Chapter 265 Poisoning
"You are really thoughtful!" A satisfied smile appeared on the Queen Mother's face, but she did not touch the mooncakes on the plate. Lu Mo understood and immediately moved the plate aside, waiting for the maids to bring others. [ ]
Concubine Chun presented date paste mooncakes, Concubine Jia presented mince mooncakes, and Concubine Yu presented five-nut mooncakes. Although the Queen Mother praised them all, she only took a small bite of each, and very reluctantly.
"What did your concubine do?" The Queen Mother looked at Wei Ning'er with a smile.
Wei Ning'er ordered Bingruo to take out the mooncakes from the food box, and there was a burst of exclamation from all around.
"What kind of mooncake is this? It's so crystal clear on the outside, but the colors on the inside are different. It's really pleasing to look at!" the Queen Mother asked with a smile.
"To the Queen Mother, there are various fruits inside this moon cake, so the colors are different. As for the crystal clear thing on the outside, it is made by boiling Gelidium in a pot. Put it in ice cubes and freeze it.
It’s like this.” Wei Ning’er replied with a smile.
"This is quite new, the Ai family has never seen it before." The Queen Mother's eyes were filled with approval.
"Your concubine is interested!" The emperor also smiled.
Lu Mo winked lightly, and the Cining Palace maid Jade Hairpin and Jade Painting, who had been responsible for distributing mooncakes to everyone, immediately walked over. After the eunuch carefully inspected the mooncakes made by Wei Ning'er, he walked forward with a plate of mooncakes.
Come.
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, please use it!" Yuhan gently wrapped her body. Yuhua picked up the silver chopsticks in her hand, picked one up and put it on the plate in front of the Queen Mother. Unexpectedly, there was a loud noise, which scared the chopsticks in her hand.
It fell to the ground, and the screams of the concubines could be heard in my ears.
"What happened?" After the brief fright, the Queen Mother asked in a deep voice.
"Wu Shulai, go and have a look!" The emperor also changed his expression and ordered Wu Shulai.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wu Shulai ran over immediately, and came back hurriedly after a while to report: "Your Majesty, I am the servant in charge of setting off fireworks. For some reason, I dozed off and accidentally set off a fireworks.
The tube fell into the fire!"
After hearing this, the imperial concubine immediately stepped forward and said with some fear: "I would like to report to the emperor that it was all improper arrangements made by my concubine. Please forgive me!"
"That's all!" Although the emperor was a little unhappy, he did not pursue it. He turned to look at Wu Shulai and said, "Is anyone injured?"
"Your Majesty, the little eunuch was injured, but it's not serious!"
"It's okay!" The Queen Mother also breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Lu Mo handed the ivory chopsticks on the table to Yu Hua. The moment their eyes met, Lu Mo saw Yu Hua blink slightly and knew that everything had been arranged.
Yu Hua picked up a moon cake from the plate and put it in front of the Queen Mother. Then she and the hosta walked in front of the emperor. Behind Qing Fu, Yu Hua also picked up a moon cake for the emperor. Then, the two of them walked to Concubine Xian and held the hosta.
The hand holding the plate shook slightly. Lu Mo, who had been watching them, saw this and pinched his sleeves tightly.
Since entering the palace, she has experienced countless ups and downs, and passed by death many times. But today, she has made up her mind to die, but...she is very content to have the imperial concubine as her companion on the road to hell.
When I saw Huilan under Jiuquan, she also gave an explanation.
"This moon cake is really delicious. The hostas and jade paintings, please bring this plate to the Ai family!"
Just before Yuhua handed the poisonous mooncakes that she had hoped for earlier to the imperial concubine, the Queen Mother's voice rang in her ears. Her hands froze slightly, and Yuhan, who was holding the plate, was so frightened that she almost dropped the plate. On the ground.
"Why are you standing there stunned? Didn't you hear what the Queen Mother said?" After the imperial concubine said this, before the hosta and jade paintings came to their senses, she winked at Zi Yan beside her. Zi Yan understood and immediately came up. Qian took the plate from Hosta and presented it to the Queen Mother.
Yuhan and Yuhua were so frightened that they almost fainted and fell to the ground. Fortunately, no one paid attention to them. After they came to their senses, they retreated. They just looked at Lu Mo from a distance, their faces full of anxiety.
Lu Mo couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and looked sharply at the imperial concubine, her eyes filled with disbelief.
Yesterday at Yikun Palace, the imperial concubine told Lu Mo that she would find a suitable opportunity to divert everyone's attention when her concubine presented the moon cakes, and then let Lu Mo take advantage of everyone's panic to poison the moon cakes. It was given to Concubine Jia and Concubine Chun. However, in order to prevent any mistakes, the poisonous mooncakes were given to the Queen Mother and the Emperor, so Concubine Huang asked her to reduce the amount of poison.
However, the person Lu Mo really wanted to kill was Concubine Xian, so she did not reduce the dosage at all.
She has been serving the Queen Mother for twenty years, and has grown from an ordinary palace maid to a leading aunt in charge. Naturally, she has trustworthy people around her. The hosta and jade painting sisters are her confidants. She once saved her life. Therefore, we can rest assured to let them do things.
Just now, there was a loud noise, and Yuhua deliberately threw away the silver chopsticks in his hand. As long as there were no silver chopsticks, no one would notice the poison on the mooncakes.
