Although Yan Mingzhu did not dare to face Mingtai, she was still a little worried, "Your Highness, here..."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything. Go to the side hall and rest for a while. I'll be here soon."
Hearing this, Yan Mingzhu didn't say anything more, nodded, and followed Feiyu to the side hall.
Qi Jue watched Yan Mingzhu's back disappear from sight, then turned and walked towards the Royal Garden, but still worried and warned: "Feiyun, send someone to keep an eye on her. If she feels any discomfort, report it at any time."
This king."
Feiyun has been with Qi Jue for so many years, and this is the first time that he has seen his highness care so much about someone, and it is also a woman.
When the words came to his lips, he suppressed them again after meeting Qi Jue's uncompromising gaze, "Yes, Your Highness."
In the waterside pavilion of the Imperial Garden, the peacock epiphyllum is placed in the center of the stone table.
Concubine Zhuang nervously squeezed the handkerchief in her hand. The calmness on her face was all fake. Just as Yan Mingzhu transplanted the epiphyllum into another pot of red soil, Emperor Zhao and the others came over.
In such a short period of time, even if Yan Mingzhu was given the ability to reach the sky, she might not be able to bring Epiphyllum back to life, right?
Queen Pei caught the panic in Concubine Zhuang's eyes at a glance and curled her lower lip calmly.
Concubine Zhuang, today next year will be your memorial day!
"The scenery here is pleasant, and it is a good place to watch the blooming epiphyllum. Sister Zhuang Fei, is it time to lift the white cloth so that Your Majesty can observe it?"
Concubine Zhuang opened her mouth and was about to say something when Qi Jue's light voice spoke: "Don't worry, according to the time in previous years, the time when the peacock epiphyllum blooms is when the sun is about to set. The sun is still shining now. If it is lifted now,
Once you open it, you won’t feel astonished at first glance.”
"King Dingbei, you and Concubine Zhuang's sister have tried to evade you again and again. First, you covered the peacock epiphyllum with a white cloth, and then said that the greenhouse was not suitable for enjoying the scenery. Now that you have moved to the waterside pavilion, you said that the time has not come yet.
In this way, according to my opinion, it is not that the flower has not bloomed yet, but that this pot of peacock epiphyllum will never bloom again. You are afraid of being punished by His Majesty, so you keep delaying it, right?"
Shi Taiyi followed up and said, "I think what the Empress said is very reasonable. Even if it is not the time when the epiphyllum is in full bloom, there is no need to cover it with a cloth. It seems that I am afraid of being seen. In the past, the Empress presided over the ceremony.
There aren’t so many things to do during the flower banquet!”
Qi Jue sneered, "You don't have to be so roundabout when you talk. The implication between the lines is that you want to say that the peacock epiphyllum is harmful, and you want to use this to punish the mother and concubine for being unfavorable in doing things?"
"King Dingbei, what are you talking about? Sister Zhuang Fei has served His Majesty with me for many years and has a deep love with my sisters. I really hope that Sister Zhuang Concubine can host the flower appreciation banquet well. In this way,
, I can rest assured and recover from my illness.”
With Queen Pei's pretentious face, it would be a waste of her ability not to sing on the stage!
Qi Jue laughed at this, "Can concubines in the harem still have a deep love for each other? You think you are a three-year-old child, will you believe this nonsense?"
Queen Pei choked, knowing that she couldn't stand up to Qi Jue, so she could only look at Emperor Zhao aggrievedly, "Your Majesty, please judge the North King's attitude towards his concubine..."
"Okay, it's not a big deal. It's just a piece of cloth. Just lift it up. Someone comes..."
Before Emperor Zhao finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Qi Jue: "Father, you can lift the cloth, but before that, I still have one condition."
"What are the conditions? Tell me."
Qi Jue added lightly: "The queen and Shi Taiyi hinted between the lines that the peacock epiphyllum was damaged. If the epiphyllum is intact after the cloth is lifted, then the two of them are deliberately framed and should be dealt with according to palace regulations."
When Queen Pei heard what Qi Jue said, she couldn't help but feel an ominous premonition in her heart.
Just as he was about to change his words, Shi Taiyi couldn't wait to say: "Then what if the concubine and the queen's guess is true?"
Qi Jue just cupped his hands and said, "I will let my father condemn me."
Shi Taiyi was so excited, damn King Dingbei, you are going to be finished!
Emperor Zhao agreed and ordered Eunuch Liu to lift the white cloth.
The peacock epiphyllum is intact, but is still in the budding stage. Just looking at the appearance, the moment the flowers bloom, it must be very stunning.
The smile on Shi Taiyi's face froze. She looked closer in disbelief, "This...how is this possible?"
"Shi Taiyi looked in disbelief. Could it be possible that you already knew that something would happen to Peacock Epiphyllum?"
Only then did Shi Taiyi react and immediately denied: "King Dingbei, you are really joking. How could I predict the future..."
"If you don't know, why did you just say it's impossible?"
Shi Taiyi subconsciously looked at Queen Pei, and although Queen Pei had a bad premonition, she didn't expect that the Peacock Epiphyllum was actually intact.
How is this possible? She has clearly asked someone to do something in secret. Could it be... that Qi Jue found out?
It's not like that, because the moment she saw the Peacock Epiphyllum intact, Concubine Zhuang also had a look of disbelief on her face, which meant that Concubine Zhuang knew that something had happened to the Peacock Epiphyllum before.
But now this pot of peacock epiphyllum is intact. What is going on?
Queen Pei suppressed the confusion in her heart and immediately put on a smiling face, "Your Majesty, since the peacock epiphyllum is intact, it is the best."
"It's such a pity that things did not develop according to the mother's expectation. As the lord of the middle palace, the mother did not want the peace of the harem and deliberately framed the concubines. If this spreads out, the face of our Jokhang royal family will be lost."
Emperor Zhao's face sank, "Queen, Shi Taiyi, you are so brave!"
Queen Pei and Shi Taiyi hurriedly knelt down.
"Your Majesty, as the lord of the middle palace, I have been in charge of the harem for many years and have never made any mistakes. Don't you understand what kind of temperament I have? How could I use such vicious means to frame Concubine Zhuang?
Where is my sister?"
Qi Jue unhurriedly answered the question: "That's not what you said when you couldn't wait to ask someone to lift the white cloth. Now that the matter is exposed, do you know how to find an excuse to get away with it?"
"That's not the case, Your Majesty, I am just worried. After all, it is the first time for Zhuang Fei's sister to host a flower viewing party, and the peacock epiphyllum is delicate and difficult to grow. I am just afraid that something will go wrong, so I am a little nervous.
Some, but I definitely did not intend to harm Sister Zhuang Fei through this!"
This woman is really determined not to give up until she reaches the Yellow River.
Qi Jue moved his fingers, and soon Feiyun came forward with a basin of soil.
"Father, not long ago, something happened to the peacock epiphyllum. It began to wither for no reason. Fortunately, my mother was cautious and asked someone to transplant the epiphyllum into another pot of red soil in time.
Afterwards, Erchen ordered people to conduct a thorough investigation and found that the original red soil actually contained the ingredient of bacterium water. Bacteria water is fatal to all plants. Just one drop can cause a patch of flowers and plants to wither, not to mention the native plant.
It’s the peacock epiphyllum that is difficult to raise.”