The small case was less than three feet high, and there was a mat and soft blanket spread under it. The soup cup fell over and fell, but it did not break. Most of the pear soup inside immediately spilled out.
Concubine Sun's expression changed and she quickly asked: "Your Majesty, your Majesty is hot!"
The Queen Mother shook her head: "I have never burned the Ai family..."
The little girl was very particular about her movements when sweeping the soup cup down, and there was absolutely no possibility of burning her - her future granddaughter-in-law would act cautiously and reliably...
Aunt Lan stepped forward and helped the Queen Mother up.
"...That's good." Concubine Sun seemed to be relieved and hurriedly bent down to clean up the mess on the ground.
"Let your servant handle this kind of thing." Xu Mingyi quickly lifted up the soup cup with the remaining pear soup in it.
Concubine Sun hesitated, then nodded, straightened up, and sighed and said: "Next time, remember to be more careful when doing things. It's not a big deal if you knock things over. What should I do if I burn the Queen Mother?"
"The person who should be careful when doing things should be you, the concubine, right?"
The girl raised her head. The nervousness of having done something wrong disappeared from her body, and there was a hint of coldness in her calm eyes.
Concubine Sun was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "...Although you are the maid beside the princess, you should not be so arrogant in your words and deeds."
"Before reprimanding me for being presumptuous, the concubine may want to explain why there is such poison in this pear soup——"
While Xu Mingyi was speaking, he took out the poison-testing needle from the soup cup and showed it to Princess Sun.
"..." Seeing the blackened body of the needle, Concubine Sun's eyes were shocked, her lips twitched, and she said in a trembling voice: "What are you talking nonsense about? What kind of poison! I make soup for the Queen Mother every day, and I have never done it before.
Not a single mistake was made!”
With that said, he stretched out his hand to grab the poison-testing needle: "I don't care what your intentions are, but don't even think about slandering me!"
Xu Mingyi clasped her stretched out wrist with his left hand and clasped it firmly on the desk with a little force: "There is no need to be so anxious not to accuse yourself and to destroy the evidence. If you hadn't done it, no one would be wronged.
you--"
"Your Majesty..." Seeing this sudden scene before her, Grandma Lan's face turned pale for a moment.
Concubine Sun actually poisoned the empress in the soup?!
How could such a thing happen!
The Queen Mother also had a look of surprise in her eyes. Ever since she heard her son say that someone might be trying to harm her, she had secretly suspected many people, but she had never thought of Mrs. Sun.
As Sun said, he has been making soup for her every day recently - so this thought was saved before leaving Beijing? Sending soup every day is just to cover up and confuse today's move?!
but……
Her future grandson-in-law is really strong.
Seeing Mrs. Sun whose wrists were restrained and unable to move, her face turned pale from the pain and she was breaking out in a cold sweat, the Queen Mother couldn't help but sigh inappropriately in her heart.
On the side, Nanny Lan finally came to her senses and shouted with anger in her eyes: "Come quickly, someone wants to poison the Queen Mother!"
As soon as this sound came out, everyone was immediately alarmed.
Lights were lit up in various parts of the mausoleum temple.
Nanny Lan had regained her composure at this time and immediately sent someone back to the palace to report the matter to the emperor.
"Madam, I'll go! I'll tell the eldest and second brothers in person!" Princess Jingrong, who was awakened and came over, said nervously.
Princess Yufeng, who was still stunned due to shock, subconsciously wanted to stop her mother from messing around, but in her eyes, she saw her friend shaking his head slightly towards her.
Xu Mingyi thought there was no need to stop it.
If the eldest princess goes to "make a scene", it will be of great help to the next thing.
Something happened to the Queen Mother in the previous life, but in the end she only informed the world that it triggered an emergency. In addition to the fact that the symptoms of the poison were not easy to detect, I am afraid that the emperor was covering it up to some extent——
Because no matter who the murderer is, if this matter becomes serious, the King of Yan and even some officials will inevitably be suspicious of the emperor, and it will definitely cause shock among the people in the court, so for the emperor, concealing the truth is the best way.
But in this life, she had obtained physical evidence on the spot, confirming that someone was planning to poison the Queen Mother. If she wanted to find out whether there was someone behind Mrs. Sun's death, she had to expose the matter in front of everyone.
Princess Yufeng vaguely understood her friend's intention and let go of the eldest princess's arm.
After the Queen Mother nodded, the eldest princess picked up her skirt and ran out.
The two maids quickly followed.
"Tie up Mrs. Sun first." The Queen Mother personally ordered the guards who came over - can she still wink? Isn't it tiring for her future grandson-in-law to hold down that crazy woman all the time?
The guard stepped forward in response, and Xu Mingyi released his grip on Princess Sun.
When several guards saw the marks on Mrs. Sun's wrist, they couldn't help but secretly exchange glances. If the eyes could speak, it would definitely be - good guy, what kind of maid would you be if you have such strength?
Concubine Sun was still struggling to cry out her injustice, and the guards Gong E had different expressions on their faces and dared not say a word to each other.
The stars in the night quietly disappeared without knowing when, and the moonlight was no longer clear. The dark clouds were like veils, covering layer by layer, covering up most of the clear brilliance of the bright moon, making the place where the sky and the earth meet seemed to be falling into chaos.
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Even though it was already the time of his son's reign, Emperor Qingming was still in the palace, but he still had not fallen asleep.
Today there is an emergency report. There has been another riot by victims in Mingzhou. This is not a big deal. It can only be arrested and chopped off——
But the key point is that after those people made trouble all the way to the government office, Zhang Yun, the magistrate of Mingzhou, not only failed to persuade them, but immediately arrested and punished them, and even rebelled along with them!
It is said that he took off his official robe on the spot and took the lead in burning the plaque of the government office!
This was the first time he heard that the prefect did not stop the people from rioting, but instead took the lead in the rebellion... It was really unreasonable!
Emperor Qingming was very troubled by this. His head was suddenly in severe pain, and his heart was so stuffy that he could hardly breathe. Before that, he had seen Zhan Yunzhu this afternoon - could it be that evil energy had invaded his body?
So the imperial master was sent to come and perform practices to drive away evil spirits.
At this time, the Imperial Master had just come out of the emperor's residence with a Taoist boy, and met Zhan Yunzhu who came to see him.
Seeing the Imperial Master, Zhan Yunzhu's eyes flashed slightly.
Why did Your Majesty summon the Imperial Advisor late at night?
Zhan Yunzhu suppressed his inner speculation for the time being, walked down the steps, and said to the eunuch guarding outside the hall: "Zhan just heard about the incident in Mingzhou, and came here to see His Majesty late at night——"
There was a hint of coming to offer advice in his words.
The eunuch entered the room and reported the original words to Emperor Qingming.
Emperor Qingming, who was leaning on the couch and pressing his temples, heard that it was Zhan Yunzhu. He immediately felt his head hurt more and his breathing became more difficult. Even his whole body was suddenly surrounded by cold air - this coldness was definitely not his imagination.
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Looking at the Emperor who seemed to be shivering, Li Ji hesitated to close the window that suddenly let in the cold wind - His Majesty had difficulty breathing and asked him to open it for ventilation.
