Chapter 48 The Queen Is Sick
The Queen's Zhongshen Palace.
When King Qi and Chu Mingcui entered the palace, they went to pay their respects to the queen first.
When Chu Mingcui entered the hall, she saw that the queen looked a little bad. She sat with her chest tightly.
Chu Mingcui Sulai was intimate in front of the queen, and he greeted her after a while. However, the queen was still depressed.
Chu Mingcui knew that the queen had something to do, so she smiled and said to the king: "Didn't the prince say that he would recite a new poem to King Lu? Go quickly."
The King of Qi did not like to write poetry, but King Lu liked it. King Qi and King Lu were both born by the queen. In order to vote for this miserable younger brother, and to relieve his fatigue, his compatriots began to learn to write poetry.
Now he has a new poem. He is eager to show off in front of King Lu. He heard Chu Mingcui say that he smiled and left.
As soon as the King of Qi left, Chu Mingcui sent away the people who were serving in the hall, sat beside the queen and asked, "Auntie, what happened?"
When the queen saw her son leave, she said hatefully: "I and the emperor, a couple who have been with them for more than 20 years, have never had a meal with me since the wedding day. Tonight, he issued an order to give Yuan Qingling a meal."
Chu Mingcui was shocked. "Yuan Qingling? Wasn't she taken to the palace to ask questions? Why didn't she be locked up?"
When she entered the palace, she thought that according to the crimes committed by Yuan Qingling, even if she was not sent to the jail, she would be locked in the dark room first, and then wait until the investigation was made clear and deprived of her of the position of Princess Chu, the remaining punishment would be dealt with according to the identity of the commoner.
Queen Chu said coldly: "Guan? Now she has dinner with the emperor, only two of hers. I don't know what she will say in front of the emperor."
Chu Mingcui was slightly shocked. Yuan Qingling seemed to have become much smarter recently. If she mentioned half of her suspicion to the emperor, the consequences would be unimaginable.
She turned to look at the queen, with a cunning light shining in her eyes, "Auntie, do you feel dizzy?"
Dinner is set up in Feilong Hall, one palace away from the Imperial Study Room.
Yuan Qingling hoped that Prince Rui would have dinner with him, at least one more person or one more sentence.
However, when Madam Mu Ru led her to the Feilong Palace, the fire of hope was extinguished.
If it weren't for the tableware, Yuan Qingling almost thought it was a tea table for tea. No, the tea table was small, so it could at most a dish.
Such a small table, even if it is sitting opposite, the distance is very close.
Now, Emperor Mingyuan is sitting next to the round table, with his back straightened, his hands on his knees, and he raised his slightly sharp eyes to look at her.
He might have tried to be gentle, but he had been majestic for too long, so he couldn't do this gentle expression, but he just bent his lips slightly and froze. This expression made people feel even colder when they looked at it.
Yuan Qingling walked over slowly, and was about to salute, Emperor Mingyuan said, "No need to be polite, sit down."
Yuan Qingling said oh, walked to the dining table with a small step, and sat down carefully.
"No need to be restrained, it's an ordinary meal." Emperor Mingyuan saw her nervousness and comforted her.
Yuan Qingling thought to himself, how can you not be nervous? He didn’t say that he only ate alone with his wife and daughter-in-law, let alone, you are the emperor.
"Yes!" she answered.
When she came, she thought to herself that Emperor Mingyuan asked her to have this meal, so she must have something to ask her. Her guess was actually the same as Yu Wenhao's guess, it was nothing more than asking about the Chu Prince's Mansion, asking about Yu Wenhao's movements, who he had to interact with, etc.
She also thought about properly speaking in advance.
Emperor Mingyuan did not ask, but said to Mr. Mu Ru lightly, "Go to have a meal!"
Yuan Qingling looked at the size of the table and asked how many meals could be served?
The first dish is stewing soup.
Two exquisite small stew pots were brought up and placed in front of Emperor Mingyuan and Yuan Qingling. The lid of the stew pot was taken away, the fragrance drifted out and drilled into Yuan Qingling's nose.
It immediately made her index finger twitch, and she wanted to drink it immediately.
But she thought it wasn't that simple. Don't the emperor had to test the poison and wash his hands when he had to eat food?
The palace maid came forward to pour the soup into a small bowl for her and put a silver spoon. On the side of Emperor Mingyuan, Madam Mu Ru was serving her.
Yuan Qingling did not dare to move. She waited until Emperor Mingyuan picked up the silver spoon and started drinking the soup that she breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to touch the spoon.
I was so hungry. When I was in the face of delicious food, my nervous mood naturally slowly relaxed. I thought that no matter what he asked in a while, I had already had the answer, so there was nothing to be afraid of.
The soup was brought into her mouth. Before she could drink it, she heard the sound of rapid footsteps outside. She put down the spoon and looked outside.
The eyes of Mr. Mu Ru walked out quickly, but after a moment, Mr. Mu Ru's face changed slightly and said, "Emperor, the queen is uncomfortable and she is exhausted."
Emperor Mingyuan frowned and stood up, "Showing his way!"
Yuan Qingling breathed a sigh of relief again. When the emperor left, she would eat whatever she wanted.
I am really too hungry to eat delicately and elegantly.
Emperor Ming Yuan glanced at Yuan Qingling and said, "Come with you."
Yuan Qingling's eyes were so difficult to remove from the soup in the bowl and replied: "Yes!"
She stood up, and Madam Mu Ru took out a cloak. Emperor Mingyuan turned his back to Yuan Qingling and asked Madam Chang to serve in the cloak and tidy up the wrinkles on his clothes.
Yuan Qing was hungry and was dying. While Emperor Mingyuan and Madam Mu Ru had not seen it, he suddenly picked up the soup bowl and sent it to his mouth. In two mouthfuls, a bowl of soup went down. The hot soup slid down the mouth and throat, burning to the stomach, making her tears burst out.
Emperor Mingyuan turned his head and looked at her with a little surprise.
Yuan Qingling had tears in his eyes, and he forced a smile and stood there awkwardly.
Emperor Mingyuan suddenly asked Madam Mu Ru, "Today, will the King of Qi and Princess of Qi enter the palace?"
"Return to the emperor, the King of Qi and the Princess of Qi have just entered the palace shortly after." Mr. Mu Ru replied.
Emperor Mingyuan slowly tidied up the straps on his cloak, thinking about something.
He sat down again, "Please ask the imperial doctor to go to the queen's harem to take a look and continue to eat."
Yuan Qingling was slightly surprised and looked up at Madam Mu Ru, but Madam Mu Ru seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
What's going on? The queen fainted, why can't the emperor go over again?
Does this have anything to do with the entry of the Princess Qi into the palace?
She didn't dare to ask, and slowly drank the soup, then took the stew pot and put it on the plate. It turned out to be one dish at a time. She looked at Emperor Mingyuan who only ate two bites of each dish and would not put chopsticks for the third time.
There was a burning elbow, which Yuan Qingling ate very well. Emperor Ming Yuan took a bite and said to Mu Ru, "This elbow is good, I admire Prince Rui."
"Yes!" Mother Mu Ru walked out and asked the eunuch to send it to Prince Rui.
Yuan Qingling knew that the emperor had such a hobby and liked to give the leftover vegetables to the ministers. This was grace, and ministers generally felt that they had supreme glory.
Chapter completed!