The carriage quickly arrived at the door of the house.
Outside the car, Nanny Xu raised the curtain.
"Madam, the second young lady is home."
The mother and daughter got up one after another and got off the carriage.
Before he could enter the mansion, he saw the housekeeper rushing out to welcome him.
"Madam, Second Young Lady, there is a letter from the palace, asking Second Young Lady to go to Ganquan Palace immediately after returning home."
Luo Jiuli was startled, and the Duke's wife's eyelids twitched.
"what happened?"
The butler shook his head.
"The father-in-law who delivered the order refused to say anything. He only said that the second young lady can enter the palace."
"Don't worry, mother, I should be allowed into the palace to have Mrs. Fengde's body checked."
Luo Jiuli comforted him. At this time, the maid from Fuquyuan had already taken out the medicine box.
Luo Jiuli took the medicine box.
"Mother Xu, you are so good at serving your mother. I will come back as soon as I go."
"Yes, Miss Second."
Aunt Xu supported the Duke's wife and watched Luo Jiuli get on the carriage and head towards the palace gate.
"Steward Zhang."
The Madam of the Duke's Mansion frowned as she looked at the carriage gradually disappearing.
"lady."
Butler Zhang stepped forward.
"Get some more silver and go inquire about it."
"yes."
Butler Zhang didn't dare to delay, so he left in a hurry.
At the same time, inside the Nine Princes' Mansion.
The housekeeper rushed straight to the backyard in a hurry.
"Master Qin, where is the master?"
Qin Yin held the knife, stood under the corridor, and went into the study room and pursed his lips.
"The master seems to be in a bad mood."
The housekeeper's hurried steps suddenly stopped, but when he thought of the letter just sent from the palace, he clapped his hands, stamped his feet, stepped up the steps, and knocked on the door of the study.
"Master, something happened in the palace."
——
Luo Jiuli was welcomed into Ganquan Palace by a young eunuch carrying a medicine box.
As soon as she stepped into the gate of Ganquan Palace, she was keenly aware that low pressure permeated the entire palace, and all the maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground.
It’s over! Could something have happened?
Luo Jiuli was thinking in his mind, and his steps were a little faster.
As soon as she entered the palace, she saw the emperor, the queen, Concubine Hu, and several concubines she didn't recognize.
On the mahogany bed in the dormitory, Mrs. Fengde, who had been improving, now looked pale, breathing weakly, her eyes closed tightly, and seemed to have lost consciousness.
Luo Jiuli's heart skipped a beat.
Before she could say hello, she saw Concubine Hu pointing her fingers painted in red at Luo Jiuli fiercely.
"Bold Luo Jiuli, he dares to murder Mrs. Fengde. Someone, come and arrest her!"
Immediately, a guard rushed into the room without any explanation.
Murdering Mrs. Fengde? Was she framed?
"Wait a minute, imperial concubine, which of your eyes saw my minister murdering Mrs. Fengde?"
Luo Jiuli looked at Concubine Hu, sneered, narrowed her eyes, and asked angrily.
"What's more, the Emperor and the Queen are still here, and the Imperial Concubine is so impatient that she wants to kill her, indiscriminately?"
"Even if you want to kill your daughter, why don't you make her a sensible person?"
As Luo Jiuli spoke, he looked at the emperor sitting by the bed, suppressed his anxiety and doubts, knelt on the ground and saluted:
"My daughter Luo Jiuli, please see your Majesty, the Queen."
The emperor looked at Luo Jiuli with a gloomy face.
"Luo Jiuli, do you know your guilt?"
Luo Jiuli was startled.
"My servant is so stupid that I don't know what the crime is? Please tell me, Your Majesty."
"Huh, I don't know what's the crime?"
The emperor snorted coldly.
"This? But you gave it to Mrs. Fengde?"
Luo Jiuli looked up and saw a white medicine bottle in the emperor's hand. It was the quick-acting Jiuxin pill she used to give Mrs. Fengde first aid.
"Yes, these are the pills specially prepared by my daughter for Mrs. Fengde."
"Yeah?"
The emperor looked at Luo Jiuli's calm face and saw that she was not panicked at all, nor did she look like she was lying.
He looked down at this thing he had never seen before.
It's a bottle, but the material is different. It's not a bottle, but the little pills inside are indeed packed here.
"Since the pills were specially prepared for Mrs. Fengde, why did they cause Mrs. Fengde to become comatose?"
The emperor's tone was solemn and his eyes were cold and angry.
On the side, the queen waved her hands at the guards.
The guards retreated angrily again.
"Luo Jiuli, Mrs. Fengde fell into a coma after taking the pills in this bottle."
The queen's voice was very soft and her eyes were fixed on Luo Jiuli.
Luo Jiuli shook his head, with a firm tone, and faced the scrutinizing gaze of the emperor and queen without fear.
"Impossible, this is medicine to treat Mrs. Fengde's heart failure, not poison?"
"poison?"
On the side, Concubine Hu snorted coldly and walked up.
"Luo Jiuli, no one here said that Mrs. Fengde was poisoned? Instead, you took the poison in one mouthful? Is it possible that there is something fishy in that bottle?"
Luo Jiuli simply hated Concubine Hu's aggressiveness and noise.
She wanted to retaliate directly, but when she thought that Mrs. Fengde's life or death was uncertain, the emperor became suspicious of her again.
If she ignored Concubine Hu and made a big fuss, she was afraid that she would really fall into their trap. She suppressed the anger in her heart and looked at the emperor and empress.
"Your Majesty, the Queen, I guarantee with the head on my neck that I will never murder Mrs. Fengde."
"Ha! A head on your neck?"
On the side, Concubine Hu made no secret of her hatred for Luo Jiuli.
“How much is the head on your neck worth—”
"The head on her neck is worthless, so what if I guarantee it for her?"
At the door, Nine Kings Xiao Mingxuan walked in, dressed in Xuanyi, with a red gold belt around his waist, and dark gold cloud patterns embroidered with gold thread on the hem of Xuanyi.
Luo Jiuli knelt on the ground and felt inexplicably relaxed when he heard Xiao Mingxuan's voice.
She had thought that he would come, but she didn't expect that he would come so quickly.
"Brother, please see your Majesty and the Queen."
The emperor said nothing and glanced at Xiao Mingxuan with an inexplicable expression.
The queen, on the other hand, raised her hand lightly.
"Ninth brother, there is no need to be polite."
Xiao Mingxuan bowed his head and looked at the emperor.
"Brother Imperial, speaking of which, Luo Jiuli was recommended to Brother Huang by my younger brother. Now that something like this has happened, my younger brother is naturally to blame."
"But before the matter is investigated clearly, can the emperor listen to my brother and ask Luo Jiuli to check Mrs. Fengde's body first to see if it is really poisoning or due to other reasons."
What Xiao Mingxuan said was not subtle at all. He believed that it was definitely not Luo Jiuli's problem.
But what is the problem? It depends on whether Luo Jiuli has the ability to revive Mrs. Fengde.
The emperor was sitting on the bed. When he heard Xiao Mingxuan's words, he raised his eyes and looked at him. He may have been raping his power and his high position for many years. Even though he suppressed his anger, his elegant face still had a domineering look.
"Luo Jiuli, since the Nine Kings have interceded for you, then I will believe in you again."
On the side, Concubine Hu narrowed her eyes almost invisible and clenched her fingers tightly under her wide sleeves.