The third prince originally wanted to have a drink tonight, but just now, he sneezed a few times because of the wind.
Aunt Zhou wouldn't let him drink.
The third prince looked at the jug with regret and said, "I won't drink anymore."
Aunt Zhuang looked at the warm wine and felt a little pity, "This wine was sent by Madam Xu. It is good wine. After it is warmed and stored, the taste will probably not be as good as before. It is a pity."
After hearing this, Aunt Zhou nodded, "It's indeed a pity."
After thinking about it for a while, she smiled and said, "Why don't you send this wine and the leftover food from the kitchen to the old man opposite? There are not many people around him who can serve him, and he is a lonely old man. Today, he can't do it." Come to us to borrow new firewood.”
The Zhou family has always been charitable and often helps poor people. ?.?????.???
Aunt Zhuang and the Third Prince thought it was good, so as not to waste a pot of good wine.
"Okay, I'll send it to him right away." Aunt Zhuang smiled and put the wine bottle aside.
After dinner, Grandma Zhuang came to the kitchen with a wine bottle.
Because the wine pot was a fine white jade wine pot at home, it would be inappropriate to give it away, so she specially found a black pottery wine pot and poured the original wine into it.
After the wine pot was replaced, she took a food box with a few plates of side dishes and went to the entrance of the master's courtyard opposite.
The emperor was used to being served by others on weekdays. These days, he relied on the secret guards to serve him back and forth, and he didn't even get a few bites of his favorite meals.
He heard the sound at the door, came to the courtyard door, and asked: "Who?"
Aunt Zhuang smiled and replied: "Master, we are from the Zhou family across the street. Today we have good wine and food at home, so I specially sent a portion to the master."
The emperor didn't reply. How could he, the majestic king of a country, eat food that was brought to him?
Just when he was about to refuse, Aunt Zhuang muttered to herself, "My wife made it with her own hands..."
The emperor raised his head, strode over and opened the door.
"You said these delicacies were made by your wife?" he asked Aunt Zhuang.
Aunt Zhuang was a little confused. She actually wanted to say just now that the dishes cooked by her wife were not as delicious as this.
But she still nodded and handed him the food box, "That's right."
The emperor took the food box and was a little excited.
It had been a long time since he had eaten the food cooked by the queen, and he felt a little sad.
After thanking Aunt Zhuang, he took the food box and strode back into the house.
Opening the food box, I found several exquisite side dishes and a jug of wine.
The wine pot was spinning with black pottery, and he had no doubt that it was the pot of wine he had poisoned.
The emperor's eyes turned red again as he looked at the dishes.
At this time, the secret guard came over and said, "Your Majesty, how long will it take for you to return to Beijing?"
The emperor said slowly: "Come on, after tonight, we will leave early tomorrow morning."
He was still thinking that the Third Prince would be poisoned tonight and he would return to the capital early tomorrow morning.
The secret guard bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."
The emperor asked him to leave quickly, and he wanted to enjoy the dishes cooked by the queen herself.
He took out the dishes in the food box one by one, arranged them, and then took a chopstick to take a bite.
In fact, this dish was cooked by Aunt Zhuang, and it was already cold. In the final analysis, the taste was not outstanding.
But the emperor had tears in his eyes as he ate, as if the delicacies in the palace were not as good as the cold side dishes in front of him.
As he ate, he looked at the wine bottle aside and reached out to hold it in his hand, but it was also cold.
On weekdays, the emperor did not drink. Unless there was a banquet in the palace, he would have two drinks.
Over the years, my health has been getting worse day by day, and I don't dare to drink anymore.
But he was so happy today that he really wanted to drink two drinks.
The emperor took out a small wine glass and poured half a glass of wine.
He picked up the wine glass and smelled it. It was probably because he hadn't drank for a long time, and the smell of alcohol rushed up to him, making him a little dizzy.
The poison he administered today was colorless and odorless. Not to mention the Third Prince, even he himself could not detect it.
He took a sip of wine and then immediately put it down, not daring to drink more for fear of worsening his condition.
