Chapter 1,106, The Dilemma of the Queen

"Mother, please announce the imperial physician first!" the empress reminded.

The Queen Mother nodded, asked the doctor to come over, and led the people to the small tent.

When they arrived at the tent, they saw Princess Ruian sitting on the couch in a panic, holding Shao Wanru's hand on the bed, tears streaming down her face.

The Queen Mother swayed, then she stood still while holding on to the hand of a palace maid. She took a deep breath and then said in a deep voice: "How is Princess Chen?"

"The Queen Mother..." The eldest Princess Ruian was helped up by Grandma Gao, and she reluctantly bowed to the Queen Mother before calling out and crying uncontrollably.

"What's wrong with Princess Chen?" The Queen Mother didn't care about the eldest Princess Ruian. She walked a few steps to the bed and saw Shao Wanru lying motionless on the bed. His face was so pale that there was no trace of blood. She was shocked and almost fell down. fall.

The princess whom grandson Qiantuo and Wantuo had asked him to take care of actually died at his birthday party. How could he explain this to his grandson?

"What's going on?" After regaining her composure, the Queen Mother turned to Yu Jie and Qu Le, who were kneeling on the ground. These two were the two maids serving Shao Wanru, whom the Queen Mother had met before.

Nanny Wei stretched out her hand to help the Queen Mother sit down on a chair on the side.

The empress sat down on another chair, and the other concubines and princesses crowded tightly at the door of the tent. Everyone looked inside nervously. When Princess Chen sent a congratulatory gift, although the situation was not good, It's great, but it doesn't mean it will disappear suddenly.

How could a person who was so alive disappear all of a sudden?

Everyone is related to the royal family, so it is easy to get involved in the murder. Someone assassinated Princess Chen before. In order to assassinate Princess Chen, there was even such a big fuss. Princess Chen survived the disaster last time. , does not mean that he is still in danger.

When people on good terms look at each other, all meanings are revealed.

"Everything was going well before. Why did something like this happen? It must be because you two maids didn't serve you well. Someone, please pull these two maids down and put them in charge of twenty big boards." The Queen Mother is serious. He was so angry that he thought about how his grandson came back to ask for someone, and he was speechless. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Could it be that Chen'er thought that his princess had an accident because she was forcing herself to give him a gift? ?

The Queen Mother became even more angry when she thought that this matter would happen to her.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Our princess was fine before. She even got up to have a meal, and then went to sleep after eating... This is... like this." Yu Jie cried loudly and knelt on the ground hard. Several heads.

"The Queen Mother, when the princess fell asleep, it was still fine. The slaves and maids have been waiting by the side. After sleeping for such a long time, the slaves didn't wake up. The slaves just remembered to call the princess, but no matter how the princess called... she didn't wake up. The slaves were panicked. , before reporting to the Queen Mother." Qu Le also kowtowed to the Queen Mother and cried loudly.

The two maids knocked very hard. Since they were on the muddy ground, they made a loud banging sound, and their foreheads immediately turned blue.

"After finishing the meal... something happened?" The eldest princess Ruian didn't care about the Queen Mother here at this time and asked urgently. At the moment, she only saw her granddaughter lying there with a pale face, without a trace of blood. , panicked.

"Yes, originally our princess didn't want to use it.

The eldest princess sent someone over, and our princess used it a little more, but...but...why can't she sleep because it's so bad! "Yu Jie cried and explained.

Shao Wanru was lying there extremely calmly on the couch, her pale face without a trace of blood, but her expression was extremely stable. Under her cloak, you could see her hands neatly folded on her chest, just like she was sleeping normally. .

"Meal? Is it included in the meal?" Princess Ruian's smile looked worse than crying. Her eyes turned around in panic, as if she was looking for something, and finally saw the food basket placed in the corner of the tent, " Check, check what’s inside, is there anything else inside?”

"To the Queen Mother and the eldest princess, when there were only two slaves, a eunuch from the dining room came to get the food basket. The slave didn't let him take it. It was obviously not him who brought lunch before. Why did he change it so soon? He's dead!" Yujie said.

"Today's lunch, if the eldest princess hadn't specially asked for it, our princess wouldn't have used more of it..." Qu Le also cried.

"I...I was reminded by the Queen, so I made such a trip." The eldest princess Ruian said, almost subconsciously talking to herself.

The Queen Mother was a little calmer than she was. At this time, she had put away her thoughts, and her eyes fell on the Queen's face: "Your Majesty, were you the one who ordered the imperial kitchen to prepare lunch for Princess Chen?"

Originally, this matter was the intention of the Queen Mother, who also planned to ask people to go. It happened that the Queen's people were going to the kitchen to check on the banquet, so the Queen Mother took over the matter. I didn't think anything of it before, but now the meal is clearly Something happened, and if there was Princess Ruian, everyone felt that there seemed to be something wrong.

Is it possible that the Queen really did this?

