Chapter 108
Poisoning?
"Madam Song."
Miss Liu dragged out the words "Crown Prince's Wife" for a long time, and each long syllable was filled with malice and sarcasm.
It seems that she is still not satisfied with this.
Turn your head.
She smiled and talked to the other ladies.
"This wife of the Crown Prince is capable and lucky. Her husband is favored by the Princess. When they get married, she will be demoted to a concubine. From now on, she will follow the Princess and enjoy the best food and drink. She will be a slave to the Princess. I don't know how happy she is."
A lady in green beside her nodded.
"Whether the prince consort has a concubine is up to the princess. If the princess makes a fuss, they will have no choice but to go to a nunnery to practice. By then... they will be exposed to the sun and rain, with green lamps and ancient Buddhas all day long, leading a miserable life with no hope. They might die there in a few years or three."
so.
Their mothers are keeping their eyes open and choosing their future husbands for them, hoping that they will have a smooth and happy second half of their lives.
but.
During this period of time, I always hear people talking about Jiang Zhaoying, saying that she has inherited Jiang Jianzheng's true teachings and is very capable, but so what? Still inferior to them in every way!
They also knew that Liu Xianle didn't like Jiang Zhaoying, so the looks they gave Jiang Zhaoying were more mocking than the other.
only.
The young ladies secretly clenched their long fingers in their sleeves. They had heard in the past that the prince's wife was beautiful, but when they saw her with their own eyes, they were shocked by what beauty is and what innate nobility is.
They really are... ashamed of themselves!
In fact, Liu Xianle had been paying attention to their expressions. Seeing that they were all staring at Jiang Zhaoying in a daze, he reached out and pulled back the one who was staring the most infatuatedly and scolded her angrily.
"Why? Do you think she's beautiful?"
The young lady's father did not hold a high official position, but because of her beauty, she was promoted by Prime Minister Liu. How could she dare to go against Liu Xianle? She knelt in front of Liu Xianle and hurriedly explained.
"She is not as beautiful as you. You are the most beautiful woman in the capital. I just don't think she looks stupid. How can she live like this? I feel a little strange."
"snort."
Liu Xianle snorted heavily and stepped on the back of the young lady's hand. The young lady trembled in pain and tears streamed down her face, but she didn't dare to say anything.
"Fourth Miss, the Imperial Concubine invites you to return to the Palace."
Two palace maids stepped forward and bowed politely, speaking cautiously. Liu Xianle raised her eyebrows slightly as she listened.
"Got it. I'll be there right away."
She looked around and said with a smile.
"I'll take you to the Mandarin Duck Palace. Later on, I'll invite the Emperor to come over as well. Maybe you'll get to see the wise and powerful Emperor."
After saying.
There was a gleam of ambiguity in Miss Liu's eyes.
A new concubine named Zhou Ruogu has entered the palace. She is bold and has a bad temper. She says whatever she wants and does whatever she wants in front of the emperor.
If it were any other concubine, she would have been killed by the emperor or sent to the cold palace long ago.
But this is different.
Overnight.
Not only did she lose the emperor's favor, but he also indulged her beyond measure.
Her elder sister was a noble concubine, but she had not given birth for several years. As for the favor she received, it could not be said to be too much, but it was not too little either.
The government was extremely anxious.
That's why she went to the palace and came up with an idea with Concubine Liu. They would summon some young and beautiful ladies to the palace. Then whoever the emperor liked would be brought into the palace. Even if they couldn't defeat Zhou Ruogu, it would be good to share her favor.
"But..." Some young ladies hurriedly arranged their hair, "That's the Imperial Concubine. What if we don't know the rules and offend her?"
"It's okay. My sister won't blame me as long as I'm here."
Liu Xianle looked at Jiang Zhaoying with a slightly raised face and talked to several young ladies. The young ladies thanked her one after another, and a group of people followed her and prepared to leave.
But when I looked up.
They saw a palace maid leading a noble figure towards them.
The young man was originally walking in a hurry, but after seeing that they were all beauties, he stopped, bowed to them and then continued walking. However, after taking a few steps, he could not help but turn back to look at Jiang Zhaoying.
"I guess it must be the Fourth Miss Liu, the most beautiful lady in the capital? I am Ye Jingchen, the Third Prince of the Red Flame Nation. I am honored to meet you today."
After saying.
He smiled at Jiang Zhaoying again.
"When I have time, I will definitely visit Prime Minister Liu's residence. I hope to meet the young lady again then."
Speaking of.
