The emperor was so angry that he bled thousands of miles.
Zhou Zhong took the order and left. At the same moment, two figures stepped into the Qiongzhi Palace one after the other.
The first one to arrive was Concubine Shu. Her face was full of worry. As soon as she entered the palace, she quickly walked to Ahaya's couch and gave a simple salute to Xie Jie.
"I heard that my sister is ill." She sighed, but hesitated, "Now I am in charge of the palace. If something like this happens, I really have no face."
"Concubine Shu is always 'good-hearted'." Concubine De was a few steps behind her. She was supported by He Jieyu and walked slowly into the palace. She bowed to Xie Jie, smiled charmingly, and turned to Shu.
When she was a concubine, her expression changed again.
"If I were you and knew that I was incapable of governing the palace, I should take my seal and apologize to His Majesty."
It's really lively.
Ahaya leaned crookedly on the couch, frowning and half-closing her eyes, as if she was still very weak, but she was secretly laughing in her heart.
She had no intention of speaking, she just counted a few times in her heart, and then she heard Concubine Shu softly speak.
"Even if there is a punishment, it should be decided by Your Majesty. Concubine De, you have crossed the line." She shook her head slightly, glanced at Concubine De with great disapproval, and then said, "There must be a reason for this.
Say it. Your Majesty, what does the imperial physician say?"
"This girl's medicine contains pinellia and she eats mutton every day. The two conflict with each other and accumulate toxins."
Xie Jie only gave a faint look, and the imperial doctor immediately explained to the two of them.
When Concubine Shu heard this, she seemed stunned for a moment and frowned in confusion: "That's not right."
"Pinellia is just one of the medicinal materials. If it is to become poisonous, how much should be used? Has the imperial doctor checked the medicinal residue?"
"I had a sudden attack, so the medicine residue must not have been cleaned up yet." Ahaya took a breath at this time, her voice was weak, but just enough for the few people in front of the bed to hear.
Concubine De suddenly stopped stroking her temples and looked at He Jieyu.
Seeing He Jieyu shaking her head invisibly, she breathed a sigh of relief and sneered lazily: "You are too pretentious. It's probably because you were greedy and used things you shouldn't have used, which is why you got sick like this.
"
"It's as if someone wants to poison you."
Ahaya raised his eyes slightly and glanced at her: "If there is any villain causing trouble, you will know after checking."
"Sister, what you said makes sense." Concubine Shu nodded and turned to signal to the palace maid beside her, "Baoqin, you can lead the imperial doctor to check the medicine residue."
"Ha." Concubine De immediately sneered and raised her eyes, "I'm afraid that Concubine Shu is not the only person who is honest enough. Why don't we ask He Jieyu to go check it out too."
Even though they were both concubines, she summoned people, but she didn't care about their dignity at all.
Everyone in the palace had long been accustomed to her domineering attitude. Seeing how confident she was, Concubine Shu's eyes suddenly flashed and she shook her head slightly towards Baoqin.
It seems that from this line, it is impossible to catch the concubine De's pigtails.
Ahaya knew it clearly in her heart.
The amount of pinellia in the decoction did exceed the amount that should be used. However, in order to prevent pregnancy, she kept using the same excuse to ask for medicinal materials from the imperial hospital. The imperial doctor could have used the excuse that she had been ill for a long time to increase the dosage of medicine.
The focus of this matter is not on the medicine.
She suddenly coughed violently, focusing everyone's attention on herself, and then breathed slowly.
"Your Majesty, the dining room..."
"Be honest!"
Just at this time, Zhou Zhong, who had gone to the dining room to pick up someone, also came back.
He raised his voice very high, warning, and then lowered his head towards Xie Jie: "Your Majesty, they are the two of you who are responsible for formulating the daily dishes and allocating ingredients in the dining room."
The two palace men, one tall and one short, were both kneeling on the ground, afraid to speak.
"Mutton is rare, and it is only available to high-ranking concubines." Concubine Shu was the first to attack, "Why is there Qiongzhi Palace?"
"Your Majesty, please spare your life! Your Majesty, please spare your life!"
The tall man was the first to be unable to resist: "I just ordered the dishes according to what was distributed. I don't know anything else!"
The short man also begged for mercy: "I just brought an extra portion of mutton recently. Even if I eat the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard, I don't dare to murder the noble!"
"All the meat coming from the north has its share, how can there be so much!"
Concubine Shu frowned and patted the table, looking dignified.
"This meat is rare. Apart from Your Majesty, only my concubine and my sister De Fei can eat it on weekdays..." She seemed to realize something, her tone was a little anxious, but she directly removed the suspicion on herself, "I am cold.
I love eating these in winter, and I can’t leave any of them, as everyone in the palace can testify.”
"I heard that my sister De Fei dislikes the smell of mutton and never likes to eat it..."
"De Fei." Xie Jie tapped his knuckles and spoke coldly.
"I really don't like mutton." Concubine De showed no guilt, pursed her lips, and looked at Xie Jie with eyes full of grievance, "So..."
"A long time ago, this example was rewarded to others."
When Ahaya heard this, she was suddenly startled and pinched her fingertips.
wrong.
Given Concubine De's character, she would not give things to others even if she threw them away.
She knew that Concubine De was lying, but since she had just entered the palace in this life, she shouldn't have too thorough a thorough understanding of the people's hearts in the palace.
In order not to make Xie Jie suspicious, she could only suppress the question she was about to ask and turn her attention to Concubine Shu.
As expected, Concubine Shu raised an objection: "When did Concubine De give the reward, and to whom?"
Concubine De smiled, and there seemed to be some provocation in her eyes.
She glanced sideways at Ahaya and said in a relaxed tone: "Speaking of which, that person is somewhat related to the one lying on the bed."
"It's the beautiful Yun who used to be by my side."
"Is what Concubine De said true?" Xie Jie looked at the short uterine man on the ground with deep eyes and a coercive tone in his voice.
The short uterine man trembled and replied shakily: "Yes, yes..."
"Since you are a member of Yun Meiren, how did you end up at Qiongzhi Palace?"
Concubine Shu frowned and pointed out another problem.
Concubine De suddenly sneered and looked at Aheya with malice in her eyes: "You couldn't have snatched her away from Beauty Yun when you saw her in despair."
"If this is the case, then you will really reap the consequences."
Ahaya frowned and turned a little pale.
She looked at Concubine De steadily, and after a long while, she twitched the corner of her mouth, quite mockingly.
"Empress De Fei, how did I know that Yun Meiren had this undeserved case in her hands?"
She forced herself to sit up straight, her tone calm but to the point.
"After Yun Meiren is deposed as a commoner, she should be moved to the cold palace and not allowed to come in and out at will. She is no different from a prisoner."
"At this time, the mutton that no one has claimed should naturally return to your hands... To whom did you give it this time?"
She paused, the sarcasm in her tone became stronger, and her eyes were as sharp as swords.
"Isn't it me who makes you want to kill him quickly?"