024 Regeneration
In the Hehuan Hall, Empress Du was leaning against the window to read, and suddenly heard Cai Qing come to report: "Your Lady, the noble concubine Yan invited the ladies of the palaces to the imperial garden to eat zongzi. Please also have a good time."
"I'm very tired. I won't go." Queen Du thought about what Yan Guifei had done to herself before and was wary.
"Your mother, the zongzi brought by the noble concubine this time was wrapped by her sister, and... all the palaces have arrived, if you insist on not going..."
Caiqing's words made Queen Du's thoughts stagnate. Because of Beitanghao's love for herself, she can be said to have become the target of the whole harem. This time, if she doesn't buy Yan's account, there is no doubt that she will make an enemy again...
Anyway, there are so many people invited by Yan Guifei. I don't dare to do anything to her in front of so many people, right? Just be careful.
"What Cai Qing said is reasonable. Lingxi, you go with me." Queen Du got up, had a little plastic surgery, and brought the usual spiritual rhinoceros, and served the little noble son and several ordinary maids.
The group of people bypassed the palace and walked along the rockery to the imperial garden. Concubine Yun set up a banquet in the spacious place in the center of the garden. All the palaces were indeed present. They had not yet been seated. Only three or two stood in one place, smiling.
Little Guizi said in a manly voice, "The queen is here--"
With this sentence, everyone smiled, bowed their heads and knelt down on the ground.
"See the Empress, the Empress is a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
"Sisters don't have to be polite. Let's all be flat." Queen Du looked calm and her smile was approachable.
"Thank you, Empress." After everyone thanked them in unison, they got up one after another.
"Queen, these are the zongzi made by Shemei herself. They are specially brought into the palace for everyone to taste. Before that, the palace has sent some to the empress dowager, and these will be tasted together by our sisters here." Concubine Yan smiled and introduced quietly. Her words "Our sisters" were extremely sincere and there was no trace of hypocrisy.
"The noble concubine has a heart." Queen Du smiled and sat down with the help of the rhinoceros. After sitting firmly, Fang waved his hand and said, "Sisters, take your seats. Everyone be casual. Don't let these red tape spoil the fun."
"Thank you, Queen." Although Queen Du said so, none of them dared to neglect and sat down respectfully.
Concubine Yan came forward in person, peeled a zongzi and handed it to Queen Du. She was still smiling: "Queen, this is fresh meat zongzi. You can try it."
"The noble concubine is too polite. I'll just come by myself." Queen Du was not used to her sudden attention for a moment.
Does this woman really show his goodwill to her, or is he hiding some conspiracy?
She can't guess, she can only be on guard. Unfortunately, she can guard against the imperial concubine Yan in the royal garden, but she can't guard against the traitors in the acacia hall.
Cai Qing followed the instructions of the imperial concubine Yan and introduced a little eunuch to the Hehuan Hall when he was unprepared.
"Remember, when I call you, you can come out." Cai Qing said to the little eunuch.
"Yes, yes, everything small listens to my sister." The little eunuch had been mentioned before when he did not enter the palace. At this time, he nodded and bowed and hid under Queen Du's bed according to what Cai Qing said.
In the imperial garden, Queen Du dealt with the palace concubines with different intentions, and did not know the changes in the acacia hall...
If Tulan has had dinner, she will feel tired. In this pregnancy, her pregnancy reaction seemed to be heavier than last time. At the beginning of pregnancy, she was sleepy and often vomited for no reason. At this time, she was two months pregnant, and her whole body was much thinner than before, and her body was much more delicate.
"Mother, this is the fetal medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor. It will be better after drinking it." Cai Qing brought up the fetal medicine. As usual, the rhinoceros first took out the silver needle and tried it. Seeing that the silver needle did not change color, he was released and brought it to Du Lanruo.
Cai Qing looked at Lingxi's every move, and a dialogue with another person flashed in his mind.
That night, before she went to the Tai Hospital, she was taken to the Hehuan Hall by Xiaochuanzi. Yan Guifei approached her in person and whispered in her ear...
"Do you want me to do it in the fetal medicine?" She shook her head in panic and couldn't bear it. She had a sin. At that time, she helped Concubine Yan unconsciously kill the first child of Queen Du. Now, the queen is pregnant again. She knows that with the personality of Concubine Yan, she will definitely attack the Queen again. If she hadn't had a handle in the hands of Concubine Yan, she really didn't want to help Concubine Yan deal with the Queen... ...
The queen with a pure and kind personality, and the moody concubine Yan is naturally better than the former.
It's a pity...
"Don't worry, I can't take the lives of their mothers. Besides, isn't the fetal medicine going to be tested now? I will never be so stupid." Concubine Yan smiled and said, "Cai Qing, I just added a calming medicine to make her fall asleep earlier."
