Time passed slowly, and the dishes were almost served soon, and the banquet was coming to an end, but the steamed seabass was still missing. Everyone who knew about this dish started talking secretly, and even Hongli found it a little strange.
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Huang's nervous armor was almost broken by her, her mind went blank, and she couldn't think of a way to do it. She could only look at Xianyue helplessly, waiting for her to speak.
"Concubine Yi!" Hongli's voice startled Huang. She quickly stood up and said, "I am here."
"I remember that there should be a dish of steamed seabass that has not yet been served. What's going on?" Faced with Hongli's question, Huang's nose was sweating and he didn't know how to answer.
Mingyu saw that she was still silent and said, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with that dish?"
At this time, Xianyue asked A Luo to stand closer, and then, using A Luo's cover, she grabbed Huang's hand and wrote four words on her palm - release life and pray for blessings.
Pray for blessings? What blessings do you pray for? Also, what does releasing animals mean?
Huang was confused by these four words, but she knew that Xianyue must have a purpose in writing this, maybe... it was the key to letting her avoid this matter, and she had to figure it out.
Seeing that Huang remained silent, Hongli said with some displeasure: "Concubine Yi, is it true as the queen said? What's the problem?"
"No." Huang denied it hastily. At the same time, she saw Xianyue pointing at her belly, and a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, finally making her understand the meaning of those four words.
Huang calmed down, lowered his eyes and said, "To inform your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with the fish. It was my concubine who made the decision and removed that dish."
"Why should we withdraw it?" Mingyu likes to eat seabass. The reason why Hongli ordered people to collect seabass in the cold winter is probably because of Mingyu.
While thinking about it, Mrs. Huang said: "Fish are quite spiritual things. Before the fifth elder brother was born, there was an auspicious sign of a white fish bag. When I went to the imperial dining room today, I saw those seabass.
While swimming in the water tank, a thought suddenly came to my mind: now the Queen, the Imperial Concubine, and the Golden Concubine are all pregnant with Liujia.
This is a great joy that has never happened in the palace. Why not release these seabass and pray for the three dragon sons, hoping that they will be safe and have good fortune and longevity." After that, she knelt down and said: "I originally wanted to report it to the emperor, but I didn't.
Later, there were so many things that I forgot about them due to the delay. It was not until the emperor asked about them that I remembered them and asked the emperor to forgive me."
While everyone's eyes were focused on Huang, Xianyue called Qi Kuan, who was standing behind her, and whispered a few words to him. The latter nodded slightly and quietly exited Qianqing Palace.
Hongli nodded and said: "So that's what happened. It's a good thing to release animals to pray for blessings. If Concubine Yi had said it earlier, I wouldn't have to ask more questions."
Hearing his softened tone, Mrs. Huang knew that he had no intention of blaming her, so she immediately said, "It's my concubine's fault. It's all due to my negligence."
Ling Ruo looked at her and slowly said: "Although you have been negligent, your intentions are good. As you said, three consecutive concubines in the palace are pregnant. This is an unprecedented happy event. You should do more good deeds to accumulate blessings."
"Report." After saying that, she looked at Hongli and said, "Your Majesty, the Ai family would like to choose a day to go to Wan'an Temple to offer incense."
Hongli immediately said: "My son, let Qin Tianjian choose a date, and then go with the emperor's mother."
At this time, Concubine Yu stood up hesitantly and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Queen, Xiao Quanzi told me that when he went to the imperial dining room just now, he saw people there steaming sea bass, but he didn't
Release the bass as Concubine Yi said."
Xianyue smiled faintly, drank all the hawthorn tea in the cup, stood up and said, "Concubine Yu's words mean that Concubine Yi is lying to the emperor, right?"
Concubine Yu said respectfully: "How dare I, I just think it's a little strange. If your Majesty is sure that Concubine Yi has released the fish, just pretend that I didn't say anything."
Xianyue glanced at her, and then said: "Your Majesty, since Concubine Yu has questions, why not send the manager of the imperial kitchen to ask."
Hongli looked at Ling Ruo, and after the latter nodded, he said: "Okay, Xiao Wu, go and tell An Lu that he is here."
Hearing this, Mrs. Huang's face changed, and she looked at Xianyue nervously. She knew best whether she had released the animals or evaporated them. Once An Lu came to ask, she couldn't hide it.
Xianyue gave her a reassuring look, and then waited quietly for An Lu to come over. After a while, the latter appeared in everyone's sight together with Xiao Wu. After he saluted, Hongli said: "An Lu, Concubine Yi said
Is it true that those bass were released?"
An Lu glanced at Xianyue quietly, lowered his head and said, "To tell you what the emperor is saying, this afternoon, Concubine Yi watched the slaves doing their work. When she saw those seabass, she thought they were cute and cute. She couldn't bear to kill them, so I sent them free."
Concubine Yu's face changed slightly. She had done this by herself. She knew very well that those fish could not be served because of their fishy smell. There was no such thing as releasing them. An Lu...how could he help Concubine Yi?
What are you talking about? Could it be Xiao Wu? No, Xiao Wu is a member of the emperor. It is impossible for Xiao Wu to collude with Concubine Yi, and there is no chance. But who else can there be besides him? Everyone around Concubine Yi is here and has not left.
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Concubine Yu's eyes moved slowly. When she came into contact with Xianyue, her face became ugly. There were many people around Huang, but Qi Kuan was missing from Nala Xiayue. No need to ask, it must be Qi Kuan.
Kuan went to the imperial dining room to inform An Lu and asked him to confess.
Damn it, she didn't even see when Qi Kuan left, otherwise Huang would have been embarrassed in public and would have been accused of bullying the emperor.
This woman ruined her good deeds time and time again, she was really damned, but... Nala Xianyue couldn't be proud for long, soon... soon she would have nothing!
Thinking of this, Concubine Yu felt better again. She called Xiao Quanzi and said, "Manager An has obviously released all the sea bass according to Concubine Yi's words. How come you saw them steaming sea bass in the imperial kitchen?"
Xiao Quanzi hurriedly knelt down and said, "I don't know. I did see them steaming things in a cage. Because I was in a hurry, I only took a look at it. I remembered that one of the dishes was steamed sea bass, so I thought it was steamed sea bass."
yes……"
Concubine Yu interrupted him coldly: "Since you are not sure, how dare you say it in my ears? It's really ridiculous."
Xiao Quanzi kowtowed and said, "My slave deserves to die. Please forgive me, Master!"
Concubine Yu snorted coldly, knelt down towards Hongli and said, "It's all my fault. I mistakenly believed Xiao Quanzi's words and almost wronged my sister Yi Fei. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Hongli raised his hand and said: "Since it's just a misunderstanding, let's forget about it and get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Concubine Yu stood up with tears in her eyes. Then she bowed to Mrs. Huang and said, "Sister, I'm really sorry. It's all because of Xiao Quanzi's nonsense. Please don't take offense."