It is the season when peonies are in full bloom. Shen Ruoxi loves flowers, of course not just peonies, she loves all kinds of flowers.
She thought that after the enthronement ceremony, she would go back to the State of Chu with Xingnong, and then she would no longer see such beautiful peonies. So every day when she had nothing to do, she would come to the Imperial Garden to walk around and take a look. By the way, she thought of planting a few peonies in the corner when she returned.
Just plant one of each color.
So when the King of Jin was dealing with state affairs and Xing Nong was busy with the formation competition, Shen Ruoxi came to the Imperial Garden to kill time and asked the gardener of the Imperial Garden about how to grow peonies.
Sometimes, she would cut a few peonies and bring them back to the palace to put in a vase.
Today, the flowers in the vase showed signs of withering again, so Shen Ruoxi picked out a few peonies that were in full bloom and signaled the eunuch to cut them off and let her take them back.
"And this one, it's also blooming beautifully!" Shen Ruoxi said, holding a bunch of peonies in her hand, pointing to a yellow half-opened peony in the bush.
“Yes, your Majesty,” the eunuch responded, and quickly parted the flowers, taking the scissors to cut the peony that Shen Ruoxi wanted.
He had just parted the flowers when suddenly countless black bees flew up and stung the eunuch on the face before he could react.
He covered his face and stepped back in fear, accidentally falling to the ground, still shouting: "My queen, run!"
Shen Ruoxi was also startled. She grew up in the village and often went up the mountain when she was a child. She was stung by wasps, bees and the like. She knew that this kind of black bee was poisonous. After being stung, a large red and swollen area would appear, and in severe cases, it could even kill her. She was so scared that she ran away.
The palace maids and eunuchs accompanying Shen Ruoxi, some of them fanned their handkerchiefs vigorously to drive away the black bees, and some of them protected Shen Ruoxi and left.
The eunuchs and palace maids in the imperial garden were driving away the poisonous bees in panic.
"Someone, protect the Queen!"
"Someone, there are poisonous bees! There are poisonous bees! Drive them away!"
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I don’t know if it’s because Shen Ruoxi is still holding the flower in her hand that caused the black bees to chase her closely.
But who is Shen Ruoxi? When she was crazy before, she ran and even the big yellow dog in the village couldn't catch up!
In an instant, he left the palace maids and eunuchs behind by a long distance.
At this time, An Guiren rushed out from the corner with great momentum. Shen Ruoxi ran very fast, but her reaction was also very quick. Seeing a group of people about to hit her head on, she shouted: "Run! There are poisonous bees!"
Then she dodged left and right flexibly, without touching anyone's clothes, and passed through the group of concubines, palace maids, and eunuchs! Like a slippery loach!
Shen Ruoxi ran back to Kunning Palace without stopping, ran into the hot spring pool in the inner hall, jumped into the water, and then looked back, no black bees caught up!
“That was close!” Shen Ruoxi exhaled.
At this time, Du Juan, the second-class maid who stayed in Kunning Palace, hurried in without paying attention to the rules. The queen was stunned when she saw the man jumping into the water: "Queen, what's wrong with you?"
Shen Ruoxi shook the peony in her hand: "It's okay! There are poisonous bees in the imperial garden. Fortunately, I ran fast. Go and see if Shaoyao and the others have been stung by poisonous bees. If so, call the imperial physician. By the way, I want to take a bath, please help me get a set of clothes."
Du Juan then understood why Shen Ruoxi ran back in a hurry and jumped into the bathtub at once!
She hurriedly said, "Yes!"
Only the Queen came back alone. Shaoyao and the others must have gone to lure away the poisonous bees.
After Du Juan went out, she saw Shaoyao and others running back in a hurry.
Everyone was running out of breath and their faces were flushed.
Shaoyao was the head maid. Her chest rose and fell violently, and she asked breathlessly, "Where is the Queen? Has the Queen come back?"
Du Juan nodded: "I'm back and taking a bath in the bath. Sister Shaoyao, have you been stung by a poisonous bee?"
Shaoyao heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this, "No, is the Queen okay?"
The Queen ran so fast, she should be fine, but Shaoyao still asked worriedly.
The ceremony of enthroning the queen is about to be held. If the queen gets stung by a poisonous bee, they will all lose their heads!
"It's okay. The Queen also asked me to ask Sister Shaoyao if you are okay and asked me to call the imperial physician."
Shaoyao waved her hand: "We are fine. Since the queen is bathing, I will go prepare clothes for her."
Fortunately, the Queen ran fast, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to run so fast.
When they were chasing the Queen, she heard the screams of Concubine Li behind her, and it was so tragic!
Shaoyao shuddered and ran in to get clothes for the Queen.
On the other side, the Imperial Garden.
An Guiren was startled by Shen Ruoxi who rushed over, and before she could react, the other party ran away like a gust of wind!
Then she saw dozens of black poisonous bees flying towards her.
She was so frightened that her face turned pale. She turned around and immediately got under the wide skirt of Lady Li behind her, threatening loudly: "Lady Li, don't move! I'm still pregnant with a princess! If you move and hurt the princess, the emperor will not let you go!"
Lady Li: “… ”
An Guiren had heard from the palace maids around her that when she was a child, she had little meat to eat, and the villagers would poke a hornet's nest when they saw it, and eat the pupae inside. Once, she and her mother went up the mountain and encountered a hornet's nest. Her mother was reluctant to give up the hornet's nest, so she let her hide under her skirt while she got a torch and poked it.
Concubine An remembered this incident. She was so pregnant that she didn't dare to run, so she hid under Concubine Li's skirt as soon as possible.
Even though Lady Li was well prepared and had smeared a medicine that poisonous bees disliked on her face, she was still stung by the poisonous bee and got two bumps on her face!
Not to mention the other palace maids and eunuchs, they were stung all over their heads before they swatted all the poisonous bees to death!
After everything was quiet, An Guiren came out from under Li Meiren's skirt. She said to Li Meiren with gratitude, "Thanks to you, sister! I will tell the emperor that you have done a great job in protecting the princess!"
Then she said to the maidservant beside her: "Go and call the imperial physician! Didn't you see that Concubine Li was stung by a poisonous bee and her face is swollen like a pig's head?"
"Yes!" A eunuch also had three lumps on his face from being stung by a poisonous bee. Upon hearing this, he didn't care about the pain and immediately ran to ask for the imperial physician.
Lady Li felt such pain on her face that she almost fainted from anger after hearing that!
She had clearly planned it out, so why were the Queen and she safe and sound while she was the only one hurt
After the King of Jin came down from court, he was about to go back to Kunning Palace to accompany Shen Ruoxi for breakfast. Knowing that Shen Ruoxi would come to the Imperial Garden to appreciate the flowers at this time every day, he came around to pick her up. When he saw this scene, he frowned: "What's going on?"
Everyone was shocked and hurriedly saluted: "Good luck to the emperor!"
When Lady An saw the King of Jin, she immediately rushed towards him crying, "Your Majesty~"