"Mother..." She was still hesitant.
"It will never reveal any flaws. You just need to follow my instructions." Yan Guifei's smile quietly disappeared, her eyes were fierce, and she said harshly, "If you dare to disobey my will, I can tell you that not only you and Lu Youting's lives are not guaranteed, but also your family will be implicated!"
"Mother... I promise that I will do things properly according to my mother's instructions. The life of the maidservant's whole family is in the hands of the Empress. The life of the maidservant, the maidservant dares not diso. She knelt down with a frightening voice and couldn't help kowtowing.
"Get up, how can you be afraid of this?" Yan Guifei changed into a kind smile again, and there was no trace of fierceness on her face. "As long as you help me do this, I will not only complete you and Lu Youting, but also ensure that you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life, and enjoy all your glory and wealth."
Ronghua Fugui... If Ronghua Fugui is obtained by stepping on the corpses of others, she doesn't know if she has the courage to enjoy it. She has been timid and afraid since she was a child, but she is a little greedy and cheap. She often causes trouble and dares not admit it. Later, when she grows up, she is lucky to enter the palace. She is also careful step by step and always cares about it. Being involved in the fight between Imperial Concubine Yan and Queen Du was an unintentional opportunity, but this opportunity was like a bone maggot, which could not be thrown away or put aside.
I saw that Queen Du gently took the medicine bowl from the rhinoceros's hand and reached her lips...
"Mother!" Cai Qing subconsciously made a sound.
"What's the matter?" Queen Du looked back with a smile and looked at her.
It's one step away from success... As long as the queen drinks this bowl of fetal medicine, she will promise to Yan Guifei, and she will do it. How can she go against the will of Concubine Yan? If you accidentally destroy the plan of Noble Concubine Yan, it is like digging your own grave. Moreover, there is also Lu Youting on the tip of her heart and her own family...
No, even if she can't bear it, she can't read the plan to destroy Yan Guifei for a moment.
"The medicine is a little hot. Drink it slowly." Cai Qing explained with a faint smile.
"So that's it." Queen Du also smiled and drank the medicine.
This bowl of medicine was not added with any poison. Naturally, it was tested with a silver needle, and no clue could be found. After drinking it, Cai Qing poured all the residue into the backyard pool, and there was no trace.
Shortly after drinking the medicine, Queen Du felt sleepy. Because she was pregnant, she had always been like this, so she didn't care. She only ordered Lingxi and Caiqing to serve to comb and remove makeup and go to bed early. This bowl of fetal medicine with a medicine made her sleep much deeper than usual, and she fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow.
Lingxi and Caiqing withdrew from the inner hall, and the maid on duty guarded outside, and the two went down to rest.
The hall was dark. Queen Du slept very deeply, so she didn't notice that a figure came out under the bed. After removing her shoes and robes, she quietly lay beside her.
The appearance of Beitanghao surprised the maid on duty at night. There was fetal training in the palace, and the concubine could not sleep for the first three months.
"Your Majesty, the Queen has already fallen asleep." The maid quickly knelt down and gave it to her.
"Don't say anything. I'm just looking at the queen." Bei Tanghao made a forbidden action, and the attendants who followed him were all guarding outside. He opened the door of the hall himself, quietly entered the inner hall, and personally lit the lamp...
The bed is drooping, and it can be seen that the queen sleeps deeply, but...
Why can you hear another person's rapid breathing? Why did he vaguely feel that the atmosphere was a little abnormal?
Beitanghao reached out and lifted the bed mantle, but saw--
There is a man lying beside the queen he loves and trusts the most...
"You! Who are you?" Bei Tanghao was so angry that he picked up the man and fell to the ground. Under the light, he saw the man dressed as a waiter, which he had never seen before.
"Immor...Immor..." The man's voice was different from that of a eunuch. It was rude, no different from that of an ordinary man.
"Ter, say! Who are you? Why did it appear in the Queen's **?
"Yes... It was the queen who called me a slave. She said that she said that the emperor had not been spoiled for a long time, and she was lonely..."
Queen Du woke up leisurely and didn't know what had happened. It seems that you can hear the fierce quarrel between the two men...
She opened her eyes and saw the unprecedented anger on Bei Tanghao's face. She couldn't help but be stunned and asked, "Your Majesty, what's going on?"
"What happened? Doesn't the queen know?" Bei Tanghao sneered and asked, "Tell me, what's wrong with this man?"
"My concubine fell asleep by herself after taking the fetal medicine after dinner today. How can I answer the emperor's question?" Queen Du didn't know what had happened at all, and only said the truth.
Unexpectedly, this simple sentence angered Bei Tanghao again!
"Queen, I just saw this man lying beside you. What do you explain?"