He didn't even look at the other ladies, just turned around and walked away.
…
The atmosphere suddenly became extremely quiet.
The young ladies were all stunned. As a chill ran down their backs, they all looked at Liu Xianle in fear and caution.
Liu Xianle at this moment.
She pursed her red lips and stood there feeling cold all over. The embarrassment on her face was more painful than being slapped in the face.
Everyone saw it clearly just now.
The third prince looked at Jiang Zhaoying and called her Miss Liu Si, saying that she was the most beautiful woman in the capital.
Then isn't it a huge joke that she usually claims to be the most beautiful woman?
Rumors spread the fastest in the palace. I'm afraid that within an hour, everyone will know this joke.
The palace maid beside the Third Prince almost laughed out loud just now, she saw it clearly.
"Fourth Miss."
The palace maid stepped forward and urged her carefully, but Liu Xianle raised her hand and slapped her hard in the face. The palace maid fell to the ground, crying and trembling but not daring to say a word.
"What are you proud of?"
Liu Xianle stared at Jiang Zhaoying's face hatefully, but the wall of paintings hanging in her father's dark room unconsciously emerged in her mind.
Different expressions, different locations, many, many times, all the same person.
Although she had only accidentally broken in once, she had never been able to forget it all these years because she knew that was the woman her father loved most.
"Someone said I was beautiful, so I'm naturally happy. Does Miss Liu Si have any objection?"
Jiang Zhaoying smiled faintly and glanced at the other pale-faced ladies.
"Miss Four brought them into the palace, hoping to send some beauties to the Emperor and help Noble Concubine Liu retain her favor?"
As soon as these words came out.
The ladies' faces turned pale all of a sudden, and they all looked at Liu Xianle in shock.
On weekdays.
They flattered her, obeyed her, and endured her beatings and scoldings, but they were unwilling to be sent to the emperor as pawns.
"Is that so? Xianle!"
Someone asked her in a trembling voice, and Liu Xianle flicked her long sleeves and said angrily.
"You don't believe anything I say, but you believe everything she says? What's in your head?"
The young lady lowered her eyes and tears fell gently. Jiang Zhaoying shook her head.
"This isn't how friends should get along. You know it very well, so why do you still indulge her? Do you want to be suppressed by her for the rest of your life?"
Of course not!
Several young ladies objected in their hearts, and then one of them boldly stepped back and bowed.
"Xianle, my father should be leaving the court. He said he would wait for me at the palace gate to go back together, so I'll leave first."
"Me too."
At first, one or two young ladies said goodbye, while the others hesitated, sometimes looking at Liu Xianle and sometimes at Jiang Zhaoying. In the end, they all bowed and said goodbye regardless of everything.
In the Imperial Garden.
Suddenly, only Jiang Zhaoying and Liu Xianle were left.
Liu Xianle was so angry that she was shaking all over. This Jiang Zhaoying kept ruining her plans and stealing her limelight time and time again.
"Jiang Zhaoying, I thought you were a smart person. You shouldn't ruin my good deeds time and time again."
Her mother was much smarter than her. She knew it was impossible, so she took the initiative to withdraw and gave the position of wife to her mother.
"I have never ruined your good deeds, but you have always treated me as an imaginary enemy, which seems very childish."
"you……"
Liu Xianle's red lips trembled.
"What good do you think you can get by entering the palace? The Fourth Princess will never let you go, Jiang Zhaoying, I'm just waiting to see how you die."
"good."
Jiang Zhaoying glanced at her indifferently, then turned and left.
Seeing how calm she was, Liu Xianle was so angry that she glared at the palace maid and turned to rush towards the Yanyu Palace.
Since there is something exciting to watch.
Of course she had to go and see it. She had to call her sister to go with her to see how Jiang Zhaoying died.
so.
Jiang Zhaoying had just arrived at the gate of Jingde Hall when Concubine Liu and Liu Xianle and their entourage also arrived at the gate of Jingde Hall in a grand manner.
"Meet the Imperial Concubine."
Jiang Zhaoying stepped forward and saluted. Liu Xianle snorted at her. Concubine Liu reached out and pinched Liu Xianle's arm, then spoke to Jiang Zhaoying with a smile.
"It turns out to be the wife of Prince Song. Let's go in together."
"yes."
Then.
Concubine Liu held Liu Xianle's hand with one hand, walked forward and held Jiang Zhaoying's hand, smiling charmingly and gently.
"You are a capable person, unlike Xianle who just messes around all day long. In the future, you should guide her more and let her not act like a child all the time."
