bayedsolid Chapter 314 Let the Queen Mother Investigate the Case
Chapter 314 Let the Queen Mother Investigate the Case
After hearing this, Xie Run felt surprised.
When did the emperor become such a person who lets bygones be bygones?
Xie Run: "Go and ask the imperial kitchen to prepare a few more breakfasts that the emperor likes. I guess the emperor will come to our palace soon."
Although Chunjuan was a little confused, he still did as his master instructed.
The people in the imperial kitchen were very confused and asked specifically about spring rolls.
"Spring Roll Master, these duck kidneys with mushrooms, cherry meat with yam, and lotus seed and eight-treasure duck are not what the Empress likes, but Master, are you mistaken?"
"I remember that your Majesty likes to eat light food in the morning. She has never liked this kind of thing. Please teach me, eunuch."
"If I do something wrong and displease Her Majesty, that's a minor matter. But if I prevent Her Majesty from enjoying breakfast, that's a serious sin."
Chun Juan tapped his hat with a whisk and said, "You ordered the right thing. Just these few dishes, and a fresh soup."
"Your Majesty, your mouth feels bland today, and you want to eat something strong."
He glanced at the fox-like old eunuch and said, "Don't worry, you won't get anything for nothing. I'm afraid you will be rewarded."
When the old lady in the imperial kitchen heard these words, she was so happy that she kept calling Chunjuan "Grandpa Spring Roll" and stuffed a lot of food into Chunjuan's mouth and sleeves.
Eunuchs have to wait until their master finishes eating before they can eat.
But they are all human beings, and they must be hungry and greedy when they come to do business early in the morning.
These experienced old eunuchs knew how to seize opportunities to sell favors with food, and they played with the ways of the world.
When Chunjuan and his men returned to Showa Palace with the meal, they saw the emperor in a bright yellow robe sitting at the top, drinking tea.
Chunjuan quickly led everyone to pay their respects.
Xie Run is dressed simply today, with thin eyebrows lightly drawn, showing her gentleness and softness.
She was wearing a pear blossom colored dress with gold trim. The gold color did not make her look rich, but it made the dress look even more elegant and refined.
The jade hairpin used in the bun has a gentle and tender feeling that penetrates into the bones.
She raised her hand gently: "Let's set the table first."
Chunjuan glanced at the emperor's face and saw that he was not angry, so he stood up and took people to set the table.
He didn't understand it before, but now looking at the food on the table, Chunjuan couldn't help but sigh at his master's ingenuity.
The emperor had clearly gone to the Cining Palace for dinner early in the morning. Who would have thought that he would also come to the Showa Palace for dinner?
If the food is not prepared in advance, it will take a lot of time to go back and forth to get it, and it will easily ruin the emperor's interest.
When the emperor saw the food on the table, he looked at Xie Run meaningfully.
Xie Run pretended not to know and took a chopstick to pick up a piece of food for the emperor. "Your Majesty is busy with official duties, please don't forget your own health."
"My mother always told me, if you eat well and sleep well, nothing in this world will matter to you."
The emperor smiled faintly and said, "If the old fellows in the Imperial Study heard this, I'm afraid they would stop bothering me and just eat and drink all day without worrying about anything."
Xie Run glanced at him lightly, "Your Majesty doesn't believe it?"
The Emperor: "I believe it. You and Taotao are both like this, eating and drinking well, then lying down. Even if the sky falls, I'm afraid you can't wake up."
Xie Run's face turned a little red.
When Chunjuan brought people to serve the meal, Xie Run felt a little sleepy while dressing up.
Thinking that she didn't need to pay her respects today, she had her hairpins and rings taken off and went straight back to the couch to take a nap.
Who knew that the emperor came earlier than she expected. He entered the bedroom and shouted at her and pinched her nose. It took him a long time to wake Xie Run up.
Xie Runren was confused for a long time before Dan Tao told her that she was sleeping too deeply and the emperor's arrival did not wake her up at all.
Xie Run said lightly: "Your Majesty, please have your meal quickly!"
"Are you trying to shut me up with food?"
Xie Run: "Then will the emperor eat it?"
The emperor smiled and ate the food.
Seeing that he seemed to be in a good mood, Xie Run guessed that people in the Cining Palace were probably very unhappy.
This mother and son seem to have never had true harmony.
Sure enough, Xie Run only got the news after the emperor finished breakfast and went to the imperial study.
The emperor went to the Cining Palace in the morning not only to have breakfast, but also to anger the empress dowager.
Xiao Shu was quite excited by the news she had heard: "The Emperor asked the Empress Dowager about the Heartbreak Powder in the Cining Palace."
"The Empress Dowager said she didn't know, so the Emperor said it was caused by someone in the Empress Dowager's palace, and it wouldn't be easy for him to investigate, so he asked the Empress Dowager to investigate."
"The Emperor even said in front of the Empress Dowager that the person who poisoned Hua Chongyi and the Fifth Prince committed suicide by taking the Heartbreak Powder. I'm afraid he's also involved in this matter, so I asked the Empress Dowager to investigate as well."