If it was the Queen Empress who did it, this matter can be explained. I heard that Princess Chen was assassinated before, but Juchu has not been investigated yet, but those who dealt with Princess Chen were just these few people. The Queen Empress and King Zhou were It is very possible that now that the first plan has failed, a second plan has been devised, and actually wants to kill Princess Chen again.

The Empress always advertises herself as gentle and kind on the surface, but in fact she has a vicious heart, so how can she be truly kind.

It is very possible for Princess Chen to do such a thing. For what happens in the palace, the Queen is the most likely person to reach out.

"Mother, I really sent someone to order lunch for Princess Chen, and I did it according to your instructions." Seeing that the Queen Mother doubted her, the Queen Mother was angry and resentful, but she had to stand up and explain.

"The eunuch who sent me away and the eunuch who came to pick me up are not the same person. Does the Queen Mother know?" The Queen Mother said sternly with a cold face. When the imperial doctor comes, she will definitely let the imperial doctor investigate the matter of the meal first.

Everything in the palace has its final say, and it cannot be taken over by anyone who wants to.

"Empress, I really don't know about such a thing, let alone why the imperial kitchen sends different eunuchs. Empress, I will investigate now, and I will not be lenient if I find out." The Empress was eager to distance herself, and hurriedly Expressed his stance.

"How many eunuchs should be punished? Something happened to Princess Chen, and they only punished two eunuchs, the Queen. Did Princess Chen not take it seriously, or did King Chen not take it seriously? Will King Chen also get into trouble next time because of such an unreasonable thing? When the time comes, you will get rid of this matter without mercy!"

The Queen Mother was angry and anxious, she slapped the table hard and said.

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The princesses and concubines were all silent, with their heads lowered, not daring to say a word.

The Empress Dowager and the Empress had a dispute. How could they, young ones, dare to say anything? If they failed to say anything, their lives would be lost.

Many people secretly thought that this matter was really big, and King Chen, who was said to be coming to Beijing soon, might cause some trouble by then.

It’s not that His Highness Chen Wang is very kind to this Concubine Chen, but because of His Highness’s temperament. On the surface, His Highness looks charming, but in fact he has an unyielding and overbearing temperament. If If you really offend him, it's hard to guess what will happen next.

This person is not a master who is willing to suffer losses, even if the opponent is his eldest brother or second brother.

"Mother, I must investigate clearly, and I will definitely find out who is behind the scenes, and I will definitely give Princess Chen an explanation." The Empress was also angry. This matter inexplicably became related to her, but she had nothing to do. To do it, I just asked someone to give an order, and I kindly asked one more question, but now it is my own fault.

If she had known, she would have asked Princess Ruian kindly at that time, but now it sounds like it is all her fault.

"Empress Dowager, I know that eunuch. I have seen the eunuch who gave it to me before and the one I took later. I paid more attention to it and took note of it!" Yu Jie said, wiping her red eyes.

"Both slaves and maids can recognize each other!" Qu Le also said.

"Take one of them to the imperial dining room to identify him!" the Queen Mother said coldly, having already made up her mind. Shao Wanru's accident was too unexpected, but it must not have happened to Chu Liuchen. Although the Queen Mother looked at the Queen Mother, Gloomy, but sanity is still there.

"Come here, take someone down and identify him!" the Queen responded loudly.

"You don't need your people, just the people from the Ai family will take them with them!" the Queen Mother said, and said to the palace servants of Cining Palace on the side, a eunuch came over and took Qu Le down as ordered.

The Queen Mother was almost slapped in the face in public, a trace of annoyance flashed in her eyes, but she couldn't say anything. This was to prevent her from doing anything secretly.

The Empress was both aggrieved and angry when talking about this matter, and she was somehow involved in this matter. Before, the Empress wanted to ease her relationship with Shao Wanru, so that the Emperor and the Empress Dowager would not doubt her, but now she was suspected and started to treat Shao Wanru. As soon as I started, my heart was so irritated that I almost couldn't control it.

The imperial doctor hurried in, first saluted the Queen Mother and the Empress, and then was taken to a corner to check the used meals.

The imperial doctor first tested the poison with a silver needle and found that there was no reaction. Then he checked it carefully. When he found out, his face changed drastically.

"How?" asked the Queen Mother.

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, blood-activating medicine was added to this meal. Princess Chen still has wounds on her body that are not healed. If such medicine was used, it would... would..." The imperial doctor stuttered. He only heard that something happened to Princess Chen. I don’t know what happened, but looking at the current situation, it should be that Princess Chen’s wound burst and she bled to death.

"Zhuo Zhuo!" Princess Ruian screamed, her body went limp and she fainted.

Aunt Gao stretched out her hand and hugged the eldest princess Ruian, shouting urgently: "Princess eldest daughter, princess eldest daughter!"

"What happened?" A cold voice suddenly came from the door, and the Queen's vest, which was about to speak, started to shiver...