Chapter 9 Crispy Pastries
When Li Yan came back from outside, he held a red plum covered with snow in his lap.
There was a fire outside, and it was very warm. The snow on the flower branches soon turned into water, and hung on the branches, crystal clear, making the red plum blossoms even more pure.
Li Yan put the flower in Fu Yao's lap and said, "No, it will look good if I hold it."
Fu Yao tilted her head for no apparent reason and asked in confusion, "Late?"
During the few months they lived together in Cining Palace, Li Mingcuo became more and more understanding of Fu Yao. For example, she could not speak complete sentences, but she could grasp key words to express them. After a little thought based on her expressions, you can get the true meaning of Fu Yao.
What you want to say.
Just at this moment, she asked: "Why did I come back so late?"
Li Yan helped her move the hair on her forehead behind her ears: "I met someone on the road and was delayed for a moment."
Fu Yao nodded and asked no more questions.
The medicine sent by the palace maid was placed on the table. Li Yan picked it up and said, "Drink it first."
Fu Yao blinked.
The medicine Li Ming sent was always magical. It smelled bitter to her, but when she drank it, it tasted sweet, almost like sugar water.
She looked at Li Yan's handsome eyebrows and suddenly felt an itch in her heart, so she caught his eye and said, "Feed him."
Feed him.
She said those two words more and more skillfully without any pause.
Li Yan felt dumbfounded for a moment, and there was nothing new about Bu Nao, so he let her go, picked up the spoon and started scooping, and then he put it to his lips to test the temperature.
It was a cold winter day, so the outside of the tray on which the medicine was placed was hollowed out, wrapped in iron sheets, filled with fine charcoal, and sent all the way from the Imperial Hospital. The medicine was just right.
Fu Yao drank it in small sips, her eyes almost bursting with laughter.
When the informant sent by the Queen Mother to keep an eye on the Emperor saw this, he felt more and more that the Queen Mother was being too suspicious.
How can a queen who can even drink soup make her laugh, pretend to be stupid?
Li Min fed her slowly and very patiently. He always felt that his queen was a bit like a little snow rabbit, especially when she was eating, she was quiet and cruel, a little bit off-putting.
Suddenly someone knocked at the door.
Hai Buqi's voice came from outside: "The Emperor is here, everything is ready outside Yangxin Hall."
Fu Yao took the bowl and said, "Stir it yourself, I'll go."
She knew that Li Xi was visiting Grand Tutor Zhang in those few months, and it was the time when Dong Zhengfei was asking for the most attention, so she took the medicine and drank it herself, and smiled at Li Xi, hoping to reassure him.
Li Yan nodded: "He asked someone to prepare flower cakes for me. Don't go out and wait for me to come back."
Fu Yao's eyes narrowed.
Cining Palace is not far from Yangxin Palace, but it took a long time for Li Yan to go there.
Fu Yao looked at the flower branch for a while, found a bottle and put it in it, and then sat by the window to watch the snow.
The Queen Mother did not like plum blossoms, and she could see nothing except the snow-covered rockery outside the window. Fu Yao was a little disappointed, and she gradually became hungry out of boredom, but the flower cake in Li Shen's mouth did not arrive for a long time.
After another half an hour, Fu Yao finally waited for someone to knock on the door. However, it was not the person who brought snacks, but the palace maid who was delivering the message next to the Queen Mother, with a large group of guards behind her.
Nanny Zhang instantly stopped in front of Fu Yao: "That's where the Queen temporarily resides. What's the point of us bringing guards here?"
The palace maid's face was cold: "The concubine accidentally ate a plate of snacks and suddenly fell to the ground unconscious. The maid who brought the snacks asked if she could send the plate of snacks to the queen."
She looked around and said, "They suspect that someone is plotting against the Queen. It's a very important matter. The entire Cining Palace has been put on alert, which will affect the Queen's safety. We hope that Nanny Zhang will cooperate."
"What's the matter? Did the emperor order someone to make that plate of snacks?" The guards who came were all armed with knives. Grandma Zhang had rarely seen such a big battle, and her eyes were red with anxiety.
But will she stay in the palace for a long time? In that case, Dong can quickly sort out his thoughts: "Even if someone wants to harm the empress, how can they dare to assassinate them since they have chosen Dong's poison method? Moreover, these are not our excuses."
, they didn’t see anything and just led people to surround the palace. Do they want to imprison anyone?”
Fu Yao stood behind Nanny Zhang, looking at the knife at the guard's waist, her eyes suddenly filled with hatred.
What were the two of them talking about? She walked directly to the nearest guard and drew out her long knife.
The sound of the sharp blade being unsheathed was particularly harsh, and everyone immediately stopped and looked at her.
Grandma Zhang was so frightened that she even came over to ask for the knife to be taken away: "Empress! That one is untouchable!"
Fu Yao pushed her legs away, dragged the knife that was not very easy to hold on the ground, cut her long skirt, walked straight to the door, then got angry and threw it out.
The snow in front of the door was swept across, and the metal hit the stone slab with a clang, making everyone tremble in shock.
What does the queen want to do?
After Fu Yao threw one, he took out the second person's saber and continued to throw it out. The palace maid who sent the message did not expect that things would turn out like that, and planned to stop him.
But "Queen" Er Zhuotou didn't shout out. A red light flashed in front of her eyes. Fu Yao raised the knife with both legs and pointed it at her. Her eyes were red: "Get out."
The palace maid is stupid.
Fu Yao repeated again clearly: "Get out!"
The most powerful person in the house is the Queen. Who knows what crazy moves a fool Dong Yishun Yongwai might do?
It happened that the emperor had taken special care of her recently.
The palace maid was afraid to breathe when the knife was pointed at her. Although she didn't take the idiot queen seriously, she was afraid that she would really cut her down.
Even if she has the support of the Queen Mother, she is still just a palace maid, and she must not be worthy of it.
She took a step back timidly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I am being reckless in this matter. As for whether the guards need swords to protect your Majesty, I will go to ask for the Queen Mother's orders again. Please be patient."
After the palace maid finished speaking, she waved her legs, and the group of people followed her and exited.
It was quiet again outside the house.
Fu Yao looked a little sad and staggered towards the bed. Aunt Zhang went to help her.
She said: "He stayed alone. He stayed alone."
Aunt Zhang's eyes were full of distress. She knew that Fu Yao was wronged, but also suffered from not being able to talk to her properly. If she had any troubles to solve for her, she could nod her head and say: "Okay, I won't disturb you. If you need anything, just call me."
Fu Yao retreated to the bed alone, but her mind was in chaos.
Maybe that rebirth was a real rebirth. Although some things were the same as in her previous life, great changes had occurred as she made different choices from her previous life.
For example, the Queen Mother fell into the water, and the concubine Jing was poisoned. This has never happened before.
She has lived two lives, and she doesn't really care how wronged she is, but she doesn't want the ending of her previous life to happen again.
Although she is a bit stupid and doesn't know how to express it, she does have some clear ideas in her heart. For example, Li Yan successfully overthrew the Queen Mother in her previous life, but she died tragically in the past.
She knew whether she was being used by someone, someone was using her to kill Li Yan, but when Li Yan died in her previous life, the Queen Mother was already dead.
If not the Queen Mother, then who?
During the time of her rebirth, she had been immersed in the happiness that Li Yan was alive and forgot to think about those things.
Her food was poisoned and the dazzling knives reminded her.
The area around her and Li Yan was never safe.
Chapter completed!