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Later, in order to examine Liu Zhengke's talents, Ling Junyan, at Yunqi's suggestion, specially sent a secret envoy to the army.
As for the unreasonable request that Xu Qingchi mentioned, Yun Qi also accepted it.
At this time, Ling Junyan was summoning officials to discuss important matters. Inside the bedroom, Yun Qi sat cross-legged on the couch, holding a pen and scribbling on paper.
After a while, he paused, resting his chin on the end of the pen, and was at a loss for a moment.
"Will this work..."
Yun Qi felt that what Xu Qingchi proposed was very necessary, but it might not be that easy to do.
Just as Yunqi was racking his brains, a palace maid walked in. Yunqi was so engrossed that he didn't notice her at first.
"Your Majesty, this was sent by His Majesty. I'll put it here for you."
"Okay, got it."
Yunqi didn't look up, his eyes fixed on what he had just written.
"You go down first."
The palace maid responded and retreated lightly.
Yunqi knew what she had sent without even looking. Every day around this time, Ling Junyan would prepare some delicious food for him, and Yunqi was used to it.
"Never mind, I'll think about it later."
Yun Qi really didn't want to kill his remaining brain cells with one punch, so he turned around, opened the exquisite food box, picked up a piece and took a bite.
Hiss, the taste is wrong. Did they change the chef today?
Yunqi didn't think too much about it, chewed it a few times and swallowed it directly.
At this moment, a eunuch came in carrying a food box, "Queen's Palace..."
Yunqi looked at him, and he stared at the half piece in Yunqi's hand, his pupils suddenly shrinking.
The food box fell to the ground immediately. Yun Qi was still confused when he saw the eunuch running out while shouting "Imperial Physician".
Yunqi never does that again.
What does that mean? After a few seconds, he suddenly realized what was going on and looked at the cake in disbelief. Could it be that this thing was poisonous?
Yunqi hurriedly touched his stomach.
...But I don't feel anything.
Then, Ling Junyan, who was in a hurry, and a group of panicked imperial doctors entered the bedroom one after another.
Yunqi originally thought that he was fine, but Ling Junyan insisted on carrying him to the bed. Seeing this, Yunqi even felt a little sorry for them.
"What's wrong?" Ling Junyan anxiously asked the imperial physician who was taking his pulse.
The imperial physician stood up and said with a sigh of relief, "Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness is fine."
"Have you checked carefully?"
"Yes, but Your Highness is weak and needs to be recuperated..."
"Cough cough cough cough..." Yun Qi coughed several times, interrupting the doctor's words. Ling Junyan's attention immediately shifted to him, and he quickly leaned over to ask, "What's wrong? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
Yun Qi stammered, "I'm fine. Please let them go quickly. I don't like crowds."
"Okay." Ling Junyan agreed and turned to the people gathered in the bedroom and said, "Everyone, leave."
Ling Junyan was still worried and asked them to take the things away for further inspection, and ordered them to give a result before today.
After a while, Shi De came again.
"Your Majesty."
Ling Junyan said to him, "Go and find out who sent the cakes."
"yes!"
Shi De left.
Yun Qi leaned against the head of the bed and watched Ling Junyan arrange everything in a swift and decisive manner. He couldn't describe the feeling in his heart.
Before he could say anything, Ling Junyan turned around, touched his hand and comforted him, "Don't worry, this won't happen again."
Yun Qi didn't know how to reply him. After thinking for a long time, he said, "It's okay. I'll prepare a few more silver needles next time."
Shi De acted quickly. It only took him an incense stick of time to bring the palace maid who delivered the cakes to Ling Junyan, trying to find out the person behind the scenes through her.
The maid knelt there trembling, not daring to look up, "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I am innocent!"
"I haven't even told you what you did, and you're already crying foul."
The palace maid was suddenly speechless.
"Then tell me the truth about who sent you."
"Slave...slave..."
"Royal brother!" Outside the bedroom, the eleventh prince shouted.
Ling Junyan was a little annoyed when he heard the voice, and immediately ordered Shi De: "Kick him out."
Shi De was stunned for a moment, and had no choice but to go in person. After a while, he heard the Eleventh Master shout again: "I ordered it to be delivered, Royal Brother!"
Ling Junyan closed his eyes, exhaled slowly, and raised his hand to press against his temples.
Outside the door, Shi De looked back and saw that Ling Junyan didn't react at all. He was about to chase him away.
"Let him in." Ling Junyan's cold voice came from the bedroom.
Seeing that Shi De was not going to stop him, Lao Shiyi quickly slipped past him and went in.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw Ling Junyan with a serious face and a palace maid kneeling on the ground.
He swallowed subconsciously, "Emperor...Emperor brother, I asked her to send it to the Emperor's wife."
Ling Junyan didn't say anything. Yun Qi watched for a while and then got out of bed and came to them. Ling Junyan had been preventing him from getting out of bed just now, but he guessed that he had no choice but to come over now.
Feeling someone approaching, the palace maid's body stiffened slightly, almost imperceptibly.
This tiny movement caught the eyes of everyone present, but no one asked anything.
Seeing Ling Junyan ignoring him, the Eleventh Elder had no choice but to bite the bullet and explain, "A new chef has recently arrived at the palace. I think his pastries are delicious, and the Empress Dowager loves them, so I wanted him to try some. But I was worried about gossip, so I told him to say it was sent by my brother. I was inconsiderate, so I ask for your punishment, but it's all my fault. I hope you can spare the maid's life."
Although his explanation was well-reasoned and impeccable, and did not cause any adverse consequences, Ling Junyan remained silent, and the look he gave Eleven was not friendly. At least Eleven had never seen his royal brother act like this before; he looked at him as if he were a stranger.
Yun Qi's gaze shifted between the two of them. Seeing the tense situation and the pleading glances from Old Eleven from time to time, he sighed and said to smooth things over: "Your Majesty, I don't think the prince did it on purpose. Otherwise, let's just forget about it."
Yun Qi and Ling Junyan call each other dear and baby in private, but as long as there are outsiders present, they still have to pretend.
Once these words were spoken, one thing was indeed verified. No matter how angry Ling Junyan was at the moment, as long as Yun Qi spoke, he would not let the atmosphere cool down.
He and Yunqi looked at each other for a second. Although they didn't say anything, it seemed as if they had said thousands of words without missing a word.
Then, Ling Junyan said to Old Eleven, "I don't need to bother with you about what happened today."
Upon hearing this, the Eleventh Elder seemed afraid that he would regret it, so he immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, my Royal Brother!" He then turned to Yun Qi and said, "Thank you, my Royal Sister-in-law!"
Ling Junyan continued, "But don't dwell on things you shouldn't be thinking about, understand?"
"I understand, I understand. Don't worry, my prince!" The eleventh prince assured repeatedly.
"As for this palace maid, send her to the laundry department."
I don't know if it was because she was scared or for some other reason, but when the maid was dragged away, she didn't even beg for mercy. It was as if she herself hadn't expected this ending, or perhaps it seemed that this ending was better than she had imagined...
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