The hosta took the opportunity to poison the mooncakes. Yuhua could clearly see the mooncakes contaminated with poison. Naturally, he was going to give them to the imperial concubine according to Lu Mo's instructions, and unexpectedly something like this happened.
Originally, as soon as Yuhan came to her senses, she would pretend to accidentally knock the plate of mooncakes to the ground, but she was unexpectedly stopped by the imperial concubine in advance.
The imperial concubine clearly knew that the mooncakes inside were poisonous, but she still presented them to the Queen Mother, which was very cruel.
Lu Mo never dreamed that the Queen Mother treated the Imperial Concubine as if she were her own child, and the Imperial Concubine would actually use the Queen Mother to frame the Concubine.
In fact, the imperial concubine just had a sudden idea. At that moment, she thought a lot. Even if Concubine Chun and Concubine Jia were poisoned, it would not kill them. Maybe these two bitches would still intercede for your concubine. If the Queen Mother What about poisoning? That makes a big difference.
The imperial concubine knew that the Queen Mother was indeed kind to her, and if she wanted to be the Queen, she had to rely on the Queen Mother's support, so the Queen Mother could not die yet.
What she didn't know was that it was she who Lu Mo was really trying to poison, and the poison in that moon cake was enough to kill someone quickly.
"It tastes really good. The fruit inside is very fresh, and the crystal clear thing on the outside also has a special taste!" The Queen Mother picked up one and put it in her mouth, and smiled after eating.
Lu Mo's heart was in her throat. At this time, she had no idea which of the mooncakes on the plate was poisonous.
"It's really good!" The emperor also praised.
The Queen Mother picked up another one, Lu Mo clenched her fists, and was about to step forward to knock the mooncake in the Queen Mother's hand to the ground. Unexpectedly, before she could make a move, the Queen Mother put it into her mouth again, which was obviously what she had done to your concubine. I really like the stuff.
Looking at the three-month cakes left on the plate, Lu Mo became worried and wanted to take action.
"Lu Mo, what's wrong with you?" Aunt Qiu on the side had noticed something was wrong with her and couldn't help but ask.
"Ah!" Lu Mo shook his head fiercely: "It's okay!"
Aunt Qiu was startled. When she came to her senses, there were only two mooncakes left on the plate.
Lu Mo was shocked and at the same time lamented the Queen Mother's good luck that she had never eaten the poisonous mooncake.
Just when Lu Mo thought that the Queen Mother was about to eat the leftovers, the Queen Mother suddenly smiled and said: "I am old. I ate some green plum preserves after lunch today. My teeth have been sore tonight and I have hardly eaten anything for dinner. If it weren't for
Your concubine’s mooncakes are really delicious, and the Ai family won’t be so greedy!”
Lu Mo breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this. She was afraid of an accident, so she persuaded the Queen Mother to eat candied green plums. Not only that, she also encouraged the Queen Mother to treat the Emperor to some.
Facts have proved that the two masters tonight, including the concubine who ate a lot of candied green plums, did not eat much of the mooncakes presented to them because their teeth were too sore.
In Lu Mo's view, we must prepare for the worst, that is, the poisonous mooncakes were accidentally given to the Queen Mother or the Emperor. As long as the two masters have no appetite and just have a small taste, even if the poisonous mooncakes are recovered
There is a chance of rescue.
After a while, the mooncakes brought by Wei Ning'er were distributed to everyone present. Because they were very unique and tasted good, everyone liked them very much.
The Queen Mother turned back to look at Nanny Qiu and Lu Mo beside her, and said with a smile: "There are two left, you guys should try them, they are very good!"
"Thank you, empress!" Aunt Qiu gently blessed herself and took one directly without being polite.
After Lu Mo was stunned for a short time, he immediately put the remaining one into his mouth, fearing that someone would notice something strange before it was too late.
She never thought about it, but it was her and Aunt Qiu's turn to eat the poisonous mooncake in the end. At this moment, she didn't care so much anymore, even if she ate the poisonous one, she would admit it.
When the imperial concubine saw this, there was a hint of disappointment in her eyes. They were just two palace maids. Although they were the most important servants around the Queen Mother,... a servant was a servant and could never be as good as the master.
After swallowing the moon cake like a jujube, Lu Mo even prepared to face the severe pain and death. However, before she died, she must bite the imperial concubine hard and drag her to hell with her.
After a while, Lu Mo was slightly startled by the unexpected pain and discomfort, and subconsciously turned around to look at Aunt Qiu next to her.
Seeing that Aunt Qiu was no different, she was slightly surprised. Could it be that the imperial concubine did not give her poison, but just to test her?
Just when Lu Mo was lost in thought, Aunt Qiu felt her tongue was numb, and a sharp pain surged into her heart. She couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hands and cough, but she couldn't stop the cough.
"Mommy, what's wrong with you?" Lu Mo suddenly woke up and supported Aunt Qiu. The next moment, Aunt Qiu fell softly on her.
"Mommy..." Lu Mo looked at the blood overflowing from the corner of her mouth and couldn't help but scream.
The Queen Mother was talking to the Emperor when she was startled by Lu Mo's voice and turned around. She saw that Aunt Qiu had fainted and blood was still flowing from the corner of her mouth. She immediately turned pale and said in a trembling voice: "Here comes someone.
Chapter completed!