After that, no matter how Qin Rushuang asked for news about the old palace maid, the imperial concubine remained silent.
She only told her to have Xie Xun take the antidote as soon as possible and wait until he wakes up.
Qin Rushuang returned to the palace with a lot of questions. After thinking over and over again, she decided to listen to the imperial concubine and use the antidote to wake up Xie Xun.
Xie Xun was very weak when he woke up. He took the antidote for more than an hour before he finally woke up.
When he woke up, he still had the feeling of not knowing where he was.
It wasn't until he saw Qin Rushuang with a worried look in front of him that he tried his best to smile and pulled her hand.
"Don't make such an expression. Am I still alive? I've been in a coma for a few days. Has the person behind it been found out?"
Qin Rushuang lowered her eyes and counted the time. Seven days had passed since Xie Xun was bitten by the poisonous snake.
"Seven days. Your Majesty."
"Has the person behind it been found out?"
Hearing Xie Xun's question, Qin Rushuang hesitated for a moment: "The investigation has found out, but my mother-in-law told me that you must wake up first before making your decision on this matter."
After that, Qin Rushuang told him everything that happened after Xie Xun fell into coma.
Including Concubine Li's inquiries, including the rumors outside the palace, and all of this, the ultimate source turned out to be a thin, white-haired old palace maid in the imperial concubine's palace...
Tell Xie Xun everything.
After Xie Xun listened, the surprised expression on his face was exactly the same as what Qin Rushuang saw on the imperial concubine's face that day.
"What's wrong, Your Majesty, but what other background does this person have? Isn't it difficult to deal with it?"
Xie Xun let out a long sigh, then shook his head and said, "If this person is the mastermind behind everything, then I'm afraid her real purpose this time is not that complicated, and... this time
I'm afraid I've caused you trouble."
Qin Rushuang felt even more confused, "Who is this person? Why do you and the concubine treat her so strangely?"
After listening, Xie Xun did not immediately answer Qin Rushuang's question, but sat up with support.
"If it's her, there's no need to worry. You have to ask someone to cook some porridge for me first. I've been sleeping for the past few days, and now I'm very hungry when I wake up."
Qin Rushuang then remembered that this man had been unconscious for several days and it was due to his own negligence. He quickly called the maid to go to the imperial kitchen to prepare food.
Xie Xun felt strong after eating, and called his trusted imperial doctor to help him get rid of the remaining poison in his body.
Fortunately, seven to eight parts of the snake venom has been removed. Now, coupled with the superb medical skills of the imperial doctor and Xie Xun's self-propelled palace, by night, almost all the venom has been eliminated from the body.
Xie Xun's complexion also improved a lot, and he could even go to the ground.
"Rushuang, I'm fine. Please go out for a walk with me."
Qin Rushuang looked at him with some disapproval, "You have just recovered and it's cold at night. What are you doing out there?"
"Go out for a walk and chat with you, and take you to see the final mastermind."
Seeing Xie Xun's insistence, Qin Rushuang did not refuse and helped Xie Xun stand up.
Xie Xun's steps were a little unsteady at first, but after taking a few steps, it turned out that people who practice Qigong are in good health and could walk smoothly.
The two of them walked all the way from outside the palace to the imperial concubine's palace.
The moon is bright tonight and the stars are few, which is a good weather.
"Rushuang, I have never mentioned anything about my mother-in-law to you, right?"
Qin Rushuang nodded, "I only know that the imperial concubine is of noble birth and is loved by her father. I don't know much about the rest."
Xie Xun nodded, and then said, "Before my mother-in-law married my father, she had two little maids who grew up together. One is Grandma Yinghong as you know, and there is another person, but I have never
I mentioned it to you."
"The two little maids who grew up with my mother and concubine, one is named Yinghong and the other is named Lujiao."
Qin Rushuang understood the idea and immediately asked: "Lv Jiao? Is she the white-haired old palace maid?"
Xie Xun nodded, agreeing with her guess.
Qin Rushuang then asked, "Then since she and the imperial concubine are brothers and grew up together, why have I never seen her?"
"Because she was in poor health, she once...saved my life."