Jiang Zhaoying listened and her long eyelashes twitched slightly.
She thought that Concubine Liu was so powerful. Her words seemed to be praising her, but her words were all secretly mocking her. Liu Xianle was still young and ignorant, so was she also ignorant?
A married woman should know when to advance and when to retreat, and understand the righteousness!
This is a curse on Jiang Zhaoying.
The palace servants led them into the inner hall. The Third Prince saw Jiang Zhaoying at a glance. Just as he was about to speak, the Fourth Princess pointed at Jiang Zhaoying and spoke angrily with gritted teeth.
"It's her! It's her! She's the one who poisoned me!"
Jiang Zhaoying looked over.
Then I saw the Fourth Princess sitting on a couch, with seven or eight imperial doctors standing in front of the couch, all with sweat on their foreheads and looking a little panicked.
"Your Majesty, she admitted that she had poisoned me and said that I only had two hours to die. Now more than an hour has passed. Your Majesty, I have come thousands of miles to come here. I don't want to die. I beg Your Majesty to save Zhiyu."
Ye Zhiyu was crying bitterly, but the Third Prince was stunned.
Unexpectedly, the beauty in front of him was not Miss Liu Si, but the one with Concubine Liu.
He just got the wrong person!
But.
If he really had to choose the most beautiful woman, he would choose Jiang Zhaoying instead of Liu Xianle even now.
"Jiang Zhaoying."
The emperor sat high on the throne, full of majesty.
On his left and right sat the queens, princes, princesses, and even a few ministers from various palaces.
The emperor opened his mouth.
All eyes fell on Jiang Zhaoying.
"Your Majesty, I am here."
Jiang Zhaoying stepped forward and saluted, then remained quiet, neither speaking nor afraid.
The Emperor leaned forward slightly.
Ordinarily.
Jiang Zhaoying should be extremely anxious right now, and even asked to come to him.
after all.
If the Fourth Princess married Song Chengyu, wouldn't she be embarrassed?
What does it mean that the wife is not a wife and the concubine is not a concubine?
"The Fourth Princess said that you didn't want her to marry Song Chengyu, so you poisoned her. Jiang Zhaoying, if you are so jealous and cruel, I'm afraid I can't keep you."
"Your Majesty, you should sentence her and her entire family to death. Such a vicious woman deserves death!"
After the fourth princess finished speaking, she became angry with the imperial physician.
"Go ask her for the antidote, quickly."
She said that the imperial physicians in the palace could save her, so she rushed to the palace desperately. However, all the imperial physicians came but still couldn't find out what poison she had been poisoned with. They were all quacks. Since there was no antidote here, Jiang Zhaoying must have one.
Liu Xianle and Concubine Liu looked at each other.
She looked at Jiang Zhaoying with some gloating. Even if the poison was removed, the Fourth Princess would not let her go. But she could make friends with the Fourth Princess.
"Antidote?" Jiang Zhaoying's eyes were filled with confusion. "Fourth Princess, I have never poisoned you. Even if you want to kill me, you don't have to use such despicable means."
As soon as these words came out.
The atmosphere in the inner hall suddenly became subtle. What the two people said made sense, so the most important thing at the moment was whether the fourth princess was poisoned.
"Impossible, you said you poisoned me, and my finger still hurts."
"Imperial Physician, have you found any signs that the Fourth Princess is poisoned?"
Jiang Zhaoying turned around and saluted the imperial doctors. The doctors returned the salute and then the leading doctor said with a bitter face.
"We took turns checking the Fourth Princess' pulse, but we couldn't find out what kind of poison she was poisoned by. May I ask, Madam Crown Prince, what exactly is going on?"
"I'll come and see."
An impatient voice sounded, Zhou Ruogu frowned, stood up and walked towards the Fourth Princess. Seeing this, the imperial doctors stepped back and made room for her. The Fourth Princess knew that she was the Emperor's favorite concubine, and a trace of contempt flashed in her eyes. Zhou Ruogu was not used to her either, so he frowned.
"Do you want to watch it? Just forget it if you don't want to watch it?"
Upon seeing this, the imperial physician hurried forward and said.
"Madam Zhou's medical skills are definitely not inferior to ours."
The Fourth Princess's brows relaxed a little when she heard this, and she stretched out her hand reluctantly. Zhou Ruogu put one hand on her waist and took her pulse with the other, then spoke angrily.
