Chapter 44 The framed in the banquet hall

Out of the Yanping Hall, Ling Xiao felt that a breeze was coming, and the solemnity in the hall seemed to dissipate.

It's just that there are many fully armed Luan Yiwei outside the hall. She wanted to stay alone for a while, so she walked along the corridor and walked through the back alley, intending to walk in the garden.

There was Luan Yiwei who came forward to inquire. She only said that she was not feeling well and wanted to relax. The man did not make it difficult, but only said "little master, be careful".

Qingwu planned to keep up, but was also stopped by her. In case someone asks, he can also explain it to her.

At this time, she should actually stay in the hall. What a rare opportunity. Many concubines are trying their best to attract the emperor's attention. Even if you don't dare to act rashly at this time, you can see that they are dressed up and extremely charming.

Ling Xiao looked at the layers of eaves in the distance in the night, and countless thoughts were as tedious as the fine flowers falling at his feet.

The roadside is full of bright palace lamps, shining the Chongde Palace like day.

Walking, Ling Xiao was attracted by a jasmine in front of him. The white and weak petals moved in the wind, which was particularly pitiful. She walked over, bent down and looked carefully, and found that the petals were covered with a layer of light gray.

"Are you so inconspicuous that even the palace people don't want to take care of you?" Ling Xiao took out the brocade handkerchief on his body, carefully pinched a corner, wiped the dust for Jasmine, with pity on his face.

"If you think of your eyes, what's the difficulty?" Suddenly, there was a deep sigh behind him.

Ling Xiao was shocked and quickly stood up and turned around. Unexpectedly, his feet were unstable. His skirt was hooked by Jasmine's branches and almost fell down.

Seeing that the thin jasmine was about to be crushed, before the exclamation in his mouth made a sound, his hand was pulled, and the center of gravity of his body suddenly fell to the other side. Suddenly, she fell into a broad and warm chest, and a faint familiar smell came to her face, but at this moment, she didn't care about anything else. This warm and strange man's breath that she had never felt made her blush suddenly.

"Are you okay?" The man who hugged him opened his mouth, and the man's hot breath came to his ears.

There was a "bang" in Ling Xiao's mind. When the night was heavy, she was actually held in her arms by a man. If she was seen, she would die without a burial place! I didn't care whether this person helped her or not. He stretched out his hand and pushed the man. The man was not embarrassed, but wrapped his arms around her for a moment and let go of her.

Due to too much force, he almost fell again. Seeing the man's hand stretched out again, Ling Xiao stood up in a hurry and said in shock, "I'm fine." As if that man was a flood and beast, he wanted to stay away.

When she stood firm, Ling Xiao hurriedly swept around and didn't find anyone. He stroked her chest to calm down a little, and then looked at the "culprit" who scared her.

"Is that you?" Ling Xiao was stunned. Isn't this person in front of him Huo Yurui?

"The talented person seems to have a good opinion about Xiaochen now." Huo Yurui showed a wry smile.

"Lord Huo." Ling Xiao didn't know what to say. Originally, when they didn't enter the palace, they were also like friends. It seemed that from the last time, it seemed that something had changed, subtle and unspeakable.

"Did Lord Huo also come to the evening banquet?" In order to break the awkward silence, Ling Xiao took the lead in saying, "It seems that I didn't see an adult just now."

"The Chongde Palace is deep and wide, and it is inevitably depressing. Like talented people, the little minister comes out to breathe." Huo Yurui looked at Ling Xiao, and his eyes showed that made her feel uneasy.

"I, I'm going back." Ling Xiao knew that he could not stay any longer, so he walked back. It was only when she passed Huo Yurui that she found that the faint smell on his body was the fragrance of Lingxiaohua!

"talented person." Huo Yurui didn't seem to want her to leave. He said behind him, "It's not difficult for talented people to 'eyes', but you don't want it yourself."

"Your excellency, you are so careful." Ling Xiao left this sentence coldly and left without looking back.

All the way, I almost caused the inspection of the bodyguards in the palace. I finally got to the front of the banquet hall, but I heard a faint noise inside. I was stunned, and I saw a royal doctor walking in.

Is something wrong? Ling Xiao asked a bodyguard next to him and replied that there was a little master in the hall who had a sudden madness.

She was fine when she went out just now. Why is it only so long... Who is it? Ling Xiao hurried in and saw Xuan Yu sitting there, and immediately calmed down.

"Sister Xiaoer, where have you been just now?" Xuan Yu asked as soon as he saw her.

Just before Ling Xiao could answer, he only heard the voice of an inner supervisor not far away and said, "I have checked it. A few days ago, during the Dragon Boat Festival, all the Empresses and little masters who used calamus in the palace had records, and only Ling Xiaozhu and Xuan Xiaozhu had not used it."

In an instant, the eyes of everyone in the hall glanced at Lingxiao. She didn't even know what happened when she was away just now.