A bad idea suddenly popped up in Xie Run's mind.
She opened her mouth and whispered, "Your Majesty must not be unfilial to the Empress Dowager. But if he were to be filial, Your Majesty himself would not feel comfortable."
It is impossible for the emperor to delegate power to the empress dowager to manage the six palaces, and it is even impossible for her to get involved.
Xie Run: "Since we can't be unfilial, nor too filial, the best way is to let the Empress Dowager be busy herself so that she has no time to bother with the matter of seizing power."
"Let the Empress Dowager investigate the dirty deeds going on in the Empress Dowager's palace..." Xie Run couldn't help but want to laugh: "That's a really good idea."
Any investigation into something bad would fall on the head of the retired emperor, and the empress dowager would be too embarrassed to face anyone.
If the investigation yields no results, the emperor will have even more excuse to prevent the empress dowager from interfering in the affairs of the six palaces.
the most important is!
Xie Run led the six concubines to clean up the palace, and they dug up countless disgusting things.
If the emperor handed all these things over to the empress dowager and asked her to check them one by one, I'm afraid she would have to check from fifty to eighty.
The emperor also didn't believe that his mother, at the age of eighty, still had the energy to compete for power with the empress.
If there really is, the worst that could happen is that he can find some more evidence for the Queen Mother to investigate!
Thinking about it this way, it was thanks to Hua Chongyi that she made the incident of digging out the heartbreak powder public, otherwise how could the emperor have found such a good excuse?
Xie Run's guess actually hit the emperor's target.
Later, the emperor not only assigned tasks to the empress dowager on a regular basis, but also went to the Cining Palace every now and then to ask about the progress of the empress dowager's investigation.
He was like a mean landlord who checked every day whether his farmhands came to work on time.
The Queen Mother was forced to pretend to be sick and show weakness.
Of course, this happened later.
After Xie Run sent the emperor away, he changed into a pink gauze dress and added a few pieces of jewelry, looking quite formal. Then he took people to Chanyunxuan to visit Hua Chongyi.
Now that Hua Chongyi is seriously ill, as a sister in the palace, Xie Run must show some appreciation.
When he arrived at the main gate of Fanghua Palace, Xie Run ran into Fang Yuaner head-on.
Xie Run had a gentle smile on his face: "It's been a while since we last met. Sister Fang has gained some weight and looks more energetic now."
The emperor had confined Fang Yuaner to the palace when he was there.
But after she entered the palace, no one cared much about her.
In addition, since there was no clear order, Fang Yuaner continued to go in and out as usual.
Fang Yuaner stared at Xie Run with dark eyes for a long time before she said, "It's been a while since we last met. You don't seem to have changed much?"
Xie Run: "Really? I'll just think of it as Sister Fang praising me."
Fang Yuaner never liked to talk nonsense. She asked Xie Run, "Do you believe what I said now?"
Even though Fang Yuaner didn't explain it, Xie Run still knew that she was talking about Wan Linlang being alive.
Seeing Xie Run remained silent, Fang Yuaner chuckled faintly, "She can make poisons, but she's not proficient in them because the old witch she learned poisons and poisons from died early."
"Originally, that Gu was intended to poison me and your son. I was lucky, and the milk soup I sent was snatched away by Hua Chongyi, so I escaped that disaster. Otherwise, I would be lying there today."
"In this world, there is no one else besides her who can be offended by you and me at the same time, and who hates us so much that she wants to kill us!"
Xie Run looked at her quietly, "Of course I believe what Sister Fang said, but I'm still quite confused about one thing."
Fang Yuaner: "Speak!"
"How could Concubine Wan have such powerful means to get into the imperial kitchen? If she only tampered with the tribute porcelain, perhaps it would be possible."
"But if there wasn't someone from the Imperial Kitchen colluding inside and outside, how could she have known which porcelain pieces had poisonous insects and which didn't? And she just happened to be making milk for the Showa Palace and the Fanghua Palace?"
Fang Yuaner suddenly fell silent.
She was also confused about this and hasn't figured it out yet, so she can't explain it.
Before leaving, Xie Runduo asked, "Did Sister Fang make an appointment to go out with someone?"
Fang Yuan'er sneered, "Who in the palace isn't giving me a wide berth these days? Who can I possibly invite out for a stroll?"
"It's just that I have nothing to do and don't want to get into trouble in Fanghua Palace."
Hearing this, it seems like there is a conflict with Hua Chongyi again?
Xie Run smiled. Although he was a little curious in his heart, he didn't show it on his face.
She was about to take people in when she suddenly remembered something.
"Sister Fang."
Fang Yuan'er was also scolded by her and stopped.
Xie Run said slowly: "Hua Chongyi is in bed and unconscious. I'm afraid she will need to recuperate in Chanyun Palace for a while. She won't be able to return to Chonghua Palace for a while."
"Having two of the Nine Concubines living in Fanghua Palace is really inconvenient and not conducive to harmony among the six palaces."
