"ah!"
Queen Li screamed and threw herself into the emperor's arms.
The eunuch on the side hurriedly shouted: "Escort me, protect me quickly!"
People below were in panic, and the Ouchi guards on the side even drew their swords.
Everyone present at the banquet became nervous. What did the Queen see that made her so frightened?
Chu Yingluo looked even more at a loss.
The emperor boldly took a look and was stunned. His nervous eyebrows slowly relaxed.
"Wait!"
Immediately, the guards who had drawn their swords all retreated.
Queen Li turned her head and shouted angrily: "Bold Chu Yingluo, what's your intention to send such a thing to scare me at my birthday banquet?"
Chu Yingluo blinked her innocent and confused eyes to scare her?
What kind of joke is Queen Li kidding? !
With a conscience of heaven and earth, she reluctantly gave up her love and packed up the lovely ducks in the mansion and gave them to Empress Li. How could she be frightened?
That's right, what's in the box is a duck. It's a free, fat old duck. The duck has a bow tied around its neck. It looks cute and beautiful.
Although the emperor was not afraid, he frowned tightly. He hugged the queen and comforted her for a few words. He looked at Chu Yingluo and said sternly: "Chu Yingluo, the queen has always been afraid of poultry such as chickens and ducks. You actually put The duck was given to the queen as a birthday gift. You really have bad intentions and a bad heart!"
Chu Yingluo was still surprised, but she immediately understood after hearing the emperor's words. It turns out that Queen Li is afraid of ducks? Such people are really rare, but there do exist such people.
Some people are born with a fear of animals with feathers and long beaks, which is called ornithophobia. As for chickens and ducks, it is collectively called avian phobia.
Mo Jing'an on the side suddenly widened his eyes when he heard this, his eyes flickering. He didn't expect that Chu Yingluo had already made the emperor angry before he took action today. How could there be such a good thing? Seeing this, Mo Jing'an drank a glass of wine excitedly and watched the show happily.
Li Zhaodi took the opportunity to take out the small jade bottle in her pocket. She secretly glanced at the wine glass on Chu Yingluo's seat not far away, with a sinister look in her eyes.
Princess Changning couldn't help laughing and said: "Hahaha, the queen is actually afraid of ducks!"
Mo Xianfeng covered her mouth with his hand and lowered his voice and said: "Shh, don't laugh. It is well known in the palace that the Queen is afraid of chickens and ducks, so as long as the Queen is around, there will be no chicken and duck meals. We are still worried. Worry about Si Wang’s sister-in-law.”
The Queen doesn't know if she will blame her...
After Chu Yingluo thought for a while, she said: "Your Majesty, the Queen, forgive me. I didn't know that the Queen was afraid of ducks, so I disturbed the Queen. I asked the Queen to calm down. However, I did have a last resort reason for sending ducks... "
Queen Li's face was livid, and her body was still trembling because of fear, "What reason can you have? You just deliberately intimidate me, and you should be punished!"
The emperor was confused and asked curiously: "Chu Yingluo, do you have any last resort?"
Chu Yingluo lowered her head, sighed softly, and said slowly: "Back to the emperor, my wife also wants to send gold, silver, jewelry, emeralds and jade to the queen like others, but the fourth prince's palace is poor, and the household department has stopped the prince. The prince is still paralyzed in bed, and the Fourth Prince’s Palace is completely impoverished. Apart from ducks, there is nothing else good in the palace..."
After saying that, Chu Yingluo raised her head pitifully, looked at Queen Li and continued: "Does the Queen know where this duck came from?"
Empress Li said with a cold face: "Where did it come from?"
Chu Yingluo had a smile in her eyes and tears in her smile: "The Queen is kind-hearted. Last time she gave my wife one hundred taels of silver, which I have been using till now. This duck was bought with the money given by the Queen. Now the duck has grown fat." My wife-in-law has always been grateful to the queen, so on the occasion of the queen’s birthday today, she specially brought it to honor the queen. Unexpectedly, the queen didn’t like it..."
As she spoke, Chu Yingluo sobbed twice in "grievance", her voice choked with sobs.
After hearing this, Queen Li was speechless and choked.
The emperor on the side also fell silent, with complicated eyes.
"You just said that the Ministry of Finance stopped the money from the Four Princes' Palace. When did this happen?"
Hearing this, Mo Jing'an, who had been watching the show just now, felt his heart tighten, and the smile on his lips suddenly froze.
Chu Yingluo followed the emperor's words and continued: "I heard from the maids in the mansion that the fourth prince has not received any money from the transfer department since he was paralyzed for so many years. The prince has been living on rice soup..."
Hearing this, the emperor's expression changed slightly.
Although he issued an order to abolish the fourth child, he never let the Ministry of Husbandry treat him harshly. The salary of the Ministry of Husbandry was paid out every year. Where did the money go?
Empress Li suddenly felt that something was wrong. Just when she wanted to stop Chu Yingluo, she heard the emperor say: "I don't know about this matter. Chu Yingluo, I will send someone to investigate clearly. If there is indeed this matter, I will investigate it myself." Give an explanation to the Fourth Prince's Mansion."
Chu Yingluo wiped away the non-existent tears and said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
When Mo Jingan heard that the emperor wanted to investigate the household affairs, he was immediately nervous and at a loss. His legs were shaking and he couldn't stop shivering.
It's so good, why are you mentioning the fourth child's salary cut off?
Once the thing is exposed, it's over...
He glanced at Chu Yingluo, saw the smile on her face, and clenched his fists fiercely, damn Chu Yingluo, she must have done it on purpose!
The emperor glanced at the empty spot next to Chu Yingluo's seat that originally belonged to Mo Beizhi, and frowned slightly.
After a moment, he slowly spoke: "Chu Yingluo, your sending the duck today is indeed excusable. I will not pursue it for the time being. The Queen is kind and kind, so let's forget about it?"
Hearing this, Empress Li bit her gums secretly. Unexpectedly, Chu Yingluo's few words made the emperor change his mind. He really underestimated her! But the emperor had already spoken, what else could she say?
With nowhere to vent her anger, she suppressed the displeasure in her heart, twitched her lips and said with a smile: "What the emperor said is that since Chu Yingluo has extenuating circumstances, he will not pursue the case. In addition, the concubine helped me last time The Fourth Prince's Mansion did not intend to hide the truth from the Emperor, she is actually a concubine..."
The emperor patted the queen's hand and said comfortingly: "It's okay, I can understand. The queen has always been kind-hearted, which is a blessing to the people of the world."
Queen Li smiled gently.
The eunuch quietly removed the duck. Unexpectedly, the duck, which had been sleeping soundly, suddenly woke up and screamed "quack" incessantly. Queen Li screamed in fright, and began to convulse again like a convulsion.
The emperor waved his hand: "Take it quickly."
"Yes." The eunuch hugged the duck and ran down quickly.
Chu Yingluo looked at the duck that was taken away, and shook her head regretfully. It's a pity, the old duck soup is a great supplement, I don't know what the palace people will do with it...
