Chapter 586: Sting him hard a few times

After Xu Muhua made the arrangements, she asked the eldest master to smuggle a few poisonous scorpions into the emperor's bedroom.

Of course, the eldest master would not run in. But there was no need for him to run in, he only needed to wander around nearby, and the poisonous scorpions would slowly crawl in by themselves.

The eldest master was like a tiger cub, and everyone in the palace knew him, so no one cared when they saw the eldest master appear near the emperor's bedroom, and no one would doubt anything. As long as it didn't break into the bedroom and scare the emperor, no one would drive it away.

Besides, everyone knew that the cat raised by Concubine Xu was very smart and humane.

So the eldest master smuggled a few scorpions over smoothly.

Xu Muhua has never been there. She only stays in the East Palace and Yichun Palace, and never leaves the house. Either she goes to sit with Pei Shaorong and chat with her, or she takes care of her business outside the palace.

The few businesses she is doing now are all developing very well!

Although mahjong parlors are not as popular as they were at the beginning, many people have learned from them and opened mahjong parlors. But the ones she and Brother Feng opened are definitely incomparable to ordinary people. They are incomparable in all aspects, but they entertain the rich and powerful, while ordinary people prefer to go to those cheap mahjong parlors.

In this way, the income is indeed less.

Apart from this, other businesses are very good!

The glass kiln is now more mature, firing more products, and sales are gradually opening up to places outside the capital.

As for the workshop that had just opened, it goes without saying that the workers in the workshop had never stopped working since it opened!

Shi Liu even wrote to her saying that some workers in the workshop often stayed up late to work in order to make more money.

After she knew about this, she asked Shi Liu to remind those workers to take care of their rest. If they damaged their eyes, the workshop would fire them! After all, it was not the workshop that asked them to work overtime, but they were disobedient and insisted on working overtime. Of course, the workshop would not be responsible if something happened. It

was really scary to say that.

The few poisonous scorpions that crawled into the emperor's bedroom turned around for a long time before finally finding their position and secretly hid under the dragon bed. In this way, unless someone lifts up the dragon bed and turns it over, they can't be found, otherwise it's impossible to find them.

"Can we do it tonight?"

Several scorpions huddled under the bed discussed.

The scorpion boss said, "Okay, let's do it tonight!"

They also observed for two days and figured out the old man's life routine. Before coming, it was agreed that we can't delay too long, lest the old man make trouble again.

"Well, when everyone else has retired and fallen asleep, we'll go out and sting him a few times!"

The boss quietly climbed out, hanging on the tassels hanging from the brocade bedspread, and looked at the situation in the room.

The emperor's health has been getting worse recently, but he still insists on reviewing memorials every day to understand the big and small things of the previous dynasty. It's just that he doesn't stay up late like before.

It was early in the morning, and the steward came in and advised the emperor to rest.

"Did anything special happen today?"

The emperor suddenly asked before going to bed.

The steward was stunned for a moment before answering: "Your Majesty, nothing special happened today. Everything is normal in the front court and the harem."

The expression on the emperor's face did not relax.

I don't know why, but he suddenly felt very uncomfortable at this moment, and there seemed to be a trace of uneasiness in his irritability. It seemed that something dangerous was about to happen.

"Have the guards inside and outside been arranged?"

The steward was stunned again, and quickly replied: "Your Majesty, the guards inside and outside are normal, everything is as your majesty arranged."

There is nothing special, why does the emperor ask this?

The emperor was still worried, so he called the responsible people over and asked them carefully. He had to give up after making sure there were no problems.

"Your Majesty...are you suspicious of something? Is there someone in the palace who is restless and wants to cause trouble?"

The emperor waved his hand tiredly: "Forget it, all of you leave!"

He also felt uncomfortable in his heart, as if something was going to happen.

But after asking, there was no problem. He could only think that he was sick and felt uneasy because he was thinking too much.

The palace servants helped the emperor lie down, and gently lowered the bed curtains. They moved lightly, not daring to make any sound. Finally, they left the night light on before leaving together. There were people guarding under the west wall, but there was no sound at all. They only needed to keep an eye on the emperor's condition at all times. There were also people guarding outside, and no one would come in unless there was a special situation.

When the emperor's breathing became long and steady, the eldest brother called his brothers to carefully crawl out. They

had to wait until at least the second half of the night to work. Now they had just fallen asleep, and if they woke up, they might wake up. If they were discovered and a doctor was called in in time, their efforts might be wasted.

In the second half of the night, they would sleep so deeply that they probably wouldn't notice if they woke up, and they would be fine until dawn.

They waited and waited, and the palace maids on duty came to check on the emperor's condition several times, worried that something might happen to the emperor. After making sure that the emperor was breathing normally and had no discomfort, he retreated back to stand by the west wall.

It was not until the second half of the night that several scorpions climbed onto the dragon bed and burrowed into the quilt.

In his dream, the emperor felt as if he had been bitten by a mosquito and there was a slight pain. But before he could really feel it, the pain passed. He continued to sleep drowsily.

After biting people, the scorpions quickly got out of the quilt and hid under the bed again.

People are a little tired after biting them, so wait for them to slowly leave!

The scorpions were very poisonous. Although the emperor did not feel anything in his sleep when they were bitten, he groaned in pain when the poison took effect, which immediately alarmed the palace maid on duty.

The palace maid came over and found that the emperor, who had been sleeping soundly, had a face full of pain and sweat for some reason! It was obvious that the situation was not good!

"Someone! Call a doctor!"

As the palace maid's shouts rang out, the originally quiet palace became noisy, with chaotic footsteps and hurried sounds. From time to time, there were one or two scoldings.

The commotion in the Emperor's palace in the middle of the night was so loud that the owners of other palaces knew about it immediately. They quickly put on their clothes and rushed over here.

Zhao Chengye was no exception.

Pei Shaorong knew immediately when he moved, and sat up and rubbed her eyes: "What's wrong? Is it daybreak?"

Zhao Chengye was busy getting dressed, and when he saw that he had woken her up, he turned around and said, "It's not daybreak yet, you should continue to sleep! There's some noise at the emperor's place, I'll go check it out, you stay here and wait for my news, don't run around by yourself, okay?"

Hearing that something happened to the emperor, Pei Shaorong woke up all of a sudden.