Feeling that his heartbeat had calmed down, the prince stretched out his still trembling hand and took the glass of water on the table that had not been harmed by Jin Qing, tremblingly, wanting to drink water to calm his shock.
Just because he was overly frightened, the prince's hands were shaking very badly.
The glass of water was shaken into half a glass, and the walls of the glass were still clanging against his teeth.
After pouring the remaining water into his mouth with difficulty, the prince began to cough violently as if he thought of something: Is this the glass of water he just used to dip in and write?
As he coughed, the prince subconsciously put his hand on the table next to him.
There was just a crunching sound, and the white marble table shattered into pieces along its four legs in four directions.
The water glass that had been set on the table fell to the soft table with a clatter, and the water that had been swirling in the glass finally spilled out.
Seeing the water in the cup soaking the entire soft body, the prince felt that a stone in his heart suddenly fell to the ground.
Staring at the unconscious people on the ground, the prince suddenly chuckled and murmured to himself: "I can't believe it..." As for what he didn't expect, probably only he himself knows.
At noon the next day, the queen received the news that Lan Ruhai was leaving Beijing.
The queen, who knew the prince's plan, immediately became anxious and immediately sent someone to summon the prince to the palace to ask about the situation.
Who would have expected but only got one answer: The prince had too much wine last night and accidentally hurt his forehead. He couldn't enter the palace and bumped into the empress. He only waited until the injury was better before entering the palace to pay respects to the empress, so as not to be exposed to his current appearance. people see.
The queen, who was rejected by her son for the first time, angrily threw her favorite jade cabbage ornament, and then angrily scolded the eunuch who sent the message: "Go and tell the prince that I am seriously ill. If he does not enter the palace today, he will be in trouble in the future." Don’t even come to see me!”
Watching the eunuch take the order and leave, the queen clenched her fists tightly: Prince Tan had completely cut off contact with her, which meant that she only had one son left, the prince, and she could never let his son escape her control.
Not only the prince, she also had to find a way to get King Xin back from his fiefdom.
The child kept pretending to be crazy and hiding his stupidity beside her, and the queen was so angry that she broke her teeth: that child usually didn't get close to her, but now he managed the fiefdom so well.
As a result, she was often ridiculed by other concubines with guns and sticks, saying that it was because of her unkindness that her biological son was so wary of her. He only dared to show his true abilities after avoiding her from a distance. ..
The words of these women really made the queen angry.
The queen secretly gritted her teeth in her heart. Since King Xi valued the fiefdom so much, she vowed to take it away from him and then take him back to the capital to reflect on how he could honor his mother.
In order to facilitate this matter, the queen kept talking about the benefits of Northern Xinjiang in the prince's ear, and took the initiative to help the prince with suggestions. Only then did the prince, who had already been interested in Northern Xinjiang, completely strengthen his belief in taking action against King Xin.
Therefore, when the queen heard that Lan Ruhai had left the capital, she became extremely angry: she had a feeling that the prince seemed to be escaping from her control.
Just as the queen was losing her temper in the palace, she heard the eunuch announcing from outside that the chief eunuch had arrived.
The queen's chest rose and fell violently several times, and she ordered the palace servants to quickly tidy up the room. The queen straightened her hair and sat on a chair, asking the palace servants to let in the chief eunuch.
The chief eunuch held a food box in his hand, and with a smile, he knelt down and saluted the queen: "I wish you peace, the queen."
Knowing that this was a popular person in front of the emperor, the queen did not embarrass the chief eunuch, but directly asked someone to help the chief eunuch stand up and speak.
After the chief eunuch stood up, he picked up the food box next to him and placed it respectfully next to the queen: "Your Majesty said that the weather has been dry recently, so he specially ordered the kitchen to stew blood swallows for the queen every day. He said that he would eat it from now on. It’s just the right time to nourish your body as winter comes.”
After listening to the words of the chief eunuch, a smile finally appeared on the queen's face. She glanced at the eldest maid beside her. The eldest maid immediately helped the queen to stand up and saluted to the imperial study room: "Excuse me, Your Majesty, I am thinking of you."
Then there were other young palace servants who quickly took out the blood swallow in the food box and placed it on the small table in the hall.
The queen walked to the small table and sat down with a smile, and asked the chief eunuch: "Does your Majesty have any other instructions? Is he in good health today?"
The chief eunuch replied respectfully to the Queen: "To answer the Queen's question, the weather has been very hot recently, and Your Majesty often approves memorials until the middle of the night, which makes this slave very distressed.
After your Majesty went to court today, you suddenly thought that your empress was impatient with the summer heat, so you thought of asking your servants to send blood swallows to your empress every day to nourish her body. At the same time, your majesty also ordered Dr. Sun to come to your empress every day from tomorrow on. Peace pulse. "
One paragraph clearly stated what the emperor meant, but it did not reveal at all what the emperor's body was like at this time.
The Queen gave a long sigh, with a hint of resentment in her tone: "I'm sorry to bother you, Your Majesty, but I haven't seen Your Majesty for a long time."
Hearing that the Queen's tone was not good, the chief eunuch bowed down, but did not say a word in reply.
Knowing that her words were really difficult to answer, the queen simply changed the subject and talked about something insignificant.
The chief eunuch was also obedient and followed the queen's words, which made the queen laugh.
Afterwards, the chief eunuch looked at the blood swallow that had lost its heat, and did not forget to remind the queen: "Mother, if this blood swallow gets cold, it will disappoint the emperor's wishes."
The queen gently pressed the center of her eyebrows and said angrily: "Okay, I know this well. You are also older, and the older you are, the more you talk."
The talkative head eunuch immediately shut his mouth and just looked at the queen with a smile without saying a word.
Seeing that the chief eunuch still didn't want to leave, the queen stood up with the help of the eldest maid: "We are going to have lunch soon. This blood swallow will heat up the kitchen as soon as possible. Eat it before I eat. Then I will let you have it." The palace servants will pack up the food boxes and send them to you, please take a look."
Hearing what the Queen had said so straightforwardly, the eunuch manager naturally didn't want to stay longer and hurriedly bowed and resigned.
The moment the chief eunuch walked out of the door, the smile on the queen's face disappeared instantly, and her whole person became gloomy.
The queen's eyes fell on the small bright yellow bowl filled with blood swallows. The expression on her face was unpredictable, and then she called softly: "Ruxi."
I saw a female official dressed as a third-grade Hui Ren, hurriedly walked in from the outside, knelt down in front of the queen and said: "The queen."
The queen looked at Ruxi who had been waiting in the outer room with a smile, and asked gently: "How many years have you been in the palace?"
Ruxi obviously didn't know what the queen meant, but she still answered truthfully: "In reply to the queen, Ruxi entered the palace at the age of eleven and has been in the palace for more than thirteen years now."
