The imperial concubine went to King Chen's living room. As soon as she entered the door, the sour smell that hit her face made her retching.
The imperial concubine quickly covered her nose with a silk handkerchief and scolded: "What's the smell? Why is the window closed? Open the window quickly."
Eunuch Bai stepped forward and said: "My dear, the imperial doctor said that the prince cannot blow the wind... so... so the window cannot be opened."
Seeing the ugly look on the imperial concubine's face, Eunuch Deng hurriedly took over the words, "Hurry up and get someone to clean up another room so I can live there."
Eunuch Bai leaned forward and said, "The house has been cleaned up by the servants, but the prince is asleep at the moment. The servants are afraid of disturbing the prince, and want to wait for the prince to wake up before letting him move in."
After hearing Eunuch Bai's explanation, the concubine's anger dissipated a lot. She covered her nose and walked to the inner room, looking at Prince Chen on the bed, wanting to go up and have a look.
However, the smell inside was even stronger, and her stomach turned. The imperial concubine suppressed the nausea in her heart.
After standing in the room for a while, the nausea in her heart became even worse and rushed upwards. The concubine hurriedly turned around and walked out. She quickly rushed to the verandah, holding on to the pillar and retching several times.
The fresh air outside the room entered her nasal cavity, and the imperial concubine took several breaths of fresh air to suppress the rising nausea.
Eunuch Deng followed out, patted the imperial concubine on the back to cheer her up, and asked with concern: "Empress, are you okay?"
The imperial concubine straightened up, pressed the corners of her eyes with the handkerchief, and exhaled heavily.
She finally recovered. Just now, she almost vomited.
The imperial concubine raised her hand and stroked her bun gently, straightened her back and said, "Well, it's okay. Let them serve the prince well, and when he wakes up, they can quickly change his room."
After hearing this, Eunuch Bai who followed out bowed and said, "Yes, I understand."
The imperial concubine couldn't stay any longer and walked towards the entrance of the courtyard, "I still have something to do, so I'm going back first and let the prince rest well. When I turn around, I'll see the prince again."
Everyone bowed and respectfully sent the concubine away.
When King Chen woke up, he was in a trance for a while. He didn't know where he was.
I wanted to get up, but my whole body was so weak that I had no strength at all, and then I remembered what I had experienced last night.
"Come here!" King Chen shouted.
After hearing this, the chamberlain hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, are you awake?"
King Chen raised his hand and said, "Help me get up."
Eunuch Bai heard the movement in the back room and entered the room just in time to hear King Chen's instructions.
"Come here, old slave!" Eunuch Bai walked over quickly and reached out to help King Chen sit up. "Do you want to get up and sit down, or do you want to pull?"
After Eunuch Bai reminded him, King Chen felt that he really wanted to do it, so he said, "I will go to the palace."
The chamberlain on the side heard this and knew that King Chen was going to do it again, so he hurriedly sent the respectful bucket over.
King Chen looked at Gong Tong, frowned and said in a deep voice: "Go to Gong's room."
The chamberlain shivered with fright and stepped aside holding Gong Tong in his arms.
Eunuch Bai looked at it, nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, I will help the prince to go to the palace."
When King Chen returned to the room from Gongfang, he frowned even more and said, "What does this smell like?"
As soon as the words came out, King Chen realized what the smell was in the room, and his face tightened without saying a word.
Eunuch Bai smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty, my family has asked people to clean up the room next door. Your Majesty, go to the next door to have a rest, and your family will have people clean this room."
King Chen went to the next door, looked at the fierce sun, and asked, "What time is it?"
Eunuch Bai replied: "It's time to go back to your Majesty."
"Where is Lu Ming? Let him come to see me." King Chen said.
Eunuch Bai bowed and said, "Yes, I understand."
After saying this, Eunuch Bai turned around and gave instructions. After a while, Lu Ming entered the room to greet King Chen.
King Chen asked: "Have you found out? Who did it?"
Lu Ming leaned forward and replied: "I personally took the tea cup that Your Majesty used last night to the imperial doctor to see. The imperial doctor said that there was nothing wrong with the tea.
I also asked the imperial physician to identify all the teacups in the house, and all the teas are fine."
King Chen sat up straight, stared at Lu Ming, and asked, "Is there any problem?"
Lu Ming nodded, leaned forward and said, "Yes, Imperial Physician Zhang and Imperial Physician Qin each checked twice and made sure there is no problem."
King Chen leaned back and looked forward thoughtfully. After a moment, King Chen looked up at Lu Ming and asked, "So, I wasn't poisoned last night?"
Lu Ming shook his head and leaned forward and said: "No, the imperial doctor said that the prince was poisoned by the antler. Fortunately, the dose of poison was not large. Otherwise, the prince might not have been able to be saved last night."
After hearing Lu Ming's words, King Chen sat up straight again, stared at Lu Ming, and asked in disbelief: "You mean, the other party poisoned me without knowing it? No.
