Wind and Rain Empire

Concubine Xian stared at the food box with persimmons after seeing Zi Linglong go out, and called out

"come here"

A maid stepped forward and asked, "What is your order?"

"You, go find a food box and move the persimmons in the food box there"

"Yes, the servant girl will go find it now"

Concubine Xian's inner monologue

"Zi Linglong, you little vixen, who knows if you poisoned this persimmon, I have to guard against you, I won't play with you whatever you want, at least I have a son to look forward to."

The maid came with a food box, "Ma'am, I found the food box"

Concubine Xian casually said

"Then move the persimmons over there."

"Yes"

The maid opened the food box Zi Linglong sent, and put the paper-wrapped persimmons into the food box brought later

Concubine Xian to the maid

"You cover the food box she sent, put this food box away first, and pour it out when no one is there."

"Yes, ma'am" the maid went out with the food box and retreated, just happened to meet Zi Linglong walking in from the door

Zi Linglong glanced at the food box, seeing that it wasn't brought by herself, she didn't care too much, she just praised Concubine Xian

"Sister Xianfei's persimmon garden is really big, with so many flowers blooming, there must be many big persimmons hanging on the branches in the first month."

Concubine Xian laughs

"At that time, my sister can come to admire the persimmons again."

Zi Linglong should write

"That's right, my sister's palace doesn't have such luxuriant and fruitful trees. Go back and ask the palace people to plant a few (look at Hong Wan)"

Hong Wan immediately told Zi Linglong

"Your Majesty, the officials said yesterday that they went to Ziyun Pavilion to look for you at noon today, should we go?"

Zi Linglong nodded and looked at Concubine Xian

"I'm really sorry, Sister Xianfei, I wanted to chat with you more today, and I didn't want to forget about it. I'm afraid that the officials will blame my concubine for being late, so my sister will go first."

Concubine Xian shook her hand

"Since it was summoned by the official family, then sister, you should go back quickly, don't forget this food box!"

Zi Linglong looked at the food box puzzled

"What? Did my sister not want the persimmons my sister gave me?"

"How could it be? Of course my sister wants it. My sister has already put them away, and I will save them to taste slowly when the time comes."

Zi Linglong smiled in relief

"That's it, then (to Hong Wan) Hong Wan, take the food box back."

"Yes"

Hong Wan stepped forward and picked up the food box

Zi Linglong bowed and gave a salute

"Sister Xianfei, my sister is leaving"

"Sister Zhaorong walk slowly"

Back to Ziyun Pavilion

Zi Linglong was sitting at the table, looking at the food box in front of her with her hands on her head, and said to herself

"Could it be that she saw that I had tampered with this food box?"

Hong Wan came over

"Your Majesty, that's not necessarily true, she might just be mistaken."

Zi Linglong smiled and looked at Hong Wan

"Then do you know what Bengong did on the food box?"

Hong Wan also laughed

"Of course the servant knows what you have done, my lady. You put this thing in this place (open the bottom box of the food box)"

I saw her take out a handful of grass

Zi Linglong finds it interesting

"You know all of this, so do you know what this is?"

Hong Wan shook her head

"Slaves are ignorant, I don't know what this is"

Zi Linglong replied easily

"Actually, this is just Tianzhu, which is used to repel mosquitoes and flies."

Hong Wan immediately looked puzzled

"Then why are you putting this harmless thing here?"

"So even if anyone finds this thing, they won't feel anything. It's just that it will produce a pungent smell when it interacts with the material of the food box. When smelling it, it will feel extremely fragrant. Invisible Moderately causes dizziness, headache, vomiting and diarrhea”

Hong Wan stood beside Zi Linglong

"Your Majesty, are you going to punish Concubine Xian?"

Zi Linglong stood up and shook her head

"No, I'm just trying to test her. She's much more powerful than I imagined, and according to my speculation, she will throw away the persimmons that I gave her."

"Then why do you want to see the persimmon garden today?"

"The empress's cause of death was precisely because of the crab soup, and Concubine De and Concubine Shu confirmed that it was the crab sent by Concubine Xian, so I want to see what the origin of the crab is."

The confusion on Hong Wan's face became more and more serious

"Then what is the relationship between crabs and persimmons?"

"The two can't eat together, otherwise it will kill people if it is serious"

Hong Wan was shocked, and hurriedly asked

"Is it because the empress has eaten persimmons after eating crab meat soup?"