"According to the Queen's arrangements, someone must be moving out. I wonder if Sister Fang has made any plans in advance?"
Given Hua Yu's current condition, only Fang Yuaner can move the palace.
If Fang Yuaner seizes the opportunity and takes the initiative in moving the palace, her life will be better in the future.
Fang Yuan'er was stunned for a moment, then smiled faintly: "Thank you for your reminder."
Xie Run smiled faintly and led his men into Chongfanghua Palace.
Fang Yuan'er didn't leave in a hurry, but stood there and stared at Xie Run's back for a long time until the people from Showa Palace disappeared from her sight.
After a long while, Fang Yuaner suddenly asked, "Qiuxiang, do you think Xie Run is still the same as when he first entered the mansion?"
Except that the clothes he wore were more delicate and the hairpins on his head had a few more kinds of rings, Fang Yuan'er looked at Xie Run and always felt that he was almost the same as when he first entered the mansion.
After asking, she realized that Qiuxiang was gone.
Ever since Qiuxiang left the palace's side door carrying the Third Prince, and the Third Prince was taken hostage by Prince An's party, there has been no news of Qiuxiang.
Or maybe there was actually news, but the emperor just dealt with it.
Anyway, from the moment Qiuxiang stepped out of the palace, there was no turning back.
Fang Yuaner laughed self-deprecatingly, "She really hasn't changed at all."
But she herself has become unrecognizable.
Sometimes when looking at the person in the mirror, Fang Yuaner would wonder, is that really her?
Xie Run arrived at Chanyunxuan and was led into the main hall by the maid beside Hua Chongyi to sit and drink tea.
Huayu is not smart, but always has his own little thoughts and cannot listen to other people's advice.
Therefore, the palace maids who stayed by her side were often replaced, and those who stayed were not very smart, but the good thing was that they did not have any bad intentions.
Everyone in Chanyunxuan followed their stupid master and attacked the emperor.
This time, he fainted from the poisoning, which can be regarded as a sudden disaster.
Xie Run sat in Chanyun Pavilion drinking tea. Lian Qiao, the senior palace maid beside Hua Yu, was crying to her, "People outside say that my master was arrogant. She relied on the emperor's favor and disregarded the hierarchy to snatch Gong Xiurong's milk soup. That's why she got poisoned. She brought it upon herself. But my master was truly wronged and aggrieved."
"When I went to the imperial kitchen to pick up food, I saw milk soup and asked about it. The eunuch in charge of the food said it was from Fanghua Palace."
"It just so happened that the master ordered milk soup, so I thought it was from Chanyunxuan. Who would have thought it was from Gong Xiurong?" Lian Qiao said aggrievedly, "It's obvious that the people in the imperial kitchen didn't explain it clearly."
Let’s just talk about Fanghua Palace, but there are two Nine Concubines living in Fanghua Palace. Who knows who the things are for?
"The master had just taken a sip when his expression suddenly changed and he vomited blood. The servants were so frightened that they quickly called for the imperial physician."
"He only drank a small sip, and to this day, the master is still in a coma. The imperial physician said that the insect was extremely poisonous, and the venom damaged the master's stomach and intestines. I'm afraid he won't be able to eat or drink well in the future, so he needs to be taken care of."
Injuries to the stomach and intestines cannot be healed and can only be healed slowly, which is a long and difficult process.
Lian Qiao cried and the palace maids around her also started to cry.
Lian Qiao: "The imperial physician also said that the master was lucky, as he only drank a small sip of milk soup. If he had been stung by that poisonous creature, he would have died on the spot."
Xie Run seemed to be listening calmly, but in fact his emotions were fluctuating greatly.
After all, if something unexpected happened, everything Lian Qiao said would fall on Taotao.
Even now, she still feels scared when she thinks about it.
Xie Run: "Has your master ever woken up?"
Lian Qiao: "She woke up twice. When I tried to feed her some food, she vomited it all out, sometimes even vomiting blood."
Xie Run was slightly surprised: "Is it serious to this extent?"
"But if I go without food or water, how can my body bear it?"
Lian Qiao's eyes were red. "Now I just follow the doctor's instructions and use a reed tube to feed the master some rice soup. At least there is some progress."
"Speaking of which, this method was passed down by the Empress's sister."
Xie Run smiled and said, "I'll go see Sister Hua."
Lian Qiao immediately opened the curtain and invited Xie Run in.
Xie Run took a look and came out. Before leaving, he gave some instructions and left with his people.
She and Hua Yu did not have much friendship, and everything she did now was just a formality.
Everything was normal on Xie Run's side, but the imperial kitchen received two waves of rewards at noon.
One wave was awarded by Xie Run from Showa Palace, and the other wave was awarded by the emperor.
At Showa Palace, Chunjuan brought people to deliver the reward money.
The eunuch in charge of the morning affairs received the reward and was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. "Sir, would you like to sit down and have a cup of tea before leaving? The sun is getting hot now, and drinking tea will help to cool down the heat."
Chun Juan waved his hand and said, "I don't want to drink tea."