The emperor's face changed when he heard this: "Come here, call the imperial physician over and have a thorough check! Arrest this palace maid!"
The maid was still covering her face with a scarf. She couldn't help but close her eyes when she heard this: It's over! It's really over!
She knew that no matter what she said, she was dead this time!
The guards behind the emperor immediately stepped forward to arrest the man.
Xing Qing then stood up.
Two guards quickly captured the palace maid!
Concubine Liang was extremely angry. Such a thing happened in the harem under her management, especially when the prince had just returned.
She felt like this was a slap in her face!
She even suspected that it was made of nails left by the former queen!
She said angrily, "Pull down her veil and let me see who she is! How dare she poison the master in the palace! She deserves death! We must find out who is behind this!"
The guard immediately pulled down the maid's veil.
The emperor frowned: "This maid looks familiar."
When Concubine Liang saw the appearance of the palace maid, she was also stunned. She glanced at the empress dowager. This was a second-class palace maid in the Cining Palace.
The Cining Palace is impregnable and she has not been able to place anyone in there for all these years. How could this person be someone from the Empress Dowager's palace
It is not her turn to discipline the people around the Queen Mother.
Concubine Liang was in a difficult position to speak.
The Queen Mother then spoke up: "This is a second-class maid in my palace! She dared to poison the master. Someone, beat her to death!"
Everyone: “… ”
The emperor frowned and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything because of what he thought.
He glanced at Xing Qing and couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the Queen Mother wanted to slander this girl and then chop off the heads of their entire family
But the Queen Mother never expected that this girl was so tough that she was discovered and caught by her
Thinking of this, the emperor's brows were furrowed into a mess. If the empress dowager did this, it would really be too much.
It seems that it is not unreasonable for the prince to ask for so many rewards for Miss Shen.
If you offend the Queen Mother and don't have anything to protect yourself, you will die without knowing it.
He saw how sad the Queen Mother was about Princess Pingyang's death.
Concubine Liang glanced at Xing Qing, then at Princess Changle, and for a moment she didn't understand what was going on.
She kept silent and just waited to watch the fun.
There was no expression on Chu Tiankuo's face, but he saw everyone's expressions.
Xing Qing was startled. She knew she shouldn't speak at this moment, but she was also worried that she would misunderstand the other party and cause him to lose his life.
Xing Qing wanted to say something, she subconsciously glanced at Chu Tiankuo, Chu Tiankuo shook his head at her imperceptibly, and then spoke first: "Grandmother, this girl just said that she saw the palace maid put a pill in the tea, and she doesn't know what kind of pill it was, it might be a sugar pill! It won't be too late to execute the sentence after the imperial physician comes to check!"
There would be an imperial physician on duty in the palace, and he was quickly invited over.
The emperor strode over to the place where tea and fresh fruits were placed: "Come with me and tell the imperial physician that she put pills in that pot of tea!"
"Yes!" Xing Qing breathed a sigh of relief and responded.
A group of people walked over.
Xing Qing pointed out the pot of tea that was drugged.
The imperial physician came forward and checked everything, then checked all the food on the table before saying, "Your Majesty, only this pot of tea was tainted with arsenic."
The Queen Mother was about to speak, but the Emperor was quicker than her and snorted coldly, kicking the maid: "How dare you! Take her away and hand her over to the Jinying Guards for a thorough interrogation!"
Queen Mother: "..."
The nanny beside the Queen Mother gave the palace maid a cold look with a warning in her eyes.
The palace maid was taken away with a deathly pale face.
Concubine Liang then stood up and said, "There was actually a maid in the palace who poisoned the emperor and the empress dowager. This is because I failed to discipline you properly. Let me interrogate the emperor! Why bother the Jinying Guards?"
The emperor shook his head: "Poisoning is a big deal, and she is also a maid beside the Queen Mother. I must interrogate her and find out who wants to harm the Queen Mother! Mother, I am sorry to have frightened you. I am an unfilial son!"
The Queen Mother waved her hand and sat down: "This is not the emperor's fault! I'm fine! But Miss Shen saved my life and the emperor's life this time! This child has done a great deed, I have to give her a reward. This child is clever and smart, and has a chivalrous heart. I like her very much. I'm old, and I just like some young people to come to the palace to accompany me more. I want to confer her the title of county lady, so that she can come to the palace with Princess Changle to accompany me. What do you think, Your Majesty?"
There was a flash of surprise in Concubine Liang's eyes.
Xing Qing needs to register to enter the palace. Concubine Liang is in charge of the harem, so she naturally knows this.
And she also knows Xing Qing's identity.
After all, the suppression of the family in Futai County was something she had her family members arrange to do in order to please the empress dowager.
Now the Empress Dowager suddenly brought her to the capital and awarded her the title of a county lady
Concubine Liang immediately understood the purpose of this series of events!
The Queen Mother and Princess Changle planned to elevate this person's status and allow her to marry into the royal family.
So, when it comes to who is the most vicious person in the world, Concubine Liang feels that she will never be as good as the Empress Dowager.
The emperor was surprised. Why did the empress dowager want to make her a county princess
This is totally unlike the Queen Mother's style.
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong!
However, he thought of what the prince had just said.
It was a good opportunity to give her a title as compensation.
It was not easy to offend the Queen Mother, and what she had done just now was indeed meritorious.
Since you are going to bestow a title, just grant her the title of Princess!
Just think of it as a taste.
The emperor nodded and said, "Your Majesty is right. Miss Xingqing saved our lives, and she has done a great deed. I will confer upon her the title of Princess Funing. She will live a peaceful life with great blessings in the future!"
Shen Ruolan was overjoyed. She was already in luck! She had never expected that the emperor would confer the title of Princess on his own daughter!
Not only is this a pie falling from the sky, but this pie is filled with meat!
She quickly stepped forward and pulled Xingqing down to her knees: "This woman and Xingqing thank the Emperor and the Empress Dowager for their grace! May the Emperor and the Empress Dowager be blessed with great fortune!"
Xing Qing came back to her senses and followed suit: "This humble woman thanks the Emperor and the Empress Dowager for their grace. Long live the Emperor! Long live the Empress Dowager, a thousand years, a thousand thousand years!"
The Queen Mother smiled kindly and said, “Get up quickly!
Shen Ruolan stood up with an expression of ecstasy on her face.
Now, Xing Qing no longer has to worry about not being qualified to marry into a wealthy family!
It was all thanks to the princess who said a lot of good things about Xing Qing in front of the Queen Mother.
Xing Qing stood up with a calm expression, neither happy nor sad.
She also figured it out. It turned out that her sister was right. The Queen Mother did have some plan!
So, she didn't actually need to catch the palace maid, she just needed to say that a palace maid secretly poisoned the tea
The Queen Mother probably couldn't have guessed that she could catch the palace maid from such a distance!
There was no other way. In the past, her aunt would always go crazy, and she would chase her every time, so she had developed the skill and speed of catching people!