Leave any clues?"
Lu Ming did not dare to look directly at Prince Chen, lowered his head and whispered: "Yes, the other party poisoned the prince unknowingly, and we haven't found any clues yet."
After all, King Chen was a man who did great things. Although he was extremely frightened in his heart, he remained extremely calm on his face.
Asked: "Does the mother-in-law know about this?"
Lu Ming shook his head, "The noble concubine doesn't know yet."
He almost died, but his mother and concubine didn't know it. It's rare...
King Chen frowned slightly and asked nervously: "Has something happened to the concubine as well?"
If the mother-in-law knows that she is ill, she will definitely ask about it. As long as she asks, the mother-in-law will know the cause of the disease.
With the temperament of the mother-in-law, she would never let it go if she knew she was being poisoned.
Unless something happens to the mother-in-law, she won't be able to care about herself.
Seeing the worry on King Chen's face, Lu Ming hurriedly explained: "No, don't worry, Your Majesty, the Concubine is fine."
"Is your mother and concubine okay?" King Chen asked again suspiciously.
Lu Ming leaned forward and said, "I promise that nothing will happen to the imperial concubine.
In the morning, the imperial concubine also visited the prince, who was asleep at that time.
The imperial concubine was very sad when she learned that the prince was working very hard, so she asked the younger ones to serve the prince."
Chen Wangxuan felt relieved and nodded, "I understand."
When Eunuch Bai saw King Chen stop questioning him, he took the opportunity and said, "My lord, there is porridge simmering in the kitchen. Would you like some?"
King Chen didn't want to eat, but he also knew that if he didn't eat, he would lose energy.
"Have a half bowl!"
Eunuch Bai bowed happily and said, "Okay, I'll send someone over here right now."
King Chen drank half a bowl of porridge. With food in his stomach, he felt much better. He stood up and said, "I will go to pay my respects to my mother and concubine."
Eunuch Bai asked earnestly: "Do you want to take a break, Your Majesty? I will go see the Imperial Concubine later."
Eunuch Bai saw that King Chen was walking a little unsteadily and was worried that he was not in good spirits.
King Chen waved his hand and said, "It's okay, let's go."
Eunuch Bai hurriedly sent someone to report to the imperial concubine first, and then asked someone to carry a soft sedan.
When the imperial concubine heard that King Chen had come to pay his respects, she came out with her maids and chamberlains to greet him. When she saw King Chen getting off the sedan chair, she said, "Why don't you take a rest? Why are you here in such a hurry?"
The noble concubine of the Chen Dynasty bowed to greet her and said, "I am afraid that my mother will worry me. I feel that I am feeling better. Come and say hello to me."
Seeing that King Chen was weak, the imperial concubine ordered: "It's not too late to say hello. It won't be too late to come over after you have rested. Eunuch Deng, hold on to me."
Eunuch Deng stepped forward and helped King Chen go inside and into the main hall. The imperial concubine asked someone to bring a group chair for King Chen.
Eunuch Deng knew that the imperial concubine had something to say to King Chen, so after waiting for King Chen to sit down, he asked the palace maids and chamberlains to step back, and he stood guard at the door.
Seeing the person retreating, the imperial concubine said bluntly: "Have you found out? Who poisoned you? Has anyone been found out?"
King Chen shook his head and said: "No, Lu Ming and Bai Qi checked all the people around them, but they didn't find the person who poisoned them, not to mention the person who poisoned them, not even the cup that was poisoned was found.
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"Not even the cups were found?" the imperial concubine asked in astonishment.
King Chen sat back in the group chair, supported his head with one hand, and nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, the other party poisoned my son without knowing it."
The imperial concubine looked at King Chen nervously and blurted out: "Who could it be? Someone from the prince?"
The first thing the concubine thought of was the prince.
King Chen looked at the imperial concubine and replied: "Who else has this ability besides him?"
The imperial concubine's straight waist relaxed, her shoulders slumped and she leaned back. After a while, she said, "I really underestimate him."
King Chen nodded and said, "My sons also look down upon him. Concubine, our plan needs to be redeployed."
The imperial concubine nodded, "We have to redeploy..."
At this point, the imperial concubine suddenly thought of something and looked up at King Chen, "Jue'er, your second uncle doesn't know and will proceed as planned. Do you want someone to inform your second uncle?"
King Chen glanced at the hourglass on the chest of drawers, shook his head and said: "It's already a quarter of the afternoon, it's too late. According to the plan, my second uncle has already led my father deep into the mountains by now. Our people will get there now,
I can’t see my second uncle at all.”
The imperial concubine rubbed her hands anxiously, "What should we do?"
King Chen sighed and said with relief: "I can only place my hope on my second uncle.
The second uncle did not see his son, so he should have thought that the situation had changed.
My second uncle has been in the officialdom for many years and has encountered many emergencies. Should he know how to deal with what happened today?