"That is to say, only Ling Cairen and Xuan Guiren are not suspected, right?" The voice of the emperor.

"If my concubine remembers it correctly, I saw calamus in the yard when I passed by Yilan Palace. How could there be no record? Prince, did you remember it wrong? Luo Zhang seemed to be worried that others could not hear her voice. She spoke so loudly that she was demoted to a servant. She couldn't wait for everyone to be with her.

On the contrary, it seemed strange. Sure enough, the emperor's face was suddenly difficult to look, but he did not look at Luo Sheng, but towards Ling Xiao. Although Ling Xiao is not very clear about what is going on in front of him, he also knows that it will be bad if he doesn't explain it clearly.

"Go back to the emperor, the calamus in the concubine's palace was picked by the concubine in a small pool in the apse of Yilan Palace. Naturally, there is no record in the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Ling Xiao knelt down and replied respectfully.

"Oh? Why didn't Ling Cairen go directly to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pick it up, but go out to pick it in his own palace? The emperor's answer made people stunned. Instead of continuing to investigate, he cared about this matter.

The people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs suddenly sweated, for fear that the emperor would know that they would worship and rebel against the little master.

But when he heard Ling Xiao reply respectfully, "Your Majesty, this is all my concubine's. I just think it's more interesting, and it's more festive to do it yourself."

Those internal monitors wiped their sweat and put down the big stone.

At this time, a woman next to her suddenly rushed over. Before Ling Xiao could see who it was, he was caught and said something: "I'm the emperor's wife, haha, wife, emperor..."

There seemed to be no problem with this sound, but the tone was full of childishness, and occasionally laughed out loud, as if he was crazy.

"Why don't you take Mrs. Yan down, doctor, give Mrs. Yan a good diagnosis and treatment! What does this look like!" The queen turned around and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, do you think it's okay to ask the princes and adults to go back first?"

"It's good." The emperor waved his hand and asked everyone outside the palace to go back first.

The crazy woman turned out to be Yan Xurui! Ling Xiao looked over in shock. It was fine just now. How did she become like this in a short time?

"Dare to ask Ling Cairen, where did you go just now?" When all the people outside the palace retreated, Yao suddenly asked.

"My concubine was so drunk that I went outside the hall to blow the wind." Ling Xiao explained, but in the direction of the emperor, he didn't seem to take Yao at all seriously.

"Your Majesty, this is strange." This time it was the noble concubine. She came over and brought a gust of incense. "The Dragon Boat Festival can go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect calamus directly, but Ling Cairen wants to pick it by himself. If Luo Xuanshi hadn't accidentally seen it in Yilan Palace, I'm afraid Ling Cairen would have been the first to be removed from the suspect." This obviously means that Ling Xiao wants to cover up and has an impure intention.

"However, Ling Cairen just went out for a long time, and it was during this period that Yan Niangzi drank a bowl of lotus seed soup and was poisoned." Luo Shang picked up the noble concubine's words and continued.

Yan Xurui is poisoned?! Ling Xiao was stunned. And according to the symptoms of Yan Xurui just now, and this topic always revolves around calamus, which is undoubtedly calamus poisoning!

Acorus is toxic, and the stinky calamus used in the Dragon Boat Festival is even more poisonous. Ling Xiao knows this, but as long as it is not taken in large quantities, it will never be a big problem.

I and Yan Xurui have been calculated by others! Ling Xiao suddenly understood his situation.

If what she expected was good, Yan Xurui should have begun to take calamus a few days ago, but she was given a large dose today, so she went straight out at the dinner party. If other poisons are okay, but the poison of calamus is just magic. Even if it is cured in the future and loses such an ugly in front of so many people, I'm afraid I won't be favored by the emperor again in my life.

It can be seen how cruel the poisoner is. Not only that, the man also wanted to kill two birds with one stone, harming Yan Xurui and framing himself at the same time.

Ling Xiao's fingertips trembled, but she knew that she should not panic at this time, but also must calm down. She shouted, "What my concubine said is true and I never dare to deceive her. I just went out to blow the wind."

Lin Xuanyu also pleaded for mercy and kowtowed, "Lingcai will never do such a vicious thing. I hope the emperor and queen can observe it clearly."

"Your Majesty, Luan Yiwei Zuo Weiwei came to report that he had seen Ling Cairen walking in the direction of the imperial dining room with his own eyes." Eung-in-law Liu is beside the emperor.

Only then did Ling Xiao remember that the road he took was indeed in the direction of the imperial dining room! This is not good!

"Then you can't judge that it was done by Ling Cairen." The emperor actually spoke for her, and even heard the trust in her from her tone. Ling Xiao's eyes were unexpectedly hot. Did that person actually believe her? In this court, in addition to Xuan Yu, there were people who spoke for her. She couldn't help looking up at the man anymore--

Under this look, her eyes were completely blurred. Everything around her seemed to be empty, and everything became so ethereal. He was the only one in front of her, looking at her with burning eyes.