Zi Linglong recalled

"It's just that eating crab meat soup is enough. I didn't mention persimmons (looking at Hongwan). Tell me, if this crab grows up eating the pollen, flowers, leaves and fruits of persimmons, is it considered at the same time?" Have you eaten crabs and persimmons?"

Hong Wan thought about it

"Well, it should be called persimmon crab, right?"

Zi Linglong and Hong Wan laughed

"Who is smiling so happily?" The emperor's voice came from outside the house, Hong Wan hurriedly stepped back, the emperor walked in from outside the house, Zi Linglong stepped forward to meet her

"Officials, you have been busy for many days, and finally you have time to visit your concubine?"

The emperor looked at Zi Linglong with doting eyes

"Once you are free, you are the first thing that comes to mind (hugging Zi Linglong, asking) What were you laughing at?"

"I just thought that if a crab grew up eating the pollen, flowers, leaves and fruits of persimmons, it should be called a persimmon crab."

the emperor laughed

"You're just joking with me, why would crabs eat those, wouldn't they eat themselves to death?"

"Not at all, the crabs in Xianfei's palace are grown from eating these, and last time they were given to the empress to eat."

The emperor's complexion changed after hearing this

"What did you say? Crabs in Concubine Xian's palace? There are still crabs in Concubine Xian's palace?"

Zi Linglong quickly explained

"Yeah, it's that persimmon crab. I don't know what will happen to ordinary people if they eat that crab."

The emperor was furious

"Concubine Xian dares to use this method to harm the queen (thinking about it) no, I have to ask her."

Zi Linglong grabs the emperor

"Oh, officials, we are only guessing that the food is poisonous if eaten, and there is no evidence yet. If others are fine after eating it, then how can you blame Sister Xianfei?"

The emperor's tone is sharp

"The empress is fine with eating other things. I just ate the crabs sent by Concubine Xian and boiled a bowl of crab meat soup. It's not her fault, is there someone else?"

The emperor left Zi Linglong aside, and walked out the door full of anger. Zi Linglong looked at the emperor's back, and said to herself

"It's a pity that I have to avoid suspicion, so I can't watch this good show..."

In Xianfu Palace, Xia Yu ran into the hall anxiously, and knelt down in front of Concubine Xian

"Mistress Qi, it's not good, the official family is here!"

Concubine Xian asked suspiciously

"The official family is here, how can you say it's not good? The official family hasn't been here for a long time, this is a happy event!"

Xia Yu's face is full of anxiety

"Slaves are bold, this, this, this can't be happy! The official family brought a group of guards here"

Concubine Xian got up

"What? Guards? (Helping Xia Yu up) Don't worry, you don't know what's going on."

The emperor only rushed into the inner hall angrily

"Concubine Xian, I have something to ask you."

"The courtiers and concubines visit the officials, and the officials ask questions"

"The queen was seriously ill at that time, was it you who gave her the crab?"

Concubine Xian's eyes roll

"Reporting to the official family, the concubine is just asking people to bring something to see the queen, as for what they brought, the concubine doesn't know either."

The emperor pointed to several court ladies kneeling in the Xianfu Palace

"Who caught the crab and took it away that day?"

Concubine Xian stared at one of the maids

"Going back to the official's house, it's a servant girl. The concubine Xian only said that we should bring some things to visit the empress. The servant girl decided to catch four crabs."

The emperor looked at the maid

"You are a little servant, you are so courageous, come here, drag it outside to be killed with a stick"

Concubine Xian hurriedly knelt down

"Official, although this child is bold, she is not wrong, and no matter how many people have eaten the crab, it is not a problem for the queen to eat it, and it is none of her business."

The emperor was fair to Mr. Wu around him

"Eunuch Wu, go find the daily records, find out the recipe for the day the Empress visited, and order someone to make the crab meat soup for this servant to drink."

Eunuch Wu bowed his head and cupped his hands

"Yes, official"

The emperor looked at the maid

"If you have no problem after drinking that crab meat soup, I will forgive you."

The maid was so frightened that she cried, Concubine Xian stood up from the ground, comforting the maid while monologue

"Zi Linglong, you bastard, you actually used this to find fault with me"

Xia Yu's inner monologue standing aside

"The crab meat in that soup is indeed poisonous, and the longer it is cooked, the more poisonous it becomes. The concubine Xian also knows it. If things go on like this, it's not a big deal if the maid dies, but it's a big deal if the maid is hurt (to the concubine Xian) , the hot water you asked for may have already been boiled, this servant will go and check it out for you, and bring it here by the way."