Next, Xie Xun told him an incident from his childhood.
Because Xie Xun was ordered to die since he was a child, he aroused the jealousy of Emperor Qi. Not only that, he also aroused the jealousy of other concubines in the harem and the prince.
When Xie Xun was nine years old, a pregnant concubine took the risk and poisoned Xie Xun because she had a dragon seed in her belly.
The little palace maid who brought Xie Xun food was someone whom the imperial concubine trusted very much and who had watched Xie Xun grow up.
Xie Xun also trusted her. In addition, the imperial concubine was not in the palace that day. Xie Xun was tired from playing and hungry. He wanted to drink the bowl of porridge brought by the little palace maid without testing the poison.
At this moment, Lu Jiao happened to come in. Seeing Xie Xun holding the porridge and about to drink it, she quickly took it over and said that she wanted to taste it for him to see if it was hot.
It was because she tasted that mouthful of porridge that she discovered that the porridge was actually poisonous, and the poison was so overbearing that Lu Jiao would become poisonous and fall unconscious.
When the imperial concubine found out, she became furious, conducted a thorough investigation of the poisoned concubine, and urgently ordered people from the Imperial Hospital to treat Lu Jiao.
But the poison was so overbearing that even if Lu Jiao was revived, her body would be severely damaged.
Therefore, Lu Jiao is obviously about the same age as Grandma Yinghong, but she looks like she is in her fifties or sixties.
"After she was poisoned and rescued, the mother-in-law built a side hall in the palace. Because her body could not see the wind and was very weak, she was not allowed to serve her around. Instead, she pointed out a few maids.
Serve her."
"Those little palace maids should be the ones who went to spread the news. They are loyal to her. If they are discovered, they will naturally die to protect Lu Jiao behind her."
After Qin Rushuang heard this past incident, she felt mixed emotions in her heart.
However, she was even more confused, "Since she was loyal to the imperial concubine and saved your life, why would she do something to harm you now?"
"Maybe it's because she likes me too much and dotes on me too much..."
"Actually, when I was young, my mother-in-law was quite strict with me. Aunt Yinghong listened to my mother-in-law very much, so she was not very close to me. Only Lujiao liked me the most and she could be called doting on me.
, she almost regarded me as her own child, and of course, she also invested a lot of hope in me."
"When I was very young, one day she coaxed me to sleep. When I was about to fall asleep, I suddenly heard her whispering from the side. If I become the emperor in the future, I will be a prosperous and wise king. There will be no one in this world.
People say what I am not."
"She thought I was asleep, but actually I was still awake, and I was very impressed by that incident..."
"I think she planned this thing because I didn't want to touch any other women except you during this period, which caused the court and the people to be in an uproar and argue about me endlessly."
Hearing this, Qin Rushuang couldn't help but ask: "Since it is because of me that she feels unhappy, and the person she wants to deal with should be me, why did the snake-attracting drug be put on your robe?
"
"It's because she loves me the most and understands me best, so she put the medicine on my robe."
"Think about it, if the person who drugged you was a boatman that day, he would definitely be able to see that you were not wearing your coat that day. Lujiao knows my character. If I fall in love with someone, I must be considerate of her, so
That robe must be put on you in the end, and the person she wants to harm from the beginning to the end is not me, but you..."
"It's just that I blocked the attack of the poisonous snake for you, so the person who was poisoned became me."
After finishing speaking, Xie Xun looked at Qin Rushuang apologetically: "Rushuang, if the person behind it is really her, then I..."
Before Xie Xun could finish his apology, Qin Rushuang interrupted him.
"Since she has saved your life, this is the grudge between the two of you. The prince can handle it by himself. I don't blame her. No matter how the prince executes this matter, I have no objection."
Xie Xun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, but I will definitely let her apologize to you. Now I plan to take you to meet her. I think... maybe she just doesn't understand you. Wait until she understands."
From now on, I will definitely love you as much as I love you."
Qin Rushuang was noncommittal, smiled and said nothing.
In the blink of an eye, the imperial concubine's palace was already in front of her.
And Qin Rushuang finally got to meet the legendary Lu Jiao.
