Chapter 194: Rich Experience in Palace Fighting
Half a day passed quickly.
For the Queen Mother, today was destined not to be a happy day.
Even though today was her birthday.
After the family banquet, the three princes took their leave first. The Emperor chatted with the Queen Mother for a while, then returned to the Yugan Palace to review memorials and ordered the Queen and others to chat with the Queen Mother.
In the evening, the Queen, Concubine Duan, Concubine Xian and the nine concubines stood up and took their leave one by one.
When the Queen Mother was the only one left in Renshou Palace, she sat on the Phoenix Couch and ordered lightly: "Bring the little pet that the eldest princess presented today."
The palace servant quickly brought the basket over, and moved carefully, as if afraid of waking up the sleeping pet.
The Queen Mother silently stared at the snow-white little ball curled up on the silk cloth and sleeping, her eyebrows slightly deep: "Feng Ping."
"Your servant is here."
"Do you think Tian Yin's abnormal behavior today has something to do with this little pet?"
Feng Ping looked at the basket in surprise, and said solemnly: "This is a little beast... It should have nothing to do with it, right?"
"I also think it should have nothing to do with it." The Queen Mother frowned, "But why is it such a coincidence? Even if Tian Yin is unreliable, he shouldn't lose his composure in an occasion like today."
Feng Ping was silent for a while: "It's rare for the eldest princess to take the initiative to present gifts to the Queen Mother in so many years. It's originally a filial piety, but it's precisely because it's so rare that it's very likely to be used by others."
The Queen Mother's face changed: "Use?"
"Yes." Feng Ping nodded, "This kind of hand in the palace This is not uncommon. The princess used to have a violent temper and never tried to please anyone, but this year she unusually presented a gift to the empress dowager. It is hard to guarantee that others will not take advantage of this opportunity to do something and then frame the princess. "
After hearing what he said, the empress dowager was enlightened: "You mean, someone deliberately made Tianyin crazy?"
"Yes." Feng Ping nodded slowly, "I guess it is possible that someone deliberately chose to poison the third prince today, causing the third prince to behave violently and abnormally in front of the emperor. The emperor was furious and blamed him. Not only will the third prince be punished, but the empress dowager will also be the first to suspect the pet sent by the princess. The person behind the poisoning will not be affected at all, and may be complacent at this time. "
The empress dowager's face was gloomy and she was silent.
Feng Ping was right. It is not uncommon for concubines in the palace to fight for power and profit.
"Who do you think it will be?"
"It's hard to say." Feng Ping shook his head, his tone was extremely cautious, "If we say that the most likely ones at the moment should be the Queen and Concubine Duan, but the Queen doesn't seem to need to do so. Concubine Duan has fallen out of favor, and the Imperial Concubine is now in the Qingyin Palace. The Queen and her son are currently in the upper hand and are almost certain to win. It is the best policy to keep calm at this time. With the Queen's patience for so many years, she should not take such a big risk to frame the Third Prince."
The Queen Mother's eyebrows were gloomy: "So Concubine Duan is the most likely?"
Feng Ping said: "I am just guessing, I dare not conclude."
The Queen Mother did not speak, her eyes fell on the little pet sleeping on the blue silk cloth, slowly stroking his snow-white and soft hair, thinking deeply in her heart.
Concubine Duan has fallen out of favor, but the Emperor has not demoted her position, which means that the fifth prince Chu Tianzheng still has the qualifications to compete for the throne - whether he can win is another matter, at least he does have the qualifications.
It's not strange that Concubine Duan wants to frame Tian Yin. Besides, she doesn't love her daughter. Instead, she should hate her to the core because Chu Qinghuang destroyed the foundation of the Ling family by herself.
Because of hatred, she wants revenge.
It doesn't sound wrong.
But the queen can't completely rule out suspicion.
The queen mother is thinking about it and her head hurts. No matter whether it was the queen or Concubine Duan who did it, there is no evidence to convict them for the time being.
Whether Tian Yin was poisoned or not, they have to send the imperial physician to check his pulse to confirm. If someone really poisoned him, this matter must be thoroughly investigated!
"Feng Ping." The Queen Mother quickly ordered, "Go to the Imperial Hospital and ask Doctor Wang to go to the Prince of Jin's Mansion in person, and check the Third Prince with Adai to see if there is anything wrong with his body."
"Yes. I'll go right away."
That night, Chu Qinghuang, who had just finished her inspection of the military camp and returned to the Princess' Mansion, had just finished her dinner when she heard Fu Cang's report, and her eyebrows raised slightly: "The Queen Mother sent the doctor to the Prince of Jin's Mansion?"
"Yes."
"What did you find out?"
Fu Cang replied: "After the reminder of the eunuchs around her, the Queen Mother naturally began to suspect that someone had poisoned her."
During this period, unless Chu Qinghuang had other orders, Fufeng, Fuyun and the other four had been taking turns to keep an eye on the movements of the major palaces. Chu Tianyin was injured at noon and the doctor had treated his injury. There was a female doctor in the mansion to take care of him. Naturally, Fu Cang could not hide the fact that another doctor went to the Prince of Jin's Mansion in the evening.
Chu Qinghuang took a sip of tea: "Renshou Palace eunuch Feng Ping?"
"Yes."
"He is the empress dowager's confidant." Chu Qinghuang looked relaxed, "The empress dowager will mostly believe what he says. After all, they are old people who have experienced the intrigues in the palace and survived by chance. They are naturally experienced and understand the means of competing for favor in the harem."
Although what happened today has nothing to do with the competition for favor in the harem, it can't stop experienced people from thinking about it, right?