Concubine Xian looked at Xia Yu, her inner monologue

"It's Xia Yu who is smart (to Xia Yu) you go"

Xia Yu ran out in a hurry and ran to the imperial dining room

Zi Linglong and Hong Wan were waiting outside the door of the imperial dining room early, and saw Xia Yu running from afar

Zi Linglong looks proudly at the red star

"Look, what I told you, the government will definitely ask people to redo the soup and ask someone to try the soup. If the soup is poisonous, the Xianfei Palace will definitely send people to disrupt the situation."

Hong Wan sighed and gave a thumbs up

"Your Majesty has a wonderful plan, she is simply Zhuge in the female middle school"

Zi Linglong continued

"There is only one remedy, that is to add more water to dilute the concentration of the soup, so as to minimize the toxins, and we can't let them remedy it, and we can't let them get away with it, so we have only one way"

"Don't let sister Xia Yu get in touch with that soup?"

Zi Linglong looks at Hong Wan

"You have opened up a little bit, but not only that, you have to make sure that the toxin in the soup is very high"

"Then what are we going to do?"

"I made Xia Yu unable to get close to the soup, and you are responsible for pouring this into the soup"

Zi Linglong handed Hong Wan a paper bag

"Understood, ma'am"

Hong Wan took the paper bag and left

Zi Linglong watched Xia Yu come running, Xia Yu saluted Zi Linglong

"Meet Lady Zhaorong"

"Miss Xia Yu is here to help Concubine Xian take some snacks? Didn't Sister Xian eat the persimmons that I sent you?"

Xia Yu was anxious to get angry and didn't bother to play sloppy with Zi Linglong

"Ms. Zhaorong, you know what you said to the officials yourself, right?"

Zi Linglong smiled calmly

"Of course, you two, master and servant, are well aware of what you did to the empress, right?"

Xia Yu was so angry that she pointed at Zi Linglong

"you!"

"Since you're going to do something urgent and you've already run all the way, why don't you waste my time here?"

The calm and breezy Zi Linglong walked away from Xia Yu a few steps, Xia Yu was about to walk into the imperial dining room, when Zi Linglong blew an anesthetic needle, swayed twice and fell down

Zi Linglong goes to help Xia Yu

"Oh, why are you so careless, get up quickly!"

She pulled out the anesthesia needle on Xia Yu's neck and put it into the syringe, her inner monologue

"You two, master and servant, just wait for the officials to deal with you."

In the imperial dining room, the chef is cooking crab meat soup and adding water to the casserole

Hong Wan walked towards the chef and asked

"Sister, what kind of soup are you cooking? It smells so good."

The cook hurriedly drove away Hong Wan

"This is the soup that the government wants, I can't tell you, you go to the side quickly"

Hong Wan looked around the imperial dining room and didn't know where to start. At this moment, she saw the recipes on the stove, so she pushed the recipes towards the stove, and the recipes started to burn slowly.

The chef hurriedly saw the cookbook on fire, and hurried to extinguish the fire. Hong Wan took the opportunity to quickly pour the paper-wrapped powder into the soup, and she left immediately after she got it

Xianfu Palace

The emperor sits on a chair and closes his eyes to meditate. The maid kneels on the ground. Concubine Xian brings tea to the emperor.

"Why can't I cook a single soup after so long?"

Eunuch Wu hurried forward and replied

"The people in the imperial dining room said it's almost ready, the officials have to wait patiently"

"I've been waiting for half an hour, and the day lily will be cold!"

The emperor stood up impatiently, and Eunuch Wu also looked anxiously outside the palace gate, seeing a little eunuch running up with a cup of soup

Concubine Xian also looked outside the palace, her inner monologue

"I don't know what Xia Yu went to do. Why hasn't the soup come back yet?"

The little eunuch kneels down

"The servant pays his respects to the official family! Long live the official family... (interrupted)"

"Okay, okay, okay, get up quickly, don't shout, Eunuch Wu brings down the soup (pointing to the maid) and let her drink it"

Eunuch Wu served the soup, put it on the table, filled a bowl with a spoon, and handed it to the maid

The maid took the steaming soup and looked at Concubine Xian

"My lady..."

Concubine Xian's heart skipped a beat

"If the officials tell you to drink, you can drink it. What do you think I am doing?"

The maid picked up the soup, closed her eyes, gulped down the soup in one gulp, then wiped her mouth with her sleeve, and looked at everyone

Concubine Xian breathed a sigh of relief, her inner monologue

"Xia Yu is a pretty good girl, she will come in handy at a critical moment."

