inspire-indiana Chapter 295 Wanpin is poisoned
Chapter 295 Wanpin is poisoned
Concubine Hua looked at Jianqiu's back as she slipped away, shrugged her shoulders and gave a wicked smile.
It's so boring. Jianqiu was scared away just because of a joke.
Songzhi also had a sly smile on her face as she watched Jianqiu's shoe horn flag disappear into the distance.
Then the master and servant walked around the pile of duck shit on the long street and returned to Yiku Palace.
Such a small episode is not worth mentioning.
When the master and servant arrived at the gate of Yiku Palace, they were still talking and laughing.
Xiao Huanzi, who had been leaning out of the palace gate to look around, saw the shadow of her master and quickly ran forward, kneeling in front of Concubine Hua to report:
"Your Majesty, you are finally back! Your Majesty has been waiting for you in Yikun Palace for a long time." Xiao Huanzi said anxiously.
When the emperor came just now, I said I wanted to go to the Imperial Garden to look for the empress. But the emperor refused to let me go and insisted that I wait until the empress had finished her stroll and then come back.
By now, two cups of tea had already passed. In the harem, Concubine Hua was the first person who could make the Emperor wait.
When Concubine Hua heard that the Emperor was coming, she was startled at first, but then she felt relieved when she remembered that Guizhi, Lanzhi and others must have cleaned the main hall before she left.
As for the desk, there are only a few old notebooks on it, so there shouldn't be any flaws.
Huan Yi Xiang 2.0 also lights up well, and Gui Zhi and Laneige are smart, so there shouldn't be any problems.
After reviewing her confession in her mind, Concubine Hua walked in calmly.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." Concubine Hua bowed and greeted the emperor as she entered the room.
It's so rare to go out, and when I return to my own palace I have to kneel and kowtow, which is really unlucky.
"Get up." Just as Concubine Hua expected, the emperor was standing in front of his desk.
The emperor put down the book he was reading, walked out from the desk and helped Concubine Hua up.
"Why is the emperor here today?" Concubine Hua pulled the emperor towards the couch with a tender and sweet smile, and glanced at what the emperor was looking at just now.
"If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have known that you are now well-read."
Hua Fei's smile was a little stiff. When she heard the word "poetry and books", her mind buzzed for a moment before she realized what the emperor meant.
"Oh, Your Majesty always makes fun of me." Concubine Hua shook off the Emperor's arm and lowered her head in a shy manner.
Concubine Hua remembered that there was a large pile of unread notebooks on the corner of her desk that she had not collected. Those were all collected by Nian Xi from various places and brought into the palace.
These are all books that I have read once and liked very much. They are my collection of books.
The content is more in line with the casual conversations of ordinary people in the capital after dinner, so the wording and sentence choice are not so elegant.
It even has a bit of the gangster spirit of a scoundrel in the market, and someone like the emperor who likes elegance may find it difficult to accept.
How could she forget such a large pile of books? The emperor must have read them all.
Hua Fei had an intense feeling of shame surging into her brain and then exploded.
"I haven't read many books, but I have read a lot of storybooks." The emperor scratched Hua Fei's face with the tassel on his bracelet. "These days, you didn't even come to the Yangxin Palace to see me. You just stayed in the palace reading storybooks and was lazy."
Hua Fei's eyes moved, she shrugged her shoulders, and sat down opposite the emperor.
"Your Majesty, today this maid is serving you, and tomorrow that concubine is accompanying you. Your Majesty is so busy that he may have forgotten about Shilan. Now he is blaming me instead."
It just came to her mind. Concubine Hua just learned it from Songzhi.
"I've read too many storybooks, and I've been talking back faster and faster." The emperor looked at Concubine Hua, "Last night in Jingren Palace, I heard a few duck calls, and I remembered that it was something you gave to the queen, so I wanted to come and see you today."
Concubine Hua: You really gave away the duck and ended up shooting yourself in the foot.
"Did Guizhi and Lanzhi serve tea to the emperor?" Hua Fei avoided the topic of ducks and asked something else. Hearing the ducks reminded her of herself. What a strange association.
"The tea has been brewed three times, and you just came back." Guizhi served the emperor his favorite tea, which was eight-tenths hot. There was tea as soon as he entered the Yiku Palace. Concubine Hua had a good way of training the palace maids.
"I don't know whether I will come or not. Do you always prepare this tea?" The emperor was very touched that Concubine Hua always prepared the tea he was used to drinking. It seemed that Concubine Hua was secretly thinking about him.
"Of course I always have it ready." Concubine Hua pouted and threw a coquettish glance at the emperor.
Lanzhi was quite clever. Even a blind cat catches a dead mouse. Maybe she estimated that she would be returning to the palace soon, so she prepared hot water to make tea.
"I came here today because I want to discuss something with you." The emperor's tone became serious.
Alarm bells started ringing in Hua Fei's heart.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by discuss it or not? Although I am your concubine, I am also your concubine. We are first monarch and subject, then husband and wife. I dare not overstep this rule." Concubine Hua was very eloquent, and she was afraid that the emperor would interrupt her.
"What I am talking to you about today is family matters." Sometimes the emperor felt uncomfortable when listening to Concubine Hua's respectful words.
The woman who said she wanted to give herself a home was ultimately bound by the imperial power and the royal authority.
"The Queen is the one who takes care of household affairs. Why should I tell you?" Hua Fei pretended to be stupid. "I am stupid and cannot share the worries of the Queen and the Emperor. If the Queen is tired, I can only find some more nourishing ducks for her."
"It is said that food supplements are worse than medicine supplements. Your Majesty, do you agree?" Concubine Hua spoke her own thoughts and had no intention of letting the emperor speak.
"Well, the Queen knows your intentions." The Emperor looked at Concubine Hua with a burning gaze, "This matter is related to your family."
Seeing that there was no way around it, Concubine Hua could only shut up and let the Emperor continue.
"Just now the front line reported that in the war in the southwest, your brother and your nephew have made great contributions to me..."
“Your Majesty... Your Majesty...!!!” Xiao Xiazi’s voice came hurriedly from outside the door.
"Why are you so flustered?" The emperor was a little annoyed. Why couldn't he say this?
Xiao Xiazi ran in from the door and knelt down in front of the emperor with a "Duang".
Beads of sweat appeared on Xiao Xiazi's forehead from running, and it seemed that he really had something urgent to do.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Wan..."
When the emperor heard Wanpin's name, he didn't even bother to get angry.
"Miss Huanbi from Suiyuxuan reports that Concubine Wan has been poisoned!"
"What!" The emperor immediately stood up and walked out.
Concubine Hua also stood up in surprise.
Concubine Hua frowned and hesitated for a moment, then walked out.