Hearing something unusual from the waiter's mouth, Xuanzong asked her: "When did Ling Xiang, the man in charge of flowers and plants, come to Hanbing Palace as an errand?"
"It's after the empress was grounded!"
The mother-in-law reported back: "Concubine Shu thought that our empress was not able to control the maids well, so she replaced a large number of maids and eunuchs who were serving her..."
Wu Chongyuan burst into tears, and the mother-in-law waiting beside her hesitated to speak.
It was related to Long Si, Xuanzong winked at Mr. Gao who followed him to Hanbing Palace.
Soon, Gao Lishi's people invited the palace maid named Lingxiang into the inner courtyard.
Eunuch Gao asked in the corridor: "Did you find this flower from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
"If I go back to my father-in-law, it was my slave who found me."
The palace maid tremblingly knelt down and replied: "Empress Chongyuan is very afraid of mosquito bites. The inner courtyard is full of flowers and plants, which are very attractive to mosquitoes. I have brought some mosquito repellent for my empress."
Eunuch Gao continued to ask: "Why are they placed on the porch and on the windowsill?"
"Because this flower is called night orchid, it will bloom only when it is placed in a cool and shaded place. The later the night, the stronger the fragrance it emits. Its fragrance can repel mosquitoes. The slave girl knew that the queen could not sleep well, so she placed it on the porch. And the window sill, which is the closest place to the Queen's bedroom, so that we can drive away the mosquitoes for the Queen, so that the Queen can sleep well all night."
“What a good night’s sleep!”
Eunuch Gao snorted coldly: "Then did you know that smelling too much night orchid can make pregnant people dizzy, cough, and even asthma?"
"What is your intention in placing such a fragrant potted plant closest to Empress Chongyuan's chamber?"
"This slave is unjustly accused!"
Did you hear what Eunuch Gao meant? Did you mean that Empress Chongyuan was pregnant?
Lingxiang was so frightened that she touched her head to the ground as she knelt down: "Eunuch, I don't know that your Majesty is pregnant, and I don't know that the scent of night orchid will actually damage your body and affect the heir in your belly."
"This slave has absolutely no intention of harming Concubine Chongyuan. Knowing that Concubine Chongyuan is kind-hearted and always generous to the palace servants she serves, I have no time to please Concubine Chongyuan. How can I have the intention to murder Concubine Chongyuan?"
The palace maid was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and looked away.
How could this escape Eunuch Gao's fiery eyes?
"You were transferred to Hanbing Palace as an errand after Empress Chongyuan was banned, right?"
Gao Lishi gave a faint reminder: "Did you know that a palace maid was killed in the outer courtyard of Hanbing Palace?"
Under the death gaze of Eunuch Gao, the palace maid was so frightened that she finally collapsed on the ground and admitted: "This servant is eager to take the credit. I want to be rewarded by the queen for doing a good job. I asked Aunt Zhou, who is in charge of flowers and plants in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, what kind of flowers can be used?" Repels mosquitoes and provides a peaceful night’s sleep.”
"Aunt Zhou asked the slave, why did the Empress Chongyuan not sleep well? The slave went into the inner courtyard to serve the flowers and plants, and after careful observation, she found that the empress was retching violently, and was often dizzy. Aunt Zhou learned Later, he recommended Night Orchid to his slave, saying that this flower was a strange flower brought to Chang'an by Persian merchants from foreign lands..."
Across the window, listening to Eunuch Gao interrogating Lingxiang who was playing with flowers and plants, Wu Chongyuan's master and servant looked as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.
Hearing that something was wrong, Ke'er couldn't care less and knelt down towards Xuanzong.
Ke'er was so angry that she trembled all over and spoke eloquently: "Persian merchants brought all the exotic flowers from foreign lands to Chang'an, but how could they move them all into the palace of a forbidden concubine?"
"Is Concubine Shu so generous in taking care of the Sixth Palace?"
Ke'er risked his life and said: "Your Majesty, your body and bones are already weak. If you can't keep the fetus, how can you survive it? Please make the decision for my Majesty!"
