Return to the Song Dynasty

The sun was setting, and Zhao Bi finally drove Zhao Ji away, and he was finally clean.

"Li Lin, mother hasn't come back yet?" Zhao Yu has always called Wu Zhaoyuan "mother", and never claimed to be the main hall. Although it is against the rules, everyone knows that he has mental problems. Although he has been recovering, he is comparable to normal The child is still worse, and the requirements should not be too high, so no one will correct it.

"Returning to Your Highness, the empress dowager summoned all the ladies in the harem. Maybe there is something to do today, but I probably won't keep the ladies for dinner. I think she will be back soon."

"Well, when mother comes back, let me know."

"Yes, what's wrong with you, Your Highness? Why do you seem to be preoccupied?"

"It's nothing, but I always feel a little uncomfortable recently, and I can't explain it clearly." Zhao Yu has always felt flustered and not feeling well recently.

After a cup of tea, Wu Zhaoyuan came back, Li Lin got the letter, and hurriedly told Zhao Bi.

"Mother, you're back, why is it so late today?" Wu Zhaoyuan was eating, and when she saw Zhao Bi coming, she asked all the servants in the room to retreat.

"Today, the Empress Dowager summoned all the empresses of high status in the harem, alas~" Wu Zhaoyuan sighed softly, "It's not a big deal, it's just saying that a concubine should be a virtuous one, Those who have become concubines must abide by the virtues of concubines and keep their duty. After thinking about it, I should beat the empresses of the palaces to keep themselves safe. But the empresses of the palaces have always lived in peace, and there is nothing wrong with them."

"Mother, there must be a reason for the empress dowager to mobilize people so much. Have you noticed anything special about it?"

"Well, it's special...it's nothing, but Concubine Zhu Chen said she was sick and didn't go today."

"Isn't Concubine Zhu Chen the emperor's elder brother's biological mother?"

"That's right. Concubine Zhu Chen changed from Shurong to Concubine Chen after the emperor ascended the throne, but I heard that it was just an empty name, and she still lived in the original Yushu Palace, and the proportion was just higher than before. Just a little more. Maybe, maybe..."

"Maybe Concubine Zhu Chen is dissatisfied and asked the emperor's brother to give her a place? Maybe the emperor's brother was dissatisfied with the treatment of his biological mother? Now there is a commotion?" Zhao Bi went on to say what Wu Zhaoyuan hadn't finished.

"Well, Mother thinks the same way. Anyway, no matter how they fight or make trouble, let's stay away and not participate."

"Mother is right, mother, you must be careful recently, it is better not to go out."

"Okay, okay, mother will listen to you." Wu Zhaoyuan looked at Zhao Yu's worried little face, and suddenly felt that there was nothing to worry about. Her son is smart and filial. If you have a son like this, what more can you ask for? .

However, there are some things that some people can't hide and can't hide, maybe this is fate.

"Hey, my mother made you your favorite peach blossom cake today, which is made from the peach petals in our yard, and there are also mille-feuille cakes. Mother has wrapped them for you, and you can take them to Wenshizhai. You can also pad your stomach when you are hungry."

"Mom, you took too much. I can't finish it." Zhao Yan looked at the big food box that Wu Zhaoyuan handed to Li Lin, which had three floors.

"Fool" Wu Zhaoyuan scratched the bridge of Zhao Bi's little nose playfully, you can't finish eating, share it with your brother and classmates, mother can't take care of you all the time, you have to have your own friends, and have fun with them You can't go wrong with a good relationship. "

"Mother, it's not that you don't know, I've been pretending to be a fool now, and I can't say enough, how can I get involved." Zhao Yu didn't think so, reached out to hold a peach blossom cake, and stuffed it into his mouth, "Well, but, This group of boys is also pretty good, needless to say the chicks, Zhao Yu is weak and usually doesn’t come here, Zhao Si and Zhao Si are too young, so they just know how to eat. Su Huhu (Su Yuan) is just a smiling fox, It's not difficult to get along with. Ma Qi and Liu Yu are both honest people, but Sima Pu with facial paralysis is getting more and more paralyzed, so it's difficult to deal with."

