take some pills for digestion, the Seventh Highness can't take it like this again, it will hurt your body very much."
Empress Xiao said angrily: "Your Majesty, listen! Renshou Palace is really not at ease!"
The emperor already knew that Qin Chuyu was taken to Renshou Palace by Xiao Jingkong, and Gu Jiao was also there.
The emperor did not think that Gu Jiao would let Qin Chuyu eat without restraint.
The imperial doctor fed Qin Chuyu a pill for digestion. After Qin Chuyu put a few stinky farts, the pain was finally relieved.
He heard all the disputes just now, and both the father and the mother thought it was the grandmother who fed him like this.
Actually not.
But if he told the truth, he had to be punished.
He is at war within himself.
In the past, Qin Chuyu would never confess. He was most afraid of being punished by his father. In order to avoid punishment, he could be a liar child against his conscience!
But this time, he chose to confess.
He gritted his teeth, his heart was stunned, and he said, "I didn't eat too much in Renshou Palace... I ate it after leaving Renshou Palace... Gu Jiao told me at Renshou Palace that I was not allowed to eat any more... I... I couldn't hold back. …”
"What have you eaten?" asked the emperor.
Qin Chuyu didn't dare to look into his father's eyes, and lowered his little head: "I ate a few pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus cake... and drank a bowl of iced sour plum juice..."
Empress Xiao's eyes narrowed: "Who brought these meals to His Highness the Seventh Highness? Ben Gong warned you long ago that you are not allowed to secretly feed His Highness! Ben Palace will see who dares to disobey Ben Palace's orders!"
Eunuch Su whispered, "Niangniang, Kunning Palace didn't make iced sour plum juice today."
Eunuch Wei cleared his throat and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, we did it in Huaqing Palace."
(End of this chapter)