After the group left, the old lady could no longer fall asleep, and she sat cross-legged on a soft couch in her outer robe and chanted sutras.
Both Lin Shi and Yu Miaoqi stayed behind to wait for the news. Several candles were blown out by the wind, and the figures of several people were projected on the wall, stretching and shortening for a while, thickening for a while and fading for a while, as if entering a The house is haunted and spooky, and the atmosphere is very eerie.
The old lady opened her eyes to look at the sky, and there were many wrinkles on her face.
Lin's heart was also very flustered, Qiqi Ai said, "Mother, what do you think His Highness the Crown Prince is looking for them in the middle of the night? It's nothing more than calling Yan'er away, why is Xiang'er also called away together? What big things could happen? Could it be? Won't the crown princess become a princess?"
The old lady gave her a hard look, and said sharply, "Shut up, and we'll talk about everything when the children come back."
Yu Miaoqi twitched her brows slightly, guessing that something happened to the crown princess, and Yu Xiang was involved in the accident, otherwise she wouldn't have called her away in the middle of the night. Is it poisoning again
Thinking of this, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled slowly.
Yu Pinyan and Yu Xiang were led directly by the guards to the side room of the Crown Princess. There were many people standing at the door. The side concubines of the Prince's Mansion, the three sisters of the Min family, the nine princesses, and the crown prince all had fake or real faces on their faces. The color of anxiety.
"Yi Feng, you are here." The crown prince stepped forward quickly, patted Yu Xiang's hair again, and said in a warm voice, "Xiang'er, the crown princess has been saying that she wants to see you, otherwise the loneliness in the middle of the night will not let people Call you over. The imperial doctor will come out later, so you can go in and accompany the princess."
Yu Xiang nodded in agreement. Yu Pinyan put his younger sister into the wheelchair, handed it over to Princess Jiu who hurried over, and walked to the side of the prince to talk, "Your Highness, what happened?"
"The princess is poisoned..."
The two avoided the female relatives and found a secluded corner to talk, but just a short sentence was enough to startle Yu Xiang: Is the crown princess poisoned? What kind of poison is in it? Where is the next? And why did you bring me here in the middle of the night? Is it really the order of the princess and not the prince who is suspicious
Thinking of the pot of exorcising herbs given to the princess today, cold sweat broke out on Yu Xiang's forehead.
The Ninth Princess was ignorant of this matter, and Concubine Xu and the others didn't say anything, but Min Lan suddenly rushed forward and slapped her hard, "You poisonous woman, my sister treats you so kindly, how dare you give me a slap in the face?" She secretly assassinated! If something happens to my sister, I want you to be buried with her!"
How could Yu Xiang be beaten in vain while sitting, she quickly blocked it, and then pulled back with a whip.
Min Lan failed to hit the neck, but was drawn a bright red mark, which looked as if her throat had been cut from a distance. Her eyes were about to burst, and she poked out her sharp nails to scratch Yu Xiangming's glamorous face. Her hatred for Yu Xiang not only stems from the other party's sharp words and domineering behavior, but also from this unparalleled face in the world. It is said that beautiful women are inferior to each other, and when it comes to jealousy, Min Lan is one of the best.
Min Song and Min Zhi couldn't hold her back, Princess Ninth wanted to stand in front of her friend but was brushed away with one hand, Yu Xiang whipped her again and again, this time she was not polite, all the whips greeted Min Lan's face.
Min Lan didn't have the heart to pinch someone, so she quickly dodged with her head in her arms.
The scene got out of control for a while, and Concubine Xu was about to step forward to stop her, but Yu Xiang stopped first, and said with a sneer, "The imperial doctor is still inside to check the pulse, what is your intention to make such noise? Do you intend to interfere with the imperial doctor? Have something to say." Say, don't touch your hands."
In terms of moving hands and feet, who can move her better? Even with a broken leg, Yu Xiang couldn't be provoked. Min Lan calmed down, and while rubbing her bruised arm, she accused her in a low voice, "Yu Xiang, don't put on an air. If the potted plants you sent weren't highly poisonous, why would my sister bleed profusely?"
"Where is the blood?" Yu Xiang asked calmly. With her brother protecting her, she didn't panic at all.
"Nosebleed, it has been bleeding for several hours, and I still have a headache, rolling around in pain, but I still hold your potted plant and refuse to let go." The nine princesses were about to cry. It was the first time she had seen such a tragic scene.
Yu Xiang was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "I've been raising that potted plant for more than three years. Although the scent is peculiar, it can only repel mosquitoes. If it was poisonous, hundreds of people in Yu's mansion would have died. Besides, , why do I want to assassinate the Crown Princess? What good does it do me?"
Min Lan immediately sneered, "No benefit? You have a lot of benefits. You have long coveted my sister's position as the concubine. If you get rid of your sister, can you replace her?"
Yu Xiang showed contempt in her eyes, "I am a useless person, not to mention being a concubine for His Highness the Crown Prince, even if I marry an ordinary family, people still refuse to take it. The ladies in Beijing stand in a row and are chosen by others, and the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince will never marry me." Will choose me, I still have this self-knowledge. Don't use your mind to speculate on me, I am not as big as you."
These words are so reasonable that there is no way to refute them. What is even more embarrassing is the last sentence, which hits the nail on the head.
Inside the room, the Crown Princess's groans suddenly stopped, and I don't know if it touched the heartstrings. Everyone glanced at Min Lan one after another, with deep meaning in their eyes. Min Lan's face was flushed, she pointed at Yu Xiang with trembling fingers, her lips trembled and she couldn't make a sound, what's more, the crown prince and Yu Pinyan were standing three meters away at some point, looking at him with cold expressions.