I wanted to take the opportunity to arrange Jinrui to be with my father, but judging from the current situation, this plan may come to nothing."
The imperial concubine said: "There is no rush for this. If it doesn't work this time, there will be another time. As time goes by, there will be plenty of opportunities."
King Chen nodded, "That's all I can think of."
The imperial concubine said with some annoyance: "It's all my fault for being impatient. I shouldn't have attacked the prince the day before yesterday to make him alert."
The imperial concubine felt that she had offended the enemy and blamed herself very much.
King Chen also thought of this, looked up at the imperial concubine, and asked: "What kind of poison did the concubine give to the prince? Bitter chestnut antler?"
The poisoning was arranged by the imperial concubine, and King Chen did not know about it.
The imperial concubine looked at King Chen in surprise, "How did Jue'er know?"
King Chen smiled bitterly and said: "The one I got last night was the bitter chestnut antler."
The imperial concubine was sipping tea from a cup. After hearing Chen Wu's words, she paused and the tea in the cup sloshed onto her hand.
The imperial concubine placed the teacup in her hand heavily on the table and said angrily: "What does the prince mean by this? A warning?"
King Chen nodded and said, "It should be a warning!"
The imperial concubine looked at King Chen with sharp eyes and asked, "So, the spy we placed around the prince has been exposed."
King Chen nodded and thought hard: "Someone should have been exposed! It's still unclear who was exposed?"
King Chen had just been poisoned and his body had not yet recovered. The imperial concubine did not want him to worry about it, so she said: "Jue'er, it's a good time for you to recuperate. I will leave these matters to my mother and concubine."
My mother-in-law is better at matters in the harem than I am, and it is easier for her to succeed.
King Chen nodded and said: "Then I have to thank my mother and concubine for the hard work. I will go back to rest first. Later, I will go to my grandfather to discuss the next countermeasures."
The imperial concubine nodded and said yes, then stood up to see King Chen off.
On the paddock side, after the hunting army entered the paddock, the emperor was accompanied by everyone to start the hunt, and Qiu Xi's hunting officially began.
In more than half an hour, the emperor hunted three pheasants, three rabbits, a badger, and a deer.
The emperor was in a good mood and nodded with satisfaction.
All the ministers congratulated the emperor one after another and spoke with appropriate flattery.
The Emperor Long Yan was overjoyed and gave the Dragon Roaring Sword as a prize to whoever wins the prize.
There have been competitions in autumn over the years, and the top three are rewarded. The first place is awarded one hundred taels of gold, the second place is awarded fifty taels of gold, and the third place is awarded thirty taels of gold.
In three days, points will be calculated based on the number of prey caught.
For example, a pheasant counts for one point, a hare counts for two points, a badger counts for five points, a deer counts for six points, and hunting a leopard, tiger, bear, etc. counts for thirty points.
This year there was a lucky draw from the emperor, and the atmosphere suddenly became high.
Especially the young military commanders, all of them are eager to try, hoping that they can stand out and get into the eyes of the emperor.
Xu Guanjie stood in the team with his two subordinates, Li Can and Liu Yuan, seemingly listening to the gossips of others, but his attention was on Liu Jinrui not far away.
Li Can said enthusiastically: "Boss, the Dragon Roaring Sword given by the Emperor is so rare. We must seize this opportunity and go all out to grab the first place.
After winning the championship, Long Xiaojian returned to his head, and the boss rewarded the two younger ones with gold as wives, okay?"
This is a good suggestion. The boss is not short of money. Take the Dragon Roaring Sword.
They are short of money, so the gold belongs to them.
With a hundred taels of gold, they can settle down in their home.
Liu Yuan looked at Xu Guanjie expectantly, "Boss, how are you?"
Xu Guanjie glanced at the two of them and said, "I'm still single! What are you two so anxious about?"
Li Can said: "Is this the same? I'm single because I don't want to be both. We're single because we don't have the ability to marry a wife. We don't deserve to be both."
Liu Yuan smiled and nodded, "Yes, we are not worthy of being together."
When Xu Guanjie saw Liu Jinrui leading a few people to the east, he put his legs under the horse's belly and said, "Let's go. In order not to be alone, we will have a good hunt later."
Seeing that Xu Guanjie agreed, Li Can responded with a smile: "The younger one is the best at hunting. Don't worry, boss. The two younger ones will promise to win the Dragon Roaring Sword back to the boss."
Xu Guanjie rode towards the east, following Liu Jinrui at a short distance.
The task Shi Jingyang gave him was to keep an eye on Liu Jinrui today.
Entering the jungle, Li Can and Liu Yuan were focused on their prey.
While Xu Guanjie was chatting with the two, he paid attention to Liu Jinrui's movements.
"Boss, pay attention, there is movement over there." Li Can warned.
Xu Guanjie looked over and happened to see a rabbit jumping into the bushes not far away.
Xu Guanjie took out an arrow from the arrow basket with his backhand and shot it quickly.