Wu Zhaoyuan watched her son eat like a little squirrel with puffy cheeks, but she still didn't forget to hurt others.It was so angry and funny. "You still have the nerve to talk about other people, but you are the one who likes to be funny, all right, go to class quickly, be careful that you will be punished if you are late."

"Yes, my son is leaving." Zhao Yan swallowed the pastry in two mouthfuls, saluted Wu Zhaoyuan respectfully, made a funny face, and ran away bouncing around.

Wu Zhaoyuan looked at the back of her son going away, for some reason, she suddenly felt a little bit reluctant, what was she thinking, her son came back after school.Wu Zhaoyuan shook her head, laughing at her own sentimentality.But she didn't know that when Zhao Bi ran away, she couldn't help but want to turn around, and she always felt empty in her heart.

"Brother Nine Emperors, let's come to Chendi's palace after school. I just got something interesting." Zhao Si's uncle brought him some gadgets from outside the palace. Brothers and younger brothers all looked at it, showing off, they had already been invited around, but Zhao Bi didn't go, no, he came to discuss Zhao Bi again.

"No, I'm going back to the palace to find my mother." No matter how much we discussed, Zhao Si was so angry that Zhao Si would roll his eyes just because of this sentence.The entire study room was full of low laughter, even the teacher Su Shi couldn't help but smile, this Ninth Highness is really interesting.

I don't know what happened today, Zhao Yu has been restless, of course he won't go to see any gadgets with Zhao Si, he wants to go back to Yinghua Palace after school. "Your Highness, Your Highness, go back and see Empress Zhaoyuan, Your Highness, woo~ Your Highness." It was Jinse, and the voice was Jinse, and Zhao Teng stood up and rushed out, feeling an ominous premonition welling up in his heart.

Wen Shizhai is a royal academy, and there are guards guarding the outside, Jinse can't get in, and she doesn't care about letting the guards pass on her information, so she ran outside Wen Shizhai and started calling Zhao Bi.

When Zhao Bi rushed out, he saw Jinse who was crying and shouting. When Jinse saw Zhao Bi coming out, he grabbed Zhao Bi's hand and left, "Your Highness, Your Majesty, something happened to Your Majesty, please go back with your servant, oh Woo~" Zhao Bi only felt a "boom" in his ear, and almost fell down, "What did you say? What's wrong with mother? You can explain clearly." Jinse has never seen such a ferocious expression on Zhao Bi, and the whole person is frightened Stupid, I was stunned for a long time before speaking intermittently.

It turned out that after Zhao Bi left, the Empress Dowager sent someone to invite the ladies of the palace to talk to the Palace of Kindness, saying that the peach blossoms were in full bloom, and she heard that the peach blossom cakes in Wu Zhaoyuan's small kitchen were very good, so she asked Zhaoyuan to take them to the Palace of Kindness Give it to the empresses of all palaces to taste together.

Wu Zhaoyuan didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly asked the kitchen to make more peach blossom cakes, and put them in two big food boxes, and the ones for the empress dowager had to be served separately.Let Jinxiu and Jinse mention it, and hurried to the Palace of Kindness.

When we arrived at the Palace of Kindness and Virtue, after listening to the empress dowager’s lecture, the next step was for the sisters and sisters to chat. The empress dowager ordered someone to bring up the peach blossom cake brought by Wu Zhaoyuan. The eunuch tried the poison and was about to eat it. It's a whim, it's boring to say that it's just eating snacks like this.

Chen Zhaoyi said, "Why don't we ask the Empress Dowager for permission, and our sisters go to the Peach Blossom Forest in the Houyuan to taste Wu Zhaoyuan's peach blossom cakes. Wouldn't it be a good time?" The other empresses also agreed.

Concubine Zhu Chen didn't make any fuss during this time, the queen mother was in a good mood, she nodded and agreed without thinking.

All the concubines chatted and laughed for a while, and Xu Lu, the chief eunuch of the Palace of Kindness, came in and reported that it was ready, and all the concubines were asked to move to the Haiyan Pavilion in the Houyuan.Before the queen mother got up, she heard a report from a servant below, saying that the eunuch who tested the poison for the queen mother just now died.

The empress dowager was in a cold sweat from fright, and all the concubines present turned pale from fright, and Wu Zhaoyuan fell to her knees at that moment. "The queen mother, the queen mother, not the concubine, the concubine did not poison." Wu Zhaoyuan said quickly.