"If you want to slander someone, you should have some solid evidence, right? The fourth princess's bloodline is very good, how could there be any signs of poisoning? Zhaoying is such a kind person, but she was framed by people like you and became the one she is today."
After saying.
Zhou Zhaoying shook her hands fiercely and turned to speak to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, you are really a fool. You let her do whatever she wants. She has played the whole family around. So what if it's a princess? We have many princesses in Daye. They are all prettier and more polite than her."
Having said that.
The ladies present couldn't help but straighten their backs and raise their eyebrows. What Zhou Ruogu said was quite right. Then everyone looked at the emperor, but was surprised to find that the emperor, who should have been punished, was smiling. He even stood up and took Zhou Ruogu's hand and sat on the throne together.
"Are you really not poisoned?"
"If she was poisoned, I would chop off her head. Her fingers hurt because they were injured, and it was her own psychological effect that caused her to feel that way. I really don't understand. Normally, we climb up the cliffs to collect herbs, and we don't make a sound even if we are seriously injured, but she screams at the slightest wound on her delicate body."
Speaking of this.
The emperor then remembered that in order to improve her medical skills, Zhou Ruogu personally tested and collected herbs, and climbing valleys was not a problem for her. The emperor also knew that she had several wounds on her body.
"My dear, it is indeed hard work. Please don't do those things again in the future."
"Impossible."
The fourth princess sat up suddenly, stared at the small wound on her fingertip, and then looked at Jiang Zhaoying who had a calm expression.
No matter how stupid.
At this moment, she also knew that she had been tricked by Jiang Zhaoying.
Damn it!
She was too careless and fell into Jiang Zhaoying's trap.
Jiang Zhaoying stood up and walked in front of the Fourth Princess.
"The princess came here from afar to be with Song Chengyu. I am deeply moved by her love. How could I possibly destroy you? Moreover, the emperor is happy to see the two countries have good relations."
After saying.
Jiang Zhaoying turned and looked at the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to fulfill their deep love and withdraw. Why don't you give me an order for a divorce and an order for the Fourth Princess and Song Chengyu to get married?"
"That's a good idea."
Zhou Ruogu smiled widely, leaned over, took the emperor's arm, and whispered in the emperor's ear.
"How did Song Chengyu know the Fourth Princess? Has he ever been to Chiyan Country?"
The emperor's brows darkened as he listened, and he embraced Zhou Ruogu and spoke coldly.
"How did the Fourth Princess know Song Chengyu?"
The Fourth Princess's face froze when she heard this. When she looked at Zhou Ruogu, her brows slightly frowned. This Empress Zhou didn't look like someone who was easy to get along with. She then stood up and said.
"When Cheng Yu went to the border to reward the soldiers, he rode a horse on the border one day. I saw him from afar once, and I have never forgotten him since then. So I asked my father and mother to come and marry him."
"emperor."
The third prince finished drinking the water and took over the conversation.
"Don't believe her. She just couldn't get married in Chiyan Country, so she came here to find someone to marry."
…
ah?
How could one of the same people destroy one's own performance?
"Third brother!"
The fourth princess kicked him angrily, and the third prince shrank back.
"She is already 26 years old. In Chiyan Country, people can get married at the age of 12. She became more and more picky every year, and finally no one wanted her. There is a small town on the border called Shuangguan Town. Half of the people there are from Daye Country and half are from Chiyan Country. The two countries have agreed that no one can cause trouble or start a war in this town, whether doing business or traveling. So she saw Song Chengyu there and was fascinated by her. She insisted on coming here to marry."
What the Third Prince said was so down-to-earth that it was hard for anyone not to believe it.
Even the gloom in the emperor's eyes disappeared, and he laughed as he listened.
Shuangguan Town is indeed a special town, so it makes sense that I met Song Chengyu there.
Only Jiang Zhaoying.
It made me feel cool all over.
The Third Prince sounded as if he was having an internal conflict with the Fourth Princess, but in fact, he was just covering up her recklessness and impatience.
Not only did he put himself in a low position, but he also completely eliminated the emperor's anger and doubts.
It even clearly explains why the Fourth Princess was in a hurry to marry Song Chengyu. It was not only because she liked him, but also because she was too old and no one wanted her.
besides.
In what Mrs. Zhang wrote, she also mentioned a small town called Shuangpun. She said that the town was created before they set out.
There never was a town called Pun.
That is to say.
They had already made preparations on how to dispel the emperor's doubts!
The reason why he took a fancy to Song Chengyu was probably because there was a King of the Clouds behind him.
so.
The King of the Clouds should appear soon!
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