Chapter 54 Jin Ling 54
Although Gao Xianyang was reluctant, he still followed Jin Ling's request. Ma Yuanying bowed and said, "It was my fault this time. I hope General Ma will forgive me."
"Well, the ministers must work together to share the country's worries. General Ma is open-minded, how could he care about your few idle words?"
Without waiting for Ma Yuanying to reply, Jin Ling and Gao Xianyang left first, leaving Ma Yuanying standing there with a bruised face.
Now that the flowers were in bloom, Jin Ling, upon leaving the throne room, handed the seal to Gao Xianyang, asking him to examine it. She herself enthusiastically admired the blossoms. Gao Xianyang glanced at her with a serious, apprehensive expression, then carefully grasped the seal with both hands.
"Your Majesty trusts me so much that she dares to give such a valuable item to a humble minister." Gao Xianyang looked at the jade seal in his hand and said dryly.
Jin Ling twisted a rose into her hand and smiled gently at the words: "Your Majesty regards you as a brother and confidant, and I regard Sanhao as my sister and relative. Whether it is me or Your Majesty, you two will always have unconditional trust."
As they were talking, Sanhao, who had learned the news, arrived. Seeing the panic in her eyes, staring at Gao Xianyang, unable to even walk, Jin Ling simply let Xiaoxiao take the jade seal while she, tactfully, left first.
As soon as I entered the palace, I saw an old acquaintance sitting in Chenghuan Hall - Concubine Xian.
In such a short time, Wan Baoxian's hair had only grown a thin layer of stubble, and even if she changed into a gorgeous palace dress, it could not hide her uneasiness.
As Jin Ling entered, she instinctively stood up and knelt, but halfway through the ceremony, she seemed to remember something and stopped abruptly in mid-air. She secretly glanced at Jin Ling, and seeing that she had no expression, she hurriedly stood up, pretending that nothing had happened.
"What's the matter with you coming to my palace?" Jin Ling slowly took the main seat, her expression half-smiled and half-smiled, making it hard to understand. Wan Baoxian pondered over it again and again, but found that he still couldn't figure out anything, so he had to bite the bullet and said:
"I came here today to tell you. Now we are both concubines, and you are pregnant with a dragonborn. As long as you behave yourself from now on, I will not make things difficult for you."
"Pfft~" The master and servant couldn't help laughing: "Wan Baoxian, Wan Baoxian, it seems you still don't know anything."
Jin Ling pointed at the tray covered with velvet in Xiao Wei's hand and said, "Even your godfather can't just walk over me these days. Who the hell do you think you are?"
When Wan Baoxian saw the jade seal, his eyes flashed with relief, envy, embarrassment, and a barely perceptible... regret.
"Since Concubine Yao has made preparations, Baoxian will take his leave first."
Jin Ling watched her walk out of the palace, chatting casually with her friends, "Let me guess, Ma Yuanying took your mother away?"
The woman stopped abruptly, the awkwardness on her face vanishing. Her gaze towards Jin Ling was intense and piercing.
"Until now, I haven't even met my mother. Ma Yuanying said that if I enter the palace to work for him, he will not only release my mother but also help her escape punishment."
Seeing her expression, Jin Ling naturally guessed her intention and couldn't help but find it amusing: "Are you planning to raise the price and sell yourself to whichever side offers the better price?"
Although Wan Baoxian doesn't speak, silence is sometimes also an attitude.
"Fool, I didn't expect that in the past six months since you went to the temple, not only have you not made any progress, but you've become even more stupid." Jin Ling lay back on her throne, looking down at her condescendingly:
"Who are you? You are just an insignificant piece on the chessboard. You have no right to interfere with either me or Ma Yuanying."
"As for your mother, I guarantee that whether she's in Ma Yuanying's hands or mine, she'll have only one fate." Jin Ling stared at Wan Baoxian until she couldn't bear it anymore and lowered her head: "She won't have a good end!"
Wan Baoxian was shocked. She had never expected Yao Jinling to be so ruthless. She would rather side with the emperor than follow her godfather in his quest for power and the throne.
She originally thought that her current status would be of some use to the harem. But who would have thought that the emperor would actually leave the imperial seal to her? With this, the imperial concubine could even interfere in the former court, let alone the harem.
At this moment, she hated her adoptive father who forced her to pretend to be pregnant, and was also very afraid of Jin Ling who was sitting at the top.
"If you want to save your life and your mother's, what should you do now? I don't need to teach you, right?" Jin Ling watched her kneel at her feet again. This time, she didn't dare to have any other thoughts and said honestly:
"Baoxian has long since sworn to the Empress that he will serve her whole life, even to the bitter end, and will never dare to have second thoughts."
Jin Ling touched the top of her head with satisfaction and tossed her a beautiful blue and white porcelain item: "There's a special medicinal powder inside."
"It's colorless and tasteless..."
"It's non-toxic." Seeing Wan Baoxian's bewildered expression, Jin Ling smiled softly. "It only makes the user feel tired and sleepy. It has no other effect. Even if all the famous doctors in the country were to come in, they wouldn't be able to diagnose the problem."
"I want you to sprinkle this medicine on him."
Wan Baoxian looked at the bottle of exquisite porcelain, hesitated for a long time, but finally gritted his teeth, took it, put it in his inner pocket, and hurried away.
Jin Ling watched her leave, unfazed by her lack of concern for her ability to complete her mission. After all, it was just a casual move, and even if it didn't work, it wouldn't affect the overall situation.
Three days later, Jin Ling could clearly sense that Ma Yuanyu was not in good spirits. He was always dozing off whenever he came to bother her, and if she tried to keep him engaged for a while with some random topic, he would get tired and leave.
Jin Ling didn't care whether Ma Yuanying was really drugged by the sleeping powder, or whether Ma Yuanying discovered that Wan Baoxian had drugged him and learned the effects of the powder from her, so he deliberately acted like this to deceive her.
In short, as long as I can divert Ma Yuanying's attention and stop him from always causing trouble for myself, that will be enough.
After another three or two days, Ma Yuanwei himself felt something was wrong. He suspected that it was not because of his old age and declining physical strength, but that someone had poisoned him.
Ma Yuanyi then secretly sought out many doctors, including not only the imperial physicians but also quack doctors. However, as Jin Ling had said, none of them could find the poison.
But this made Ma Yuanying even more suspicious, and even convinced.
Half a month of paranoia had made him even more fragile. Today, Jin Ling invited him to go boating and enjoy the flowers, but he almost fell into the lake.
Fortunately, the guard Gao at the side was quick-witted and pulled him out.
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