But now the eunuch who tested the poison was dead, and the food was brought by Wu Zhaoyuan, Wu Zhaoyuan couldn't argue with it.The queen mother was stunned for a while, the person who poisoned him had such vicious thoughts, he knew that he had to go through a poison test, and he actually passed the test for a drug that didn't attack at the time.

If Concubine Song and Lin Zhaoyi hadn't proposed to go to Houyuan to taste peach blossom cakes at that time, wouldn't she be poisoned to death?The queen mother suddenly became angry, Wu Zhaoyuan was so bold.

But this matter is still strange, and the queen mother's thoughts changed quickly. Wu Zhaoyuan's killing herself is not good at all, and she should have no motive for poisoning.So who should it be?Thinking of this, the queen mother said: "Don't be in a hurry to cry for injustice, come here and check it out for Ai's family, who has passed through this snack!"

The empress dowager got angry, and the concubines and concubines in the palace of kindness were too frightened to move, they were all trembling, and they dared not let out an air of fright.As expected of Xu Lu being the eunuch in charge of the Palace of Kindness and Virtue, the investigation was quick. In fact, there were not many people who dealt with it, so it was found out as soon as he checked.

Xu Lu immediately went into the palace to report. After investigation, the pastry was made by Jinxin, the first maid in Wu Zhaoyuan's small kitchen. Besides Jinxin, the second-class maids Ruxue and Ruxi who went in and out of the kitchen were Wu Zhaoyuan herself and her. The big palace maids Jinxiu and Jinse beside her.

Wu Zhaoyuan, Jinxiu, and Jinse were already in the palace, and when Xu Lu was about to take Jinxin, Ruxue, and Ruxi to the Palace of Kindness, Ruxue suddenly fell down and died. After investigation by the imperial physician, she died of poisoning. of the same poison.

This time there is no proof of death, and Wu Zhaoyuan has been accused of poisoning the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager squinted her eyes and carefully observed the people kneeling below.

In fact, the queen mother knew that Wu Zhaoyuan was unlikely to be the person who poisoned her. Who would poison the snacks she gave her, let alone poisoning the queen mother, Wu Zhaoyuan was of no benefit at all. It's no good.

But now all the evidence points to Wu Zhaoyuan, and even the queen mother can't get rid of her.And once Wu Zhaoyuan is convicted, she still has a son, and Zhao Bi will definitely be implicated as well.

The queen mother thought of this, and Wu Zhaoyuan, who was kneeling on the ground, also thought of it.For the present plan, only...Wu Zhaoyuan looked at the queen mother with tears in her eyes, which happened to meet the eyes of the queen mother looking at her, and there was a flash of surprise in each other's eyes.

Wu Zhaoyuan closed her eyes fiercely, thinking of her own experience for so many years, thinking of the little things she had gotten along with Zhao Bi in the past ten years, warm memories, Zhao Bi was fat and white like a small steamed bun when he was a child, and he grew up a little bit Stumbling and walking, Zhao Bi who couldn't speak and couldn't see in a daze, then Zhao Bi who regained his sanity, Zhao Bi who always tried to make himself happy, Zhao Bi who drew his eyebrows, what did the emperor say? His eyebrows were painted, so he did it for his father... A smile flashed on the corner of Wu Zhaoyuan's mouth, she opened her eyes suddenly, got up from the ground and slammed into the pillars of the hall. With a "bang", when the people in the hall came back to their senses, Wu Zhaoyuan's petite body had already collapsed under the pillar, and her forehead was covered with blood.

"Queen Mother, the concubine did not poison, and the concubine died to show her ambition. I hope the Queen Mother... I hope the Queen Mother... treat you kindly." Wu Zhaoyuan said this with her last breath, and then slowly closed her eyes.There was unwillingness in her eyes, but also a little bit of peace of mind, because she knew that the Queen Mother knew that she was wronged, but all the evidence pointed to herself, and it was impossible to refute. As long as she was dead, the Queen Mother would definitely not implicate Zhao Bi, and would even show sympathy I will take more care of my own son who was innocent and wronged.

My son, forgive me for not being able to continue to protect you. In the next life, my mother still wants to be your mother and son. Are you willing?