Chapter 60 The Conspiracy – Action and Interpretation
Wang Sishi bowed and replied humbly: "This is not a compliment from your Majesty. It's just that your Majesty is kind-hearted and can't bear to think of such a strategy. Otherwise, your Majesty is ten times smarter than me, so how can I take the credit? Besides, Master Hu is also helpful."
My plan is not all my fault." Hu Siyi looked happy when he heard her last sentence.
Concubine Lu laughed and said, "Anyway, your 'serial plan' is really clever."
Wang Sishi also had a complacent expression on his face: "My strategy this time is to first throw out the incense burner ashes, something that can be easily discovered, to make them nervous first. It can be said to be a way of 'snatching the snake'. Even if the eunuchs close to His Highness the Third Prince of Dongnuan Pavilion did not notice it,
Regarding the issue of incense ashes in the incense burner, the miscellaneous eunuchs whom the empress bribed in Dongnuan Pavilion, who are the ones who place special spices, will point it out at the appropriate time."
"Then there must have been some movement from the people in Dong Nuan Pavilion, and they sent someone to call Eunuch Hu, the imperial supervisor, to check the ashes left after burning the spices."
"At the same time, today the empress deliberately went to the pantry from dawn, and put on a big show to be grateful to the palace people, so that everyone in the pantry was very busy today and had no time to spare. When His Highness the Third Highness came back to deliver the food,
We cannot prepare meals for His Highness the Third Prince right away."
Hu Siyi continued: "Although he will be canonized as the emperor's grandson the day after tomorrow, of course the chefs in the dining room cannot afford to offend him; but they also cannot afford to offend the empress, so they can only follow the order of first come, first served.
Let’s prepare meals for the queen first.”
Wang Sishi continued: "His Highness the Third, who has just been frightened and has come to his senses but has not eaten yet, will probably feel even hungrier and more eager to eat."
Hu Siyi continued: "Li Ya, who specializes in making soup in the dining room of Wenhua Palace, thought he was hiding well, but he knew that the empress had seen through him many years ago. He was the secret agent deployed by the Chang family in the palace.
But because he won’t affect too many things if he stays there, I just keep him.”
Concubine Lu said: "I didn't think too much when I left him. I didn't expect that this time it would actually have a big effect."
Wang Sishi said: "The reason why I did not agree to poison here is mainly because Wang Jin has always been an extremely cautious person. Although the matter of putting spices in the incense burner was exposed on his own initiative, it was relatively simple. I was afraid that Wang Jin would
Jin is still wary. And if His Highness the Third Prince is poisoned in the palace, it will be difficult for the Empress to get away with it. After all, everyone knows that the chef in the dining room of Wenhua Palace belongs to the Empress."
"And asking Li Ya, who was originally the secret agent deployed by the Chang family in the palace, to inform the poisonous people here can completely make His Highness the Third Prince and Wang Jin and others under him completely put down their vigilance. Just now Wang Bu hurriedly came out of the palace and dared
Come back. And I heard him shouting some poisonous words. I don’t know where he got the news.”
Concubine Lu said: "When we go back, we must check carefully where the secret was leaked. In my opinion, it is probably outside the palace. I will let Lu Yi check it carefully tomorrow."
Hu Siyi said: "Of course there is a problem for Wang Bu to get the news, but here, it just increases the possibility of Li Ya's words being believed, which is more conducive to the implementation of the plan."
Wang Sishi then said: "His Royal Highness will be frightened by this shock. He will not dare to use the food in the palace. But he is also hungry, so he will probably drink more water when he has nothing to eat."
"It doesn't matter if he doesn't know how to drink more water. People always need to drink water."
Wang Jin finished pouring water for Yunxi, and then poured a glass of water for himself, Wang Xi, Wang Gong, and Wang Bu. Then he looked at the bottom of the pot and said, "There is no hot water, let's make another pot."
Then, let the young eunuch fill the kettle with water from the large water tank placed in the main hall outside to boil water.
Wang Sishi continued: "At this time, after two near-poisoning experiences, they should have completely let down their vigilance and will definitely no longer worry about us poisoning the water."
"Furthermore, when Li Ya went to Dongnuan Pavilion to inform His Highness that the food in the food was poisonous, Dongnuan Pavilion would definitely be in a state of chaos for a while. Wang Jin simply did not have the ability to take care of all these servants; but what really can
Wang Bu, who managed Dongnuan Pavilion well, had not gained the trust of His Highness the Third Prince before, so it was impossible for him to support the palace affairs of Dongnuan Pavilion."
Hu Siyi flattered Concubine Lu here: "Thanks to the empress for inspiring us, we were able to come up with such a clever plan."
After a while, the hot water was boiled. Wang Jin poured the hot water into the thermos and said to Yunxi: "Your Highness, do you still want to pour more water?"
Yunxi drank the water in the glass in one gulp and said to Wang Jin: "Pour some water! I'm dying of thirst."
Wang Jin immediately walked in and poured water for Yunxi. After the cup was filled, he said to Yunxi: "Your Highness, the water is too hot. Let it cool before drinking."
Yunxi said: "That's natural. Otherwise, why would I drink all the water in the glass in one go and then ask you to pour it instead of refilling it?"
At this moment, Wang Gong came back, and with him was Eunuch Hu, the imperial supervisor.
Eunuch Hu felt that nothing happened today. He went to bed early. It took Wang Gong for a long time to wake up Eunuch Hu and get him to wake up. But when Eunuch Hu knew what had happened, he was so anxious that he didn't care about anything.
He took the most professional person (eunuch) in spices and dragged his fat body to the East Nuan Pavilion of Wenhua Palace.
When they arrived at Dongnuang Pavilion, Eunuch Hu, like Eunuch Li from Shangshan Palace who came earlier, immediately knelt down and began to plead guilty.
Yunxi was not good at eating when others were asking for forgiveness, and he had already eaten a pancake. His stomach felt better and he was not so hungry, so he started to conduct a ceremonial "please and forgive" ceremony with Eunuch Hu, which took a lot of time.
It took a lot of time. Of course, Wang Jin and Wang Xi did not have a good time eating during this process.
After Eunuch Hu finished his apology, he immediately used the brightest lamp in his hand to share some ashes with his subordinates in order to eliminate any possible grudges in Yun Xi's heart, and began to observe carefully and discuss from time to time.
Wang Sishi seemed not to have heard Hu Siyi's words and continued: "When the people who went out to buy food come back, Yunxi will probably start eating immediately without checking whether there are any problems. But the real killer move is here."
