Chapter 715 Accident
No one paid attention to Rong Wu's anger. Everyone was toasting the queen mother with wine. After toasting the queen mother, they also toasted the empress.
Xia Zihan picked up the fruit juice at hand, stood up, and toasted the Queen Mother. After finishing the drink, the maid behind her filled another cup for her, and toasted the Queen again.
Xia Zihan just opened her mouth to take a bite, but the palace maid standing behind her suddenly seemed to lose her balance and turned sideways, touching her arm.
She tilted her hand and the juice spread all over her.
"Ah..." Subconsciously, she exclaimed, protecting her stomach with one hand to prevent her stomach from knocking over the edge of the table.
The Queen Mother's face darkened and she stared at the palace maid. The palace lady turned pale with fright. She knelt down and begged for mercy, "The Queen Mother, please forgive me. I didn't mean it. I... I am..."
The palace maid said, looking at an old nun behind the queen.
Seeing the threatening look deep in the old nanny's eyes, the little palace maid was so frightened that she didn't dare to say a word.
The Queen Mother snorted coldly, "You can't even stand firmly, what else can you do?" Then, she pointedly said, "It seems that the manager of the palace should be reviewed carefully. Such a clumsy person should also Dare you cram yourself into the palace to work as an errand, huh? ...Fortunately, what Chu Yu drank was fruit liquid. If it was hot, how could it be done? Also, if something happened to the child in her belly, even ten lives of you, a cheap maid, would not be enough. Compensation.”
However, he ordered the nanny angrily and dragged the little palace maid out.
Xia Zihan pursed her lips and wanted to speak, but seeing that the Queen Mother was very angry, she swallowed her words again. The second princess sitting next to her quickly stood up and picked up a handkerchief to wipe off her dress. The fruit juice was dripping, and he comforted her and said, "Are you okay? Go and change clothes. There is a rest room in this hall."
"Ask Hong'er to accompany you," the Queen Mother said.
Hong'er is the niece of the Queen Mother's confidant, Mammy. She is smart, steady, calm, and loyal to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother would let Hong'er follow her because she was worried about Xia Zihan.
Mrs. Zhuo stood up and said, "The Queen Mother, Ayu is not familiar with the palace, so should I accompany her to change clothes?"
"The banquet has just begun, you stay." The Queen Mother looked at Princess Mingzhu next to the second princess.
Princess Mingzhu was such a shrewd person that she immediately understood what the Queen Mother meant.
She hurriedly stood up and said, "Empress Dowager, let your niece-in-law accompany Princess Chuyu. Just in time, I drank too much just now and wanted to move."
The banquet has just begun. How could you drink too much?
Princess Mingzhu said this just because she didn't want to embarrass Xia Zihan.
Xia Zihan looked at Princess Mingzhu and smiled gratefully.
The two of them were led by Hong'er to a nearby lounge. Xia Zihan brought a change of clothes, but they were in Chu Qing's hands, and the maids brought by the fateful woman did not enter the main hall. They were all in the second room. Wait at the palace gate.
Xia Zihan smiled and said to Hong'er, "My change of clothes is in the hands of the maid. Please send someone to get it, Aunt Hong."
"I don't dare to use the word 'trouble' as a servant." Hong'er said politely, and sent a little palace maid to get clothes for Xia Zihan.
A young father-in-law came in with tea and poured it for them respectfully. Hong'er said, "Let's go get some snacks for the two princesses. The two princesses didn't even eat the wedding banquet."
"Yes, Sister Hong."
The little father-in-law went out with the tray, and after a while, he came in with some snacks.
Xia Zihan looked at Princess Mingzhu and said with an apologetic expression, "I'm sorry that my affairs have delayed your ability to miss the banquet. Come here with me." "We are all one family, not to mention two families. If you continue to talk, we will have a falling out," Princess Mingzhu said with a gentle smile.
Maybe it's because she gave birth to a child, and Ao Tianchen has her in his heart, or maybe it's because Xia Zihan and Chu Jingqi got married and got pregnant again, or because after the New Year, Ao Tianchen will return to Beijing after the beginning of spring. In short, Mingzhu The princess's attitude towards Xia Zihan is incomparable to the sky and the earth.
Today, Xia Zihan can feel her closeness.
She smiled and said, "Yes, we are a family. I saw Qinghui's younger son that day. He is much more well-behaved than the older one. He also looks like Qinghui, but his temper is much better than Qinghui's."< br>
"Yeah, I said her youngest son looks like her, but she said he looks like your brother." She covered her mouth and couldn't stop laughing, "She said your brother is not bad looking, and her son looks like him, handsome, and has a My handsome husband shows off his shamelessness, and my mother-in-law laughs at her.”
No matter how beautiful Chu Yuexi is, she is not as beautiful as their husbands, who are the most handsome men in the capital.
Xia Zihan also smiled, "That means beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
Princess Mingzhu is happy.
After laughing for a while, Princess Mingzhu suddenly came closer and whispered in her ear, "I saw what happened just now. It was Aunt Lu behind the Queen who deliberately bumped into the little palace maid."
At that time, her position was just opposite Xia Zihan. When Xia Zihan offered fruit juice to the queen, she happened to look up and saw Aunt Lu pushing the little palace maid on purpose.
The little palace maid couldn't stand firmly, so she bumped into Xia Zihan.
Fortunately, Xia Zihan had martial arts skills and quick reflexes. He blocked his abdomen from pressing against the edge of the table with one hand in time, otherwise... the consequences would be disastrous.
However, because Xia Zihan was focused on protecting her belly, the juice on her other hand tilted and spilled on her dress.
Otherwise, with Xia Zihan's martial arts skills, she could still hold the cup in her hand steadily with just a bump.
Thinking of this, Princess Mingzhu had a hint of worry in her eyes. She moved her lips and said in a voice that only Xia Zihan could hear, "Chu Yu, you have to be careful about the queen."
She always felt that the queen hated Xia Zihan in her heart.
When the queen looked at Xia Zihan, although there was a smile on her face, the depths of her eyes were full of hatred. Although she tried hard to hide it, a little of it still showed.
It's just that it's not convenient for her to explain this matter and she can't talk too much. She can only remind Xia Zihan to be wary of the queen.
Xia Zihan glanced at her gratefully and hummed.
A little palace maid came in, first bowed to the two princesses, and then anxiously whispered to Hong'er, "I forgot to take the Queen Mother's pills. Miss Zi'er said, let you go back and get them. The time for the Queen Mother to take the medicine is almost up." .”
"Why did you forget to take it? Isn't Zi'er responsible for this?" Hong'er was stunned, but when she saw Xia Zihan and Princess Mingzhu in the room, she suppressed her anger.
The Queen Mother contracted a cold the year before last. After she recovered from the illness, her body and bones were not very strong. Later, the Emperor asked Doctor Bai to prepare some health-replenishing pills for the Queen Mother to take. The Queen Mother's body and bones were getting better year by year. .
However, Doctor Bai said that if you want to be completely cured, you have to take the pills for three years, one pill every day, and you have to take it at noon.
(End of chapter)