The empress wanted to speak, but she saw the curtain of Xinuan Pavilion was lifted and Yin came out.
Ji Ling was standing at the end of the crowd with her head bowed, when she felt a bright yellow handsome figure pass by her, followed by a faint and clear fragrance of sinking water. Before she even raised her head, she heard that everyone was already there.
With all their hands and feet, they quickly knelt down. Some shouted "Your Majesty", while others said "Concubine, please pay your respects to Your Majesty". It was a chaotic mess.
During this period, only Empress Maobin saw that the emperor was actually with the queen, and she did not show any surprise on her face.
Yongzheng is here!
Her mind was buzzing, and she subconsciously raised her head to see Yongzheng's appearance, but she saw the bright yellow figure with his back to everyone. There were two young eunuchs handing over gold basins and hot towels, and two palace maids.
Holding tea, he stood aside waiting to be served.
The light behind him outlined his stern brows and eyes, and his figure was slender and straight. Although he didn't say anything, the aura and majesty of a superior person made everyone dare not breathe.
Yin threw the towel to the little eunuch, casually lifted the hem of his clothes, turned around and sat down. Although his face looked tired, his back was still straight, which could be seen from the habit of practicing martial arts for many years.
He glanced at everyone, raised his eyebrows, and said calmly: "I was reading a few volumes of miscellaneous books in Xinuang Pavilion, and I listened to a good show by you."
There was no hint of happiness or anger in his words, only a flat tone, with a low tone at the end. Concubine Ning felt her heart tremble as well. She just made a loud statement in front of the queen. At this moment, she felt afraid of coming, for fear that it would be too much.
It's a bit too challenging.
In the front hall of the main hall of Kunning Palace in Nuo Da, one could only hear the sound of Hai Guiren sobbing. She climbed up to Yin, sobbed and grabbed the hem of Yin's robe, and said with a bit of coquettishness: "Your Majesty! I am so lucky to be so poor.
After serving the emperor several times, my appearance is about to be ruined before my eyes!".
She spoke so openly that the maids around her lowered their heads.
Yin's face was indifferent, he looked at Uranala, and said in a moderate voice: "The queen should have taken care of the affairs of the harem, let alone such a trivial matter."
The queen's expression tightened and she stood up immediately: "The emperor is teaching me a lesson... I also want to let them distinguish clearly before making a decision."
Yin did not answer, but frowned and glanced at Hai Guiren, saying: "Get up, Concubine Mao." Then he glanced at Concubine Ning, and casually said: "Get up, too."
But he did not call out to Mr. Hai.
Mao Bi was supported by Jasmine and said quickly: "Thank you, Your Majesty." She lowered her head and retreated to the back, and never said a word again.
Concubine Ning also restrained herself a lot at this time, and stood aside with her arms folded, listening to Yin's impatient words: "Teach the imperial doctor."
The atmosphere in the palace instantly became tense, and the queen could tell that Yin was a little unhappy.
This unhappiness may be because the concubines in the harem are competing for favor, disturbing the emperor, or it may be that Yin is silently blaming the queen for not being able to handle the matter decisively as the head of the harem.
The imperial doctor came soon. He was an old man with gray beard and hair.
After looking at Mao Bi's neck, the imperial doctor examined the small jar of emollient balm that was presented as evidence on the wooden case, and then kowtowed to the ground: "Back to the emperor, according to my inspection, this balm is just an ordinary high-quality ointment.
The emollient oils include borneol, almond oil, cloves, root of alfalfa, pokeweed, incense, flowerweed, and goose fat. They are non-venomous. As for the skin of Empress Maobin...it looks like red moss.
It’s a symptom of exposure to aloe vera.”
Ji Ling's heart skipped a beat: Is it really an aloe vera allergy?
The imperial doctor said loudly: ""Materia Medica" says: Aloe vera comes from Persia, and it is a wood resin. It is bitter in taste and green in color, and the skin is prone to redness and ulcers when touched. I speculate that perhaps the palace maid who took care of this ointment inadvertently
If you come into contact with such plants, you can inquire more carefully."
After hearing this, Mouse suddenly had a flash in his eyes, as if he had thought of something, and said loudly: "I have remembered! Come back to the Queen! I have remembered!".
Everyone looked stern.
The mouse kowtowed and said: "This evening, when I was fetching water from the court, I saw several pots of aloe vera raised by my concubine Maobi lying beside the well. It was cold after the snow, and the pots of aloe vera were covered with snow.
He brushed off the snow and carried them under the eaves of the main hall of Jingyang Palace. Then he heard Yin Ju's call and said that the noble had taken a bath and wanted to use balm, so the servant hurriedly sent the balm. Presumably this aloe vera juice is
At this time, if the ointment is contaminated, the noble person's skin will become red and swollen."
Doctor Xu kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, Queen, the symptoms on Haigui's neck are indeed caused by contamination with aloe vera juice. If there is such a plant in Jingyang Palace, it would make sense." He added:
"Your Excellency, you don't need to worry. These symptoms look dangerous. As long as you wait for a few days, take some heat-clearing and neutralizing medicine orally, and don't scratch, they will gradually subside, and there will be no serious problem."
The queen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Yin's face, and said seriously: "Since it's nothing serious...".
But he heard Hai Guiren sneer, turned around and glared at the mouse and said: "You are a slave who eats the inside and outside of the house! Now that you are a member of my noble family, you are still going to move some aloe vera for Mao Bi? You made up this excuse, thinking you can deceive me.
who?".
The mouse looked up at her and said in a low voice: "My lord, there are indeed several pots of aloe vera in the southeast corner under the eaves of the main palace of Empress Maobin. I am not talking nonsense. Your lord, let someone go and check it out and you will know!".
Hai Guiren raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Even so, it doesn't prove that it passed through your hands."
Mouse did not hesitate and said: "When I was carrying the flower pots, I met Qixi, the personal palace maid promised by Fang Ji on the west side. At that time, she was also carrying a very heavy lunch box. She must have returned from the dining room of Changchun Palace. Yes.
Yes, Sister Qixi also gave me a piece of cake."
Qixi suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention.
Yin also saw Ji Ling at this time. She was wearing a bloated dark green robe. Others were all jeweled and lively, but she was the only one who looked like a big green bucket. There were no decent beads on her head.
Chai, standing at the end of the concubines with hunched shoulders and lowered head.
Although Qixi is the maid in charge of the west wing and Ji's personal servant, she has promised to be ignored after all. She follows her master and has long been used to living in such a dusty corner of the world. She was suddenly treated like this.
Surrounded by so many eyes, including the emperor and the queen, Qixi felt that her legs and feet could no longer move.
She glanced at Ji Ling, who had his head lowered and no expression could be seen at all.
So Qixi had no choice but to stand up tremblingly, then knelt down tremblingly and said: "Go back to the Emperor, back to the Queen, slave... I did see... I saw the mouse carrying several pots of aloe vera and sending them under the eaves of the main palace...", said
