Chapter 1409 The Foolish Empress 32
This is how it is in the palace. When you say yes, you can make people happy. If you are mean, it can make people angry.
Seeing Concubine Jun's pig-headed and perfectly trimmed eyebrows, the chief steward immediately changed his tone: "There is something I want to remind you..."
After deliberately looking left and right, he leaned forward and lowered his voice: "Your Majesty will leave the poisoning matter to the Queen for investigation."
Concubine Jun was stunned for a moment, then spat out: "Even if you are the queen, you can't frame me falsely, right?"
"How could that be possible!" The chief steward raised his body and smiled: "The noble concubine doesn't even think about it. If the queen is deposed because of this, who is most likely to benefit? Of course it is you."
Concubine Jun suddenly realized: "The queen is suspicious of me, so she used this incident to beat two of my men first?"
The chief steward looked around again, and then said: "So, if it is the old slave's opinion, the noble concubine should not anger your majesty. If possible, find out the whereabouts of the person who poisoned the poison and offer his advice to the queen. On the one hand, to show sincerity, On the other hand, it can be regarded as making up for the past, but it is actually for your sake..."
As long as you show that you didn't do it, you can naturally get away with it.
Concubine Jun kept nodding her head and bowed to the chief steward who had stopped talking: "Thank you so much, steward. I will remember this kindness."
He winked at the eunuch next to him. The eunuch immediately understood. He took out a small ingot of gold from the purse he carried with him, covered it with his sleeve and stuffed it into the hand of the chief steward.
"How does this make..." The chief steward held the gold in his hand and hid it in his sleeve, "I accepted it with a smile."
"Let's go!" Concubine Jun turned around and left with the others.
The chief steward squeezed the gold ingot hidden in his sleeve, so it doesn't matter if your majesty's reward is small, there are still many rich masters in the palace who are willing to spend money.
This concubine Jun was so domineering in the past, but now she is not willing to give gold.
The chief steward snorted and went back to his room to sleep.
After Xining woke up, it was already Xu time.
She stretched herself, and her sleep was comfortable and sound.
The maids came up to serve, and the chief steward stood beside him and said with a smile: "Your Majesty slept so well. The Queen Mother sent someone here just now."
"Queen Mother?" Xi Ning remembered that the body owner had a biological mother. After the late emperor died, he lived in seclusion in Changle Palace. He said that he was eating fast and chanting Buddha for the late emperor and did not see any guests.
In fact, he was angry with the body master. At a young age, as soon as he ascended the throne, he looked for someone to look after him.
In order to make her feel at ease, she chose one concubine and two concubines. But the body owner was still not satisfied. He thought these three people were boring, so he searched for beautiful men everywhere.
Persuasion is ineffective and becomes more and more excessive. When the market brought a concubine, who later became Concubine Jun, the Queen Mother was so angry that she gave up completely. From then on, she closed her doors and thanked guests without seeing anyone.
Seeing the empress frowning, the chief steward hurriedly said: "I invited someone to come in. I saw that your majesty was indeed sleeping deeply, so I left. Before leaving, the old slave explained your majesty's situation in detail, so that she could go back and report to the queen mother. Peace.”
This way, the Queen Mother would not think she was bored and refuse to see him.
As he was putting on a coat, Xining nodded, saw a suitcase with food already on the table, and walked over.
The maid opened the food box and took out the contents.
It's a bowl of clear porridge, a few light side dishes, and a four-color bag with one in each of the four colors.
In order to prevent her from overeating, even the four-color buns were smaller than usual, making them more delicate.
Xining picked up the chopsticks and bowl, took two bites, and then thought about it and said, "I ordered someone to go to Changle Palace to tell me that I was awake. I was afraid that the Queen Mother would be worried, so I asked someone to come and report. Ask the imperial chef to eat these for me. Also prepare a copy for the Queen Mother to take.”
"Yes!" The chief manager immediately sent someone to do it. Xining continued to eat and could not say that he was going to visit. The Queen Mother is the body owner's biological mother, so she will feel that this biological daughter is different from before. And if there are multiple mothers nearby giving advice, that would be troublesome. Why get yourself into trouble and get someone to look after you and just maintain the current relationship.
The Queen Mother may have already lied down at this time. If she is not sleeping, then she can eat something with her. After a long period of indifference, a little warmth is enough.
After eating, I rinsed my mouth and then lay down again to sleep.
The next day, I woke up early.
For breakfast, a bowl of crispy mung bean soup was served, as well as a meatloaf.
The chief steward said with a smile: "This was prepared by the Queen Mother. She said that mung beans can detoxify. Your Majesty likes to eat meat, so he chopped the mutton into foam and made a cake. The cake will be softer."
Xining picked up the cake and took a bite, then scooped up a spoonful of mung bean soup and ate it. It tasted good: "Well, I sent someone to tell the Queen Mother that I ate it. Thank you Queen Mother for your concern."
If you still want to send someone to talk, then send someone... The chief manager thought to himself, this palace is far away from Changle Palace, and people who go back and forth should not develop the habit of sending messages like this.
After the arrangements were made, it was almost time, and the chief steward asked: "Is Your Majesty still going to court early?"
I was poisoned yesterday, but I can avoid going to court today.
Xining didn't have a few mouthfuls in his hand: "Well, go!"
As soon as the maids heard this, they immediately began to prepare court clothes.
When the ministers who were standing in the court and talking a lot heard "Your Majesty has arrived", they quickly stood up in their seats.
The empress went to the palace in court clothes and sat on the dragon chair. All the ministers kowtowed and saluted.
Standing up, I saw the empress sitting there. She was poisoned yesterday and came to court today. She was more diligent than ever. Many old ministers were almost moved to tears. The empress finally grew up and became sensible.
The morning court ended quickly. When the eunuch in charge asked if there was anything else to report, one of the servants wanted to go out, but was stared back by a colleague next to him.
Lower your head and peek at the others. Many people stared at him. Look at him. Do you want to tire the empress to death before she recovers? If there is any major matter, you cannot first show it to the auxiliary ministers and then report it to the empress.
The eunuch in charge asked twice more, but no one came out and shouted, so he announced his withdrawal from the court.
Xining also felt that the time for going to court this time was a bit shorter. It was agreed that if the hour was up, tea would be served. This time, the tea was not even served, so he withdrew from the court.
It seems that this minister is very good to the owner. If he doesn't care, no matter whether you are poisoned or not, even if he is so sick that he can't move on the dragon bed, he will still kneel in front of the bed and talk endlessly. Many kings have enjoyed this treatment.
After returning to the palace and changing into casual clothes, the queen came with the maid carrying a tray.
"Your Majesty, it's time to drink the medicine!" The queen picked up the bowl on the plate, took a sip and gave it to her.
"Why do you have to do it yourself? Just leave this kind of thing to others." Xining took it.
The queen smiled and said: "That's not to worry. Someone poisoned you, maybe there is poison in the medicine."
"Then find out as soon as possible so that I can eat with peace of mind." Xining took a sip and immediately frowned, feeling so bitter. Why is Mao suffering so much? If he doesn't poison her to death, she will suffer to death.
"Good medicine tastes bitter. The imperial doctor said you should drink it while it's hot." The queen advised her and picked the largest candied bayberry from the plate of candied fruit on the plate.
(End of chapter)