The emperor looked at the maid and asked

"How do you feel?"

The maid was alright at first, but it didn't take long before she clutched her abdomen

"Slave, in the stomach of this slave, I feel...feel..."

She spit the soup on the ground with a "poof"

The emperor was furious on the spot

"Concubine Xian, you still say there is no poison in this soup?"

The maid has already fallen to the ground, and is pleading for Concubine Xian

"Officials, the crabs are picked by servants, it's none of Xianfei's business."

Concubine Xian kneels down

"The officials are clearly investigating, it is indeed the fault of this servant girl, it has nothing to do with this palace, please investigate clearly!"

The emperor was so angry that he waved his sleeves and put his hands behind his back

"Come here, the servants in Concubine Xian's palace were suspected of murdering the empress, they were dragged out and executed with sticks. Concubine Xian connived at the palace servants, and the discipline was ineffective. They were fined half a year's salary and not allowed to leave the palace gate for a month. Did you hear that?"

Concubine Xian was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and kowtowed

"Thank you for the grace of the officials not to kill"

The emperor turned and went out without saying a word, and the guards dragged the maid away

Xia Yu came in from the door and ran into the palace, she stepped over the puddle of vomit

"Your Majesty, what's the matter? The servant has passed out for some reason."

Concubine Xian stood up and slapped Xia Yu

"Useless things, I can't do such a thing well, so I was fined half a year's salary, and I can't go out of this palace for another month. What's the use of supporting you? One by one! If I die someday, I will be stupidly killed by you trash!"

Xia Yu knelt down

"Your servant knows your mistake, your servant knows your mistake, your servant deserves to die, your servant deserves to die!"

Concubine Xian treated Xia Yu viciously

"Don't just say, die now if you have the ability! That little bitch deserves to die, who told her to cheat me? (Turning around, looking at Xia Yu) Go, kill all the persimmon trees in the persimmon garden Chop it up, destroy that pool for me, fish out all the crabs in it and burn it, it’s really unlucky.”

"It's the empress, the servant girl is going now"

At this moment in Ziyun Pavilion, Zi Linglong and Hong Wan stood on the terrace watching the scenery, and the little maid ran into the room

"Reporting to Zhaorong, that concubine's maid was killed by the official"

Zi Linglong sighed

"Well, I see, you go down"

"Yes, Empress Zhaorong"

Hong Wan said with emotion

"The officials are really ruthless, so a little palace lady said she was beaten to death, so she was beaten to death."

Zi Linglong also sighed

"After all, the empress was once a woman deeply loved by the officials. It would be unreasonable to kill her, but it's a pity that this palace is still trying to save her life."

"Didn't your empress say from the very beginning that there must be toxins in the soup to prove that there is poison in it?"

Zi Linglong looks at Hong Wan

"That soup is poisonous, that's why I asked you to add veratrum powder into it, so that she can spit out the poison, and at the same time, it can look like a poisoning reaction. If she insists that it was made by Concubine Xian, she might If you can still survive, you have to do it when it’s time to put down the pick, otherwise it’s not worth putting your life in.”

Only then did Hong Wan suddenly realize

"So that bag of powder is a life-saving emetic, madam, do you think this matter has something to do with Concubine Xian?"

"It's basically certain that Concubine Xian ordered it. You can find as many scapegoats as you want. Think about it, why would a court lady who has no grievances with the queen want to kill her? How many years would she have to endure even for the sake of being in power?" ? The officials will definitely think about it in the future.”

"According to this, the concubine Xian is in a bad situation?"

Zi Linglong smiled

"She has been in a bad situation for many years, and now there is absolutely no room for change."

Hong Wan continued to ask

"Your Majesty, she knows that she is in a bad situation, why is she still thinking of harming the Queen?"

Zi Linglong paces

"Because only after killing the queen, her situation can improve a bit, but since her uncle's collusion with the Jinren failed, she has fallen out of favor, and now she has become the top five in the official blacklist. There is her son. In layman's terms, she has fallen into the well now, and it depends on who threw the stone and finally killed her."

"Niang Niang, do you think it is possible that some of these concubines can pull her up?"

Zi Linglong shook her head

"Obviously, other wise people don't participate in these things, and those who want to participate in these things don't have the wisdom yet, so it can be stable for a few years, and it's hard to say after the queen is established."

She lowered her eyes, thinking a little

"I still don't know what my palace was like at that time."