"Are they so intolerant of concubines?"
Wu Chongyuan's eyes were filled with tears, and she was trembling with tears as she tugged on Xuanzong's sleeves: "What did I do wrong, concubine? Should I bear such a punishment? Yuan'er Min'er died in an unknown manner, and she killed Yuan'er Min'er one after another. , now they can’t even wait for the birth of the child in the concubine’s belly? Your Majesty, Xi’er is afraid..."
Wu Chongyuan, who was as weak as a willow supporting the wind, raised her head, and two lines of clear tears slowly fell from her face. Thinking that he and Wu Chongyuan, two beautiful and intelligent princes, died when they were less than two years old, Xuanzong's heart trembled.
He ordered Eunuch Gao: "Those who plot to kill Long Si will be severely punished. Send someone to bring Nanny Zhou from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
First, Wu Chongyuan became pregnant and received the emperor's pity. Then he found out that Ye Lanxiang was harmful to the pregnant Wu Chongyuan and the dragon heir in her belly.
Then, the palace maiden who took care of the flowers and plants in Hanbing Palace was involved in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
And now it was Concubine Shu who was in charge of the Sixth Palace and the House of Internal Affairs, and the mother-in-law serving beside Wu Chongyuan even deliberately mentioned that since her mother-in-law was banned, the number of maids and eunuchs serving in Hanbing Palace had changed.
Now that things have developed, Wang Ziqing finally understands that his junior sister cannot be implicated in the matter.
His junior sister is the tool in this matter!
Not right either!
Wu Chongyuan planned to use his junior sister as a tool, and his junior sister wanted Concubine Shu and Wu Chongyuan to fight like dogs.
No, I almost bit it smoothly.
Eunuch Gao sent someone to summon Aunt Zhou from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but it took a while to watch Li Sixu playing with silver needles, so bored that she dozed off.
Wang Ziqing hurriedly opened the small medicine box, took out a pack of opened pine nuts, and handed it to her hand.
The fried pine nuts were peeled and stuffed into her mouth. The aroma filled her mouth. Li Sixu smacked her lips and her eyes lit up: "It smells so good. When did senior brother buy it?"
"When I was on duty at the palace this morning, I passed by the market and went to a shop selling dry goods to buy it."
Li Sixu smiled sweetly: "Why doesn't Sisi know?"
"Junior sister went to Leng Palace early in the morning!"
Wang Ziqing answered with a good temper: "Senior brother put it in the small medicine box for you before I had time to let you know."
"It smells so good. Sisi loves to crack pine nuts the most. It's not good to eat them alone, so senior brother, please crack some too!"
Wang Ziqing subconsciously wanted to take the pine nuts from Li Sixu's hand. He felt several eyes looking at him and Li Sixu. He raised his head and saw Wu Chongyuan's tearful look and Xuanzong's shocked look.
Wang Ziqing did not dare to accept the pine nuts she handed her, and explained a little aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, Empress Chongyuan, Zi Qing's junior sister just eats snacks when she is bored."
Wu Chongyuan was pregnant, but someone took the opportunity to murder the dragon heir in her belly.
I came to Hanbing Palace for diagnosis and started to crack pine nuts as if there was no one around?
The senior brother also explained that my junior sister likes to eat snacks when she is bored. You, junior sister, you, junior sister, isn't he my princess?
Xuanzong was speechless and snorted dissatisfiedly: "How dignified are you?"
"What do you want me to do if you stay here? Can you give me a prescription for an abortion for Empress Chongyuan?"
Now it was Li Sixu's turn to feel aggrieved: "Father, what did I do wrong?"
As a melon-eater, I don’t have any melon seeds to chew on. I’m halfway through the show, so why don’t I feel like cracking a pine nut?
Li Sixu looked at Prince Qing who was standing aside and looked at her eagerly. She put a large handful of pine nuts that were originally intended for Wang Ziqing back into the small medicine box, and handed only a few to him.
"Eat it, your royal sister is the most generous!"
Xuanzong: "..."
Wu Chongyuan, with tears in her eyes: "..."