"Your sister is very sick in the house, how can you be so noisy outside? Why don't you back down!"
The prince has always been gentle and refined, but the sudden sinking of his face is truly frightening. Tears welled up in Min Lan's eyes, she raised her head and stared at the handsome face of the prince, and whispered pitifully, "Your Highness, why do you treat me like this..." She looked like an 'infatuated woman meets a heartless man'.
Yu Xiang turned her face away in horror. Several side concubines and concubines showed disdain, Min Song and Min Zhi were extremely embarrassed, wishing they could hide their heads in their bosoms.
In the room, the Crown Princess screamed suddenly, her high voice was full of deep fear, and everyone's heart skipped a beat. Yu Pinyan quickly bent down and pressed her younger sister's face into his arms, and gently patted her back to comfort her, "Don't be afraid, Xiang'er, brother is here. Brother will not let anyone hurt you." Wen's emphasis, "Even the emperor and I can't do it."
Yu Xiang's stiff body slowly relaxed, scratched her numb earlobes, raised her small face and smiled sweetly at her brother. Yu Pinyan quickly rubbed her full and bright red lips, then straightened up and looked at the door that was suddenly pushed open.
The imperial physician stepped out of the threshold while wiping the profuse sweat from his head, and bowed to report, "His Royal Highness, the Crown Princess is safe now."
Before the prince could speak, Concubine Xu and Min Lan yelled in unison, "What? Is it safe?" Isn't it dead? Are you sure you are right
There was a strong sense of disappointment hidden in the two people's words. Anyone who was not deaf could tell the difference. The prince's face suddenly darkened with joy, and there was a loud sound of broken cups in the room.
The imperial doctor glanced at the two of them lightly, nodded and said, "Yes, the princess is not poisoned, she is safe now, and there is no danger of her life in the future. Please come in, Your Highness, and I will explain it to you in detail."
The prince immediately followed him in. Yu Xiang stretched her neck to look around, feeling uncomfortable as if being scratched by a cat.
Yu Pinyan grabbed her jaw and turned her face around, whispering, "Don't look around, I want to know what brother will tell you back. The crown princess's safety should be related to the potted plants you sent."
Many candles were lit in the house, illuminating the four corners brightly, and there were many blood-stained cotton balls on the ground. There was a sweet smell mixed with the smell of blood in the air, but the smell was not uncomfortable. The Crown Princess was half lying on the couch, her clothes had a lot of nosebleeds, her face was even paler than before, but the lifelessness in her eyes had completely disappeared.
"Zhen'er, are you really alright?" After all, it was a young couple, and the Crown Princess' position in the Crown Prince's heart was irreplaceable. At this time, seeing her bright eyes, she was so excited that she almost shed tears.
The Crown Princess was already crying, big drops of tears fell straight down, and soon wet the skirt of her clothes.
The prince didn't care that she was covered in blood, he wrapped his arms around her and looked at her carefully, as if he couldn't get enough of her in his lifetime. The imperial physician lowered his head to listen to the couple's conversation, and when they finished expressing their hearts, he walked forward with a small teacup.
The princess immediately withdrew from the embrace of the prince, hugged the small potted plant Yu Xiang gave her tightly in her arms, and blocked the small teacup, as if an evil spirit was imprisoned inside, and would pounce on her when the lid was opened.
The prince was puzzled in his heart, and he looked into the cup intently, and immediately got goosebumps all over his body. I saw an eight-inch-long dark black leech coiled on the bottom of the porcelain-white cup. Because it couldn't find blood to feed on, it was moving around on the cup wall with its thin head attached to the suction cup.
The imperial doctor looked at it for a few times, and felt disgusted, so he slammed the lid on the cup, and said slowly, "His Royal Highness, this leech crawled out of the nostrils of the Crown Princess, and it should be inside the empress's body." It has survived for more than half a year. After giving birth, the empress suffered a great loss of energy and blood. The leech did not have enough blood in the nasal cavity to feed on the empress's brain. You need to take some tonics, and it won't take two or three months to recover."
The prince was stunned when he heard that, and then he seemed to be struck by lightning, and asked in surprise, "The leech only survives in the sewage mud, and the princess has never been near such a pickling place, how did the leech get into her brain? "
The imperial doctor was stopped by the question, and he couldn't answer for a long time.
The prince suddenly sneered, and the joy in his heart was replaced by monstrous anger. Either the Crown Princess herself was infected, or someone did something wrong. Such insidious methods are simply unheard of and unseen. But to be able to implant such evil things into the nasal cavity of the Crown Princess without anyone noticing, this person must be someone close to the Crown Princess.
If the leech hadn't been flushed out by the nosebleed, how long could the perpetrator remain hidden, and how many people would he use this method to assassinate? Thinking deeply, the prince only felt creepy.
The imperial doctor had never seen such a furious prince, so he couldn't help feeling panic, and explained quickly, "His Royal Highness, the reason why the princess and concubine was saved from danger is all thanks to this little tree. It is a blessing to say that, if The leech has entered the brain, apart from this small tree, there is probably no other medicine in the world to heal. However, at the most critical moment, this magic medicine was delivered directly to the empress, which shows that His Highness and the empress are deeply blessed and blessed by heaven."
The prince turned his head and looked at the potted plant with surprised eyes.
The princess hugged the potted plant even tighter, her face full of the expression of the survivors after a catastrophe. As expected, Xiang'er is the lucky star of the palace. As long as Xiang'er is called to my side, the palace will always save the day. Since the birth of dragon and phoenix twins and seeing the Daoguang shine with my own eyes, this idea has taken root in the princess's heart.